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TKECCnCCKO YiUKLY TlltES STEAM BOOK A1ID JOB OFFICE -; 1 - j We keen on hand! a fuE stock of LETTER HEADS, NOTE HEADS, STATE 1MES, MENTS, BILL HEADS, ENVtL OPES, TAGS, VISITING CARDS ; WED DING INVITATIONS, ETC., ETC. GOOD PRINTING) ALWAYS fAYS John. B. Sherrill, Editor and Owner. SLOO a Year, in Advance. If ytm hxt anthing tr itX, kt the ffopif l&ow il VOLUME XYIII. Concord, N. C, Thursday. January 81, 1901. NUMBER 31. ... r- ri ee er jL tHE I - i ' CONCORD " To Be or ZKpt to Be. That is the quesiiotf thai concerns every mot 11: tvhether it tsVbetter to be naif ul, tie vous, ivorti cut, dr to be tveS, strong. -cheerful And useful. 1 The Utter condition uxU be yours if-you fyke Hood's Sarsapa- rJla, America s Greatest Rood Medicine, r there is nothing equals to it. : PROFESSIONAL CARDS; jj DR. H. C. HERfclNG. DENTIST, . ; .. . la again at his old'plac4 over Torke't Jewelry, concord, xr. o. Ii - i ' ..; Dr. W. C. Houston. Sntfeon Dentist, COWCOrId, H. C. II Is prepared to do all kltidg of dontal work m I he tuoat approved maimer. ' 1; nmra nvor Jhniwm'a Drug Store. Uenldence 'Pbonell. 1 Office 'PhOne 42. L. T. H A RTSELL, Attpraey-at-Law, . (ONCOBD. NOBTH CAROLINA. Prompt attention ,en to all nasmeas. jfficetn Morris Iralldl opposite the court limine. Ext. 7f. H. LILL7, offprs hl professional services to the citi zens of Concord ami vicinity. All calls i, romnt.lv at tended da or. night. Office and residence on East Ilfepot street, opposite Presbyterian .ennrcu. f !: w J. MOMTOOMKBI. I - . LKK.O BOWBb M0HTG0MERY1 & CROWELL, ' Attorneys and- Counselors-at-Law . CONOORP, H. o. ii - As partners, will prafatlce law In Cabarrus Stanly and adjoining counties. In the supe rior arid supreme Courts of the State ana In t.h Mirl t'jonrta Otiioe on -Depot street. Parties desiring to lend money can leave It with us or place It In Ooneord National Bank for us, and we will lend it on good real es tate security free of charge to the depositor We make tnorougn examination oi wn lnnda offered as securltv for loans. Mortgages forecloseji without expense to owners oi same. . . ii 1 DO YOU SUFFER CONSTIPATION AND BILIOUSNESS ? 85 per cent, of tlie human family do. if so, try Indian Hert Liver Pills They will give year brighter eyes, a clear corople ion, better appetite. Price, 26 cents per fox. For sale by . - " l . i II GIBSOiSf RUG STORE. Jan. 1 ly. Southern People are Modest. But send me your jrou the names write of . address and 'I'll o' our people ! "" "" " 11 " send who 1 Mrs. Grier's Real Hair Restorer. One says: "One bd tile of vbttr R. H. R. has relieved me of tjhe most dietressing dandruff and fallingfout ot my hair. Another says:"For sixteen 1 years I ave had to use your Real Hair Restorer now tnd then, or ii would have been bald. It has never failed to stop the har from falling outf." ' jjj '". Knowing How: i l I' ennstraas is always a happy ofrcaskm with those wh!o know how to make it so. I THOSE WHO 'KNOW i i - - HOW never overlook ..JEWELRY.. Those who don't know f how ideas will i find many HERE. 1 See- our RNCS for any finger-ia special ring for each ffinger. 1 PRICES will fit you, too. Lots of Christmas cheer her.- ''"' r W. C. GORRELL, THE JEWELER. I ' I' WANTED AOTIFE MAN, OP GOOD character to deliver and collect in North . Carolina for old established manufacturing wholesale bouse . . $900 aear, rare pay. Honesty more thatii experience required. uur rererenoe,any bank in any city. Enclose , self-addressed starriped envelope. Manu- Tacrurers,f. xnira - toor - 33t . pearbon fet, anything you invent or Improver also eet CAVEAT.TMDE-IIA8K, COPYRIGHT or DESIGN PROTECTION. Send model, sketch, or photo, for free examination and advice. - wn w m i an w ice oeiore patent. Patent Lawyers. WASH I NGTON. D.C. SauabamCa I - BILL ABPS LKTTEB. Wedding bells be been ringing around here far some time. Their music always excites the good people and everybody talks about the com ing noptiaJa. Mothers, wives and daughters are specially interested, for it is the bride who has most at stake and is about to surrender everything to her lover. 1 Bat hope is stronger than fear and the women all rejoice in it and wish the good work to go on. They dissect and discuss every phase of the new relationship and crowd the church or the! home where the knot is to be tied with anxious and eager interest. The bridal trossesus and the weddinz eifta have especial con sideration and are carefully inspected What a difference between man and woman about' such things. What a difference between my wife and I It was of small concern tome whether the bride's apparel cost a thousand dollars 6r a ,hundred. Just so she was dressed in good taste and wore a fw pretty ornaments was enough for me. I like to see a pretty woman dressed in a way that you can tell pretty well how much of her is clothes andhow much is flesh and biooa. Padding and petticoats may fool a man in a new acquaintance, but a home' girl can't fool anybody. We seevthem ridei and walk and stand up and sit down land run around and we can measure them up like David Ha- rum measured, a horse. The modern style of dress is much more pleasing to men than! the old style ot noop skirts and bustles. Nothing is lack ing now but to Bhorten their walking frocks so that they won t drag Demna and sweep up the sidewalks with all their filth of cigar stumps and quids and bacteria and expectorated germs of expectorated consumption. When I see a g rl s skirt dragging along l suspect that she is pigeon-toed or box ankled and wants 'to hide it. My wife never wore a dress that way in her life for she wears a number two shoe and steps like a deer. But it is a woman's nature to lovei ornament. She cannot help it and it is no sin. John Wesley tried to cure her of it in the discipline, but he couldent discipline about ornaments and jewelry and other finery is a dead letter. I have suspected that maybe he was too hard on his wife about such things and that is why she quit him. What a miserable time those women had in the days of the Puri tans when a pretty girl had to wear a plain black dress to church, a home made straw hood shaped like a coal scuttle on her head, and not an ear ring nor a breast pin nor even a string of glass beads around ner neck. The creator adorned the earth with flowers and studded the heavens with stars. He gave the birds their beau tiful plumage and taught them to sing for our pleasure. There are dia- onds m the mines and pearls In tne ocean and of course they were made for women. We men care nothing about such things. J wouldent give ten dollars for a bushel of them, but my wife goes into rapture over them and would give everything she has got for them, except her children and maybe me. Woman is a curious and peculiar creation. I have been studying them for sixty years and don't fully under stand them yet. They are very near to us and very dear to us,. but very unlike , in their devotional i nature; their love of the beautiful; their long suffering under trial and-adversity. They go willingly and eagerly to the marriage altar when they know that theirs is all the peril and theirs to be all the pain and care and grief that inevitably comes to a wife and mother. 1 I have pondered over all this and xf 1 was a "woman and had only a man's instincts and emotions I would not marry any man upon earth. It is the God-given maternal instinct that per suades and forces a woman to marry. She will launch her boat upon the stream and take her chances to jump the waterfalls. She will marry even against her judgment and the plead ings of -her friends. She does not re alize the force of this maternal in stinct, but it impels and controls her. My little granddaughters are perfectly happy with their dolls. They play with them by day and sleep with them by night. A little four-year-old said to me last night, "Ganpa, don't take dolly away from me till I get fast asleep." Little boys care nothing about dolls.1 They want balls and drums and ? nre- crackers, and guns something that will make a noise. ' A man loves a woman and marries her, but there is not a particle of paternal instinct influencing him. The young mother hugs her first born to her bo som and is happy. - The young father takes the advent of. the child as a matter of course, but not of choice. In course of time the little one grows into favor and he becomes attached to it, and even proud of it, but there is no' paternal instinct. The true wo man loves to be a mother. She is not content with one child. She wants another and . another. Two children double her love and there fore her happiness; and finally when she has no more little ones to fondle, her maternal love . laps over to her grandchildren, and she would claim them if she could. Mrs. Wilcox wrote a lamentation on. the "Decay of the Maternal Instinct in New Eng land,' asserting that the women up there did not wish for children and there was hardly a household that had more, than one or two just enough to inherit the father's estate. When that decays , everything else decays. A town or a city or a state without children a natural comnle- ment of children is on' the down grade. To arrest or impede the com ing of children is ' a violation of the law of God. - . . - , - . The earth must be peopled bv hon orable marriage. Milton says : "Hail wedded. Love true source of human onspnng.v - And again he says of marriage, "ip is the sum of earthly ss. Other cynical old Doeta make sport of itjand eall it a "lottery' "An institution where those who are out wish to get in and those who are in wish to get out." Some of 'our mod ern poets ask the question, "Is mar- nage A failure T ' ana aucnn it in prose and poetry. Well, suppose it is, what is to be done about it T Who is eoine to stop it? How shall the earth be peopled when we all die off? What kind of incubators do they pro pose to substitute? - Emerson says, "All the world loves a lover," and that is why the good people of every community flock to witness a marriage ceremony. Every body loves the happy couple then and wishes them; joy. Will he -be kind to her, and there is a smothered thought in every mother's mind. Dr. Gaines, of the Agnes Scott In stitute, gave us a discourse the other day on the importance of educating our girls." It was deeply entertaining and convincing. ' How comes it that six times as much money is invested in giving our boys a high . education as there is (ot our ghis? Who are our educators at home and in our public schools ? Sixty-six per cent of all the teachers in Georgia are wo men and they should have the best opportunities to fit them for their vo cation. Who teaches the children until they can go to school? The mothers the patient, loving mothers all over the land. While the fathers are in the field, the counting room, the workshop, or maybe at the club or the billiard table. Why should the female college's be neglected by the State? Who are doing the most good in the school room, the church, the Sunday school or by the fireside in establishing and perpetuating morality and virtue among the chil dren? J8 it the boys who come irom college or the girls who cannot go, but have to be content with such ed- ucafion asj they cart get at home. I Well, the good doctor gave us food for thought and when he closed I felt a wish that I was rich so that I might enable every .good girl to get a higher education than she can get at home. When will we have a legislature that will have heart enough to give to wo man all of her rights? The mar riageable girls ought to form a trust and vow to marry nobody until their rights were recognized. If it wasent for the maternal instinct they would. ; Bill Aep The Dead Queen. Ascended the throne of Great Britain and Ireland June 20, 1837. Died January 22, 1901, at Ojborne House, Isle of Wight. Xength of Reign 63 years, 7, months and 2 days. Length of longest previous rign in EngliBh histjry (George Ill's) 59 years, 3 months and 4 days. Length of reign exceeded in Euro pean, history only by Louis XIV of France 72 years, 3 months, 18 days, and by Sancho II, of Navarre and Cas tile, 65 years. Born May 24, 1819, at Kensington Palace, London. "Age at deatfi 81 years. 8 months 29 days. ' ' f Most aged sovereign in English his tory, 1 month and 4 days older than George III. Married February 10, 1840, to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg, who died Decern ber 14, 1861. Had 4 sons and 5 daughters, 40 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchil dren; z sons and 4 daughters survive. Had 20 Premiers at the head of Gov ernment during her long reign, from Viscount Melbourne to the Marquis of Salisbury. The Parliament recently elected was the fourteenth of her reign Leaves private fortune estimated at $20,000,000. Formally crowned in Westminster Abbey June 28, 1838. Proclaimed Empress of India January 1,1877. -- ITIedlcal Bxamlnatlon rlage. Before Mar- St. Paul Pioneer Press. A marriage license bill wa3 introduc ed in the Minnesota Senate which prom ises to eclipse the marriage law of 1899. This bill provides that no persons can marry who are suffering from true or hereditary insanity, insanity caused by vicious habits or the use of drugs, consumption and various other diseases which are named in the bill. Every person who wishes to marry is required to go before an 'examining board of three surgeons to be appointed in each county of the 8tateby the county judge, and must pass an examination before a marriage license can be issued to them. In addition all male candidates for matrimony who are under 25 years of age and all female candidates under 18 years must produce a written consent of men- parents peiore they can secure a license. Any-elergyman, Justice of Peace or other person who can perform marriages and who marries any couples 'who do not produce a certificate from the ex amining physicians of his county is to be fined not more.than 1500 or confined in prison not more than-one "year. Brought Good Fortane, A .small item in, his own paper lately brought amazing good fortune to Editor Chris. Reitter of the Saginaw (Mich.) Post and Zeitnng. He and his family had the Grip in its worst form. Their doctor did them ho good.' Then he read that Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, CongBs and Colds was a guaranteed cure for La Grippe and all Throat and Lung troubles ; tried it and says : "Three bottles cured the whole family. No other medicine -on earth equals it." Only 50c and f 1.00 'at P. 13. Fetzer's drag store. Trial bottles free. She Died While "Telephoning" to -. .Heaven. . . WARKEN.Ill.j Jan. 22. Agnes Louise Davis, the 4-year old daughter of the Rev. Cass Davis, has been In the habit of saying her prayers by - telephone. Ihe child,, when, ready to say her prayers, would go to the telephone and say: "Hello Central: give me Heaven. 1 want to say my prayers." She seemed in perfect health last night, but just sb sne was Baying ner prayers she died. - - ' ' - . - - lhe mveetigation of the brutal and barbarous conduct of the cadets at West Point has borne fruit. The cadets have signed ap agreement to discontinue all forms of hazing. TIIK LECIILATCBK, HAixion, Jan. S3. Lieu tenant Gv eroor Turner called the Senate, to order. Bills wr iotroduced as follow: Hendertoa, to allow alimony la cae,Jn n very important bill and uvea tb wife alimony in some case of abso'ute divorce. Long offered a resolution of respect in memory of Q-ieea Victoria. 1 By Marshall, for the relief of certain ex-Confederates of Sorry ; also an act to amend the constitution of North Caro lina. , The calendar was then taken op. House bill to allow the town of Con cord to issue bond passed final reading. 8enate resolution -of respect on : the death of England's great and good Queen,' and providing that the fit on the capital be at half mast for three days passed third reading. : House resolution expressing the sym pathy of the people of North Carolina, for the royal family of England and the people of the empire and wishing King Edward a long and prosperous reign was adopted by a rising vote.' Senate bill to impose a graduated tax on the charters of corporations, rang ing from 125 to $250, passed second reading, and wentover on the objection. HOUSE. i' Speaker Moore convened the .House at 10 o'clock. Petitions were introduced as follows: By Biidwin, from Junior Order, far compulsory school law; by Masting, from Wilkes, against the stock law; by Wbitaker, of Guilford, from Alamance, in regard to appropriation to University of North Cirolina. A resolution by Mr. Connor express ed the sympathy of the people of North Carolina with the people of England on the death of Queen Victoria. To amend section 894 of The Code relating to appeals in peace warrants cases. The hour of 12 having arrived the special order being the joint session of the Senate and House for the election of a United States Senator, the ser-geant-at-arms announced the approach of the Senate. The S nate and House being in joint Beeswn, Lieutenant Governor luroer preeiaing, the report of the action of the House and Senate Teusday was read. I The tellers on the part of the Senatfe then announced that F. M. Sim' mous had received 124 votes and Rich rtiond Pearson 6 votes, whereupon' the President declared that F. M. SimmoLS was duly elected United States Senator for North Carolina for a term of six years. . Senator Simmons was greeted with an ovation that would have warmed the hart of any man? At the opening and all through his speech be was gen eroualy applauded. Representative. Willard'B bill to pro vide a stock law for the whole State was reported unfavorably by the com mittee on propositions and grievances. Mr. Willard said the' law was badly needed if for no other reason than the protection of forests. He said in a few more years without the law, the long leaf pine would be extinct and many other valuable trees would disappear. That where the no-fence law prevailed in the east, the long leal pine was coming back. That the shipment of tar, pitch and turpentine and long leaf pine lumber was becoming of very small proportions. Mr. Smith, of Gates, said the bill was of too much importance to be passed over with an unfavorable re port and on bis motion the bill was re ferred to the committee on agriculture. Mr. Garrett, of Rockingham, intro duced a bill to reduce tax on dealers in wood and coal. SENATE. ' Raleigh, Jan., 24. The Senate con vened at 11 o'clock. Lieutenant Gov ernor Turner in the chair. Petitions were introduced as follows: By Warren for the citizens of Newbern against the sale of cigarettes; -by Alex ander, from the citizens of Mecklen burg for a tax on dogs. Bills were introduced as follows: By Henderson, to authorize persons who have been lunatics or Confined in asy lums to manage their own property; by Travis, to regulate the fees of clerk and register for recording chattel mortgages; by Warren, to protect policy-holders. Senator Mclntyre Btated that Dr. 3 L. M. Curry would speak at noon and he moved that the Senate adjourn at 12 o'clock in order to hear him. Un animously carried. Senator Woodard, for the j idiciary committee, submitted two reports on Henderson's bill to allow .alimony in divorce a virnculo manmonii, one a m jority favorable to the bill, and a ! ? t. ?. - minority against it. ' lhe Senate bill to prevent hunting on lands of another without permission of owner in Washington, Wilson and Bla den- counties come up. Amendments were offered adding Pender, Cabarrus and Wayne were adopted. Morrison thought this went too far. Posting land was sufficient, and saying a man cannot hunt on land, without a written per mission smacks of feudalism. Wood- ard said this bill filled a want; it afford ed protection against insolvents doing damage on land; men who had nothing would go on land and cut down a $5 tree to get a 25 cent opossum. Morri son believed he represented the land owners. Morton s amendment was lost and the bill passed third reading. ' 1.IIOUSE. " Speaker Moore convened the House to-day at 10 o'clock. t Bills were introduced as follows: By Smith, an act for the correction of youthful offenders. - v -. Mr. Carraway said he voted for, the motion to table the resolution inviting Dr. Curry under a false impression and wished to take it back. : Mr. Thompson said he voted aye with the lighs before him. If he had known of the facta he would not have so . voted. Messrs. Blount, Mclver and Morphew also ex plained their vote.' ; .' ' Mr. Craig moved that the hmr of 12 o'clock be set to hear Dr. Curry on the subject of education. Mr. - Graham moved . that the Governor and other State officers be invited. ' -The hour of 12 having arrived, on motion of Mr. Gannon the House ad journed until Friday at 12 o'clock. ' I L CCT trtCH. Dr. Cony said: "The only measure I t ever lobbied for in Cbegresa was io ,eompaay with that graM aaaa there f ArJnfin tr mm,. v t . n a for K, iK- mA .K.i - euueate ana Decauae met cruelly re futed we bare had to work oar ova low and burdened way for all tbee weary years. "I was over in the Senate this morn ing end 1 heard members talking very excitedly about whether Northern peo ple should cme down here and kill out birds; they were almost as excited as 1 ?e by the papers some members in this House got over the fUe rrrt that I had lobbied for a certain uiau iu Congress. ' "it u an honorable thin? to be a member ot the Li'latur. i was proud when I bgan iny carver at 21 as! a -member in Alabama. I can give you a receipt to promote the brt inu r: (if your constituents that will never fci!: Have courage." "I am glad slavery baa been aU4iL- ed, but I regret that it curse of ignor ance, stupid, unintelligent labor re mains. "To-day Spain a bankrupt becanfe there are only 25 women out of 100 that can read aid write and only 30 men. With all her gold and silver Spain is not rich, because ber people are uninventive and ignorant! "I learned last night that since Jja last 37 new cotton mill had been built in North Carolina. That meat more Intelligent labor, more i'rogre more wealth in grand old North Carolina. The Adirondacks do not begin to com pare with western North Carolina. in beauty of scenery acd delightful climate. "What is neeied is for people, in stead of standing at tbe rs'hd t'Mn with their hards in pomb one else's pockets raying there is no one to hire. to go to work; for industre to open upj to give employment to these rfoplc. "It is well 'understood that you can measure the wealth-producing power of a people by the advantages of education they have enjoyed. " MaSKCbuiwtts is rich; she' gives seven years cf education to her children; North Carolina give two years. "In Wurtemburg there is not a single pauper, lhere is not one in one hun dred there who cannot read and write. In North Carolina there are 23. Why wait five years to do what we shall be compelled to do eventually at a great deal more cost? We are too poor to wait. "God never did create two babies equal. There never was a government on earth that derived its powers from the consent of tbe governed. Nobody, white or black, ought to have the right of suffrage unless he can read bis ballot and has Laid his poll tax. : "Government, free government, is dependent on intelligence and virtue. Anybody who would cheat a negro at the ballot box would cheat his neighbor in a trade. You must prepare the peo ple for voting. . You can only do it by education. Suffrage is not a natural or inherent right. It is a conventional right. This humbug was invented up here in Massachusetts to put udou us here the unspeakable wrong of the ne gro vote. There is no hatred between the white and colored youth of this country and I have no sympathy with the doctrine that there is. "There are two remedies for the negro problem: One is diffusion and one is colonization. I do not see how it would be feasible to d6 either. I am probably the eldest man here and 1 have had much experience and to me tbe negro problem is the most serious that ever confronted people. I know it will never ba solved until it is solved justly. - "I know that co two races can live in peace together when one is enlight ened and the other is semi-barbarous. If the Southern States refuse, to do jus tice to the negro tbey will become in sprrectionary and lawless and it will re quire all the powers of this government to control them. "You must educate them. The fu ture wealth of North Carolina is not so much in factories or crops as in the harvest of an educational sowing and reaping. In tbe long line of illustrious -Governors of North Carolina I have never read anything to equal wjiat I see as coming from, your noble and magnificent young Governor who has just assumed the duties of office. He will henceforth be known as the educa tional Governor, for the magnificent sentiments and brave position he has taken on that question. . - "1 should want no prouder epitaph than this: 'Here jies one who gave bis me lor southern boys and Southern girls." On motion of Judge Connor the thanks of thebody were uhaimously tendered Dr. Curry. ' ,, . 'A Deep-Mytery. It is a mystery why women endure Backache; Headache, ' . Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Fainting and Dizzy Spells when thousands have prov ed that Electric Bitters will quickly cure such troubles. "I suffered for yearswith kidney trouble," 'writes Mrs. Phebe Cherley, of Peterson, la., "and a lame back pained me so I could not dress my self, bat Electric Bitters. whoUy cured me, and, although 73 years old, L now am able to do all my housework." It overcomes Constipation, improves Ap petite, gives perfect health.. Only 50c at P. B. Fetzer's drug store. j Thn BoDthlTbem, Several clerks in the dean letter office department have been dismissed - on the charge of having bought packages at the dead letter sale, knowing in advance their contents and falsely representing their character in tbe cat alogue. : . " What is believed to be the largest oil well in the world has just been drilled in lexas, on tbe oabme River, near Sabine Pass. It is estimated to yield 15,000 barrels a day, though' such pro duction will, of couse, be continued but a few days. j Saloons fitted up to entice children and cultivate a taste for sipirito are Mid to have been found in Chicago. itiLr laUMMrf war, . W. I. r4ru4. 1 .atiaate 4trV Ljing tite mike oortfct of Cirt. buru is the tte uf Um baui of (W.fvrd ouurthoa, the hurt decisive eobiU-t .cl the Revolutionary war. , Iter it that the BnUh army, tboojh victori ous in battle, we to crippled thai the urreadt-r at York Iowa followed the hasty kui at of CxuwaQii to hi thip at Wilmington od late? into Virginia. The ItuUedtld m now owned by the Gaufori Battleground Company, which was organised &d cavtered a few yeait ago for the purpoM of rcciaitmnc.beatt ufyiog and perpetuating tbe site of the battle that made certain American in dfpendence. The company own 75 cr.-t of land, which have bees converted i,to a pobbc park. Freviotta to iu j ur C3XJO toe land was traversed by yawn isg gullies- and . covered by a rank growth of briars, weeds, etc a verit able wilderness. . 8 nee pasatog into tbe handa it the Gailford BalUeg round Cumpauy the property has been cleared up, roads and avenues graded, tnonu aieati, buildings, pavilliont, . etc., erected, and many other improvement made. The Gailfod battleground is what it rrclaimcrs intend it should be 4 Mecca of (atriotisni. It is annually the desti nation of tbouaaods of visitors from all section of the country. One of tbe earliett UiLr from a distance was George Washington, who, a year after tbe battle, went over the entire field and carefully inspected the hue of tbe battle. " " - To Hon. David Schenck, jurist and historian, is due tbe major .part of the cr ml ot m-iainitpg tue batueneid irom oblivion and etving to tbe world a true and accurate account of the battle. It has been a most arduous task, to which Jurig Schenck bat unselfishly , devoted ris life for the past fifteen years. The battle of Gailford courthouse ws fought on March 15, 1781, between veterans of the British army on the one side and regulars of the Contin- mtal army and volunteer and militia troops from North Carolina and Vir ginia on the other. The British forces were commanded by Lcrd Cornwalus, fresh from the conquests of South Car olina and Georgia. Major General Nathaniel Greene commanded the American troops. The engagement resulted in a Bnt:Bh and American loss of 000 and 372, respectively, While the field was lost to tbe Americans, the victory was theirs, for after the battle Cornwaliis started across the colony in hurried flight to Cross Creek and Wil mington. Greene followed in hot pur suit. Realizing that he was not safe at Wilmington, Cornwaliis gathered his shattered 'forces, tbe remnant of a once powerful army, and retreated into Y ir- einia. Just seven months and four days after the battle of Guilford court house he surrendered to General Wash ington at Yorktown. Judge Schenck says: "Without Guilford courthouse there would have been no Yorkfown. The fight for liberty began at Almance on the 16th day of May, 1771,' and was virtually ended at Guilford- courthouse the 15th day of March, 1781 The battle of Guilford courthouse was second in importance to none fought during tbe bloody war of American in dependence. It checked tne rising spirit in behalf of . the mother country and cave Cornwaliis the first decided check he had receive since , assuming command of the southern army. Tbe battle brought -about a reaction. Soon thereafter Rawdon was defeated in the south and Clinton in the north Tbe surrender ot Cornwaliis followed, r suit ing in permanent and lasting peace One writer has said: "rio enlightened English statesman or general ever enter tained hopes of tbe subjugation of tbe American states after the battle of Guil ford courthouse and tne retreating march of Com wains. Subsequent bat ties were only tbe spasmodic effort of humbled national pride and dying domination, aud were solely prompted by the irritated feelings of a feeble and bigoted king and his ser file9 ministry."" The results of the battle are not sur prising when tbe type of men composing the American forces is considered. Orer half the strength of the Continental army was composed of militia and vol unteer troops, raw and untrained sol diers. In . Western North Carolina, east of tbe Blue Ridge country, there was an organizition of Whigs called "minute men." By solemn vows they were pledged to go immediately to the front whenever called, at their own ex pense, and furnishing their on bones arms and ammunition. They used rifles and carried ammunition in borni and pouches. No baggage or baggage wagons impeded their march across tbe mountains and hills. They neither asked nor expected pay. When Greene decided to fight the British he informed these "minute men" by secret messen gers, and immediately the hardy moan taineers eot ready for battle. 'While the men were preparinz to leave, their wo men fo.'ks were busily engaged in mold ing rifle balls for them. During the ficht at Gailford courthouse, in order to save time, it is said that many of the "minute men" carried bullets in their mouths. Inf connection with the task to which Judze Schenck has devoted the. last Tears of his life has been tbe constant aim to refute the ofi-repeated charge of cowardice on the part of tbe North Cir olina militia daring tbe battle of Gail ford courthouse. These raw troops were placed in tbe front line of battle and ordered to fire twice upon tbe advanc ing foe and then fall back, receiving the first shock of the battle. Their orders were carried out with, telling effect on the-British forces. If there was disorder and confusion when they fell back, it wa due to the fact that they were untrained soldi rs and. unac quainted with the rules of battle. Judge Schenck, after much patient research,' has established the fact that the North Carolina volunteer riflemen, from the counties of Wilkes, 8arry, S okes, Forsyth and Guilford, were the very last soldiers to leave the held of battle, and that thelast man who poured out his blood as a libation to the liberty of his country was Richard Talliaferro, a attlk er vnkmt n&ma fax tarry, U2 end 4rd 4e a wWt rc4 frcea re of ttaeiMr Tartbae'e tfregeewja. UrWeAbnvo, 51. C Jan. 14; Ttte . Lm. R-1. Ho U hlt a ai tee !Yfe?tma lin4u ta New Vera nty. I! rejis tat b,aiHt forgrHte by bis Mow rMUtrytfc 4 Ut4f rrt try bi tikmgiVuwHit H la tbe Hfateb-Asfea Vr prta ed an art of tbe 6ot bnHam and wua f fctmaelf a name that Wi2lbe write Ure a .eaTJtia beocw in V teertaaa biatory, tWtte H tbe sniait of tun peopW, he sweated too eueceUitW N lb bland isbmeoU cf flattarer be rut- ruled and leas pooed. but ta U beeru of in American reopk tbe He la boaptial I tbe tloteoo of tbe Uern mac, ebo braved death in hi ooootrt service. Wbea be needed tbea httl the American people gave hun thou sand! of kind word. Sow that be need tb bow may kind word are rusat u Dim 7 A grateraljpeopM m4e lry an admiial and ruoaton a fori. but IIfaou of tbe lierrimae t eull Lieutenant Hoieoo. Kcrw aaaaaeV ealart. The Republican admiaiatratioo recently have bad oieaiderbl difficulty- with their sppololnieot of colored men to am all tt offioie. especially io Southern 8lale. Wber these appoiotnenUi have bren forced against tbe. wishes of the Dmiocrabc patrons, tbe latter have, it U a Married. inaugurated very effective boycotts of the appointee. The rutotn baa been (bat lb patron would permit lb offensivs postmaster to bandl tb tbe incoming mail but outgoing letter ould be sent to tbe trains, or lb adjoining post office, in order to cut lb local olbce out of the odamiasioos payable for stamp canceled. To meet these boycoolU. at tb request of the administration, tbe 101 OUice Comm.it tee reported a frovisioQ in. tbe pending bill authorising 'lb Postmaster General in such caae to tit special compensation for tbe boycotted postmaster, regard of tbe stamp canceled. Tbe Houe in committee of the wbol has defeated this proposition. Tb member evidently believed tb proper Mutton of such matters is fcr tb Postmaster General, to appoint poet master who are fairly satisfactory to me patrons oi me orace. - Live ft a Year. Valparalao, Ind , Dlnpatcta. Judge Talcott of thi city ba proved that a man aud his wife can live on $52 a year. The judge it 85, tall, strong and active. Mrs. Talcott, who Is 10 years younger, has almost a girlish com piexioa and does all the work about the home. Judga Talcott has plenty of money, so the $1 a week dietary regime adhered to is jHirely choice. Following is what the Judge bas lived on for sev eral years, ss baa also Mrs. Talcott: Breakfast Oatmeal musb and sugar. Dinner Bread, milk and sugar. Supper Corn meal mush and sugar, Once or twice a month this is varied by nuts and fruit. On coffee cup of cereal at each meal satisfies the judge, Hit wife eats less. "I walk four or five mile daily, work about the yard, cut all tbe wood for winter and do other ihing. In the Iat 10 ; years I have made three trips to California," said tb judge. A Prominent Chirac WMa Speak Prof. Roxa Tvler. of Chirasro. Vice- President nUnqu Woman' Alliance, in speaking of Chamberlain' Oougb Rem edy. says: "I suffered with a severe cold this winter which threatened to run into pneumonia. I tried different rem edies but I seemed to grow worse and the medicine npset my stomach. friend advised me to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and I found it was pleas ant to take and it relived me at once. am now entirely recovered, saved a doc tor's bill, time and suffering, and I will never be without this splendid medicine again." For sale by M. L. Marsh. North Crollna'a Newspaper. Accord in v Lr the rennrt nf tb atate labor commissioner, North Carolina ba 284 newspari. Twenty-eight are daily, Slwerklv. 14 aemi-weeklv. 83 monthly ly and 29 semi-montblyf Of these 185 are Democratic, 26 independent, IV Re publican, 3 Populist, 11 Baptist, 8 Pres byterian, 5 Methodist and 4 Epicopa lian. ' Eighteen of them um typesetting macnioe. 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