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War between the United States and Eng land exists at the close of this cental y. A Syndicate contract with this Government to establish peace within a year. They equip a number of ships with steel armor, and construct several submarine vessels called "crabs." Bombs of wonderful de structive power are tired from the steel ships, which blow to atoms two Canadian forts and a monster iron-elad man-of-war. The crabs, by means of powerful mechan ical jaws, disable a number of English war-shins bv tearinirofi their rudders and propellers. One of th largest steel-ar- mored " resellers. " accompanied by a fleet of crabs, proceeds to the. British Isles, tiated. I hen the Amencan and English where several more men-of-war are dis- j Governments secure control of the inven niiimi mill n ivi:::i:i nmilifint. fantm-i'il. i tions; of the Great War Syndicate, and an The entire British fleetThen prepare to as- ! sault the repeller, but bombs exploded in i the sea cause such a disturbance in th water that a near approach is impossible. The British fleet then retire from the co.n liict. A letter is sent to the English Gov ernment by the Syndicate with the-request SECTION SEVEN. Even among the men on board the syn dicate's fleet there were signs of di -abt and apprehension. of evil. If had all been very well 60 far, but fight ing ono ship at a time was a very different ilung from steaming into tho midst of a hun dred slups. On board the repeller there was now an additional reason for fears and misgivings. The unlucty character of the vessel when it had been the Talla poosa wa3 known, and not a few of the men imagined that it must now bo time for some new disaster to this ill starred craft, and if her evil gonna had desired fresh disaster for her; it was certainly sending her into a good place to look for it. But the syndicate neither doubted nor hesitated, nor paid aiy attention to the doubts and condemnations whicli they heard from every quarter. Four days after the news of tho destruction of tho Craglevin had been telegraphed from Canada to London, tho syndicate's fleet entered the English channel. Owing to tho power and speed of the crabs, Repel ler No. 11 had made a passage of the At lantic which m her old naval career would have been considered miraculous. Craft of various kinds were ' now passed, but none of them carried the British flag. In the expectation of the arrival of the enemy, British merchant- men and fishing vessels had been ad- vised to keep In the background until the British navy had concluded its business with the vessels of the American syndi cate. As has lecn said before, the British admiralty had adopted a new method of defense for tho rudders and screw pro pellers of naval vessels against the at tacks of submerged craft. The work of constructing the new apxliances hael been pushed forward as fast as possible, but so far only one of these had been finished and attached to a man-of-war. The Llangaron was a recently built ironclad of the same size and class as the Adamant; and to her had been at tached tho new stern defense. This was an immense steel cylinder, entirely closed, and rounded at the ends. It was about ten feet in diameter, and strongly braced inside. It was suspended by chains from two davits which projected over the stern of tho vessel. When sail ing this cylinder was hoisted up to the davits, but when the ship was prepared for action it was lowered until it lay, nearly submerged, abaft of the rudder. In this position its ends projected about fifteen feet on either side of the propeller blades. ' It was believed tliat this cylinder would effectually prevent a crab from" getting n'ear enough to the propeller or the rud- no lwold to the forceps of the crabs; and, approaching from any quarter, it would be impossible for these forceps to reach rudder or screw. Tho syndicate's little fleet-arrived in British waters late in the day: and early the next morning it appeared about twenty miles to the south cf the L-de of Wight, and headed to thu northeast as if it were making for Portsmouth. Tho course of these vessels greatly surprised tho English government and naval au thorities. It was expected that an at tack would probably lx; made upon some comparatively unprotected sot on the British seaboard, and therefore cn the west coast cf Ireland and in St. George's channel preparations of the most for midable character had been made to de fend British ports against Repeller No. 1 1 anil her attendant crabs. Particularly was. this tho case in Bristol channel, where a large number of ironclads w ere stationed, and which was to have lvcn tho destination of the Llangaron if tho syndicate's vessels had delayed their 'coining long enough to allow her to get around there. That this little fleet should have sailed straight for England's groat naval stronghold was something that the British admiralty could not understand. The fact was not -appreciated that it was the object oi" the syndicate to measure its strength with the greatest strength N DIG ATE. STOQIITON, CF- nsiciTrnous Experiences;" "The Bee- that they name some fortified place which the Syndicate will destroy in order to demonstrate the power of their bombs. After deliberating several days, the Gov ernment select Caerdaff, on the Welsh coast, as the place to be destroyed. On the appointed day the repeller begins the bom bardment from a point nine miles away, and such is the destructive power of the i bombs that the high promontory of Caer daff is completely effaced and the coast line so changed that a new bay is created. This, of course, convinces the English that it is useless to longer light against the Syn dicate, and a treaty of peace is soon r.ego- alliance for the domination of the world is t speedily formed between the two nations, j to the vast and almost immediate improve-! ment of all mankind. During the whole j of the war but one man is killed, and his j death is caused by the fall of a derrick. A j monument is raised to his memory. j or tne enemy. 'Anvtinnf? less than this would, not avail its purpose. Notwithstanding that so many vessels had been sent to different parts of tho coast, there was still in Portsmouth har bor a large number of war vessels of va rious classes, all in commission and ready for action. The greater part of those had received orders to cruise that day in tho channel. Consequently it was still - early in tho morning when around the eastern end of the Isle ef "Wight there appeared a British fleet corn posed of fifteen of tho finest ironclads, with several gunboats and cruisers, -and a number of torpedo boats. It was a noblo sight, for bcside3 tho war ships there was another fleet hang ing upon tho outskirts of tho first, and composed of craft, largo and small, and from loth sides -of the channel, filled wilh those who were anxious to witness from afar tho pea light which was totako place under such novel conditions. Many of these observers were reporters and special correspondents for great news papers. On pome of tho vessels which came up from tho French coast were men with marine glasses of extraordi nary power, whose business it was to send an early and accurate report of the affair to the office of the war sy ndicate in New York. As r.oon as the British ships camo in :!rhf the frtmrnlis ensfc off from T?.nr-.r'l- k . . i thev prepared for action, moving con- ! siderably in advance of the repeller, which now steamed forward very slowly. The wind w.as strong from tho north west, and the .sea hrjh, the shining tops of the crabs frequently disappearing under the waves. The- BritLh :ded bv the fleet oaiuo steadily on, great Llangaron. Tkia vessel was very much in advance of tho others, tor knowmrr Inat when she- was reallv m action and the great cylinder , ed into tlv- water her speed would b; uracil retarded, alio had put on all t.leam, and being the r.wiftQbt war ship of her class, she had distanced all her consorts. It was hi hly important thai -rive slieitld rht and engage tho attention begin the f of a:; many crab:; as possible while cer tain cf t!r - other diips attacked the rc pelier with, their rams. Although it was and It Lack again; -slid instant ly'-tlte 'two' crabs, c-ach stiil grasping a chain of tho cylinder, began to sink. On board the lilangtirou an order was shouted to let out the cylinder chains, but as these chains had only been made long enough to allow the top of the cylinder to hang at, or a little below, the surface cf the : water, a foot or two cf length was that could be gained. The davits from which the cylinder hung were thick and strong, and the iron winularoesto which the chains were attached were large and-ponderous, but these were not strong en.aigh to with stand the wt iglit of two crabs with steel armored roofs, enormous engines and iron hull. In less than a minute- one davit : napped like a pipe stem under the tre::u ::doiis strain, and immediately afterward tho windlass to whL-h the ClKUi) v."; bed was tvrn iron ils bt nd Went eras nig overboard, tear f the stern rail in h;'r awav a portion its descent. Oab 0 instantly released tho 'chain it had held, and in a moment tho great cylinder hung almost perpendicularly from one chain. But only lor a mo ment. -The nippers of Crab ii stiii tirmly held the chain, and the tremendous lev erage exerted by the fall ing of one end of the cylinder wrenched it from the rigidly held end of its chain; and i:i a Cash, the enormous stern guard of tho Lkmgcroii sunk, end fe;vim if to the bottom of the channel. In ten minute afterward the IJanga rcn. rudderless, and with the blades of I ir propellers shivered and crushed, was slowly turning her starLoarel to the wir.d anil the :;ea and beginning to roll like a Jog ofr.COUotuj. ,. '' L:;M. s the Liangan-n Uiycc ir i-- ...ILd v.vre 1 i-.:t th. w tinning i rt.'.eiue i e v;u; no lime to succor t t- r 5:U r ivot or e fleet w: at work i-.-i.n crabs. th rr t. ... !... i Agninst these? enemies, swift of motion and sadden in action, tho torpedo boats found it almost impossible-to opeilItL for the British ships and the crabs were bo rapidly nearing each other that a torpedo ?n.t out against an enemy was mjpre than likely to run against the hnil of a friend. Each crab sped at the top of its speed for a Lhip, not only to attack, but also to pro tect itself. ' Once only did the crabs give the tor pedo boats a chance. A milo or two north of thy scene of action a large cruiser was making her way rapidly toward the repeller, which was still h'iiiir, almost jiaaiiUJQaJSUles .Ujthe westward. . As it was highly probable that this vessel carried dynamite gsris, Crab Q, . whicli was the fastest cf her class, was signaled to go after her. She had scarcely begun her course across the open space of sea before a torpedo boat was in pm-suit. Fast ns was the latter, the .crab was faster, and quite as easily managed. She was in a position of great danger, and her only safety lay in keeping herself on a line between the torpedo boat an! the gunboat, and to shorten as quickly as possible the distance between herself and that vessel. CAEKDAFF EEFORE THE B0MBAPJ3IES1. If the torpedo boat shot to one side in order to get the crab out of line, the crab, its back sometimes hidden by the tossing waves, sped also to the same side. When the torpedo boat could aim a gun at tho crab and not at the gunboat, a deadly torpedo fiew into tae sea, but a tossing sea and a shifting target were unfavor- ..1.1 J . i. : n i. able to tho gunner's aim. It was not long, however, before the crab had run the chase which might so readily have been fatal to it, and was so near the gun boat that no more torpedoes could bo fired at it. Of course the officers and crew of tho gunboat had watched with most anxious int eresfc the chase of the crab. The vessel was one which TTad. been fitted out for .service with dynamite guns, of 'which she carried some of very long range for this class of artillery, and she had been ordered to get astern of the repeller and to do her best to put a few dynamito bombs on board of her. Tho dynamite gunboat, therefore, had kept ahead at full speed, determined to carry cut her instructions if she should be allowed to do so, but her speed was not as great as that of a crab, and v.-hen the torpedo boat had given up the chase, and tho dreaded crab was drawing swiftly near, the captain thought it lime for bravery to give place to prudence. With the large amount of explosive ma terial of the incst tremendous and ter rific character which he had on board, it would be the insanity of courage for him, to allow his comparatively small vessel to be racked, shaken and partially shiv ered by the powerful jaws of the oncom ing foe. As he could neither fly nor fight, he hauled down his flag in token of surrender, the first instance of the kind which had occurred in this war. When the director of Crab Q. through his lookout glass, beheld thi3 action on the part of the gunboat, he was a littlo perplexed a'r. to what he'should next do. To accept the surrender of the British vessel and to assume- control of her, it was necessary to communicate with her. The communications of tho crabs wore lndde'"'entircly by black smoke signals, and these the captain cf the gunboat not be opened when she was at her tkj h:g depth and in a tossing sea. A means was soon .devised of coni mimieatmg with' the gunboat. A spoak b)g tube w as run up through one of the air pipe.- of the crab, which pipe was then now generally believed that niotor bombs from a repeller might destroy a man-of-war, it was also considered prob able that the accurate calculations which appeared to be necessary to precision of aim could not be made when the object of the aim was in rapid motion. But .whether or not one or moro motor bombs did strike the mark, or whether or not ono or moro vessels were blown into fine particles, there were a dozen ironclads in that fleet, each of whose conmiauders and officers were deter mined to run into tliat repeller and crush her, if so be they held together long enough to reach her. The commanders of tho torpedo boats bad orders to direct their swift messen gers of destruction first against tlie crabs, fer these vessels were far in advance of the repeller, and coming on with a ra pidity which showed that they were de termiued upon mischief. If a torpedo, shot from a torpedo boat, and speeding swiftly by its own powers beneath tho waves,,rhouid strike the submerged hull of a .-crab, there would be one crab the leAs in l lie English channel. ' As has been said, the Llangaron came rushing on, distancing everything, even the torpedo boats. If, before she was vbiiged to lower her cylinder, she could got ne..r enough to the ahuoat stationary rcpc-ilcr to take part in the- attack on her, she would then be. content to slacken i-pecd and k-t the cralu nibble awhile at her stem. " Two "of the latest constructed anjl s r'' ''" -- count not unuersiana. me Heavy natcnea than two miles awav, were heading di- in the mailed roof, which could bo put recliy for them, and" their rams might b in two when the crab was cruising, could use(i vith but little danger to the Llan- largest crabs, Q and R, headed at full epeed to meet tho Llangaron, who, as she came on. opened the ball by sending a "rattler"' in the Shape of a 500-pound shot into the ribs of the repeller, then at least four miles distant, and immedately after began firing her dynamite guns, which were of limited range, at the roofs of the advancing crabs. There were some on board tho epellcr who, at the moment the great shot struclc her, with a ringing and clangor of steel springs, such as never was heard before, wished that in her former state of ex istence she had been some other vessel than the Tallapoosa. But Svcry. spring sprang back to its place as the great mass of iron glanced off" 'into the sea, Tho dynamite bombs flew over the tops of tho crabs, whose rapid motions and slightly exposed surfaces gave little chanco for accurate aim, and in ahort time they were too close to the Llangaron for this class of gun to be used upon tbeni As the crabs came nearer, the Llan garon lowered the great steel cylinder which hung across her stern, until it lay almost entirely under water, and abaft of her . rudder and propeller blades. She now moved slowly through the . water, and her men greeted the advanc ing crabs with yells of a defiance, and a shower of shot from machine guns. - The character of the new defense which had been fitted to the Llangaron was known to the syndicate, and tho directors of the two new crabs under stood tho heavy piece of work which lay before them. But their plans of ac- v tion haI been well considered, and they made straight for the stern of the British ship. , , It was, of course, impossible to en deavor to grasp that great cylinder with its rounded ends; their forceps would slir from any portion of its smooth sur face on which they should endeavor tc lay hold, and no such attempt was made. Keeping near the cylinder, one at each end of it, tho two moved slowly after the Llangaron, apparently discouraged. In a short time, however, it was per ceived by those on board the ship, that a change had taken place in the appear- ance.0f the crabs: the visible portion of ----- . . their backs wa3 growing larger and larger; they were rising in the water. Their mailed roofs became visible from end to end, and the crowd of observers looking down from the ship were amazed to see what largo vessels they were. Higher and higher the crabs arose, their nowerful air i)umi)3 workinr at f their greatest capacity, until their pon derous pincers became visible above the watr. Then into the minds of the offi cers of tho Llangaron flashed tho true object of this uprising, which to the crew, had seemed an intention on the part of the sea devils to clamber on board. If the cylinder were left in its present position the crab might seize tho chains by which it was suspended, while if it were raised it would ceaso to bo a de fense. Notwithstanding this latter con tingency, tho order was quickly given to raise the cylinder, but before tho hoist ing engine had been set in motion Crab Q thrust forward her forceps over the top ! of tho cylinder and held it down. Another thrust, and tho iron jaws had grasped ono of tho two ponderous chains by which the cylinder was suspended. Tho other end of the cylinder began to rise, but at thi3 moment Crab R, appar- ently by a single effort, lifted herself a foot higher oux of the sea; her pincers flashed forward, and the other chain was grasped. The two crabs were now placed in the most extraordinary position. The over hang of their roofs prevented an attack on their hulls by the Llangaron, but their unmailed hulls were so greatly ex posed that a few shot from another ship could easily have destroyed them. But as any ship firing at them would bo very likely to hit tho Llangaron, their direc tors felt safe on this point. Three of the foremost ironclads, less danger garon, but, on the other hand, three ewift crabs were heading directly for these ironclads. - It was impossible for Crabs Q and R to operate in tho usual way. Their mas sive forceps, lying flat against the top of the cylinder, could no be twisted. The enormous chains they helel could not be gevcreel by tho greatest pressure, tnel if both crabs backed at once they would probably do no moro than tow the Llan garon stern foremost. There was, more over, no time to waste in experiments, for other rams would be coming on. and there were not crabtj enough to attend to them all. No time was wasted. Q signald to R tk'vateel some distance above tho sur face. Through thia the director liailed tho other vessel, and as the air pipe was . ,,ear tho stern of the CTabj and therefore at a di ytar.ee from tho only visible por- ' tica, of the turtle back roof, hU voice teemed to come out of the depths of the ocean. The surrender was accepted, and the captain of the gunboat was ordered to i-top his engines and prepare to be towed. When this order had been given the crab move! round to the bow of the gunboat, aiui grasping- tho ' cutwater with its forceps, reversed its engines and. began to back rapidly toward the British fleet, taking with it the captured vessel sis a prelection against torpeelocs while in transit. The crab slowed up not far from one of the foremost of the British sliips, and coming round to the quarter of the jrun . boat, the aKtcnisbed captain of tliat ves ': sel was informed, through the epeakiag ( tube, that if ho would give hte parole to, keep out of thi5 fight, ho would be allowed to proceed to liis anchorage in Portsmouth harbor. The parole was given, and the dynamite gunboat, after repealing to tho flag ship, steamed away to Portsmouth. The situation now became ono which was unparalleled in the history of naval warfare. On the side of the British soven wax sliips were disabled and drifting slowly to the southeast; For lialf an hour no advance had been made by the British fleet, for whenever one of tho large vessels had steamed ahead, such vessel had become the victim of a crab, and the vice admiral commanding tho' fleet had signaled not to advance until furtlier orders, The crabs were also lying to, each to the windward of and not far from one of the British ships. They had ceased to make any attacks, and were resting quietly under protection of the enemy. Tins, with the fact that tho repeller still lay four miles away without any apparent intention of taking part, in the battle, gave the situation its peculiar character. The British vice admiral did not in tend to remain in this quiescent condi tion. It was, of course, useless to order forth his ironclads, simply to see them disabled and set adrift. There was an other, arm of the service which evidently frould bo used with better effect upon this peculiar foe than could tho great battle sliips. But before doing anything ejse, he must provide for the safety of those of his vessels which had been rendered helpless by the crabs, and some of which were now drifting dangerously near to each other. , Dispatches had been sentlo Portsmouth for tugs, for it would not do to wait until these arrived, and a suffi cient number of ironclads were detailed to tow theif injured consorts into port. When this order had been given, the vice admiral immediately prepared to renew the fight, and this time his efforts were to be directed entirely against the repeller. It would be useless to devote any further attention to tho crabs, espe cially in their present positions. But if tho chief vessel of the syndicate's fleet, with its spring armor, and its terrible earthquake bombs, could be destroyed, it was quite possible that those sea para sites, the crabs, could also bo disposed of. Every torpedo boat was now ordered to tho front, and in a long line, almost abreast of each other, these swift vessels the light infantry of the sea advanced upon the solitary and distant foe. If one torpedo could but reach her hull, the vice admiral, in spite of seven disabled ironclads and a captured gunboat, might yet gazo proudly at his floating flag, even if his own ship should bo drifting broadside to the sea. Tho lino of torpedo boats, sh'ghtly curv ing inward, had advanced about a mile when Repeller No. 11 awoko from her seeming sleep, and began to act. The two great guns at her bow were trained upward, so that a bomb discharged from them would fall into the sea a mile and a half ahcael. Slowly turning her bow from side to side, so that the guns would cover a range of nearly half a circle, the instantaneous motor bombs of tho re peller wero discharged, one every half minute. One of the most appalling character istics of the motor bombs was the silence which accompanied their discharge and action. No noiso was heard, except the flash of sounel occasioned by the removal of the particles of the object aimed at, and the subsequent roar of wind or fall of water. - As each motor bomb dropped into the channel, a denso cloud appeared high in the air,.abovc a roaring, scathing cal dron, hollowed out of the waters and out of tho very bottom of the channel. Into this chasm tho cloud quickly came down, condensed into a vast body of water, which fell, with the roar of a cyclone, into tho dreadful abyss from which it had been torn, before tho hissing walls of the great hollow had half filled it with their sweeping surges. The piled up mass of tho redundant water was still sending its maddened billows tossing and writhing in every direction toward their normal level, when another bomb was discharged; another surging abyss ap peared, another roar of wind and water was heard, and another mountain of furious billows uplif ted itself in a storm of spray and foam, raging that it had found its place usurped. Slowly turning, the Tepeller discharged bomb after bomb," building up but of the very sea itself a barrier against its ene mies. Under these thundering cata racts, born in an instant, and coming down all at once in a plunging storm; into these abysses, with walls of water and fl jprs of cleft and rhivered rocks; through this wide belt of raging turmoil, thrown into new frenzy after the dis charge of every bomb no vessel, no tor pedo, could 1IS3. ! The air driven off in every direction j by tremendous and successive concus I sions came rusliiug back in shrieking gales, which tore up tho waves into blinding foam. For miles hi every di- rcttiou tho sea swelled and -upheaved i:u great peaked waves, the repeller rising upon tnese almost lugh enough to look down into the awiul charms which her bombs cre making. A torpedo ' r-il, might in one of the returning galea, was hurled forward almost on her, beam ends until sho was under the edg of one of the vast masses of descending water. The flood which, from even the outer Ilmit3 of this falling sea, pouredj upon and into the unlucky vessel nearlyj swamped her, and when 6he was swept back by the rushing waves into less stormy waters, her officers and crew leaped into their Ixxits and deserted her. 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HENRY, ATTORNEY -A.T XJtW, . HENDERSON, N. C, -OFFICE IJT BUBWELL BCTLDEffQ. - rVtrrn-rs.YTiinM ITvanlrlln WavMn Amh- vllle. United States Court it Raleigh, and Supreme Court of North Carolina. - Rkfebekceb:-Chief Justice W. K. B, Smith, Hon. AnKustns S. Merrlmon. Got.' Daniel G. Fowle, Hon. T. C. Fuller, Hon. T. M. Areo. Dr. W. T. Cheatham. Dr. J. H. Tucker, Mr. M. Dorsey, H. H. Burwell, Eaq., Hon. James Edwin Moore, Ex-Solleitnr Oan of U.S. Samuel . Phillip. Francis Whar ton, L. L. D., American Jurist. Office hours 9 a m. to 6 p. m. . men. 7 S I. T. Y ATKINS, Attorney and Counsellor mt Law UENDERSON, N. C. Courts: Vance, Gran villa and Warren, and the Federal Court at Raleigh. Special attention given to negotiating loans, settlement of estates, and litigated cases. Jan.. T. M. PITTMAN, ATTORNEY JL.T LAW, HENDERSON, N. C. Prompt attention to all professional easi ness. Practices in the State and Federal courts. Refers by permission to Commercial Na tional Bank and E. D. Latta Bro.. Char N.C Alfred Williams A Co., Raltlgb, N. C-; D. Y. Cooper and Jas. H. LassiUr, Henderson, N. C. Office : Over Jas. H. Laasiter A Son's store, nov 61 c. JX DREW J. HARRIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW HENDERSON, N. C. Practices In the courts of Vanee, Granville. Warren and Franklin counties, and In th Supreme and Federal courts of the Stat. Office: In Harris Law Building, next Court House. W. H. DAY. A. C. ZOLUCOFFRB. AY & ZOL.MCOFFEB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, HENDERSON, N. C. -Practice in the court of Vance, Granville, Warren, Halifax and Northampton, and in the Supreme and Federal courts of the Stats. Office: In Zolllcoffer's law building. Oar nett street. feb. - L C. EDWARDS, Oxford. N. C. A. R. WORTHAM, Henderson, N. U. JD WARDS & WORTHAM. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, HENDERSON, N. C. Offer their services to the people of Vane county. Col. Edwards will attend all the Courts of Vance county, and will eosae t Henderson at any and all times when his assistance may be needed by his partner, march 19 a Jj1 S. HARRIS, DENTIST HEKDEBSOM, N.C. Datlc Store, nr.jr. 25, 1 e. 3B Office Main Street over E. O. The Bank of Henderson, HENDERSON, VANCE COUNTY, N. O. General Baakiss. Exefcajssre a si si Col led last BmIsmss. First Mortoaob Loams Sesrotlated on good farms for a term of years, la sums of $500 aud upward, at 8 per cent interest and moderate charges. Apply WM. H. 8. BUROWYJT, At the Bank of Henderson. . II. 8. BURG VTN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. HENDERSON, N. C. . Persons desirinjr to consult me profes sionally, will find me daily at my ofileela Tne Bsnk of Henderson Building KW. COG1IILL, , r CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. HENDERSON, N. C. ' Estimates for the erection of bald lion, and orders for lumber solicited. I will ell all kinds of lumber at Pi rfW prices, with freight added. feb. 9-le.l vt$f t i 4 ; 1 ! ! ' 1: I i I r 1 1