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i V, j - ' ; gftPyV , rWykj.W:W-.' thc flowers coixectioiN I- ' VOL. 4-NO. 4. ! . LEAKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, MAY' 8, . -188a S1.00 PER Ali-NUM. v. u 1 r h V j NEW ADVERTISEMENTS r 1 -, - I I . - !. ; : ,. -j - I . 14- 4-i BWI3 wzttmxK U IUB mui 111 ; i 4 M . J E F F 1UES&C p PIBST CLASS EESTAUE AHTi ! - (Opposite CalHill Warehduw.) i ax villi:, va. 1 Oool Meals" at low prices at all hours, lav or liirht. apl lM:u is 15 i f i i: l 1 IiEAKSVmLE, n: c. Rvpct fully ofi'crrf liw services td the public, In every department 01 ' 3D ue CLT T I S T IE? "Y1 At dri'iCE S:ttiinfays and Mo:n' Vi!l at tend eall elsewhere on other dav.s of the iweek. apMC-ljyr H. J K I F. F I jN" i-ancy Boot and Shoe Maker, et door to A, llegie.) T.KAKSVILLE. i - - - - N G. Work done; in bt style, and oil t of )est niiiteriol. Prices moderate for the character of the work. Ilepairinp: lone at low rkte. . -.. 1aplH-Sm B II W C O L E Druggist and Apothecary, DANVILLE. VA. ,.A fn line of :J)ri! . t:iiemh:;i:s Puiht (lils. Dve St us eonst:mtiv ) hand a hd old at lowest , rates., pler- i hant?! and I hysiei.ins supp:etl ;atlibe- Jul rate Qrders by mail promptly at- .tended o. : apiiu-im A. lEALER IX) J C3- O O IE I E DRV GOODS, , v- HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE. f if NOTIONS and everything finally kept in a dlche ral J?t6re. A; full stock of " , EEADY-MABE CLOTHING? on hainl. and nirrkel at rh :ai piofits. 'i hick sa';e. '1 oejieve in sinail prolirs ami quieu s; '' No tronh'.e to show proods. ,'aH a:Al ex- amine our prjees. 'Leaksville, X. C. i a)d lG-jlyr Tames ' JY Iritcliett &z. Co., (RIVERSIDE BLOCie) DANVILLE, VA. ! - -TUH 1 1 K ADQU A HTEIiS FOK- LIME, 4. , PLASTER, ijf-Air. l, j , BALED FOR AGEj : I . MILL STUFF, PLOUR AND aRAHSTi i ' - - & We also keep the "U. D." SEA FOWL (JFAXO and NLWi MLTHOD MK)S 11 1 ATE., Our customers- are inyited-t our neW stand on Riverside lilqckj . Kee) in nihfd the tirm atui call around, apl IGkhn D. FiEL XEAKSVILLE, N- C., :'''! ""!''. - DKALKIt IX-- DRVGOODS, - ! GROCERIES; NOTIONS, i r, . LOOTS and SHOES HARDWARE, ; - ' 1 1 GLASSWARE and in fact everytldnsf "kept in a "First - jassi store. U e sell at small projits am n try to jrive every o'.ie the worth of hi money. I A lare part. of our j if now in. and nev froods are addetV almost daily. We do -ir iKmost to please our eustoihers, and inyiter patron jige from all. T j - aplUMyr iillGII PRICES- HAVE BEEN SLAUG I ITElik D liY i , 9 General Grocery Stoiro, LEAKSVILLE, f N. C, Where everything iu his line H so!tt at I keep tlie very lowest niavkct rates constantly on hand FLOUR, LARD, MEAL. FISH nsiL j 'ATOl; B4 L POT COi'; A. CAN FRUITS AND OYSTERS, I ! . ; ! ji; c6ni:ctioneriis, MOLASSES, i :.,., o-VINEGAR. Hue. Give (uciit trial. IP ajKlG-iim i NEW AD V ERTISEMrlNTS. ftTO WnlfP?J !?I TOff WA...Jn' aipg,, lnssa piioeing .pnrned as at PET ER D. WAD E, Saddler and ! Harness Maker, ' (Opposite Lv. IIeggie.) LEAKSVILLE N. G. Mr work will compare ; favorahlv with any other .ianu;i tnrer. both iu style and prices. 1 I cannot be undersold. Re pairing done on sho it notice, ap 1 C-ly . War mm ? - WILLIAM JIQLT, who was employed by me. on the 2nd of April. 18S5, for the remainder of theJ year, ha left me with- out c'ause. This U to notify every one not to employ the Raid William Holt ui- der the penalty of the law. i v' ! FiriEIl P. WILSOX, . April 21t,.83.t ap 24-tf f- s TON EVILLE ACADEMY. MALE ANJD FEMAT.K. A First Clas sj-hool, conducted ac- eordiijjr to 1 the mo? t approved methods. Board and Tiiit ioli are reasonable, I or further -part iciulafs hpply to ! - W. B. I1A US, PltlXCn'AL, - ap 24-tf ytoheville, X. C. urn ? S. S. WAlilL, MADISON, DEALEE I N LUMBER. Keep? constiintly on hand Dried and Dressed FlobvjiiffJ 'Ceilinff. W eather lble foil boai diii?. i!U all o buildia nirp)sel. ler sorts suit Orders solicited and .satisfaction iruarai-J eed. ayl -lyr T AN V I LLE . MP V KS VI LLE AND U S. W. 11 A ILKOAD CO. tin aim atter .ion day. April Gt l, 1SS5, trains will riin dailv as follows, bundays excepted: ... " KAST Leave Leaksviile ,; COUND. ,G: 0 A. M.' Lea ve I.eaksville C Mton Mills G:.-)2 a. m. Leave D., M. and S XV. June. 7:'2'.i a. m. Arrive at Danviile, - .- : - .. 9:10 a. M. AVKST IJOUND. , Leave Danville, O p. sr. Leave D.. M.. atid S W. June. i4:()Zjv. M. Leave Leaksville C 6tlou Mills 4:40 p. M. Arrive atLeaksvijleL - - 4: P. M. If. M. KIIIVLER.IS UPT. O. J. C A ra ES & C O. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCER - IIARDW ARE, ARE, j TTNW I G iSSWARE, NOTION s; &c. We sell at.rork bottom and hard pan prices. Call and e xanune our .stock. al 1 0-5m M Hi BENSON COSMO BENSON. f Benson & Son, ReidsviUe, It C. 1 Mauufactureri? and Saddles, Ilarnels. Whips. Horse! Kh ii Dealers Jn iridic?. Halters. . Collars u ts and 'Robes, and kept in a tiijst-c'.as in fact everythiijig 1 1 a rness -esta b . i sb i i cut. We, k e'p the Iar'st stockj in le J'ledinour i section and '-Our prices are as low as, the same 3Iake (iuantv ot ffooas m any market a. specialty of Hand-Madd fVvagcn Harness. Oflice and Stord in rear of Easrle 1-t'f aivuouse, up stair my WM. M URADDOCK,; Family Grocer. LEAKSVILLjE N. C. Keeps constantly oii hand a full stock of FLOUR. MEAL, MEAT, CANNED F MOLASSES,. SALT, SOAPS, KEROSENE OIL, ami evervtiiinrr un the Grocery line. Prices low and sat i k fact ion guaranteed. In the Dillard M ore House, opposite the Postofiieej HAY just reeeiv SI H I G ED I PRICE S S -An DOXT YOU -:-! FORGET IT! ! C , D J ' ' ' : ' I cox : IS SELLING " : - VI ' J Groceries and vuuieouoames, r 'a. j. ana cannot a-optl to be undersold, He is selling not for PROFIT, but for the CASH, m oblige his custom E. borne to: Leaksville give me a call. - my 1-tf G -I-:.. LI -1 TH2 HOSPITALS AT DANVILLE. SOME GLIMPSES Of THE FIIiST SHADOWS OF "WAK THE KOCKINOHAM VOLU . - - - - ! ! i ! - ' - I II'.- i TEEES "OUR BO YK LEAVING FOU THE; BATTLE FIKT.D THE HOME ; . I ; ! I . - t ' r WORK OF AVOMKN THE IIAPi . TY AND JOYOUS SEQUEL. (By Annie E. Johns, Leaksville, X C.) ; PART III I stood one day by the side of ft dying soldier belonging; to a Florida regknent. i 'I want to go pome,' he said. f Where is your home?''.! asked "In New Hampshire,'' he replied, and in a few minutes he had "gone hdme." j ; ; I low strangely wast ie ludicrous i i mingled with the; tragic in this hosbi- tal life. 4I do not know what did niake i i i. - " it'- that man die," 6aid the nurse one day as we stood, looking at all that was 'mortal of a soldier, f-for the doc tor ffave him some of all the medi' cine in the drhsf tore." Mi The. nurses in the hospital "wers soldiers unfit forimore active seryice. , - - - i . M' 1 ! I remember what a pet with u$ one little nurse was who had lost a l-u till alas1! this b acame too . common to notice, as others came in who had lost bQth legs cr both arms. In any special emergency orders were sent from headquarters for every man w'ho could possibly .Lear arms to be sent to the field, and sometimes there was great scattering nmong pur hos pi :al employees. i ! In the autumn of '63 our hospitals were removed from thei tobacco fac tory to a large va3ant building f srm erly a hotel, ner.r the depot o:' the Richmond and Danville Railroad. The lower part Of the building was used as a' wayside hospital for the benefit of tho soldiers ! constantlv, i i i passing and repassing ito dieren parts of the army. The uppcr rqom were appropriated by the surgeon jin charge and his wife, refugees rqm Fredericksburg, and the matrons jof the hospital. The third story vfas some-time used for the rati though . the hospitals were cl Ions., narrow wards ranged side bv side near the niain building, and built by the Government for that purpose.- - j -The rooms of some of the matrons, - ' !'."' - j i including 'myself! were just above the Wayside Ilospi al. There was no way of admittan v e to our rooms ex ccpt through thej Wayside, andj the : I I crowd of soldiers; was often so slreat that I found some difficulty in get ting to and from my room.f And - ! I, f sometimes the sqldiera were so crow ded that the3T would moijmt thc?stair- case and seek a resting place on the floor in the. ball adjoining our rooms, and I would be roused from mv slum bers at night by i caringa soldier ac cidentally strike li3 turned uneasi asram ts j the wall as x on his hard couch. But I never felt a sensation of fear. I rather felt as if a body guard lay between me and all possible danger. A soldier even the most commons was to Us an embodimenl of chivalry, and raiely did we liav3s occasion to look upon him in sny other light. The 'tobacco factories were now converted into prisons for the Fe der al soldiers, and on the hill abovfc ns hospital similar to our own werejpf e pared for the sick amon the prison- .go round after the surgeons and or ers. The matrons of thse hospitals der the wirdowi to lie throwti .up. were all ladies of position, refuses! From the deadly stench that met us from Fredericksburz. I : ' Pi The smallpox hospital was at first; located in the country a short dis- tance from the towri. The soldiers had a great horror of this p afce, where they were; left to the tender mercies of men Only, kind in one in stance, I remember, a man who hjad 4 varioloid vacated his hc. honf -'- I ! i tlio fitnn 1 . . a i his round to prevent his bein"" sent ? there. As famiiiarity, however mitira tsd the'fear of the dread disease, the! smallpox patients were simply ?e - moved from the various wards in : t -! - - which it appeared to a lios;yital in j line with the others appropriated Tor . that purpose. The clothtnand bed ding,i instfid of being first, were washed by slaves who" had had smallpox, and used as before, i And I would here give my testi mony to e efficacy of vacination when U takes. We went daily into hospitals .from which smallpt x pa tients were carried. I lent my books to a man with varioloid on the floor above us, and when he returned them :; j j -.--I--,,: I only threw them in a window to air. - ."f; !.!''- 1 - ! . .-. i I f i A STRIKDvO FEATURE OF HOSPITAL LIFK was tbevfsits of Ihe wives and moth ers of the patient3. Sorely beset were we at times. to know iwhat to do with then-i jLatej ne aft?rnoqnt da ring , a Douring jrain, th!ere j jwas la knock Ifche 'door leading to ; our room3. 0n opening the door I found several women, with two babies, who had walked between twenty and thir ty miles that day, to take the train the next morning to visit their ' hns bands in camp. ;. A woman in my neighborhood said that she could n4t get along v.-ithout talking to Mr4 i-, her husband.! , As to whether lie ex press-ad the same desire to hear her talk, I did not understand 15 ' Another poor woman came from Georgia to see 'her sick ?son, after sending him sage in a letter to make tea for him, ;' and; arrived in time to see his dead bodyj. , I remember the; name on ' his headboard, B. Still," and characteristic it was of 1 i:n. One Ray an order was received from the Government, which ! sur prised mo much, though cjn farjther experience of the subject I confess that I understand: it better! It was that all alcoholic liquors used for the sick soldiersj' should be taken out of the hands of the, hospital stewards and surgeons and put in tljose of the1 matrons. It was a responsibility! which I did jhot in the least desire,: but there was.no, help for it, and my neat clothing-room in which Ijtooki such pride was converted into a re- ceptae-le not . 11 included j m itsi QrigiiiaLi.pvirposo. I gave out . the spirits accoramg to tne surgeons, prescriptions" except on occasions of extra and alarming haste, which were not frequent, iri fact I only re member one sucIl i ! Just before they left lor the field I gave a number of beautiful blankets to a party of rejoicing soldiers made: of carpets takgn from the Hoors !by a Rockingham ladyl The girl3 of the. county cut up their merino ciresses though dim and distant wa3 the pros pect of another to make shirts for the soldiers My young cotisin? lined their bilot her' s blanket withoil cloth ty protect him from th weath er; my sisterj took her new one from the table Hp line, her husband's blanket. " !., j. I ! . i;' ' 1 ! i ; We held frequent communication with our neighbors on the hill ih charge of the hospitals for the hjlder als, and our; hearts were imovjed to h3ar of the Isufferings of the isiek prisoners Tlie orders of the GoS-ern- ment were to treat them just as oar own sick wefc-e treated. But. alas ! - i -: we hal not the comforts required by sick' people for either. The jchief' matron of Our hospital a refugee from Frederik3biirg and ji aed to visit the etck prisoners anil see if there was anything we could do for themv As wie approached the iospi- tat we saw witn regret tnat the; win dows were down the same trouble that ' r ' " . FLOKEXCn XIGIITIXGALE had ia the Crimean war, She would f - i .!:-! I i at the door one would I think that common sense would have taught the nurses to raisa the windows: That was our first Workl,. A Federal jsoldier, originally from Lynchburg, Virginia, was sweeping - j the floor; another hur3e wasfsconrjng. ; Every bed inj thcong ward waaj fill- I; . - . i ' ' . . i i I ed many oftheiri with vervi ill men. ! i T -.tir r-Krt1 : n. i n f -i. j ting countenance lying in a corner. ' ; - ! 4'Uow are you." 11 asked; "Little hope left for this world;" - he replied. r , I "tou have hope; then, of ;abstt!er;" a I said.' j. j I j I ' ' . - I ' i. ' Ii? bowed fcis hsad. and a idedi - hav? a 3i?teri:wIio - lives at' Saratoga Spnngs,r now iri the South looking for me. Will yon write her at Sara toga Springs and tell her I am here?" -I premised that I would, and pass ed on. I The letter Was written.; Was it ever; received? I next stopped at the bedside of a man with rheumatism : not a muscle of his body could he move, except the head, but . he was cheerful and light-hearted. ,'; : - My attention was next directed to a boy who had .lost an eye. and then toa man with a quiet, strong face leaning in a sitting posture against the wall, who seemed to be "Suffering with violent pneumonia. I saw the large:clrop3 standing onhis foreheacL but thqught "lie Is suSTering so much he don't know they are there,' when he said, 'Take the. corner of the sheet and wipe imy forehead." If took my. hankerchief he shook his head but I wiped H and --passed on. 'I anS from East Tennessee," said another man, ."and did not go into war loij slavery, but for he Union."' "Is there anything I can do " for you?" t asked, not wishing to discuss the subject.. 1 - '. "W ill you send me some milk?" he said pleadingly. I promised to do so and we left he hospital. Returning in a few days we found the beds Of the men of the letter and the handkerchief each vacant they had go he, not back to prison, bnt to their lajst resting place. The man to whom I had sent thc milk told me he believed it had saved his life'. Since the war I have seen his name, Carter ofi a Tennessee ; regiment, in the Federa The cemetery in Danville. i feeling between the Confed - erat and Federal prisoners seemed j to be that of entire cordiality. I have known Confederate soldiers as they passed through Danville to take the provisions from their own haver sacks and give them to Federal pris oners on their way to Salisbury ; IIL-NGERIXG THEMSELVES TO FEED TUB I - . EXEMV. " ''..;; As the war advanced provisions became; ihore scarce with us. I heard one of our surgeons, Dr. Car micheaj, of Fredericksburg, say that he saw soldier which saying a nice looking Confederate pick up a peice of bread ar on the ground and cat it, "Here is a good psice of bredjsbtiie fellow has thrown away." One day a groupof soldiers came to the foot of the stairs leading to Dr. Carmicheal's room, clamoring for bread. I know The good doctor was silent, that his great heart was ready to burst; but Mrs. Carmicheal sent them down a basket of apples, all she had to give them, andthej' quietly dispersed. ' The Federal prisoners confmed in j the tobacco factories made various attempts, to escane. Those on the 4.u-t. ii- dug down and through the earth be - yoiid the :guardi with what instru - anything that could be converted to I11L.11LCI id II Ulilt 1 liAlU Lli . (UiL 1 m. Li. I ni. i ii : - .1: ucu u purpusf;. u,iicu luia was ms-j covered thev were removed to the! upper Ifioors of the buildinir. But? thi3 did not deter them. An of fleer made a daring attemnt to escanc. 1 His followers failed him at thc ap - ir.. '.ii ;t i. - -i.vf' nointeu signal, ana ne was shot and badly wounded and taken to the Los - nital on the hill. j the hill. ' Tv ; )i some lemons placed in roy!8fhttrtki3 handkerchief from hi3 y Dr. Porcher, of Charleston J Ptckct Rn'J tic1 P 6f I.- , . in i tlie. i Newfoundland, i saying: tThis I ip4 hand3 y for South Carolina soldiers, and hear . .t . , , ,i ' , , mg that the wounded man 'begged fori lemonade I sent to ask the'; doc- tori's permission to send him some of . iac lemons, wmcn was reaiy gram- 1 j!- - onlthe Iblll, and repeated passages from the Bible to him, Hc died shortlyj after. Before he died; . he asked the nurse to bring him a Bible andrea4 the verses I had repeated; to 1 him Ac1 now changes, like the shifting scenes pr a panorama, awaited ns. Ordera were received to remove fdl the Confederate sick, except those! ? belonging to the guard, to Richmond and fill bur hospitals, aUo,; with Fed-1 ft ' . i cral sick. TIJs created q?iite a com ; motion jamohg u. One of bar mat- rons seat' in hr renisnnt-'oa aa-1 1'cft. Others wero refugees and could not do so, even if they desired it. , And some,- like myself, who could have left, decided to remain. Tliere was no need for me at home. My sister -t was with oar father. My brother, of. the 6th Tennessee, had so far recov previ Li3 health as. to become an En rolling olSccr. Mv other brother, a physician, had been appointed assist-, ant surgeon of the 4Cth North Caro -Una regiment. Our-good chaplain 1 and noblf band of surgeons could re1 main and labor as before. My du ties did not necessarily call me in personal contact with the sick rii; oners unless I chosa it;, as I had al- ready done before It iecame my ofil cial duty to minister to them. And beyond all, and more than nil, the unanswerable reason for staying waa while we were yet enemies, Christ died for us. .. ,J j The number of Federal sick being divided thev were more comfortable than heretofore. IIi$ great ydcsiro in prison, one of them said, wasf to have fresh air and see ladies some- . times." And strange as it may seem, Ifelt,lrn standing among those men, : if danger assailed me thev would dc fend me as soon as our own soldiers. And now came ortle"s that the Fed eral sick should be sent to Richmond; They were delighted Jit the prospect of going, homing for an exchange bf ; prisoners. , ! The! 1st of March, . J . ' . . j p5., feeling tho need ot change, ana tl little work to do in t iere now being ie hospitals, I went to Lynchburg, ya., on a visit to relatives residing there. A few hours before leaving lj stood'sponsor at the baptism of our chaplain's baby thc chaplain and las wife were refu gees from Fredericksburg, Va.) a rosy cheeked, dark-eyed bov in his nurse's arms, a lovely sunbeam. (To be Continued.) Eig Dog and little Dog. v j 5 " -i lk In a way unknown :. to those whn chaneed W la on ths;apot; tv BmaM ? terrier dog fell from ;the stringe of the wharf into the hay. lie swam around for so'me tim3in a circle, and many plans were suggested for his resctie by witnesses' ;o the misfort une, but none of them proved prac tical. Just at the mopent when all hopes of saving the terrier were giv en up the bark of a dog in the crowd attracted attention rand but a mo- s mcn.t passed when there .appeared upon the stringer in front of tho wharf a large Newfoundland. lie saw thc little fellow ihj the water, and, with a low waH he man to and fro; along the wharf for a moment or two,5 (and then, to the1 surprise of every . one present, lie sprang S into Ui3 wa- ter and at once swam 1 ; f - to the terrier, seizing him. by the peck with -his teeth, and aft ?r swimming about for sOmc time he sighted the new sea wall extension about at hundred ! M&uQt, for which he headed, ic;wa3 eagerly) watclc I by t ie ad- lmrin crowu iiiiiii uc reacueu ms 5. jstinalion, wheU evety body started S On reccucr. Upon landing his bhrden on terra j " i fir ma the Newfoandlaiid gave; two4 or three shar birks, nd seemed to r ;bo I,roud of what hc had done. It was some nine rwiore : the terrier was ! a'f le to strcnrtU itb walk away. i - i One of the witnesses ito the strango ' dog is mine, and I would not tako i m . i, 1$ ,000 for hiinatthisnoment." Sm IriiACigco Bulletin. Tho President proposes to make a j clean sweep oi uie JiLonQiie oiiicc- j tr3 inVirginla, 14 1 has already ; bon. hy supplanting' the famous Republican Confederate Brigadier ; Mo,br a4i aIrKiintink Col. Robert ' I Rhare, of Virginia, ia his place as 5 consu i-ffericr&l at Ho;ir Kdn;. These ; Mahoncitcs were for Arthur, because Attthiir was for them, and now l'resi- 1 tLmChWland will puk iri a fewmen. were for CleviW The sooner Observer. f e bttcr AVi , Rev,X J. LArriiuTyL of Richmond will lecture in Reidsvi;!?, oii the even ing of the Ifith. i.r.t.. fbr the brt?t.z ofthe'Mcth'.fUfi vhirdi at that place. if ( 1 I, t , IT. -! ' i' 4 I'' r i - .: a.
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