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r - m THE COURIER. J. I). BOONE, - - - - -Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: OmeYeab, ... - $1.00 Six Months. - - - . 59 . - i. . , 1 ' ". Rules AdopW by the N. C. Press Assocja I .; tlon. - ' TUe sum of not less than five cents per line will be Charged for "cards of thanks." resolutions of resnect"andobitiiarvrntnr also for obituary notices other than those which Ue editor himself shall give as a mat ter 01 uew8. . iNouces on church and secietv and all : other entertainments from which revenue Is 1 10 oe uenvea win be charged for at the rate of five eents a line. As we are members we muttenfnr-ot hp - rules hereafter and we trust no one will ex- pee t us to deviate from them. FRIDAY MARCH 5. 1897. TIME TO CALL 4 HALT. . "In tlie western part of North X'aroli na there arc several counties amid almost inaccessible mountains of which thtre is less known to the. outside work! than there is of Central Africa The climate is u 11 equaled in America. The scenery rivals that of Swi'jserlai.d Magnificent lodie of marble, irou and cold; thousands of acres of the finest timber, that ever grew, bcaulitul valleys. where cattle couldiroain the year around wnlvouLneeu of cover all -there ' exist, Yet the natives of 'the country are prob ably the most "leuorant in the United States. Tley have absolutely ik kndwl edge' of the world ioutside ot their own communities. The Mormons, at their worst, are said to be tar higher 111 the scale of morality. Polygamy is irac ticed with shanieltS8 openne6sT and the marriage ceremony lUell is rare. Mis sionaries are nee-Jed as badly as in any ilislnct 01 the world." The above, is from an article which was published in a recent issue of the Pittsburg Sunday Dispatch and is a fair sample of the kind of stuff jthat appears often in the .Northern papers lately about our people. It has only been about three weeks since Mrs. W. T. Crawford, of this place, took to task, through these columns, one Dr. Bancroft a preacner ot xsew lorK, wno was writing- just "such lies in the Uhnstian Herald, ine thing is getting monotonous , and wo are sick and tired of it; but again our people must bey defended against such cowardly insults and and lying misrepresentations. The writer was good enough - to tell the truth about our climate, scenery, timber and mineral in terests, but wfcen it came to the natives, he must turn his venom ous lying tongue against them. He sayslthey "are awwbH4v -I StattrrTt that sweeping - - enough? But lie makes it worse. -It is bad enough to be called ig norant, but he goes further and says we are really wicked . and immoral,;. that we care nothing for the marriage rites and vows, ard that we are even worse than the Mormons. How is that, Western North Carolinians, for a lie? You like that sort of complimentary talk, don't you? That's the kind of Yankee you love, isn't it? Nit. The writer of the above quoted paragraph was either a very ig norant person, pretending to be authority on ignorance, or else he is a rascal who is trying to de-1 fame a people that will vie with find surpass him in decency and morals. We take it for granted that he came to some little j cor ner of Western . North Carolina for his health and because he was required to be decent and pay his board bill the 'climate" didn't quite agree with him so he re turned tohis native heath to vent his spleen on a people supe rior to himself in intelligence and moralsand hence the advertise ment above. V ' Lynchings are far apart in our beautiful "land of the sky," but we venture if our folks, who are always kind and hospitable to strangers, knew the fellows who intended to write such lies -about them, there would be an occa sional "shuffling off of this mortal coil" before the lies reached the printer. :;. ,j . . . No one who has lived aipng the natives of Western North Carolina for any length off time would, endorse anj "such stuff. Our beautiful farms and com fortable homes surpass, ia fact, those of Eastern 'Carolina, the birthplace of the writer. We have lived in both ends of the State, so we speak from personal knowledge. According to popu lation we will surpass our East ern neighbors in education ; and when it comes to religion and! morals the purity of our women we challenge the whole world to surpass us. Divorce cases are very rare in our section and "polygamy" is almost unheard-of. Why is it that men caii lie On communities without being mo- lested when they dare not single out an individual for such a pur pose? We suppose it is because no one person becomes sufficiently interested to push matters. Ve are going to make ah effort this once to find out the. author andiif we discover him we promise to make it interesting for iiim. - It is now President McKinley Yesterday "Your uncle! Grover" stepped down and out and Major Wm. McKinley was sworn in as President of this great American Kepublic for a term i of four years, t Mr. McKinley will not differ much from ! the j retiring President in his policies, unless it be ori the tariff question. They are both civil service re 0 '. i iormers; they both represent the meney' interests and it is iiiweiy mar mis gigantic power will make itself felt and respect ea Dy the man from; Ohio as it aid when the ex-sheriff was the Chief Magistrate. In addition to these; influences the! man'ufactur ers have a complete ihold j on the incoming President-pand taking all theee things into considerr- ation it looks a little blue for the poor man. but let! us not de spair. -". ,. j j-' .We publish elsewhere the full text ot a bill introduced j in 1 the Senate by 6ur,Mr. Smathers, pro viding for a s rood across! Caney fork Bald, to be built bv Jack- kou ' and Hay woo4 counties jointly, when the commissioners of both counties levy a J speeia tax for the building of said road Mr. Smather's bill will be a pop ular, one if the commissioners dp their part and the people once see the road. It strikes us;though that it should read "shall," in stead of "may." There is no question but the kind of road in tended to be built will be J worth much to both counties almost as much as a short line of rail- road. We trust the commission ers! will see the value f'of such road and be prompt in having it built. So far we have looked in vain to the legislature to repeal tha six per cent. law. We fear i will remain on the statutabj ana it it does it rnerns that we i 1 g outrageously high interest, and it will , contin ue tp make-money scarce' at any price. Some member has lost an opportunity to make himself glorious in securing this legisla tion, for the people of this IState don't want this law half as bad as they thought they did. have had a chance to see badly the law operates. They how The Commissioners will now have an opportunity to show a spirit of development in build ing the Caney Fork road, them use it. Let Sketch ot the 25th Itegiulcut ol North Carolina Volunteers. Continued from lust week. The regiment, with the bri gade, was attached to Walker's Division in the Maryland cam paign, it was placed to guard Loudon Heights to prevent j the escape of the eneiuyrfrom Har per's Ferry. When it was - first shade known to the men j by Gen. Lee's order that the army was to cross the Potomac there was a considerable murmur of disappointment in ranks. ' The men said they had volunteered to resist invasion and not to in vade, some did not believe it rigjht to invade Northern terri tory, others' thought that the same -cause,. that brought the Southern . army to the front would increase the Northern army, still others thought the war should be carried into the North ; thus the men thought, talked and disagreed. This was the first dissension among the men of the regiment, but !all were united in their confidence and love for Lee. . j '. At Sharpsburg the regiment was put into action near the extreme left of Lee's line. Our troops were retreating in front of a determined charge on the enemy, the men passed through the retreating troops, raised the yell,1 and charged .with a de termination that drove the en my from the field to coyer -of his heavy works. Camping equipments had been left behind at Richmond, and frequently .on the march the men had to resort to ramrods for baking purposes and torked sticks for the roast, blankets and change of clothing had been left at Sharpsburg, and when the men re-crossed the Potomac they were without blankets and bare of clothing, this was late in September and the Regiment did not receive the blankets till some time in October. The beds were roomy bu cool. After remaining in the Shen andoah Valley for some time the regiment marched to Madi son Court House, where it bivouaced and there drew a sup ply pf clothing and blankets, then marched to Fredericks burg. The winter at Freder icksburg - was cold, shelters were made of pine brush, log fires built in front, and with an additional supply of blankets and clothing, which most men received from home, the . men were fairly comfortable. On the eleventh and twelvth of December 18G2 the regiment was in position back of Mayers House. About eleven o'clock on the morning of the j thirteenth, Gen, Robt. Ransom informed the regiment that Qen. Cobb's men who were holding our line in front of Mayers House, were short of amunition and must be reinforced, and that? the under taking was a dangerous one; the men fully understanding the importance and danger of the duty moved forward with, a firm and steady step, like pa triots to battle. On reaching the crest of the hill (the regi ment having been divided so as to pass the house on either side) it met a fearful fire I from the enemy two hundred i yards off. In casting an eye along the line men could be seen tailing like sheaves before the sickle. In le33 than two minute ss the reei ment's loss in filled and wounded was ojie hundred and twenty. It reached Cobb's line just as his men were emptying their last cartridge, and held the line, repelling six successive assaults, until relieved at night fall. 1 , During, the winter of 62 and '63 the regiment was stationed at Kenansville, Wilmington, and other. places in North a. The fall and winter the regiment ! was sta tioned at Garri&burg, from which place itT made several ex cursions to check the ad vances of the enemy on the , coast of North Carolina, but did not see much hard service until the spring of '64. In October .1863 a detachment of " the 'j regiment under Lieut. Col. Bryson, had an engagement at Hot Springs in Madison county, North Caro lina. The enemy outnumbered them twenty to one, and the loss ot the attachment; in killed and wounded was heavy, in cluding Lieut. Hyatt, of Com pany F, who was killed on the field. - j In April 18G4 the regiment participated in the assault and capture of Plymouth, N. C. During . the Virginia and Maryland campaigns Col. Rut lage had so endeared himself to the noncommissioned j officers and privates of his regiment, by his courage and kindness, that they presented him a fine sad die horse, not allowing the com missioned officers to bear any part of the expense or take any part-in the presentation cere monies, i Gen. Robt. Ransom was' pro moted Major General, and Col. Matthew W. Ransom, of the 35th, was promoted to Brigadier General and assigned to the command of'tbe brigade. - Gen. Matthew Ransom was a lawyer, very handsome in appearance, of undoubted courage and knew the temper of volunteer, soldiers. The men of the regiment loved him and trusted him. The regiment was engaged at Drewrys Bluff on the twelfth of May, 1874 ,! in which, engage ment Company F lost Lieut. Ebed J. Ferguson, killed, and six noncommissioned officers and privates wounded; and, par ticipated in the engagements at Weir Bottom Church and Ber muda Hundred. i On the sixteenth of June the regiment crossed to the South of the Appomattox for the defence bfPetersburg rand entered at once into the fiht in front ot Avery's House, aVid checked the advanceof theenemy who was driving back the Peters- burg militia, the only protec tion to the city at that time. On the night of the seventeenth' the regiment participated in Avei-yfS arm, and drove the from their breastworks enemy at the point where the 25th made I its attack. To be continued next week. j Oar Ajjent at liargc. i Dear Readers: The 1 editor thinks I have "now become i an" important part of the Courier, and says I must write a little as well as to collect a heap. Well, I suppose I can write a few lines occasionally, but would rather write receipts, you bet. i j Old Dinah and I are haying some famous trips through the mud together,1 but 1 have decid ed that if she can stand it 1 ought to. We have just finished up a round in Haywood, and now for. Jackson. We ought to do well over there, for the Sylva Democrat has suspended and, that'eounty, I am told, contains many good and prosperous citi-i zens who know a goodj thing when they see it. However, we .... j , ,. r will try them and see.' ' It might be well to mention in passing that we struck up with God's best' people in our round, through Haywood. While at Dellwood we found lodging at Mr. Joe Liner's one night, and; found him to be a very enter taining and clever gentleman. Mr. R. V. Hawkins cared for Dinah and myself another night. He is one of Fines Creek's best men. Mr. John Henry at I Dell wood gave us a splendid, dinner one day, although-he was too unwell to eat much himself. We hope he is better by this time. County concmissioner Queen, who lives cn Pigeon river ; near the "bend, "entertained us hand somely at dinner one day on our trip. " x i i It has been so long since, we made the first part of. the round that I have forgotten some things thjLraiichpfblTmny be loi interest. Next time we shall be on the lookout for news as well as cash. I j We were kindly cared for at; the noon meal a few days ago at Dr. C. B. Roberts' hospitable home at Clyde, while clever Bailey .Jones fed Dinah ; land when we reached Canton,' the Riverside House, kept by Mr. and Mrs. Miller, had nothing too good for us. Several good peo ple at Clyde ain'dCanton divided their silver with us. Tlie most of them like the pamper and will continue as subscribers, while many new one! join our grow ing list for this First year of the Reign of McKinley. We came back from Canton via Sonoma, up the beautiful Pigeon, whose waters are clear as crystal and pure as one could imagine. We found some elegact farms on ous trip and some energetic, ietelligent farmers in charge of them we found Mr. J. R. Trull of Garden creek going to Green ville, S C. with live stock, apples, tobacco, etc., which he expects to market at great ad vantage. Miss Ann:e Plott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pinger Plott, is at the point of death, and is hardly expected to live. By the way, triends, you rare ly see such beautiful territory as one may feast his eyes on around Sonoma, The Sonoma valley is beautiful to behold and very fertile and productive. More next time.- 1 G. H. C. A BILL To he Untitled An Act to Author ize the Board ol' Commissioners of Haywood and Jackson Coun- ties 'to Levy a special Tax to Construct a Koai Across Caney Fork Bald. Ihe General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : Section 1. The Board ot Commissioners 0 f, Haywood and Jackson counties may at their discretion at anyyear here after at the time prescribed by law for-levying taxes, levy a tax of not less than ten cents nor more than twenty cents on the hundred dollars worth of property (the constitutional equation to be observed between the property and poll) to be used and expended under the direc tion vt said Commissioners in their n fepective counties in the. construction of a public road leading fr 111 . Allen's Fork of Richland Creek in j Hay wood county across the Balsam range i ot lnountains near uaney iork Bald to Caney Fork Creek in Jackson county. Sec. 2. That the tax levied the engagement at " "l -"v :r snau not be available for the purpose of constructing paid road in that county until the Board ot Com missioners in the nther county shall havp provided for the con struction of said road by tax ation or otherwise in such other county. Sec. 3. That said road shall have,a width of not less than sixteen feet, except in places w here the roadway must hi , . ; blasted out m iiard rock and! i , , , ,'. through such places the width j 01 saia roan snail not bo less than twelve feet ; and the max- mum graid of said road shall ot exceed one foot in twenty 1 in 20) except that where in- Urmouutable ubstr n o t ions make this g ;t ie impractica'de the grade mav bo iacreasod to a maximum of one foot in fifteen (1 in 15) for distances not great er than one hundred (100) feet in any one iIaee. Sec. 4. That said road pro vided for in this act shall bo lo- s !iM . ' CLOVER, . TIMOTHY, RED TOP, - ORCHARD GRASS, BLUE GRASS. All Seeds pure Prices as low as can be made on We still have a 1 Glothing, Hats, Dry :. , . at reduced CANVAS ' . as tne tastern 3g North Main Street, HIT Cutaway Discs, Harrows, ' Cultivators, Poultry Netting, I Fence Wire, Axes, Picks, . Mattocks, Shovels, Spades, Hoes, Rakes, Mechanics' Tools, Disston, Atkins and Simonds' Cross-cut Saws, Cutlery, Mowing Blades. SYRAPlllSF Pi nWS Oi nHUUUL ILUKHO W HaRPyif aBE, STOVES VA If i tha TtFQT PTAw W v l j7 , .oj.racuse. ne Mas it, ana vii T(;ll charcoal S Jtf heaver hitched to. We keep the genuine Extras, made from pure olhe imitation points in vJ:ous experienced in such work : to be employed and paid by the coun ty Commissioners of Haywood county for the work done in Haywood county, and by the commissioners of Jackson coun- ty tor the work ilone in Jackson county, out of finds urovided for.in Section one of this Act, in the respective counties by order of the County .Commit sionpp . OE-- a- lins bill s Ua I be in r 1 , , effect from and after its ratifi cati0n. TtfttCJ, ?;iU-:.. f.:,(! i:c-.. -n. , The) knerso it jhizr; and ricarti.::; i dent i o these ires is instantly rJhvfd by applying t ::r.i::Ltlain's Eve inul Skin Uiiiiihuu. , 3i: nv vcrv h;:i cjes n:vo Rfpn pt-ruianeiiily cnrt.U i.y .iwiynr.uditior itching vn, . r.vM - i.iiav -or ff-oro aij.jifs ; ' 1 h: c':lil l.nir.s rrwrf- Ui.- )r. Cnilr'K romfilln-i r... T-v. m jnsp what a horso needs -when ia b ' coddition. Tonic, blood pnriUcr an ! ermiiuge. xney are not fiKxl bi.( medicine and the best horse in prime TSunSilion . mTAr - - '" WV'-IMW I V 4L ents p. r pferago . :5T 559 erti pa . j v PREMIUM BRAND ri BONE MEAL, ACID PHOSPHATE, LAND PLASTER, All high and clean. HiMidal Prices good stock of ; . Goods, Etc., prices that will pay CLOTH, for Plant , to Merchants as cheaps? marKexs, . . Respectfully, & LE WIS Now is the Time to Build... Xever was the time when builders' hardware could he bought so low as now, You can get Nails now at the unheard-of price of 2 cents per pound. Every farmer wants more or less nails, especially so at this season of the yeM. Com'e in and get a few kegs at these prices and you will save 25 to 50 per cent, on wh.it 3 ou have been paying. In what beUor way can you practice economy t And -these prices can't last, from the fact that nails are now bought for less than tnds cost of manu facture. "A word to the wise is sufficient." - - lido on level 16 in hillside plowing. If 1 , ... . J Respectfully, WHITE & LEWIS. From evervwhero come word of praise for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Allow me to congratulate you oh .the merits of) your Remedy. It cured me of chronic bronchitis when the doctoi could do nothiintr for me V VMAS; r. tlEMKf.. Toledo. (). For sale Drugjrist. by Djivid Way, C otton. With careful rotation pf crops and liberal fertilizations, cotton lands will improve. The application of a proper ferti lizer containing sufficient Pot ash often makes the difference between' a profitable crop and failure. Use fertilizers contain ing not less than r3 to 4 Actual Potash. Kainit is a complete specific against "Rust." - (A!1 ahvmt Totash ihe retained its nir by actual en periinyiu the beu farm in tha UniieJ States i ., T ' - WW (WUIDH ltU Will K'AUir km.i a iiuic po. wmch w ptibluh and will aladly " " y l-irmet in America who will wru (uc iu iu tu mj uran in America wno will WTM H z,. QEKMAM JUU WORKS. -W -. J .-tt 1- &t w 1 zers nrr - .X -oracle goods on car-loadlot L I)enWs.& good quality. W Shoes, ) you to examine. Beds. Will sell ASHEVILLE, N. C. Horse Shoes, Mule Shoes, Collars, Pads, Singletrees, j Harness, Traces, ; clevises, Etc. Cook Stoves, Heaters, Stove Furniture and Our Own Make Tinware, any one piece of which we guar antee to outlast SIX of Manufactured Ware. La nip Goods, P. T Chimneys, ' 160 Test Oil. land, and Xos. 46,. 36, 26, 126 ai.l V0u need n Pin v i,,cf , .1 1 iuvv. iusi usii. (ju MM m m wm 3 VWH OIL U7L .
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