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Ldfi6c Wieetly Paper in 10 th Congressional District Splendid Advertising Medium':
VOL. XXIV.
WAYNESVUiLE, NORTH
CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER i 17, 19p9.
NO. 11.
1 ;
OUR PUBLIC
MONDAY MORNING ; AN ARMY OF
CHILDREN GATHERED AT
THE ACADEMY
Good Speeches Were Made by Gentle-
men Present and the Tear was Be
gun Auspiciously.
Monday was the opening day of the
city schools at Waynesville, Bright
and early on that morning hundreds
of children In and around Waynes
ville wended their way the two
school buildings. Teachers were
there to receive them and soon had the
young people segregated into grades.
At the Central building, in addition
t to the large number of children, a
few parents assembled to see the start.
At nine oclock the whole j school
marched into the chapel for the open
ing exercises. There were some four
hundred present to take part in the
singing and scripture quotations.
After the brief opening - exercises
Superintendent Allen, called upon
those present to. make speeches to the
school. Hon. W. T. Crawford was the
first called out. He went into the mat
ter earnestly and eloquently. Mr
Crawford spoke, of course, entempo
raneously, but he delivered one of the
best short speeches he has ever made.
Mr. Crawford was followed by Col
onel W. W. Stringfield, who is always
ready with, word or work when it
eomes to the Graded SehooL. Rev. W.
,-B. Morton, of Columbia, N. C, was
-also present and made a few -remarks.
I He was followed by Prof. G. C." Briggs
and Mr. 8. C. Welch, , both of whom
made some profitable and interesting
remarks.
.- half the children ,
listened attentively to this speeen
making, when they then marched, to
. the recitation rooms and had the
work assigned jthem for next day.
Judging from the way everything
passed off Monday morning the school
has had a good start, and will probab
ly do a fine years work. About 500
ehildren have already been enrolled.
'' Annual Picnic.
The twenty third annual picnic-
meeting of the Woman's Foreign Mis
sionary Society of the Methodist
church" which was" announced for
September 3rd, but which was unavoid
ably postponed, will be held Friday.
Sept., 24th, at the home of Mrs. W. B
Ferguson of this place.:
In addition to the social features of
the occasion a devotional and business
meeting will . be held giving interest
ing information of both Foreign Mis
sionary and Home 'Mission work of
the church, closing with Memorial
Services.
The Society extends a cordial invita
tion to members of its own aW other
churches td be present.
ALMOST SUPPORTS A COLLEGE.
Waynesville Graded Schools Have a
Large Number of Young People
Off at School.
There is perhaps no other school of
the same size which has .more young
people away at college than the Grad
ed Schools of this town. Almost since
its foundation ten years ago the school
has had dozens of its graduates away
at school. ' . .
This year there are more attending
the colleges of this state and others
than ever before. The following ones
who are-graduates of our school, are
now off at college:
Messrs. Eugene Ward, Eufus Mpr
gan, John Queen, State University ;
Horace Hyatt, Thurman : 1 ; Williams,
Harry Shenck, Troy Wych, Jack Way,
Trinity College ; Joe Turbfill, Washing
ton and Lee University; Cola 'Allen,
Wake Forest; Will Coble, A.'' & M.
College; Mark Killian, Davidson Col
lege; Lilian Allen, Olive Boone,' Lula
Ditmore , Meredith College; Bruce
La'ndis, Lelia Mock, Evelyn Lee,
Elizabeth College; Merrill Shelton
Mazie Kirkpatrick, Normal and Indus
trial College; Hortense Moore, Ran-
dolph Macon College; Marguerite
Briggs Nina Howell, Shorter College;
SCHOOLS HAVE OPENED
Leona Seabrook and Juanita Seabrook
Lucerne, Switzerland ; Maud Fr'ancis,
Gaffney; and perhaps others.
Besides these, the following, who
were students in our graded school for
a few years, are- now off at college:
Lilian Ferguson; Columbia, Tenn.; Clar
ence Ray, Wake Forest; Raymcmd Hy
att, Evanston," 111. Hester Francis,
Gaffney; Sam Queen, Weaverville; and
perhaps others whose names have not
been obtainable. .
Verily, Waynesville might support a
college. -
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CENSUS REPORT NEXT YEAR.
Should Show" Waynesville Increased
Three Hundred Per Cent.
Next year the census of the United
States will be taken. It is expected
that the census of Waynesville will be
taken at the same time. That re
minds us that the census of Waynesville
has been taken f our times before, in
1880 1890, 1900 and 1903. .
In 1880 the census report showed less
than 300 people. In 1890 the enumera
tors found 455 people in the incorpor
ate limits of the town. ; The census of
1900 showed 1307 inhabitants, and the
census of 1903, taken by authority of
the board of aldermen, 2076 people
were - counted. '
Next year when the enumerator
takes his rounds in . Wavnesville he
should find over 3000 people here. If
the population has .kept pace "with the
growth in taxable valuation of proper
ty there ought to, be over. 4,000 people,
for it is well known that the total
valuation of property nn Waynesville
in 1900 was less than $300,000. It is
now more than a million, having in
creased more than three hundred per
Cent.
Alike increase in population
wguld put the number over 4000. It
is not at all probable, -however, that
the population will reach that figure.
It is thought it will fall a little be
low 3500.
U. D. C. Meeting.
There will be a meeting of the
United Daughters '.of the Confederacy
held at .the home of Mrs. S. A. Jones,
Tuesday afternoon; '.Sept. 21st at half
past three o'elock. . ,
' Important matters will , be discuss
ed requiring a full attendance of the
members; also the election of dele
gates to represent the Chapter at the
State Convention at Wilmington, Oct.
13th, and at Houston, Texas, Oct. 19th.
Veterans and sons of veterans are in
vited to be present.
WAYNESVILLE CHAPTER AMER
ICAN WOMAN'S LEAGUE
Met at the Academy Wednesday After-
noon With a Full Attendance.
Waynesville, Chapter of The Ameri
can Woman's. League held its regu
lar meeting at the' Academy Wednes
day afternoon.
At this1 meeting , the Chapter was
permanently jorganizbd,' there ' -being
five members paid up in full.
The temporary officers ' who, were
elected somefweeks ago. wore retained
The phonograph, which is given for
five paid up members has been order
ed and will be installed in a booth in
the Woman's building during fair
week. ' '
A magazine Festival was' planned
to be held: on Wednesday evening Oct.
6th.
The Chapter! is working hard for
Chapter House No. II.
Mr. and Mrs. Jellard,- organizers of
the American f Woman's League, visit
ed the chapter at this meeting.
Presbyterian Church.
Services 11 a. m. and 8 ! p. m.
Sun-
day School 9:45 a. ' m.
The subject of the pastor 's sermon
Sunday morning will be, "Jesus
Christ Our Master". In , the evening,
"The Blood Atonement."
In the evening discourse the sub
ject of "The Religion of the Future,"
as outlined by president Elliott, will
be discussed.
' Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Love, left Mon
day for Galion Ohio, to attend the
wedding of Miss Eda Alsteatter to
Mr. Leslie Thorn." : -
FAIR NOTES.
The American Flag Act to be given
by Prof. Mack in connection with his
balloon ascension during the fair is
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one of the most spectacular aerial
acts ever seen in America. Prof.
Mack ascends with a huge flag bun
dled beneath the parachute. When at
a height of several thousand; feet
there' is a terrific explosion and out
of the smoke comes Old Glory. As
th flag unfurls there is; a silver show
erj which resembles a large flock Of
birds flying through the fair, t In ad
dition to. this feature, Prof. Mack will
present the celebrated Cannon Act
which is almost beyond description.
This wirl have to be seen to be under
stood and appreciated." Other spectac
ular acts will be given during the
week by Prof'. Mack, j
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. ;
Another contribution
has been
Booth at
re
the ceived for the Baby's
fair. This is a eenermis ' nmnimf of
samples alnd advertising matter from
the Horlick's Malted Milk Company.
The ut jnost care and pains will be
'taken to make this booth onfe of the
most attractive . at the fair. One -of
the largest magazines in the country
will run an article on this feature
after the fair is over, with illustra
tions of same. This magazine has in
structed the. Secretary to have photo
graphs of the booth made at it 'b ex
pense, j
One of the attractive features of
the fair will be a magazine .booth of
the American Woman's League, pre
sided over by the , ladies of Waynes
ville Chapter. Don't fail to visit this
booth and hear the . Grand Concert
Phonograph, and see the model for
Chapter House No. i II,
ville. r
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Special Rates to
for Waynes-
School.'
Will sell tick
under .fifteen
e of ten cents
The Fair -Association!
ets to school children
years of age at the ra
each, provided they are purchased -in
quantities of not less tian 25, and be
fore Saturday night j "October 2nd.
They must be -purchased by the teach
ers of the schools for which they are
intended. These tickets will be good
for one admission during the fair.
The day on Which they are used will
be left to the children lentirelv asthev
j -
will not be required to attend in a
body.
Special Premiums on Haywood County
Horses.
The following special
premiums on
horses have been offered
by the gen
i , -
tlemen named. The
entrance tee in
I i ,
these classes will be $1.00 each.
Mjr. G. W. Miller, the Harness Man,
offers a handsome bridle for the best
Saddler, foaled and raised in Hay
wood County .shown at the fair.
Capt. Alden Howell offers $5.00 in
gold for tht best combination Mare
or Horse, foaled and raised in Hay
wood County shown at the fair
Mr. S. C. Weleh offers $5.00 in gold
for best" Single Harness Mare pr
Horse foaled and raided in Haywood
County, shown at the
Vl " o-
fair.
Wants Music
Editor Courier.
In all of thej advertisements about
Ifhe fair we haJe seen nothing about
music for the Woman's Building
we not to have music?
Are
Last year the music1 by the Italians
was very much appreciated especially
by the ladies who served in the differ
ent departments. It was, a drawing
feature, and many of jthem would like
to have the music again.
MANY LADIES.
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Surveyors .atf Work.
We learn that surveyors' are at work
on the line of the Transcontinental rail
way between Waynesville and Dell
wood. That route has been surveyed
two or three times, but there appears
to be some difficulty in locating the
best route.
It is also learned that the work
will be begun some time in the near
future. The Courier i has said as
much so many times in the past tha
we feel some hesitation in saying it
now,' but we still have faith in the
proposed road and "-expect to see it a
reality. . '
WAR TIME REMINISCENSES.
Story of the Twenty-Fifth Regiment
North "Carolina Troops From Their
Organization in' 1861 to the Surren
der at .Appomattox.
The history of the 2oth, Regiment
is so intimately connected with that
of the Brigade, that from the organi
zation of iJ Ransom's Brigade" to the
. (By J. C. L. Gudger.)
close of te war, the history of the
one is practically that of the other,
for during all of the years following
its organization, the Regiment was
never detached, nor ever marched or
fought as a separate command, but
always as a part of that justly famous
organization.
In "my statement of the formation
of the brigade at Kinston, the types,
by an oversight which escaped both
the type setter and the proof reader,
makesf me say, 35th Regiment,
James Sinclair," instead of Col.
James, Sinclair. I feel sure that none
of my comrades of that gallant eld
Regiment will in the least criticise
either myself or the printer, for the
amission; for the very inefficient
management of its Colonel and Lieu
tenant Colonel, at the battle of New
Berne, eansed it in the language of
General Branch in his official report,
"to -quickly follow the example of
the militia and retreat in the utmost
disorder." ; Captain Burgwyn, the
historian of the Regiment, (see North
Carolina . Regiment, Vol,, 2, page 595)
thus characterizes the conduct of
these two officers: "That it; was at
tributed to want 1 of leadership that
the 35th Regiment did not behave
better, on this its first field of battle,
I i
is established by the fact that in
every subsequent battle of the war, in
which it was directly or. remotely con
nected, it never: failed to :! apt in sueh
a manner as to deserve.! and win the
encomiums 'of S1V commanding Ji tix
cers; ana, tnat trie conduct or tneir
Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel at New
Berne, was sueh - as to cause the offi
cers and men to lose all confidence in
their military capacity to lead them,
is evidenced by the fact that in the
reorganization of the Regiment, (10
April 1862,) neither of these effieers
were re-elected; while the ona -. who
had shown both capacity and bravery,
the youthful Petway, was advanced
higher in command and elected Lieu
tenant Colonel.
The rank and file of the Regiment
felt very keenly this conduct of their
commanding officers, and the injus
ice done them by this want of lead
ership, and were impatient for an op
portunity to redeem themselves." In
April 1862 the Regiment was reorgan
ized, when that gallant sohl'ur, Matt
W. Ransom was chosen its Colonel,
and under his splendid 'leadership, at
Malvern Hill, Sharpsburg anl Fred
ericksburg, it did redeem itself, and
acted so gallantly that it made Matt
Ransom a Brigadier Geaorr.!, as eaily
as the spring of 1S63..
; The discipline to which the whole
Brigade was subjected at Kinston
after its organization, and in the cam
paign of tie seven days before Rich
mond, on the march to Maryland and
to Fredericksburg, and thence to
North Carolina, is a subject which is
unpleasant to write about even after
more than 40 years have gone by since
then. This harsh and cruel discip
line was that of Brigadier General
Eobert Ransom, bur brigade command
er. It was the discipline of a marti
net over helpless men, men of as
much character, as much intelligence
and as high a sense of honor as the
0
commander himself, and a discipline
unnecessary and. unjust to volunteer
soldiers whose patriotism was of the
highest and whose honor was of tn
dearest. Any real or fancied in
fraction of this discipline was follow
ed by punishment, many times of the
most unjust, degrading and humiliat
ing character; and it is no matter of
surprise that Judge Ferguson should
characterize it in his history of the
25th Regiment, (History of the North
Carolina Regiment Vol. see page 295)
as producing hate on the part of the
men of the Regiment. Of the Other
side of General Ransom, of his skill,
nis bravery and splendid leadership
in battle, I will write later on, and
hope to give him full credit and praise
THRILLING INCIDENTS
Y
for his superb bearing q
battle
n a cnni'PTSfltinn I T
with' Gen
he told
eral Ransom since the v
me that his unnecessary W! ships in
discipline was the great re4 of his
lift; that -coming as he did fom the
old army, made up as it then was of
the very lowest ranks of the worst
element of men, he . could not for a
long time realize that the men under
his command came from the ranks of
the best people of the state, and that
it was only after observing - their
patient endurance under the greatest
hardships, and their superb bearing
and high courage in battle, that he
came to realize that he commanded
men fit to be commanders them
stlves, and rulers among men.
From the organization' of the
Brigade early in April to late in May,
when General Ransom was detached,
only to join us again at Richmond,
just before the seven days battle be
low that city? it was one continuous
drill every day, all under the eye of
that officer. It was company, Bkirm
ish, battallion and brigade drill, var
ied by frequent inspections and re
views, till in truth it was indeed ' ' a
weariness to the flesh."
"To be under arms six to eight
hours each and every day, in i the
broiling sun of May and early June,
in the lowlands of Eastern North Car
olina, is no light task, and especially
with 80 hard a drill master as old
Bob Ransom, as he was almost al
ways called when we were where he
could not hear us; and many of the
weak and unhealthy, failed and had
to be sent to the hospitals,
r ; This constant ' drilling however,
made Ransom fs Brigade one of the
Very best fifPg commands in ; the
fctolfe smy, U)i the work -so -, Wcjl
. .r .,,.-... . ti "t - , . 4
commenced ualer Hearing and Rut
ledge, was continued to almost per
fection, and well prepared all of us
for the hard marching and fighting
that was to follow. One of the many
things General Ransom did at Kins
ton, was to cross the guard lines at
night without , obeying the challenge of
the sentinel or giving
the countersign,
but he metj his match
on one dark
drizzly night, when he attempted to
cross the line of private Mease, who
called to him to halt and to give the
countersign. The General made no re
sponse but started across the line,
when Mease cocked his, gun and com
manded him to halt,(Meacei was a
stutterer.) The General announced
his name and attempted to cross, but
Mease said s-s-stoo or I'll shoot. , The
General asked, do you not knjw
Saying I am General Ransom.
Sentinel replied I do-da-dont
me?
The
Know
General Ransom when I am on guard.
stop rignt there or I'll shoot you,
and there he held him a prisoner till
the- relief came. It is needless to
say General Ransom made no com
plaint against that sentinel- or had
him arrested. '
We made a few advances on Xew
Berne, but never attacked the place,
as it was too well fortified, to warrant
it, but we kept General Burnside
pretty well cooped up in that city.
In May Col. Clingman was promot
ed to Brigadier General; Lieutenant
Colonel Rutledge tot full Colonel, Maj.
S. C. Bryson to Lieutenant Colonel;
and Captain. John W., Francis, of Co.
D. was promoted Major of the Reg
iment. This caused the promotion of
1st Lieutenant L. B. Tatham, to Cap
tain of Co. D. Other promotions in
that company I do not remember,
nor have I any data from which I can
state them. Tatham remained Captain
to the close of the war. i
Clyde Items. .
The farmers are busy cutting corn
and gathering apples. They need good
men to help them.
Mr. D M. Cagle has had a prosper
ous sale, closing last Saturday.
Miss Bessie Wilson returned y last
Saturday to attend school at Haywood
Institute. We hope she will have a
successful year.
Messrs. Lowell Haynes, Tom Os
borne and Emery. Woodall went back
last Monday to Wake Forest to attend
school.
OF PEARY'S TRIP
TO THE NORTH POLE AS GLEAN
ED FROM THOSE IN THE
PARTY. .
Only Two Men Reached the Top All
Others Having Turned Back.
By Associated Press from Battle
Harbor, Labrador, under date of Sept.
13tht
"From members of the Peary Arctic
expedition on board the steamefRoose,-
velt, a number of details of the dash
to the pole iave been gleaned. These
details are as follows:
.The only men to reach the : pole
were Commander Peary and one Eski
mo, Eging Wah by name. The other
white members of the various parties
that left Cape Columbia were sent
back one by one as Peary drew near
er daily to his objective. Matthews
Henson and three Eskimos, the only
other members of the reduced party
that made the final dash, were left
one march south of the pole. f
Captain Robert A. Bartlett and
George Borup started February 27
from Cape Columbia, with a number
of Eskimos and dogs on the march
across the. ice, heading north. On
March 1, Commander Peary left Cape
Columbia with his party, consisting of
seven white men, seventeen Eskimos
and 136 dogs. On March 4, Peary
came up with Bartlett, who bad
pitched his campat the" ide of a lead
of water which it was impossible to
eross. The . combined parties bad to
wait xktil March 11, seven days, be
fore further progress was possible.
The sun : was : seen , f oil. theiiirst ..time ;
March 5th and a short way from the
84th parallel. The supply of alcohol
was tunning short, and Borup re
urned to Cape Columbia for k fresh
sock. March 14th Borup overtook
Peary again and brought a supply of
oil and alcohol. The, division under
Prof. .R. G. Marvin' joined Peary the
same day. : At this point Profj Don
ald B. McMillan was sent back, his
feet had been badly frozen. Borup
returned to land from 85.23 with two'
Eskimos.
The party now consisted of jtwelve
men, ten sledges and 85 dogs. Bart
lett was still beating out the trail two
days ahead of Peary. ,. Marvin t5ok
observations at 85.48 and then start
ed on "nis return march.
On the ne.xt march Bartlett made 'a
record trip, covering 20 miles. This
brought him to 85.38. The party now
consisted of Peary, Bartletti Matthew
Henson, the negro man, who has been
Peary's personal, assistant on so many
of his expeditions, the Eskimos, seven
sledges and sixty, dags and the journey
northward was resumed. The ice was
perfectly level ac. far as eye could
see. Bartlett took' the observation
on the 88 parallel on Ajiril 6 and thenj
reluctantly returned, leaving Peary,
Henson and threej Eskimos with pro
visions for 40 days to make the final
dash to tha pole. I
This reduced party started on the
morning of April 3. The men walked
that day for ten hours and made 20
miles. Then they slept near the 89th
parallel. While crossing a stretch of
young ice 300 yards wide, the sledge
broke through. Ift was snved, but
two of the Eskimos had narrow es
capes from drowning. The ice "was
still good, and the dogs were in great
shape. They made as high as 25
mfiles a day. The aiext observation
showed 89.57.
The pole was reached April 6, and
a series of observations were taken at
90. Peary deposited' his records and
hoisted the American flag. The , tem
perature , was 32 degrees below zero,
Fahrenheit. The Pole appeared as a
frozen sea. Peary tried to take a
sounding but got no bottom at 1,50C.
fathoms."
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Rev. W. B. Morton, of Columbia, S.
C, was a visitor in Waynesville last
Saturday and Sunday. He preached
two very able sermons at the Baptist
church Sunday morning and night.