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BURKE COUNTY HISTORY.
SKETCHES OF THE PIONEERS.
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Conrad Hildebrand, tbe Ancestor of (he
Hildebrand Now Llvlns; In IlnrkeA
Kobert Caldwell). Sr., of Irtsb. Descent,
and One of the Most Honest Men ' that
Ever IJTed. 1 j .-..
BY" COL. T.G. .WALTON.
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"THEY ALL LIKED TODDY. '
At this period of the history of
Burke, when a neighbor visited
him, a man was thought to be
wanting in hospitality, unless he
invited him to indulge in a "mint
iuipn" "ee-er-noe. or some re
freshment of which ardent spirits
formed a part, and , so also, when
the ladies, elite of the land, 'called
nnnn each other, wine and cake
was invariably offered, and rarely
rofiicfd 'and the effect of the re
freshment, was never known in
any instance to diminish the'natur
al volubility of their tongues. I
hone'the ladies who may read
, what I have written, will not suppose-that
old age has made me
morose and'cynical, for I assure
them that even when most men of
my age are in "the sear 'ancj
yellow leaf" the dulcet, sweet-'
toned voice of woman is to me
and ever has been like beiuty, a
joy forever; and I ask them to re
member the old saying that (I be
lieve to be true) "A man is as old
as he feels'; a woman as old as she
looks:' . - .
Returning, from this digression,
I remember when a youth at a
time, whem there was a three or
four,1 days meeting held in the
Presbyterian church (there being
at the time no other place of
, worship in Morganton) a number
of the ministers of that denomina
tion were always present at. my
father's, who was a member, and
he with others entertained them,
aid he invariably invited them to
take a toddy of French brandy before-dinner,
and it was an ex
ception when refused. Temper
ance lecturers, and societies, were
unheard of then, "and drunkenness
was rare among the better classes,
and their children were trained to
look upon it as a beastly degrada
tion ; like the Lacedemonians
somewhat, 'bo trained up their
children to "hate drunkenness by
bringing a drunken, man into their
comlpany." But notwithstanding
this, I have known during -my lite
as many as six of the better class
1 to die in all the demoniacal hor
rors of delirium tremens. It is an
unpleasant and sad task to.call to
memory, the indescribably terrific
sufferings of those -wretched t be
ings, whose awful deaths 1 witi
nessed ; and have I only done so,
with the hope that it may catch
the eye of some deluded man or
you.th, who is walking in : this
broad road to disgrace and : des
truction in this world, and finally
with a foretaste here, of his doom
hereafter where the tortured soul
, dith not, .eternally St. Paul
s'ays : "No drunkard shall inherit
the kingdom of heaven.' - .
CONRAD HILDEBRAND.
Conrad Hildebrand, the ances
tor of the Hild ebrands of - Burke,
wasreqiiired by a committee of
.safety formed by the leading men
of Rowan countv, in. 1774. to de
liver to Christopher Beekman, all
,the 'powder and flints in his pos
session, and for the payment of
the same to give an order on the
committee, which would be ac
cepted by them. Beekman and
Hildebrand were residents of that
portion of Rowan, now Burke ; of
German lineage, active, influential
men of their day : Beekman was
secretary of said committee,: and
-was the first land "surveyor. .. oj
Burke. I have in my possession,
the original grant and plot of the
James Stringfield laid of 500 acres,
covering a portion of Morganton.
The plot is skillfully arid neatly
drawn, and the qua'nt hand
writing beautiful. The grant was
surveyed by David Vance, deputy
surveyor (paternal ancestor of
Senator 'Vance), and counter
signed by Christopher Beekman,
county surveyor. Hildebrand was
a member of the" Legislature . bf
1795 and 1797. Some of hisde
scendants siill bear the christian
name d the old patriot, Conrad,
(pr6nounced by them, Coonrod.)
All of the name (Hildebrand) Lave
borne a high character for honesty
and integrity, aswell as others of
Dutch origin, in this and the ad
joining county ofj Catawba.. Fifty -'
five years ago I was a clerk-in my
father's store. A man came - in
and asked 'for some articles of
merchandise on a credit. I said,
"you will have to -wait until my
; father comes." At length became
arid the customer said to him,
"Your son refused to credit me
for some gooH I want." Turning
to me my father said r "My son, if
you know a man to be a Dujch-
man, hereafter, whenj am not in
the store, give him credit for all
H he wants, I have been a merchant
for fortv vears. and never had but
one Dutchman to cheat me
that was old Fritz Stevilie."
ROBERT CALDWELL.
Robert Caldwell, Sr., was en
gaged in the Irish ' rebellion of
1798, and'in consequence wasban
ished and came to the United
States the same year. One of his
sons, Robert, at the time was
serving an apprenticeship in some
trade or business ; the term not
having expired, the rest of the
family did not come to. America
until 1801. Mr. Caldwell, Sr., had
two sons, .Robert and, John,; and
four daughter's) Elizabeth, the an
cestress of the Silver Creek. Pear
sons. Jane, who married James
C. Smyth, who died without issue.
Mary who married' Alfred Perkins,
and Sydney, who married Elisha
P Miller. Robert Jr., at first a
Clerk, afterward a partner with a.
merchant in the city of Peters
burg, Va. ; acquired a consider
able fortune, haviner Grained the
confidence and esteem of ; his
partner ; he died a bachelor in the
prime of life. John married Han
nah Pickett Robinson, was a mer
chant in Morganton, a man of
large fortune; acquir-d in the
main by intelligence, thrift and
honesty securing by these traits
of character, the respect and es
teem of the best people of the
country. I doubt if a more honest
man ever lived. As an illustra
tion, before he was a merchant,
and with small means, he went
with his wagou loaded with pro
duce, on a visit to his brother at
Petersburg Having disposed of his
load, his brother said : "John,; inr
stead of returning -home with an
emrjty wagon, why don't you buy
goods and try your hand as :a
merchant?" He replied, VHow
can I buy goods without money."
The response : was, "We will sell
to you on 6 monthstime." Reluct
antly he agreed to do" so, and said
he would call for the goods next
morning. Failing to come at the
time appointed, Robert mounted
his horse, went to his camp and
found he had gone ; pursuing
several -miles he overtook him and
after much persuasion, he finally
returned to Petersburg and took
the goods.. Six months, having
nearly expired, and not having
sold enough to discharge his in
debtedness, he rapidly sold thete
mainder of the goods at less than
cost. .The amount due for ;the
purchase of the goods collected in
Spanish milled dollars, was packed
with beeswax in a barrel, and
transported in his wagon to
Petersburg, where he discharged
his note on the day it fell due.
Mr. Caldwell, like all the : Irish ,1
ever knew, was not lacking in
temper, particularly wheaV. be
lieving some injustice or injury
was about to be done to his fellow
man or himself. .At such times
he became excited and would use
language somewhat profane. . I re
member an anecdote on this line
told me by his nephew, R. C.
Pearson, f who at : the time, was
studying Latin, and boarding with
his uncle. One of the leading
physicians had sent a medical bill,
and among, the items was one
rendered .in Latin (?) : "Dens ex
traitor pro Carolina $2.00." Mr.
Card well after scanning the Charge
f 01 some time, called out, "Come
here, Robert, you have, been
taught Latin what - does this
mean ?" "Pulling teeth for Caro
line, uncle." "D m his 'Dens ex
tractor fro Carolina'- who told him
to pull teeth for Caroline." (Caro
line was a negress.) Another
amusing scene took place in which
Mr. Caldwell, was an actor. A
circus had come to Morganton,
one of the first ever iseen in the
county. A large pavillion was
trected, and an immense crowd
had gathered, composed of men,
women and children, of all classes.
After the performance had fairly
begun, the ring-master, brought
in what seemed to be a very
vicious horse. Mr. Caldwell and a
school teacher and poet named
"Gamaliel Zelotes Adams"' (who iwas
regarded as a "crankish dude")
were, standing , together near i the
entrance. The rine-master said
the horse had not been and! could
not be ridden ; and a handsome
reward would be given to any per
son present who could mount, and
ride him. No one seemed inclined
to' win the reward, until a coun
tryman wearing a suit of well
worn blue jeans, and slouched
wool hat, came reeling into the
circus, apparently very drunk,
swearing he could and would ride
the horse. .The horse. .very much
excited, showing his teeth, and
kicking as the man staggard to
ward him. The ring-master tell
ing him, you drunken fool, the
horse will kill you. .The (man per
sisting, the ring-master pro
claimed that he would not waste
further time with the fool, and if
there was any one present who
felt any interest in the man they
hi-id best take ' him away : Mr.
Caldwell said, "Adams, it you will
help me, we will take him out.
The fool will have his neck broken
if he mounts that horse," Adams
asse"ntj.ng''they entered the ring,
and. seized the. man, a - struggle
ensued which lasted sometime,
until overcome and exhausted by
their exertions, they released him,
Mr. Caldwell saying : "Let the
d m fool go -to h 11." Seizing
the horse by his long mane, after
several efforts the fool succeeded
in getting his leg over the back of
the plunging ' charger. Messrs.
Caldwell and Adams (to whom my
attention was directed) looked Ton
amazed to see the riderget on his
knees and finally on his feet, and
disrobing himself "of his sham at
tire appeared in all the gilt and
dress of the best bare-back rider
of the circus. There were but two
persons in the vast crowd that did
not join in the laughter, and thun
derous applause that - followed
this clever trick.) To' Mr. C. and
A.'s credit be it said that thev
were not the only ones deceived
by a large number, but were the
only persons present, who moved
by philanthropy and goodness of
heart, .interfered only; for fear
that serious injury or death might
happen to. a human, being, . al
though to them a stranger, evinc
ing the same spirit that influenced
the "good Samaritan."
' Mrs. H. P. R. Caldwell, his wife,
in many respects, one of . the
noblest "women I ;eyer knew, of
good family, of masculine mind,
refined and benevolent, . loved
by her neighbors. No one needy
ever left her. hospitable mansion
unrelieved ; and yet with a quick
temper, if she detected ; anything
bordering on duplicity or penuri
ousness in ' another, r she did not
fail to give them a piece of her
mind, in a way they would not
soon forget. For. instance, on one
occasion a man sent to her mill,
wheat that was not well cleaned,
and had Jo be screaned. ' Previous
to this, he had sent ; logs to be
sawed -Upon getting his flour
home he sent back asking for the
screanings.i the screanings" were
sent with her compliments, say
ing he could also have his - saw
dust. She had great presence of
mind, a rare eift not common to
her sex. When I was a boy -ia
years old, Mrs. Caldwell, who was
a good rider, came to town on
horsfebackwith .her son Tod on
his pony. Being invited to go
Some with. them,"4 Tod insisted
pon my riding the pony while he
rode with his mother; When we
reached Fleming's ford on the Ca
tawba river she stopped and asked
me if I had ever ridden across the
river by myself. : I said no, but I
was not afraid. Directing me to
keep above her, I .went boldlv in.
The water ran swiftly, and the
pony soon seemed to me to be go
ing up stream.- I pulled hard as I
could turning in the opposite di
rection, and seeing I : would soon
be off the horse, Mrs. Caldwell
straightened me in the saddle,
and said in an agry tone, : "If you
don't shut your eyes," Tom, and
keep them shut, until we" l-get
across the river, I will whip 'you
severely." - Badly frightened, " 'I
closed them instantly, believing
she would certainly punish me if
I disobeyed her,; and we soon
crossed the river safely. Mrs.
Caldwell at this time was the
owner of the valuable plantation
on Upper creek named "Cherry
fields" on account of the large
growth and quantity, of this
species of timber, onht lowlands,
a sure indication of the depth and
fertility of the soil. There were
born to these - good people, three
sons ah'd hree daughters, Robert,
Tod R. and James; Martha,. Jane
and Cornelia, only the youngest.
Mrs. Lawsori Henderson surviving
and living at the old homestead.
The surname -of this 'old family
has become extinct in this county.
Robert dying at an early age,
James, a bachelor, a few years af
ter his brother. Governor Tod R.
Caldwell, (hoping to perpetuate
the family name,) called his only
son John. This promising and
gallant youth was killed in battle
on the march to Gettysburg, a
blow from which his father, never
recovered.
To be Continued
WARRIORS AT WORK.
SURVIVORS OF THE CONFEDERATE
GENERALS AND WHAT THEY
J ; ark doing. , r
rroml-
TWO MINUTES TIME
Saved Many Uvea ob Trains Noa. 13 and
35 on the Richmond U DanTlllo Friday
Night. .
as
at
The old saying- "a miss is
good as a mile," was verified
Concord Friday night,
But for the margin of two min
utes there would have been a hor
rible accident on the railroad at
that point.
- No. 12, the regular train, when
it left heje had orders to meet No.
35, the southbound, at Concord.
When it reached Concord some
pne signed the engineer ahead
and he pulled : out. When the
train was about a quarter of . a
mile .from Concord the! flagman,
by the merest . accident, saw - the
agent, Mr. C. L. Smith, flagging
the train back. The signal was
given in sucn a manner mat ne
knew something was wrong, 'and
immediately notified the-engineer.
The engine was reversed and in
an instant the train shot back to
the station, only clearing the track
two minutes before No. 35, which
is the fast mail, dashed by. The
engineer on No. 12 almost held
his breath as he lealized what a
narrow escape he and all on board
had made. The agent and two
operators who had something to
do with taking the orders were
discharged yesterday morning.
Charlotte Observer Jth. . .
Leaders of the Lost Cause Now
sst BuliisH Mas, .;
"What has become of the Con
federate generals?" is a question
very often asked bul not so easily
answered., Only those who have
undertaken such a task, says a
writer in the Washington Post,
can appreciate its immensity and
trouble, but if it serves its pur
pose I shall be content.
To begin with, those of highest
rank of the five full generals of
the Confederate army none sur
vives There were twenty-one
lieutenant-generals in the Con
federate army from first to last,
and of these all were from the
United States Army but - four,
namely, Richard - Taylor, N. B.
Forrest, Wade Hampton and John
B. Gordon. Of them the follow
ing are living : James Longstreet,
Stephen Lee, Early, Buckner,
Wheeler and Aj P. Stewart, be
sides two of those not from the
old United States Army men
tioned above. Gustavus W. Smith
is the ranking major-general liv
ing, and makes his home in New
York City. W. W. Martin lives at
Natchez, and is a railroad presi
dent. L. L. Lomax makes his
home in Virginia, but . is in the
War" Records Bureau here' in
.Washington. Frank C. Armstrong
the best United States Indian: In
spector the Government ever had,
for he was born in the Choctaw
Nation, is now Assistant Commis
sioner of Indian Affairs. Hume
lives in Memphis, Tenn. . Chur
chill has been Governor of Arkan
sas, and lives at Little Rock, Col
quitt was Governor of Georgia,
and is a United States Senator
from that State. Dibrell for a
long time was a member of Con
gress from Tennessee. Lyon, who
commanded one of Forrest's diJ
visions awhile, resides at Eddy
ville, Ky. Mackall, who was
brigadier general and chief of
Gen. Bragg's staff, who lived over
in Fairfax County, Va., not far
from Washington, for many years,
died about eighteen months ago.
McGowan is a member of the -.Supreme
Court of South Carolina.
W. R. Miles is a cotton planting
magnate on the Yazoo 'River, in
Mississippi. Kpger A. fryor is a
prosperous lawyer in New York.
John G. Walker, who was down in
Central America as Secretary of
Legation under Dabney Maury,
died last summer.
- Holmes is in .Mexico mining,
and, I hear, making money. Of
the three Lees who were generals,
Custis, who was Mr. Davis's chief
of staff, is the President of the
Washington and Lee- College in
Virginia. William Henry Fitzhu
Lee, generally called "Kuny,
who was a planter and Member of
Congress from the . Eighth Vir
ginia District, died three years
ago. Fitzhue Lee, a cousin of the
others and a famous cavalry offi
cer, owns the "Ravensworth" es
tate, onj the Potomac, about fifty
miles b ilow Washington. He has.
been Governor of Virginia, and is
very liatle to be one of her United
States Senators.. Robert Lee, the
Genera's youngest son,, who
served in the ranks of the Rock
bridge Artillery a greater part of
the war, lived until recently on the
James River.where he owns a hand
some estate. He is more like his
great father in appearance and
manner than any of the Lees. He
is now-a resident of .Washington.
I have heard though . I do not
know how true it is that it is in
contemplation by the Lees to re
move the dust of their grandfather
("Light Horse Harry Lee,"- as
Gen. Washington always called
him,) from Cumberland Island,
Ga., and bury it by the side of
Robert Lee. If I had to select the
man who should represent mental
ly and physically the highest type
of the Southern gentleman I
should choose Custis Lee.. He is
a man strikingly handsome and
well-bred, with charming man
ners, and is the only one of the
Lees who is unmarried.
KOPE ELI AS RESIGNS.
and
HelTin Carter to Be the Collector.
The fight in the Senate over the
nomination of Kope Eliasjto be in
ternal revenue collector" for the
Western district of North Carolina
has been settled by Mr. Elias him
self. He' has cut the Gordian knot
by sending to the President) his
request that his name , be, With
drawn and another nomination be
made. This communication was
laid . bef ore, the.. Presidents y ester
day by Senator Ransom, and ' the
President, with reluctance, has de
cided to accede to Mr. Elias'
wishes. " It will be remembered
that ;Mr. Elias was ' nominated
without- consultation with the
Worth Carolina senators, tie is
an. old friend of the President's,
and the appointment was a per
sonal one in every respect. When
the matter went before the Senate
Mr. Vance undertook to oppose it,
while Mr. Ransom 1 took tht part
of the administration and favored
it. ,The fight , has .been a bitter
one, and the . withdrawal of the
nominee is not likely to heal all
the wounds that have been made.
It is understood that Melvin E.
Carier, of Asheville, will, in all
probability, be nominated for the
position. Washington Post.
' A Valuable Chest.
' Tacoua, "Wash. I . have nsed your
Simmons Liver Regulator and can con
scientiously say it is the king of all
liver medicines, I consider it a medi
cine chest in itself Geo. W. Jackson.
Your druggist sells it in powder or
liquid. The powder to be taken dry or
made into a tea. . ..
Turning from the Lees to Gen.
Longstreet,! the ranking lieuten
ant of the Confederacy, the world
will be sorry to know that he is
getting on badly. He lives at
Gainsville; Ga., and his house,
there was burned reeently, with
all that was in it Longstreet, had
the confidence of General Lee tb
a greater degree than any lof his
officers, for barring Gettysburg,
about which there is a wide di
versity of opinion, Longstreet
never made a mistake. General
Early, another of Lee's corps com
manders, lives at Lynchburg, is in
the practice of law, and is well to
do. Of Gordon I have spoken be
fore. 'Everybody knows what
Gen. Hampton, who once com
manded all the cavalry of the
Army of Northern'Virginia, is do
ing, and that Major-Gen. M. C.
Butler was once his colleague in
the United States Senate .from
South Carolina. - Of the officers in
Gen. Johnston's Army of the Ten
nessee R. H. and Patton Anderson
are dead. Gen. Bates' is United
States Senator from Teunessee,
and W. H., or "Red," Jackson, one
of Forrest's division commanders,
is living near Nashville on a mag
nificent plantation. Gen. Wheeler,
who commanded all , of . General
Johnston's cavalry, when he was
only twenty-eight years of age, is
a planter in North Alabama, was
a member of the last- and is a
member of the present Congress.
Gen. Lawton, of the quartermas
ter generals of the Confederacy,
is a leading member of the Savan-.
nah (Ga.) bar, and Gen. Gorgas,
the Confederate-Chief -of .-.Ordi
nance, died in Alabama a few
years ago. His son is a promising
yonng surgeon in "the United
States Army. Gen.- Cockrell, the
ranking Confederate general from
Missouri, now living, is the senior
United States Senator from that
State. E. C. Walthall, of Missouri,
senior major-general from that
State, who was seriously consid
ered as the commander of the
Army of the Tennessee in 1864 by
Mr. Dalis and his Cabinet, is a
United States Senator from Mis
sissippi, and was, as long as he
cared to be, the attorney for the
Illinois Central Southern connect
ing lines, at a salary of $12,000 a
year. Just after the war he was
a law partner of Judge Lamarat
Oxford.
Three West Point Governors
and ex-Conferated generals rode
at the head of the troops from
their resDective States in the New
Ybrk' Centennial-parade Thev
were Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia,
Buckner, of Kentucky, and
Nichols, of Louisaiana. Nichols,
whj was terribly wounded, losing
an arm and leg, was elected gov
ernor for the second time in 1887.
Robert Lowry, who was a briga
dier General in . the Army of
Nortern Virginia, has' twice been
Governor of Mississippi. Sully
Ross, who. commanded a Texas
brigade in Forest's Corps, was
Governor of the great State of
Texas three terms. Stephen D.
Lee is at the head of the Missis
sippi Agricultural College at
Starkville, while Lieut. Gen. A. P.
Stewart, once President of the
University of Mississippi, at Ox
ford, is now in Washington in the
War Records Bureau. Gen Fagan
lives in Arkansas, as does Govan,
and Louis Aebeft (one of the best
mathematicians that ever left
West Point), who was Colonel of
the Third Louisiana Infantry
and a brigadier-general in the
Confederate army, lives up in his
native Altakappas, in Louisiana.
Rosser lives near Charlottesville,
and is rich. B. H. Robertson, the
courtly, gracious gentleman, re
sides in Washington. George
Stuart is a resident of Baltimore,
as also is Bradley Johnsqn. . Wil
liam H. Payne has a residence here
in Washington, and at'Fort War
ren, Va., and is the attorney for
the Virginia Midland. Thomas
M. Logan, the youngest brigadier-
General the - Confederacy ever
made, being just twenty-one when
commissioned, is at the head of
the great Richmond and West
Point Terminal system. He lives
in New York. William P.Roberts,
of North Carolina, a cavalry brigadier-general
under W. H. F. Lee,
and next to Logan in . youth, lives
in North Carolina, and has been
State Auditor for a long time.
Mahone is at Petersburg. Hunton
lives at Warren ton, and is a United
States Senator. 'John C Brown,
the ables general officer from Ten
nessee, woo was the nrst Demo
cratic Governor of that State after
the defeat of the reconstruction
policy there, was for a long time
the soldier-general for the com
bined Gould system of railroads.
He died four years ago.
Geo. D. Johnson is a member of
the Civil Service Commission here.
Gen. Ferguson lives at Greenville,
Miss., and is a member of the Mis
sissippi River Commission and a
prosperous planter. Holtzclaw,
who lived in Alabama, at Selma, I
believe, died a month or two ago.
Gen. Buckner, who is worth a
million, has just been elected Gov
ernor ot Kentucky. L.ieu..oen.
Kirby Smith lived for many years
in Sewanee, Tenn., where he was
President of the University of the
South. He died last fall. . Mc
Laws is a resident of Augusta, Ga.
Featherston lives in Mississippi.
Slaughter, Gen. A. 5. Johnston's
Inspector General, afterwards a
general officer, was United States
Marshal of northern Alabama, and
has just returned from Central
America. Harry Heth is here in
Government military employment.
E. Porter Alexander is Vice-President
of the Georgia Central Rail
road; A. R. Wright, of Georgia,
is dead. Pierce M. B. Young lives
at Cartersviile, Ga., and is now
United States Minister to the Cen
tral American States. George D.
Cosby, who was Adjutant-General
of California under Stoneman.
lives in that State. Morgan is a
United States Senator from Ala
bama. -j
Kershaw is Judge in South
Carolina. - Conner has been At
torney General of South Carolina,
and is now a Judge, and Chestnut,
Bonham and Youmans are living
in that State. - . Walter Taylor,
Gen. Lee's Adjutant-General, lives
at Norfolk. Corley, the Quarter
master of the Army of Northern
Virginia, shot himselt many years
ago. Charles H. Marshall, the
Aide-de-Camp who was with Gen.
Lee' when he surrendered, is a
leading lawyer in Baltimore. I
could mention others, but I believe
I have mentioned the greater
number of those who are best
known to the public. North or
South. Taking them all in all,
the late officers of the Confederacy
have steered remarkably clear of
poverty,, and are generally very
averse to having anything to do
with politics, and their influence
has always been in favor of law
and order. There are many
named in this list who were not in
the regular army before the war,
but the- information I was en
deavoring to furnish would not be
complete without mention of
them. IV. Y. World.
DO TOC OWN KAOLIN FROPERTT?
NORTH CAROLINA 'JOTTINGS.
K. Brmstr,
If 80 Commaaleate With T.
Esq-, of RaleUch
Being in correspondence with
the representatives of the Jap
anese government, who repre
sented that empire at the Colum
bian Exposition last year, and
who have become interested in
the development of the vast de
posits of kaolin in North Carolina,
I beg to request that samples of
the various deposits in this State,
which are of such extent as to in
sure an ample supply for an un
limited term of years, be sent to
me, express paid. Ten pounds
will be sufficient. I have made
arrangements to have these sam
ples forwarded to Japan, where
- 1 a . a
iney win oe tnorougnly tested in
a practical way to determine
availability for the manufacture
of useful and ornamental china.
It will be neceisary to. file with
the undersigned a description of
the property, extent in acres, size
of deposit, convenience to railroad
facilities, water, etc., together with
the price at which the property
may be bought. This information
will be necessary in order to make
a fair statement to those who mar
be interested in promoting the
proposed development, or who
may desire to become interested
in the work.
It is greatly hoped that ho fancy,
or speculative prices will be
quoted, as the object aimed at is
only the promotion in an bdnest
and legitimate way of practical
development of material now dor
mant in the State, or practically
so.
Samples and descriptions should
be sent as soon as possible, pre
paid to,
T. K. Bruner, Secretary,
Raleigh, N. C
NEWS OF THS STATE.
Items of
Interest rrens North Carolina
FolnU.
..Durham. is to have a $10,000
soap factory.
..The North Carolina State
Guard now numbers 1,78a.
..The Beaufort Herald tells of
the killing of a t ear several miles
from that town which weighed 300
pounds after it was dressed. .
..Mr. 'J. Abner HarrelE the
Weldon printer and publisher.
died of pneumonia at his home in
Henderson on the 3rd insL, aged
51 years. V
..The Durham Globe has been
urchased and will be edited by
John W. Jenkins, former asso
ciate editor of the Raleigh Christ
ian Advocate. ' .
. .Gov. Carr last week issued
his death warrant for Peter De
Graff, who killed Ellen Smith in
JfiscateTy
Pure
A cream of tartar baking pow
der. Highest of all in leavening
strength. Latest United States Gov
emment Food Report., .
Royal Bakinjr PowderlCo.,
10 Wall 8tw x. T. -;
DRESS SILKS!
Forsyth county,
is Feb. 8th.
The date named
..A cyclone
through Pocket
Bradstreet's Trad Berlew.
B r ads t reefs of last Saturday
said : General trade throughout
the -country has been somewhat
less in volume than last week, an
indication of its character being
found in a report from Chicago
that small mail orders constitute
the bulk of the wholesale business.
Stock taking is also a feature, but
the return of commercial travel
ers to the road ' is reported from
nearly all points. :
Prices for iron and steel are de
clared to have been still further
shaded at . eastern sections since
the bagging of yesterday, . and
while there has been no further
depression in wool prices, conces
sions are to be obtained on offers
to buy. Resumptions of work in
industrial lines are. very numer
ous, more than twice as many fac
tories and mills having started up
within the week as have shut
down, but reductions of wages in
industrial lines continue very
numerous in establishments which
remain atwork. Orders for print
cloths"at eastern mills amount to
only one-third of the quantity on
the books one year ago, and the
week's sales of wool at Boston are
65 per cent, less than in the like
week last year. Woolen mills are
doing a hand to muth business
on orders ; and interest in the cot
ton market is centered on receipts,
which have begun to fall off
rapidly, although still ahead of
last year. The low cotton crop
estimates call for a further shrink
age of receipts. Eastern dry goods
jobbers are preparing for the
spring movement by ordering and
opening supplies, while agents
have begun to get goods forward.
Bank clearings at 65 cities for 1893
aggregate $4,165,000, a falling off
of about t2yi percent from 1892;
about 4 per cent from 1891. and
less than 11 per cent from the
total of 1890.
Business at Baltimore is very
dull, and merchants predict the
January volume of business small
er than last year. Merchandise
stocks are very light. There is
more activity in tobacco at Louis
ville, and Kentucky jeans factories
are running with full forces and
fair prospects. Atlanta manufac
turers are resuming work; the de
mand for factory products at
Augusta remains quiet and col
lections are reported improving at
Savannah. Mobile and New Or
leans report falling of cotton for
higher prices notwithstanding
heavy receipts.
The final classified returns of
failures for 1893 are not yet com
plete, but the reports received for
the latter part of December, have
swelled the aggregate of commer
cial liabilities, to $338,494,461, of
which $167,545,985 are of manu
facturing failures, $123,716,960 of
trading failures and $47,330,516 of
other concerns.
For the past week the failures
reported have been 511 in the
United States against 321 last year
and 41 in Canada, against 17 last
year.
recently swept
township, Moore
county, "breaking the largest trees I
as if they were sticks." Its track
was about 100 yards wide.
..The executive-committee of
the Teachers Assembly met last
week in Raleigh and decided that
the eleventh annual session of the
body shall take place at Morehead
City June 19th to July ist, 1894.
. . 1 be bhelby Kevtew reports
four murders during Chiistmas,
one in Polk county, one in Gaston
and two just across the South Car-1
olina line. In every case the par
ties were under the influence of
whiskey.
..The Durham Sun says the
board of education for Durham
county apportioned the scboql
fund, at a meeting held on the
nrst, and allowed $2.20. per capita
for all children of school age, both
white and colored. -
The attention of our pa
trons is called to these rich
Dress Silks at moderate prices.
SELF-COLOBED
CRYSTAL BENGALEES,
$0.85 Teb Yakd.
TWO-TONED
CRYSTAL BENGAUHES,
$1.25 Tee. Yaed.
SELF-COLOBED
..Within the past month three
deaths have occurred in the family
of the late Bishop Lyman. Bishop
Lyjian died Dec. 13th ; his broth
er. Father Dwight E. Lyman died
on the 27th, and - his sister,- Miss
Louise Lyman died on the 31st.
..John Vt. Murphy, 'a son of
Engineer J. R. Murphy of the
North Carolina railway, commit
ted suicide last week by shooting
nimseiitnrougn tne heart . with a
pistol, at his home, in Burlington.
Young Murphy was a telegraph
operator.
..The Arjus says that. already
the truck farmers of the vicinity
of Goldsboro are preparing the
soil for planting. The planting
season will open next month ; and
the outlook is that there will be
extensive planting of various kinds
of truck.
..The Park Hotel in Raleigh
wae opened December 27th, says
the North Carolinian. It was built
and is owned by Mr. A. F. Page,
of Aberdeen, Moore county, a
brother of Rev. J. H. Page, pastor
of the Methodist church in Mor
ganton. It cost some $50,000. ;
. .Capt. Simpson, a prominent
merchant of Rutherfordton, com
mitted suicide Tuesday of last
week by shooting himself in the
left breast with a pistol. . It is sup
posed that the act was the result
of. financial depression. Some
years ago he represented Polk
county in the Legislature.
..The Shelby Review says that
the large general store of Capt. L.
J. Hoyle at Belwood, Cleveland
county, was totally destoyed. by
fire Monday night of last, week,
together with the large stock of
goods it contained. Two ware
houses filled with goods were also
burned. The postorfice in the
main building was also destroyed.
.Capt. Hoyle's loss is over $6,000
with $3,700 insurance.
..The Newton Enterprise says
that while clerk of Catawba su
perior court in 1879, Mr. M. O.
Sherrill mailed a letter containing
a five cent, stamp and one of thos
utile ten cent. Dins that were in
use at that time, and on ' Jaa. 1st,
1894,' much to his surprise and
astonishment, the letter and -en
closures were received by Mr.
Sherrill, having been returned to
him from the Dead Letter Office.
NECOISE,
81.25 Peb Yabj).
SATIN DUCHESSE,
$1.25 Per Yakd.
All in the popular shades for this
season.
BLACK SILKS,
Very attractive raloea.
$0.69, $0.98 $1.00, $1.05, -$155,
$1.35 and $L50 Peb YaBD. .
ISfWhen writing for sam
ples mention colors and price.
W.H. & R. S. TUCKER & CO.,
RALEIGH,
X. C.
TO THOSE WBOUYE AT EOML
TB3SE WHO WYE WHEAT JL13 COR! TO
6RIX0. .
. Iliavejost completed my Dew
Flooring MilL Everything new.
except barm. The buna are said
to be the beet ever brought to
North Carolina. I bare also one
of the beat tnillrrs in the State;
has been in the business for thirty
or forty years; was tnperintend
entofof the City Mills at Nash
ville, Tenn., for a long time.
1 am also running a I'lanlng
Mill. Willed rea Cheap for cash.
Grinding and dressing done eve
ry day.
I a infill so buying Shingle Blocks
When you come to town bring
along year wheat and corn and .
'give as a trial. Satisfaction guar
anteed. J. W. GARRISON.
Oneblock Irom depot.
Oct. 4, 1893--tr.
Is Your Life
Worth Anything
-
toothers? Are there not
persons dependent .on
your earnings for - their
support ? Are they pro
vided for in case of your
death? The simplest and
safest "way of assuring
their protection is life in-
surance. Business, pro
fessional, . and working
men generally, should in
, sure, for their brains or
their muscles, are their
capital and : income too.
Death stops them both.
V Insure in the " "
Equitable Life
The continual succession of boils,
pimples, and eruptions from which
many suffer, indicates an impure state
of the blood. The most effective rem
edy is Ayer'e Sarsap&rilla. It expels
the poison harmlessly through the
natural channels, and leaves the skin
Clean and clear. ,
"Fat Doctor Bills Xk Xsmm "Wills,-,
bat Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy costs
less than one doctor's visit. Catarrh is
a loathsome, dangerous disease, and
the time has come when to suffer from
it is a disgrace. No person of culture
and refinement cares to inflict upon his
friends his offensive breath, disgusting
hawking and spitting and disagreeable
efforts to breathe freely and clear the
throat and nose hence the cultured
and refined use Dr. Sage's. Catarrh
Bemedy. And no wise and prudent
man cares to run the risk ox lea ring
his family without a protector, by let
ting his "slight catarrh" run into
serious or fatal thoat and lung troubles,
hence the viae and prudent use of Dr.
Sage's Catarrb Remedy. The proprie
tors of this remedy are so confident of
its curative properties, that they have
made a standing offer of a reward of
$500 for a case they cannot cure.
Dr V. S. Black, while in Ral
eigh last week, gave the corres
pondent of the Charlotte Observer
the following interesting statistics
concerning the Oxford - Orphan
Asylum, over which he presides :
During the year 41 children were
admitted, 12 placed in homes, 11
discharged and 3 died, and there
are now 230 present.' The receipts
from the farm have been $2,093,
disbursements $1.37; receipts
from the shoe shop $1,183; dis
bursements $632 : receipts from
the printing office S2.048: dis
bursements $1,329. There was re
ceived from Treasurer G. Rosen
thal $19,465, all of which was ex
pended. During the year an. in
dustrial building of brick, 30. by
32 feet in size, and two stories in
neignt, was nnisnea, ana repairs
to other buildings were made, all
costing $2,673. The health of the
pupils has been excellent.
i and death can not stopyour
salary or steal your capi
tal, and your loved ones
will be safe from want. .
W. RODDjV
ROCK HILL, South Carolina
Clinton A. Ciller..' ' MarccHas B. Thoratosl
C1LLEY& TH0RNT0H, :
Attorneys ind Counsellors tt Law,
; Hickory, N. C . , .
Will practice in all the courts'
marSO-lT.
Provide yourself with a bottle of Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral, and so have the means
at hand contending successfully with a
a sudden cold. As an emergency medi
cine, it has no equal, and leading phys
icians everywhere reccommend it.
Backlen's Arnica Salve.
The best salve In the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores Ulcers. Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap-1
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cares tiles, or 110 pay required.
it is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded.
x-rice cents per box. For sale
Dy Jop.11 Tnll, Druggist.
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Photographic Artist, '
Union St., opposite Col. 8. McD. Tate'.
-.. MORQANTON', N. C.
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work. Enlargements a specialty.
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