The Gastonia
____ l>«*voU»a to til* rrntxrCWin u1 Homo tnd th* IntnisMt* ol tb County.
Vol. XLX.. {tiuikir Gastonia. C„ October 20, 1808.
MAJOR JONES TRAVELS
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
By Major Joseph Jones of Georgia.
I.KTTEU XltL
Nrw Youk, June 2.
To Mr. Thnmpaoti: Dear Hlr- -I ur
riv In thle city, all eafe and sound,
yesterday afternoon about three o'clock,
but to UtU you the truth. If I had cum
up minus uir coat tail, or even • lag or
arm, after alch a rvrrUstin racket at I
hare been In ever loose 1 left Kill*
deify. I wouldn’t been much surprised.
As for colloctlu my sop tea ami gllln
my miud composed to us to know «jy.
self or anythin < .-lu« oo tain, I don't
never erpret to do It, at lou j at l*m In
this great wlilrlpn.d <d livlu belns. 1
A little circnmttnneo happened to
me last night, before t had been here
only a few bnura, ihut tot me hick a
tittle tbe worst. I never was to an* i
Utcloutly tuo’i In in nil icy boro diye. I
and If you bad lieird me cut shout It.
you’d thought t »u» turned » real
Hottentot sure ennlT. But lo begin
whar I left off In my last letter.
Tbe porter at the Hulled Htalcs
Hotel waked me op early in the mor.ih,
and I got to the steamboat jrtt In
time. It wne a buliful co-num mid the
storekeeper* wo* openln thnr store*,
while the torvar l gall was ecrubbbi
the duretlept of lbs bouses nud watblu
off tbe pavemruU in front nf Vtu 1
looked at ’eun a* I rode alorrg in the
back, and I couldn't help freliu toriy
to see tuob butlful. rosy-chnekrU wli'tg !
galls doaru In the dirt and slop In the
rtreeta, dulu work that it only ih f ,r
nigeert. They say here that they aiul
notliing but slewris—but I terd ruin
that I wonld luck for respectable
white galls If 1 hod seed Vui in Geor
gia. Slswert or whatever they la, they
la my color, and a f»w dolUrs would
make ’em as good aa iht-r mistresses
In the estimation of them that luru*
up their notes at 'em nnar.
Tlie Delaware la a noble river, *i.d
Kllladelfy It a city worthy to stand nu
Ita banka From the dt-tik of the
steamboat we bad n splendid pano
ramic ytsw nf it, aa we |ia»wd block
after block, the streets ruonin up from
the water's edge. strait as n l*-« line,
and sffordln us glimpse* oC the due
houses and ologaut public blldlns that
makes FiUadelfy one of llie haudsuiu
cat cilier in tht world. But, long as 1
it Is. we was soon past 1t, au-1 lu a few
mInits Its numerous steeples and low
ers aud masts faded nway in the dii
tsnee, and we turned our eyre on the
butlful country on both ehlrs of the
river.
l'uluul (arm houses ami bright
look Id little towua was moat all ibe
time lo alts, till we ant to iljc place
what Utey oall Bristol. whar wa luck
the cart on to New York. The mil
road runs along on the bauk of a Canal
part of the way. crouea Ibe river on u
splendid bridge, and luamr through
Trenton, Princeton, Newark, and a
lieap of other town*, lu New Jeraey,
t<l It gila to Jeraey City, what aland*
on tbe Hudson Itiver, opp-ielte to the
city of New York.
Well, wln-u we got to Jertny City,
m-a all got out and aerambled through
tbe crowd aa wall aa we could to the
boat what w.»s Miar to take us across
the river to New York. When we got
up to tbe gale wh*i encloses the wharf
we could ee« the liacktuea and purlers
people at us through the pollna, like
eo many wild varmit* In a big cage,
retidy and eager to devour us aud our
baggage, too. 1 look tuv cine tight In
my hnnd aud Hep a'harp eye no ’em,
determined to dvfi-od myeelt to the
last. Aaaoon aa the gulae w»a open
we rushed for tho boat and they roshed
at ua. Sicli another liellabsloo 1 never
d Id eee before, and I expected every
mluit to «ee somebody git spilled ovar
board Into tlie river.
I louDd It wasn’t no use to try to
keep ’em off withont nockiu *sutn of
’em In the tied, sod then I would only
be like the fox lu the spellln book,
raady to be worried to delb by a fresh
yang. Ho when they cum round to
me with, ‘‘Have a back, sir ?” "I'm
public porter, sir," "Shall f take your
boygsgu up. (ir »" •« Will you glya me
your cheeks, sir y>» "Take you up for
two shlltios, air, to any part of Lite
city,” all of ’em hand In tber oard to
m* at once—I J«st hacked up agtu the
aide of tho boat and took every card
tlioy banded to roe without sayiu a
word, and when Uiey »xrd we for tuy
checks 1 was deaf and dum, aod
couldn't uoderslaud a wotd they ted.
That sot ’em to pnaliiu and cruwdin
ooe another, and liollerln In my ear.
and makln signs to ro» til they fouud
they oouldo'L make nothing out of roe,
and llieu they started after mid new
victim.
Among the p.nwnyara tber was a old
aun-burnt lookiu feller, with green
spectacles on, wbnt put me tu tniotl of
a Georgia steam doctor, and wbo
uemtd to tbiok bo kuow’d mois than
anybody else, ’bout everything. He
was gabldu and talkin to everybody all
the way ou the steamboat, nod In the
cars, and tryla his beat to git up a
argymml ’bout rrllglon wltti tumbody.
would supposed lie owned half the
baggage aboard to bear him talk about
is, and when we gut on the ferry lawt
bn was tbs Mas lest map in the crowd,
reurln and pitchlr. aosunu the hackmvn
and porters Ilka a blind doy In a meat
bouae, and tryln to git Into the crowd
what was gathered all roond like flies
ynued a fat y»urd. nimeby a honest,
lookiu IrMiuiau cum np to me, and,
see he, lasndln hie card "Shull 1 take
your beygsyr, elrf” Ther wsi sum
thluy Ilka honeet Independence In the
feller’s face, and t gin him my checks,
and In b* want for toy trnuka. In a
oilnfl he cum out safe and somvl with
one of ’em. * Wand by it, air.” aea be,
••til I gl» the other.” J tuck my
stand, and It was Joat aa much aa 1
could do to keep the devils from rant
|n It off with me on top of It Titer
was slob a over last In rumpus I couldn’t
past myself tbtelu Tbn elerke was
caltln out I he nambara—ovrybody caa
ruuniu about aud lookln after liter
baggages; children was cryln. wlmmln
was calliug for lUcr husbands to look
out for tlirr band-boxes—back men und
porters Wat IndlerlO and ahoulln at tlie
people and atone .1 not her — was
stickin In ynnr eyes every way you
turned-ami trunk! and car] et bags,
and boxra was lutsbllu and lolUn In
ovcry direction, i-akiu your eblus und
in a dil n your toes tn spite of nil \ou
could do. In the middle of the fuss
lhar was old Tapper pud, with lil« uhl
cotton umbreller In hi* band, ellonm
bis way inlu Hie crowd and whoopln
and bnllmit uver every body else til lie
disappeared 111 tlxt middln of Vui. In
about a mn.il here be cum ngin, cuatn
end cavnrlln enuff 1.1 sink lliu boat,
with a pair of old saddle lug* in uns
hand, sum pieces of wualrbiue and
part or tbs baodleof bis uiobtelfer In
the other. Ids list gone, and III* coat
tail spilt clear np to the collar, lie
was toad as a liornlt, and srnre be
would prosecute the company for tlve
thousand dollar* damage* for salt aud
liallery nod manslaughter lu the sec
ond degree, lie cut a terrible dgor.
but evrybody was too btssy to laugh at
him. I thought t> myself that Ids
I'er-everuuot was po.ely rewarded that
line.
Is Hlbira-id waiteil til nearly ov
body was gone from tUelinat. and til
my Irishman h<d picked up all tlie
other Ciivtnm-.-r* h« could git, before Uo
come- back. Altar cummin lu a aoc of
gcttlu run nvei thrwc or four time*. I
got to tlw hack, what waa standing in
the middle of 'bout .100 more hack*
ami drays, and mixed up willi the
laiwspriia aial yard* of ahip* that wa*
sllc'dn out over the edge of the
wharves aud poklu Iher eeuds almost
into the winders of the stunt*. The
luck id,in axsd me what bold 1 wauled
logo in. I told him to take m» wliur
the Sou'.bem tiavel stopped. ••That'*
the Auiurican,” *es lie, and after wait
ing 111 the way opened ao we could git
out, we ilruv to the American Hotel
on Uroadway, rile opposite tn the pack.
It was about three o’clock when t
got to Ilia hotel, und after brushlu mid
scrubbiu u littlo of tbo dost off, and
gilliu toy dimer, l tuck u turn out
into lbs great Uroadway, what I've
heard to much about, ever sente I waa
big enuff to read Uienewspapers, to see
If It was wbat it's crooked up tube.
Well, when l got to Ibe door of live
lie tel 1 thought tlirr must be a funeral
or something clsu gwloo by, and I
waited some timr, thuikin they would
alt git paal; but IP.cy only seemed to
git ihtcker and faster and mote of 'em
1 mgvr I wailed, till biuieby l begun lo
discover that they was gwlm: bnth
ways, aud that It was no procession ul
all, but jest one everlaslin tUeum of
people paeslu up mid down the strei-t,
cumin trom all parts of creation, anil
twine I, >rd only knows wbar.
I mixed la with ’em, but. I le.l you |
what, I found it raouslvoua tough Unv- t
elin. The faot lx a chicken cup
(nought as well expect lo float down
Ilia Savannah Itiyer iu u ftvuhel and
not all nocked lo pieces by the drift
wont], as for a person what ttlul used
to It to expect to gll along In Rioud
way without geltin jostled from one
aide to tnlhcr nt every step, and pushed
Into the at reft about three tiroes a
rntiill. A body rouxt wutuli Ibe cur
rents nod eddies, aod fuller ’em and
keep up witb 'em, It they don’t want
lo git run over by the crowd or nocked
off the sidewalk, lo be ground lulu
mince-moat by the rverjantin nm.uy
btusM'S. Iu til* fual place, I uudertuuk
U> go up Broadway on the left-hand
slilo of the pavement, but 1 nought
jest at well tried to paddle a canoe up
lire falls of TalluU. Iu spile of all the
iluugln l couiu ao, in moony we* nil
tbe time butnptn np agin me. »■> that
with the bumps I got from the men
and gvim hack for tbo wlmmin, I
found I waa loostn ground, instead of
gwine abed. Tbeu I kop "to iho right
a* the law direct*,” but here I. like to
got run over by the crowd of men and
wlmmiu and children and nigger*,
what waa all gwine a* fast us If thrr
houses was slln>, or they was ruotifn
for tbe doctor. And If l happened to
slop to look at anything, the ftttl thing
I knowed 1 was jammed oat among
tbo ommliiybiistea, what waa dashtu
ami whlrllu along over the stones like
one eternal train of railroad car*,
mskln a noise like beavinj and yaath
waa cumin together. Tbeu llusr waa
the carriages and hacka and markt-l
wagons aod milk carta, rlpplo auJ
tearln along In tvary direction—tbo
drivers hollo Iu and iioppln tber whips
— the people talk In to ana another na
if tber luoga waa made out uf tola
leather—soldieie marchiu with bauds
of muaUt, brat In l bar diuuta. and blow
lo and alldin tber tromboon* and
trumpets with all tber might—all to
gether makin notae enud todrlvw the
very old Nick himself oat of his
senses. It was room than I caahl
stand—asv dander begun lo git up,and
1 rusbed out Into the fust street I cum
to, to try lo git out or the racket be
lore It sot tne crar.y sum enuft, when
what should I meet but a dratted big
nigger with a hell In his baud, rluglu
It rile in my fees* as hard as Ite could
and bollarin somthlng loud enuR to
eplll the bed of a lamp post. That
waa too much, and l made a lick at
the feller with my oane that would
lowered hit key It It bad hit hits, at
the tamo time that I grabbed him by
tbe collar, and aa’d him wlutl In tlm
name of thunder tw> meant by s'eh Im
pereuce. Tha feller drapped bia ball
und abut MsoalttsU mouth, and rollln
up the whiles otbls eye* 'Uioat say In
a word, in» broke awuv from me as
hard as b* could tear, and t hastened
on to And Soma place leas Ilka bedlam
Ilian Rrnariway.
Ily Ihla lime It wst moot dark, and
niter walk 111 down on* street III 1 eum
lo a grata Wg gardln with lrneali.lt.
wliarlt was so still tlmt noise* begau
t» sound natural to mn ugln, l sot
down mi this ratlins and rested myself
for Hwlille, and then **>t out for mt
hoUil. i walked and walked for some
time, but somehow or other 1 o-mltli'i.
Uad the way. 1 Inquired for llm
Aioerlean Hotel two or three lime*
and qot the direction, liut the streets
twisted about so that It w.is out of the
'question fur to* i<> hitler ’em when
tbcj laid me. mid l la-gun to think I’d
h i»* to take up m» l.idgina eomewljara
else for that night, I was so tlrwd.
Blmeby I cum to a stunt that was
very still mid quiet, whst they coiled
Olmmhers street, and while I was
standln oil the corner, thiokin which
wAy I should go, ’long sum a pole wo
man with a handle under liar arm.
errepiu along us if she wasn't hardly
able tu wulk. When she seed mu sho
cura up to me and put lier haodketebo.'
tu her eves, and, srs she :
"Mister. I'm » pme »oa>aa. ar.d my
bu»bnu's »i sick lie ain’t able to do an>
work. an<1 me and uiy pore little chil
dren Is almost aUrv.u for bred. Won’t
you bn good muff to give me twn shil
lings ?"
1 looked at Iter a bit, and thought of
the way the match-liny served me In
Kattlmon*, sod, se» I:
"llsin’t you got no relations nor
nulghbors that can help you?"
"Oh, on, sir; I'm too pore to have
relations or neigtioora. I was better
■>ff once, and then I bad plenty of
frvndt.’’
Thit’s the wuy of the World, tbluks
1; we si ways have fmida till w* need
'em.
"Oil. sir. If you only know’d how
hard 1 have to work, you’d pity me—I
know you woo'd.”
What do yon dj fora livin'/” an* I;
fur she loVrod too Orticat* l« do much.
"I do flur Waatiln und irunin," am
ahr; "hut I’m sick eo much Unit I
Can’t mtkronufl toxupp >rt.” and then
aim coded 4 real graveyard eolf.
"Why don’t you gu huiu of ScheiicV*
pulmonic sirup?" se* [.
•Oli, air,” aca she. *T’® ton pure to
huy medic in, when iny pore little chil
dren la dyio for lired.”
That touched mu —to tlduk slob a
drllcili) young creator as her should
have to struggle an haid, und I lock
oat my purse aud gin her a dollar.
"Thar,” sea 1. ’ that will help yon a I
little
’’Oh. bines you. air; you rn an kind. !
Mow I'll buy auoi mediciu for my pure 1
husband. Will you Is good ruuff to '
bold this bundle fur ms till I step back i
to Dial drug store on the comer? It's
so heavy —I'll iss buck in a ajiutt,” iws
•he.
I felt so sorry for Mm pore worn •»
that I couldn't rrtuse her s:cb a little
favor, so 1 tuck her bundle l-i bold it j
for hoi. Shu Si d >!ie was !fraid the
Hnodr-aare inouglil gll rumpled, and
then her customer* wouldn’t pay Iter;
l luck Vtu In my anas very careful,
anti she went to the store after the
mudiehi. J
Thcr waa a good nt-tuy pcpple passm
by. and I walked up from the corner a
llltlo ways, so they shouldn’t sue me
alandlu thar willi the bundle in iuy
arriia I la-guu to thtok It was time
for Urn woman to emu baok, and the
bundle was beginnin to git pretty lies
vy when 1 thought I felt aumllihi
ruoviii in it. X atopiau) rite still and
held my bretu to hear If it waa nay
tiling, when I; begun to squirm about
more and more, and 1 heard a noise
Jrst like a tom-cat Iti the tmudki I
never was so surprised in my life, and
I cum In a ace of lettlo It drop tilo on
the paveirn ul. Thinks X, in the name
of creation, what la it ? 1 walked
down to the lamp post to see what it
was, mid Mr. Thompson, wonld you
lielievo ate, it wae u live baby ! I was
so Completely Luck aback that I atac
gvred upugin the lamp-pout, and held
on to It, while it kicked and squalled
like a youug prater aud tho sweat j-st.
poured out ot me In a stream. What
upou ycalli to do I didn’t kuow. Thar
I was In a si ran go city, whar uolsxly
didn't know me, out In the street with
a little young Uiby in my arm*! I
never was so road at a female woman
before in all ruy life, aud X never folt
so much like a dratteil fool at I did
that mlnll.
1 started for the drug store with the
lMl>y sqaalhii lilcn ritlli. and the more I
tried to hush It Uic louder It squalled.
Tim man what kep Ui« store ssd he
hadn't seen no such woman, und (
austu’t bring uo babys In lliar.
By tbit lime a erertaatlo crowd of
i*eple—men and wnnmin—was gatb
area roood. so 1 couldn’t go no wh»r,
nil gabblln and tulklo so I couldn’t
hardly brar Dm baby squall.
X told 'em how It waa. and told 'em
I was a stranger la Now York, aod
»*’d Vm what I should do with the
oaby. Bat ther was oo getlln any
sense out of ’em, and tiooe of 'crt>
wouldn’t touch It no more’ii If It had
town so much pise.
"That won’t do.” ara one feller.
"You cau’t cum that gamo over this
crowd.”
"No, Indued,’’ aee aoother little
ruuly-lookiu fuller —• ws’re got snuff
to do In take care of our own babyt in
there dlgglns f‘
"Take your baby bento In its urn,"
ess another, "and support It Ilk* a
onoat mao.”
f tried to git m clianou to rsplain the
liianaaa to 'em but drat the word could
I git !u edgeways.
"Tako 'em both to the Tooms.” its
cue, "and make ’em glv a account of
llieniaalrea."
With that two Or throe of ’em cum
toward* me. and I grabbed my sane In
one hand, while I hekl on to the bun
dle with iba other.
"0#iitlem*i>." sea I — Um lathy equei I
ln all thu time Ilka forty eats In e big
— "Oi ulleroeii. I’m not awlue to b*
used lu no slcli way—I'll Wl you know
that I'm not gwloo fo la tuck to uo
Tooms. I’m u stranger In your city,
and I’m not gwlne to support nous of
your bahya £|s sac, it Joespb J.w.rs
of Plneyille. tteorgii, and aoybvdy
what wania lo know wl« 1 eta. can
' dod mo at tbs American-"
"Ms)er Junes 1 Majer Junes of Pme
eills !" tea a dusun of 'em at tlia tamo
I time.
| "Mayer Junta," sea a t layer look lo
young mm, what pushed Ilia wny Into
Iho crowd when be heard my uaina.
••Major, don’t tie disturbed lit the
leust." sea he. •*l»ll anon Imy* till* n. li
ter Oxial •>
Willi that I*: apoke t<i a into with a
loth ii' rjVn i on hla hat, who tuck the
baby, buudle and all, aud uarrhsJ It oR
to lb* place whit lliey’ye got wa la In
New York a pmpwc 10 keep tlch
puor little orfant lu.
JJy this lime my freotl, Mr- Jacob
Llltlyblgh, who la a (Jxorgiau, llytn In
N«w York, had lutcrdDOeri hlmsilt to
■ne und 'boot 90 other genlleuMK. and
1 begun to fled mym-lf 'laiut as much
of a object of attraction after lha baby
waa gone aa I **a before, I nover
•ced ooc of ’em tn-foie In my life, but
Uiay aed they bad red my book, and
they didn't koow nobody elae. So
much for tain a author.
They waa all mnn itroua glad to see
me, and wanted to know how limy
and the tiaby was at borne; and'fom
they let me off, they made n>e eo down
In llardolte A bhvlly'a Cafe Torto l
and rat one of tha biggest kiud of oya
tcr suppers, and drink ium aherry onb
Hen whnl would dtvelop tbe Intellect
of n barlier*! block, and expacd the
lioart of a Florida llye-oak. Tlxy waa
the cleretesl act of fellers I aver seed
out of Georgia, nod arier spendln a
pleasant hour with 'em, Isugbln over
tha Incidents of the rveulu. they
showed me home to ay hotel, whar 1
•oou went to bad to dteaB of buudiea
full of baliya and ocernu of sherry cob
blera.
Yoa must excuse this long k tier.
Under the circumstunsea. No mure
from Yonr trend til delh.
_ Jus. Jon km.
P. S. —Don't for the world let Mary
know mi)thing sb-uit the baby, for
ahc‘il want to know what upon yeatli I
wsi ruunin about the «r«t si night
for. h'lldln bondlm f»r porn wimmin.
ami f never could vxplaiu It to her sal
isf.ioilou. Tlier’e onu tlilug monstrous
ccrtsiu—I'll go u hundred yards found
the next woman l race'. In tlie atreet
with a bundle in her sties.
(I’b be onulliiurd next week.)
i ci>. k t nrwi iiiiaMratnu].
Attention it called to tlu> fact llial
under tlio new akollou taw voter* any
n-gtataf only on Saturday* between
tli« hour* nf 0 a. m. and 4 p m. There
remain, thru fi ye. only four re-gistra
tioo day* before liar el-oU-m, u<
follows:
Saturday. Oct. S, 0 a. in. to 4 |i. in.
Saturday, Out. 15, 9 a. oi. W 4. p. ip.
Stlnrdaf. O.-t, 3J. 0 a. cu. to 4 p. m.
Saturday, Oat. 29, not witlilu luooi
porated town*. II a. m. to 13 m.
Saturday Oot. 20. witlilu incorporated
town* 9 a tn. In l>. p, m.
Saturday Oct. 29 ia known ua chal
ien,'« day. Witlilu iiioorpirated toons
Ibo ieg la'.ralhm bonks will be kept
open nu tli it day from 9 a. m. to V p.
in., but at precinct* no". within incur
porated town* tne reglatratiun books
will oe eluted at 12 o’clock, non, (j| ,t
day.
lint whether within or without m
0'irpjratc.J town*, Hie b<wka are oprii
to all from U a. to to 4 p. in. fur p-ir
poeta of challenging tlw tiAtue of any
pereon written therein. Spec.lie crime
orotunes III challenge must lie staled
upon aOtduvit. Written notice must
be served upon Hits parsou elm)lenged,
and t>>« judge* aru irqulri-d lo assemble
at the polling place nu Saturday. Jfo
Yemlxr O-.h, to hoar and decide the
ohalleuge*. The officer who serve* the
notice of clisllcuge is t milled i0 a (,.«
of 25 cents lherefur, which will b«
leturund by thu county If thu challenge
ia sustained.
If a person who voted in Oastou In
in 1B90 chaogei hi* residence from one
prrclnot to Auutlier, lie must prevent a
cert Ideate of erasure lu former precinct
before he out register and Vole in the
latter. If u ruler lis* resided m the
Slut* 12 month* anil In the county of
Oastou 09 Jay* hn ha* the neceasjrY
residential qualifications entitling him
to vou. A* to rreiidriien |D n,e pre.
•inct, the law doe* not prescribe any
deOeite term, hut does provide that lie
■mint be a tons tide resident uf th* prr.
elnot where he propose* lo vote lefurn
he la entitled lo regtstor and vole
therein.
And lastly, let o* note that a new
registration nf ALL voter* la required
throughout Crowder's Mountain town,
ship and m lit. lfolly precinct of
River Iteud township.
■ Muklr Wax Llat.
Uniat** u»e. OUai lotto Ukaetver.
It ta now KMtrltfl that there wae
leally a little -<10*!” between Senator
Pritchard and J)r. <!y Thoupwi,,
whereby Uk- latter w»e to get rt*vu Sh
orn aupporc for the aanalotyhlp; that
Senator lluller beard or lltla and at
osre vhaagcd hi* nolo and bogan
lo a>xke epeeotiea which the Republican*
annld be pleaead With; that the Re.
pnbtloaaa, wlx> to lately reviled aud
carted him, have changed frnnl and
Pmiae hloj hc a great apeaker. It la
farther nsaeriod that the Senator wae
all llie time fnrfiieton. bat thoaghi II
policy lo ha alow In declaring blmuell,
•n aa to be able to control aa many
l'lipullet aa poeelble.
Haw la r re real «re**.
Wo have'two ohlldreB who era cab
led to ettaoke of aroup. Whenever
an attack U auinlng on my wlf« glee*
Vbrto Chamberlain-# Ceugh Remedy
ami It alwaee praveata tliaatlaeb. It
la a ho'itrhold aeceeali? la Uiie o mnty
■ml no matter whet et«e we rao oat of,
It woaM not doto bi without Chamber,
lalti'a Oougli Remedy. Uoro ol )t |«
■old hare than of aM rengh m«dlclne«
inmbliied, — J. >f Rickie, of Rlekla
Broa . merchant*, Xleklevllle, IV Kor
•jlo l>y J. K. Curry and Oreapany.
BILL ARP IN THE Slim
i:i< mntiuur r.uua ix i»m,
»k»i Xu VTaaled—Me IU1 m
irlraS k( Wan tulmi MQMi Oal
rIk* rnHM UUnt-IKl roar.
Vear Wm Waa rati or Urnkia.
IUII Am In A’Uata CuunltuUno.
Only a reminiscence. Tba Vltemnn
do not cal orally love to recall tha dark
»IU** of tba civil war. Xftey do not
"mm their wrath to keep It warm,"
aa did Tam O'Sbantci '* watch. They
arc too busy In making a living W>
•pare much time to memories if
marc lies and buttle* aud liardlaok and
ragged ninth. But they iln Indulge in
little war tucidente and accideoUaiwn
lli<7 meet a comrade and anmaltilag
rvmlnrts thorn of something. .Xbe
four-year war was full of liamlaoi and
llirllltug t-venti, but I brllaye the
ufisriaath. thu iwtsblng np of pence,
was more pr,.yoking and discouraging
mid of longer oonlinutnce tban me war
Itself.
■A* Iron *lt*rpi-n*tli Iran m dnm inun'a law
ilwrpna ib« rnns nr hi* tttaad
U t» only u reminiscence that I am
going to relate. I met tb* old gvutle
man ytsivrday, aud a* we grasped
ban da oar mind* and memortew want
back lo lire troubled day* of 1805 wbeu
Arit wa mot .one dark and denary nlgbt.
“Who la (bkt t” lie mid cautiously an
I knocked at the door. “Talk low,”
■aid 1; “limy ara after your btotlier to
taka blm back to Virginia and try liim
for kukluxtng those scoundrels. 1
bare O' ought bits over here aod bid
bitu In your ptuhouse loft, under the
■Irnw, Don’t let anybody but your
wife know wlicro lie i».” It arm about
d*j break, and lire old geotk>to*n waa
III I'U nlglil clothe*. “1/OrJ lidp u«.”
■aid bn. “Am you telling m* the
trutli ¥ Who »rn 3 ou ¥ la-t me light
a oundh-.” IV ben lie brought It lie un
locked ll»o U-i'-r and opim-d it J.i*i
enough for him to tec rny fane, and for
m> to mw liim aud hi* douMt-brm-li-il
guo that waa iinar III* hand- “Who
am you t" lie repe »tgtl. Wlion ( will*,
pered my uauie U* grasped tny baud
utterly. for be kuew Uiav 1 waa Uli
brother's couuarllor aud friend. llur
rieilly Ini put ou III* Clutbey, aud wa
went a blind path to Um gin Uuiimi,
wbleli was nearly a quarter of a mile
awity. Kota aoul w*a stliricg; not a
dog bareud. *'0<iod Liril," mid ha.
“tin* it o-uu* to this. Tuj,* villiaaa
wliotn my brother helped lo whip and
Bomle tbem leave tliecuuulry up In Vir
ginia were w-jiva than the tolfv* of tiro
old revolution. They rubbed eud plun
dered our t« oi>le. arid liad regret* to
help tbem, and we uptaHtlad In vain 10
tbt Yankee of&oera for pmt-ctioti.
Our wives a id our daughters were iu
conliiiua! danger, and we had lo ku
klux ibtm ucoumlrels or leave tlm
country ourtelve*."
It wa* In June, 1805, while I wa*liv
ing 111 Urns-*, that I war aroused from
hlaeo a.ami midnight ami Irarue I from
my Virginia friend that lui waa in
gri-irl peril, and waatei as«liUne* an-l
advice. A warrant had ItlUii tinea D
surd for him ill Virginia and sent t»>
the federal prov *»i marshal at Borne,
mid he wa* to be arreeied In lbs morn
UK and sent luck for trial. He Utlrjy
related tlm eircumsUnet*. and told use
lie had h brother living hi Uaruiw
county, about idghleeii miles UI*taut;
but tmlKKiy about llouie knew him, nir
a'.u lil* brotlier implicated in tlm ku
klux bnalneiM. uud he might be eon
center! In hit brotlierSi farm imm where
until tlie federal soldier* left hero.
“Alt right,” eahl l ; “g« back at
once and get you a change of clothing
and mt*t me at Norton’s corner.” H
did not lake me long to lilleh tny Imran
to Hie little rockaway and drive down
to liroad street und take him lo. We
look ruuinlai.ee ou th« uMirt’s quar
ters am! wen* soon out of enwn aud on
the roed U> tint Castvllle. The night
■hi unrx hu'I misty, not we naa ;i
good horse, ond in .stunt three hour*
wnotouini the farm. Wkn oppo
all* the giiilnmm We atuyped bo ra
co.umlter. \Y«* liud uol piaad a man
on Ilia toad, nor ai On a Hgllt in uny
UiJy'a 'mow. do wr rail that we went
safe so far. Driving out to a seoludul
place we hllcliod the hurac, and then
utsrte haste for Mtegiobouse. The way
waa rlrar and the place com fort able.
I.Waving the brother* to arrange their
ptana. I drove mi to CkaaviHa and
thence back U> Kmse in liioe fur break
faal. There waa quite a stir In tbe
town that day. for It waa anon nolard
around that one of our eltlxuua waa
wauled and could not bo fuund. A
liralenant in bias had a squad of
Dutchmen moving stealthily around aa
If In search id aomtbody At night
t hey watched the licoae from lla back
ultey. but aaw no sign Tor a monUi
or noor* tin* Inqulaiilou waa kept up.
Ilia wife and sou and daughter and
uytilf and wife agehangad ■IgalOeanl
glance* when w* met, but there waa
uo converaatlou on that subject, fn
course nf time these vj Idler* wore
withdrawn. Oirll law was restored
and oeo morniag abnnt suurbie my
fiivud surprised iiia family by walking
in to breakfast. Advleea from Vir
ginia told how the prosecutor bad got
into troublo and left Um country fur
1.1* country's good. Strange to sty.
I ha man who Informed my friend was a
negro—a negro of mixed blood— a
middle man. who In lima* perilous
aud exciting time* did Ills almost to
kerp peace nod good will between tiie
raw*. 11* was raised by the Bwrloo*.
of 9..vannali, and was hi ih-tnned and
soil *d wealed and of good priaeiplea.
Tli* provost m srehvI made a noaWant
of him. supposing that be waa on tliair
! side and frequently took his advice
: where llwre waa a cnnDiet lietwren Ilia
wblteeaud ilia Mask*. Hut for lilsa
1 would rnysetf have l>r*n aeat a
prisoner t > Loalavlit* aad baa* pas*
I shell as msyor for irrrmllUug a ooa
ffdrnste flsg to be diapluyed ooe night
In the olty hall. Th.ee war* Ilia times
that tried m'n’s smtls and toks. Ilow
old Father Tints, dors mriktw as down
| That oM Hag can i« dhq>laved new at
a tabisau aad glvs. no uffeeaa. Mom
■ «a nan li.sva ouwfrderat* rcoulowa and
. ran build monument* to cocfedetata
hern«* aad *v«a Ik north p.ye honor
aad tribute to our loyalty, and tba bias
•ad ike gray Qgbl side by old* la dofaaca
»f our county. Tiraslt a grad duo
tor. but iw it alow, awful Maw. w«
fought four year*, but U took longar
than that to make MM. tiro
fought four moat la tkia timo, bat Ira*
long will It taka to aako paaec no area
can ir 11. Two iinuaaod yaara ago a
Latin poet wtoto about a gnat con
quoror and naid lm isade a solitude and
oelied It pawn. I reckon that la vital
lira Mpaatarda Uilnk of a*. Wa de
stroyed their navy aad took ad their
Ulande and oill It poaoe. But one
thing I* certain: Toe election it over
and we will n»e have imlKJcal parse.
Of eourw, we have all fait excited and
anginas about our atmte election*' but
happily it 1* all over aad aobatfy feele
aggrieved. tVe have a good governor
and ha tua a good cabinet aad oor
mn in bars of ttia legUUlurt are unusu
ally aelect aad so oar ship will sail ou
smooth waters anleee old Do tan is doing
llko Ira did In Jut’s day—“going to and
fro la Ilia onli and walking ap aad
down la it." I sroadrr If Ira la doing
that all tlra tlnra pretty ranch.
A xkmm MiiMLcniaiTruJUt.
«• TMlisnMMIMI* Alai—ee
At—eo Uivsnar.
You have heard the Democrat*
charge that Uu-ia are unro school com
mitteemen right tiers la Alamance, and
you bare heard HapubUcans star lu an
swer 1.1 that eharg*. that tbei uegrvc*
only had char** uf the negro school*.
”1. Mlaa Alma L. McCulloch. of
Morion township, AUmnnoo county,
Aortli CaroUma, do hereby errury;
That la Uw winter nr Utf7.18M. cam
menelng In October. 18*7. a ad eudiug
In Potiruery, I8U9. I laoglit the [.ublle
reboot fur school d mulct No.—, la.
Pleasant Crum townslalp, Atamioee ‘
eoutny; that our uf (Ira aotiuul commit-,
Uv who had taprrvtsiun of Utle school ■
Will * i.rgru uaaol doluaooo Martin; I
that wlilla I was teaching the school Hit# '
negro comuiltle. man. the wild dulunton
Martlo. camu to Hie school on (Wo asp- -
nrute cocatlotis. Uls drat visit waa
dui lag school home mid while l was
them In ohaigv. lie said be came to
see it the desks had com*. Ula other
visit Will befuru scli-Kil bad opened la
Ibu morning and before I bad ooas# to
me school house and wee reported to
tee by the students. The students re
ported to me Dial Martin Mid tbat the
while school, which 1 was teaching,
would br rilsciiktinuol tho next day.
though as a waiter of foot It waa noL
scheduled to slop the next day, and in
trulli did not stop for miny days nftsr
this.
r “AuiaL UcCvlukil
"8worn to and Mib-erllf-J before OIS,
this, tlie Utti ilay id Oo'. brr. 1606.
“M, pAUttltll, Jt*.,
(deal) “Notary Pubtlc ”
Whits men, what >io you think of
this * Mis* Mcduli-ich la known lo
litany uf you. Hhe hi Ihu equal uf any
lady in Dus or any other oonutv, and
yet. under this Infamous school law.
passed by a fnslun lAgisUlure, she Is
foteed t.. receive visit* from a urgro
school com mitt email while she la la
dieohsicn uf her duties ** traener of a
wlitio school light here iu Alamance
cmuly. rxi.io.-ral* are pledged to
change this school law amt If you are a
wlilla man you want It changed. We
have ‘'mixed lob'iel euimnlUess now
and Jt is but une in wo step lu “mixed”
schools. ” Are yuu In favor uf that
step and liarlug ''dntSsJ schools ?” It
o-i vote the Itepnliliixn t:okrt. If yon
*re la favor uf while committer* hav
ing charge of white schools and
agatnet “mixed school*,” then lie a
white man and vote the Democratic
ticket.
1 '.-'u——msa
n„ii«r AsfceO Mt tiaMlaa Taa a**r.
X*w’us Spv.-wl. Uih, In 1hoOMrvt*t«c Own-.
«*.
Marion Rutter .poke her* to-day Is
about 300 pi-«pl*, on*third being Dsto
oerata. • * * For about one hour
Butler plead w|U. the people to believe
In bis honesty, tlocarky and faithful
ness. and Uatq |M exposed tai* sore
plana-, caused by the Democrats’ re
1 usal Ut fuse. Tha oditor* casts to
r«n- s loog crllletsei for nut imbltohiiig
Bryou’s tetter, although he bad ee-it
copies of Uie Cnueusfnn containing tint
letter to at) lb* editors. Hero the tea
mtken ef Uw day ocenrnrd. Better
asked if tbe editor of Uw lewd paper
era* present, wbeo Mr. F. M. Williams
arose sod mid, "I aw bars.” HeUwa
MUed if be had seen tlm Wtlvr in tbe
Guweusfrtn, and Mr. William* began to
reply: "I did not receive Uw Out
roekm enntoinleg Uw letter. Tbe—.,
"Did you see Uw letter euywlwre
ole* ?” broke In Mr. Butler.
Then Mr. Williams excluded the In
terrupted reply: -Tbe loot issue of
the Co ear tv hi 1 Usra seen was Uw ana
to which ran said tbe last IwgUtsture
was a dess sable disgrace to tbe 4UU."
Tlin lions* roared With applause sod
Butler oonsumed another hour la a*
a-xplanatkm of bit coodanttiaUon width
dnl not explain.
1 ■I'tniiniii
Tbe** Saaieae In Osnaaallari in.
tract Haajanla PnaawMn.
"tvben ton are sick, what you ltk*
best I. to ho oho*>o for a mJielaa In
Uw Orel place; wlwl experience Utte
you Is Wat. to lie eboaen la Uw second
Place; wbat renown (|, e.. Theory) says
Is beat to be chosen In the last plao*.
But If yq* can get Dr. /ncflnDr.
Cxprrkanr and Dr. Mr-won to bold a
consultation togstber, Uisy will gtvo
yon the bast advice that eao be taken,"
When yen h*v# a bad odd Dr. In
elluaUen would recommend Obembrr
I lain’* Cough Bemdv bacawsa It la
| pleasant and ante to take. Dr. &qwy|
; aooe wooM iscoasmeod It boesoae ft
Meyer fails to idol a speedy sod p*f
. mitnent eur* Dr. HeroMi would
rewiutmeod it heoauoe It Is prepared on
! aetanildo prtnelptea. nod seta an os
I tore’s plan la ml*ring (be lungs opeo
, Ing tbe seeretlnne and restoring Uw
Itioo. Fur sale by J. ft. Carry dl Co.
WM*<
liuatM* MomT
Mr. CUm. r. iMte. of Uii« ail*.
«ad hu am ruled uyUlMbat tU
repulallwn betti, feu jut reff—rt
f™* » M*Pto Mr. Kadi*
U sot only * republican. bat two jwm
M« *M UM HfeNMiM {ar
»r chvwu« to»iub(pu«icet
Mr. Irwin (tahMttt.) He feu buw •
prvmiiieut futon worker, and «u m
Jiowww kdvocat* of tfefe principles of
■Willie
'Weej Mr. If. r. H0*l«
*»d eererel other «femjcr*u ware dl*
euMlng tha attuMlau in osetora Aortli
Carolina, and Hr. Kodlo rawrehed that
h« was a inpnUfaaa wdiMMMMt
00*. bat that bo believed to white rule
“ ■»*» “* »•/ •*» did; that ha bad
nod It* report* la the dawneratio
nawmoiawa aboat ti<« situation to Maw
S*** Wttwlagtow, mu thought
that they ware greatly exaggerated
Mf^tlowto thentoUMr.SSutbet
U 5S3HW1, *°*° WttwJiwtoa, and to*
YMtigat* tha situation tiara, and did
uat Bud it a* Rated, ha wonu pay toll
oxpooaaa there and t>>ch. aad U« lot.
^sssissss^rJ^,
•*?»**'* ooa negro ragieter of
dairta, 1 wIB vut« aad work for tba
dm»ratio party la too analog aloe*
»i«o. Tlia rxpeooM to be paid by W.
P. Howie. Thl* October SthT^
* Ouai Kudu.
•VViini-a*: VT. C. Doad.”
Mr. Eudie then odered to go to W1V
mjogUM totaa the exact atoteof af
lain time. Mid told that ha would
.MtuoUon exactly at It warn
Mr. Kudte left Charlotte lor Wit
onutton uu Thursday aoralug.
Mr. Madia give, toe following ac
ouant of what Im aaw in Wllmlagton:
"la tba dret ylooa I took mu to. look
around town, baton 1 water talked to
anybody, to are what I coaid aw re
Prd^ll.lto* n*«r« odder holder*. Af
ter looking aroond the etiy for now#
u"“ 1 *•* Mr. W. U. Cbadbowro, in
publtoM.) Uw pretountar. I acted
htal for iaferwotfcn about tha eewbar
of urero magistrates, pollciuMo. ate.
Mr. Chad boors said they i.cd dim uo
|n> policuuien, ore aeronaut and four
•an I tarT polioeare, fonrtrea lu all.
Ha Mid thorn warn forty negro wagto
trata* la Mew Hanorer oiuuty. fl«
did cut nfota the auwber of ungrore to
tba po*U>*», hut Rated that all tha
elerju who eaiae in ooaUet with the
public who wblu, a? lc r prominent
republican.
-AM iiien g«v« me an introduction
U> Mr. Ki*a*L, who la acting as etwriff,
A. M. Hewlett was elected sheriff, bat
Mr. French U actio* sheriff and baa
charge of aU the alfslrs of the oMoa.
1 went to me Ill'll, cod h* approved
what Mr. Cliadbonra bed mid. U*
»tal> d aJai that there wen* four tasgla
tratra lu the city who did tu« principal
work vf the justices of the peace Ik lha
ooutiiy and that each owe of thsae had
a tirgro deputy. Mr. Frencli stated
that Ik liad a deputy who waas wblta
mail, lie did aot state anything ns
garding uegro deputy sheriffs. Uni*
a promiuetil republican
■ ‘1'iwlioasUr Ob*dbourn said the elty
was divided lute two school districts,
wiilt three oommltletlMu far tub dls
trlct. Tp* board siu together wbaa
U<ey meat, Thar* are two negro** sad
four win tee on the board, ttay have
oootrol of all lb* pubHs schools, both
white and cohuvd.
••While la th* sheriff* otto* I aw*
11k chief of polio*. H* mid ha bad,
when the uegro policemen were flrst
appointed, given them certain beats tu
♦eottoua of Um city. Out round ml*
didn’t worn well and uow they rang*
around where they phssee. Us say*
tliry do net latarfar* with the arrest of
a white man naleas it to Mmury.
*• *»}d the people of VTUwIngtan
liked tlra negro better fur sanitary po
licemen time UHry did Um white*. Ha
toaKrooginpaMica*.
-Mr. Barney Strickland, who Is a
Car inspector, lias three little daagb
Un who go to the Cathotto eon mil.
Afem dayaago they war* retarttlag
Lome from sei.nol wbaa Urny mot two
neff*y Jw>* wlw oferrd thorn Inaalt
aud lodlgaltms iu a wav that eaasat
be pwt to print. Th* aMMna raw
bo«* and Um father baa atom been
hunting Uto b«ys, aad they will b*
dealt wttb If eaaght. 11* will make an
aOMavlt to thtot
niKI kua a A bVUft |B L|M C. LI on m V
°»" kook, nd looked It tw tkor
ookliU. I talked with o Bomber of
prominent eitlaeae, demoerata, reoab
lloooe end popolleU aad Done of them
deny Um uatoiaoati that have haoa
u«do regarding Um eoaditloat there
“I found ouoUUliMM (bore >aaeh
wowetUto I bad 0«hr expected to lad.
“I *> dlMwUd with thoooadi
dowh there toot at
mind le fully oiade «i». I do Dot Utah
ttat there la a white repeilloea or p-v
nllr. to kleeklouhorg oouaty who. If ho
wont to ivilaiogtoa aad eew Um ooa
dUiua of ateica there I eew thorn,
«Mtd Tote Um tieket Ulo year.m2
2s£,£cs$z"~
1 “Though 1 am a rtfmhlUaa la gria
olpie mid here hemUforo alwaye va
led tba repaid loan ttekat at tkle eloo
tum f ahottoeakmyyote for Um «tam
er* Uo etateaad wuHMM. I he
here that it to the dety of every white
mao to ibU coenty to vote that Ueket
title year. A vote tortho faolio lagto
hOivu ttekat la Meckleelrarg eouety,
tssawB®!1**
A • trout tffiktUI.
1 heiehy otrtify that T hove read the
article la tba Ohattolto Kvrulaf Xrm
ead thU U Uaa and oonoot.
Cmao. T. Bt'ata. *
dworu toaad eokoerthed ta Mom
mejUdcOetoher |A IMA
WHoimioi Jp. a. Aetna, 4.X.
, E- Xtb Mcr(.Tti»oe.
M. In UAVm,
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