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VOL- XXIII.___ GASTONIA, N. C.. FRIDAY, JULY it O,
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NANCY HA1T DID MILL TOBIES.
Bill Arp Will Net Believe These
Who S«y Otherwise.
Bill Are. i" AUunts Cwutitutiim.
A few months ago sonic doubt*
ing correspondence hinted thut
the story of Nancy Hart was ex
aggerated romance or a handed
down tradition or maybe a myth.
It is fortunate that the doubt was
published, for it aroused the
good old people of Elbert and
Hart counties and brought to
light facts and records concern
ing the old lady that might have
passed into oblivion. That the
story of her heroism is now es
tablished as clearly as it was
when Hart county was cut off
from Elbert and named for her,
the only county in Georgia that
was named for a woman. While
this newspaper controversy was
going on down in Georgia there
was a great strapping Virginian
named Tom Lee, 6# feet high
and large in proportion, opera
ting the passenger department
of tne Lackawanna railroad. He
is a great grandson of Nancy
Hart, descended from her in a
bee line through honorable Vir
ginia ancestors. He knew noth
ing of this controversy concern
ing the maternal ancestor and
said recently when speaking of
her that it was the sorrow of bis
life that he was not personally
acauainted with her.
Tom Lee is a great favorite
among the railroad officials.
Very recently he wished to try
the work and speed of a new
locomotive and invited the ptesi
deats and superintendent* of
several railroads and forty-three
editors and newspaper men to
go with him on a special to
Pocona mountains and back
again. On the northern roads
the superintendent* now have
an indicator or Dutch clock in
their private car that registers
the speed. "What do you
want?" said Tom Lee. "Well
about 70 miles,” said the editor.
The speed was then 55 miles an
hour, but quickly the clock reg
istered 56, 57, 58. 60, 65, 70,
where it remained for several
minutes while the engineer was
holding her down to an even
steady pace. A glassful of water
on the floor would uot have
spilled a drop, Tom Lee said:
"I would have given you 80
if you had asked for it." Af
ter a while they stopped at the
Swiftwater house, where Wash
ington and LaPayctte played
croqnet after the war was over
and where Joe Jefferson spends
his summers. Tom Lee knows
his lineage and that his parents
were Virginan* and nearly rela
ted to the Harts, for whom
Thomas Hart Benton waa
named.
For the sake of many children
who have never heard the story,
1 will briefly relate that during
the dark days of the revolution
five tones came to her cabin and
ordered her to get dinner for
them. She did so and while
they were eating and drinking
and their guns were set up in the
corner of the room she quietly
took them outside, and standing
at the door with one in her
hand she drew aim on the leader
and ofdered them to surrender or
die. One man started toward
her and she shot him dead and
seized another gun and shot
another who had risen from the
table. With another gun she
kept the others quiet until some
neighbors came and they were
taken prisoners. No doubt this
is a true story ana no man had
better move to Elbert or Hart
county and express any doubts
about it. 1 have been there and
know. Some yean ago I lectured
in Hartwell and from there jour
neyed to Blberton in a baggy with
a preacher. We got a late start
and the preacher’s horse wanted
to alow up at every house where
there was a woman in sight, and
when we got to the river the
ferryman waa away and we had
to wait an hour for Him to come
back. So it waa dark when we
reached Klbertou. The court
house waa lighted up and seemed
full of people and the boys were
rapping and calling for "Arp,"
"Bill Arp." The preacher un
loaded me near oy ana toiatne to
go upstair* and open the ball
while he went home to pat up
hia horse. Aa I burned in the
doorkeeper stopped me and said I:
"Hold o»> my friend, you haven t
paid.* I modestly told him that
J waa the speaker. "Oh, yea."
said he. "Maybe you are and
maybe yon ain't. Several other
men have tried to paaa on that
schedule. 1 reckon you had
better pay." So I paid a half
dollar to go In and hear myself
talk, but I got half of it back
when we divided proceeds.
Now, I don’t know that Nancy
could rend or write, but she
could shoot and in war times
that is better. At any rate Gcoc
gimaB ire proud of her and her
great grandson, Tom Lee, has
never tarnished the name or
fame of the family. When John
Randolph boasted of Ills ances
tral blood, Tristan: Bnrgcss of
Rhode Island, his bitter enemy,
rose up to say that good conduct
in posterity was of more conse
quence than good blood in an
cestors. "I hive great respect,”
said he, "for the gentleman's
English blood and his Indian
blood, but he should remember
that he is removed from them by
several generations and that one
sixty-fourth part of Lord Rolfe’s
or Pocahontas' blood flowsin his
veins. That is not much to
boast of. The rest is widely
scattered, diluted and degenera
ted.” Bnrgcss and Randolph
had many apats like that, but
tb never came to blows.
ere never was a time in the
Southland when so much eager
interest was manifeaetd in tra
cing up ancestry”—lineage. I
receive letters almost daily from
good people from Carolina to
Texas, asking for help to trace
up and prove their claim to join
the Sons or Daughters of the
Revolution or to service of their
father or grandfather in the civil
war of forty years ago. The
genealogical department of The
Constitution ana George Smith’s
weekly contributions to The
Journal arc doing valuable and
interesting work on these lines.
There is one other line that
has been shamefully ueglected.
nora nisi to last mere were near
90,000 Georgia soldiers in the
Confederate army, and yet there
is no record of them—neither in
the counties nor the State nor at
Washington. 1 do not suppose
that there are ten in a hundred
of these soldiers whose children
or grandchildren or near relatives
can prove themselves. Col.
Avery did the best he could to
make up a roll of each regiment
and name the officers and the
captains of the companies, but
there is uo roll of the me a nor a
record of who was killed. Some
companies changed their cap
tains from three to eight times,
bnt what became of those who
dropped out? Colonel Avery
says: "The following list is
painfully imperfect. It was taken
from the Confederate war records
at Washington, D. C„ and from
the meager documents in the
Georgia archives and such per
nersonal information as could be
had. The war department of
the Confederacy was most loose
ly run. Regimental master rolls
were mingled and confused; the
constantly occuring changes
were not noted.”
Now, ask any soldier, can you
prove your service by any un
doubted evidence ? Is there any
record that you con go to? Two
years ago Governor Candler
alluded to this shameful neglect
in his message and nrgea the
appointment of some one to
gather up and make a record of
these Georgia soldiers before the
witnesses were all dead, but
nothing was done. Why do not
the veterans demand it? It
would cost but little—perhaps the
salary of a good man for a
yean. The children and grand
children of these soldiers are
interested and have the right to
demand the preservation and
record of their father’s or grand
father's honorable service. Why
not? Will there be enough vet
erans or patriotism in the next
legislature to see to this and
have established a muster roll—
some kind of a roll that the
humblest cltisen can point to as
his hall of fame.
Death Larked in the Hash.
Dulu Hermit.
A message was received from
Oxford yesterday telling of the
death af Mr. AM Hobgood, which
occurred at 12:10 o’clock. Blood
poison was the cause of his death.
The death of Mr. Hobgood was
the result of a very peculiar ac
cident. He went to Dallas, Tex
as, with the old veterans recently
and while there swallowed a
piece of shoe string while eating
bash. The brass tip on the end
of the string caused the blood
poison that resalted in his death.
Mr. Hobgood wss the father of
Mrs. Geo. Knott, of Kinston.
The American Asbestos Com
pany, with a capital stock of
$1,000,000, has been organised
st Terre Haute, Ind., to mine
“bestos in Virginia, and spin
, *S ■ factory to be erec
ted at Bedford City. Por a score
of years it has been generally
known that asbestos of excellent
quality and unlimited quantity
was found in the neighborhood
of Thurman, about fifteen miles
south of Bedford City. Por two
years prospectors have been
actively at work, and in the past
twelve months land hss been
purchased and options secured
on about 4.000 acres. It is said
between $13,000 sad $20,000 has
been spent in this way.
McLAUftIN KEFUSES JUD0ESH1F
Hi Hwl Intoodid li Accept, bat
Appears te Have Changed Hit
Mind.
Cbulirton New, ami Canter. 22ml.
Oyster Hay, N. Y., July 21.—
President Roosevelt is in receipt
ol a letter from Senator John L.
McLaurin, of South Carolina,
declining the proffered appoint
ment to the vacancy on the
Bench of the United States
Court of Claims. The Ptesi
dent, it can be said, ranch re
grets Senator McLaurin’t de
cision. as be believes that Sena
tor McLaurin’a Senatorial ex
perience and his career as
Attorney General of Sontb
Carolina would have rendered
him a particularly good addition
to the Court of Claims.
The President is now uncer
tain what he will do about Sena
tor McLaurin. It is understood
that he is anxious to appoint
him to some position in recogni
tion of what the President re
gards as his service to the country
and his demonstrated ability in
public li/e. Senator McLaurin’a
letter is couched in the most
positive terms and evidently was
based in particular upon a news
paper article which accompanied
the letter. The article stated
that the Senator had sold himself
for the prospect of getting such
an office as that offered to him.
It can be said, however, that the
President regarded such a type
of accusation as beneath notice
and sincerely regrets that Sena
tor McLaurin should have deem
ed it necessary to pay any
attention to it.
Senator McLaurin evidently
ha* changed his miml about
accepting the proffered appoint
ment since he was in Oyster Hay,
ou July 11. At that time he in
dicated his readiness to accept
the vacancy on the Court of
Claims and the only question
then was when he should resign
from the Senate._
Lumbar Trad* Moving Southward
lUllinoft New*.
Expert opinion is that ere long
the South will become the centre
of the lumber trade of the United
States. Signs of the movement
southward are already visible.
Close observers of the situation
are not surprised at the changed
conditions. The pine forests of
Michigan and Wisconsin have
been practically depleted, aud
dealers in this class of lumber
have been forced to look else
where for supplies. Recently
targe tracts of Southern lumber
land have beeu purchased by
Northern operators, and they
are now arranging to develop
them upon an extensive scale.
The Southern forests contain
several varieties of lumber well
known in Northern markets, be
sides many beautifully marked
hard woods suitable for cabinet
work and inside finishing. There
are vast areas of such land in
the Sonth, and the indications
are that for many years this in
dustry will be one of the most
profitable in "Dixie.”.
Since 1890 the lumber trade
lias made great strides in the
Sonth. The New York Journal
of Commerce and Commercial
Bulletin has compiled a table
showing that during the ten
years ended in 1900 the aggre
gate value of products of the
lumber industry increased $128,
885,602. Of this gain the thir
imi oomncrn awes lumunea
three-quarters. According to
the tame authority, the lumber
business in Michigan and Wis
consin declined $32,000,000 or
more than 3* per cent. Other
Western States which are exten
sively engaged in the lumber
trade alio suffered heavy lots.
In some of the Northern States
the business continues to expand
but the percentage of gain u not
as great there as it is in the
South. Not only in lumber is
the South forging ahead, but al
so in cotton manufacture, coal,
iron and other lines. This sec
tion has supplanted the Eastern
States as the largest producer of
coarse cotton goods in the Uni
ted States, ana it is predicted by
many that the day is not far dis
tant when.it will also become the
leading manufacturer of the finer
grades of cotton goods.
New Industry.
Chifieite Mm
The Elisabeth City Economist
say* the people of Currituck
county have discovered a new
and ijTofitable industry — the
gathering and shipping the seed
of wild celery that are found to
abundant in Currituck Sound.
The supply of tliese seed, sayi
the Economist, is inexhaustible
and no don lit there will l>« thous
ands of dollars made by the Cur
rituck people. Some are already
engaged in the new (enterprise
They ship the seed North and
get a very high price for them.
HEW MILITANT POSTS.
■•part at the Board Appointed
Some Weak* Ado to Taka
Charge ol the Matter.
Kiwi wad Courier. ]M.
Washington, inly 21. —A
board of officer* consisting of
Major Gena. Corbin and Young,
Brig. Gen. Ludiugton. Lieut.
Col. J. A. Johnson and Major
Gen. Ruhlen, waa appointed
several week* ago by the Sec
retary of War to take into con
sideration the question of
proviaion to be made for ac
commodation* and shelter for
troop* returned from Cuba and
the Philippine Islands, and to
consider generally the construc
tion of new buildings at posts
throughout the United States to
accommodate the garrisons to
be stationed thereat. The board
submitted its final report to the
Secretary of War, who has ap
proved the recommendations
submitted by it.
Among the allotment* are:
For the construction of a new
post for a regiment of cavalry at
Chickamaugn Park, Ga.. $500,
Quarters at tort Myer, Va..
for the officers of two batteries
of field artillery, provision hav
ing already been mode for the
barracks, atablea, gun sheds,
etc., for those batteries, $50,000.
The board also took into con
sideration the construction of
necessary buildings at many of
the cost artillery posts on the
Atlantic seaboard and on the
Gulf.
It has been decided tc proceed
at once with the preparations of
plan* and specifications for the
necessary buildings at the new
posts aud at the post* to lie
enlarged, and to invite bids for
their construction.
The work on the new post at
Chickamauga Park will receive
early’consideration.
Ex-Gavernar Jarvis Missed the
State Conventiao. ■'
Btlnrt FM.IM
Until last week ex-Goveruor
, Jarvis bad attended every Demo
cratic state convention since
1868. He did not get to Greens
boro and thereby broke a record
that is probably unequalled by
any Democrat in the state. In
practically every convention he
has atteuded Governor Jarvis
baa uken a prominent part. A
history of party conventions for
34 years by the distinguished
Carolinian would make an inter
esting addition to political liter
ature in the state. It has been
thirty years exactly since Gover
nor Jarvis attended a convention
held in Grseasboro.
Coming on the train with the
ex-governor last night, he spoke
regretfully of the fact that the
platform receives so little atten
tion from conventions in recent
years. " Until a few year* ago,"
he continued, "It was the custom
always to hold a two days sess
ion. The first day wait devoted
to organization and platform and
the second day to nominations.
suit Calture In Carolina.
Procreative PainfT, >M.
Citizen* of Orangeburg, S. C.»
have formed a silk-growing as
sociation. In a letter to the
Charleston News and Courier
one writes:
"We believe this an opportune
.time to introduce this industry.
Owing to a scarcity of labor and
two bad enm years, it is neces
sary for each member of a family
to assist in the general support,
and this business will give jost
the occupation needed, as the
women and children can do all
the work and nuke from $50 to
in six weeks in the summer.
The mulberry trees can be
bought, from the nurseries at a
small cost and. can be easily and
rapidly grown on oar soil.
Trees planted now will furnish
enough leaves this summer to
experiment in a small way. We
do not expect any difficulty in
getting the eggs. We are look
ing into the matter of getting
the necessary machinery for
reeling the auk ourselves, and
once it is reeled there is no
difficulty in marketing it."
unrtm a* rw»w.
I.titU Ckfoalet*.
Alice, who wu 5 year* old, waa
often asked to ran errands for her
mother. She want vary willingly
if she ccmId pronounce the name
of the article wanted, but she
dreaded the laufhter which
greeted her attempt* to pro*
nouoce certain words: "Vine*
gar" waa one of the hardest for
her. She never would go for it
if she could help it, but one
morning her .nother found it
necessary to send her.
On entering the store the
handed the Jug to the clerk and
•aid:
"Smell the fug and give me a
quart.”
SUMOlf 27WOBDS WHO.
Michigan Pastor Mate Naw
■•card ate Plsaste Congre
gation.
xmsMm. ot^.wk. xotb.
Twice requested to tnakc his
sermon brief, Rev. Henry
Gillingham, pastor of tbe At
1 tuitic Methodist church, of
Atlanta, a village near Hough
ton, preached one of the short
est sermons, if not the shortest,
on record.
At tbe close of Sunday school
one of the church officers said
to the minister:
"It is very warm, and I hope
J ou will moke the sermon short
to-night."
The pastor accepted the wish
in good humor. He went to the
evening service prepared to
make a - 30-minutc discourse.
As he entered the vestibule of
the church, however, he met
another prominent member of
the congregation, who accosted
very warm to-night l Hope
you will make it short!"
Mr. Gillingham changed his
mind about the 30-minute ser
mon. Daring the opening ex
ercises be prepared another
which he thought would be suit
ably brief, when he arose to
announce his text he remarked
that he had twice been asked to
make his sermon short and he
would try to do so. If this
should seem too long. He would
stop next time with the text.
Then he delivered this sermon:
Text, Luke; 16-24: "And he
cried and said: ‘Father Abra
ham, have mercy on me, and
send Lacarns, that he may dip
the tip of hip finger in water ana
cool my tongue, for I aui
tormented in this flame.' ”
Three persons — Abraham,
Dives, Loxarus. It was hot
where Dives was. He did not
like it. He wanted to get out.
So do we. Let us pray !
That was the whole sermon.
It made a hit.
Spain’s Nad Kin*.
Wiltmitcwm Kamtir.
Young icing Alfonso, of Spain,
to use an American slang ex
pression, seems to be weeding a
wide row in his kingdom. The
grandees of Spain do not seem
to know whether he is mi idiot
or a confirmed rue at the age oi
sixteen years. He is entitled by
inhcritance to those two charac
teristics ax well as to sente
mania. Siuce his accession to
the throne he has been bossing
things around the royal palace
with a high hand. Among other
things he has threatened to torn
his mother into the streets if she
interfered with his rule or base
pleasures. The slums of Madrid
seem to afford him greater pleas
ure than the society of his equals.
He snobs and quarrels with his
ministers on every occasion, and
the slightest opposition to bis
will develops great passion.
With the naughty vindictive
ucm and cruelty characteristic
of the old Spanish kings lie
seems to have combined the low'
order of intellect of his almost
imbecile father.
There are signs of trouble
ahead for the kingdom of Spain
through the erratic conduct of
thi« young king. He doe* not
seem to nave sense enough to
realise the (act that he is the
ruler of a nation and that the
welfare of his people Is a part of
the responsibilities of his posi
tion. The complete overthrow
of Spain, its annihilation as a
nation, is in greater danger from
her king than it was from the
American armies.
• .
We were soberly asked the
other day why chickens are the
most pious fowls in the world,
and giving the matter np in de
spair, were informed that a large
number of them are lay members
and a great many of teem enter
the ministry, which ia ■ easy
enough to understand when you
get the hang of it.—Charity and
Children.
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Safeguards the food
ISc. *c. aag Me, fatal |A
whip they last lor saly-1PC
Parasols Half Price.
^5?-—»1.». $1.” < ||» each
*tS! each
Corsets for Sommer comfort
Latest shapes.
J. F. YEAGER,
LADIES’ FURNISHINGS A SPECIALTY.
Fall in Hammocks.
Summer is going and with it oar splendid stock of
hammocks. We do not wish to carry • single htm
mock over to next season sad so not only a part of
summer has gone but a big lump out of ■»—
prices has gooc with it. We arc cutting to cost sad
have only these left:
Two $2.09 Hummocks to fa af .... $m
One $175 ■■aairh la fa at $L35
Twe$17Sflaauaeckateieat .... >$Lt$
Three 98c Haauaocfcs fafa at .... gfe
Buy quick, bring the cash, sod enjoy the comfort of s
good hammock the rest of the summer. Sooner you
buy, the more service you’ll get this summer.
Marshall's Book Store,
_ _ OK THE CORNER.
McCORMICK
CORN HARVESTER
AND SHOCKER.
PR several yean the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.. has
experimented with a machine for cutting and shocking V
corn, aod for the season of 1902 is able to offer the McCormick com
harvester and shocker to thoae-cocn growers who prefer to harvest
and shock their corn without binding It into h«ndlrs As a com
shocker the McCormick is unequalled in lightness of draft, sad its
operation in the field is as simple sad rapid as is possible with
such a machine. When the shock is completed it is necessary to
stop the machine, after which the shock is tied by hand, and with
the aid of a windlass, which forms part of the shocker, the driver
raises the shock, swings it to one side, and places it on the ground.
A frame around which the stalks am placed is drawn from the cen
ter of the shock after it has been placed on the ground. Wkb a
little practice the shock is unloaded in as short s time as ia re
quired to form it, thus making the capacity one-half of the
eon binder. This machine trill fully meet the requirements of the
agriculturists who prefer to bosk their com from the shock in dm
field and then bind the talks into bundles by If, however,
the oorn is to be drawn from the field, stacked, fad unhuafred to
the stock, loaded onto and unloaded from a wagon or fad to a
shredder, it will he found moat economical to cot it with the Mc
Cormick vertical com binder, as the labor saved will more then pay
for the twine and shocking. For sale by
CRAIG & WILSON.
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