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bors Just Across the Line. :
Yorkrille Enquirer, Jan. 1st. -
Mr. -G. W. Wilkerson, rural
route inspector, is in this county
with blood in his eye for bad
roads. ' .t .
The Coney Island - Amuse
ment Company arrived yesterday
afternoon and after working
practically all night and all day
to-day, every thine: is ready for
exhibition. " " -
' There is a persistent rumor to
the effect that the Seaboard Air
Line people have, acquired the
old Three C's. portion of the
Southern from Camden to
Marion; but up -to this time
there is very little that seems to
be confirmatory of the rumor.
It was understood that work
on the spur track from King's
Creek to the ' power . dam on
Broad river was to have . been
commenced i yesterdays -r The
work had been delayed because
of right of ; way complications,
all of which, we are informed.
have been satisfactorily: ad
justed.
The York County Medical
society enjoyed a banquet at the
Sbandon hotel last Friday night.
There were plates for ; twenty ;
but several were absent; The
local minister were invited; but
Rev. H. J. Cautben was the only
one who was able to attend ,
Rev. E. . Gillespie being out
of town and Revs. J. O. Babin
and W. CI Ewart being kept
by ministerial engagements
Dr. E; W. Pressly. president ' of
the society,? presided, and ap
propriate short talks were make
by Dr. Pressly, v Dr. Roddey
Miller and Rev.' Mr. Cauthen.
The - banquet was splendidly
gotten no in every way, and was
highly creditable to Proprietor
Sadler, of (he hotel, as well as
the doctors. -
Train Was "Nol-Prossed."
Lexington Dispatch.
, The papers nave been saying
many witty things about the
lateness of the trains bnt a
Lexington darke hit it off better
than any when, in : speaking of
tram No. 12 which, was hours
late one night last week, on
which be doubtless expected his
Christmas , whiskey, he said it
was "nol-prossed."
Good Advice lor Gastoniaas.
The: following ' admonition
which The Lexington Dispatch
gives to the citizens of that town
applies equally as ; well Jto Gas-
tonians T'v T:r,v' :;, rS;v-vr
t "Don't cuss the town commis
sioners because the streets are
muddy. The commissioners are
not to bl.tnle. VBut if you ever
have an .opportunity t o vote
bonds to macadamize streets,
remember December ,1906 and
January 1907,.and vote 'em." ,
- House With 60 Bathrooms.
Wmshington Herald. -.- -
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stalled in. the fine mansion that
Mrs. Clarence Moore is building
m this city. The house is on
Massachusetts avenne, close to
the homes of Senator Lodge, Larz
Anderson and the Walshes, and
it represents an outlay of $1,
500,000.
One of the bathrooms is ; to be
a work of art.the private bath of
Mrs.Moore.lt will be a good-sized
cave the roof of which will imitate
stalactites.. . . -i -
The tub will be a rose-colored
shell, and on : the walls "will be
representations of acquatic plants
'. The floor will be covered with
a rug in moss color, and vine
painted curtains will be at the
windows.
Nearly 1C3 Killed; t
. Two of the most terrible rail
road disasters of recent years
occurred this week; one on Sun
day night : and v the other
Wednesday morning,. At least
55 and possibly more were
killed in the first which occuned
on the Baltimore & Ohio near
Terra Cotta, a special train
running at the rate of 60 miles
an hour, crashing into a regular
passenger train. An investiga
tion beifi"- stated
t'-- sts be-
ind of
. -.wi r-afrL'TociDma
&iation,:;tbe', lattert tfeing
no.oot oniO, TJie
second occurreda'ibe.Rock
Island . Railroad ' ir-' ;Ta,
Kas., resultij- ' f.-'of
thirty and try--' ty or
more. It V -rf -
fast tna;'
The -for
, Mt Holly Social
Mt. Holly, Jan. 1. Mrs. C.
W. French 'entertained about
fifteen young: people ' at , her
home last night with an old
time - "tacky party,,' Many
unique and comical uniforms
were, represented and all present
enjoyed, themselves.' Miss
Zelma Springs of Mt. Holly and
Mr. Russell Dellinger, Of Lin.
colnton, were the prize winners.
Refreshments' were served.
- Miss Violet ': Holland - gave a
card party to a number of her
friends last night. Although
there was' only a small party
present the evening was ; gteatly
enjoyed. After the games were
concluded, refreshments were
served in three courses. -
Postmaster John J. Foy -has
sold ' his residence on Main
street to Dr. J. J. Stewart. The
consideration is not given out
for publication. -
Joshua Simpkins.
The sensational rural comedy
drama, "Joshua Simpkins," will
be produced at the Opera House
Thursday Jan. 10th. The play
contains an interesting and in
telligible plot; but it is not
allowed to interfere with the fun,
which is said to be in abundance.
During the run of the play some
startling scenes and situations
are seen, the principal of which
is said to be the saw-mill, in the
third act, shown in ; complete
operation, cutting up real
timber. The saw used is the
genuine article,5 the same as
usually seen in - large country
saw-mills, r An excellent band
and fine orchestra accompany
this attraction. The band will
parade at noon, when some
good music may be looked for,
all being dressed as farmers. ,
: Hall Million to Save Thaw.
New York American.
- Five hundred thousand dollars
is a conservative estimate of
what the shooting down of Stan
ford White by Harry Kendall
Thaw on the - Madison Square
Garden roof will ' have cost-the
Thaw family after White's slayer
will have been tried by a Jury
of his peers. ,
Of this amout fully $200,000
has already been t expended in
the vast preparation for the fight
Jo be rnade.to save Thaw from
the electric chair and the mad
house. . ,,;
A world wide search has"been
conducted for e v e r y scrap
ot 'corroborative evidence - that
will tend to show justification
for Thaw's deed. Besides evi
dence of the sort that may acquit
the young Pittsburg millionaire
on the ground of justifiable hom
icide through the "unwritten raw
hundreds of affidavits have been
secured from persons on, both
sides of the ocean to support a
plea. of insanity.
Detective bureaus in Europe
and throughout the United States
are at work -? inan . exhaustive
search for evidence
Great law firms are receiving
large fees for private invetigation
and advice. Special agents have
been sent by. Clifford W. Hart
rfdge the chief counsel for Thaw,
to every quarter of the globe.The
cable has been used with a prod
igal disregard of expense and the
preparation for the murder trial
is being manipulated like some
greafc-business concern..:i::;;.:A;-
The centre of all this activity
is of course the offices' of Hart
ridge & Peabody; the two youth
ful friends of Thaw, who are act
ing as his chief legal advisers.
Mail pours in daily from every
part of the world.
There Delphin Michael Del-
mas.the Napoleon of the Califor-'
nia bar who is said to have reciv
ed a $100,000 fee to . devote his
great abilities to the Thaw case,
is in daily consultation with
Hartridge. .-
Fourteen negroes, members
of the Ninth IJnited States
Cavalry, . stationed at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, have
been placed under arrest as the
result of a r iot which occurred
in the streets of Leavenworth
Christmas day. The trouble
has created a great deal of ex
citement and a report has been
fgrwarded to Washington. -1
The deed in w.hich Wirt C.
Ward . . and associates 1 have
acquired 35,000 acres of land ia
Swain county, from the Che"'"''
Indians, was recorded in 4
ville December 23d. The la.
coyered with virgin forest
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the deed in addition ' :
signed by all thrf '
of the CW ? ' t
prov't . c '
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, - a Star.
oerpfiirnari
And lood c-osia .
It "nit be true v
lucre's do sue .
Gaston's Old Soldiers.
i lecN tf the CntrlkitlM This Cmty
Miic in let U to Cate f Tie Cnfei
: trier, Clle4 fnm InjrSMreei first
Aitkeitle Utt Irer Prtitei-Ai Retrly
- Cwsakte at Tine i l&tt Cm lib It
By L.M Hoffmaa
PART VIII. "
Abbreviations.
: For the sake of convenience
and saving space the following
abbreviations are made in the
list below:
cm-commissioned
Co company ;
v e -enlisted . .
v d died '
dg -discharged
dt detailed
k killed
: w wounded
m missing
p promoted :
. pr-rprisoner : "
r resigned i.
tr transferred.
Haynes. J. H., Co. H. 49th
Regt. e after March 22. '62; w
at Drewry's Bluff May 16, '64.
Haynes, J. J., Co. H. 49th
Regt. e after March 22, '62; w
at Drewry's Bluff May 16, '64.
Haynes, Jap, Co. C. 71st Regt.
(Jr. Res.)
Haynes, Wm., Co. B. 23rd
Regt. e March 15, '62; dg June
15, '62 for disabilities.
Havener, Michael, Co. M. 16th
Regt. e May 17, '62.
; Havener, Rufus, Co. M. 16th
Regt, ; w at Chancellorsville.
Havener, Philip, Co. M. 16th
Regt. ; ?
L Havener, Wiley, Co. M. 16th
Regt. struck by lightning at
Orange Court House.
Heaf ner, , Peter, Co. E. 34th
Regt. e March 1, '63; wat Chan
cellorsville sent to hospital and
never heard from,
Heavener, M. L., Co. E. 34th
Regt. March 5, '62. ,
Heavener, Peter, Co. E. 34th
Regt. March 5, '62.
Helton, M. B Co. H. 49th
Regt. e March 22. '62; substi
tute for Marcellus Rhyne; w at
Drewry's Bluff May 16. '64
Helms, T. J Co.
H. 49th
d of dis-
C. 71st
, Co. C.
Regt. e March
22.
'62;
esse at Raleigh.
.Helms, J. C,
Co.
Regt. (Jr. Res.)
Henderson, Miles
A.
10th Regt. Art. Corp
e Feb. 11,
62. '
"Henderson, Robt. F., Co. B.
7th Bat. Inft, e April 5, '63; dt.
Henderson, J. L., Co. M. 16th
Regt. e July 3, '61;p Corp. Sept.
'62; pr and d at Point Lookout.
Henderson, W A., Co. M.
16th Regt. e July 3, 61J pr and
d Dec. '62 at Point Lookout.
Henderson, W. .J., Co. H.
49th Regt. e March 22, '62; w in
thigh at Drewry's Bluff.
Henderson, J. W. Co. H.
49th Regt. March 22, '62; w in
thigh at Petersburg.
Henderson, R. . F., Co. H.
49th Regt. e March 22, '62; w in
arm at "Blow-up" July 30, '64.
' Henderson, Jonathan, Co. H.
49th Regt. e after March 22, '62;
k at Five Forks April 1, '65.
Henderson, F. A., Co. C. 71st
Regt. (Jr. Res.) '
" Henry, Marcus H., Co. B.
23d Regt. e March 15, '62; k
Sept. 17, '62 at Sharpsbnrg.
" Herron, D. B. F., Co. H. 23rd
Regt. e June 12, '62; w at Wil
liamsburg. V ! I
Hicks, M. S., Co. M. 16th
Regt. e May 1, '61; d Sept. '61,
at Big Springs. ,
.Hill, Joseph, Co. F. 9th Regt.
Hill, Milton A., Co. A. ; 11th
Regt. e March 15, '62. .
Hilt, W. P.. Co. H. 23rd Regt.
Capt cm Dec. 1, '61t- P from 2d
Lieut, and Sgt.j d of w received
at Seven Pines. : :
Hill. J E., Co. H. 23rd Regt.
2d Lieut, cm May 10, '61;- p
from ranks; w at Seven Pines.
Himble, Isaac, : Co. M. 16th
P.nrt fo 17.'fi9' J Into fi?
Hines, M.'- M., Co.; K Bethel
Regt. e April 25, '61. . .
Hines, Henry S., Co. K. Beth
el Rert. e Aonl 25. '61.
Hines, M. M-. Cov B."
Regt.- 2nd Lieut. cnri
'62: w at Seveq? - 3 . c . : C .
tysburg.v,
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a, Marion, Co. D. 63rd
egt..(5th Cav.) e July 7, '62.
Hipp, Wm., Co. CTLst Regt.
(Jr. Res.) . . :
Hockaday, Calvin, Co. I. 4th
Pft. e Sept. 4, '63. v
'an, Jas. L., Co. C 10th
Vrtl) Sgt. e June 21, '61:
m. Miles, Co. IL-llth
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Hoffman, J. L., Co. E. 59th
Regt. (4th Cav.) e July 7, '62;
pr at Green Ridge and taken to
Fort Delaware.
Hoffman, J. M., Co. E. 59th
Regt. (4th Cav.) e July 7, '62.
Hoffman, David, (Sr. Res.)
Hoffman, Jonas, Navy under
Capt. Poindexter Wilming
ton and Drewry's Bluff, 1864-5
Hoffman, W. H., Co. M. 16tb
Regt. Sgt. e May 1, '61.
Hoffman, J. H , Co. B. 28th
Regt. e July 30, '61; w at 2nd
Manassas Aug. 2, '62.
ANECDOTES OFSHAFTER
How a Joke Was Played on the
Santiago Chieftain.
EXAMPLE OF HIS PERSEVERANCE
Tried Five Time to Kick m Foot
ball Which Fionllr Conquered Him.
Trao Prediction Made Br His Fa
ther Whea Ho Started For the Civil
War How He Won Nlckn.iuie ot
'Pecoa Bill."
The late Major Ueueral William IMi
fua Sluftei', the Sautiatfi) cliie.tain,
thoroughly eujoyt'4 a yoail story .am.
did uot object to teliiug oue.e.e:i i
the joke was on li. in self. He haU a
faithful servant whose uame wa.
George.
. Cue day the geuural, couteiupiatiu
a trip to Sauta Iiaru.ira, Cal.. te..
George to the ticket office to lni .
sleeping berth. To make sine ta.i
the old mm would make no mistaUt
the general called after him lu nu em
phatlc manner:
"George, 4ell them I 'wont a scctIou
and ft lower." -
An hour later George returued, nnd
the geueral asked:
"Did you get Itr
"Yes, sir," answered George.
"What did you get?" asked Shatter.
"A section and a little over."
- "GreariiOfd. George!" exclaimed the
general. "You don't mean to tell me
that yon went down to that ticket
office and asked for a Bection and a
little over, do you?"
"Yea, sir," said George. ' 7 v
"X section and a little over?" re
peated the general. "Hang it, George,
you don't .thlnlr I"m that big, do you?
I know I am a big man, but-hereto
fore I've always found one" section in a
sleeping car roomy , enough '- to stow
away Jn." : .;..
General Bhafter, who was tall and
slender in youth, gained much flesh
while living In the far west, and before
the Spanish-American war he weighed
over 800 pounds. The story is told of
him that one day when he was qo-"C
Pacific coast he was sittlngj-fls 1 r
lor, overlooking theory frm 1.
Some soldiers wwrfT 'vi . hju-II
the eampasr r Vvn: ;i
maiv' t s f- -" I ti tlirimr's
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1 .j-Jjeels- dojrj; tbe
-j-rouud .Xne ' soldiers
.jMfr'cnt ta .asslBfance. The
"teller.:! war w'it-lAirt but the football
couqiVjSifcHhand he surrendered.
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.lJClt!'.:j t .'ot-sre FL Henderson of La-
peer, wh served. In the civil war with
General TAintier. at that time' a lieu
tenant of a company, of. the Seventh
lllcblgan' volunteer Infantry, when ask
ed If be knew General gbafter replied:
Know him! 0( course I did. ;lle
was a lieutenant In the Seventh the
same time I was, and we were rhtira
toeother. lie was a mi'-fr pooJ ."!
cr ani a tn.'shty good f. ::,. r.
once to.J me a. fanny story aio- t L i
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on the fanq In Kalamazoo county, and -I
guess the old man did not exactly
like to have him go to the war. The '
citizens turned out to see the boys
take the train at Galesburg. and Mr.
Shafter was among them. 'Goodbjr, -Bill
said he aa the train was start-
Ing. T expect to hear soon that you
got shot In the seat of your trousers. .
"Well, pretty soon Bill got to be ml-,,
jutant. and in one of the first fights
be was wheeling his horse around and .
a rifle ball just grated bis saddle and .
went Into his flesh. Ob, he swore like ' -a
pirate. You could have heard him
half a mile off. Then, after be got
cooled down a little, be said to some :
of those near him, 'What will my fa
ther say now?" - .
"I'll tell you bow I 'came to receive
that designation," said General Shafter .
to a group of friends one night after
having been addressed-as "Pecos. Bill."
"It was out In that arid part of the
southwest country . where water is. a
real luxury. We had been traveling -for
several days without water, nnd
finally a captain of one of our compa
nies, with tears in his eyes, sa,kl:
" 'Colonel, we are lost,' and begged
that we turn back. 'We'll go straight .
ahead,' I replied. The Pecos river Uea
over there somewhere, and I intend go
lng on until we meet it if we have to
circumnavigate the globe to do It'
"We reached the - river that night
The water was muddy, but it was wa
ter. We simply bad to go ahead. If
we had turned back, we'd bave starved
to death." . - ' , , " , :
Mrs. Mary McKlttrick, General Shat
ter's only daughter, passionately loved
her father. On bis return from Santi
ago she traveled over half of the con- -tinent
to meet and welcome him. . A
concourse of people had assembled to
witness the affecting meeting between
the conquering hero and his daughter -after
those long history making months
of separation. 'And what were her first
touching words of greeting? She gave
a little start at sight of the general's ,,
form, by no means attenuated, but less '
some sixty pounds, lost In Cuba, and
said:: - ;r:--f v";"i':;3v
"Ob, you're Just as thin as a rati T -
Tbe tension : was relaxed, and the
crowd smiled. ,. ; '
GREAT NAVAL REVIEW.
Warship wortk soo.oeolooo te Be
Exhibited at Jaaaeatowa Pair.
In size, In cost and In grandeur the
naval review which jylll be on constant
view at the Jamestown Tercentennial
Roads, near Norfolk, Ta., will surpass
anything of the. kind ever held, eyf ( i.
Wlllard Homan. A high offldnl . A
naw Aenartmmt ha Mttmp 1 a
no time will there.!"
000,000 worth, ef t !
the waierWcf I j
jmlec:a to tli t"T v .
. ... vaiue i j inn t j ; ,-vufe
ct tLe great c '.-i " ., wliea tt la f
ru.io-T Derrd t t .ly all warships
i" ovpsnd incluiQg the third rate coat
tt mf!" xaplece. and even cestroye
;Uthieeuarters of a mllllotvC f
battlap P'A' and armored " J
lnfrbm three taJ : . r !ti
tbe seen t
f)L. . ....tfd tO
''"tjj.u eipeaJtion con-
-aval strength. TW
4 lnV-oT&lng of, the greatest i "
fleet eve JjrougBt togemeft l
Jand will, of courne, send a Oi!;L:
fleet alone, and the other powers, c
to be too greatly outdone by the grttt
est naval power, will c'o make a trrt at
showing. -SnSmaiiue boats will tie
present In great hum tiers and all V,
latest engines of natal d?'ru. " i.
. Aside from tbe pnnty tiul f - t
of the expo.sltlou tltvre ! i 1 a '
of great yacht r.ni. .i v !.! i
style and size of fc.ii.ii : er..:t
(est t'nps have t i '
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