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1 438 STUDENTS ENROLLED 'at N. C. COLLEGE FOR WOMEN With the resumption of class hours at tlv N. C. College for women,fat Greensboro Thursday morning, the 1, 438 students started on the final phase of the college year. Considerably more than 100 of this year’s graduates will engage as teach ers, it is said, and indications are that next year's enrollment will not reduce the average proportion of students who are preparing for public and pri vate school service, college authori ties say. Statistics given out by Miss Laura Coit, secretary of the college, show that 3.842 students have been taught this year by the fachlt.y of the North Carolina College for Women. Of this number 1,438 are regularly enrolled students, 265 are in the teacher train ing school, 1,339 are on the summer session roll anti 800 are reached through the extension department. The United States senate has de clared that the air is the inalienable property of the people. Is that to be regarded a xa first step toward taxing it?.—Detroit Free Press, ECZEM! Money back without question • if HUNT’S GUARANTEED SKIN DISEASE REMEDIES. (Hunt'c Salve and Soap),(ail in I the treatment ofltch, Kciema, Kinfiworm.Tetterorotheritch ing iAin diaeases. Try this * treatment at our ritk. PAUL WEBB, Pharmacist Shelby, N. C. DR. A. PITT BEAM Dentist Shelby, N. C. Phone 188 In Dr. Ware’s former officp. Shelby National Bank Bldg. iwm HORACE KENNEDY * % % * ATTORNEY*-AT-LAW * * * * . OFFICE IN MILLER BLOCK. T. W. Ebeitoft Grocer and Book Seller Phone—82 ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE. Having qualified as administrator of the esta>e of T. J. Brackett, deceas ed. late of Cleveland county, N. C., this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said de ceased to exhibit them to the under signed at Lawndale, N. C., on or be fore the 25th day of March. 1925. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate' will make immediate payment. This the 22nd day of March, 1924. K. B. BRACKETT, Administrator of estate of T. J. Brackett. Rush Stroup, Atty. Jno. M. Best Furniture Co. Undertaking Licensed Embalm ers Funeral Directors Day Phone 365 Night Phones: NOTICE TO CREDITORS Htiving this day qualified as execu tor of wj]j ,,f g. L. Moore, deeeas bite of Cleveland county, notice is hereby given to all persons holding claims against said estate to present them properly proven, to the under signed at Grover, N. C. or B. T. Falls attorney, Shelby, N. C., on or before the 19th day of April, 1924, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery on same. All persons indebt ed to said estate will make immediate payment to the undersigned. this the 18th day of April, 1924, J. H. MOORE, Executor G. L. Moore’s Will. EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE. Having t.hj* day qualified as exe cutrix of the estate of M. W. Crowder deceased, this is to notify all parties ca^|ug claims against said estate to exhibit them to the undersigned for payment on or before the 15th day of April, 1925, or this notice wili be p.eaded in bar of any recovery there °V All parties indebted to said estate W'll please come forward and make .settlement. This April 10th, 1924. . MARY JANE CROWDER, Execu trix. Bynum E. Weathers. Atty. VIVID STORY OF LEE'S SURRENDER Magnificent Leader of South at Appomattox—A Story For The Vets. (From The Richmon-J Timcs-Dispatch.) (W ith* Memorial Day just ahead the following sory of Lee’s surrender will! -be of interest to Confederate veterans of Cleveland county and their! friends.) Mr. Editor: I clipped from the! Journal and Tribune, of Knoxville, Tenn., the following statement of the i surrender of General R. E. Lee to | General U. S. Grant at Appomattox I Courthouse. Va„ by General Horace Porter, General Grant’s chief of staff,: arid send it with the request that you | publish it, as I feel it will be read by j your thousands of subscribers as the most accurate account of the surren der, (as I was there) that has ever been in print. B. J. ROGERS, Native of Mecklenburg county, Va., I veteran Confederate States of Amer ica 1801-65. Inmate Soldiers’ Home, Richmond, Va., February 10, 1913. Thf> best and most reliable account of what happened in the McLean house is from the pen of General Por trr, General Grant’s chief of staff, who was one of the eye-witnesses of the momentous treaty. General Por te.- :ays in his “Campaigning With General Grant”: "The house had a comfortable wood en porch with seven steps leading up to it. A hall ran through the.middle from front to back, and upon each side was a loom having two windows,! one in front and one in the rear. Each room had two doors opening into the h 11. The building stood a little dis tance back from the street, with a yard in front, and to the left on en tering was a gate for carriages and a roadway running to a stable in the rear. We.entered the grounds by this gate and dismounted. In the yard was s»-en a fine, large gray horse, which proved to be General Lee’s favorite a limal, called ‘Travelei’* and a good leok'.ng, dark colored mare belonging to Colonel Marshall. An orderly in gray was in charge of them and had taken off their bridles to let them crop the grass. “General Grant mounted the steps and entered the house. As he stepped into the hall, Colonel Babcock, who had seen his approach from the win dow. opened the door if the room on tae left in which he had been sitting with General Lee and Colonel Mar shall awaiting General Grant’s ar rival. The general passed in, and as Lee arose and. stepped forward Grant extended his hand, saying. ‘General Gee,’ and the two shook hands cordi-; ally. “The members of the staff, Gen erals Sheridan and Ord and some oth er general officers who had gathered the front vard, remained outside fueling that General Gran\ would probably prefer his first interview ivith General Lee to be in a measure "rivate. In a few minutes Colonel Babcock came to the front door, and making a motion with his hat toward the sitting room said: ‘The general rays come in.’ It was then about 1:30 j on Sunday, April 9. We entered and j found General Grant in the center of| the room and Lee sitting in a plain armchair with a cane seat beside a quare marbletopped table near the ront window, in the corner opposite ■ he door by which we entered, and facing Grant. Colonel Marshall was, standing at his left with his right el bow resting upon the mantlepiece. We walked in softly, and ranged our selves quietly about the sides of the room, very much as people enter a sick chamber when they expect to find ■ he patient dangerously ill. Some’ found seats on the sofa standing ■’gainst the wall between the two doors and on the few plain chairs which constituted the furniture, but most of the party steod. ' Contrast Between Lee and Grant. “The contrast between the two com manders was singularly striking, and could not fail to attract marked at tention as they sat, six or eight feet apart, facing each other. General Grant, then nearly 43 years of age, was five feet eight inches in height, with shoulders slightly stooped. His hair and full beard were nutbrown, without a trace of gray in them. He! had on his single-breasted blouse qfi dark blue flannel unbuttoned in front and showing a waistcoat underneath. He wore an ordinary pair of ton boots with his trousers inside, and without j spurs. The boots and portions of his clothes were spattered with mud. He | had worn a pair of thread gloves of a dark yellow color, which he had taken off on entering the room. His felt sug arloaf, stiff brimmed hat was resting op his lap^JIe had no sword or sash, and a pair of shoulder- straps was all there was about him to designate his rank. In fact, aside from these, his uniform was that ofa private soldier. “Lee, on the other hand was six feet and one inch in height and erect for one of his age, for he was Gen eral Grant’s senior by sixteen years. His hair and full beard were a silver gray, and thick, except that the hair had become a little thin in front. He wore a new uniform of Confederate gray, buttoned at the throat, and a handsome sword and sash. The swordi was of exceedingly fine workmanship, and the hilt was studded with jewels. It had been presented to him by some women in England, who sympathized with the cause he represented. His i top-boots were comarativejy new and had on them> near the top, some or namental stitching of red silk. F.ike his uniform, they were clean. On the boots were handsome spurs with ’«fge rov.els. A felt hat, which in color matched that of his uniform, and a pair of long, gray buckskin gaunt lets, lay beside him on the table. We endeavored afterward to learn how it was that he wore such fine clothes, and looked so much as if he had turn ed out to go to church that .Sunday afternoon, w'tTile with us our outward garb sareely rose to the dignity of the shabby-genteel. One explanation w as that when his headqusr. °rs wag om; had been pressed so closely by our cavalry a few days before, it was found that his officers would have to destroy all their baggage, except the clothes they carried on their backs] and each one naturally selected the newest suit he had, and sought to pro pitiate the god of destruction by a sacrifice of his second-best. Another reason was that in deference to Gen eral Grant. General Lee had dressed himself with special care for the pur pose of the meeting. General Grant Begins. “Grant, began the conversation by saying: ‘I met you once before, Gen eral Lee, while we wrere serving in Mexico, when you came ove# >from General Scott’s headquarters to visit Garland’s brigade, to which I then be longed. I have always remembered your appearance, and I think I should recognize you anywhere.’ ‘Yes,’ re plied General Lee, I know I met you on that occasion and I have often thought of it, and tried to recollect how you looked, but I have never been able to recall a single feature.’ “After some further mention of Mexico, General Lee said: ‘I suppose, General Grant, the object of our pres ent meeting is understood. I asked to §ee you to ascertain upon what terms you would receive the surren der of my army.’ General Grant re plied: ‘The ter m3 I propose are those stated substantially in my letter of yesterday; that is, the officers and men surrendered to be paroled and disqualified from taking^ up arnis again until properly exchanged, and all arms, ammunition and supplies to be delivered up as captured property. Lee nodded an assent, and said: ‘Those are about the conditions which I expect would be proposed.’ Gen eral Grant then continued: ‘Yes, I think our correspondence indicated pretty clearly the action that would be taken at our meeting, and I hope it may lead to a general suspension of hostilities,and be the means of pre venting any further loss of life.’ “Lee inclined his head as indicating his accord with this wish, and General Grant then went on to talk at some length in a very pleasant vein about the prospects of peace. Lee was evi dently an*ious to proceed to the form al work of surrender, and he brought the subject up again by_s,aying: “ ‘I presume, General Grant, we have both carefully considered the proposed steps to be taken, and I would suggest that you commit in writing the terms that you have pro posed so that they way be formally acted upon.’ “ ‘Very well,’ replied General Grant, I will write them out.’ And calling for his manifold order book, he open ed it, laid it on a small oval wooden table, which Colonel Parker brought from the rear of the room, and pro ceeded to write the terms. The leaves had been so prepared that three im pressions of the writing were made. He wrote very rapidly, and did not pause until he had finished the sen tence ending with ‘officers appointed to receive them.’ “Then he looked toward Lee and his eyes seemed to bo resting on the handsome sword that hung at that of ficer's side. He said afterward that this set him to thinking that it would be an unnecessary humiliation to re quire the officers surrender their swords, and a great hardship to de prive them of' their personal baggage and horses; and after a pause he wrote the sentence; ‘This will not em brace the tide-arms of the officers nor their Drivate horses nr hno-o-no-n ’ Terms of Surrender. “When he had finished the letter he called Colonel Parker to his side, and looking it over with him, and di rected him as they went along to in terline six or seven words, and to strike out the word ‘their,’ which had been repeated. When this had been done the general took the manifold writer in his right hand, extended his arm toward Lee and started to rise from his chair to hand the book to him. As I was standing equally dis tant from them', with my back to the front window, I stepped "forward, took the book and passed it to General Lee. The terms were as follows: “‘Appomattox Courthouse, Va., April 9, 1865. “ ‘General R. E. Lee, Commanding C. S. Army: “ ‘General—In accordance with the substance of my letter to you of the 8th instant, I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be (riven to an officer designated by me, tN* -other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may desig nate. The officers to give their in dividual paroles not to take up arms against the government of the United States until properly (exchanged), and each company or regimental com mander to sign a like parole for the men in their commands. The army, artillery and public property to be parked andt stacked and turned over to the officers appointed by me to re ceive thcny'This will not embrace the sulearms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be dis turbed by the United States authori ties so long as they observe their pa re. les and the laws in force where they may reside. Very respectfully, *“U. S. GRANT, “ ‘Lieutenant-General.* “Lee pushed aside -some Ijopks ^n<J two brass candlesticks which were on the tabl6, then took the book and laid it down before him, while he drew from his pocket a pair of steel-rim med spectacles and wiped the glasses carefully with his handkerchief. He crossed his legs, adjusted tW spec tacles very slowly and deliberately took up the draft of the terms, and proceeded to read them atentively. They coasted of two pages. When he reached the top line of the second page, he looked up and said to Gen eral Grant: ‘after the words ‘until properly’ the word ‘exchanged’ seems to be omitted. You doubtless intended to use that word.’ “‘Why, yes,’ said Grant: ‘I thought I had put in the word ‘exchanged.’ ’ “ 'I presume it had been omitted inadvertantly,’ continued Lee, ‘a»d, with your permission I will make where it should be inserted.’ “ ’Certainly,’ Grant replied. General Lee’s Accepiance. “Lee felt in his pocket'as if search ing for a pencil, but did not seem to be able to find one. Seeing this, I handed him my lead pencil. During the rest of the interview he kept twirling this pencil in his fingers and occasionally tapping the top of the table with it. When he handed it back it was carefully treasured by me as a memento of the occasion. When Lee came to the sentence about the officers’ side-arms, private horses and baggage he showed for the first time during the reading of the letter a slight change of countenance, and was evidently touched by this act of gen erosity. It was doubtless the condi tion mentioned to which he particu larly alluded, when he looked toward Genera! Grant, as he finished reading, and said with some degree of warmth in his manner: “This will have a very happy effect upon ray army.” “General Grant then said: ‘Unless you have some suggestions to make m regard to the form in which I have stated the terms I will have a copy ofjhe letter made in ink and sign it.’ “ ‘There is one thing I should like to mention,’ Lee replied, after a short pause. ‘The cavalrymen and artil lerists own their own horses in our army. Its organization in this respect differs from that of the United States States.’ This expression attracted the notice of our officers present and showed how firmly the conviction was grounded in his mind that wre were two distinct countries. He continued: ‘I should like to understand whether these men will be permitted to retain their horses.’ “ ‘You will find that the erms as written do not allow this,’ —General Grant replied, ‘only officers are per mitted to take their private property.’ “Lee read over the second page of the letter again and said: ‘No I see the terms do not allow it; that is clear.’ His face showed plainly that he was quite anxious to have this con cession made, and Grant said very promptly and without giving Lee time to make a direct request: Give Them the Horses. “‘Well, the subiect is quite new to me. Of course I did not know that any private soldiers owned their animals, but I think we have fought the last battle of the war—I sincerely hope so—and that the surrender of this army will be followed soon by that of the others, and I take it that most of the men in the ranks are small farmers and as the country has been raided by the two armies it is doubt-i ful whether they will be able to put' in a crop to carry themselves and families through the neat winter! without the aid of the horses they are now riding, and I will arrange it in this way: I will not change the terms as now written, but will in struct the officers I shall appoint to receive the paroles to let all the men who claim to own a horse or mule take the animals home with them to work their little farms.’ (This expres sion has been ouoted in various forms and has been the subject of some dis pute. I give the exact words used.) “Lee now looked greatly relieved, though anything but a demonstrative man he gave every evidence of his ap preciation of this concession, and said: ‘This will have the best possible effect 'on the men. It will be very gratifying, and will do much toward conciliating our people.’ He handed the draft of the terms back to General Grant, who called Colonel T. S, Bow ers,, of the staff, to him, and directed him to make a copy in ink. Bowers was a little nervous, and hr turned the matter over to Colonel Parker, whose handwriting presented, a better ap pearance than that of anyone else on the staff. Parker sat down to write at the oval table, which he had moved again to the rear of the room. Wif mer McLean’s domestic resources in the way of ink now' became the sub ject Of a searching investigation, but it was found that the contents of the Conical-shaped stoneware inkstand, with a paper stopper which he pro-1 duced, appeared to be participating in the general breaking up and had disappeared. Colonel Marshall now came to the rescue and took from his pocket a small boxwood inkstand, which w'us put at Parker’s service, so that, after all, we had to fall back .upon the resources of the enemy to furnish the stage properties for the final scene in the memorable military drama. “Colonel Marshall took a seat on the sofa beside Sheridan and Ingalls. When the terms had been copied Lee directed his military secretary to draw up fo*- his signature a letter of acceptance. Colonel Marshall wrote out a draft of such a letter, making it formal, beginning with ‘I have the honor to acknowledge,’ etc. General Lee took it and after reading it over very carefully directed that these for mal expressions be stricken out. and that the letter he otherwise shorten ed. He afterward went over it again and seemed to change some words, and then t'.ld the colonel to make a final copy in ink. When it came to pro viding the paper it was found we had the only supply of that important in gredient in the receipt for surrender ing an army, so we gave a few pages to the colonel. The letter when com pleted read as follows: “ ‘Headquarters, Army of Northern Virginia, April 9, 1865. “ ‘General—I have received your letter of this date containing the terms of surrender of the Army, of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your let ter of the fcth instant, they are ac cepted, I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipu lations into effect. “ ‘Vei^ respectfplly your obedient servant, “‘R. E. LEE, General. “‘Lieut-Gen. U. S. Grant, “ ‘Commanding Armies of U. S..’ ” The Good and Had N. C. Christian Advocate: The upright go unnoticed, while the criminal gets his name in big head lines on the front page. The name of a murderer, for example, is herald ed far and near, while ten thousand go without crime, and without no tice, too. One cashier defaults, while thousands allow no dirty dollar to touch their fingers. Of the thousands notning is said, while the name of one is on .every man’s tongue. Such facts, and they apply in every depart ment of life, give jj warped and er roneous notion of things. The unus ual constitute “news”. Crime, though far too frequent, is unusual, and for that reason finds a place in the news columns of the day** f there were more thieves than Irohest men, the honest men would get into the headlines simply because they are honest. Our confidence is in the vn publisned goodness of the world that does not lift up ?ts voice in the streets Crime is the earthquake and the storm, while goodness is the silent force that pulls the tides and swing the spheres in the moral universe. My Day's Work. George Clark Peck. It is mine; therefore, I do more than merely accept it—I claim it. Humble or high, it belong to me. I need it as truly as it needs me. It is my day’s work. It is only one day’s work; I can do it. Anybody can do one day’s work at' a time. And God never asks me to do tomorrow’s work today, nor yester day’s —only today’s. That I can do. It is work and not play, but what reapefn^is that for not putting song into it—and1 smiles ? Hard, it is worthy of men; monot onous, I will keep setting it in a new light; sacred, I must do it to God. My best effort)* is quite good enough for my day’s work; let me do my best, and not worry. God is on the job with me. WALTER JAMES MOOREHEfD OF BLACKSBURG SUCCUMBS Gaffney Ledger • Walter James Moorehead, welK knuwn Blacksburg citizen, died in the City hospital here yesterday morning after an illness of three weeks. He recently underwent an operation. Mr. Moorehead was 66 years of age. Funeral serices will be held at Blacksburg this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, it was announced, and burial will take place at Hickory Grove at 3:30. The funeral will be directed by Shufqrd & LeMaster company. Mr. Moorehead was a farmer and salesman. Recently he had been em ployed in the mercantile establish ment conducted in Blacksburg by Ab Whisonant. We often wondered what became ofall the old corkscrews and now we find that some of them have been made into politicians.—Charleston Gazette. Texaco clean, clear, full bodied lu bricating oils. Best for any car. Ad. 1 NEW SOUTHERN SCHEDULE CHARLESTON DIVISION ; No. 113 Marion to Rock Hill 7:16 a. m. No. 36 Rock Hill to Marion 9:57 a. m. No. 35 Marion to Rock Hill 6:36 p. m. No. 114 Rock Hill to Marion 8:08 p.m. j __—--;• < No. 35 makes connection at Blacksburg with No. 38 for north. L. E. LIGON, Agent, SHELBY, N. C. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY COMPANY Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains at Shelby, N. C. Lv. No. Between No. Ar. 7:40a 34 Rutherfordton-Raleigh 34 7:40a and Wilmington 5:47p 31 Wiiinington-Raleigh 81 G:47p and Rutherforuton 4;50p 15 Monroe-Rutherfordton 15 4:50p 11:02a 10 Ruthorfordton-Monroc 10 11:02a Schedules published a.s information and are not guaranteed. E. W. LONG. D. P. A., Charlotte, N. C. or G. SMART, Local Ticket Agent FINAL TAX NOJICE FOR YEAR 1923. All persons who have as yet not paid their County Taxes for the year 1923, are ' notified that payment must be made be fore May 1st, 1924. The Revenue act of 1923 makes this the last date# on which taxes for the year 1923 may be paid. I have mailed statements to all persons who have not yet paid, therefore please look after this matter at once. After May 1st I will be obliged to ad vertise all property on which taxes havfe not been paid. I-do not like to advertise any persons property but will be obliged to do so unless settlement is made before above mentioned date. HUGH A. LOGAN, Sheriff Cleveland County Always On The Job / ' - ■ - After Tuesday, April 1, we offer a 24 hour service to the people of Shelby and surrounding territory in the sale of Ice, Coa! and Wood. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Ideal Ice & Fuel Co. -ICE, COAL AND WOOD WEDDING PRESENTS ft. II have just received a niee line of wedding presents such as vases, console sets, cut glass, trays in differ ent designs, boudoir lamps 1 and sterling silver of all pieces. ftLadies, you should see the \ beautiful line of beads and ^beaded bags. I have never ^had such a pretty line and prices arc very attractive. Mr. Groom-to-be, if you want that wedding or , engage ment ring, see the pretty ones I am showing now. E. a MORRISON * UNION BANK BUILDING
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