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hand on Wllletts' shoulder. "Come,"
he said, laconically. Big Jim stood In
the doorway and did not step aside to
permit them to pass. "Scuse me, sah,"
he said, "but I'd like to?"
"Silence, you black rascal!" shouted
the hot-headed Major. "How dare
you interfere In?"
The Governor raised his hand. "Pardon!"
he said. "Let him speak. Go
on, Jim. What is It?"
"Thankee, sah. Dis heah fool niggan
Zeb was mah wile's cousin?an'
he was a bad man. A didn't say nuffln
'bout it befo' and cause foh why:
I didn't want no knife holes in mah
shirt. I didn't want nobody come
slashing up my gyarments. An' dat's
Jest what dat fool niggah 'd do."
"Well, is that all?" Impatiently In^
quired the Carpetbagger.
"Naw, suh. Dat ar lady what's a
mohning foh her husband has been
comin' ober t' mah house most ebbery
day an' she's been sayrn' things t' mah
wife."
f "Yea."
" 'Pears like Wiley Jones an' Mlstah
Wllletts was bofe of 'em In dis heah
railway lan' deal. An' dey quarrel.
Den dar's Wiley Jones?killed. Den
KaoX nnmas a fnnl n t irsm h totlnsr 'round
Wiley Jones' watch. Who'd grit Wiley
Jones' watch, 'ceptin' de man whut
kill 'im? An' why he want t' kill Wiley
Jones, anyway, 'ceptin' he git paid
fur it?"
Wllletts looked bored. "All this
may be very entertaining," he said.
^ n. "No doubt you And it so. But if there
M is no objection, I would prefer to?"
"Hold on, Willetts!" sternly exclaimed
the Governor. "I'll tell you
when to go."
"Dat mohnlng,' " proceeded Jim, "a
nlggar 'oman comes a' runnin' up t'
me an' she says 'Zebs a-lyln' ober yander
in the lumberyard." I run ober
dar, an' dar is Zeb wid a big slash in
his breast?dead. An' dis heah is a
funny thing?"
The negro stopped and began fum4
bling in his pocket. "Dar was Zeb alyin'
on de groun' wid one han' shet
up tight?dis way. An' hangin' right
outen heah, atween his fingers, was
dis little piece o' chain what he cotch
off de man what was a klllin' of 'im?
. 1 cotch off while he was a-grabbin' foh
his life."
Jim extended his hand. Besting on
its palm was a golden watch charm?
a large horseshoe set with diamonds.
"I see dis heah watch chahm befo,"
continued the negro solemnly. "I see
9 it often?right in dis heah room, too?
right dar!" As he spoke he pointed
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Governor Crance took the glittering
horseshoe and examined it critically.
^ "It's a lie!" shouted Wllletts. "It never
was mine!"
"Oh, course not, of course not!" replied
the Governor. "I have no doubt
you can easily explain to a Jury Just
why your watch chain at present isn't
complete. If you have any trouble in
doing so, however, we stand ready I
think, to supply the missing link."
Turning to the officer he added: "Take
him away. No bail. Hold him for
murder."
CHAPTER XXXIII.
* The Waters Cleared.
As Chief McCullough left the Governor's
office with his prisoner, the
latter's wrists encircled by steel handcuffs,
Roy met them in the lobby.
^ breathless with astonishment, he rushed
into the executive chamber and
Nellie Immediately undertook to explain
to him everything that had occurred
during his brief absence?the
assault upon the Governor, her own
> opportune arrival, the coming of Jim,
the meeting of Lummers, the arrest
of Willetts and the charge against
him. She made only one mistake?
she attempted to tell all this in one
%. sentence without stopping for breath
and, as a result, Roy merely gathered
from her excited chatter that
something wonderful had happened.
With true soldierly instinct, he regretted
that he had not been on hand
while the fighting was in progress.
Major Reynolds extended his hand
to Jim. "Give me your black hand,
sir," he said. "For my father and for
myself I thank you. I shall not forget
what you have done. This place
shall be yours, sir, as long as I am
Governor, if you want it."
Jim grasped the Major's hand timfr
idly.
"Thankee, sah," he said. "Thankee,
Kinaiy. men nc feianctu iu?uiu ui?
Carpetbagger. "But dar's nebber
gwine to be moh dan one gub'nor foh
me, nohow, of he'll hab me wid 'im."
* "Governor," said the Southerner,
"in advance of the returns, I want to
congratulate you, sir, as the only man
who ever defeated me in a personal
campaign."
With a little hesitation Melville
Crance grasped the hand that was extended
toward him. There was doubt
^ in his voice as he wonderingly said:
"Ah, Major, you're joking: but I'm
heartily glad that the shoe is on the
other foot today. You are virtually
governor of Mississippi at this moment
and elected by the largest majority
^ ever given a candidate. I'm not sorry.
i congratulate tne state, ana i wish
you?"
"I repeat It, sir. the victory today
is yours."
"If you believe that. Major." said
the Carpetbagger lightly, "my advices.
I am certain, are more accurate than
yours. You have carried?"
"I have carried Mississippi?that's
. all. You sir, have done more than
^ that; you have carried yourself. A
political victory Is mine but in it I
find the severest defeat of my lifetime."
"Defeat?"
"Unconditional defeat."
Governor Crance looked at his gallant
adversary in bewilderment. The
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Major turned toward Mrs. Falrburn,
made her a courtly bow and walked
away without a word.
The room had suddenly grown sun.
Nellie and Roy had ceased their chattering.
The silence was oppressive.
Doubtlngly, timidly, the Carpetbagger
glanced at the woman who had
saved him from himself. Slowly she
raised her eyes until they met his gaze
?they were swimming with tears, but
there was no sadness in them.
"Governor," she said as she extended
her hand?her voice as sweet as
music in the night?"the water of that
mountain brook has become clear."
Outside there was a confused babel
of voices mingled with cheers and the
sound of hurrying feet. Jim stuck his
woolly head in at the door. "De legislatur
hab adjourned!" he cried.
But the Carpetbagger neither heard
nor knew. The woman he loved was
in his arms. "I have lost a state," he
said, "but I have won an empire."
THE END.
LAZIEST OF MORTALS.
A Panama Foreman's Description of
Jamaica Negroes on the Canal.
"The Jamaican negro is about the
slowest proposition that the Lord i er
put the breath of life into," remarked
Roy F. Round, a foreman of construction
of the Panama railroad, who is
n flirlnilffh with hU
chjkjjt iii? a ml icl iu< ivuqii ..
family at Macon, Mo., to a New York
Sun correspondent. "If there was a
law that he had to dig: his own grave
he would have to start at it In his early
manhood.
"Ten American tramps, the kind
your city marshal runs out of town
here, will do more work than forty of
those fellows. Two white men can
very easily carry a cedar tie, but when
you want the Jamaicans to do the Job
a squad of five or six will go after the
tie. A 730 pound rail that seven or
eight American workmen could lift
easily would necessitate a swarm of
Jamaicans so thick that you wouldn't
see the rail.
"These negroes are widely different
from the American brand. They
haven't the slightest idea of music and
can't even dance. It delights their
ears just as much to hammer on a
couple of tin pans as it would to hear
the finest orchestra in tne iana. xney
are gullible beyond comprehension.
Tou could sell 'eoi anything on the face
of the earth. It doesn't make any difference
what the thing is or whether
It Is of any use. A couple of fellows
landed at Gatum one day and set up
an outfit All In the world they had
was a wooden head that twisted around
In a grotesque fashion and which the
owners said could tell fortunes. I
suppose it cost probably 12 or J3. The
Jamaicans swarmed In that tent like
files all day long to have their fortunes
told by the wooden headed seer. Next
day I saw the two fakers carrying a
sack full of coin and it was about all
they could do to lift It over to the depot.
"On payday at Empire, which Is the
largest pay station on the canal, the
line extends from the pay cars back as
far as the eye can reach. Sometimes
it takes the whole day to settle with
the laborers. Awaiting the paid off
men Is a market the like of which was
never seen in all the world. There are
Hindus with bright shawls, fancy
handkerchiefs and dazzling ribbons;
hoodoo doctors with strange charms
that ward off evil and bring wealth
untold; old hags offering to tell fortunes;
half clad girls with baskets of
pineapples, oranges and bananas; boys
in the same costume or perhaps less
of it with chewing gum and candy;
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pilUlUgiapilCIS 1 CCUiJ IU ianu ^/iviutvo,
writers tendering their services to Indite
letters, and so on beyond all computation?sometimes
500 people are
there trying to earn a penny from the
laborer by selling him something he
doesn't want but thinks he does.
"One reason why the Jamaica negro
is so hard to energize is because he
understands he is a British subject
and he thinks that King Edward is
averse to his being worked too hard,
and that if he learns of it he will send
warships along to start trouble.
"If a few of the old Mississippi
steamboat mates could be recalled
temporarily from the happy land to instruct
the Jamaicans In the art of
moving along the canal could be completed
ahead of the schedule."
AN OLD TIME DIVINE.
A Group of Witty Sayings That Strikes
At Truth.
The Rev. Hugh Peters, who from
1636 to 1641 was settled In Salem,
Mass., combined his duties as a minister
of religions with the business of
trading so successfully that he was
spoken of in the colony as "the father
of our commerce and the founder of
our trade." He was also a man of so
much humor that after hjs death a
collection of his witty or humorous
sayings was published in book form.
It Is interesting to recall that the Rev.
Mr. Peters was executed as a regicide.
He was not directly implicated In the
death of Charles I., but was accused
of encouraging the soldiers to cry out
for the blood of the king, whom he
had likened to Barabbas.
Mr. Peters had preached one morning
for two hours. The sand in the
hour glass had run out. He observed
it, and turning it over, said to his
hearers: "Come, let us have another
glass!"
Preaching on devils entering the
swine, he said that the miracle Illustrated
three English proverbs:
"One?That the devil will rather
play at small game than sit out.
"Two?That those must needs go
forward whom the devil drives.
"Three?That at last he brought his
hogs to a fair market."
It was a favorite saying of Peters
that in Christendom there were
neither scholars enough, gentlemen
enough, nor Jews enough; for, said he, i
If there were more scholars there
would be so many plurallsts in the
church; If there were more gentry, so
many born would not be reckoned
among them; If there were more Jews,
so manv Christians would not nrac
tice usury.
Once he preached: "Beware, youngmen,
of the three Ws?wine, women
and tobacco. Now, tobacco, you will
say, does not begin with a W. But
what is tobacco but a weed?"
Discoursing one day on the advantages
Christians had in having the (
Gospel preached to them?"Verily,"
said he, 'the Word hath a free passage
among you, for it goes in at one
ear and out at the other."
Again, from the pulpit: "England '
will never prosper until 160 are taken
away." The explanation is DLL?
Lords, Lawyers and Levites.
Preaching on the subject of duties. '
Peter said: "Observe the three fools
in the Gospel, who, being bid to the '
wedding supper, every one had hiB
excuse:
"One?He that. had hired a farm
and must go to see it. Had he not
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been a fool, he would have seen It be- <
fore hiring it :
"Two?He had bought a yoke of t
oxen and must go try them. He also I
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before he bought them. i
"Three?He had married a wife, and l
without complement said he could
not come. He, too, was a fool, for ne i
showed that one woman drew him i
away more than a whole yoke of oxen <
did the former." i
One rainy day Oliver Cromwell of- i
fered Peters his great coat. ]
"No, thank you," replied his chap
lain. "I would not be In your coat ?
for 1,000 pounds."?Youth's Companion. i
Good Road or Good Roads.?Shall '
It be a good road or good roads? ques- 1
tions H. H. Windsor In the August '
number of Popular Mechanics, and :
adds: 1
"The state of Pennsylvania appro- 1
priated $3,000,000 to be spent during '
the next two years In the construction 1
of a good road from Philadelphia to '
Pittsburg and on to the Ohio state j
line. The distance to be about 300
miles, which makes the average cost 1
per mile $8,300. Inasmuch as the
route will doubtless follow to a large
extent highways now In use, much of '
which is already fairly "good roads,"
the expenditure of such a sum, If honestly
applied, cannot fall of superior
results.
"The plan, however, is to be regretted.
In the first place It is not needed.
There is not now, nor is there
likely to be, any considerable amount
of trans-state freight traffic for such
a road. All classes of freight are Being
moved by the railroads at rates
which make hauling on highways prohibitive.
"The cities and villages on the immediate
route would, of course, be
benefited, but at the expense of other
portions of the state.
"As an example of high-grade road
building to the rest of the state it is
of doubtful value, because of its very
excellence. Few counties and fewer
townships could or would feel able or
inclined to duplicate it locally. On the
contrary, on account of its cost, it
places an argument in the mouths of
those opposing the good roads movement
calculated to create adverse criticism.
"Vastly better woqld be a distribution
of this money on a basis say, of
$2,000 a mile, to such counties as would
spend an equal amount of their own
money. This would provide for 1.500
miles of excellent roads, as $4,000 a
mile spent on present highways would
make a really good road where road
material is a> uuuiiuaiu no n ? ...
Pennsylvania. This is the plan which
has been adopted elsewhere, and is
found not only to stimulate the desire
for good roads, but enables any
and all parts of the state to be equally
benefited."
The Sorrel Horse.?There is no color
of horse so insensible to heat as the
sorrel. There is seldom any coat so
silky or responds so quickly to good
care as the sorrel, and many horsemen
claim there is seldom any horse with
such sound feet and limbs or possessing
the endurance of the sorrel.
lv~ Perhaps the reason the goddess
of Fame is fickle is simply because
she is a goddess, and therefore necessarily
feminine.
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King's Mountain, August 21.?Witl\
the exception of a few minor details,
the new monument erected by the
government of the United States to
commemorate the battle of King's
Mountain on October 7, 1780, now1
stands complete, and is ready for the
dedication exercises which will take
place on the 7th of October next, the
anniversary of that great event. Although
this great battle was fought
mainly by North Carolina troops, an$
that the battle, when fought, waa
within the limits bounding North Car
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t at a cost of something less than
hortly before the monument was coma
fence around the base of the shaft.
slina soil, and the new monument was
secured mainly by our own represen1a*I?ia
a# *Ka \!(nfVi nnn arm jolnnal HIa.
U1 11IC illlllll WU1I5 tcooiuuu UIBtrict,
our South Carolina neighbors
have about monopolized the situation
and will have charge of the celebration
on October 7.
It Is pot my intention to give here
any history of the battle, or to submit
proof that it was fought on North
Carolina soil, for this would only be
denied by our friends across the line,
who claim that the battleground now
lies within their territory, that It did
when the battle v/as fought, that only
South Carolinians participated In the
battle, and that the new monument
was secured by their own Representative
Finley. Yet In all fairness It
must be said that some of the most
conservative people In South Carolina
freely admit that Mr. Webb greatly
assisted Mr. Finley In getting this ap
propriation through Speaker Cannon's
house of representatives. It Is my
purpose here to give only a description
of the new monument, its location
and some facts connected with the
legislation which made the new monument
possible.
The New Monument.
The new monument stands 83 feet
S Inches high, by actual measurement,
Is built of Mount Airy granite,
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This is a square granite pillar, witl
Fell," across the beveled top. This wi
White of Rock Hill, on his own initial
also provided a similar stone to mark
This stone Is lying on the ground; bu
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quarried by the North Carolina Gran- I
ite corporation and was erected by the
Southern Marble and Granite company
of Spartanburg1, S. C. Mr. Harry
Martin of New York, was the government's
inspector in charge of the work.
The monument was designed by the
firm of McKIm & White, of New York
(of which firm Thaw's victim was a
member), and Is said to be a duplicate
of the monument erected by the government
at Gettysburg. The exterior
work is all of smooth finish, what is
known as six-cut Work was first
started on the foundation on June 22,
.1908, but the excavation took up so
biuch of the appropriation that work
was discontinued until February, 1909,
pending the change in plans and specifications
to make the construction
come within the appropriation. In
order to do this it was necessary to
build a monument 88 feet high instead
of 115 as was first planned and on
which the contract was awarded. The
monument proper was completed on
June 1.
Location.
The new monument 9tands on the
elevated plateau, about midway between
the monument erected In 1880
and the old soapstone monument
placed In 1815. This point Is about 100
yards from the spot marked as the
place where Colonel Ferguson was
killed in an attempt to break through
Sevier's column of mountain men. It
should be remembered here that the
elevation known as the battleground
is not the "pinnacle" of King's Mountain,
which rises majestically in Gaston
county, seven miles away and Is
the real beginning of the King's
mountain range which extends through
the edge of Cleveland and several
miles into South Carolina. The battleground
is seven and a half miles
from the town of King's Mountain and
through King's Mountain it is the
easiest of access. Visitors to the battleground
coming to King's Mountain
can make the trip and return home In
a day, which is not possible from oth
er points, unless those visitors happen
to live In the neighborhood.
Locating tha Site.
On September 18, 1907, a party consisting
of Congressman E. Y. Webb,
Col. and Mrs. A. Coward of Charleston,
S. C? Capt ?1 B. Steward of the
United States army engineers; Mr. M.
H. Shuford of Oastonla; Mr. Joe Shuford
of Texas; Mr. E. A. Patterson of
Cleveland county, and a number of
members of the Yorkville Chapter D.
A. R., met at the battleground and
selected the site above referred to.
The Dedication.
The monument will be dedicated
with suitable ceremonies on Octobet7,
1909. The exercises will be In charge
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution of Yorkville, S. C., and will
probably embrace the entire day. The
programme for this event has not yet
been arranged, but those contemplating
attending can be assured of an
event which would properly fit the occasion.
Former Celebrations.
Three former celebrations have taken
place at the King's Mountain battleground,
the first in 1816 when Colonel
McLean and others of Lincoln
county set up the old soapstone mon
ument shown below. It is supposed
by many that this stone marks the
place where Colonel Ferguson was
burled, but this is not the case. Many
have been led to believe this to be
Ferguson's grave from the Inscription
on one side of the stone. This inscription,
which has been greatly disfigured
by bits of stone being chipped
ofT, is as follows: "Major Ferguson,
belonging to his British Majesty, was
here totally defeated and killed October
7, 1780."
On the other side of the stone is
the following: "Sacred to the memory
of Major Chronicle, Captain Mattox,
Lieutenant Boyd and Rabb, who
were killed fighting In defense of
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ti the inscription "Here Ferguson
as erected by the late Major A. H.
live, and at his personal expense. He
the spot where Ferguson was buried,
t has never been placed In position.
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American liberty October 7, 1780."
Rabb was a private In Major Chronicle's
command, but the title does not
appear in ine inscription.
This stone was cut on the ground
and is to be found at the foot of the
spur by the branch, where numbers
of the patriot forces were buried. Major
Chronicle and several of his men
were killed in a charge up the hillside
from this point.
In 1856 Just before the civil war
another big celebration was held at
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Erected by appropriations from 1
scriptions from private individuals thi
North Carolina, and unveiled October
monument was $2,800, and the actual (
the battleground. This event lasted
several days, and was in the nature
of a camp meeting barbecue style.
The trenches where the meat was
barbecued" Ttrs -81111 Visible. On this
occasion there were several speakers,
but from the incomplete records we
are unable to secure the names. Mr.
E. A. Patterson, who lives within a
mile or so from the battleground, remembers
attending this celebration
when a boy of 12 years old.
Centennial 1880.
On the hundredth anniversary of
the battle the Centennial association
unveiled the monument as shown in
the Illustration. This monument was
built by Mr. P. A. McNlnch, of Charlotte,
at the contract price of $2,800.
The corner-stone was laid with Masonic
ceremonies on June 23, 1880,
and was built of native granite. The
North Carolina legislature appropriated
for this purpose $1,500, the remainder,
probably $3,000, was contributed
by private citizens. It is
claimed by some that the South Carolina
legislature also contributed a
sum for this monument, but no evidence
of this has ever been produced.
On the other hand those connected
with the exercises at that time claim
that the South Carolina legislature
refused to contriDuieThls
monument is erected on the
highest point of the battleground. It
is a very neat structure, considering
the great disadvantage under which
it was constructed. This monument
is also suffering from curio hunters
and unless there is some protection
placed over this property, there is
not likely to be anything left for Ihe
next centennial meeting.
The Appropriation For the New Monument."
Sometime before he was elected to
congress, Hon. E. Y. Webb had taken
an interest in the battleground and
had conceived the idea of ha/ing the
government take a hand in commemorating
this decisive battle in the
American revolution. After being
elected to congress, among the nrst
bills he introduced was the one asking
an appropriation for the King's
Mountain monument. This was February
8, 1904, and at his request Mr.
Flnley, of South Carolina, introduced
a carbon copy of the same bill. The
bill was referred to the library committee
and went In for a "soak.". Congress
adjourned and the bill was still
In the hands of the committee. It
was not until the next congress, when
on April 12, 1906, that Mr. Thomas,
of North Carolina for the committee,
reported the bill favorably, allowing
$30,000 for the work. As a complimen
to Mr. Webb he was requested to
write the report for this bill, which he
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With the bill on the calendar It
was now up to Mr. Webb to get on
good terms with "Uncle Joe." None
but southern representatives in congress
know what this means, for
without Speaker Cannon's permission
this bill would be on the calendar
yet.
By way of preparing the house for
a vote on this bill Mr. Webb on May
5, 1906, delivered a speech on "The
Battle of King's Mountain." This
speech of Mr. Webb set the house
right. He presented the cause by
giving the history of the battle in
* The facts are that the South
Carolina general assembly appropriated
the sum of $1,000, which sum was
used to help pay for the monument.
The private subscriptions from South
Carolina amounted to as much in the
aggregate as those of any other state,
and York county came down more
handsomely than any other county,
just as she is doing for the occasion
of the dedication on October 7 next.?
Editor Yorkville Enquirer.
such a way, that all opposition touie
bill, If there was any, melted away.
With the house In shape it was necessary
to get the attention of the speaker.
Finally, on June 4, thirty days
after his speech, Mr. Webb gained
Speaker Cannon's recognition, and
tnoved a suspension of the rules or
the house and the passage of his bill.
The vote was unanimous. The bill
went to the senate where a slight
amendment was made by Senator
Overman, to which the house, on motion
of Mr. Webb concurred. Tho bill
was promptly prepared for President
Roosevelt's signature. This signature
was written with a gold pen,
purchased by Mr. Webb for that purpose.
This pen is the property of Mr.
Webb today.
Inscriptions on Nsw Monument,
The two figures below are engraved
on the corner-stones of the monument,
this work being done by Mr. E.
T. Qulnn, a New Tork artist. The
Inscriptions are cast In bronze plates,
which dre placed on each side of the
monument. The plates and inscriptions
are as follows:
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IAL MONUMENT.
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oughout York County, South and
7, 1880. The contract price of this
sost was 82,860.
On the north and front face:
Erected by the
Government of the United States
of America
to the establishment of which the heroism
and patriotism of those who
participated in this battle so largely
contributed.
West face:
To commemorate the victory of
King's Mountain, October 7, 1780.
East face:
Killed?Col. James Williams, MaJ.
William Chronicle, Capt William Edmondscn,
Capt John Mattox; First
Lieutenants William Blackburn,
Reece Bowen, Robert Edmondson Sr.,
Second Lieutenants, John Beattie,
James Carry, Nathaniel Dryden, Andrew
Edmondson. Nathaniel Gist
Humberson Lyon, James Philips; Privates,
Thomas Bicknell, John Boyd,
John Brown, David Duff, Preston Goforth,
Henry Henlgar, Michael Mahoney,
Arthur Patterson, William
Rabb, John Smart Dave Slske, William
Steele, William Watson and unknown.
Mortally Wounded?Capt Robert
Sevier, First Lieut. Thomas McCult
1. Cv J T U,.t Tomno T.olrH
1UU&X1, CCtUIlU JLUCUb, UU1UVO m?mm
Private Moses Henry.
Wounded?Lieutenant Colonel Hambright,
Major Mlcajah Lewis, Major
James Porter, Captains James Dysart,
Samuel Eskay, William Lenoir, Joel
Lewis, Moses Shelby, Minor Smith;
First Lieutenants, Robert Edmondson,
Jr., Samuel Johnson, Samuel
Newell, J. M. Smith; Privates, Bensoni
Banning, William Bradley, William
Bullen, John Childers, John
Chittem, William Cox, John Fagon,
Fredrick Fisher, William Giles,
Gllleland, William Gilmer, Charles
Gordon, Israel Hayter, Robert Henry,
Leonard Hyce, Charles Kllgore, Robert
Miller, William Moore, Patrick
Murphy, William Robertson, John
Skeggs and thirty-six unknown.
American Forces.
Washington county, Va., Col. William
Campbell; Washington county,
N. C., (now Tennessee), Col. John
Sevier; Sullivan county, N. C., (now
ORIGINAL SOAPST<
This monument was erected by C
stands at the foot of the hill, where the
branch. It has been badly mutilated
is now only partly decipherable.
Tennessee), Col. Isaac Shelby; Rowan
county. & C., Col. James Williams;
Wilkes and Surry counties, N. C., Col.
Benjamin Cleveland, MaJ. Joseph
Winston; Lincoln county, N. C., Lieut,
Col. Frederick Hambrlght, Col. James
Johnson, MaJ. William Chronicle;
Burke and Rutherford counties, N.
C., Major Joseph McDowell; York and
Chester counties, S. C., Col. Edward
Lacey; Georgia, MaJ. William Candler.
British Foresa.
Commanders?Col. Patrick Ferguson
(K) Captain Abraham D. Peyster.
PROFIT IN CA8TOR BEANS.
A Crop of 8outhom California Which
Yields |100 Par Aero.
A novel Industry, yet one which is
said by Its owners to be very remunerative
on small capital, has been
quietly carried on In Southern California
for some time by an elderly
German rancher, who brought the secret,
if secret it can be called, from
southern Europe when he migrated
westward several years ago.
Castor beans are the sole crop
grown by this German, and for their
growing he uses nothing but bare
semi-arid valleys and gentle sloping
hillsides, on which, owing to lack of
water, nothing else will grow to good
advantage. He supplies, of course, only
a small part of the castor beans In
use in the world, but his is believed
to be the only ranch of Its kind in
California, if not in the United States,
much of the oil being prepared from
the seeds of the wild shrubs, which
grow in great profusion in some parts
of America and Mexico.
When the beans were sacked and
weighed, all the small ones having
been culled out in the winnowing process,
Brass discovered that he had
between four and Ave tons of as fine
beans as could be produced in the
world. For these he received five
cents per pound, almost $100 per acre
for his Ave acres.
The work done on the beans had
been all his own, with the aid of one
horse, and had been performed at
spare times from a large barley Aeld
which he owned. The beans were so
much more profitable than the barley
that the thrifty German the next season
set out fifteen more acres of the
oil producing1 shrubs. From these he
has consistently, during the eight or
nine years since that first experiment,
received an Income averaging $100 per
acre. At times of great yield apparently
when the castor bean producers
of the other parts of the world were
unloading big stocks on the market,
prices have gone down, but Mr. Brass
has never received less than three
cents per pound for his beans, and
during one or two years the price
went as high as six cents. The demand
for the beans is always good,
and Brass believes that a field of 100
acres would be more profitable than
100 acres of alfalfa, one of the best
paying crops of Southern California.?
Technical World Magaslne.
SOME CypoyE WILLt,
tk. r.on+ml AaUmi
of Future Generations.
The Iriah gentleman who has left
? 1,000 to & religious house on condition
that his wife enters It hnd spends the
rest of her life In prayer is another
example of the quaint methods by:
which the dead sometimes endeavor;
to control the living, says Tit Bits.
It was a blunt farmer who drew up
his will leaving $600 to his widow.
When the lawyer reminded him that
some distinction should be made in
case the lady married again he doubled
the sum, with the remark that
"him as gets hei^ll deserve it"
"It was a wealthy German who fifteen
years ago bequeathed his property
to his six nephews and six nieces
on the sole condition that each of the
nephews married a woman named Antoine
and each niece married a man
named Anton. The first born of each
marriage was to be named Anton or
Antolne, according to sex. Each marriage
was also to take place on one of
St. Anthony's days. What happened
to the nephews and nieces is "wrapt
in mystery" in the office of the German
registrar general.
&ar "A play," remarked the theatrical
manager, "is like a cigar." ,
"What's the answer 7" Inquired the
innocent reporter.
"If it's good," explained the manager,
"every one wants a box; and if
it's bad, no amount of puffing will
make it draw.'"?Bystander.
lilt:* vi
)NE MONUMENT.
,'oI. McLean and others In 1816. It
road from Yorkville crosses the
by vandals, and the inscription on it