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Local 'It lephoile No. 2
DECEMBER 12, WOO.
In tlio (lonlli of ia-Senator I rhy
Sonth Carolina loses a valuable
|V . * #
citizen ami a man i f great iu'eiligence.
And ho should not soon lie
forgotten liy the political forces
which lie led to victory in the
revolution ofj lN'JO. Most of those
who have received political pr? ferment
in South Carolina during the
past decade owe their got d fortune
to the lieu men of Sen it or 1 rhy. for
lie it was who managed in its in
, cipienay Hie parly which lias ?1 < r.il
itiiiled the Slate (luring that lime,
I In return for the npportimitii s In
crouted for m> many lie was relegated
to political olilivion, chielly
at the instance of 1>. K. Tillman
and John Gary Kvans, both of
whom he In Ipcd materially.
? Senalor
C'lay, of Georgia, made
n strong poipt ngains! the ship
subsidy Li 1. now the regular order
of business in the Senate, when
I enamelled Senator h'rye. who
^ torge of t lie Intl. to admit
became a law tin* annual
B>f a twenty-onnjiiiot ship
flj^Be ?.'M)-l,0()t). Senator ( iay
^BileJ attention to the fact
ten and twelve knot ships 1
^Buirry the agricultural prodho
country will not receive
jj^flian oue-tliird of the sill) i 1 y 1
! l-/\e < Ko
R? * wi ?in; idoi I '
vhich carry no agricultural ?
j. Senator offered
111 men t to the hill repeal- *
nw-i prohibiting the purchase
of foreign-built ships fi r use <
ill the foreign carrying trade of the I
United States or imposing taxes 1
or restrictions upon such, and giv- 1
ing American citizens the right to
purchase vessels anywhere and for I
any purpose and to have them reg- i
isterod as ships of the I'nited 1
States. I
A Wash in :ton dispatch says that <
the statistic! ;t* of the Agricultural ,
J}epai tinent reports .10,01)0,000
bales as tbe probable cotton production
of the United States for ,
lOO'l-llfOl. In the making of this j
estimate t!ie sniue methods and ]
agencies have been used that were
employed last year. Many tlions- k
gauds of ginuers have, however, j
made reports for tlie first time.
The estimated yield, in pounds
of lint cotton per acre,is as follows:
Virginia, ISO; North Carolina, lbb; (
Bouth Carolina, lt>7; vieorgia, 172; (
Floruln, 13,i; Alabama, 15]; Mia
siaeipp , 159, Louisiana, 234; Texas,
22ti; Arkansas. 223; Tennessee,
177; jlissonn, 275; Oklal omn, 318; (
V Ulian Territory, 289. The aero- ,
age, after eliminating all land from
(which no crop whatever will he
gathered, is esti tinted at 25,031,731.
? Senator
dohn VV. Daniel, of Virginia,
has set himself to the task of
drafting ? provisi'- for disfranchising
the negroes of \ irginia. '
he provision t > l?e anhinitted to 1
lo the t o n titatiorol eoiivention. ?
whieh meet? early in the new year |
to fonn a new organie law for the (
{Slate, sny? an exehi nge. Some
good lawyers helievi tlint tin* '
['grandfather Flame of the l-on- '
laianfi and N ti Carelina constitutions
is on 'onstitu ional, and |
'{Senator Daniel is oneo' them. Me
will theref re attempt to draw a
provision that will mee the legal 1
requirements in this puiiieuhir '
re?,pect. His plan is i > exempt i
from disfranchisement all illiterate .
i personH who served in any war. ^
I That will admit n go,>3 ninny coi^wpred
people and del ur a g< od many
^whites, hut it is discrimination
which there are several preoe i
deity* in federal legislation. Con ,
gres^ has diaariminutt d in favor of
ex-soldi era in giving them home
e tends <?u tno imuln m exeuq Img
tlieni from examination (or ap <
pointments in the civil eu'Tvicd ami .
mi other respects. and during the ;
\ civil war several of 'lie States ,
7 enacted laws making service in the
army equivalent to n ilurallzition !
(or foreign born citi/.eue. \ I
? "HI
.
The folic \yii\j5 article ia ore of T*'
-erica Ibnt will flrppenr in The Times
i?ivin;? u svno;>si9of the war re.ord
?F nn-mbers < !' I In Fort Mill ('amp
oft '< ,11 federate Veterans. Ke< ords
wi.l be published in tl.o order in
which they are li u.dcd in.
I am a s<?n of Mecklenburg
county. N. ('.. and w.ns cleikini; in
Cir4"ensboro, N. when the war
between the Slabs bo.^an. I was
about 20 ye irs of n^o at the time.
C. t/ole. editor <>f 11m (treensboro
Times, orixaniz (I a company,
of which ho was elected etptaiii
and I was appointed orderly rcroennt.
N\ e wore rent to the eunp
of instruction at Italci^h, about
.May 1. IStil. J. Jolinston L'etti*
?*rew was elected < olonel of my
regiment. 1 lie Twolf5h; 1? .11 b it re?*.
intents of State t l oops enr.ir in and
placed the v> 1 u nt eer regiments ton
numbers higher, making mine
tl?t? Twenty-sreond regiment. My
company, 11, was li >noied I?y being
ii.ado the ting company of tin* regiment.
Our first duty was honorary,
our company being called
uj on to act as escort for the remains
of (iovcrnor Kilis. of North
Carolina, wko was buried near
Salisbury. We were also selected
to burv/wilh military honors at
Salisbury, Col. Fisher, ' who was
killed atlM: nassas. (>nr region lit
was then hurried towntel Manassas,
but as we carried the field we were
stopped at Petersburg ami lodged
111 ; | 1 .??? ! I 'C ? 1) It'll \\ . ? ! <Ivn?? owl
to Richmond and niter "about two
weeks wore ordered to Kvnnspoit
to blockade the I'olotnao part < I'.
thai winter. .Jos. II. .1 ohnston. ,
commander in-ehie.', and Ciein ral 1
Tiiinliel. brigade commander. then
shortened the lines and we evacuated
Iivansportjnul went to Fredericksburg,
\ a. 1 can't i^ivo the
latts for i was one soldier who
never knewd ites and could never
ice as much on hat !IclieMs r.s s. one.
LVttijjrew became brigadier-^en ral;
Li^htfoot, colonel; Lou;;, 1
I it'll t. colonel, and (ialoway. major,
ivlio led us to the battle of Seven
I hues, or Fair Forest, as the
Vunkees call it. Fetli-jivw. I/<phtfoot
and lj?)?io \"t re wounded and
raptured and Maj. (laliway was
aadly wounded. We were then
;)laeed under Rni^adier-t icn'Tal
Render, with .lames Oonnor, ol
Charleston, colonel. June 2tith
Aais the beepunimj of the Seven
Rays' ti^ht around Richmond. We
rossetl Meadow Rridj^e in the
lfternoon. Render's brigade lo.udn?j
A. R. Hill's corps. 1 saw the
)lue-coat(d pickets leave their
posts, and the enemy made their
land at Mechuniesville. The tij^ht,
a which Col. Connor lost a lei;.
listed SOUie hours lift. V (llll lv.
E?y this time, Ilarper Charles was
nptnin of my company ami I hue!
rim 11 to iiist lieutenant. On tlm
lfternoon following the Medianicsvdie
engagement, the battle of
Haines' .Mill was fought. A. P.
Ilill started the tight, and it' a soldier
was fond of battle he wits fortunate
to get into A. P. Hill's
i*nrps. 1 often felt that. ! would
like to get into some other command,
even if 1 should have to
throw up my eonunissic n.
The buttle of Frny.ier's Farm was
fought on dune doth, ami it had
teiriblo consequences for my eonipany.
Cupt. Charh s ami a number
jf picked men were killed. The
light closed after dark. I'pon the
leathof Cupt. Charles I became
aptuin of tlm company. The next
battle was that of Malvern ilill.
My brigade did not take much
part in that action. From Malvern
Ilill we were marched to Kichinoml
and then by rail to Gordonsidle.
From there we inarched to
he battle,of Cedar ilun. where
lackrtoii used* up Gen. Pope so unmercifully.
A night or two prerious
to the battle of Cedar Hun
i was in charge of n picket line.
my (.nli rs from Gen. Jackson
being to allow no one to pas* with>ut
his permission. About 1
/clock on this particular night
iit'll. Stuart rode up and demand*
(1 tout lu? he r.Hovvrif to cross the
inc. The picket halted him and
I was called up. Not being ce-raiu
that it was (len. Stnart, whom
1 hftd seen only ?. u the held, I told
y .1
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' ,,
'
hlin myaordcrs fi ou>V/en. .Jn kson
"were prcemptory to allow no otic
to cross. lie thereupon paid he
would send hack to (jen. Jackson
and m?l a pa- k; hut 1 could not I
have read the pars had he secured
'it, on account of the hiizli wind,
which would not admit of a li^ht.
so 1 asked him how lout; lie would j
l)i* (,'otn1 if I allow. d him to rr< ss
the line, lie replied, "Ahout two
i hours."' ! look, d oaee more to
make sure that it was (lea. Stuart
and then allowtd him to pass. |
N *ver, during my entire- life, have i
I undergone such anxiety as that
which I exp*. ri'Mie. <1 dnrinc (In.
Stuart's stay outside the lines, foi
I did not know hut that I would
he eourlmai tiide 1 and shot f,.rj
violr.t >ner (Jen. .! nek son's orders.
i>m ui'ii, rsuiart returned at tin*
cxpiiuti' 11 of the two hours and 1
ht'iird not liing m >re of t he incident.
From tlu? liatthfiild of CVdai
Hun. dacksonV '"Foot cavalryas
wc were called, marched around
(Jen. Pope and got jM his roar and
fought the second b.attlcof .Manassas.
The marching to gain thej
rear < 1 IN p 's army was fearful.
We had to wade all streams, and
with the hot, sharp sand in our
shoes we were given no time to
stop. I think it was August 2Sth
when we took .Man es is Junction
and all the great commissary supplies.
My company h ot. sever d
men while driving the le-inforcemcnts
coming in from Alexandria,
hut did not h .vc inn h hard fighting
that day. We drew rations 1
that e\ i?i11*4 from the great. Yankee
commissary, and wore ordered to
take nil we con Ul carry, the remaindortobe
burned.as Jackson had not
dared to take his wagon train in
the rear of Pope's army. As
w- m:irehi d that night we could
see the lire as it destroyed everything
at Manassas rJnne'.i ai. We
marched toward Oenterville and
from there to Thoroughfare (la]).
We went through that gap in the
mountains. 1 suppose Jackson
thought that tin- best and only!
way home if Pope's whole army
should fall upon him. The next i
day. August 21)1 h, Jackson and I
'& fe at. Oi
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Comr;'.3Rcir:g SJZLRJ
V7E OFFER OUR ]
& ^ S* ^5* St 1C
Tills Sale
And advise our friends
include everything in th
many things for less th
CASH ONLY.
&. EL ibe:
?m
_ , , ^ ,_?u .-J 1 L.
Pope ntenrtued heir strength. The
buttle did not begin twilil th-*
i afternoon, and then with Pope's
great ? {!':>i t to crush Jackson. The
latter'a resistance, with ij< iigstn el
1 forcing his way through Thorough,
fare (hip to aid Jackson, uuule it u
terrible sc.o'ie, even iu war. 1 was
badly wounded while we were retaking
the Mnu.'icBOS railroad. The
railron l cut wus taken by my brigade
and I got tny commission as n
erippleCnimderutesoldier for life.
I wns furl'uii^hod nud lay wound d
about a your is ml was tinally discharged.
M. M. \\ OLFic.
I )i>i t'iiihor 12. r.H'o.
A Meat Market
At which reasonable pri es predominate
hi.s at last been estab*
li-ln-d in the Jones building, on
Main street, where tin' choicest
BKKl\ I'ORK and SAUSACJH
can be hud at any time. Von have
been payinir 12 1 -2 cents per pound
for Round Steak. I'll sell y< u the
best at 10 cents. FISH and OYSTHUS
(ill every style) Saturdays.
(Jive ine your orders, "l'holie 14.
W. E. DEATON.
THE FORT MILTj
PIT fa ffippiTJI!
If, - Mldrv
Id * u zj I y h.n,
O1T0SITE T1IL SAVINV.S It.XNK,
Is tin1 place at which you can always
tinsl everything usually kept
..i ii- .1 i . i ?
iii ii urai-i'iHss np.unwary mop
I nm running a drug store, i:i
every st-nso of tlie woiil.
I r?in prescribe for you, fill prescriptions,
and sell you drills. I 1
have had years of e\(|erieuce ami
atu thoroughly neipiainted with
t he drug business. ,
A full line of the l est
CIGAK&, CIGAKETTKS,
AXU
SMOKING and
CHEWING TO MAC'CO.
Evkythixo in STATh>NEIiY.
T. H. MK.UIUM, M. D. ?
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relay, December1 1,
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ENTIRE STOCK Cj
ING, FURNITURE
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Does Rot include
WE MEAN Wt
to call as scon as possifc
e lines mentioned, - As
an they are worth now r
Yours tor buslr
LK, Prop, i
fe
I!. F. GRIEIi,
DBAianc in*
MATS, SHOCS,
PANTS, DRV GOODS,
NOTIONS, DRGSS GOODS,
HARDWARE,
TIN .VARE,
GLASSWARE,
tJKUUtKltiS, Kit.,
AND THE
BEST LINE OF
DOCKET AND
TABLE CUTLERY
IN TOWN.
t'oltoil Wiiri'llOII^.
Anyone wishing to storo thoir cotton
in a clean dry place will liiul that w*
avo prt'iKirod to storo and insure samo
in our standard warehouse, near our
mill. Our prior for storing and insuring
will In- la cents per halo per month
or fractional part of a month. Wo will
advance money on any cotton stored
with us at S per cent interest.
FT. MILL MANUFACTURING CO.
September 'J'.', 11HH).
Photographs.
'J ho l?cst in Ilio city at the price.
Cabinets, $2 j?er dozen.
Smaller quantities and other sizes
reasonable.
1). J. RARER. Charlotte. N. C.
No. I West Fifth street.
J. U. Traywick & Co.,
DEALERS IN
FINE LIQUORS
AND WIN ES,
No. 11 East Trade t-'t.
I
CHARLOTTE, - - - N. C.
T EST
3E SftLt.
1QQO, ?ir.c! continui
24-r 1QOO.
F DRY GOODS, N(
3 AND STOVES
yc-r 2$ctuaE C
> Hardware and (
iAT WE SAY
>1 e and get the benefit
all goods have advancec
it wholesale. Of cours
iesS;
Jlci Reliabh
I - \ fssaj
Kersey and Melton,
the popular smooth-faced Overcoating
fabrics, bavo not boen neglected
this senson by t?\e famous
Rochester wholesale tailors, the
Stein-Bloch Company. ^ While
fashion decrees that tlielroughfaced
garments shall rum this
season, many men will he loth t >
forsake the extreme servicalUonoss
of the Kersey or Melton Overcoat.
Those that bear Ibis label nr * made
from the high-class standard fab!
ries, hnt are tailored in tin nost
fashionable forms. One thing is
certain, that the man who buys a
Stein-llioeh Kersey or Melton
Overcoat this season, will not only
I be properly dressed, but ho will
j have a garment that will practically
be just as well looking tlnvo
years hence as now.
$12.50 to $.jo.oo.
HI). \Y. MELLON & CO.,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Mail orders promptly filled. I
W. IT. HOOVER,
LIQUOR DEALER,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
We look especially after the shipping:
trade and below quote very close
figures. Will be glad to have your
oid;rs. Terms cash with order.
Corn, per gallon, in Jug (boxed),
$1.50, $1 75 and $2.
All first-class goods at $1.75 and $2
VERY OLD.
Ryes from $1.60 to $2, $2 50 and
t, > ?
Ka,,vl,?
Gins from $i 60 to $2, and $2 50.
Genuine Imported 'Flah Gin" at $3
per gallon.
Apple Brandy, $2.25 per gallon.
Peach Brandy $2 50 per gallon.
No charge f?r jug and box on above,
and no charge at these prices for keg
whes WHotcd In huch quantities.
1 tt us I ave your ordera and oblige,
W. n. HOOVER.
STORE.
ng t-snlil Monday,
3TIONS, CLOTHO
Sj> k. n & &
srooeries.
of first chance, as we
I, you will buy a great
\z these prices are for
\
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