jf'^i "| @ l salisbury n c thursday june 15 1893 ou_h no i what is jm : 1 ■ • j . . ..•: cm 2 v •' idfj inns j i • ■ hi l it ] " ' ' ra » 2 k v . i " ' ill - ■' ." ■ ■ • the r < ild j • ill ■ 1 2,1 \ price a . ■ p it ■:■ - ■ ro ; . ldfcj ! - a d i i i am i * l - rs salt f 1.4 every . e \ : . k v isa its w 9 • :■">!>-(,■ j j j a t-iire it v ' <£ nden 0 p ' ■■'• ga - v o o •■ o o ■ c c " g o l _ / 1 © ■ i c l q , curesall -■'■/ i a ■ . . . . .- lave it : the tragic trace flag do you r colled a i c of truce i thai came in to carter's church in j * ) tober l8g3 when th • sixth corps w .- lying around ther '. yes f.ii'i 1 recoiled tin re was a full ration of -; eculal ion about it ; but i j never heard what it meant 1 he first speaker was lieutenant | e i>f the '! bird penn y ania .':■■■. :.:.>' i e v as int rrog t;i t he r one day last win r on board a r iil way t ra n well continued fcronse u i can il yon what it all meant 1 he:e '■. us h ; r ■■_:• dy iil i be bo t m of that flag of truce i was one of the i ili c irs sent out to meet it and from one i : he c nfedi mte while they were waiting for an answer from greneral si igwick at vvarrenton ! heard all i it will you p!i ise unfold well you t-ee that fall of 1s63 as well as at various other times there w,i a little gueriiia and bnshwacking business going on back in fuuquier county and the life of a l riio 1 man there w as by no means a happy oik i lie leader of one of these guerilla gangs was jim coleman u former bal timore plug ugly who had cheated the gailows two or three tinier ai.d when ur !■!•, ke out was hiding about warren ton virgin and the bright idea entered his head to go into the robbery and murder business in the name f the southern confederacy you can amagiua the ftyle of a mau he was when t tell you that moseby rau him out of his camp and o neil and marry griunour bitterly repudiated him although the ccnit-d'r.racy ostensibly refused to recognize him as auiijoritics however complacently shut their eyes to the outrages he com mitted so long as tuey were against l ii on people oul near jibuti na lived a quaker lanner iiiaue.i i'lckering wno hail two . .. .-. j abij it i\\i-;r j l v o uiiw liter two ears younger being uon ! i nl atant and ln ai ii ■..: wit . like kindness all who dime lu iii ir house tnem . or ;'■■ ■, i hey wi r i prolt'trti i l>3 tiie i iiiuu army waen they b peneii io 1 • in power r .!. pickering was known fts the . ■- in v i f all that country side and lurii <£ a short stay of the twelfth north carolina regiiki ul hi ll:c ueigh j irhoi d one of its officers a lieuten ant \ r aiil orn fell in luve with her and b sought her lo run away with lain tvnresenting that he was wealthy and i onimnnd a leave of absence d iring which i ■ w . ; : i ; 1 1 take her to ljii bnioud niitrrv her a id send her to his north carolina home it is believed the i»irl was disposed to favor his suit but utterly ref ised the el »] em ■:,:. affairs wpre in this shape when we came up thmmh the valley and so journed around warrenton tiie twelfth north carolina was one of tiie regiments left by lee to ke an eye out that no flank movement w;'.s in ... . and it was laying out i i i he tiitie barrens and among t he hills abi kit ! half way bi tween w arrenton and ['.■ i/iiina •■,.-. some means lieut vanborn and jim c ileman were brought to j gelhi r an i finding out the character | of his new acquaintance the lieutenant ,.,:,,, eived ill idea of carrying off miss pickering by force coleman was ready to undertake the business if lie was well paid for if but not uniess lieuti nant vauborn ] ne of the party so as to shield him if he got into any trouble with the confederate authorities this the young man agreed to and all their plans were arranged now in h grove of thick pines somewhat iff from any regularly travel 1 r ad and about three miles : ; ■:.: old pickering's place stood an old schi olhouse that had been desert ;.\ fora m re couvenieui situation and which had fallen into decay in thi3 schoolhouse upon a certain ision the union men of whom a few were scattered through this iv riou used to meet and so far the new use of the building had never been suspected on the afternoon of the joth pi 0 tober col glendenin of the eighth llii ois uni n vain under orders e,ent out a little party of a lieutenant and tw ive u e i to scout in tiie direc tion of url anna \. thoul being ob s rved if possible and to find out all ; \ could with regard to where the .. ivaui ed pickets di the euemj were placed tiie same afternoon james pickering thf old man's fob with some fifteen other union men met n the schoolhouse at hie same time coleman with five of his guerillas and accompanied by lieutenant vanborn made their decent upon the pickering homestead to carry off the young lady they were all mounted and van burn wus disguised so that he could not be recognized until such time as he was 1 to appear as miss pickeriug's deliverer the party rode up to the house and the old man with his accustomed po i liteness to all customers asked them to i alight and refresh themselves old man w here's your son ?" i roughly demanded coieman james rode out tins afternoon but [ know not whither he took his way well if he s hog here where's your daughter ?" bli^'il answer just as well she's within ; but i would like to know how she can be interested in any business with thee it's none ot your business how she's interested we want to see her end that's enough you just walk her out here that 1 shall certainly not do said the old uiun iu great astonishment for it tt'ns the first time in all the trouble that any but respectful language had been used towards him you two ' said coleman to a couple of his men go in and hustle the gal out here ; we've got no time to fool away ' at this the old man sprang up and forgetting his non'combative principles knocked one of the ruffians down as he came up the steps of the poarch and picking up the chair on which he had been sifting made a dash at the other fellow who fled at the same moment colem.m drew a revolver and fired the ball struck the old man in the right arm making a painful but not dangerous woun i the report of he pistol and noise of the scuffle how ever,j''vouglit ellen pickering to the door where e was seized and despite hi r struggled and the sceams of herselj and her mother she iras lifted on the horse in front of lteiiteueut vanborn now shouted coieman you men scatter as quick as yon can ; we two can ! ike care of i lie gall ' we don't scatter jap until we've gone through this old fellow's place if we don't where's our pay to come o it of all l his fuss well do as you please so long a you don't get caught and with the lieutenant he rode rapidly away in the direction of the pine barren which t hey short v entered the union men in the old school b msfi were in grave consultation when suddenly a wild female scream rang out on the still night air mercy said james pickering i believe that is my sister ellen's voice 1 ' and they all sprang to their feet and out of the house a i the same time lieutenant krouee and his little party were coming through the woods and heard the -,-.■ , m . gosh !"' exclaimed the lieu tenant there's a woman stepped on a su ike oi s imething worse ; trot up lj ■ ■•>. ' james pickering and his party rushed oul just in time t.i see coleman an i vanborn riding by carrying his sister in astonished anger he yelled : put that lady down as he had no pistol picked up h club and ran to ward the robbers oh ! james save me ellen cried jwhilecolemau drawing his revolver veiled : keep off you young shad-belly or i'll put daylight through you push on lieuteuant or well have trouble with these cursed fools as he termed the union men who were now rapidly comiug up both put spurs to their horses and had left the union m-n fifty yards be hind when right in front they heard a stern halt !"' looking up they found themselves covered by twelve very uncojnprooiis iug looking carbines sergeant get down and assist that young lady to alight said lieutenant krause l now who the devel are you and what are you doing with this young lady out here evidently against her will ?"' , it's noneof your d-d business be gan coleman bnt a slap from the hat of the lieutenant's sabre made him pause look here mr roundneck you either mo diry your manner or else i lj agtpuwhyou'inba-uwiuk 11 j l>y this time james pickering ai d his companions had eotne up and re ceived miss ellen who was overjoyed at heresc.ipe well you've got the gal i s'pose we can go said coleman no ; don't be in u hurry i wantto know who ou are and also who your particularly silent and billions com panion is 1 i'm an officer in the confederate service sis said vanhoru and 1 want to lie respected accordingly i y.;'i were treated according to tlio company and business you seem to h:i in you ought to have your neck broke in the meantime james pickering and his friei ds had been holding a hasty consultation you are a union officer i pre sume he said addressing lieutenant xroii.se yes sir 1 weil that man indicating cole man — is one of the worst bushwhack ing guerillas in the country and i be lieve his companion is one of his gang i tell you i ain't shouted van horn i'm un officer and a gentle man this drew a laugh not only from lieutenant krouse and his men but from several of the union men standing by which so incensed the southerner that he drew ins revolver and tired in to the crowd killing one of them named watkins uead this infuriated tie union men and they began to shout l-i's string em up hang the murderers and they began hunting for a rope when al.ss ellen cried oil ! we tit list hurry nack for they have shot father and they were rub bing the house when these two car ried me away in a moment coleman and vanhora were snatched off their horses and put under guard while the whole party rapidly made their way through the p s towards pickering's house soon fuey came to the edge of the woods where'a tall column of smoke rising in the evening air met their gaze i believe si.id james that they have fired our place ' j a few minutes more rapid march ing brought thorn to the top of a hill where they had a view of the farm house which was indeed in flames come on cried james and the whole pally came down the hill at a run the cavalrymen beeping a bright lookout for the prisoners in the farmyard was a sad sight where the grey haired old mother sat with the head of her wounded husband in her lap looking i>pon their burning home few words were said after saving such of the property as they could the union men still held the prisoners they had ropes with then and there was unpitying justice in their looks come v said james pickering,beck oning the two men toward him oh ! save us save us they both cried turning to lieutenant krouse i have no disposition to interfere even if 1 was sure 1 hud any authority if you get hung now it will only be because the operation has been too long neglected but i'm an officer and a gentle man yelled vauhons they can't hang me "[ do'nt see why even if you are telling the truth upon either claim which nobody is likely to believe 1 and krouse turned away in disgust come men this is none of our affair and we'll go and the calvary rode away and looking back as they got to the top of the hill they saw two motion less bodies hanging between them and smoking embers of the late peaceful happy home the nest day the pickering family was admitted within our hue and went north to seek an asylum among friends there deeming their lives no longer safe on their own property and the flag of ttuce we asked that was sent in to get from lieu tenant krouse the particulars of the affair and to earn where the body of lieutenant vanhorn might besought but i believe neither body was ever found and the general impression was that the lire lent its aid to put them out of dispute grand aruvj gazette j j adams ex-treasuier o f the federation of american mechanic naa been arrested at scranton pa charged with embezzling all the funds in his po'esbiou amounting to su.ooo highest of ail in leavening ?. wcr latest u s gov't report absolutes pure m where is yov.r i | we do not ii ave home at 1 ' when it is possible to remain tl re but when we have oecasio i i i be up street at i tte hours we have dover failed to observe some boys from e to sixteen years of age :: ing to and fro in crowds and using languagi that would shock the modesty of anv decent man some parents say it is impossible to keep their boys in do irs it night we think ir is i"ttin to be a serious matter when a parent can't govern boys irom eighi tosixteen years old we have hail some of them to tell ns their boys would slip off with out their knowledge one offense of that kind would le all a boy who has the right kind of a parent would wish to commit leather straps cow hides or shingles could soon care a boy thus inclined if properly applied it has been said that ciiildren when young step on our toes but when old er step on our hearts a great deal of the latter stepping could be avoided if the subject were taken in hand in time when a young tree is planted ho ever crooked it may lie it can be straightened by proper eare but let it grow for a few years ami then try io staighten it and you will fail the boy resembles tin tree in this particu lar most boys need frequent chas ti-*in_r to keep them in tiie path of the upright let every parent who has boys try io instill into them a high sense of honor this can bf done but it re quire both time and patience to ac complish the work the world is get ting too busy to tind time for boy eul culture there are parents we mean fathers who seldom ever sea their children awake they go from their business late at night and leave for the same early in the morniog the children grow to manhood without any special training by the fathers moth ers cannot do all tiie work all business men could do just as much business as they now do and spend a third of their time with their families if they would unite upon a jdan the profit of business men are consumed by the exp n e connected with night work s ive y ur boys while you can and in after life j u will save many heart aches — durhauh record since the state of south carolina has gone into the liquor business 1 1 1 »- railroad commission is squeezing€he railroads for reduced rate on the stuff as we under land it a good deal of the stoek for the state liars is shipped in bottles of convenient size to b ■ handled oa liquor in bottles the r ite is always higher than in ca '.- more troublesome to handle and more lia ble to breakage the commission has ser/ed notice on th raii rails that thev must coiiie down in their rate aud haul bottles benzine and other truck of stimulating properties at the same rates at which they haul it in barrels at which the railroads are do some pretty vigorous kicking as it is quite natural they should it is some what remarkable that the railroad commission did't take any inlerest in cheap liquor rates until the state went into lhe liquor business — w i minqton star two postoffices in bui ke a unl . . north carolina are named respectively jo 1 " and worry a (_'!.: in se gentli man very peldom appears on the streets with his wife and under no cireum-tances could be bein duced to ride in the same carriage with her john hare of elkhart nd clai possess an ■'-' 3 bill issued im the i niu >! states government in 77 mr hare asserts that it is the oldest specimen of united state money extant w pee it stated that ollie teal has started a movemenl lor the rescue cf tin dudes and cha ies about tow n who driuk too much says the new york re corder and within a year from today he expects to ha i iety men i_n a pledge uol of '■ ial uhstineuce but ol temperance and mod is to do away with the american -\ stem of treating which he su -. is the curse ol the country and has m ■ thou ands • uuou thousands ul di i -• i - : a new church among those who by a strict con struction would be heretics are c n > non farrar l man abbott herbert newton davi 1 swing and dr brigg — memphis app al-avnhtim .. it i rnentii ned that dr brisga is thinking of a brand new chureh ic ()•■ tar it t ese and other broad con st ructionists of the christian seripl tire can unite the first thins they ought to do is to determine what parts of the bible they will accept s inspired and without flaw or errors that is ; if they think there is any sueh part if all the learned divines in ihe ' north who are trying their bands at i the higher criticism and are diligent ly en^a^ed in digging under the foun - dations of the^chrisi an veril ie should join the new church of the douote's and diggers it will start with a formi dable array of talents and learning however misdirected ami liusauctified in this connection we note that a verv handsome journal has been started in new york to advocate mohammedan ism in these free nifed states hither to suspected ot having some chris-i an leanings perhaps some of tl e hetero dox kickers may find a pleasant refuge iu the folds of islam who knows — i ! ilminifton messenqe carlisle gives it out straight secretary carlisle was asked satur day by a rem oyed official why in had been dismissed the secretary's an swer characteristically short ami to the point was j removed you s>r r solely for political reasons i vr..n d y uir place for a 1 democrat .' our dispatches of tuesday sta f p that when some of the chiefs ■■ iii vi ion t whose resignations ba i been .. ! ed for by secretary carlisle rompi li ed monday of the shortness id t notice the secretary replied you 1 - ceived noticeon the 8th of last v reinber how indefinitely better that tluui keeping them in place orbeating aboul • for subterfuges for their dismissal , when the people decreed last fall tint • tin llepub lean party should go out ol ; power tbo de ree included not only iblican policies but the men wli 1 have been executing 1 hem it is 11 wortli while to look beyond ner ths side of the sib of november for rta ! sons for removing republican office f holders that these should go was a ,, rt of the calculation of the people at :,_:; time they decreed it and they wih take the responsibility for all d missvls tht-re arc occasions in life when an excuse apart from the real reason to action t ken is justifiable but in the matter in question brutal candor 1 all tint thi case calls lor t remov ed vou ir solely for political reasons ! i wanted your pluce for a democrat tl ? i reason enoughs charlotte 06 .-' rver - •**>- — the head ol the o»r.-r it i settled so far as talk # **«, tint if there ia a va 11 v upon the > yreme ourt bench in the nexl tiiree yea audi '• eight months secretary ot state bre bain wiil be named for the aet ii has a judicial mind li ha been train ed by years of experience with eourt mr cleveland admins him jie has an utter appreciation of gresham a plain personality and direct routes of ight charlotte neias paper stockings are a new ierman invention a berlin shoe trade jour nal savs that the stockings are made of a specially prepared impregnated paper stock which it is claimed haa an extraordinary effect on perspiring feet the moisture is absorbed by the paper as rapidly a it is formed hi d 1 the feet remain dry and warm while the constant temperature maintained in the shoes is said to he a great pre ventative 1 f colds col yv ii s burgwyp of hender son ha been ap ointed b«nk cxami ' ner for the district embraciug non i ar dina virginia and \\ est \ irgin __,