Carolina Watchman

              hie carolina watchman xix.-third series salisbury n c thursday october 4 1888 no 6q the opens the fall campaign of 1888 with the determination to sell lower tiian ever j s 7 i \ men's worsted i i j dia&ojfal and cassimeil f \ i \ \ in he ■•■■>/'/ / in ni '■ iilnli 1 1 . i vi they were bought « r it at i than the regular value \ i and will be closed out accordingly mfjiy olid 01 lllolll h d lroillilllo udlgalu go c.l suits ;:' ;:•}. i'.l :;.'.'. i and k ( s better good . m i 7 u 7.s7 io.ds and 1 i ( k \ splendid black < rk sen s7 ( s worth 1 ' \ make ■ i l')tjiing and can suit everybody ■ ■■» i-jfoth sim x ix i'ili line is complete n.lcvs al i 10 i 1 ■!'. 2,00.1 toothpicks •"> •. purses at o 10 | ijuvs mi i and 10 i 1 and i 15,-itisli hull do pistols it j ind jyts per biix 2 puckvt knives it 10 li 21 and 4u ets ![.!-■. an i ii ill i kg ;,! .",. i |(), i and ■ u.-ch j.*i rts pm ii l:sle thread llnse 1-1 cts a biir ilrive in fine nd coarse ro.nbs al hi 4 1 7 10 and lie eacli vvortii dou'.ilc igtim iol i hrcad nl "-' cts ij ill i ik hi me . i id 5 and button hole a larje line of laundry skijk at prices hvi-l ic fpiml i'.ipcr piiih . .-. panel td close them out .' ( h i i ■ r ii - 1 o box 1 1 1 ii in nickel i in ks . • 8 !)'.) p»nur i ,.. | u te papei s 10 and me 0 ir line of luliu misses and gents 1 l in m ri>i - v ■- es arc unsurpassed b.)tli in ijuality and meum ik i 10 and ll cenl - i ice p.ick i-nvelopi's 1 •. one tjuirc rlli "'■ tinware for everyliody at bo'tom figures cr.l one fin safctv pins 5c ladies two ikixcs matches containing j00 each lii i md l.lii for •") cents i i i salisbury ji w h reisner i jeweler md % ft home company a * s strong cosvjpahy seeking fif 4f$^&if \ * '^ prompt : home p a'^nag'i^|ji|^fesrellabl liberal . rrmlrc . '^ : ' jt'-t'~r i 2y j.lillodk.s i;i!t»\vxk r 0tal assets - - s75o,ooo oo j allen brown resident agent salisbury n c ' torpid liver i<iknou~:i bj t'lcsc i:i;ir!tci cculi:irities 1 a ly-din ifweari:n ssuml pains i:i i lie liinl.s 2 ii.-mi lirrnlll hail astc i up inotltll ami lin red t ; ,_ i .-. .". iii<siip;i!i(iii witli o<-c:isi«iimj attacks oldiai : i ■:>. i lle.ul.tc-lie i i ii • r-o:il f hi heart ; ii:iu . ■ • inc ■. ami y.n..\vii.>s of si '. li ll . • ..■■••■■•:•. (!. dikli.mitidll ol ll mi .;;.::! iniwela by w i 7 i i sion of ,.-'•.: i • ; : inclnn lli ] iiulc iinil i disposition to leave < wrythiujj fur to-niorn v a i.iti:r:il lie.v of jjile from th i.ivor i essential in go«»il hctilli wlu-u this j ■; jl •- 1 1 . - 1 . - . 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' : ■- ! - :■ :! il it of i ■ •• ■ . . • r ■ . ■ ■ ■ h ■.•••:. : . !..:.■!>• i li ive ; . : ■ ■■■' v ;..!.-;.. r intci uptii i to :. . ne«"s '■■ ■ o j /. . gijji-uijfh has our f ; ■ i front r.f wrapper ■ i i /.< ■ .' co i'hiiiii'.ijphiii l":i ivi;i i •■:; \\<; k i n ci.kjient craigh & clement attoriievs a.t lave samskuky x 0 fcl>.:!i«l i ssi we are receiving our fell ani liter stock ( ill i 1 1 1 1 ■_!' of choice selection i.l black ill lie ami brown vvor.<tl'"l suit also a full line of . re iii tor men yontlis boys ami ehil ilrcii full overcoats a specialty iivc us a call in-spcdl'iilly i bltimexthal & bros forty li;iljs to you my kind reader nave you planted a bounteous supply of fruit trees the apple l'ear pencil cherry apricot quince the grape strawberry ami all other desir able fruits if not why not send in your orders one of nature's great blessings is our number of varieties of fine attractive wholsome fruits the cedar cove nurseries has on the ground about one million of beautiful fruit trees vines and plants in select from including nearly three hundred varieties of home acclimated tested fruits and at rock bottom prices delivered to you at your nearest railroad station freight charges paid i can please every one who wants to plant a tree grape vine or strawberry plant etc i have no coinjmirative competition as to extent of grounds and desirable nursery lock or quantity 1 can and will please you 1 have all siz?s of trees desired from a '■'> foot tree to i and 7 feet high and stocky priced descriptive catalogue free ad it w craft prop l:ly shore vadkin county n <". caution beware l fraud as my name and hie price arc stamped on tlie bottom of all my advertised t-hots before leaving the factory which protect tin 1 wearers ajniiust high prices and inferior goods if a dealer offers w ti douglas shoes at i reduced price or says lie lias them without my nauie am price stumped os tlu ljuttoii put liiii duwh as ci fraud r ,, wt w l douglas 3 shoeb gentlemen thconly calf s3 skami.kss slio sniooth in av l douglas 4 shoe the ordinal an.i only liaud-sewed welt 54 shoe kijuals custom-made av/i^ihhiclttas r>o rotice shoe railroad iru and letter carriers all wear mem smooth inside as a hand-sewed shoe notacksor wax thread to hurt the feet w l douglas »'"^'!) shoe is unexceued 0 w!!'l?'dougla t 3.s5°wobk!n^man's shok i the litv-t in the world for rough wtiir one 1 1i'!'r h i)oi;(ilas's shoe for boys is 1 sulh ' youth's schock slioi pives the small boys a chance to wear the best button and lace if not eold wil douglas brockton mass m s brown agent salisbury 1 l:tiil july 20 wanted traveling and local siiu-siiiiiii for agrifiiltural and ma chinery specialties sell to the trade state aue reference amount expected for salary and expenses address m assay co monleluma ( ja this bbss3?£wv3 ' w."wtaye a son uw luttoonaxl evn for the watchman bells and belles imi wasn't hcxgky see the porters with the bells — breakfast bdls wli.it i dish of juicy hash their tapper n fore tells how they shake em shake era shake yni in their black and scaly hands a - they take em take em take era ( and they never j^et forsake cm i whilst they ki<lc the flying sands keep time time time hi ii miri of negro iniiiio to the cnaselefci jingleation that so magically wells from the bells bells bells bells iu-i1 bells bells from the ringing aud the swinging of the bells now we have the tuthcr bells dinner bells ; what i pile of eggs and soup their clattering foretells down the long and dusty street how the boarders ear they x>'eet from the national hotels at midday ? how it teels — how it tells 0>i thehuugry man that listen ar he vtlla all o k oh from out the dining hall what si gush of grub aroma comfort all ! how it swells lii'cathing spells to u fellow how it tells ou the stomach that now swells at the sobbing and the throbbing of the bells bells bells of the bells bl-lls bells bells at the clamor and tbe glaugorofthc bells i see the nijrgrers with the belk — ■ supper bells what i host of battereakes their turbuleuev tells n the dude's dilated e.-ir how they scream their tidings dear hut too f//v/m-itied to feel he can only reel reel in a whirl a he gives the multitude a vain and vacant look iu gweareth vengeance on the mad and fran tic cook — swearing more more more till he makes himself a bore all liis pitiful endeavor now now to sit or ne er by the side of his lale-faeed girl i hi the dishes dishes dishes ! wh.ii a hundred thousand wishes to devour ! how they start and stop ninl start what a blessing they impart 1 ust within a sol i tar \ hour ! yet the ear it fully know h l!v the stopping a ml the sopping how the lasses ebbs and hows vet the eye distinctly tells by the taking and the ■• raking ' how the dishes lose their spells by the winking or the blinking in theaglingof the belles of the belles of the belles belles belles belles belles belles belles !!,\ the croaking ami the choking of the belles way ■ ■» i4g>«-p'i . — story of a superb september ship fight f u these prosaic and piping times of peace it is really curious to note how little the come day go day selfish and self complacent american citizen is interested in the building up of a navy liis pulse does not mend its sluggish methodical pace when he reads in our regular correspondent's special open ing parapraph that the double turreted iron monitor puritan the largest sliip in secretary whitney's new and vast ly improved navy has been sent to the government yards at norfolk va to lie completed lie barely remembers that such a vessel was launched a few months ago and that it has a displace ment of 0,001 ions or more because the daily papers said so but to the present utility 7 or future achievements of this plate armored and very formid able sea sweeper he is provokiugly in different "^ et it was not always so and as a quickening influence upon my busi ness enslaved fellow countrymen i shall here tell them a tale of brilliant heroism which must set their blood tingling * "'* four-nnd-seventy years ago date sept 20 18j3 the american privateer general armstrong built by ueiisselaer havens for several xew york merchants cast and or inlh neutral portuguese harbor of l-'ayal one of the azores these islands as e cry school boy knows are grouped in the atlantic ocean below the 40th parallel of north latitude and about 27 degs longitude west from greenwich tiie < len armstrong carried c\<'\i guns and many gallant hearts samuel chester kied was commander fred erick a worth was his first lieutenant be a brother of jen william jenkins worth who made a big reputation at f'hippewa with winfield scotf and a third of a century later in conquered mexico jlis monument is the tall granite shaft at the junction of broad way and fifth avenue opposite xew york's famous madison square alex ander williams was second lieutenant and robert johnson third lieutenant of the armstrong there was a crew of ninety tneii and this count included the officers the vessel hail been nam ed in honor of a soldier statesmen diplo mat and author who was our minister to france during napoleon's time and became secretary of war in 1812 off the coast of s tilth america that year the ien armstrong then commanded by guy lv i hainpliii had encountered the british sloop coquette mounting twenty-seven guns and badly crippled her it was left for <'; ( pt kied how ever to show to the world wh it amer ican sailors could do when they went heart and soul gun and cutlass i-rce ly into action ui vessel in cnl-d vva l'e an 1 twenty days -..:< \ c!ca <■■'! from new yoak's blockade he entered faval harbor at high noon to refill the armstrong's casks and barrels * reid's personal history is most inter esting he was horn at norwich conn late in the summer of l783,and died in new york city about three months prior to the bombardment of fort sumter in 1861 his father was a british officer who conscientiously and bravely fought the american col onies in revolutionary days it was samuel chester hied who refusing a post captaincy in our navy after his brilliant victory at fayal became port warden of new york and invented and put into operation the signal telegraph from study hook to the narrows an battery he was the designer of our present national standard and the fath er of ten children their excellent beautiful and talented mother was a daughter of capt nathan jennings still honorably spoken of by his nu merous descendants at or near fairfield conn immediately after the gen arm strong had anchored off faval the american consul john b dabney ordered water to be promptly sent aboard the vessel and invited capt ried to dine with him a pleasant afternoon was passed at the consul's house and in driving about the island about sun set having returned to the armstrong with his shore friends ried noticed from his deck the rapid approach of six english war ships forming the squadron of commodore lloyd three vessels the plantageuet the rota and the carnation had a combined arma ment of 130 gnus and the whole fleet carried upwards of 2,000 fighting sea men in flagrant defiance of neutral ity laws commander lloyd attacked gen armstrong with iiis greatly su perior force hut he soon found that he had caught a veritable marine tartar next morning having counted his dead wounded and presumed to be drowned he bitterly remembered that admiral cochrane was waiting for him at jamaica for re-enforcements that would never lie available in the propos ed conquest of new orleans # # # darkness settled over fayal island and threw its heavy mantle on the peaceful land locked day capt ried was wary certain movements on board lloyd's flag ship the plantagenet had excited the american s suspicion he knew l here would be a full moon and having dismissed his guests and set them oii shore he quickly ordered the armstrong's deck to be cleared for ac tion and moved the vessel nearer to the island until it was within shadow of the governor's castle the moon had now risen and by its light capt ried discovered about 8 o'clock that four boats each containing forty men were being pulled towards the doomed privateer he repeatedly hailed them but got no replv they were soon alongside but he was ready for them as the liritish seamen attempted to board the armstrong the valiant reid passed the word to hisgnnners to open fire on the four boats they were beaten off with fearful slaughter and two of them retired so severely broken that it was with the utmost difficulty they could be kept afloat it being now apparent that the english squad ron intended to renew the onslaught and crush their nettling adversary the governor of faval dispatched a mess age to commodore lloyd forbidding any further hostile demonstrations the haughty briton replied that if any attempt was made by the portu guese to shield the geu armstrong he wo ild at once fire up i castle and town three hours passed but they were not wasted by rind lie knew too well the value of time and preparation and took all the chances at midnight fourteen boats and 500 desperate britishers renewed the unequal attack the dauntless son of connecticut listen ed to the english shout no quarters and vowed that none should be given by liis gunners or crew again there was an outburst of powder hare and an avalanche of hot shot the english recoiled but not in confusion they stubbornly kept up the attack but for more than half an hour supplied a gory harvest to capt ried and his spartan nerved sailors blood was flowing everywhere around the arm strong and rivulets of it from the pri vateer's slippery decks tinged the wa ters of fayal bay thr f the eng lish boats had been sunk and 28'j of their men killed or wounded capt ried dexterously used his cutlass to repel boarders grasping it with his left hand while pistol after pistol ■ 1 , l le,l and primed by powder buys flamed from his right hand and 1 lid many a stalwart britisher on lory ' eternal quarterdeck the intrepid williams second lieutenant of the gen armstrong was killed in the fore part of the action and his brother of ficers worth and johnson were b ith severely wounded but ried himself miraculously escaped with hardly a bruise his total loss was nine men and of these only two were killed out right * # at di break of the 27th cotnm hlore lloyd signaled the carnation to open her guns upon th ■ armstrong and try to ink th it v---l riwl kepi up ' a vigorous return fire and finally com pelled the english brig to haul off for , ivj ii?o s i eing n > way t i ev:i e tl ■ , doom which threatened his little craft i reid scuttled the armstrong went on i shore with his heroic crew and took refuge in u dismantled fort on the is land knocked away the drawbridge and grimly prepared for a continuance of sanguinary results although com ' niodore lloyd defitd the portuguese | governor and threatened to land 500 i valorous english men he didn't make good his brag in fact he had more than enough of samuel chester rietl and of night fighting in neutral waters with yankee born demons ijis fleet augmented by the sloops thais and calypso was detained at faval ten days for burials and repairs it then sel sail for jamaica and uied took another dinner with his warmly approved friend consul dabney landing at savaniiali t.'ii weeks la ter the commander of the gen arm strong was met at every city and town as ho journeyed northward with heart gratifying testimonials of a nation's esteem virginia tendered him a pub lic dinner and richmond baltimore and philadelphia excelled their prover - ial hospitality in receiving samuel chester ried who had so signally humbled the marine prowess of eng land the state of new york voted liim an elecpint gold hilted and jeweled sword and america's m fcropolis ad e ! a massive service of silverware to a round o bantjiiets and receptions the modest hero of faval harbor al most suecenmbed to t l ii promiscuous welcome and wa sail his exploit at the azores made a profound sensation in europe it was referred to by an admiring and ca'ndid writer in a lou don newspaper as the essence of he roism at a venerable age this courageous dashing scarred and peace honored american surrendered a life worthily filled out just as his beloved country was nerving and girding itself for a dreaded ordeal fratricidal war hkxuv clay ll'kexs — q>qi caught in his own trap buiffton or de land wharf as it i now called the st . john's river laud in for this town used to be a f.iinous place for gators the river there is narrow and deep but wide and shallow bayous stretch out on every side fnl i of tisii and before the advent of the mur derously inclined northern sportsman it was a paradise for saurians any warm day a person standing on the wharf could easily count them by scores lazily resting out on the sand pits enjoying the hot rays of the sun.j hut a few vears of the immense travel j on the st john's in the years ism to i 1n-s4 before the railroads entered into j competion as they do now completely i killed out the gator family there or } else dispersed them to other fields where the shotgun and winchester are unknown in the early d iy of florida travel it i was i|!iite the thing for the sportsmen to stand on the forward deck of tin river steamers and bombard every live creature that came within range from a liinpin or l poor joe to herons egrets and gators after a f.-w ye irs of such destructive work and when they noted that the beautiful plumage birds were growing scarce on the ro mantic st john's the rivei men be gan to see when their interests were being injured and from that time for ward all shooting from the steamers was strictly prohibited one of the famous characters of that time was an old colored mm known as fisher jim hi real name was probably never thought of and from his living on the water al most and hunting fish giitors and birds be became known as fisher jim and lie would have hardly an swered i any other call old lim was a cute one for both fish and gators he could secure plenty of good fish when others compl lined of poor luck and he secured a very re munerative trade from the passing steamers he also made war on the saurians but never with a gun as he aid de noise done frighten em off too much for their capture he n>rt a harpoon or a net but hi - mos t ef fectual method was by means jf aslip noose gators are greai travelers and uil r'it y wander from one pond to another making regular tracks or paths jim would skirmish around t ill he fo ind such a path le.uliug from one lake to ;;!,,,■ her then he would make prepara tion to have thai pat li w irk for his profit selecting a large overhanging limb of soni ■ 1 i*_r <> : ik that hung over the p ith li •• irefully scraped the up per surface or edge sm i th getting a long rope he made a l ri ug slip uoose at one end i i i 1 r ;>■■ over the limb lie drew ti ml down to the p itii and opening hie no se he ar ranged so that a gator walking along the path must pass through it but it was i-arefuliv hid with leaves and br ish s that the m t uspi • ti wo>j aot be aware of the deadly trip aw lit iiil him the other otu ol was held by jim n yaird or s ■ off lie hind some safe sciven an old alligator w i ild to n liiil r along uuconscio is of d i iger aim pass into the folds of the fatal i no i-e 1 iui would be watching cai ■ .- _• ■ . oenl he in-oiild jiull i ■ - ■ _•:.:,-■■. li.'l the s liirian's ! ody or neck ai " y tin astouisheil and bewi d re i r»'|i ,,;]' the gr i;i!i ■ ( '■ i - : '■- v -' '■ ' " ■} that after he had raised nnd fastened the animal al>ove the ground he would come and lit down near the struggling prisoner and well-nigh laugh himself to death at the comical appearance the big fellow mside swinging in tin air bellowing and threshing vainly in his frantic efforts to get !«»,-,.. when it was thoroughly tired out l>v it useless straggles mi would end its i-xi>temv by a blow on the soft par of ihe skull with his axe jim of tened described tlif surprise and ehagriu of the gat r when first yanked un in the iiir,sayihg the air of helplessnes and wonder that seemed to appear in their actions were simply rib-tickling i'ui jim tried on the game once too often rind the story of his tragic death which was very peeuliac server to keep his memory fresh in the minds of the negroes thereabouts on monday night in company with his little boy he started out to set his trap as he had secured an order to capture a gator alive the hoy told the tale afterward about as follows crossing the river they went oft about half a mile through the denso hummock till they came to a smoothly worn path leading between two small lake as he hadn't been there before for som ■ time jim felt his 7 ay care fully but soon struck a spot he was familiar with he fastened i rope around his body and threw it ouf the bait on the other end it was not long before there was n big t gator fast ened on it as soon as jim got him he gave a tug and the alligator began to thrash around in i very lively nuu | ner and to bellow loudly jim instant ly pulled the rope taut and bvjjnn tu haul away but this th old gator resented and he u m uu nulling violent ly in the opposite direction hi was such a big one that jim could not hoist him dear of the mound and there was inching nenr by around v»hitrli n tuna eutsld lv taken to secure the rope scon jim begun to perceive that the gator had the best of the ii^'ht slowlj but surely he wasbauled along till finally he stood right under the limb wet which the ropo v:is passed tl e gator had passed on down the path and was pulling like a t 1 tm engine to get away jim began to feel fright ened now and endeavored to unloose the rape around his body but th strain on the rope prevented hi securing a*iy slack fo accomplish it tu hi horror and fright h • found th t tin pitor was slowly pulling him oli the gronud this didn't suit him at all and lie yelled f r h ip the boy eatnc tip uiiid clung to his heels butt ay helped him but little soon the chap had todropoff,and his release sent • tim up n foot or so higher there he huu up some six or seven feet above the ground the tlghi noose around his body dm 4 choking him his face was blnuehed to i dirty gray and his eyeballs seemed starting from his head he culled to the b y to run home forhelp and he at once started 1 1 u r being fngutnu-il hv utt his w.-tv and it was morning beion he arrived where help could l>e bad alarmed at the ludv wilil to!y sevenil negroes started out at once to jims aid arrived then 1 a horrible picture burst upon tuwr startled gaze hanging by tin neck was moi jim dctul his tongue hung out while his eyes seem ed almo t forced iml of their sockets his appearance indicated that he died in great iig ny an investigation showed thai lie had jitteinpted to climb up toward the limh band over li;nid bailing in this he bad trietl to get the rope from iiround liis body he had succeeded partially but probably just a be had trietl t > uss it over his head bis strength had f.iileil and he felt the coil settling about his neck and stran gling him his holv was carefully taken down and carired home the old gator i monstrous one w.i found at the other end of th roji • thoroughly tangled up in the bu sites md the negroes b<-at h tn to d • i ii wit h pine knots nu gittors have i-vor since been canght there in the am ■ m inner since jims leath ls the u--^r ■■■• arc terribly su persti iou '.: i i;i thing and say f any oi ise 1 1 n-i it there li (> 1k»'m1 and killed tor sur •. n . /. i "'. itoftr-ih iiuhiat a;i overwhelming fact n a \ ■-.'.. li raid ind \\ i priutn i a si ati;menl made some i 1 ■ i . > me of i lie principal wool len m:i:iilf.i t this p irl f th : . . ii ii millm only one of which is running on full time hie ten are not only idle but for sale ; v can kfht at almost air fig ure that in iv h • ouvre i ii told n '/ i ■ -.'. lie would s«-u •' •,.• i lie c ist of ih ■ m ichiuery w ... ; .. ■ ljuil lings and the lai.d n i one n ■ ." - i hem ; there is , the l»i h ■ was : tsked ■'• h ■' '■'• id hiipjien if the duty . iff r i a wools l'\\r reply -•■ his mills would • for sa ■•: he would have use for liiv him raw iiiat<-ri wu ihl starl up every o u of the mill t hat means eniplo - .. . • nan hundroili c»f liauda he i ■ ■ !■ ■: t in allltti uii t a i ivirr rice than they .-: i • in m i irger sales a and he collld • ■ i london nd under ,. . mien in their own market public liiice is a i ibl i tin t gboveb clevel isv