Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-06-05
For the Standard,
DAVIDSON COUNTY.

At the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, May
Term, 1861, majority Of the magistrates being
present, DR.. William r. Holt offered the following
preamble and resolutions, towi;:
WHEREAS, call has been made by the Governor
of the State Of North Carolina, for volunteer force
Of 10000 men, to repel hostile invasion now in
movement by land and sea, mercilessly to subugate
the State to unconditional submission to black Re-
publican rule, and the people of Davidson county
desiring periodically to resist to the last extremity
any such movement, and to afford such aid and en-
enlargement to volunteers who may enrol their
names in favor of serving in the emergency, the
justices Of the peace of Davidson county, majority
assembled at this, the May Term Of the Court Of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for 1861, do hereby
Resolre, That the of twenty thousand dol.
lars he hereby appropriated to aid in equipping fur
nishing material for necessary use and subsistence
and making outfit for all volunteers that have, or
may hereafter volunteer from our county and enrol
themselves in the defence of the State or the Con-
tederate States South and also to aid in the subss
tence, when necessary, of their families left behind
them.
Resolred, That five commissioners be appointed,
who shall elect chairman secretary and treasurer
the last of whom may be the same individual, who
shall borrow money, Issue bonds, or both, under
the above limitations and in pursuance of an act Of
Assembly, for the payment of which, the faith of
the county is hereby pledged to redeem at suitable
definite periods, and that tax will be laid for that
purpose.
Resolred, That certificates shall be given to all
those persons who have advanced funds to aid and
assist in furnishing and equipping the volunteers
heretofore, the money refunded or taken in lieu of
their county taxes.
Res0lred, That the commissioners aforesaid shall
from time to time report their proceedings to the
County Court, and shall make full record of them,
and that they be paid a reasonable sum for their
services.
RESOLVED, That the following persons act as said
commissioners, viz: Alfred Hargrave, c. F. Lowe,
Samuel Hargrave, Burrell B. Roberts and James p
Stinson
The above resolutions were unanimously adopted,
and confirmed by order of this Court.
On motion of DR.. c. L. Payne, it is ordered by
the Court that the Clerk send copies of the above
proceedings to three or more newspapers in this
State, for publication.
CT LOWE, G. &C
By L. c. HANEs, D. G.. &C.
copy.
CHEEsE.--We beg leave to call the attention of
the farmers of Orange Aamance, Guilford Ran
dolph. Chatham, Forsyth, Stokes, and the middle
and Western counties Of North-C Carolina generally,
to the vast field Of profit and usefulness opened to
them by the prospective exclusion of Northern
Cheese from the South. 1t has become great ar
ticle of consumption, almost necessity, and the
North has enjoyed monopoly Of the Southern
market. Among the other things of which we
must of necessity become independent let the
housewives Of North Carolina take care Of this
Let them inform themselves of the most approved
modes Of making cheese-not the hard white hick-
ory cheese, SO called which we have sometimes
seen,-but such rich and nutritious article as their
fine cattle and rich meadows put it in their power
TN 4 81 a. II
with the modus operandi, but if not already known
BY the ladies on whom we CALL it can probably DO
obtained from m Encyclopedia, or Patent Office
Report Fayetteville Observer. 3's5