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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10
The N. @. Veterans Association.

The North Carolina Confederate
Veterans Ass, cialion will m,e1 at
Raleigh on wednesday of Fair week,
October 16. 1889. 1t is expected
that every c.unty will be represented,
and it is hoped that every old Con
fedgrate soldier who can will attend.
The railroad fare is only one cent a
mile and makes it psssi5le for all to
come.
Addresses are expected from Gov
ernor Lee, Governor Gordon Senator
Vance, Senator Ransom, and other
distinguished soldiers.
On the night of October 10Th, in
the Senate Chamber, there will be a
business meeting and it is the object Of
this graud meeting to adopt the best
-and simple-t plan for making the old
Confederate soldier who is for any
cause unable to support himself pass
his declining years in comfort and
honor.
The purposes of the Confederate
Veterans Association are eminently
worthy of the confidence and supp" t
Of all who sincerely desire to relieve
the necessities of the INDECENT heroes
of the State who are not provided for
by the pension law and who are now
subjected to the gross inlignity o1
being forced to exist in poor-houses
or to suffer elsewhere for the necessa
ries of life.
The only just and wise Course for "s
to pursue is to meet and decide what
ought to be done or what we ere will
ling to do, and then to do it.
The honor of North Carolina ii
pledged to do justice to these need,
men.
| j.. CARR, President.
w. F. BEAsLEY, Chm'n Elk. Com.
w. G. SrRoNAcH, Secretary.
p@ We ask every paper in tn
State to publis h this address.
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Vol. XXXIU. No. 40.
A GRAND RECORD.
SOME NEW LIGHT ON NORTH CAR
OLINA'S HISTORY.

She Furnished More Confederate Soldiers
and Lost More Men Than Any Other
Southern State.
[Col. W. II, Bmguyn in Ns,cs- Observer. ]
Some little time since. in comment
in- on certain statements contained in
q spec ch | delivered before the Veter.
ans Association of this county
(Vance) ON July 4th last, you said
you did not know the source of my
information and would be glad to
have it. The record made by the
troops from North Carolina for he
roism on the battle field and devotion
to the cause of the Southern Confed-
eracy, as asserted in those statements,
was so far ahead of all the others of
the Southern States as naturally to
excite enquiry as to the correctness OF
these statements. In the last few
uays | have obtained copy of a
work called ''Regimental Losses in
the Civil War, 1861 1865" by Will
liam F. Fox, 1t Col. U. S. A, pub
lished by the Albany Publishing Com
pany, 1889.
La the i,refa,e Col. Fox says: "The
work IS offered only as convenient
digest Of efficient pub ications already
issued by the general government or
State military bureaus
No statistics are given here that are
not warranted by the official records.
The work represents the patient and
conscientious labor of wears. days and
often weeks having been spent on the
figures Of each regiment.
OF course, most Of the book, about
$50 pages, is taken up with the Fed
eral army and its several commands,
but he devotes his last chapter XIV to
Confederate Losses-Strength Of the
Confederate Armies = Casualties in
Confederate Regiments, &c, &c. -
We compile the following facts from
this chapter:
Aggregate enrolment of Confederate
Armies, about 0O,000
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10
THE NEWS IN DAVIE,
{ From the Mocksuille Times

Mr.. W. H. Kestier, of Fork Church,
has removed to Gibsonvllle, Il G.
Not over one hundred yards from
Centre church, this county, there is a
chestnut tree that measures % feet in
circumference just above the ground.
At height OF ten feet the tree forks
and each branch is as large as an or
dinary sized tree.
The railroad surveyors have COM
pleted the survey of the line between
here and Cleveland and are now in
M1cksville. We understand that
they are now going to survey line
from here to StatesviIle. Their reason
for doing this we cannot say 1t is
harG To keep up with the manelver-
ings of a railrosd company.
Mr.. Beilheimer, the Southport, At
lantic and Tennessee railroad man,
accompanied by Mr.. Labon, was in
town last Monday He says his com
pany is now at work on the line He
says this road will be built and at an
early day through Davie county.
We have nothing to say. We will
only wait and see.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10
Plantation Philosophy.

Ole age elder makes er man better
ur wuss. De apple elder gits ripe or
rutS.
l neber could have much confer
dence in de loud talkin' pusson. Its
de biggest tree lats de mos likely ter
he hoiler.
1t amt true dat sorrow 'velops all
de good p'ints o er man, fur de pusson
dat grows up in sorrow is like de
stalk o CON dat grows up in de shade
He mout be jest ez tall, but he wcn'i
be nigh SO healthy.
Ef wuz axed ter 'spress my pin
ion as ter de happiest angel in heben
would say dat it wuz de spirit O d.
man who had laughed his way in dar
.-Opie Read IN ArkansasU Traveller.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N G., THURSDAY, OCTOBER TO- 1885,

Sterritt's he went with a tolerable
face. Of course he had but little diff
Guilty in settling with him; for aside
from the fact that the Judges integri
ty was unquestionable, Sterritt had an
inkliDg Of the joke that had been
played. The Judge took his seat in
court, but it was observed that he was
subdued and melancholy, and that
his mind frequently wandered from
the business before him. There was a
lack of the sense and intelligence that
usually characterized his proceed
ings.
Several days passed, and the busi-
nfss OF the court w.s drawing to q
close, when one morning tough citi-
zen was arraigned on a charge OF
stealing. After the clerk had read
the Indictment to him, he put the
question:
Guilty, or not guilty?"
"Guilty-but drunk" answered the
prisoner.
whats that plea ?" exclaimed the
Judge, VIII" was half doing ON the
bench.
"He pleads guilty, but says he was
drunk" replied the clerk.
"What's the charge against the
MANI"
"He is indicted for grand larceny
May it please your honor;" said
the prosecuting attorney, "the man is
regularly indicted for stealing large
sum of money from the Columbus ho
tel"
"He is, hey ? and he pleads
"He pleads guilty, but drunk"
The Judge was now fully aroused.
"Guilly, but drunk! That is a
most extraordinary plea. Young man.
you are certain you were drunk %
eyes, sir"
"Where did you get your liquor p
CAT Sterritt's."
"Did you get none nowhere else p
"Not drop, sir
"You got drunk on his liquor, and
afterwards stole his money ?"
eyes, SIR
"Mr. Prosecutor" said the Judge
"do me the favor to enter q noite
prosequi in that mans case. That
liquor of Sterritt's is mean enough to
make a man do anything dirty. The
curt .ot drunk on it the other dag ana
stole all Of Sterritt's spo'a.s! Release
the prisoner, Mr.. Sheriff; l adjourn
the court"
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pany, with four remaining men, par
ticipated in the charge on the 3rd of
July, and Of these, the flag bearer was
shot and the captain brought out the
flag himself. This loss of the 26th
North Carolina at Gettysburg was the
severest regimental loss during the
war.
The next instance in point of nu-
merical loss is that CT the Second
North Carolina battalion, Daniels
brigade, Rhodes division. sustained
also at Gettysburg. General Ewell." :"
says Col. Fox, in foot note to page
566, Sin his official reports, states that
this battalion lost 200 killed and
wounded out of 24O present" The
next instance is that of the 9Th Ala
bama, Col. John B. Gordon, of Fair
Oaks, May 81, June 1, 1862. Rhodes
brigade, D. H. Hills division, which
lost 10 killed, PIT wounded and 5
missing, out of 632 engaged. The
next is that of the 4th North Carroll
ma, G. B. Anderson's brigade of the
same division and in the same battle !;
it sustained a loss of II killed, 286
wounded and six missing out of CTS
engaged.
It will doubtless surprise many to
learn that the two commands that
head this Remarkable list are North
Carolina troops, and that the record
was rnade on the field of Gettysburg.
In this connection it will do no harm
to state that one North Carolina regi
mcnt, the 26th, had more men killed
and more wounded at Gettysburg
than were killed or wounded in any
one of the three brigades, of five reg
iments each, that constituted Pickett's
division at Gettysburg. Also, that
lacking ten killed, the four North
Carolina regiments of Pettigrew' 8
brigade lost as many killed as were
killed in Pickett's fifteen regiments !;
and that the two North Carolina brig
ades of Daniel and Iverson lost more
men killed than Pickett's entire divis-
ion of three brigades of five regiments
each, and that when the battles were
over, and the retreat had to be made,
General Lee selected two brigades of
the much slandered Heath's division
to act as the rear guard of his army,
viz :: Archer's Tennessee and Petit
grew North Carolina, two brigades
that had covered themselves with glo-
ry in the three days fighting, and
were left but mere handful of men
to stand between the retreating army
and i's pursuing foe; and as if the
Nemesis of battle was not satisfied
with the blood already shed, the gen
eral of this North Carolina brigade
WAS called upon to sacrifice his life in
resisting the attack upon this rear
guard. Marshal Ney, firing the last
shot as he retreated across the Me
men, "the solitary rear guard of the
grand army" is no sublimer figure
than Pettigrew, after his magnificent
three days fighting at Gettysburg,
yielding up his life in defending the
rear guard of the Army of Northern
Virginia, on this, its last retreat across
the Potomac.
1t is also established by Col. Fox 8
tables that the North Carolina troops
not only head the list of commands
that sustained the greatest regimental
loss in any one battle, but also they
head the other list, that of the great
est percentage of loss sustained in any
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10
DAVIDSON DOINGS.

From the Lexington Dispatch and Lodge
The vault has been built in the new
bank.
Ninety-fve pupils were enrolled at
Lexington Seminary on Monday, and
still they come
Yesterday intelligence was received
of the death of Mr.. Hammet }. iIar-
ris which occurred Monday nj ght
after long illness. Mr.. Harris has
been a prominent citizen Of this coun-
ty tor many years. He served ones.term
in the legislature. He was sixty
three years old.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10
The Searcy Family.
[Fron, the Madison Leader.

Mrs E. L. Searcy, whose illness we
noted last week, died at her home,
about three miles south of Madison
ON Tuesday evening last. She was
about 70 years old, and had been in
very good health until few weeks
since, when she was stricken with her
last illness. Her death closes the last
chapter in notable family history.
Years ago the name of the Searcys
was All influence in the county and
no family was better known. The
largest business Of any kind under
one management ever conducted in
the county was carried on at the old
home-place, where Mrs. Searcy died.
There was in active operation foun-
dry, an oil mill, carding mill, gun
making shop. Touring and grist mills
and various other enterprises, of which
the Older people of the community are
familiar. But at the death of the
nwner, all the different industries car.
ried on there began to 60 down and
finally but little remained to point t..
the former thrift aud enterprise of the
| place.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10
Catarrh Can't Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, s,s they
caunnt reach the seat of the disease Ga
tarrh is "A blood or Constitutional disease
and in order IL cure it you have to take in
ternal remedies, Halls Catsrrh Cure is
taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mnciis surface. Halls Catarrh
Cure is no qiack medicine. 1t was pre-
scribe,i by one of the best physicians in this
country for years, ani is regular prescrip-
ton. II is composed of the best tonics
known, combined with the hest blood puri-
fiers, acting directly on the mucrl, surface.
The perfect combination of the two ingre
dients is what produces such wondrful result,
in curing catarrh. Send for testimonial,
free.
FL. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo, Q
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10
GERMANTON GLEANINGS.



The r & d. railroad quarters will
be removed from near Rural Hall to
Elkin in short while. The next
station e.. .it,lished will b.. at Hauser' s
Ferry, 10 miles ir,m Rura Hall.
Mr.. Henry Gunn, ni Winston. w;.s
in town last Sunday. He WAS accom-
panied by Miss Ola Leak.
Mr.. Coy futile, the champion to.
bacco raiser of Stokes, has marketed
the primings Of his crop, and the,
netttd him the neat little sum o
S265.
MIR Gid Samuel, highly respec,a
bic citizen of this county, died sudden
ly yesterday at his home near MI
Tabor church.
Prof. E. G.. White, graduate -
Music OF the d. ID. & b. Institute "
North Carolina, has taken oharge o
the music department of the German
ton Iastitute.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10

When we consider that the average
loss in the Union armies in killed or
mortally wounded and died of disease
was only SO per cent. of their total
enrolment of 2,23O,272 men. and
then ascertain that North Carolina's
loss in the late war was over 35 per
cent of her entire military population
Of 1861, and South Cardinals loss of
over 81 per cent, one may well ex
claim, as Col. Fox does when stating
the figures, "the result is certainly ex
traordinary in its heroic aspect"
Descending to losses sustained by
Individual regiments, Col. Fox gives
a list of those Confederate regiments
whose percentages of loss at particu
lar engagements were so great as "to
be remarkable" Gays Col. Fox, page
go: "The severity of the losses
among the Confederates, and the he
roic persistency with which they would
stand before the enemy's musketry,
becomes apparent in studying the Off
ciai returns Of various regiments.
At Gettysburg, the 2eth North Caro-
lima of Pettigrew's brigade, Heath's
division, went into action with an ef-
fectiye strength, which is stated in the
regilhental report as over 300 men
They sustained a loss, according to
Surgeon General Guilds report, of
06 killed and 5O2 woundesl. Total
5SS. In addition, there were about
120 missing, nearly all of whom must
have been wounded or killed, but as
they fell into the enemy's (our) hands
they were not included in the hospital
! report. This loss occurred mostly in
! the first days fight. The quar,ermas
ter of the 26th who made the official
| report on July 4th, states that there
were only 216 lett for duty after the
fight on The first The regiment then
participated in Pickett's charge Oh the
third day of the battle, in which it at
tackled the position held by Smyth's
brigade, Hays division, Second Corps
On the following day it mustered only
80 men for duty, the missing one.
having fallen in the final and uneuc
cessful charge. In the battle of the
first day, Capt. Tuttie's company went
(; into action with three officers and "a
men all the officers and 83 of th,
men were killed or wounded. On th,
same day and in the same brigad,
(Psttigrew's), Company c, of the It'll
North Carolina, lost two officers kill
ed and "a out of SO men killed o.
wounded. Capt. Bird. of this com
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10
HIGH POINT HAPPENINGS,
From the High Point Eaterl3,- sc.

Mr.. B. c. Jinnett brought lis last
week branch of a tree bearing a full
bloom and a ripe apple.
Mrs W. H. Ragan and Mrs. j. b.
Richardson spent Wednesday and
Thursday visiting friends in Winston.
The empire Plaid Mills are turning
out some very handsome new style
cottonades We are proud Of this,
but would feel better if the cotton was
spun here What say you?
The free school will open Monday
October 14th Mr.. J. A. Turner, VIII,
SO successfully managed the schnn
last year will be principal
Messrs. A. r. Hammer and w. X
league have purchased ioi on Steele
street, near the cemetery, and will
within two nr three weeks, commence
the erection of a large steam gris
| mill.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10
Merit Wins.

We desire to say to our citizens, that for years
we have been selling DR.. Kings New Discovery
Tor Consumption, DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Elec ric Bitters. and
have rever handled remed that sell we'll
or that have given such universa! sati faction.
We do nos hesitate to guarantee them every
time, AID we stand ready to refund the purchase
price, if satisfactory results do not follow their
use. These remedies have wonth cir great pop
ulaity, purely on their merits Dr.V. o rhomp
son. Druggist sells them.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10
MT. AIRY MATTERS.
From the Mt. airy Ners

A large number of people from this
place and vicinity attended the circns
at Winston last Thursday.
The farmers are jubilant over their
success in curing tobacco this year
Look out for good prices for the leaf
Died, near Fiat Shoal, ON Septen,-
ber 2Sth, 1889, Miss Rpzilla Redman
daughter Of Mr.. w. 5 Redman, in her
10Th.
B. II. Wooleil, Esq, of Raleigh
Past Grand Muster of Odd Fellows OF
North Carolina, lectured at the Meth
odist church in this place Thursday
night.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

HAVING Quaiilieti aS Executor of the
will o; Martha !. Fair, iecei,. /. | hereby
give nitIce t. all lsartia. having Gains
against the estate ri me 'lecetse.; L, present
them. duly qualified, bei.,re tlr Sltl day If
October 1899, ur this 40 ic,: Val he pie id ia
bar oil their recovery
Il ). LiNViLLt Executor
Oct. s, $50: OF Ia.trt /. FAIR.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10
ASHCRAFT & OWENS
DRUG STORE.
Notice of administration.

iiavins qnilitiei - Administrator Of
.j..hn j. >toltz heed ;,,tice is h,r--.iv -,r-n
Ter ail persons having claims aZata-, ~.It
estate IL present th.n Il me for :t;vn n,nt
"u 81 before the l,t .l-lr # Oci ,!,-r. 800
or his notice will ise l,i--;,I in bar Il ,ieIr
recovery. Alsr all i,er,rl, indebted L, t',e
said estate are hereby notiiie To n,<e
settlement with me at un.e.
D ~ BiNkLEI, Admir-
Oct. 3, 'S9-6w. of Jnn. IL. -tultz.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10
A Crying Need.
[From the Mashingto, POST

What the American brass band
most needs is a managing editor. On
the occasion of the late serenade to
Senator Sherman by the Ohio Repub
licans the band played Listen to my
tale of woe, and "rhe tsampbells are
coming" When Gen. Malone opened
his campaign the leader of the band
got in his iendish work by playing
"Listen to the mccking bird" The
brass band needs watching.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10

/ Little King Alexander Of Servia is
much impressed with a sense Of his
own dignity. He can hardly write
three lines on any topic without using
the expression II, the King
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
IN THE ADJOINING
COUNTIES

The Good and Bad Deeds of Our Neighbors
What is Going on in This Blessed
Piedmont Country---A Little of Every
thing.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10

Governor Fitzhugh Lee is getting 80
st ut that when he wants tp NOUN, "a
horse he doesn't do it.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10

Col. Fox also says: THE rolls of
the North Carolina regiments have
been printed, and with the eight regi-
ments of junior and senior reserves,
show a total enrolment of 5000"
1t thus appears that North Carolina
furnished in the late war 10000 more
soldiers than her entire military popu
Lation in 1861
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Hanelujahs in Stokes.

From the Danbury Reporter
DIR. j. w. Neal is happy as big
''boon Jug" It's gal.
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| omit Alabama from above list, as
Col Fox says: Nearly all the Ala
bama muster rolls are missing, and the
above returns are incomplete, but are
compiled from the muster rolls on file
lii lhe bureau ofConfederate archives.
To appreciate the force fthe above
statistics, | quote the military popula-
ton Of above States In 1851
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-10

She Furnished More Confederate Soldiers
and Lost More Men Than Any Other
Southern State,
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03
Fowls in Large Number.

Breeders may say what they will about
massing fowls, but there is only one sure
and safe way to keep plarge focks, whether
young or old, and that is separate them
into smaller lots, each one to occupy q
place for itself Theevils sofOvercrowding of
fowls in restricted quarters are too well
known nowadays to pass by without
comment or cenSure. OVercrOWding, bad
ventilation and uncleanliness are the
triple evils which have brought more ruin
and desOlatiOn to large establishments
than all other careless and msmanaged
practices put together There is no eX
cuse, because any temporary building or
shed may, with a little ''fxing up be
made to serve until the stock is largely
or wholly reduced, for q hOvel or apalace
is all the same to fowls iiitis amplespace,
good ventilation, with an air OF comfort
and cleanliness 1t matters not how
thrifty the fowls may be when gathered
from the runs, a few weeks of close coop
ing will tell on them. The hens will cease
to lay, the cocks lose their natural vigor
and amative gallantry, lice will generate
and hold carnival, and serious loss in
health and money value will be the inevi-
table results-Ohio Poultry Journal.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-04-03
Indiana State Poultry Association.

Editor Poultry Department.:
1t is with greatinterest that the Indiana
show has been watched throughout the
country. This great interest is neglected
by all agricultural papers. 1t is greater
than the corn crop of the United States
it is something that does well in the
South, and should be given proper atten-
ton. Your readers are more or less in
terested in poultry, and want to know
where they can get stock toimprove their
fowls; they need new blood the same as
sheep, horses, cattle and hogs, and them
terest is of great Importance, as many of
your readers buy all their groceries with
their fowls and eggs. The show | hand
you a report OF had nearly $500 speci-
mems in the hall and was the largest show
held this season; we only give scores of
best stock. Ifyou would give the above
space in your POULTRY DEPARTMENT it
would be of great benefit to yourreaders.
Il. A. PIERCE.