The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-01-25
Bill Arp on the Cand|eTs'
How Aliens Father Drilled
His Company During
the War.

DuJ Nil:1 INV HllItl sOIuuldIiS NIIS-
pers, "Gentlemen Of the Banks County
Guards" | know of but one Gambler
family in the State and all its members
are marked for force and originality.
This family goes back to Il evolutionary
sire and has inherited his virtues, his
| patriotism. his integrity and self-reiianct.
| never knew Il family that had more
self-reliance. They lean Oh nobody, and
ask no favorS, but forge ahead. Yes.
they forge ahead and carve their own
way in the battle of life, but not to make
money. They are al poor. but are in
dependent and successful. | don't mean
to say they are poverty stricken, but !
never knew a Gambler WHO WAS ricf.
Riches are mot their goal. | know ri
two generations Of these Gamblers aud
they are all alike-the girls and the boys
alike in their family t~rainlng-thelr
estimate of duty. their sobrlety their high
ambition, their che5rfulness, their faIth
in God and His DEGREES.
"Gentlemen of the BANKS County
Guards, YOU will please to right face
1t was during the long winter Ct
1S61-'62 when we were in winter quar-
ters at Cent5rville. Va, We boys used t.
90 down occasionally to hear Captain
Gambler drill his company. This Cap
liII NtdlltltI WIS tIlt III VI 'll lINA'
governor, and like all the Gamblers, had
his own ways and methods. lie was 4
Chesterfield III manners, a StoneWall III
patriotism and was never knOWn to use
! any profane language or to relate a ynl-
gar anecdote. His politenesS was in
tnitive. He couldn't help it. Gentle
men Of the Banks County Guards, please
to give me your attention. | hold in
my hand an order from the colonel ON
handing directing me to take You on
picket duty to Mason's hill to-morr1Y
morning at sunrise and that you provide
| two days rationr for that service. |
trust that it will be your pleasure to
comply with that order"
All his commands We're polite requests
and even the rudest of his men were ina
proved and refined in their manners and
conversation by association with HMM. He
was a patriot. Il soldier and always 4
gentleman. The Second Georgia was
commanded by the brave Colonel
Semmes, and sometimes when the re2i-
ment was ON drill or dress parade Gen
eral Johnston and his staff would hap
pen there just to hear Captain Gambler
drill his men. "Gentlemen of the Banks
County Guards, You will observ. thai
the. eyes of our great leader are npon
You. and / trust that YOU will show your
very best soldiery training while in his
presence. Gentlemen of the Banks
County Guards. you will please TO should
er arms: right face: forward march, He
always uncovered his head and thank
ed them when the drill was over..Ir
I reckon these Gamblers We're original
~ Chambers. for | find no Gamblers III
my biographies. Probably the ancestor
got Disguised with those fanati-
cal fellows up north who abus-
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from his name and boycottcd the whole
concern. have been domiciled with
these Gamblers in Georgia and Mississ
ippi, and they are alike in strength and
force of character and good citizenship.
They use 10 corrupt methods to gain
their ends. Whether as preachers CT
eachers. or college presidents. or judges,
or members of Congress, they keep their
places without the aid of rings, o.
schemes. or promises. l knew some OF
these Gamblers away back in the ~forties
at Nuckodisville. when the Pigeon Roost
gold mine was considered an Eldoradt
and n remnant of the Cherokees Wcr;
! still hanging around. The fact is tina
our Allen came pretty near being n
Indian. for old Mrs. Pascal was his god
mother. and she had lived among ttlt
Indians. Her son married John Ridge.
daughter. the princess of the tribe. til,
cousin. Milton Gambler. looks more like
am Indian than Il white man. and All OF
them have the stoiciSm of the race.
While they are all devoted to Their
kindred and TO the moral principles OF
their ancestors. yet strange to say they
have separated in their religious faith
for some are BaptiStS and some az
Metholists and some Presbyterians. Blu
whatever they are they are that all owe
| and whatever they do is done we'll.
SO now let rings aud combinations take
a back scat for 4 while and let the PEG
pie speak and Colonel Gambler will =,
into office with the cid time majority D
$4,000. and there Will be a reunion o
the old time Democracy. The rugge,
honesty of the man will satisfy an,
crafty the ponulists everywhere and al
discussions will be buried. He has al
ready spoken for economy and lower tax
eS and II" means it. The truth lis tia
our taxes have got to be a burden to-
great to be borne. and every Legislature
adds to it. | remember when the rat
was only 10 cents on q hundred dollars
and now it is ten times that in the coun
try and twenty times in Il town or city
, Some strong mind has got to take hol,
of this thing and stop it. We want
Moses to lead the people our of their DIES
p%ondency. They have almost despaired 0
ever seeing purity in state politics again
a and the recent possum debauch at New
nan gives no harbinger Of Improvement
But Judge Fite said to-day that tn
power of these political combinations wa
not dead nor dormant, and that Will
the voice of the people was almost unan
n imous for Gambler. it was still pOssibi
to defeat him in q nominating copv71
d ton. County conventions can still b
packed by Shrewd politicians and the OF
" remedy il to have primaries in ever.
militia district on the same day. RIM
4 may pack one conventions. but they can
pack ten or a dozen in each county o
the same day.
Friends. Romans. countrymen, Let IL
Ill awake to the magnitude Of thr situa
e ton and place sentinels on the watch
overs and see to it that honest method
e are used in the next election. Lot iii
dead past bury its dead. but let rs TAX