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It has b(*en pretty well established !
that Admiral Schley was in the tight '
at Santiago.
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The brigands who captured Miss i
Stone in Kuropenn Turkey demand '
$110,000 as a ransom.
Miss Helen Long, daughter of Secretary
of War Long, died at Hingham,
Mass., last Friday.
Detectives and secret service men
have failed to implicate any anarchist
with Czolgosz in the murder of
President MeKiniey.
The Constitutional convention of
Virginia is a sort of chronic affair.
It is a long-winded aff.;ir and no one
has power to prorogue it.
Tammany iJul 1 nominated Edward
M. Shepurd for mayor of New York.
He and President Low will make the
race and it will be a lively one.
The American Board of Missions
have refused to pay the ransom demanded
by the brigands of Turkey
for Miss Stone, the captured missionary.
Near Helena, Montana, James Ed wsrd
Brady was lynched Weda^seuKi^g
a- f> year-old
girl. The same day two negro boys
were lynched at Shelbyvilie, Ky., foi
stoniuing a printer to death.
. The colleges of the State hav<
opened well. The South Carolinf
College has 2tM) students. Limestoni
has about all they have room for
Furman University had a most satis
factory opening. The female col
leges of Greenville had large number
of pupils the first day.
The Schlev courtmartial is brinf
ing out much evidence in regard t
t!ic tight at Santiago. l"p to the clos
of l is* week the general impressio
was that Admiral Schley would nc
be convicted of the grave charg*
made against him. It isalsoevidei
that there is much sherj rivalry at
envy and meanness in the Unit*
Stales navy.
The company of the 1". S. Infant
attacked by the insurgents at tl
t * A11 of Hulangana, in the I'hili
pus September 2D, consisted of
officers ai d 72 men. Of these ail t
ofic-^rs ;.iu forty men were kille
Id wounded ; '? in's.-ing. '1 he atta
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w io completely stirj rised the inf?
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Mrs. H K. Heicitsh gave a reeep- j
tion Mondav afternoon in honor of
lier father, Mr. A. G. Means' birth- 1
Jay. It was a most enjoyable occa- '
sion. Those present were warm personal
friends of Mr. Means and his |
children and their congratulations
came from warm, loving hearts.
Mr. Crawford Page and Miss Mary
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.Jacason were uappuj u?u<u
bunds of wedlock ou the 2nd instant
at the home of the bride near Welllord,
Rev. J. E Freeman officiating
A large crowd of relatives and friends
witnessed the ceremony and participated
in the joy of the occasion and |
in eating the nice supper prepared by
the parents of the bride. The happy
couple left on the following day for
their new home in the New Prospect
community.
J. T. Robertson, postmaster at Cowpens,
has been arrested on the charge j
of embezzlement. The charge is that
jC. T. Narramore, of i'nion, sent a
I money order to his wife at Cowpens
and that Robertson deducted
a certain amount owing him
by Narramore. He was arrested
and brought before Commissioner
McGowan Thursday. The preliminary
trial was set for next Thursday.
Robertson gave a $1,000 bond for his
appearance.
The October Cosmopolitan is full of
good things. There is not a dull page
in it The illustrations are very fine.
"A Painterof the Western Frontier,"
and "B^cvty on the Lohdon Stage"
will attract artists. 'Actresses at
l.elsure" gives pictures and poses of
i many of the stage beauties. ' What
. Women Like in Men,will interest
all women. People of all moods and
tempers, except bad ones, will find
something in this number to please
5 and instruct them.
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? Street car employes in Nashvilh
. were discharged because they joiner
-1 the Amalgamated Association of rail
-1 way employes. The company's ac
s tion made the employes hustle, bu
I it brought the cars to a stand still.
! W. D. Evans, president or tin
o i State Fair Association, is now givin
e I all his time to preparation for the ej
njhibit. lie desires to make it one (
>t | the most attractive exhibits th
js | State has ever had. It will begi
it.' Monday, October the 2S.
id I
?d The war in South Africa has bee
going on two years. It was general!
I believed that it would be finished i
y twelve months, but it drags its slo
lie length along. For the last s
p-j months there has been very litt
3 i serious lighting. Hut Knglund
lit* maintaining a large army and sm:
d ; raiding parties of the Boers contin
ek to annoy their outposts. It begi
?n, I to look us if gunpowder would ri
in-1 bring about a termination of the lit
1 tilties for many days.
s/'.i i; r i \;; i m; tus roi; r.
The Spartan Ifryfiawnl ami 1 lie*
Patriots <<i" tin* Spartan Dist
riot.
An address !>y Horace Uotnar at
lilcndale Ma\ 11. liM'l :
Mk. Cm a i km I >a i <ari la:.- A >ti:ui< an
KiiVtn.r i i.>,\ .
Ladies and < mm t lenieti:?This ocea?iou
>hou!d Imi ? of pride as \ve!i as
pleasure, im t pother as we are to
'(tiinaeinnr.il ? t la viitia-sof our own
orefatIu-r> I' 1 oo( 1 and struggles
hallowed libs spot.
Long ago would the historic places
ike this have been marked, and the
dory of their greatness told, had not
he blighting hand of Civil War rol>ed
our country of its resources and
et our people to the primary task of
>.nt?iug tread. But thank God. that
i -1 Witlun the Kcaf v:
i f > or ?-;i" . ii<e hum >>f nuirliin :y.
which is lost lestoring pro?p rity
o our stricken Southland and weavng
into it tin* warp and woof of a
lew industrial and social life, reminds
is to delay no longer to revive the
ast fading memories of those by
'.hose glorious patriotism and
.chievements this good day has heotne
an inheritance for us.
The year 17oo witnessed two im>ortant
events in tiie history of South
Carolina. One was the treaty of
Jovernor Glenn with the Cherokee
Cation by which a Nrge territory,
mbracing thirteen of the present
o tin ties in tiie middle and upper
>ortionsof our State, including Sparanburg
was ceded to the Province of
loutli Carolina, and opened to settlers.
The other event, hardly less
mportant in its hearing upon this
'rovntce, mougn not euacieu ?imiu
ts borders, wit- the defeat of General
Jraddock in his rash attempt to take
\?rt Duquesne. This disaster to the
Jritish arms left the western froniers
ol Pennsylvania, Maryland and
,'irginia ex .os.-il to tlie merey of the
freneh and their treacherous Indian
dlies. The result was that hundreds
if families from these unprotected
orders moved southward?many of
hem becoming the pioneer settlers
if Western North Carolina, and othirs
passing still further southward
oca ted themselves in the new section
if country just acquired from the
'herokees, as if for their special acorn
modat ion.
.In th:? way the ffrst so*Cements
if upper South Carolina were begun.
Attracted Ly the lieauty and fer?il?ty
>f this virgin <r luntry, so highly furored
of Providence.other emigrants,
luring tin' succeeding twenty years,
rontinued to lind homes for themselves
within its borders?soon transforming
it from an Indian hunting
jround into one '>f the most populous
.listriots in the Province.
These early settlers were mostly
Scotch-Irish. Along with them came
also not a few emigrants directly
from the old world?mostly from
Scotland, Ireland. Wales?and some,
of noble blood ! ut broken fortune
from England, too.
fhey ware a sturdy stock?these
border piom-ers, prepared by an un
conquerable spirit to endure the tri
als and privation* of frontier life
Like the I'lymouth Fathers, movet
l>y political and religious convictions
many of them hud left their home:
across the sea, and coins to tin
wilds of an unknown American fores
to carve out for themselves ai d thoi
posterity a land of their own, wit 1
| freedom to worship (iod Others
(through the mere love of advent tir
; and the spirit of enterprise which ha
j always marked the spirit of th
i Anglo Saxon race, wherever scutlereti
found themselves daring the danger
| of an unknown border pressing fui
ther westward, ever conquering an
and blazing the way for u higher eh
ilization to follow.
Thus it came about that the upp?
portion of our State was settled by
people differing in many respecl
from tin only tl!? rs of Tort Hove
I Charleston jiIj I Oeorgetow j. , nod \vi
! endunih sir*, ol tin in>e!vcs ,N<>r:
ward and inward from the coas
I These latter were mostly of Knglis
French and German origin.
' When trouble with the Motn
Country had been brought to a foe
by the Battle of Lexington and t
i resolutions of the Continental Co
' gress ami of the several Provinci
* Congresses, Hon. Win. 11. I tray t
" and llev. Win. Tennant were coi
1 missioned under authority from t
Provincial Congress of South Carol!
"to make progress into the ha
? country, and explain to the pcoj
t? the causes of the present disputes 1
> tween Great Britain and the Aim
'I can colonies. " These gentlemen
e gan their j- iii ne\ from Charleston
t) the summer of 177"). It was no ei
task before t hem Many of the w
to-do planters mv.t the coast, hoi
n by the warmest ties of blood and
ly friendship to the land of their fatht
in listened with cold attention to ;
w argument for a course of action \vh
ix might sever them. Further ink
le j were found the Germans of the I>u
is Fork unwilling to pledge their li
ill and fort nm s the American cat
ue | Good and i dn irious people t
ns | were,but 11 :r p.itrotiMn lay too e
ot ! to their p ei.rt - boo!.-. und it touk
>s- stern refit--1 f Charleston merclu
to trade with ihcui to arouse in t
'souls tin- thrifty love of liberty. Still j<
further up were the Quakers of Bush
Iiivor. who, on aeeount of religious ; I
'scruples. could not be expected to I
bear arms. And worse still, when i ;
the commissioners reached the plant- '
at ion of tlie Colonel of Xinetv Six ' i
Pistriet ? Fletcher or Fletchall hv j'
i naim?who was living on Fair Forest
creek, in what is now the lower part <
'of Cnion county, they found him
| headstrong loyalist-, harboring the! I
| emissaries <>f t lis lloyul (iowruor, J
ni.il i; Mcri't connection witli tneup
| mat wring designs to spread loyulism >
throughout the province, and engage i
.the Cherokee Indians against the
j American cause. J
| At this time the province was di- I
vjued into districts. .bach district J
! had its own regiment of militia and n
through the commanding oificers of v
: the several districts the peopi? I
:hr.ughorit t!ie province could best t
! ' lvacheil ami instructed. Itesidi-- , ;
; his w.iicial position, the colonel was a
j genemlly a man of strength and gieat
personal influence. i
No exception to this rule. Col. i
Kietrhall was using his official posi- a
t"k?n and popularity to make loyalists i
of his men. How well ho succeeded, ?
the bloodv vears that followed too 1j
I * *
j clearly attest. It was largely his in- a
, liuencc and that of the Cunninghams i
i that made the lower portion of the a
district of Ninc-ty-six such a hot bed s
of toryi.-m. .
| At length tlio commissioners reach- "i
1 od still higher ground and came into a c
clearer, purer atmosphere, in sight :
(>f the everlasting hills, where the i
spirit of enlightened liberty ever 1
loves to dwell.
1 Wn tliom ?f Wi ,tf. >r<] 'T roil t
Works, on Lawson's Fork?the first !i
j mention in history of the place where i
we are h -Iding our celebration today, r
A letter from here tells tliat that they
had found a people where they could
"do something." >'otice the potency i
in those words?r. power,indeed, that
I was not mistaken?for they were a i
j people, as they were reported to be. a
j "active an.1 spirited " and "staunch .
j in our favor." "capable of forming a
j ?'ood barrier against tlie Indians and
of being a severe check upon Fletcb- I
all's people, on whom they border." *
{ Truth is, the commissioners had
struck the old Scotch-Iiish 1' res by- 1
terian stock?of which we have been r
speaking, and as ever had come forth (
from their uncompromising souls the
tree ring of liberty or trutli.
it is of ihese people and the regi|
ment into which they were organized
: that I wish to speak to you today.
The Spartan Regiment, it was call- <
ed?a name probably given it by !
Drayton himself; and was, doubtless,
suggested to him by the virtue and i
valor of the men who formed it, so .
akin to that of tlie worthy heroes,
who centuries before, had made the
name immortal by tln-ir individual i
acts of heroism and in saving Europe
j from the degradation and tyranny of !
an Eastern despot. These latter day <
. Spartans?what a prophecy their
. | r nine foretold?were destined to play
no small part in the salvation 01
' America.
It was from the Spartan Regiment
* | that the Spartan District, soon after
wards formed, derived the name.
1 j '['he Spartan District was afterwards
1 ' divided, and a part of it called Spar- j
s i lauburg county.
? Another fact, not generally considt
cred. hut important to understaml'
f| properly the history of these people
> j?it was forty years after the organi/ation
of the Spartan Regiment hee
j fore the line dividing North from
s South Carolina was definitely located,
e Before 181") the Spartan District, or a
I. large part of it, was often considered
's as embraced in Craven county. North
Carolina. Recorded in the old record I
d books of Craven county, at Raleigh,
North Carolina, today, may be seen
conveyances of lands in this neigh?r
borhood.nnd even of some in the
a lower part of the county, in Cross
Is Anchor township. Rearing this in
? mind. we can appreciate more fully
?o i t!ie Ho?e bond that existed between
h-1 the men who were organized into the
>t. Spartan Regiment and their nt-ighh,
bors of Mecklenburg county, who
more than two months before this
er time had soieinly assembled and deus;
dared themselves a free and indeh<*:
pendent people?leaving a pattern in
n-1 their hold declaration of independialj,-ncefor
Thomas Jefferson and the
on j Continental Congress to follow. They
m-1 were all the same Scotch-Irish Whigs
he ?many of them kinsmen?and all
na having common interests and dangers
ck j to bind thein still more closely tuple
j get her.
be- We are told in Mrs. Eliot'?
.-i. I 'VIV.mnn of the Rf Vol lltioti" thill
Lie-1 upon tin.* refusal of Col. I'ietrha!! t(
in accept a commission muler tin* nee
isv i provincial government, at) c-lectiot
ell-1 was held, and John Thomas, Senior
md j was chosen Colonel of the Spartai
of Kegiment. Whether chosen in thi
*r-. j way or not, what stems more prob:
my hie, appointed Colonel of an entire!,
it'll! new regiment, which was to he organ
mid ized and which soon included witlii
tch j its number many of the Whig office:
ves and privates who before had belong)*
i<e. | to FletchaH's command?and in tiii
hey way succeeding or rather supplant in
lose him?the selection of Colonel Job
the Thomas was a wise one.
mts lie was a Welshman by birth; hi
heir early in life had moved to Chestc
;iinly, lean. There lie lived for lit
awio time Htnl married .Mist- .lane
[^ll*- k, of Carlisle, I'enn., the sister of tli
dev. John liiaek,who was the lirsl nc
irAsiderit of Dickinson college. This fe
"act gives us something of an insight D<
nk. !*is personal character at thatjCi
it^i Another giimpse of the mar. j-.i
> y'i'jrde.i hy his old Welsh IJilde ! is
md a conch slieli--used to call thrive
lacds from their work to dinner?
11 of which were brought- by Col. I Ik
mas from his old h- me across the ; Ik
r, and no.v in the possession ot' hi
of the descendants in Missis.?- pr
or fifteen vears after marriage ,!
f' |p Thomas removed to South Cam- ar
ii^u.-id lived for a while in Chomr ; ,
HWpcf?a nnme which he und his|
sJB'ates pi ?!>:iMy gave it . After- j ,jf
ni-M'i d again and settled on j (vl
. rest k, : fe.V iiliiewi auu^j; w
''rty <i w. r- Mreim crosses the jj-,
-ei^Wt 'dividing fine between Union
.ncidpartanburg ^ountiea. tj(
Ai once he seems to KHf jr^ },c
111.1 n of prominence atid influence -m
n tids community. We hear of hun jn
s a magistrate and a captain of mil- (>1lia
i-nder tlie Royal Province. The.se v j
ointnission- he resigned upon the jj,
legh.ning <>t trouble with Great Rrit-1 m
in.?The first Provincial Congress jjM
pp< intc-d him one of the cotnmis- frj
iouers for the District of Ninety-1 \y
iix, to act in conjunction with the ^
Icurcil of Safety, in upholding the o1
aw and firmly resisting any further if,}
ncn'ucl:meats by Parliament upon j f0,
1?a liKor?t ioj i-*f A m. rii'.in f'itiZfiliS. ! :*.
4 i O MI/CU tVP V/ * . .vm.. ill*
ha\ he had the respect and confi- p
k iJt
eneuof his whole community is atestf
i by a letter from John Prince [n
o the Council of Safety, urging that tj,
iody.wO give him fuller and broader ,T;l
uthr-ity- and better still, by the
eudi iess with which the men of his1 ...
i ?e
omihand responded to duty. j9j(
Wj.hout drafting a single man,
.*)ie: the summons for service came, .
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ver. officer and private in his reg:-1
Sll
nent answered the call?though j
nanj of them were the only men on i !
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heiAtarms to protect ti t ir families ^
nd fcomes from danger.
Tif first service of tlie Spartan! j
tegip.ent was in the "Snow ('am-l
j cc
?aigi." In consequence of the squire
.r some ummanition, which was
>ein! sent by the new Provincial auhor/,/
as a present to the Cherok<;es> 1
5ol.i*lliumson was dispatched into w
he ry, with a force of m'rii- 11
iii. ii.non Cu.Xin&YiAW ^
Tin his band of t tries, wlio had thus
>pen!y defied the new government.
Vrriving at tlie town of Ninety Six,
Jol. Williamson and his men were
lardiy within their newly construct- _ '
d fortifications, when the}' were at- 111
'acked and the first blood of the revJuti
>n in South Carolina was spilled. 1
Before, this siege was terminated 1
>y a most unusual agreement between >(
he opposing forces, allowing both u
.ides to disperse and go to the ir j ^
homes unmolested, another command r'*
f miiitiu was started from Charles- ^
ion under Ool. Richardson.
WLile Col. Richardson was on his 11
(i
way into tlie up country he was join- '
I'd at McLnuren's store, in die 1 >utch
Fork, by Col. Thomas and the Spar- s
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tan Regiment of two hundred mount-11
<d rangers. This number?'2 my?j"
?how., that the Spartan Regiment at d
; hat time was a small one; but I
!oul>t not that they w<-rean impress- "l
t . e of men as they rode into camp. *
with their long rifles and stern faces. '
firm in their saddles as in the purnose
they pursued." 1
Together, this army, augmented at ! 1
very turn by volunteer Whigs, pro- v
needed to retrace the stepsover which !
the Spartan Regiment had come. Be- 11
fure them the scattered rebel forces, |;
offered no organized resistance. The
| greatest hardship they were called *
j upon to endure was a heavy snow f
storm, by which they were overtaken (
while encamped on Reedy river, near ;
the jresent site offJreenville, the day 1
heMfr Ohri-'imus. In'). This storm 1
"avJthe expedition its name. '
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Tie expedition hud a salutary of- !
i.-ct. It rid the up-country of many 4
H' isr loyalists, who were captured i
and 8npri?orrd in Charleston?among
the number Col. Fietchall. It also
<erv*j to strengthen the adherents to I
the new provincial government.
Not long, however, was the tipi
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country to remain in a -tateof peace.
Iliirdiv had the soldiers of the Snow
Campaign reached tlieir homes and
related their experiences, when t!io >
; country all along the borders of the!
j Cherokee Nation was shocked by a!
i| serine of horrible ma>sa< res. At that ,
time a part of the line <>f division he-j
lween the Cherokee Nation and the
i Province of South Carolina w;i> the
present dividing line between Civ u>
ville and Spar'anbiirg. Kvcr sun e
r | the commencement <if t r??; i h' e with
1,'ireat Britain h.-tli the Whigs and!
J the loyalists had been seeking to <d>i
tain the 1x0 <d will of tl.e Cherck<
j ?
s j This outbreak told for the first time
- success of the emissaries of the'
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v Crorti.
-j Family after family along the oxn
p'sec! frontier, without a moment's
s ' warning, heard the horrible whoop of
o ?
d tlieb!oodihir->tv savages and felt the
s murderous fall of their tomahawks,
g to protect themselves and suppress
11 tlu.be outrages, several expeditions
were soon organized. In one of these,
it under command of Ool. Andrew Wil;r
| Hanson, the Spartan Regiment en
tnl. ami an invasion < i ill" (Jin ! >;e
Nation was btyun. It was w 1.litis
mission was in piayiv.-s that
ws of Col. Moultrie's su vessful iet:so
of Char! -1 >!i harbor ami o;
..laration of I ink-pen I !:< (> hy '-u
: tinenfa! (' ingress rtMfht> 1 thamlry
aijil .<-a: imatfil ' m m:' ti.
of t he men n?? encampi I in iio
ry hoara of t ho ( horukoe Nation.
Several times :ri his rep ?rts t ">
'jnl(jtiartc*r> in Chir' \v'i 1 imson
Men*, ions ['nonius
* - - ...i ... ? ..I tarnu r.f
5 re^iuit'iii, una in n- ii.i- w. ,
uise.
We should find it instructin.', no
>ubt. to follow the mareli i ! Jo
try and tell of the thrilling adv?-a,r
-- to ; metered?the ambushes ?n?i
' w.iieii i < 1
;liting I --. o'r < is ' ;
i A o . -?b
uk.'h the Spartan Ho* nbtyfci1
s ftill part?out tttne forbids.
Following the successf.il tennin.v
>n of this Indian war,?in which,
iwever?be it said to th ir everl islg
shame?many tories disguised as
idian-a took part?came an interval
peace to upper South Carolina,
tieh lasted three or four year-,
aring this time tlie Sp irt in Reg ent
was not inactive. To it. was
trusted a long line of forts on tinmtier
of Western North Carolina,
e hear of some garrisoning a fort at
e foot of Hogback Mountain?of
hers Ninety Six and others still
rther down near Augusta?not a
w of the more daring Spartan spirit
were also engaged in the lights at
i :-r Creek and around Savannah.
Ir was during this interval of comrative
quiet?probably in 177/"?
at the Spartan Regiment was reornized.
Col, John Thomas had now
come too old for the most active
rviee, and so resigned his comwisFor
some reason, perhaps because1
increased numbers and better to
it their convenience, the regiment j
is divided in!t> two regiments?ealltlio
First and Second Spartan
?giment. The terms *'I'pper" an 1 |
Lower'' were probably derive ! from
ie geograpical positions of the two
nnmands.
Of tlie I'pper Division John Thorni.
Jr., was chosen colonel to succeed
is father. He was probably living
ith his father at the time, and^^c
im was an ardent patriot full ol?P
wml*" c-ed decision. w^fchr-iitso on
urn from h's words and his actions.
Of the same true .spirit was Thomas
randon, who was chosen colour! of
ie Lower or Second Division of the
riartan Regiment. He is spoken <f
i history as the masterspirit among
ie Whigs in his community. IDs
>me was on the west side of Broad
ver in the lower portion of the pr*>nt
county of I'nion. Like many
aother in his regiment, he was of
cotch-Irish blood and from Venn flvania.
Both heand Col. Thomas,
r., had been captured in the origi
al Spartan Regiment, and at the
nne of its reorganization Col. Branon
was ranking as .Major.
On May 12th, I7S0, Gen. Lincoln
urrendered and Ciiarleston fell into
lie hands of the British. Her fall
larked the beginning of the darkes;
ays South Carolina has ever seen,
it once the State became the theatre
nd our I'iedmont region the very
tage upon which the tragedy oi
American independence was enactc I.
Hardly had the city come within
lie grasp of the British arms, when
Vrguson was dispatched into the up
:ountry, with a regiment of dragoons
o arouse the loyalists to his standird.
and to smite with the sword oi
engcance all who dared uphold tin:
Ymerican cause. In a few days lie
vas at Ninety Six, with a force in
reusing each day from the loya
:ountry through which lie passed
Advancing still further, with a rap
dity almost equal to that with whirl
he news of Charleston's surreridc
lad come, he left no (' n
nattered men of the Spartun licgr
ment to collect themselves and uile
him resistance.
But the effort was made. . As soo
us Cols. Thomas. Brandon and J,yn
were aware of Ferguson's approach
they determine 1 to summon tliei
men together and consider what \\a
best to do for their^ufety and protct
tier. The place selected for thei
meeting was on Fair Forest creels
about five mih s south of the presen
city of I'nion. Being nearer tlie ce
tre of Brunch>n - command his me
were tiie lir.-?t to reach the spot
leeted. They had in their eustod
the supply of j ?wder f-.r the Spurt .
Kcgiment, and this, a party of mei
detailed forthespe iui duty. Were 0
at night in the neighboring foiv-!
and sw. nips hiding, when the cam
was surprised l y a detail of Tcr_:
son's men and completely routed.
Their powder, however, was sav<
?and the men who wcr hidit g it aothers
from the camp who cscap
capture and death soon informt
, Cols. Thomas and I.yles of their di
iaster in time to save them from
; similar fate.
1 In* whole Slate was now overrt
1 by tlie British an 1 Tories, and op:
resistance by tiie scattered whigs ..
j of the <iuestioti. Many who had f.
inerly claimed to be nou-coiobutun;
1 now openly avowed their ullegiun
to the king, and sought by acts
cruelly and va'itonnces to atone for soi
their former <-<.v.ar<iice. I?01
Confronted ,.y such a desperate in
condition of\.ir? Thomas anil J
J.v! - wisely deci "ied to let their )nl
-'rh:^ quietly separate hoi
i.cachi'. his own home or place old
of id ling, an ; a few days later at- Mr
i ?>... nif . ( nil who dared i fh
r.iiiy t , the i ri.?t .-tundard at Bui- , not
1 ?ek - ( ;'t*t , diurdi. across Broad "'ix
river in York district. I net
At cording! it midnight of Jam j I'oi
iT-it' ll pat riots assembled ut loai
I
lie app -int- : What a dis-1 lai
> .- ii !,;. j j -jn-ci was la.-f.tre their mn
.-tout Hearts. Tin whole province Jul
was now (irmly within the grasp of ma
: be I'i i i 1 Miere wn*
lifMc ' r. of no!p from ot^or 3t.it e-i. ris<
! ' ... . Of Sir ; rv C'tn- '.or
ij , v
frl rx V 't.f7i a.; s, ind^ protection in tic
the future, to all Americana who 1
would lay down their arms and ac- as
opt it. was. greatly strengthening cot
the Brithish or use nnd robbing the aq
nritrio's of onn of their best com- far
puoions. Tru y such a situation of in
airairs was enough to dishearten and all
u;-courage the launched friend of -los
American freed >m. liai
At length n young man arose and wa:
addressed the meeting. He reviews f*et
the situation. He recouutsthe toils. m '
lie dar gorsaml the sufferings through l^ie
vbicli they I; d come. He states
'dearly the reasons which had led TUl
them to cast t heir lots in the cause in ^0!i
which they hie! been engaged. He tin
reaches his climax with the questions.
Shall wo now lay down our wai
a-ins or ?trive like men for the noble anQ
end for which we have already dared c'ie
and suffered so much? Shall we de- me
clare ourselves towards and trait rs an(
or shall we fight for liberty as long *
as we have iife? As for me'Give me ?'1'
'iberty or give rue death.' " ^'1(
The speaker was no other than ^rc
John Thomas, dr. Was there ever a
braver speech o * a bolder stand? His ^
: words remind u-of the brave HoraU9
who, single-handed, or with two ^
I Mien beside him, would defy Lars
1 stc
| l'orsena of Clusium and keep back ^
his invading host from beloved Rome.
otl
"For how cun man die better ,in
Than facing fearful odds, j
For the ashes of his fathers ^
And the temples of his Gods."
Pillowing Col. Thomas his broth- gF
er-in-law, Captain Joseph MeJunkin, 0t
, .. ,.,i t?H, .-rotiae sentiments, and
:>Hod upon ev"y man nresent whofj^i
nought they J;;I ,o speak-. .< aur. I c0
. 1 .1 *Jc rw.wW.i I fa]
The response was immediate. Re- bl<
lumbering the broken treaty of Lim- <ju
-lick, their Ir'-h blood would have '
ione of the Rritish protection, as rie
viidly tossing their hats and hands, on
i ?:.l_: .!,? ?1? Mn( a-!th tho lia
lie IIJ1UU1?IIL nil 4VIIV ?. .v.. . t..
diouts of "Liberty or Death." foi
What an altar of consecration was evi
: here erected to the God of Libert}* th<
i>y their heroic vows, under the si- th<
lent stars?a picture worthy of the Co
artist, the poet and the orator. wa
There was no time for delay. The o\v
little band or faithful men soon sep- Mi
. rated?some to steal to their homes sp
and bid adieu to loved ones?then Ai
.tack again to j ?in the rest on their
way to North Carolina to unite with pe
j ion. Rutherford. tri
On their way t fortunate meeting ur
i with (ion. Sum or and his game little cli
! band occurred at the fording of the ba
Catawba, and at once they chose him ur
lor lheir leader. m
| But the warfare such as the desper- ee
1 . te condition of their cause made it bi
; necessary for the patriots to wage, ar
" < o;i!d not best be risked at this time, aj.
I in one united force. Wisely did they
' consider that if once their full a|
strength were pitted against either di
* me of the superior British and To- tl
' rv armies in their midst and van- w
* qtiished, a'l might be lost. T
* j Thus, with no organized army
II within her borders against which he si
? ?
lib! march h s forces, we hoar Sir J t<
1 lb* r\ 'T " ?r ' . .. I ' : ::t lei
least, doutii C'UiutiiiM. aaoju..ii ...
r and within his supreme control, w
Kchoing this sentiment, in the Con- o
, Pontrrc-s itself, a resolution o
s is introduced by Madison offering to f'
treat with <rre*1 " Britain by surrend- p
r , ering to litr lii rgia and South Caro- b
-,!ina as hopelessly conquered prov- t
i inces. t
e Ah! little ili i Sir Henry Clinton or t
l.' Madison know the unconquarable
i -pirit of the li tie bard of faithful t
:-! patriots who I.ere and there were n
n! watching f'?r tlie opportunity to i i
-trike a blow f- r the cause they loved ->
y | so well. I'lio 1 .J they might con- t
n qiicr, but nevtv her |<eople. Wlier- I'
>, ever a Whia settlement needed t
it ur? using. *he:\ a Thomas, or a Bran- c
s pion, or some other brave spirit ii
; would be fout:? inspiring and enlist-Ui
them. Wm never was borne to 1
In- ?urs news ?' a pi n bring band of 1
d' l'i rii s or of n ilars separated from t
:d: their main command, upon them i
d suddenly would fall the gallant de-il
i . nd?Ts of Arm rican homes.
- 11 >w like a dream the history of j j
a I this period of our country seems. It
t 1
I t'ouid anything be bloodier than the :
it. o.'stardly deeds of the bloody scout. j<
: o.imitted up un.dfending neigh-1'
ot i oi.rs and former friends? Hardly
>r-1 dared a Whig utter his lionest senti-j
tsj ments, by !?is own (ireside. lest some!
co pretending frwnd caught by the
of | blandbhmenls of the clever Fergu- J
i, or the threats of the cruel Tarlei
should turn spy, und entrap him
his own plans.
3ut the darkness of the hour serves
1 y to bring out more clearly the
oism of the men and women of the
Spartan District. We hear of
s. Jane Thomas, wife of John
omas, Sr.. visiting her husband,
>v aged and imprisoned at Ninety
;. While there, by chance she
irs of an a tack which a band of
ries intends making upon a small
ty of patriots rallying at the Oe
Spring, tier decision is quickly
de?for in that party are her son
m Thomas, Jr., a son-in-law and
my of her neighbors and friends.
8 niusfc warn tnem,nn<t to ao so
th? whole distance of fifty miles
more and >rep-?res tlv camp, by
r nuihiy reoort, for a |)um recepn
of the Tory band.
Even before this, .Mrs. Jane Thornhad
proved her extraordinary
irage and daring. On one occasion
uantity of arras and ammunition
the Spartan Regiment was stored
her house, and in the absence of
its protect ?rs, bat her son-in-law,
liah Culberson, her little son Wiln
herself and daughters, the house
s attacked by a band of Tories un
Mooro?who demanded the imdiate
surrender of themselves and
sir coveted treasure. Hut no. By
> aid of the brave assistants, who
ckly reloaded the guns for him,
iiah Culberson kept up such a conuous
and effective fire from within
it the Tories, believing the house
s full of Whigs soon retired. The
munition thus saved constituted
i principal supply of Sumter's
n in the battle of Rocky Mount
1 Fishing Creek.
)eher instancss of the heroism of
s brave woman might be given.
i was from the same town that
ludly boasts of being the birthplace
Molly Pitcher of Monmouth,
lat schoolboy does not know about
illy Pitcher and how bravely she
>k her husband's place and loaded
>cannon. But do they know the
iryofJane Thomas or Sarah Dild,
or Kate Barry, or the many
iers just as worthy of preservation v
' -' CUttiMA nrv/in lia if U'O
u UL pruiac ; ouauiv uo ?. ?? v
not tell the woridof their noble
eds!
The inspiring %ciory at OedM
> rings was quickly followed by ap
her at Gowan's Fort. Then the
rb* at Ford o"> Xorth Paro- * '
r. Before the patriot bands
uld be found their foes they
>d disappeared to strike &Fiother
)w Jn some new and uneipeoted
arter
Dol. Brandon has captured the Tos
at Stallions and carried his prisers
in safely to Charlotte. Has
rticipated with Sumter in the hard
lght battle at Hanging Rock. But
?n the Game Cock is too slow for
e Spartan men, who now separate
emselves, and with others under
1. Williams, mske their way toirds
the enemy encamped i.i their
n district .The battle and victory of
usgrove's Mill is the result. A
lendid success, too, it was, for the
nerlcans.
Victory, however, did not always
rch upon the banners of the paots.
On the same day the men
xlftr Williams were successfully
arging the King's forces on the
.nks of the Enoree, their friends
iderSumterat Fishing Creek were
eeting defeat. But, by their sucsses
over superior foes, the possility
of effectuul resistance was born
lew in their hearts, never to die
jain.
No?not even the news of Gates'
jpalling defeat at Camden could
unpen their ardor, compelling,
lcugh it did, a hasty retreat northard
to prevent being cut off by
arleton now in their rear.
But sometimes what seems a hardnip,
when forced by circumstances
> altar their plans, proves in the
r; { 'In* b'?st. So it was with the vic'
. >ji|!. Nirjf-ty Six
as their destination, nod North Carlina.
They lougeu to rescue their
wn homes from their now victorious
oes. Though diverted from tnispuriose.
it should be only for the time
eing, and into ar.d over the mouurinsof
North Carolina they scattered
hemselvcs, summoning everywhere
~ ni.t tlmir kinsmen and friends.
U nivii am v..*,
Even into Tennessee and Virginia
hey bore or sent their unique sumuons.
headed. "A Call co Arms!
leef,Bread and Potatoes." A peculiar
ummons?but a most inspiring one
o men living, as they hud been so
ong. without pay, and with nothing
o eat save what could be snatched
m their hasty marches in their sadiles,
through a land laid waste and
lesolate. Green corn without salt,
uid too often been their only diet,
ieef, bread and potatoes ? yes?
hough prepared for the King's men
inder Ferguson, they resolved should
>e eaten by themselves.
The ringing call was not unheeded,
ind soon a crowd of patriots Ltgins
o gather on the mountain sides?
stnali at first, but growing as the
iillerent clans arrive. To disperse
them Ferguson advances r o thward
to Gilbert Town, but falls back again
not knowing what to expect. Something
ominous was in the very condition
of tiling-. We see him -? < king
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