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2 A York County / Hack in the chambers of our mei ories there are constantly arisii threads of history, tragedy and r niance that persist in forming thei aelves into pictures, and these pi tures seem to demand expression order that they may serve to instru entertain and inspire others who mi be struck with lessons of valuat suggestions as they may present, my memory 1 And such pictures have been formed through glimps of the life of Barbara McKinney, ai I'll tell the tale as it was told to 111 On the banks of Fishing Creek, York county, many years ago, i more definitely speaking, in the da; of the American Revolution, the dwelt a family of McKinneys. Tin were of Scotch-Irish blood and liardy, brave, patriotic and royal i were the best of those who uphe the honor and glory o|' Scotland the days of Wallace and Bruce. The elder McKinney and his soi had been among the first of that ga lant band of patriots, of whom an o liistorj of South Carolina publislic in 1800 says: "Those of the o Piedmont hills of York were tl bravest soldiers of the Involutional war." Barbara McKinney was the on daughter of the McKinney home. 1 live up to the times in those day one had to be very brave and fea less, and Barbara was no exceptio Indeed, from the many stories v have heard of her fearless darin her invincible fortitude her strong! and courage when days were tl darkest when nnt r?nr> rnv nf hm brightened her almost Isolated li she must have been quite a heroin Living in a comparative wllderne. far from any other habitation, e vlroned by Invading hosts and hosti Indians; in that trying time th; awed the stoutest hearts, she di played with cold, firm deliberatlo qualities that were certainly remarl able. While her father and brothe were away with Marion fighting f< liberty, she was the soul dependent and protector of her mother, ar several small brothers, and bore tl burden the situation involved wil Spatan-like endurance she cou use the old flint-lock musket wit unerring aim and ride any horse thi could be mounted. On several o casions she outwitted Ilritish soldie and often challenged the pursuit t Indians. It was said of her that one nigl she watched a band of Indians si up to the little log stable at the bat of the house and steal a young blat mare that she had raised and < which she thought a great deal, was a wild and fractious animal an bad never been mounted by any j\ but herself. In the bright moonligl Jtarbara saw the Indians lead tl mare away, and waiting until the reached the cover of the woods, nil cjuitely slipped from the house, dete mined to follow them, and bring hf favorite possession back or die in tl; attempt. Keeping the Indians in sight si Followed them through wood swamps, and thickets until the; thinking themselves beyond pursui halted. Barbara saw hem tie tli inare to sapling and lay down n th? ground at a little distance aw? to sleep. Hidden in the undergrowt sin waited until she was sure th: the Indians were fast asleep. r-i ^realized that to attempt to rescue tli mare to a sapling and lay down o good on the undertaking or die in tl attempt. She crept slowly and soft! tip to where the mare was tied an del'herately cutting the rope halte spiang upon the mare's back. It w, done in an instant; but with tl cracking of a twig under her feet a Tndian had the mare by the rope. 31 stooped over and gave the savage stinging cut across his face and eyi with a stout hickory stick she had 1 her hand. The Indian gave a yell i pain and dropped stunned to tl Bivuuu ** nut? vu? mart; leaped ovi his body and dashed away lige flash. Hours after. Just as the p.i was topping the eastern hills bruis< and bleeding and with clothes torn ahr^ds, Barbara stepped from tl ma back at home. Barbara had to carry water night for the next day's use from spring nearly a half mile away aloi a dark woodland path, past the o atone malt house, where old Aunt J< nie Young once brewed beer, ai where a murder had been commltte and where "they said" a hauntli spirit genius still lurked. From he Old Fishing Creek church and I burying ground could be seen, aero the creek on the hill side beyond. Here I may be excused for dlgret Jng from my story ny recalling th the old church on the hillside abo Fishing Creek was at that time charge of Rev. William Davis, a ve ieroine of ? imerican Revolution "j tu- erable and devoted minister of the It ug Presbyterian church and the beloved th 0. friend and counsellor of those simple, to n_ God-fearing people. It was said of or |c. him that he wore a hunting shirt and ci< j? carried his musket in the pulpit and so stoou it beside him while he preach- to ay ed. He was the grandfather of the ,le liev. William Davis, who at one time ri< I? was pastor of Beerslieba church and no Jls who is buried in Hecrsheba cemetery in es But to return to tiie story. One ad uj night while going down the path to oi< e the spring for water, Barbara saw be in two Indians slip into the old stone tin [>r malt house and close the door after- sa vs them. She knew that they had seen yo ri? her and that they were intending to co Py hide until she went by when they or as would spring out and kill her. With an as the greatest coolness she deliberately yo 1,1 wended her way down the path to the W jn spring swinging her water pail, and en humming an old puritan hymn When ini I1S she reached the old malt house she Lj_ sprang to the door and had it secure- wl 1,1 ly bolted with Its strong wooden holt ?v >d before the Indians know what she va Id was abojt. She had to keep them Yc ie prisoners in the malt house for sev- otl rv eral days before she succeeded in It setting rid of them. as , In the home her's were the hands 1V ^ that kept the fire burning on the toi s hearth ail the dreary winter, and Yc when the house was barred and bolt- to rn ed at night, to keep out foes that " were expected at all times, she would as spend long hours moulding bullets au for some of Marion's men, for her w< father and her brothers, or perhaps >'? e for her sweetheart?for after the to dark days were passed, she married to p a kindsman's of her's a David Mcas Kinney, who had distinguished him- 'ia | self in the service of Marion. 1,0 j Barbara had been brought up tin der the influence of old Uncle Billy Davis predestination creeds, and ' was orthodox in her belief that every ^' dispensation of Providence was fore- ,>x ordained. She often expressed her- av selj* to the effect that if she was born 1111 rs to be killed by Indians she would >r never drowned in Fishing Creek. t,>! ? Hairbreadth escapes front Indians ,)" seemed to have had a fascination for ()f ie her. She challenged them so of- ra ten and escaped so successfully that she had ecome reckless in risking t'"1 !'1 her ability ingenuity in outwiting st' them. tw c- It a The day came when there .v;is no , rs , , . ha ^ bread. They had scraped the bottom of the meal barrel. To obtain more !>P tei meant a five miles' ride acros.a the I j lt country swarming with a cruel and , j 'P barbarous enentv. It looked like ! .U ; SOI tempting providence to lea\ a the >tc ! or shelter of the house, when only the " i day before alarming reports had keen j j 11 circulated of several depredations ! i * lQ i committed by Indians in the settle I so ment. But, there was no one ,o come it rel to their rescue. She had been to the ' , | A I | I 11' mill scores of times before and was . >v to not afraid to go again. So nothing 1 1,3 daunted, she prepared her sack of e r- . iSa lorn mc nigni oeiore, ana ncfore | "r daylight brought, her marj from its. ? ie hiding place in a thicket nearby, ' __ mounted it and with her old fltr.tlork M lie i usket across her lap, started f >r " a. tie mill. As she rode awiy jn that >' perilous errand, who would not -,a\e t, admired her courageous spl~.t - 'n<r ie (ertainty of accomplishment? ii Flie had not been gone nlore than ' y an hour and had just ford *d the ; h creek when a band of Indians rui h-| r e.l from the undergrowth wh?t> ihev . if ( had been hidden and springing upon on ie her. pulled her from her mare, and ii wrenched her musket front Iter 1 1 i" hands. Then the long, sharp sculp- lis ly ing knives glittered in tlie morning wr d sun and she knew no more. After frlie r. scalping her and leaving iter for dead | ( is on the banks of the creek, they took rei 10 the mare and sack of corn and t!c?d. ' By in Barbara did not revive until hours af a" ca ie terward. She crawled off int ? Mic di| a woods and bid herself In a thicket is f?s where all that long, hot summer day i foi In she lay thirsting for water and all Cl' of m'st dead. ie When night came she left iter hid- m< er ing place, slipped to the crook and ? a washed the blood from her hands mi a* in and face, after which she put her ff( id apron over her head, and weal; and ne to fainting made her way home. ?ti ie It was many weeks before she recovered from the fearful Illness tnat y" at followed. But she lived to be very Ci a old and was greatly beloved by all in , r who knew her. ! B n< Id She always wore a black Bilk cap #t sn I oon her head and delighted in tell ' n ing the young folks who would gather around her of the tragic way in ' . which she lost the soft brown hair of hov vniiUi A loft A-IA ? * ? i re >?V? /??4 V??. rtim/ nun U/IU Ui III ATI y || 'other of her adventures, including all ti gg'the things here related. 7' Yorkvllle Inquire. :t I For Weakness and Loss of Appetite c< VP , The Old Standard general strengthening tonic A in OKOVtt'S TASTKI.HHS chill TONIC, drives oh' e, _ | Malaria and builds up the system. Atrnetoni. i. ' j and sure Appetizer. For abulia -\ntlchidren Ms. TI1K LANCASTER NEWS, Where Coi-let) Comes In. reenvllle News. Frequently you hear a man or woan (usually a young man or woau) say: "My life Is my own" or ?ly money Is my own. I can do with as I please." And others will say at this or that person has a right do as he please with his property his person or his money. The sojiogists define this attitude as anticial"?an attitude to be combinted lip dptilnrptl as an ovil. The evil oj's pending substance in jtous living is evident, and needs > discussion; but the evil of spendg it in ways not riotous but also not viuitageous to the person or to so?ty is not so evident, and needs to discussed and undersood. Is your oney your own? You made it, you y, but did you give it value? Could u weave and make your clothes, uld you build the house you live in, fashion the furniture or the tliousd and one th'ngs that contribute to ur ease, convenience and pleasure? ould you not be a very helpless eature, were it not for the labor, genuity and enterprise of others. This is a very complex world, lere every man is dependent on cry other man. Your property is luable because others built near. ?i?r business is profitable because hers cooperate with you in making so. Your social life is pleasant sociates. Your life is good or evil cause you contribute to the sum tal of good or the sum total of evil. >u do not live to yourself nod die yurself. _ Therefore you have no right to do ~~ you please with your life or your bstance. Other people make the jrlci inhabitable for you, and give ur substance value. It is obituary upon you to spend both in a way pay off your honest deht. Otherne you are poor pay, and it would ve been better had you never been rn. THK TKACHGR. The work og the school teacher is seedingly hard and trying. The e.rage one who has never taught ty be slow to admit this but it is e whole truth nevertheless. The iclier is not paid sufficient salary, t this is not altogether account a lack appreciation but due to ther to the fact that money has en to scarce to admit of the betr salary. When we look into the liool room and see the teacher w'th ice as many pupils as she ought to ve, and note the scant facilitios at nd. and then look at the finished oduct we simply marvel at the idler's ability to get results. The liool commencement on the county sis is a good tiling for several rea11s. It brings us together in a dentratic way, it gives us a look into e schools and what they are doit. and it ought to spur us on to t longer terms and better facilities, that we may get a full measure of turn for the state- greatest assest, e child. We started out, however, call attention to the overworked, derpaid teacher, lisbury Post. IKES BACKACHE PCKLY DISAPPEAR FewlDoies Helievei All Such Miseries. Bladqsr Weakness, Kidney Trouble and Rheumatism Promptly Vanish It is no lonacr necessary for any e to suffer Avith backaching, kidy trouble, lave disagreeable bladr and urinary^disorders to contend th, or be torFtj*cd with rheuma- " m, stiff joints, aNd its heartenching pains, for thA new discovy, Croxone, quickly amd surtly revcs all such troubles^/ Croxone is the n^r>st wonderful ' tnedy yet devisei^for ridding the stem of uric ac^a and driving out the poiscnoi^f impurities which use such troubles. It is entirely ferent from al other remedies. It not like antthing else ever used r the purpose.^Ctacts on the prin>le of cleaning ouT^ihe poisons and moving the cause. | j It soaks right in through the walls, rmbrancs and lining, like water in c sponge, neutralizejf dissolves, and ikes the kidneys /ft out and filter ? ray, all the uric /acid and poisons )ro the blood, afd leaves tne kid- ^ ys and urinary organs clean, rong, healthy and well. c It matters not how long you have ffered, how old you are, or what ? >u have used, the very principle of * rozone is such, that it is practically ipossibl* to take it into the human <_ 'Stem without results. There is >thing else on earth like it. It C arts to work the minute you take it id relieves jrou the first time you t ic it If you suffer with pains in your * ick end aides, or have any signs of i dney, bladder troubles, or rneumasm, such as puffy swellings under 1 it eyes or in the feet and ankles, if , ou are nervous, tired, and run down, r bothered with urinary disorders, ^ roxone will uuickly relieve you of our misery. You can secure an origlal package of Croxone at trifling ost from any first-class druggist ill druggists are authorized to onally return the purchase price if tt tils in a single case. | * APRIL 17, 1914. y* irai^ V Colu n , In Soutli ; ocrats o i meeting 'these mi ' ed to tl DON'T COOK 1 to come f The adir f T ( "I will flgli m#' \. M 1 I They wl Your look I tlona to y ventlon,' j Columbl y There f ^ late con For you may wantfher to cook again. Warm ish the If the ci weather and a hot stove^vUL spoil anybody's dis- apply to J 10 position. So avoid all this Jfv buying a Florence r,krux ^ * * ouch ? 1 Automatic Oil Stove oiyflFireless Cooker. The cost is less, the lieat is Tess and the great big trou- underaif Manly C 11 < i i 11*1 -r i i j ma O A * 1 Die oi mis world is less. 1 tiiKe your trouDie oil my apply to shoulders when you buy a "Florence Automatic" COU3 Oil Stove or an Ideal Fireless Cooker. Marcl SOU' Pren J. B. MACKORELL Train No. 11 ? LANCASTER, S. C. N? a. i I No. 114 I No. 117 Train No. Ill Int No. 11 Marie THE QUALITY STORE WANTS les YQtJR TRADE - g N. B When you want something nice to eat, come to Edwards & 1 * J not Kua Torton. We buy the very Jbest quality in every line that we 10 pas^ arry. When you send jfidur orders here you can depend on get- w* ing the very best the mkr^et aords. If you are not already wloing your trading here, whyinot give us a trial and see if you lon't get a better grade of jgoods from us than you are gett n# T ^ rlaewhere. There is one thing sure, when you get accu stomed o using the very best goods no one can ever change you oil cn something that is inferior. When you buy something that you ran eat and enjoy it that article is cheap. When you buy some- Lv. Lai Uimm t V> a t if aii Aann rvf not itaiii* mAnair I a maoia/l U/a Kutt ai?? Ilt. rw iiiiiX biiair jwu vmiui/v ^?v? /wui nn/iivj in vt*i>wu? TT tJ uuj uui ^ ^ foodh from the very beet and most up-to-date wholesale houses Lv- *** n the United States. Everything you buy from us is strictly 01 guaranteed to give you entire satisfaction or your money re- ^ funded. When you get in a hurry for something, 'phone us. We L", r Ol uvill get it to you at once. Yours truly, At. Lai Conn EDWARDS & HORTON 5! WE SELL SHINGLES AND BRICK Lanc * etru: | a tin of STAG warded by a X in smoking. IG FRAGRANCE | 4 lal and entirely | the day?or night | Dting as the first. fl he Handy Half-Size 5- S Pound and Half-Pound ? G I 1 ette GOOD" J w. unocrats to Attend Meetings, ibia April 14.?Party leaders i Carol'na are urging the dem f the state to attend the clut s next Saturday week. At setings delegates will be elect i& county conventions. tJotn hq South Carolina are inak- { ht fdr tho control of the state ony efi\>rn of the primary system the mast Important question beforeythe state convention, linlstnftion forces In the body it anjA^effort along this line { 11 meetVlth stiff opposition, the dujy of every demurat i Carolina to attend the club b. There are some vital quesbe decided In the state con- w " said a well known leader In * a severalynays ago. has been much discussion of cemlng a movement to abolcounty to county camps Igns. istom Is abolished It will not this year. wure d Cold in One Day ATI VU BKOMO Quinine. It stops the cl Headache and works off the Cold. * .loin-y if It :ails to cure. ' *" each bo*. 25c. Notice of Discharge. i Is hereby given that the * jned will, as guardian of *' Iregory and Alta Hlnson, ow ti day of April, 1914, make I ret rn as^auch guardian and the probate court of Lancaaity for/Jitters dlsmlssory. SUBRINA J. GREGORY. \ Guardian, l 20th, 1914. THERN RAILWAY. uler CanW of the South. JOER TRAIN SCHEDULES. s arrive Lancaster from: I?Yorkvllle. Rock Hill and nrninillala ktatlnna a .91 n. :?Charleston, Columbia and I* 4 ermedlate J stations 10:05 m. J ?Marioiy Blacksburg, Charte and intermediate stations, 15 p. m. V ?Columbia, Kingsville and ermedlate stations, 7:48 p. m. 8 leave Lancaster for: 1?Kingvllle.J Columbia and ermedlate sts/tlous, 8:31 a. m. 3?Rock Hill, Blacksburg, in, Charlotte and intermedial* tlons, 10:05 a. m. ?Kingvllle, Columbia, Charton and Intermediate stations, 15 p. m. J?Rock Hill, Yorkrille and ermedlate stations, 7:48 p. as .?Schedule figures are pub- gL is Information only and are ran teed. For information as inger fares, etc., call on \ B. CAUTHRN, Agent. E. McGKE. A. O. P. A., Columbia, S. C. H. CAFFEY, D. P. A., Charleston, .4. C. ister & Cheater By. Co, lie la Effect Not, ft*, 1?U., Eaatern Time. wnnouNV. i caster 8: 88*?8:18f t Law* leomrtlle t:47n?-4:llp U Mtn I:It*?4:1*9 ^ iMUr 1:)ta..S:ll? BA8TBOUMP. ?Ur thktirf lt:S0a?7:17n -comrllU 19:11a?7:Sftp Pi Law* ll:9tn?7:M* teuUr A action*?Chester, with South .1} aboard and Carolina ft North- J \ Railway*. Lawn, with Seaboard Air Lino ^ 7. W' aster, with Southern Railway. A. P. McLURE, Supt. . J