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HOW GEN. LEE ACQUIRED HIS WAR HORSE "TRAVELLEF Ex-Governor Hejrward Gives Inte esting Account of Famous Char er's History as Told to Him I Man Who Raised "Traveler" ai and Sold Him to Lee. At the request of the Sunday Nev and Courier. Ex-Gov. D. C. Heywai consented ,to give for publication c r*TJ/0-.+ it T.oo'e Kir+ViHav an a UC11. XVVVbi *-? AJW u ? count of a singular coincidence whic occurred two years ago and whic throws new light on the history < Traveller, the famous horse whic Gen. Lee rode throughout his can j| paign in Virginia. The facts concerning Traveller history which are here given ha\ never been published before. Go1 ernor Heyward is confident of the: accuracy, but, as will be seen, the are not based on his own persons e knowledge, but were given to hii by the Virginian. "About two years ago," said Goi ernor Heyward yesterday, "while vi: iting the little town of Lewisbur* the county seat of Greenbrier counts I happened to be in a store one morr ing when I was introduced to Cap James W. Johnston, an^elderly ger tleman who was a farmer in Greer brier county. He inquired where ir was from and on being told that came from South Carolina, he r< irked that he had once visited th; I state. I asked him when he ha been in South Carolina and he r< f plied that it was during the war. I answer to another question, he state ^ that he had been in the neighborhoo of Yemassee, McPhersonville 'an ? Coosawhatchie. , "Some strange reason, * his mer tion of the name of Coosawhatchi led me to remark that it was at Coc sawhatchie that Gen. Lee bought Tre . veller and more in a spirit of fu than for any other purpose I; sough to make much of the fact that th great soldier had come to my stat to buy his horse. The old gentlemar K however, said at once that I was mij taken and on my asking him how h knew that I was wrong, he replie that he himself had raised Travelle [in Greenbrier county, which was the I a part of Virginia, and that he ha L delivered the horse to Lee at Coosa [ whatchie. "I delivered him to hii I - there," he said, "but, I raised hii IM here." * j| "Being much interested, I aske ?* 1 him to give me all the facts in regar to the horse and how and wher v Gen. Lee had obtained him. This h very kindly proceeded to do. I hav every reason to believe that his ac count is absolutely correct sine Capt Johnston is a highly reputabl ? citizen of Greenbrier county an since he is known by everyone ther as the mah who raised Traveller. "Cant. Johnston told me that a ?X-? f the time Gen. Lee first saw the hors he (Johnston) was a private in th 60th Virginian infantry and was i ' camp in Fayette county. Being fa miliar with the country he was detail ed to recruit horses for the arm and, having much riding to do in th performance of this duty, he wrot home to his father on his farm nea Blue Sulphur Springs and asked hii to send him a gray colt named Jeffa colt which had been given to hii I hv his father. It was at the cam j "Oth Virginia, Johnston's regimen f'was also ordered to South 'Carolina I Johnston going with it and I thinl rJ Capt. Broun* Knowing that thej g.l would see Gen. Lee in South Caro ' Hna, Broun suggested to Johnstor hJ -hat he take the horse to Soutl Carolina with him so that he couk j turn it over to the general. Com ' nany B. Johnston's company, left th vs * l.tr.in at Coosawhatchie and it hap pened that Lee was standing nea i the railroad tracks as the horse wa c. taken out of the car. Knowing botl ' Broun and Johnston and recogniz ' ing the horse at once. Gen. Lee said i 'Boys, I see you have brought m I my colt.' Johnston stated that Gen | Lee then paid him $175 for th horse. He used him constantly l thereafter throughout the war, chang e ing his name from Jeff to Traveller. T" "Capt. Johnston gave me the fol ir lowing facts about Traveller whicl may be of interest. His sire was th ^son of an imported Arabian horse 311 which was noted sire of horses ii I Grpenhrier countv. His dam was r- dark iron-gray mare bought by John 3- ston's father, Adrew D. Johnston ?. from t farmer of Greenbrier countj ;iamed Sam Richmond. Richmon< l- had obtained the mare from a Metho t. dist minister, whose name Johnstoi i- did not recall, bui who had brough i- her from Kentucky. From ti.is mar I the elder Johnston had Raised sever I al colts but Jeff (or Traveller a he was afterwards to be known) wa it the' bast of them all. He was graj d in color with dark mane and tail stood fifteen and a half hands higl n and was well built and compact. H d showed up better in action than a d rest, moving with his head and tai d well up. He had excellent gaits fo the uses for which Gen. Lee desiret him?a fast walk, a trot and a can e ter> "Gen.^iee rode the. horse from th i- time he bought him throughout th n: war and had him at Appomattox it When he went to Washington and e Lee University to assume his duties e as president, he rode into Lexington i, alone on Traveller, and during his 5- term as president of the institution e he was often seen riding the famous d charger about the neighboring roads r in the afternoons. Traveller outliv n ed Gen. Lee by a year or two, I thinl d Capt. Johnston stated that he had i- seen the horse several times during n the war after Gen. Lee had bough til the animal, and that after the war j he saw the horse once?in a parade d: at Richmond in which one of Gen. dj Lee's daughters rofo,Traveller. Trav e eller died, I thinB^itrf, lockjaw. He e' was given a decentt^urial in Lexinge'ton and some three-jpt^rs ago ThomJ as F. Ryan gave a sum of money for e the purpose of exhuming his skele e i ton ^o that it could be preserved d The skeleton is now either at Wash e ington and Lee University or in th Battle Abbey at Richmond, I do no ,t recall which." e1 1 A 1 IPTIAV CATC Ar limDir C T/W '* is Fayette county that Lee first sai ? colt, which ?m then four yeai old. Lee was rery much struck wit him ana wanted to ouy mm, du Johnston informed the general tha he had already promised to sell th } horse to Capt. Jos. Broun, the quai termaster of the regiment, that price of $175 had been agreed upo , and that he was to deliver the hors to Capt. Broun as soon as he (Johr ston) had finished his task of secui ing horses for the army. Feelin flattered, however, that the con manding general of the army had ac mired the horse so much that h wanted to buy him for use durin the war, Johnston went to Cap '* Broun and told him of Lee's desiri and suggested that if he was not di? posed to insist upon having th horse, he would permit Johnston t sell him to Lee. This Broun grac * ously consented to do, * waiving a claim that he might have had to th horse. "Very shortly after this howeve: v aid before the horse could be turne er to Gen. Lee, the general was oi dered to the coast of South Carolin U take charge of the military open ' tions there. Not long after this th > 0 nwilVll VI TTVAIV J1\/V1> n | ! Clemson College, Jan. 17.?Th i livestock division of. the Extensioi V; I Service makes the following sugges 0 I tions to farmers concerning the Auc | tion Sale of Public Animals at the ri I "Remnant Depot, Camp Sevier, Green nj ville, Jan. 21, 9:30 a. m. | 1. The sale will include: 150 Dj horses, 950 to 1200 pounds; 350 horses. 1200 to 1600 pounds; 457 j mules, 900 to 1400 pounds. Cash or jJ certified check will be required fo ] purchasing. j 2. Contrary to certain rumors tha I individual farmers cannot buy on # j or two animals if that is all he wants I animals may be purchased singly, in i pairs, teams, or car lots. All hav ! equal chance. I 3. These animals have been look I-1 I ?d over by County Agent Chapman and W. J. Sheely of the Livestock g i Extension work, -who report some j j good material and advise that farm| ers should not lose this good oppor0 | iunity to get work stock at prices g j :ower than the general market price. 4. Mr. Sheely expects to be on and at the sale and will gladly ad! vise with farmers wishing to pur | chase. :o _ _ . j 5. Further information may b I had from Messrs. Chapman an< j "^heely or Capt. 0. L. Overmger. A R. D. 310, Camp Sevier, Greenville. r ' BHHnniHBBHHBQnSHBHBi r- Engraved Cards and Invitaions? a The Press and Banner Co i s I* TyT>7tr? | ; , Before God I V Responsible X / I VHE whitening bones of millions I of massacred men, women and - -\. ^ children are strewing the plains of Asia Minor from the Black Sea to the Persian Gulf. V f * ; In a single day's travel, an American / relief worker saw the mutilated corpses of more than five thousand outraged I J women, piled by the roadside. i $ i , Thousands of living babies have been hurled into the rushing tides of the 1 ' ^1-" nn/4 Z\fVtAr riTTAfe C/UpnTcllCS, LUG JLlglJLD CU1U UUivx mwigi ' T . ' < - * x $ i 1 From the town of Harpoot eighteen j ! &:> thousand persons were deported, mostly | j women and girls. Deported?driven for endless miles over mountains, plains, j! f'4 deserts in bitter cold and parching heat Their mounted guards, ex-convicts, j j j i , criminals, ruffians of the lowest order, jj j ! i;*-*5? 1 At the end of sixty-fou^ days the j ;! r ;,i survivors, one hundred and eighty-five " '**? out of the eighteen thousand, staggered into a town hundreds of miles from whpre they started. Covered only with : ; rags they were shuddering skeletons, half dead of their suffering, half blind if with starvation. nf nfViprs snmfi died of orivation " - vyi UAV WWAAWAWy ' - ? and hardship, some starved to death, some were eaten by wild beasts. God 4 alone knows how the rest came to an end ? . jc' . < ' " at the hands of worse than wild beasts. \ _ The story of Harpoot is the story of For the [honor of America we cannc j ' have passed through unnameable hells past. But before God we are responi ible for the rebuilding of these rac< r 1 ' j . r???? Every dollar subscribed goes to the Relief Work All expenses are pri- ^xftlERICAJ vately met _ All funds are cabled IF I through the Depart- . . I ment of State - (Formerly / 11 All funds are distribS I uted through U. S. II . Consuls or American i 11 Agencies Our Government is prevented from giving aid The Red Cross is not organized for Relief Work in these sections I i ySiV^^yi- r^-v-.v;- :-v?^>'^fyyV^^>-:-^r^>^*i?,?^^j?!52^f^^^-<#asVf i 1 ^ - w ? a ? I - ? *? <* f>\t?U?-. ?;/*, > /?#> ,.( _ , mx * . -* - ^ ! **"4 i r.4 "?*"' " . .1 " V.* " - . ? i^cu^muLa .*. * '**' " V * ' '.'ii>?, '* *< tW".'. ? *' ;v*. / . ' I .: 'C >*' ^ -1 .* " - ' j j ?We are 7 ??S ? ,i ! for their Future , J? ? J? 4-Via Mpof T7ocf ^Tn I ' ' nunareus ui.iuwu^ui mo ?>m?i ? - wretched groups,the survivors are strag- 1 gling in from the deserts. Armenians, I Syrians, Greeks, Jews, bringing disease, famine, woe as they come. v. > r There are four million of these ref- t ugees. They have not even a crust of bread unless we provide it and four hundred thousand of them are orphaned s children, little more than babies, helpless, resourceless, hungry. Seventeen cents a day, five dollars a month, sixty ^ 1 dollars a year will keep the breath of me in one ui uiu&q ^ihcioiul^u ww*vwi / ; If this were the end of the story, y i appeal would be useless. Turko-Ger$ man fiendishness would make aid I I almost unavailing. i ' [l But these oppressed peoples have been v d freed from Turkish rule, through the a victory of the Allies and America. ? I J n They need only our help for a little v. i % time to re-establish themselves as self- I ff\ < / % supporting nations. I ' ? ? i It will take thirty million dollars to care j ^. lilfor their immediate heeds in food and 'K? f | clothing, and buy tools, farm implements, W seeds, live stock to put them on a self- 9 h supporting basis within the year. v./J.This is the work we have to do-^ ? to raise that thirty million dollars? ^ t and to raise it now before the surr vivors perish. f . J * >t let their misery go unheeded. They 11 j, of suffering. We [cannot blot out their II sible for their future?we are respons- II ^ ss. .This is our work. Are yoa ready? II f M COMMITTEE FOR RELIEF II i THE NEAR EAST I k ? - "? A?Rj;?n I UUCriCdU yoillllllLLCC muivuiau'M/ii?M *%yi?v?/ !, i I ! [I