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WAR SI Txie Battle of '. britten for thc Hither Marion Chaptc H. UV Let us go back in memory to tho layo when our brave forefathers fought for and wo- American Inde pendence. I have to think of wy he- j roic great grandmother, who was not only willing that her patriotic husband j should give up his possessions and if ucocst-ary life itself, in def (.-ncc of his country, but submitted that he should even endure all the horrors of exile in an English prison ship. She wis as much a patriot as her brave "?usband and even though she were not my kinswoman, as a Daughter of tho American Revolution I should /honor her. Those were days of dread, uncer tainty and bloodshed, and as thc iaontbs rolled by the war cloud grew blacker. At last carno the startling Inforsr.ation that a formidable attack '.was to be made against Charles Town - and tho. patriots hastened to prepare .Tor thc defense of tho city. By the . timo the English fleet had entered ?Che harbor our men had construotcd -on Sullivan's Island tho best fort . possible, of palmetto logs, and had -jaouatod 2b* cannon, pointed the way -the enemy would have to como. On thc first of June, 177C, came the Brit ish fleet of over 40 vessels. These gradually worked their way noar to Sullivan's Island, though two of tho &h;pa were so largo and heavy thoy .cecld not cross tho bar until they were lightened by tho temporary re noval of their guas. In thc 'meantime tho English land forces had not been idle. Several hundred soldiers had landed ou Long Island, under command of Sir Henry ^Clinton. Thc English thought they could ford the narrow channel, which - separated Long Island from Sullivan's 'Inland and made all their plans to co . operate with the fleet in tho attack on tho fort. This was considered by nome, even one of our own men, Col. "Charles Leo and others, to bo but a >poor defense-BO frail that a fow dis ? sh argea from the guns of the fleot would Ecatter i? to pieces. They did -aotknow the nature of our palmetto t?reos, which neither shatter nor split, ? bet being porous the balls of the ene **s?y were imbedded in the wood and .thus did iittic harm. The fort was - . defended by about 350 regular troops, . and some militia under command of lUol. Moultrie. On June 28, the enemy opened are - ?mpoa the fort and a terrible cannonade Mares 'kept up all day from the British '...^fieet. Tho guns of the fort returned . the firo slowly but with deadly aim. '.Suddenly the American flag staff, was '<shct away and the flag fell outaide the vfort, -Sergeant Jasper fearlessly sprang aspca the boaoh, rescued the flag and ?replaced it upon the parapet of the iforfc amid a storm of British shot. 'The next day Gov. Rutledge took bis -?owa eword and presented it to Jasper BS?td CjferOu bim o lieutenant's commis sion. -Jasper gladly accepted tho ?sword but deolined the commission, ?-?s he -could neitber read nor writo. Another hero of this time waa Ser .r gc ant McDonald. He was mortally /wounded but continued urging his -t-comradua to bo faithful tc their ooun ^."try till his voice was* silenced in ^.??eath. And still, the battle raged. I'M6?UXCO of tho ships wore now ordered attaok the wcBtcrn end of the fort '.?vrhieb was unfinished. As they ad . Venced they stranded on a shoal called ^"Middle Ground," probably the same ?shoal now known as "Drunkon Diok." TFwo of the ships ran afoul of each 'cather and one of them, the "Aoteop," retook fast, the other two escaped, 'The,hour had now arrived when Sir /Hellet'linton was to co-operate with * the fleet, but when hia troops reaohad .'the channel and attempted tho pass -age failure and death Blared them in .tho face. Sir Henry Clinton's disas ter .eocnis to corroborate a legend current -en Sullivan's 'Island that ^.E-iva-y ^ogHsh soldiers lost their lives ia attempting to ford this obannel. ?Sven if the land forces could have crossed thoy would have encountered 3T0p -men under Col. Thompson sta tioned on tho east end of Sullivan's Island to prevent their landing. History states that thia chan tad waa ?naually fordable, but at present it would prove a more terrible ?Tenture than even- Sir Henry expe rienced, si nco it is considered over 90 . ?cet deep and a favorite resort for t^sharfcs. Still it ia the same revolu tionary stream which helped us to win -^PT^ght and over whioh our trolleys KUOW pas? fr>m Sullivan's Island to Hrong Island, more familiarly known . <*s the 4<Islo of Palma." The result of the battle of Fort :?jMcultrie waa a glorious victory for j***e>*r. American -patriots. Daring the ?atght all of the enemy'? ships except .one. drow oh*.? Tho Aeteon waa aground. Next morning the garrison y fired at her and sho returned-tho lire, ./wot -soon her crew act-her oa fire and 'ORIES. Fort Moultrie. ir, D. A. II. Ailceo, S. C., by Mrs. H. yman. i left ber, with her COIOTB still flying. ? A party of American soldiers CODI j uianded by Capt. Jacob Willigan weut on the burning vessel and discharged three of her guns after the retreating English ships. In this battle the fire ? of the fort was principally directed ! towards the two largest vessels of the fleet-thc "Experiment" and the "Bristol." Tiic American loss was only ten killed aud 'J2 wounded. The enemy's loss was heavy-04 killed and 1(51 wounded. The success of this battle saved the State from thc horrors of war for nearly three years, in honor of ibo brave commander this fort received the name of Fort Moul trie. About these ?*<iys after thc battle Mrs. liernard Elliot presented the regiment wi?h two elegant flags. She concluded their presentation with these words: "I make not the least doubt, under heaven's protection, you will stand by these colors as long as they wave in tho air of liberty." The reply was "That tho flags should bc honorably supported and never should bo tarnished by the Seoond regi ment." And faithfully was this promise kept. Three years later these flags wero planted on tho British lines at Savannah: one by Lieut. Bush, who was shot down; Lieut. Hume in planting the other was also shot, and Lieut. Gray in supporting them re ceived a mortal wound. The brave Sergeant Jasper on seeing Hume fall grasped tho flag and planted it, but he received bis death wound. The retreat was sounded and Jasper was still able to bear tho colors oft with bim. These flags were afterwards ta ken by the English at tho fall of Cha"rlc8 Town and were said to have been placed in tho Tower of London, where perhaps they aro still kept. Our present Fort Moultrie no long er consists of palmetto logs, but of solid masonry. Tho lonely gravo of thc bravo India chiof, Osoeola, lies within the shadow of its walls, while near the baso of tho fort tho tempes tous ocean seems to thunder forth paeans of praise to tho braye defender of Fort Moultrie Stirring Reminiscences by Gen. T. W. Ferguson. Capt. N. 6. Evans, later brigadier general in the provisional army of the Confederate States, was known at West Point and in the old United States army as "Shanks" Evans, probably from the length of his legs, and that attention Was specially drawn to them by an exouse which he wrote wLon a plebe. He was roported for not standing in the position of a soldier as he did not keep his heels together, and wrote in the regulation form: Offence-Net standing in position of soldier, with heels together. EXOUGO-Kept them "as dose to gether aa the conformation of tho re cruit would permit."'' |?eBpe?t?u?y submitted, N. G. Evans; In this he quoted literally tho di rections laid down in Scott's taotios. On tho morning of July 21, 1861, he received tho first attack of the enemy at the Stone bridge over Bull Hun nod his small command, after a gallant fight, was literally swept away and he attached himself, during the rest of tho day, to tho staff of Gen. Beauregard, as an side de camp. In the afternoon, when our fortune seemed most desperate, Gen. Beaure guard, who had sent off his staff on various duties, turned to Evans who alone remained and remarked: "Shanks, I fear we are whipped." "By God, general, if we are, the Yankees are within fifteen minutes of it." I write this verbatuni, aB told me by Gen. Beauregard. "Shanks" may have missed the time by a few min?tes, but by a few minutes only, for, in a very short time the Federals were in full retreat, iu faot, they broke so suddenly and so unexpectedly that for a moment or two we thought that they were mak ing a ohargo against us. I was with Gen. B?aureguard at the Henry house and had a fine view of tho charge of Stuart's cavalry from the di reo ti on of Warr cn ton, of the flight of the enemy and of their jump ing pell mell into , a out in the old road to Sud lay's mill to ettttpe his sabres,vthen aoross the open field to the S tono bridge. Some guns of a' captured battery were sear us. and with Goo. B?aure guard's permission I made some strag glers haul ene cf them, which I found loaded, to the top of the hill, which gave tho piece considerable elevation. I pointed it at, tho middle of .tho cut in tho road where tho fugitives were thickest and fired it with the only fr?o lion primer I could find, using my handkerchief for a lanyard. I ?aw a circle of smoke risc, at the bursting of the shell from the midst of the crowd which opened and then quickly closed. What was the effect of tho shell I can never know, but I waa at the time much delighted at having hit upon the range so well and it was the only op portunity I had during tho war of pointing and firing a cannon. The pursuit soon became general and our men pressed on after the routed army, when a courier, in hot haste, rode up to Gen. Bcaureguard with a message that the enemy had crossed Bull Bun at Union Mills, turned our right flank and were marching to ManasBas junction. I was ordered to ride as rapidly as possible down the piks towards Cen treville, stop the pursuit along that road, aud order the troops back to Bull Bun. , I had heard thc dispatch read, knew the importance of exeouting my ordorB as rapidly ai; possible, if it was true, as I believed it, and so lost no time on the way. It seemed to mo that I nevor rode as slowly in my lifo, fora barn, our wagons and guns block ed the road and my steed a very poor one. It was an eetray I had caught on the field aftor my horse had boen killed by a sholl, ano, almost gave out. Finally I rcaohed the front of thc pursuing column and delivered my or ders. I have often wished that my poo: horno had broken down completely be fore I got there, for the report upoi tfhich my orders were based proved t< bo false. Tho Federals instead o turning our right flank were retreatinj from every position. After the battle it was curious ti hear the claim made by a number o commands, that eaoh had "resouei the Hampton Legion." Exactly hoi and where I oould never ascertain though I bad this experience. Whei the Legion was most hotly engaged a tho Henry bouse I had been sent b Gen. Beau?3gard to hurry forwar to that point any commands I migh find. Executing this order, I found regiment halted, the men lying dow to avoid the bullets. I appealed t the men to press forward, pointing t the 1'slmotto flag, almost envelope in smoko close to tho Henry hons? whero Hampton was shot in the fact Many of the men jumped up sayin that they wero willing to push 01 but that their colonel had halte there. To my inquiry where he wi they pointed to the right. I rode i that direotion, found him in a ravim beyond the right vt his regimen pretty well sheltered and there gai him, in the general's name, preem] tory orders to ad vanee. I afterwart read in his otfioial report how gallan ly he had "resoued tho Hampton L gion." ? At one period of the battle, whi our line had been pressed back i mme confusion, I happened ne Got!. Jos. E. Johnston, who was hui rallying and reforming some troop and saw him, as I thought, take tl oolors of a regiment and ride forws with thom, followed at on co by tl regiment in handsome manner? Borne days after the battle Ge Johnston and Beauregard rode ov the field with. their staff and genei offioers, comparing notes, etc, befo making their official reports of the e g??SulS?D. O? r?i?uiag ibu uuut the above inoident, I remarked Gen. Johnston: " Hero, you took the oolors of t 4th Alabama and carried thom f< ward." v - He replied' "You are mistaken, s I did not take them. I rode up the colors and reached for them, wh the oolor bearer said: " 'Don't take them from me, gc oral! Op'.y toll me where you wi thom and I will carry them.' Thei rode forward u?d he marohed alongsi of me." ; I realised then that the genere horse between me and the brave co bearer, had prevented me from seei the latter; hut nothing Bave the gc oral'e own word would have convi oed me that he had not actually tab the oolors. It was a gallant'sight a one of the turning points of the di I have ever felt glad that my casi remark removed a false impress1 and prevented my-doing an ?Djuett even in my thought, to the fear1< color bearer of ir, brave regiment, ] sides furnishing a striking object 1 son of how easily onemfty be miatafc about what passes in plain sight. : Soon after thia little episode reached the headquarters , "Shanks." Evans and I were host ably on ter t *ined. On entering. I house he pointed out the rooms i explained the uses to w?-iioh each ? put. I caught ibo merry twinkle Johnston's eye as "Shanks" opoi the door of the last room shown i pointing therein, with much oe mony exclaimed: "And this, genet ia where I do my thinking." My memory reverts to my old ? dear friend, Barnard B. Bec, mortt n?u?u?u Carly in that dny*B fight. . officer of ?>ho ?old army%gavo brigb . promise of a brilliant future, or i more honored and beloved *hau &o,r took him his orders for thc battle t morning, just before: tho firing beg and it waa our Jatst interview. Our fath era had been life-long friends and when we met on tbe deserts of Ulah he was to me, as an older brother. Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston showed bis appreciation of bis soldierly qual ities on that camp.:orn by appointing bim to organize an< command a bat talion formed of tu?* teamsters who had driven the ox teams of the supply trains across the plains. A tougher set of roughs could not have been col lected anywhere, yet Bee, by his firm ness, justioe and soldierly tact, through the winter of 1857 had by spring formed them and drilled them into a respectable body of soldiers. In his death Carolina lost one of her most gifted sons, one fitted for the highest command. Hie words when steadying bis troops' under a galling hm, fixed upon Jaokson the immortal name of "Stonewall." The two comrades and soldiers fell in the same cause; the ose with the bud of promise, tbe other with the finished garland of immortal glory. Sam'l W. Ferguson. A Trolley Tragedy. The window dresser for an uptown department store found it inconven ient the other day to drapo one of the wax fashion figures at the store, so he took it home in a hack, together with the stylish spring gown. Easter bon net and other actioles of feminine at tire whioh he intended to dhplay on the dummy. His wife assisted him in the task of dressing the figure in the very latest mode, and when they had it letter perfect, about 9 o'cbc h at night, the window dresser called the hack into service again, with th? intention of returning to the store. He found he couldn't get the whole dummy into the limited after dock of the vehicle, so he uncoupled the fig ure at the waist and made two sec tions of it. The part wearing the skirt be tucked snugly io front with the baoktnan, while ibo section adorn ed with the waist and hat be plaoed on the rear seat, where he might put a protecting arm about it to prevent any crushing of frills or feathers by jolt-] ing or otherwise. He was an expo rienced individual and. if there had to bo any crushing of frills or feathers he preferred that it should como from his own good right arm instead of tho swaying sides of the sea-going haok. Any other sensible man in a similar dilemma would have exorcised that same preference, no doubt. Perhaps the trip to the store would have been uneventful and common place had not the weary horse balked about the middle of the journey, at a poi nt directly in front of a brightly lighted cafo uptown. The horse did balk there, however, and the trip af ter that was anything but unevent ful or commonplace. ' When the haok carno to a halt, the gentleman inside thought the driver had pulled np at the oafe in order to allow him the usual opportunity to get out and take a drink before the plaoe dosed. He didn't particularly oare for a drink at that moment, but so. long as the driver had stopped, he ooncloded he might aa well irrigate. So he leaned the ornamented bust, againr > e baok Of the seat and alight ed. He had aoarcely disappeared through the brilliant portal when the horse took a notion to go again, and away he went. He didn't go at the usual hack horse gait, either; on the con trary he seemed to be in a hurry to get away from. the spot and he fairly flew over the rough paviog stones in spits of the efforts of tho driver to stop him/ Tho policemen, on the beat chanced to be passing just as the horse start ed. He caught a glimpse of a big red hat, a pair of wild looking eyes set in a pale fuco and a pair of feminine shoulders swaying backward and for ward in terror . in the dying haok. Even , a policeman con bo' moved to action by the sight of distress such as those elements suggested. With a horse ory the officer wheeled and took out af ter the runaway. As the flying vehicle turrad the next corner the policeman, Baw the haok, door swing open. .?By George," he muttered^ putting on an ostra pound or so of steam as ho ran, ''she's going to jump out." 'She hadn't jemped when the runa way dished out of his sight around the corner, though, 'hoi the police man made np his mind that he would find her senseless and bleeding on the hard'pavement when he iurncd that oom er. Ho didn't. He meroly saw tho flying hack disappearing around tho corner, .a block away, She' door .t?ll swinging Open, and the h?& ;s$?? hat swaying from side to sids on the roar seat. "lt's a oinoh she'll jump out and kill herselfhe thought, aa he, pounded atong after the hack. 4Til rap for my partner, anyhow." He stopped running long ?nonga to signal with hi. '.light eiiok on thc ??rbstose, and havens rssi?Tcu ihv answering, signal from somewhere in the darkness oft to his rigbt, ho again started toe mad pursuit with his mind bonton a rescue. He. Baw', visions of a writo-up in tho newspapers, with his pioture printed oo tho front paso, and'maybe thc picture of bis wife and children, too. Perhaps bo would get ; '. ?? ;',', ; ' a medal, or ona of tho reporters at the station house might possibly start up a subscription that would pei bim a hundred or so. There might be a promotion in it, and By thia time he had reached the corner. A tiolley oar waa comiog down the hill at a ewift gait, ^nd far up the street the officer saw the runa way hack still going, the door awing iog open aa he had last seen it. He apriuted on for half a block and tben suddenly stopped, bia sensibilities shocked beyond measure at a sight which met bia bulging eyes ont in the middle of the street between the trol ley tracks. There, on the cold dark pavement, he saw a woman's head and waist. A few yarda further on bc saw the lower part cf z roman's body, the clothing j wrapped tightly around thc remains S8 though it had boen rolled along like a cloth covered log. "Gut olean in two!" exclaimed the atartlcd policeman. ''She jumped right out in front of that trolley car." The cold perspiration broke out all over him, and for the life of him he couldn't move an i nob. Ho heard his partner running up, and yet he could not shout to him. He stood like a carved statue, bia right arm extend ed aa he pointed at the ghastly sight with hia night atiok, while hiB month stood open and bia ejes stared wide und white. "What ia it, Jim?" his partner breathlessly asked aa he ahoared up beeide the petrified policeman. "Good Lord, a woman killed," ho cried, .aa he looked in the direotion the night stick pointed. "Ruo and ring for the ambulance, while I keep back the other cara," the firat policeman finally managed to say. "I saw her jump out of a runaway hack and light in front of a oar oom in' down the grade. Gad, but it's a bad job here.'' His partner started off. at a lively gait, and had gone half a block when he heard a wild shout from the scene of the tragedy. "Come back bore, Tom, he cried. "The thing'a nothin* but a d- dutn my. While they were still looking at the wax remains, a panting individual daubed up, swooped down on the big red hat, snatched it up and eagerly aoanned it, front and back* 4'Thank beaven," be ejaoulated, "tho plumea are not broken. Eaoh one of them feathers ia worth a week's wages to me, friends." It waa the window drosser who bad released his strangle hold on the dum my's upper works in. order to take a drink.-Milt Paul, in Atlanta Jour nal. : She Explained Why. The assistant pastor of tho church had been in charge of the service ono Sunday morning, io tho absenoe of the pastor, and he we* greatly pleased when one of the women of the congre gation said to him, relatsB the New York Evening Post. "My sister and I always come out when, you preachy Mr.y----." He was about to express i hW appre ciation of the compliment, when his supposai admirar continued naively: "You see, when you. presch,, it ia easy to find seats." Baan tba -"?Tha K?n? You Kars Alwaj ?kufcture Of - No woman ia a thing of beauty to her maid. - A dollar oe hand is better than twp on a margin. -- Worth makes thc mon and want of it nlakea him worthless. ^ ? - Any man who ia master of hia own bouse is usually a bachelor. ! - If doga and children disliko a j man it ia. ?p to tithers to avoid him. Meeting of Stockholders. ' r . . Tba xVnmial Meeting: of tho Stock holders of tho Cos Manufacturing- Com pany Vf Ul bo held at the o?ico of the Compatiy in Anderapn, 8. O., o? Tues day, April 25tb/W05, at U 30 o*olock. W. F. COX, President. .March 2i>, 1?05 41 .. - 4 . .' Seep a Steuart of Year l^&nsactioas, Put your money Itt the Beak and ^yjjour billa by che?fe? The Bank Book is the best record of receipts, and your ?heckia the b it The SAVINGS BEPAJa?iENT J?? TJe Bank of Anderson. pay r Alterest on tbat idle pi&y you have; One Dollar will open au at THE BASK OF ?NDERS0H. Capital $150,060-Surplus $150,000, *J, ,A. Brock? ?hr?sklsni ?,.:?>f?u?din, C?wh?er. Food to work on is food tb live on. A man works to live. He must live to work. He does both better on Uneeda Btesuif, the soda cracker that contains tn the most properly bark anced proportions a greater amount of nutriment than any food made from flour. RATIONAL BISCUIT COM PAW [ Don't forgtt Graham Crackers Batter Thia Bison!! Social Tee Bisealt Lemon Snaps SS rao? There is nothing a man is IUOTG particular about than the bread he eats. He wants it to be good '-re.' gardie**'of. the kind pf F E. OU St:. -ii'smade o? He t expects to buy a chiop Flour from somebody and get bread as good as DEAN'S P?TlNTv Or he bu>s a Flour branded Pean'a Patent from somebody else at 50o. per barrel less than the genuine And raises'sand with aa about- >^ : Xw-S iNoi.being **as goer! as it used to be.*; . That's unjust. I ? People, if you ??ant s Flour that's absolutely pure, w and has met every test reqnped-of it ander the m?To guarantee, como to us a?d buy the only genuine, |! SB1?SE! I gola Dial /<. ^; ' ' V'DMFS P? m PT g'LO?Ill,