Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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F NSURANC - OW YOUf? - Dwellings, Furniture, Barns, System Gins. Also, Lif e Insurance on Mules and Horses. HOT Representing only the heat and strongest Companies. CITIZENS INSURANCE AGENCY, G. N. C. Bolerrau, Pres. and Treas. M. M. Mattison, Vice Pre* Q. Frank Johnson, Secretary. I). 8. VANDIVER. J. J. MAJOR. E. P. VANDIVEH. VANDIVER BROS. & MAJOR, - DEALERS IN - "Vehicles an cl Harness! SEE US ON BUGGIES If you owe us past due paper be sure to see us promptly. : : : : Yours truly, VANDIVEH BROS. & MAJOR. les and Now is a good time to buy a new Buggy and Harness, and we want you to look at our large stock of the latest and best up-to-date styles, and it will be no trouble for you to make a selection. Our work i? ali sold under guarantee. We have extra bargains to offer. Give us a trial. Our prices are low and terms to suit. THE J. S. FOWLER COMPANY, F. S.~We have a few last Fall's Jobs to go at Cost. MASTIC MIXED PAINT We Want to Sell You Your Paint. Come in to Bee us, and let us tell you all nb out it. Wo have sold this Paint for many years, and all have been pleased who used it. Wo haye a fine seleotion of colors, and will gladly give you a card showing thom if you will call in and request same. Also, a full line of Varnishes, Stains, Floor P**-tB, Furniture Polish, Faint Blushes, Etc. ORR, GRAY & CO., Next to Bank of Anderson. Sellable Druggists. D. S. VAN DIVER. E. P. VANDIVEH. - OOTETXOE3 OB* - fS?BEO AGENTS FOR ARMOUR'S GUANO AND ACID. - ALSO, Cotton Seed Meal, Kainlt and ali kinds of Fertilizers. FLOUR, C0FFE& TOBACCO, Beat grades *br least money. Your patronage appreciated. Tour truly, VANDIVER BROS. ^%1*]ANT fl'B?Vjvff?fa'fr 01mrmnfi4 TIAMW 8 This Establishment has boen Selling IN ANDERSON for moro than forty years. Daring all that time competitors tove come and son?, .bot-we have remained right hero. We have always sold .Cheaper than any others, and during those long yean we have not had ona dis satisfied euatomex. Mistakes will sometimes ooour, and if at any time wt found that a oustomer w?sdiBBat?saed we did not rest until we had made him s%Usfiod. ThiapoUoy^rigiaiy adhered to, ha? made us friends, true and last* ittfc, au?Vwe ean say wtt?i.nrjde^ut without boasting, that we have Se eonft v dence of the peopia of thia section. We have a larger Stool: of Goods this ? season than we have ever had, and we pledge you our word that we have ttevet Bold Furniture at as olose a margin of profit as we are doing now. This Is proven hy tho faot that we are sailing/ Furniture not only alKover Anderson . County but in every Town in tho Piedmont eootion. Como and see ns* Tour parents saved money by bayibAfrom na;WJ you and, your children ean save ajoney by buying hore tao. We oarr^ EVERYTHING in the Furniture lino. ' % *. ' O ? P.'TO?LT * SOhi. Depo* street V ' , The Old Reliable Furniture Beden ' i ''niiii'i _i_' i ? m1 iii B IM?SSSS-'~Ti-nw i II 11.niTTrr r i iiiiiniiaBiiim ' . \ A mau thinks it ia-when the matter of life % - Inanranoesuggesm itse^ ce? of Utel^ shown hnwm U thread when war, fiood, harrioaae and fire suddenly overtakes > to be sure that your family is protected in . case of cate tityoverteJring yon ia Vin? ~ BOTO in ? solid Company li^e I^^WI?WM- i^ii'?nfrt??fo about ^ : : ? ?^^^^^^S^ WAR S'J .A. Neglected Chapter Waddy Thompson Queen Anne'.': war is remembered chictiy by the conquest of Acadia (Nova Scotia) by New Eogland militia aud by the many thrilling talcs inci dent to tho forays of tho French and Icdiaus across tho Now England bor der. AlmoBt forgotten is a brilliant exploit of tho war that ocourred in the then southernmost colony of England in North America. South Carolina was at the timo thc frontier Euglish colony on tho South, for Georgia/was not yet settled. Tho ownership of Carolina was in dispute. The Spanirads claimed that Carolina was a part of Florida and to them Charleston h?.rh';r had always been St. George's biy. On the other hand, Charles II, reckless in tho giving away of land in America as ho was in every thing elso, defined the limits of Caro lina, which ho had given to eight of his friends, so as to embrace quite a largo ulioo of Florida, including St. Augustine, where for a ocutnry Spain had maintained a fort and where a Spanish town had grOwn np. The Spaniards in Florida looked with jealousy upon the English settlement so near them. That they did not ex terminate the yoong oolony was from no lack of trying. They harassed the colony with raids and kept Charles Town (as Charleston waB thoo oalhd) in con ot ant apprehension of attack. In one of their incursions they de stroyed a hamlet j nat begun at Port Royal and .maesaored most of its in habitants. They set the Indian tribes under their influenoe to attack ing the English, and Carolins, whieh otherwise might have had Httle trou ble with the natives, suffered the atro cities of savage warfare. It mattered not to the Spaniards in Florida, if England and Spain were at peace, for the oonrt at Madrid connived at what ever violent methods they took to rid themselves of unwelcome neighbors. Qnsen Anne's war broke out in 1702. This war was but the Ameri can phase of a European conflict known as the War of the Spanish Succession, in whichEngland on one side and France on the other were the chief belligerents. Spain was in ally of Franoe. The time seemed opportune to Spain to enforce her claim to Caro lina, since the great French King, Louis XIV, was quite willing tc as sis* in wrenohiog territory from Eng land. The importance of Caldina as a Nnffer against thc Spaniards for the other English colonies was ~s?l under stood in Boland.' It wai essential that a man of tried ability should have charge of tho affairs of thc colony; ind tho proprietors, with the consent of Queen Aone, appointed 8ir Nathan iel Johnson, governor bf Carolina. Sir Nathaniel had hean a member of parliament and had served with coo ?pioaooa bravery in thc English army. Tho prestige of a distinguished mili tary oareer made him Jost the leader acodad for a colony in time of threat ?ned peril? * ' .Booth Carolina was esposad io'et* '.lek from both St. Augustine ind nib an a. Gov. Johnson wi edy do oi led that rather than invade Florida, is bis predecessor had unsuccessfully lone, it would be better to remain at ioma and prepare Charles Town igsingt the attack which France and bain j were preparing to-maka . t. South ?aroliha contained/} less han 8,000 inhabitants, of whom at east ' half were) negro slaves. ?The tomber available for war oonld not iM?-:-mt???[;iffl'- or 1,000-hermit nough ioconstitute a regiment of inr arhiy of, today-yot every one of hese Were trained in military matt^* h colonial' Sooth Carolina every oiti ao\Wae also a soldier, for since the ojony depended solely .opon its milt ia for defence, the law required ovary reeman to be enrolled 'in eomo militia ompany and trained in the art of tu? } By the summer of 1706 Gov, John on had put Charles Town in as good i state of defense aa his resources wold; permllv Ttie, to*n, having .nly about 4,000 inhabitants, covered /very stoall part of tho area embraced n the present city. la^ ?n; the ? dooper riverside of the peninsula and ?tended hack only aa far as the pres sai 'Meeting>; street? ? Xts^ Southern trnit Waa a ereejt-;?hieh:1 :tw'??>:(?!^. s now Water street and its northern limit Waa nearly coincident; With C?m DCTknd street. A palieado enclosed ?C:.'towTi;o?^hiii :->&a4':eide>'^ There - - - v - i, ^:i^:^oieh-^era POKIES. of -A-merican EL -rory. io Columbia State. tho fashionable promenad ( Charles ton. As itho enemy were expected to approach by sea a guard was posted on Sullivan's Island to keep watch and to burn, as a signal to the town a number of lire ?J to correspond to tho number of ships in their fleet. Tho internal affairs of tho colony were not propitious. Only reoently laws L-i been enacted making the Episoopal Church tho ostabliahed huroh of the colony and forbidding any one to sit in tho colonial assem bly who did not conform to the prao tiaes of that church. The dissen ters, who constituted a large part of tho population were greatly incensed at these discriminations and a bitter party spirit threatened to rupture the colony. Seemingly as if nothing should bo laoking to strangle infant Carolina, yellow fever in a .most viru lent form appoared in Charles Town. Although yellow fever had visited the town twice before, yet these early Carolinians knew it only as an "epi demical distemper" that was scourging tho people with fearful havoc. Five or six deaths a day among the small population ?was not unusual. Many of the inhabitants sought immunity from tho disease by fleeing to the country, Me \nwhilo the Frenoh and Span iards v;ore busily preparing to invado Carolina. Habana was seleoted as the rendezvous. There Mons. LeFe boure, a captain of a Frenoh privateer who had been placed in charge of the expedition, oolleoted four armed ships besides his own. The Spanish gover nor of Cuba zealously exerted himself to fit out the fleet, and when all waa ready, LeForbonre steered for St. Augustine where ho took on strong reinforcements. While at St. Augus tine LeFeboure learned of the pesti lenoeraging in Charlestown. Instead of this news deterring him he more eager ly hastened his sailing, for he hoped to find the inhabitants of the town in a demoralised and defenceless condition and the people of the oonntry unwil ling on aooonnt of the fever, to go to their assistance. ? Datoh privateer, formerly belong ing to Now York hst refitted by the Carolina government and placed nuder command of Capt. Stool, had been cruising aiong the Florida coast for the purpose of intercepting supplies going Tron. Habana to St. Augustine. Jnat outside of the bar of 8fc.Augus tine, Capt. Stool ran aproas LeFe bohre'e fleet asd escaped osptsrs nely by putting on ali sall. He made straight for Charles Town, arriving there OOL Saturday* Angnst 24,: 1706. Hardly had he told of his. advento when Aye columns of smoke wai* j GS en ascending from Sullivan ' e ledan d j -a signal that ^he enon^y h*4 eppe**"/} ed ia sight with five vessels. It wes late ic the afternoon. Gov, Johnson waa ai hie plantation, Silk Hoper some miles from town? In bis ab sence Lieut-Colonel William Rhelt, commandor of the militia, took prompt action. He sonnded the alarm by the D.eating of dru SH ?, Ofd?r?u i u ? mi ?? ii ? in town nndeyarms, sent for the govi er nor, and dispatched hasty'^essegee to the captai OB of j^? ; country :h^HUa bidding them asaernblo their oompanIea and marok to the assistance of Charles Town. ; 4<At night ?the alarp?. guns shook the town ?. ana aronset? many a "iteery watcher of the sick and dyv . The onomy remained off the bar the night of their arrival, deeming it un wise; to .attempt its intti??^ptesage after darkness bad sentin^fSh?n?*^ day, 8und?y, watohers on Sullivan's jsland observed them sounding ; tho South ; bai; Monday was cm ploy ed in taking further soundings. The delay of two days waa of great advantage te the Carolinians; for it gaye the miUtia of> the: e?tth^y>ii?.e to ??y. Gov. johnson arrived ch ^nodayv ana' his ' reputation for soldiery resibrstl oohfi <$eaee; to the bewildered inhabitants. Fearing that yellow fever might infeet bis; forces, the governor pitched his camp ahent half a mil? from the town. ; ' The fi?st cf ^ country militia ;a*rive# oitf ; Sa'nda^ ?: troop of horee|^^it'and?r Capt. George Losas and two companies of foot nuder Mai??Geor^^ On 'Jeft?^ James ts?aud,- ;'CE?h w?th> a.com-;j; tey under his command, reported e'\j^e^o??;\TT^ *ith fow ships ^ it??i ready to give them t-tout resistance, they hove to and cast anchor off Sulli vau's leland. Soon afterward a stoop, hearing Capt. F cn wi eke and hio oom* pany from Wando river, ran by tho fleet and roached the lines of the Carolina forces. On the next morning, "Wednesday, the 68th, Capt Longbois from the Santee river and Capt. Seabrook from j the islands to the South, brought in their companies. The governor now had with him all the militia of the colony, bosides a number of Indian allies who had responded to his re I quest for aid. At a oounoil of was it j was decided that as the enemy would j not make thc attack the Carolinians j should go out to meet them. Some of the larger guns of the fortifications wero mounted on six small ehips that wero in the harbor; and Coi. Bhett, who had boen a seafaring man, was commissioned vice-admiral and placed in command of tho littlo flest whioh now awaited only a favorable oppor tunity to strike the enemy. When tho invaders saw these preparations they sent up a French oilicor with s flag of truce, summoning tho governor in the name of ?ho king of France to surrender the town and country and to deliver over tho inhabitants as prison ers of war. Aa hour was given for reply. Governor Johnson answered that not one minute was needed. Ho told the bearer of tho message that "be held tho town and country for the Queen of Bogland; that ho oould de pend on his men, who would sooner die than surrender themselves prison ers of war; that he was resolved to de fend tho \ country to the last drop of his blood against the boldest invader, and he (the messenger) might. go when he plessed and acquaint Mons. LeFebouro with his resolution." The story is told of a stratagem to which the governor resorted , to con ceal , from the Frenoh messenger the weakness of bis forces. When tho offioor landed at Granville's b notion (where the battery now begins), Capt. George Evans, who commanded the bastion, immediately blindfolded him and held him to, await tho , governor's pleasure.. Mean while the governor fdrew up his foroes in suoh a manner as to show them to the best advan tage and at their head received the messenger, who, when the bandage was removed, saw thin part of tba for ?iucatio?s full of fighting men. Thc messenger, blindfolded once more, waa conducted by a circuitous route to another point, where .the same men, who bad preceded, Inui hy 0 s?iortsr j wey, Were again .drawn np. Having j impressed (the officer that a strong force was defending the town, the governor then asked him the object of hie visit. . The deception mnst haye worked well, for not only ?ha one bou? but tho rest of the day prised without the enemy foHorio^ ap their dornend for a surrender hy an- assault. On the next day, Thursday, the 29th, how ever, a ?>;aohment from $!ho fleet landed on James Island end burned some houses, while another detach meet landed oh the opposite aide.of the harbor and destroyed two vessels lu Beerby'fl (oow Shem's) creak, near the preaont Tillage pf. Mount Pleasant. Gaps. Drake, with hie company and a party cf indiana, wee sent against the' detachment on James Island. Tho Indians who could not be \apt nuder control ian ahead through the weeda and mobing with terribie war whoops upon the invaders drove thora to their boats before! the jBiilitie could toorna up. The French and Spaniards ea the other side of th? harr^ continuing thoir depredations up Wando Neck, .. . :.;...*.. v, . ; '.. ? ..? - " /*<c-*.-: 200 armed men to join it. Capt. Fuuwioke was immediately (Sept. 2nd) dispatched nerena the country toxlu j teroopt the land force, while Colonel Kbett, Colonel Riabio, Capt. Evana I and a number of volunteers were sent I by sea on the privateer and a Berum-1 J dian sloop to engage the vessel io the I bay. MODB. Arbouoct, for tho new j invading party was indeed bis, waa I ignorant of the defeat of t??3 French j fleet. Ile had divided his fovco, the I men that had landed having marohed j inland through Christ Church parish land kiken pest at Hoboaw. Herc J Capt. Fonwiokc'a company made at j impetuous charge upon them, ase j though they had the advantage cf po j sition the enemy were,defeated witl j 14 killed and 50 captured. On th j same day Colonel Rhett appearing i I Sewee bay with his two. vessels, tb I Frenoh ship surrendered without fit l ing a shot and 90 men beoamo Co' I Rhett's prisoners. As the wind wa j unfavorable for the immediate retur i of tho victorious vessels, John Ban I well, a volunteer, was sent ovarian j to cwry the good news to tho gove I nor. On the following day Rhett at j his little fleet returned to Charlo j ton. In all 230 Frenoh and Spanish pr! one rn were taken. Among the I were Mona. Arbouset and sevei I other officers who, it ?is said, offer I large sums of money for their rp o ot (.?offers whioh, of coarse, were i j dignantly ref used.. The loss on t I side of the Carolinians was ioeona j erablo. : Suoh was tho ending of tho fi naval attack upon South Carolin chief town? No city in America ? been the object of attack in time war more often thau Charleston,' ' it has yet to taken by un ait' from the sea. Everyone is f?mil with the way in which the heroet Fort Moultrie drove the British f under Sir Peter Parker but of the j I bor of Charleston in 177?, and ;? the gallant defence of the city by Confederates against the assault the Federal navy from 1862 to 1 Equally deserving pf romembran? the defence of Charleston in 1 Hore was an infant colony, rec political factions and ravaged j dread disease, repelling by onlj oheer bravery of its people, au j sion from two nations of Eui The men who held Carotina for Q Anne were, of the mettle that made the United States a world er. Their achievement, whioh few parallels in colonial wai should always bold ? bright pis the annals of bur country. \5afM| Women always koriw ho?ir io esk one of tbeir sex io wtay fo dinner in ? way that ehe won't accept, but they are afraid to try it on a mau for fear he will. - There ia no justice without love. --Sin and sorrow often baye the same root. m IC you want to ev? doUars grow, iced your ?loid3 wUh Virfd???-Ctuol??SiTterr Curers. They witt "increase your Mafaa per Dcre,"and tau a bring- down tao cost of prodaotion, oven ii you use fowcrteamsand>k>*alabors ?ZJ . Wo bave thousands of 811008" tests raouiolo "r.iTa formera who hnvo tried 1 other malees ot fortluzera and assert that , Yirt?a?a'Cifoltea Pert?li?? taro by far the best'.,They wilt fi** I rou crops that will make toora money li'or yen. Buy no other, even &mgm may make a um? more proas PH?I. 0?oonr?9, that would be to his *ute?reafc -not yours. vmeiwia-CflRQUBA GHEHCML um. s?Tczux>k c*,> . itet?oB?r7tai^:S?^iii ?oa. One of the most desirable nieass ta up- , per South Carolina-The Old '.?Maxwell Pl ant?t? o a"-on the Seneca Rives-, G miles from Pendleton. 4 miles from Cherry Station, Blue Ridge, P.. R., near Clemson College. . 250 acres lilv.gocd state of cultivation, 100 acree river!*t- ! tom, 400 acres timber land, a portion Of ' lt virgin forest, a nearly new dwelJ'mg s house, Trooms. Large barns, stock and tool sheds, 7 tenant bouses, all In good repair. An Ideal opportunity tor the In jester. The timber ou 100 acres will, when ont and put on the market, pay entire Goat of place. '100 acres of tho bot tom land can be sold at 850 per acre, and there ?re plenty of rentera ut cue-third of everything, standing ready to contrat? for coming season. '.' -WillBelT yrtih farm 7 mules, one yoke of cattle, 'wagons,- carla and form Imple' menta, a good .saw..-.mill, bogs, young cattle and load of all kinda .forelock fora year. Two public roads eross the place. Good, water for house ann stock us? Stem??ul; Fine fishing atid hunting on at? placo.- A ohar'Ulug place for a sam meir residence. *2 J.OO per aero, , i ; Ter mc-One -third Ca3h-B atanco oui easy ternas. In sajing^^ raised this!yta we raJstf'ifttB1 CT Wi .|?he%st,Ex; At the JbmitjrFair wa? Cot Wm rn-:.