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The Old Reliable Furniture Dealers m?4 A LONG LOOK AHEAD A man thinks it ia when the matter of Ufo insurance suggests itself-but oircumstan. \ oes of late have shown how lifo hange by a v thread when war, flood, hurricano and tire suddenly overtakes you. and the only way to be sore that your family ia protected In ease of cal&'tity overtaking yon ia to In? .i^inaoobd?^mp^yliko-. The MutualBeneflt life Iip.Oo. Drop, in and see na ?bout ii. -WAR ST Emily Gei? Tho following paper was read before J the Esther Marion Chapter, D. A. B , by Miss Aileen V. Bell, Aiken, S. C. : Looking baok in the dimness of the past to those stirring, unselfish days when our forefathers strove for lib erty and tho right, and won for their children and children's children the freedom of this glorious country, in the fierce glare of thc present day where graft, love of Belf, personal luxury and a desiro to stand in the lime-light of tho world's eyes scorns to possess tho soul of our nation, we are almost inclined to think that heredity, tho moulding force of circumstance, thc iron hold of the past upon the present, had lost some of its grip. But a glance at the deeds of those stalwart fathers and Spartan mothers, who BO willingly gave up life, hearth, home, friond and comfort to serve and make a better commonwealth, will stir the heroio drops of blood that oourse in present day veins. During the spring of 1781 several victories followed olosely upon eaoh other, crowning the hard struggle of thosi bravo ones with suoosss. Fort Motte, Fort Granby, Orangeburg and Augus ta had surrendered, but Ninety-Six re mained a stronghold. The battle of Ninety-Six of whioh we speak today, was not a deoisive one at the moment for the liberty-lovers, but the end, more than the outcome, of prudent handling of a few men. Ninety-Six at that time was a de fensive work on the site of Cambridge, in Abbeville district, so called be cause it was 96 miles from the frontier fort of Prince George on the Keowee River. May 22, 1781, Gen. Greene eommenood a siege of this fort; the approaohes were gradually carried on under the direction of Col. Kosciusko, sm engineer sent down by Gen. Westl ington to ssBist the Southern terri tory. By his assiduity and energy, a third parallel within 30 yards of the ditoh was completed June 16th, and a rifle battery 30 feet high was built at the same distance. On the sevonth the absttis was turned, and two trenohes snd a mine were worked to within six feet of the ditch. Rifle men snd sharpshooters were employed on both sides. And whenever, any one showsd himself he was in great dapger. This brave little band's msnoeuvers had roached a oritiesl point where further resistance would have been hopeless, when news reeek' ed them that Lord Hawdon was ap proaching with a foree of 2.000 men. This made it neoesBary either to raise tho siege, or attempt to take the plsoe by assault. It was Ju e 18 b, ?hen the assault was msde and failure fol lowed. Lord Rawdon was rapidly approach ing and Gen. Greene wes forced to re ure, as he wes too weak to stand against their superior fore**. Gen. GP ooo had already sustained heavy to=aes. Muoh of this failure hes been attributed to Kosciusko's want of en? gineering skill, or rather to his neglect to cut off their water supply. This was one of the heaviest blows that they sustained, for it was then they Wtfuld have wrested the whole upper country from the British, The effect of Gen. Greene's failure to tske Ninety-8ixwes depressing sad j gloomy in the extreme. Many per ? sons advised him td ?eave ins State I and retire with his forces into Vir I ginie. To all such suggestions Gen. Greene's reply was, **I will recover , the country or die in the attempt." Lord Rawdon pursued Gen. Greene os fer as the Booree river and not over taking him flattered himself that he , had driven the rebels out of the coon- ? try. While Gen. Greene waa retreat* . ing from Ninety-Six, after his un sue ? oessful ssssult on that placo, ho croas- 3 ed the Saluda river . and passed through the uppsr part of what is now j Newberry County. Gen.' Greene moved on toward Broad river and en camped between the forks of En oreo ; and Broad, with his weary and muoh \ discouraged uen. Not far from whore , Gen. Greene had encamped with his j disheartened troops, lived a well-to-do farmer whoie name was Jober Geiger, j P/v heart was full' of love for his -, 0ou0try, and was sorely disappointed j that he was unable to take up arm*. ] His daughter Emily? who was about , 18 yews of age, was an ardent patriot and often wished Abe could take her : f ether's place, ;#h* learned that Gen;, j Greene, wanted.a courier to take die patohes to Gen. 8umtor, who was 00 the W?teree? 100 miles away. This 1 route being attended witb so many 1 dangers, it WAS bsrd to find a volun- i teer, and while Gen. Green? was pon- 1 dering the situation in deep perplex- 1 ity end anxiety, this high spirited and < fearless girl, foully Geiger, ofc^*$ .< to take the. message. The general ? hesitated to aocopi her offer? bui.she j steted ste was wwi acquainted with J? ??'-"v,--" . v '-; ? r, . ?'-,';V-'???'V.-? ?' ? ORIES. ??r's [Ride. the route as she had been over it more thaa once, whereupon the general wrote tho dispatch to Gen. Sumter. Before she left him ho had her to memorize the message perfectly, BO that if she was compelled to destroy it sho could repeat it verbally to Bum ter. Mounted upon a strong and fleet horse she started on her porilou journoy. After her first day's ride rae stop ped to spend the night a>? a Tory' home. After going to bed, two Brit ish officers rode up und sho overheard them describe her and ask if she had pasBsd. The host assured them that she was there. After receiving this information, they decided to spond the night and make the arreBt in the morning, as they considered her safe, not knowing sha had heard their COD versation. And spon ai ehe was satisfied that her enemies wore asleep she begsn to ?eek some means of osoape. She eau tiously opened tho window, then she encountered another diffiop.Uy, as the watch dog began to growl. 8ho soon made friends with him. After scour ing her hone she wss soon on her perilous journey again. On the after noon of the seoond day more than two thirds of the distance had been passed and after she had crossed tho Saluda and was on her way to Friday's ferry on ike Congaree, suddenly three men in British uniform appeared before her. One of the men threatened to shoot when she threw open her coat and told him to do so. They arrest ed and oarried her before Lord Haw don. He questioned herolosely as to where she was from and where she was going. So being of brave and de fiant nature evaded direct answers. He then ordered her looked up in an upper room in the guard houie. After being looked in she waB fortunately left alone for awhile, and while alone ihe took the dispatch from hes pook et, tore it up into email biti, ohewed ana swallowed them. She had soaroely disposed of this priceless measage, when a womso sp- j peered to sssroh her olothing. Noth ing, of a suBpioious ohareoter being found, Lord Rawdon was in honor bound to let her pursue'her journey unmolested. Doubtless he was touch ed by her faint ?nd worn condition, as he sent an escort with her to a frieod a few miles distant Where she ./artook of refreshments and rested a few hours. But being fearful of fur ther delay, she secured a fresh hores sud a guide who ooUld show her a shorter.wey^ She set out and by rid ingall night they Were at daybreak fer from the neighborhood of Lord Hawdon. Aa the sun roso Over the hill? the guide left her to persse her journey alone. ; Qa and on she rode, not thinking' ofJ.ber exhausted condition, until about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the third day she suddenly oamo upon a file of soldiers, who from their dre.a she knew td be friends* They con ducted hov to Gen. Sumter and hun gry, weary and almost fainting as ens was, she clearly end distinctly deliver ed her message to the astonished ofii cor. Io lest then an hour after ' her arrival Sumter was ready to marsh to the plaoe mentioned In Gen. Greene's dispatch. . .: It waa two weeks before Bmilfr re* turned to her father, Who hal bean informed soon af ter ; departure what she had done. Who can imagine ihe emotion of love, pride and .happiness that almost stifled him as ho pressed her to Ms heart. -.' * Those were stirring days when lib? arty was the ' watchword and courage sad Valor possessed the soul. And the struggle' for liberty meant more personally than we ree??we, for Uttle quarter.'W*a:"shown between Americans, and the adventures of the handful of li bar ty-lovers and the royal partissns would fill volumes. . Could tho stones on the* KUs o Ninety-Six tell of those . tines at the Biege, of the bloodshed, auch a tala of courage and determination w$|}$ wo -hear. * And may We always treas ure those efforts among the things greatest io our heritage and be raady to plaoe a laurel leaf to tho meaxory of the many; brave heroes nan in als tory. PM&W????m The following item appeared ia the Vrieksbnrg Whig & Jjsi^lSti : "One of the mofc?Vjdi^ tnarkable instances of randoi surred daring Farragut's blockade. Just as Ma Hartford, reached tba 'rt***., apposite the city, a shell stn* if her guns, wbtob. ww belog load 'tir in tho moiiki, and gassing lato lodod tho charg?; burst tho gua V M-M V1JJJ . Over Forty Years Ago. (Augugta Chronicle,) In a rocen' edition of your paper you gave an account of President Roosevelt's presentation of a medal to Captain James Robb Churoh for gal lantry in the Spaniah-Amorioan wer, and that it might bring back remi niscences of the past to many Augus tans. ? # # ? # What say you, survivors of "The Cobb Legion, Georgia Cavalry'' and of "Young's Cavalry Brigade, A. N. V."? Do you remember our Captain William Leigh Chuich-our adjutant and adjutant general? Who eau ever forget him or his gallant deeds? Who that saw that handsome, olassio face, those flashing brown eyes, cheeks aglow with the excitement of the bai lie on that memorable 9th of June, 1863, oan ever forget? It makes my old blood thrill as I write theee lines even now-forty odd yesrs after. "The Grandest Cavalry Battle of the War Between the States," as Swin ton, war correspondent of the New York Times, and historian, hath it. As we oame galloping up, respond i?? to imperative orders to hurry, as the Yanks were about to eaptorc Stuart's hoadqusrters. Geo. J. K. B. Stuart eame dashing down the hill, hat in hand, and called to our Colonel P. M. B. Young (whose brilliant re cord gained for him within fourteen months a major-general's commission), 'They *re right over the hill. Charge '.un, Stuart;, charge em." And even st Colonel Young's command, "By squadron front, into Hoe-Charge! Charge 1" we were into them. My squadron, the Fifth, ohsnoed to be leading left-being in front-and on either side of '-ie at the head of the oolumn, were Adjutant Churoh and my first lieutenant, James L. Clan ton, of thisoity, (ss gallant a ssbreur as ever drew blade). Churoh oallen to danton, "Jim, let's capture those colors;" and, with "Here's at yru, by G-d!" in they went, ahead of ali of us, for the'Tenth New York cavalry, whioh was leading the enemy's ad I vsnoe on Fleetwood. Well, we drove I them over and off the hill, recapturing what had been Stuart's headquarters, breaking and driving baot Pleason ton's line in advance, who had been suooeseful?y driving the Confederates until met and driven beck by-Young's sabre charge with the Cobb Legion and the Federal cavalry recrossed the Bsppshannook before hight. A few minutes after the oh argo, while rally ing and forming tho con, Churoh; nie floe still glowing with the fire of bat ie, ?uncu iv uiS, Ss uv -rao w?yiu? u?v bloody sabre on his horao'o mane. got three of them certain; Edge, jHow many did you ge?t" . '...",/ '?V^t'Tv* Again, only ?ins days after, afc ? Upp c? vi lio, fm\?i>M?i outnumbered | and our cavalry earps scattered. in ?th? repid '".s^w?Adei'':-??ojtit^^^^.ftbi??^'f; oolor-bsarer of the (Jobb Legi?n was .cut down'by/^ Tt?^';;troo*^;: ?w) seised our' b'a?.tle?og (oow in. posses sion of Comp 435) end broke beek for hil oommend.\ But, like a greyhound fro? bia leash, W?U Churoh was af ter him, following him even among his comrades, ran his sabre through Mai. hurling him from i'hie horse,' Jerked the colors from Hs hind andi egsin they Wived .over tho -'Cobb Legion. Several timei;waa he mentioned for gallan try on tho Sold; but there Were few medals, given : in those days, though th?re ware some; orronupus men even ' then. ' - Churoh wsi.' c<cp. o? -the handsomest, as well os one ol tho bravest mon in tho Army of .Northern Virginia, a? ideal cavalryman. ' Who ot you cannot Teo?l.l tb f state ment ol escaped and exehaugitd pris?; onerly off. i?e eel ved while i n Northern pri& on s hom Mrs*;Boob, i?ron^^Myipg?i^-Sf^^^uik .Gity^tuat/'i^ Southern woman, bis pister, Once an Athens (aye, a Georgia) belle, for she was as h a au tif ul se Hucfioe n t-im periling her /persons) : <iberty/ and- jil most impo??risMog herself sa her,oon* tribtttion? ^ The tirare of Gen Perrin. I To the Editor of the News and Cou rier: Thomas P. Ivy, a native of Ala bama, but now a oitizen of New Hamp shire, usually oomes South in the wrnter. This year he was at Fal mouth, Ya., just across the river from Frederioksburg. Some days ago his attention was oalled to the faot that the body of Gen. Abner Perrin, of G ou th Carolina, lies in the Confed erate cemetery, near Frederioksburg, to which plaoe it was removed two yean* ago from the battle field* bf Spottsylvania Court House, where he lost bin life oo the 12th day of May, 1864. He was buried near the bloody ongle and nothing marked his grave except a oedar post, which stood by him until ho was removed to Frtd eriokeburg cemetery. It waa taken with him ?vnd now marks his last resting plaoe. O a Janu ary 4,1906, Mr. Ivy wrote to Senator Tillman, gibing these facts, esprese ing the hope that some m?morial as \ sooiation wosld t?ke no intereat in the m-iter and see that a more en* during monument than the cedar post is plaoed at his grave. Sou nt or Till man sent the correspondence to me and a contribution for the monu ment, to be turned over to the me morial association which takes up the matter. Gen. Abner Perrin was born in Ab-' be ville, but commanded an Edgeflold Company in the 14th Sooth Carolina Voltnteers. He rose to be colonel of the regiment and at Gettysburg com manded McGowan's brigade with con* epiouous ability and success. At Spottsylvania he commanded an Ala bama brigade and as he led his brave men into the Horseshoe Bend, known as the bloody angle, mounted on a fine horse, sword in hand, he fell in the very forefront of battle. Be was an honor to the State and a liberal re* koonse should be made to the sugges tion of Mr.. Ivy. Robert B. Hemphill. Great Family Fortunes. The greatfortunes that have sprung np so amazingly in this country dur ing reoenfc decades today, in the opin ion of many serions thinkers, consti tute a mon ace to Sour nation el well being, says Cleveland: Moffatt, in writing of "The Shameful Misuse bf Wealth," in Success Magasine. With out th?se great fortunes there would be nb reign of lu sur y in America, no Sainting cf fcasts sud fellies, ^ riot of extravagance; with them wo"nay oxpeefc alivie evil* that ?hava^v^, viona civilisations attended upa?'3a?r IUH? RO$S. And, inany o? fiheie . ?rattly with u*;. . es> pe?^io ia toe^om^t?a^^ richest ? people she., world, .hos. ever aeen. the .v?nctj*d Wealth of Croesus is estimated at ou ly eight milliondol lars, t.n(> there are seventy, ?monoan batatos that - average thirty-five mil lion o eaoh. As showing the rapid ' growth o? individual fortunes in . this country tn*|*^ to wnien ?<ewJA ors ?iy-so ??e boasted only ! twenty-eight million :a$res, And a pamphlet published \ ? oms y ears ea r I i er sj?y s tb afc s n , lg?. ; Philadelphia , could ah ow only ;tea e.a. ; tate* Valued at a,. million or ; morQ, tho siohen bring" that of ? Stephen Girard,, which reached seven millions. In contras* to which, in 1892 th oro., were ovor two hundred?W^n1 ?^iladelphia. : As tr. New York city, the number of its mUlienairea, aoooraibg fco bcBt information,:; ie over two' tnonsah?, while the number of millionaires in : theUnltedi S^es >^V^k. Mst^v*! thousand Off. half the total number .In the world. . .There is dna famOy a?onV; at the head of which stands the rich* i est and . world, John 1>, R?okofei?er; and tba. . ? wealth of this family is estimateo) at $ge^ ; liad began mak&^e dollar a mitig? and had lot all these dollars aceurim Making Th? Indiana Work. "Tho wisdom of a definite policy ia the treatment of oar Indita wards has been made olear in the past few years/' said a Western man the other day. "President Roosevelt has decided ideas on thia subject, and his '.ppoint ment of Leapp as Commissioner of Indian Affairs insure the carrying out of these ideas. The President does not believe in feeding the Indians, but insista that they shall work. The big irrigation project) now being constructed by the Government in many parts of the West are affording a test of the Presi dent's ideas on the subjeot of mak ing the Indian a self'Supporting citi zen. "If some one suggested to you that the Apache would make a good labor er I am sure you would smile, aa I did at the tale, and count it another yara of the versatile Westerner; bat yoa have got to believe it whoa yoe go ?Own tn ?viv.ana. TTnnln Snvn'? Ansi aoers are working; a email army of Apaohea, remnants of Geronimo's band of murderers, in building moun taio roads and digging ditches. And would you believe it, they best the average hobo laborer cat of eight for industry and quantity of work per formed. "Tho Navajos, Pirnas ?'id Pueblos are being employed oa similar works there and elsewhere.. Many of these mentioned tribea are constantly em ployed by the railroads. Up in Col orado the eng?? heat, planters are de pending more and more each year on the Indian laborer. During the hop picking season in Oregon and Wash ington whole families of Indians move from field to field until the crop ie gathered. In fact over the entire Western country, whioh ie making suoh wonderful forward strides, the question of Indian labor grows in? oreasingly important esoh yeer." F?*ed aa Han Forty Years. Trinidad, Colo., Jan. 29,-At Sea Bephael Hospital Saturday, a patient, 8t yeera old who had boen enter ed uoder the o ame of Ch orles F. Bau baugh, waa lound to be a wonano. For over forty years she has been a bank oaQhifiri labore? . aed sheep herd er, alwaye wearing male attire. Doctor T. J, Forban, County Phy aician, learned ahe had been born ia Marseiiles, Franco, and esme to ANaer Ins. when OU ?MUM?# >%\A .V wa TOf? '""'T1*' . ' . dS^'' . Being unable to.#btein employment she changed her dress, and foi eight yeera just preceding tp Civil war waa bank casher at Boonal, Mo>; then waa ?lakeep herder;". <?? ..' m 1?Mp'.V . 8he finally became a county charge ^^^^j??oapital against < She said- - thatv her- '-employer was killed in the Civil war onr? -that the hank'th^'?l?j???d.: V . *.: . g. K yhen? ?ne caine ???to?.Cotoradov just after 'tho fr*r aho obtained 'employ meat at the Brown 8heep Baach, if h?re; ehe . worked aa sheep .-herder thirty-five years without her ee* being ? VJ uoa ono ww WMU ?v ?|?a uisp'.U! her reluctance to take a bath aroused tho ouapieioaa of the nhysioiBna' and