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Gave All for Freedom in the Stirring
Times of Revolutioary Days. <
That spirit of patriotic interest and ;
most liberal unselfishness so marked i
in the conduct of South Carolina wo- !
men in the late world war so manifest
when they freely sent forth their sons
to France and Belgium has ever been '
characteritsic of them from the ear- ;
liest history of the state and of the i
nation. They (gave not only their ]
sons but their time and their mon
ey to fight that war to a successful :
conclusion, merely following the ex- <
ample which had been set them ay
preceding generation of mothers i
whose example has made South Car- i
olina stand foremost among the states <
of the greatest nation upon the face ;
of the -earth. 1
Had it been the misfor:une of South <
Carolina in the late world war to i
have been invaded by the foreign foe
and had it been necessary, thousands '
of wealthy South Carolina women and
other thousands not so wealthy would <
no doubt have cheerfully socrificed :
their property as "Widow Motte of ;
. Oranigeburg" did in the war of the
revolution. It is of her that I write i
today.
An Important Post.
It was in 1780 in the dark day.? of
the war of the revolution that the
British had taken possession of the 1
mansion of Mrs. Rebecca Motte, a
wealthy widow of Orangeburg county.
It stood upon a high piece of
ground and Decause or 11s pusiuun
the British established there a depot
which they called in honor of the owner
of the property, "Fort Motte." It
was here that the convoys of the invaders
that were operating between
Charleston and Camden had station
and the British naturally kept a
strong garrison there.
The Widow Driven Out.
In fact, the Widow Motte and the
family known to be inimical to the
British and very inimical?so much
so that she made it known to them by
her every movement and wora, were
driven out of the mansion to the much
smaller "farm house" some distance
away, while the mansion converted
into this strong fort was occupied by
a garrison of 15 0 men under Captain
McPherson. who, according to the
historian Lossing, was a "brave British
officer."
The mansion was surrounded by a
deep trench, a part of which was
quite visible in 1880 and it is not improbable
that there still remain traces
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It was necessary that Fort Motte
be destroyed by the Americans because
of its location and because of
the fact that it was an important supply
base, and the job was assigned
to General Francis Marion and other
South Carolinians to do it.
Marion Had Single Gun.
The general and his small band
hardly deserving of the name of an
army approached the place and made
all plans for its seige, having in his
possession but a single "six-pounder"
which was placed in a position to
rake the northern face of the parapet
of the mansion fort.
It being well understood by the attacking
South Carolinians, however,
that the place was so strong that it
?ould perhaps resist indefinitely
a plan to take the place by firing the
beautiful Motte mansion which form3d
the center of the position was hit
upon.
Because of the fact that the Widow
Motte was such a staunch whig and
had ever been so loyal to the cause
of liberty, the leaders of the attacking
forces were loath, to destroy her
property.
The position was indeed a delicate
one for them. It was necesnecessary
that the place be taken and
it was plain that by communicating
fire to the dry shingles on the mansion
roof the whole would of course
communicate to the remainder of the
fortifications.
The painful duty of informing Mrs.
\1nHo of tV)o nlon foil to a r> offipor
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who had many times enjoyed her
charming hospitality.
"It gives me pain," said he, "to
suggest to you the necessity for firing
your home; but it is absolutely necessary."
The officer then explained that thej
plan was to hurl ignited combustibles
upon the roof of the house by arrow.
Ordered Her Mansion Burned.
The Widow Motte cheerfully acquiesced
in the plan, saying with a
beautiful smile, "It gives me a pleasure
to give all that T have and am
for the cause of liberty."
So saying, she went into her residence
and brought out a beautiful
bow and arrows.
"Use these," she said, noticing the
bow and arrows that the officer had \
for the purpose were inferior.
About midday on'May 12, 1781,
sevaral arrows winged with burning
brands and shot by Nathan Savage,
one of Marion's men, struck the pin
roof of the mansion of "Widow
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Motte."
Almost immediately a bright flame
sprang up and the British commander
of the post ordered soldiers up on
the roof to extinguish the flames. One
or two shots from Marion's six pounder,
however, drove them off while the
fire continued to ra?ge.
Was Again unarming Hostess.
Seeing that all was lost the British
surrendered. The Carolinians
rushed in and extinguished the flames
which had not done a great deal of
damage to the place.
The widow of Orangeburg within a
few hours entered as mistress of her
mansion again and, according to tradition,
that very night she entertained
the few Carolina officers and the
captured British officers at one of
the most elaborate dinners that either
had enjoyed in many and many a
day.
Thus it happened that this strong
woman, one of the leaders among the
women of the state until the day of
her death in 1815 did not after all
sacrifice her lovely mansion although
she had cheerfully spoken and showed
her willingness to do anything?
to make any sacrifice for the cause of
liberty and for South Carolina.?Jas.
D. Grist, in News and Courier.
Lessons in Railroading.
Picking her way daintily through
the locomotive plant, the young woman
visitor viewed the huge operations
with awe. Finally, she turned
to a young man who was showing her
through, and asked:
''What is that big thing over
there "
"That's a locomotive boiler," he
replied. She puckered her brows.
"And what do you boil locomotives
for?"
"To make the locomotive tender,"
and the young man from the office
never smiled.?The Overhere.
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Not His Sort.
The other day a little fellow of
middle class parents had dressed accordingly
and was having a merry
romp on the esplanade, rolling
around on the concrete walk regardless
of his clothes entirely. During
a pause in his plav his mother said
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to him, pointing to two boys in immaculate
white suits: : "Look, dear,
wouldn't you like to be nice and
clean like those children there?"
"Huh," replied the youngster
scornfully, "they are not children;
they are pets."?Boston Transcript.
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