The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, April 28, 1914, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
1WISH you would get a glazier to come
up and set that pane of glass the chil
dren broke yesterday. The house is as
cold as k barn," said the surburban house
wife, as her husband was about to go to
business.
* "Haven't time this morning," replied her hus
band. "Just look in the Telephone Directory?
you'll find several there. Give 'the ord?r to the
one who says he will se>id a man right up."
S ?it> ih? man with the telephone who gets the
hurry orders every time,
When you telephone?smile
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Crf?x*hic ?^?r?pUtm pf the Sa??
Butler Bonham, Who Rode ^ab>
Cert?sn
(John Hcrny Brown in' Texas Farm
and Rauch, 18V9.)
It ia honorable to human nature io.
feel something akin to personal In
terest and. with many, kinship, in the
character of men. whose deeds'stamp
them as .of the- highest order of boaor
and heroism. Of such is the ch?ra?tjnd
w? bave Under consideration. Most
that la ' iown among the multitude,
eVcvi ol Informed Tealans, is that]
ttoohanva South Carolinian, fell In
the Alamo. The true sublimity of hie
acts and-bearing has been locked in
I the ?iearts of a'few, and never till r<>
by the writer of these chap
iters, given to the nubile, ami *w2tl
only to Contradict a published.hlatopcj
I cal mhjstatement awarding to another !
tlie credit 'due to Bonham, and to i
[Dunham only.
i Who was this almost matchless hero, I
patriot and friend?frieud to "v. u.'<
I lustratrio?B Travis, as David _
athaa were friends?a friendship hal-J
lowed in Masonry and in the hearts of
men 8,0Cd years after' its manifesta
tion in the days of Saul? Very briefly
I ?iil answer.
The Bonham family, in. so fur as1
their American history goes, arc tit
Maryland origin. They branched off)
mnr,; ihnri loo years ugo from iitac|
State Into South rarolioa; Kentucky.'
(from Kentucky into Missouri
.thrmce to Texas) and elsewhere in the
newer portions or the Cnio:\. A seien
of the Kentueky-.Missourl-TexaB i
brauch resides in Dallas today.in thej
person of Mr. W. Bonham Knight, of'
a printing house io this city,
lei Bonham. iu th<> r.>v^i,,?i~
ary war, was a private soldier at .12
yeare pf age In a Maryland-cavalry
company/ whose cap*aln and oUmti
member-was, but ?ft. They, served at
tho solge .of .Yarktown. The 'wiraS&J
this .Tam?s "Bonham was Sophia Smith.
They had five sons and three daugh
ters. Jacob, the oldest; died in child
hood. The second, Simon Smith Bon- !
ham,' died a b*wy>
Alabama; in 1835. '
^ Tho third, Malsch! Bohbani, died in .
rairrcio, L'Teeatoho county, Texas,
during the civil war, and has children
tbe>e now. The fourth eon wa* the
hero of the A*amo. ' James Butler Bon
adiutant in a south Carolina btfgade I
in the Florid*
selfth I
tH? Mexican w
ihajor general . commanding uli tne
troops of South Carolina at the time
of her secession from-the Union, and
so remained ?!>Ml Airil. !_?- 1S*1. Thim'
tho State trbope were merged into the
Confederate, army, and Gen. Bonhani,
as a fact, ?cd- the first brigade into
that service, in ihi fail of that year,
however, lie was elected to tho Con
federate congress *n which ho served
eme session, and in was elected
till ttv? close of 1864, when.'an briga
dier general, he reentered tha Con
federate army aafl no remained till the
close'of tho war. He Is now about 76'
: ! old. aud ?3 president of .the
ftlfte board of railroad commissioners
0? South CjiroMti?? !r.bor?2i. is a true
ockuowl
rother of
valuable
s no pic
96
en et.
[fanr
and
,?tly being
ers. in
&te*-&J!&,S*?*i<* of ."orna*
the AUmo? ia ihn Ahn? ofc,
2?ea?? "
I w? **' ^aLS^001 September,
.there was wui?>d to hint whiaperlnif!,-1
?a audible sounds -of the toi- '
(pending revolution ia Tcxok. While
the correspon?en<je is lost, it la cer-'
hot earnfletj end loving tetters*
passed he tw?eft hhn ond Travis. Cdtn.
"Mention was alow and at distant
vais compared with the present
; bat by November the soul of
v,.aia was enjlstdd in the cause of
(Texas. He abandoned everything and '
smith, the leader of the i.?,^ty;
Cicn, ''?u?toa^^inia'
0*2 tbrj prominent men who advocated
?ttmrt time by the friend of ills youth.
Bonhaui. . Travltf. grand In intellect,
unseillsh'tn spirit and uobla in heart,
vrgacizcd his rorcb as best he could,'
Sotermlned t
men at (fc
relief.
old the advancing~?u
>*ri iiciii uen. Houston
StD? organize o force 8 uf
ot and repel him on the
He trusted that Funoin,
^thoroughly "equipped
ad, would march to. his
??v ??wv appeaw to mm to i'
feet, and.-finally,- after Santa Anna's]
botlt Mexican*.
Indians ou tf
travel $z u
hut b man obi
Sriavft linifertrffe
Butler JjjSB
ago,'-'assumed
is position jln
tarn for c laxt
tructlowa also
proceed from
Higrch of aid.
ar/?Mrll from
n -Antonio and
route or hl?
ec then, none
danger would
?saii^ habimfctbr
- H
mm
h StJi
pn*?ircled.: by San,
Sllt?*i?r?
smtth
orabl:
Bed he .coy la
rruiU, deter,
lev He Aras
Ar Maverick
S tueS retch.|?
Jf^an Antonio 1
Alamo was
im-oolpr- c
ttkerchtef, c
title. cgusol?'V/ry, reglgnaMut. *' ' k
tno?ier who bewalia tbe loss uj .or
sons but rojoiocB that they tell lu a
cause just and righteous?gtOHously
fr-H that their coyntry might be free.
?mung many, sentiment ? uttered at
these meeting? In South Carolina, I
extract the ifctldwlag:
j. ''The memory of Col j Travis and
Bon h am: There < la cause for Joy and
not. of moMrnj^5^f ,.d??brtct . of
^dgmneld jnoudiy yplats to .ber two
gallant sons who foil in a struggle
against a moust?r tryant. contending
lor those sacred principles which.are
dear to evejy American bo?oro."
2, "The memory of CgIb. Travis and
fin: Martyrs Ih the cause of
|M|v.' We are' proud' to say
Is1 spot of earth gave them
birth; and that here they ita
.. those principles in the meln
lace of which they so gloriously
felt."
Af James Dorn, Manies Butler
Bpnham, . wop perished in tbe Alamo
-a noblo sou of Carolina. May bur
eons cvor contend fbr~ that soil on
which he so nobly fought aud died."
' Throughou; tjho State similar meet
ings were held, and .hundreds of Caru.
Una ..volunteers baatoo&d to Texas, to
save the .land for. which. Travis, Bop
ham. Bowie, Martin t'ro?jtett and
^fryabaurad*^ died. Bowi?, by name.
Ediar^d in tho-eutoglea pronounedtftf?jh
f?&fte Crockett ??ci? ==e-,c 1=
to Texas; hut no name, in the,splendor
t>f manhood and chivatro?? bearing
can ever eclipse that of James But
ler Bonnam.
.P. 8.?Then hus just been publish
ed in tbe Galvestdh News of April
21. in un Interesting review of the
history of those days; tiie proceedings
~>t an indignation >nv?e?ng held- by
the soldiers in San Antonio, January
26? 183g. called forth bv tho uaiirr?..
tions of the council at Sun FeliwaTap?
Its warfare upon and abortive attempt
to depost Oov. Henry Smith.- the
champion of Independence. The .v?t
?ran (tor he was theji.n. y?ter?.n of ?h?
nrgr..of.1812,.apd aftorwurd? terribly
vound?d at San Jac?nto>. Co?. Joseph
2. Neil?, then commanded at Satt An?
i?nlo, and presided. at this meeting.1
iv 1th it Williamson as secretary. On
notion of .Col.. James Butler, .Bon h am
(wrongly printed In the News "Ron
[fstn'-H-a commit; .: en wasap
Jol. Bonham, Col. James- Bowte
3reen B. Jameson, Dr. Polard. Jasse
tnrUett. Juan N. Seguin and Caspar
Among the resolutions reported by
his committee (four of whom soon
Moa ?-'.unrjtyra lu. tb* A?ntuo). and
manirhoueiy adopted by the meeting,
vrre ths follow'.Ug:
"l. TSlat Wo ^"??? ?upuort the au
hority 'of ,Oov. Smith Jn his ttnyield
ng and. patriotic efforts .to fuiflll fcj^
e people. sgaiaiBv^pn
and d?signa of tieften
Individuals.
"6. That tho governor, Henry-fijSflW
will please accept the gratitude i&tfc
irmy "atj this station for- h'?a tirmness
n execution, as well aa his oatrlotic
.sortions hi our behalf."
Thtse resolutions were called forth ]
iy the extraordinary usurpation of
he San Felipe council in oreat'.ig lr
'c^ponalble onrt ^?^?MQ^^^HWaiilMiSW
mder Fannln in one case and Jonn
?t?in^ ?rant: in another, theveby
gn.ortng. Gen. Houston, aa commander
n chief and Henry Smith as governor, !
tad cutminattug m the massacre of.
**ariy'500 brave rasa;'sad-indirectly
n tho fall of the Alamo. Five day*
jo fort?, this, Travis t>,\ San Felipe m
lignantiy refused to obey a summon ^
rom the council as one of a posse
'orclbly 1
?roh1res or his office. Jtftue of the
ncn uo summoned: refused In It
narvner. The governor, as champion)
jf lsdcpc^d??ice, *>at> ?usiaiacd by thai
>eople. and in March, by the newly }
i??ctec convention. uoaniipapBEr?tts?
>kxlitv. b> * uj3q.u, ?i. __ jk
iftwr^thts meeting TravJ* assv^ed
kpmmand at the Alamo.
THE AMFBC3X SHAMBLES o
? o o o.o o o;o o o o o
who dlod violent deaths at the
of their lawless feUows aggre
? " - ??CSs - S su r?i ?tvg' ist ^aii
Bives but they become all the
disturbing whan taken is*, com
The Farmers & Me
Farmers Loan and Ji
Anderson, S. C, take
ure in lending money
tomers.and at this s*
an especial pleasure i
their farmer friends. [
We would be pleased to eaten*
ere of this good county by lend
COUS TO
GO 4 " i ON CLOSES-'*' ; i; ;|
4 TQ I I FO?NTS UP j
Tone.. yRce?ta?a?y fltwa^ke\|
Market N; -JEischaaite " j
Most of Day j
y Associated Press.)
ii*; April H?.~The coi
qujet and stead>. The close was steady]
and frpm four to eleven points n?M
higher. ;
The market t bowed connidor&blt
strength burins the early trsdtngia**}
after'; opcrjingvflfffi. *t ? net advacee
of i.lo z pointa suJd^ abouH il
points, net h!j good deal of r?-'j
alfiririg was cacouutcred on udraacej
however, and th? market soon turned 1
easier In cqnaequeno* j
New. (.top .pq9^oas..f^lle|m.'^mg
points an
showed rulli?s of S'Ho H twin t s from |
the lowest ; on ORve^g. J
..Boot cotton quiet: inlddline up-1
M&r??t?b?- wtaimg guir iS.s?; s?idsr
her. .. lt.7*
niher. .. '1 vffiff/'
Liverpool Cotton
rotton ifpc^
low middling
une-July..6.78 6$'i
illy-August.S.74 6.77
Spots 7.36.
Suies 1O.00C.
Receipts - 4,CfC,?. . j
were firm today. Raw silk rule<
?ood?
Meeatiua--varies with the
financial resourcex of the defendant;
Vf yi.l JMyf '"VWilf f!Uffi ' " ?HT^'QHffcwW
rchants Bank arid the
ust Con^i u l
a great deal offWe*?*
our acquaintance wUh the farm
SEE US,
valuable thatv any
a iivy are. tto
<.'oiui; und l?;t
help you I
could r?'n!o.
able $3.00. to 16.00'and- -u?w
palm on ifauu a and pnria 1ft
upward
Sit W.-Wa!taer 84v ;
wsA also - bnatd?rt
May Into July and ^
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