The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 16, 1906, Page 4, Image 4
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?- uwion, s. c., y.\nciT rn; i50ti.
We urge upon the people the necessity
tui'l expediency of going to
the mass meeting to he held Monday
night, March lb, in the Court
House at S o'clock. Every citizen
is interested in the proposed move,
which will, if carried out, result in
great good to the city. There is no
one who is not more or less inter-1
este 1 in a good and economical administration
of the city government.
We make no charges of any
kind against the present administration,
as we helievo the otlieers
composing the council have done
their host in administering the affairs
of the city. We desire a har
monious and unanimous voice of
the people in shaping the future
conduct of our citv authorities.
DIFFERFNCE IN SECTIONS.
We publish in this issue of Tin-:
Timks in another column an article
entitled "Violence Toward the
Negro North and South." What
gave rise to the expressions therein
of rebuke and reproach to both sections
was the inhuman and unjust
treatment of some negroes in a city
in the State of Ohio a few days ago,
when innocent negroes became the
victims of mob violence. In the
South it is only those charged with
heinous offences who suffer from
mob violence and the innocent go
fice; but in Ohio when one negro
shoots or otherwise mistreats a white
man, the whole negro population
are made to suffer by having their
homes burned and the negroes themselves
driven from the towns and
cities like dogs without regard to
any fault or act of their own. If a
city or town in frouth Carolina had
been guilty of such an outrage the
pcopu: oi uic Aonu woiuu nave
asked the president to plan* those
people under military law and an
army of the I'nited State.- he sent
to enforce martial law.
GREENWOOD'S CHORAL FESTIVAL
The people of Creenwood are to
he envied and congratulated upon
the enterprise projected l?y the
Lander College Chorus Cluh and
their associates 4ii giving to the public*
u sn highly enjoyable occasion as
is promised 'by the choral festival
which is booked for April IS and
1!? in Waller Hall. Lander college.
Cnder the directory of Miss Louise
K. Ileilnian, the music director of
the college, the chorus club and associated
artists will give to the public
their lirstannual musical festival.
With the artists of unquestioned
musical talent and wide reputation,
who will participate in this musical
festival, leaves no room for doubting
tbe eomplefo success of this
laudable undertaking. This musical
festival will doubtless prove a
formidable rival of the grand annual
musical festival of Converse
n college, and Greenwood will have
every reason to he proud, as has
the boasted prestige of our sister
city, Spartanburg.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Perhaps in no eity in this country
is there so little attention given to
the cruel treatment of animals, and
Union forms no exception since it
is an every clay occurrence that poor,
crippled, lamC and almost dead
horses and mulo^-Ai'c driven through
ibb ads and lAiutcp
by the drivers to their utmost
strength to move faster. We do
not know tint there is an organization
in this city tor tin1 prevention
of cruelty t > animals, if not there
ought to he, because in the enforcement
of law what is everybody's
business is nobody s business, conI
sequently the criminal goes 1111whippe
I of justice. Our city fathers
should have an ordinance forbidding
tin; use of animals which
are not physically lit for work and
when one s seen on the street a
policeman ought to have the right
to seize animal and driver and rescut;
the poor brute from persecution
by its cruel inhuman master or
driver. The savages had more
kindly feelings for their horses than
to ride or drive one that was not
fully able to do his bidding without
pain and sintering. Look after this,
you /aw and order league.
WOVf Mt M.M5AIHA GIRL
PILOTED GENERAL FORREST.
A Thrilling Adventure Which Required
3 Courage Only Possessed by a
Southern Girl.
( imi; st.vn:.)
In response to your request for
contributions to your Woman's
edition from any of the ex-Confederate
States, I send a story that
should In; told throughout the length
and breadth of our beloved land,
for the principal actor in the incident
related?(.Jen. Forrest?helonged
to all that wore the gray or
loved the "Cause;" and the noble
girl that piloted him did what
thousands of women stood ready to
perform throughout the South in
those trying days. The, opportunity
only was hers, an Alabamian;
and the incident occurred on Alabama
soil. The writer, then a
young girl, heard a staff officer, the
courier of the .story, relate it soon
after hostilities ceased. The lapse
of time may have obliterated from
memory some of the details, hut in
the main it was indelibly fixed in
memory's chamber. Thus runs the
story:
In the latter part of April, 1SG3,
a Federal colonel?Streight?received
orders to swoop down through
northern Alabama into (Jeorgia to
destroy railways and bridges, and
thus cutofT Uragg's communications
south. It was a daring exploit,
but Streight was n brave and able
man, and undertook it, thinking to
move so rapidly that the demolition
would he accomplished before the
Confederates were aware of his
presence, lint there was a greater
than Streight?X. 1>. Forrest?
watching like an eagle its nest of
helpless hirdlings with the instinct
of a mother divining the object of
the murderous plunderers.
The pursuit began near the foot
of Stand mountain and for five days
a running fight over the mountain
and into the valleys, almost without
intermission? day or night?was
kept up, the men actually sleeping
in their saddles, and their exhausted
horses replaced by those the enemy
had taken en route from the citizens,
and that in turn the Confederates
captured from them. Somehow
Forrest never seemed to rest, and
somehow he communicated his
spirit to his men. Where he led
they followed?and lie led. Wherever
they halted for food or water
the women crowded about them,
hedging them to recapture and send
hack the old men and young boys
that the "Yankees" had taken
away with the mules and provisions.
Ah! it was as much the appeals
of those helpless women that
tired the hearts and nerved the
arms i f those Southern men as the
inspiration derived from their leader,
for no woman in distress ever
I appealed in vain to a true southern
| man.
On, on, the little hand, though
i dwindling daily hy death, moved
! like a cyclone, circling in its course
to surprise and prevent the foe
; from getting their much-needed
rest. Provisions abandoned in
1 flight and often half-cooked, and
j on the lire, constituted the sole subsistence
of the pursuers. Streight
i was heading for Koine, tia., and
the road lay across Black creek, a
deep, swift-flowing stream. Near
the bridge across the. creek was the
farm house of a widow?Mrs. Sanson.
Her only son was a Confederate
soldier and had been very ill in
the army hospital. Ojdy a fewhours
before, the raiders arrived 11 it;
young man had reached home on a
sick furlough to recuperate, and,
exhausted, was in bed when
Streight's men dragged him out,
and forced him on before them, a
prisoner of war, the mother and
sisters following to the bridge, begging
piteously for the staggering
sou and brother. The last gun and
man over, the bridge was fired and
was burning fiercely when Forrest
and his escort rode up, and near
the youn^'ipri still lingered?the
mother having returned to the J ?7^
house, perhaps to pray for her poor wa
boy. The enemy's guns were TO
planted on the other side of the w*
creek and even Forrest was com- gfe
pelled to halt, to consider what was 5^
to be done. The elder of the girls, fo
a maid of about 16 summers, took
in the situation, and called: ig2
j "Whose command?'1 Lifting jjTjn
his hat, the general answered, "N. SHl
B. Forrest's,"
"You want to get over the creek?" gSi
"Yes, miss; can you tell us if
there is a ford near?" ??
"Yes; I would take you to it if
1 had a horse. The Yankees have
taken ours." |gS
j "Then, jump up behind me, j?
miss," said Forrest, riding his
horse beside a log.
i Without a moment's hesitation =**
the girl mounted behind the s<'Idier, EJ
as her sisters ran towards the house Sfe
, calling to their mother. The latter fig
came rushing out just as 'the girl MT
pointed up the stream, and Forrest
j gave reins to his horse,.-command
ing a courier to follow. IE
1 cttml w .f.iT :*?. ?
'you doing! People will talk about
! you." j P
| A moment's check on the reins ? ; h
"Madam, I am N. U. Forrest. I eg
: will return your daughter safe." M
"I don't earu if peoply do talk; g
I am not afraid to go with (Sen. , S
Forrest," came in quick succession sL
! from soldier and girl. The reins R
J slackened, the horse bounded fori
ward over logs or whatever lay in
its way, as if it realized the precious- s*
ness of the passing moments. Passing
over about a half-mile brought S?
j them near the ford, and dismount- (gj
ing they climbed the banks of the
| creek, which it was necessary to c|$
; follow some little distance to reach
1 the ravine leading down to the ford.
That brought them in view of a ?*
detachment of guards thrown out gj*
| on the other side of the stream and ?5
1 balls began to whiz about them. ??
The girl inquired what the noise
"Rille balls," answered her coin- ^
pan ion. , i /ft
(Quickly taking her hand from his
arm, she stepped to his other side, ?5
and next to the creek, saying: j fi*
"They won't shoot me?a girl."
l>ut Forrest gallantly placed her w?
again on his left, and said: j g
"T will not permit you to make 85
breastworks of yourself for me," 1 ?S
and reaching the ravine unharmed >??
he put her in a hole?made by the gS
teaming out of the roots of a fall- gt
ing tree?and commanded her to ?
remain there until his return. Then
getting on hands and knees he
crawled down the ravine makint?
> j observations; and when satisfied re- case
turned to find the girl just behind has
him. soni
"Did I not tell you to remain in ine\
that hole?" he asked in a soldierly bo t
tone. it is
"Yes, general," she said quite as 1 eh*
firmly, "but you might get wounded to s*
and it is my purpose to be near ft,
you. ' nort
Rising to his feet the general gave crjti
his arm to the fearless girl, and ;nn0
again they climbed the bank, and are,
again the balls came tearing up the vj()](
. dirst about them, and one passing p|.u.
; through her skirts she naively said: vj()i,
"They have only wounded my
hoop-skirt," and, taking her sun- the
bonnet from her head she turned long
towards those who were firing and jndi
waved it triumphantly over her pie,
head, at which?be it told to their prat
i honor?the firing ceased, and tak- timing
oiY their own caps, they waved ()
them high in the air and cheered ou^
. the brave southern girl. n
The courier having been dis
patched in haste for the troops to
i move on to the ford, Forrest met tjK.
, them near the Sanson bouse and ^U1
lustily they cheered the young j }]
. woman as she leaped lightly to the
ground. The general die moulded,
lifted his lmt and gave her as knight- ol ^'
ly a how as was ever bestowed on u:m
queenly woman, and in a twinkling ut
remounted and dashed away leading j)Ut
to the ford. The creek overcome, j(
down its side hack to the road, and p,
to still burning bridge they came. ()j (),
The girl stood on a knoll near the i g
; end of the bridge, and with her noul
bonnet bailed the chieftain. The ^r(l!l
men began to cheer. Forrest raised
bis band commanding silence, and, t-(()n
taking off bis bat, called across the s,nii
rushing waters: rp
"What can 1 do for you?" <
" Recapture and send my brother *' !*'
I Kick." N.e,t
"1 will b fore 10 tomorrow," and
I.O.lill. tl'?
The old hats were lifted again and a
cheer after cheer rent the air as the ,1(
intrepid leader and men dashed on * .UI11
after their prey, which, thanks to
.Miss Knnna Sonson's prompt and 1,1,1
heroic deed, were captured and the Jn<)
nroiner returned before 10 o'clock ".l"'
the next morning. shoi:
Mattie W. IIahkkll. y"(
Sclma, Ala. 8,1011
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Violence Toward the Negro-In the terc<
North and in the South. eri.v
coloi
One of the serious things in this taini
country is the treatment of the (.urjr
negro criminal who has been guilty
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8 wlmt is known as lynching
been far too frequent, and in
c instances acconipaitVd with
reusable cruelty. Whatever may
he causes for this mob violence,
to he greatly deplored; and it i
ioves every law abiding citizen'
>ek to remedy this son; evil.
>inc years ago the people of the
h were very severe in their
cisms of the southern people
>ng whom most of the negroes
and where most of the mob
ance and lynching then took
e. But in recent years this
aiicc toward the negro criminal
5 has spread to many places in
north, so that the evil is no
;er a sectional one. In Illinois,
iana and Ohio the colored peofor
certain reasons, have been
tically driven, by force and
ats, out of certain communities, j
nly last week there was a acrious
ireak at Columbus, Ohio. Some ,
oes had shot and seriously in- j
d a white railway man. A mob ;
icred, and not only threatened !
life of the negro, but assailed |
negro section of the place and j
in burning the houses of entirely i
icent persons. This is worse \
i than what happens in the j
h. Ilcre the negro criminal,
self may be taken by a mob and ! ,
to death with little ceremony, I
innocent colored people are not
estcd. In Ohio, the whole negro
illation is assailed for the crime
ne or two. The north assuredly
no longer any ground to donee
the southern people for their
tment of the negro; for it seems
o clear that if the same condis
prevailed in both sections the
e things would happen,
his is an evil which belongs to
actions of our country to remedy,
her section should cast stones
the other. Especially should
north have intelligent consider11
for, and sympathy with their 1
hbors in the south, in the cirstances
of difficulty in which
are placed. All section^should
e in seeking to improve the'
ill condition of the negro. All{
abiding people, north and south,.
ild discourage and frown down
h law. A systematic effort
ild he made to have the laws
nptly and efficiently adminis1.
The negro should he proppr?
tcctod, and both white and
*cd people should unite in mainng
law and order, and in scig
the speedy punishment of
rimioals.?Christian Observer,
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