gpnpjj.i 111 iLiiji. pwjijiui 11m vp*^vfgppp Tide Turi At Battle Former Editor O. G. Psge 'Writes History. ?' Ah If stoma tcuatlorn near Kings Moiuvain til..; was marked about a I'vJt c.u vr> :?550 only l?y a modest ti'Oiuimont now Is the Kings Mountain L! I l leg round National Park, commeincvaUng the portentous RevOlu'.onr! y War bi'tle of Oct .7.' 17su, whkth historians credit with turning the tide of warfare deftnitdIV in frwor of the Colonics ami agrinst ting land. . mvt l"0:i >*al (Sovernmem several yenj'a ago, in tH - dark days of the lirc i' P:!pi -jston. formally tock over the lnlge tract'of laud and-began rteve.'lo,V"\g it, tipler the idiirersCi-jn of the National Park Service. As the climax of the struggle of the nntrLctjc sooioties and associ'.ated , Interests through n long period of y<oivs. the nark was dedicate*} on the ti'Otili annh'ci'aary of the battle, Oct. 7. I it .10 by a tremendous celebration at which Mv pr'ncipnl address waa delivei fli by Herbert Jloover. then Presiden t .. Of the United Statoe. A year-Ic'tr lit was* Accept I'd by the Cowhimrnt. Kitue -i' celebration, n'tended Viv w irv VlimikiimLi of noranna lh? den*a In the lta'sle have-beau mark' ed peiDKiMii.il>' after-direful (i*nves Ura-'ion of all available records Rowh |md trails bavR been construe ted. mtuth larW-utapfng lias been don' ml necessary structures hate bees hi ill The scon-1 of fb-? battle ri the n't row dop of a ridge, about 80 feel above fhe surrounding, rolling plain 1 1-2 m'llee south of itihe North Cairo liba-SorMih Oaoiolnfr Hne. In this bat tle^were -engaged 1,100 loyalist'mil ilia and BrMfah Rangers under th? command of Mhjor Patrick Pengusor of 'tflie English Army. The Amerte-u f.-rcr tMas uruvposed oil baclrwoods lisen In several ocotiinRcnta coinmin |>y Colonels William Campbell Penjvr.ln Cevelnivfl.''-Isaac Shelby John Sevier and Janus Williams TStiV "trTops wave f'tom the C:,",'oi! n.u. Te > >. C.'-orcIn and Ken nrjiy' and I t rived ?. th? b^'i'le pvrun' o r lioni' -rd .hard- fr | ^c r:hrc.,'-s V ;' > nipaeed In the hunl Pir 1-VM'gvsou'a oommand. 'oriana I we lecrrhtded 'ftp: t"*e I-ItIs'v - v'ctnre of the Colcnhlt n Ktn.es Mountain ron'Ttbuted Targe ly .to i'Iip Kueve-?a of CrrMeral Na'hari i i ci'pnntzn osninst I.orr , (' *"ecall's, British ccmnmnder-In chief. In "l"he K'.t-vj. Merit;<a<n h?*'lo 1V p-'i-ih |(>c^ liv-liu'ed ?i)i> killed, on' C it'b.e i?ead brl'np Mp}~ir Ferguson T -wounded (?n?! 664 prisoners. The A i-.vrt'V'.n lo?'i wfvs'54 killed, IncltKl f""t Col. Wlll'"r>? nud 62 wounded FI??ST MONUMENT The baV.lenrmmd 4 Vat wn? pwm r-;'i !> marked In 161? vt.^n a ssrftl a"r''imen( w?<s rriyr?ed\ In 1880 Mill I- -i ik<-~ ws* renlno-d by a more kri on?. Early In fhf* centnry f-. ?'i4r'f,c socle'te* brrwa ?i* ??rVa.'*rptr fr- a imre adequate marking and Ir 1?06 a Congressional appncprjbt.k* v.-in AWcd a.n.rt the third monumenl ?-.n novfled fn 1009. " THE BATTLE OF KIN08 MOUNTAIN Former Editor of the Kings Moun ttin Hera'd. Q. G. Page, who is rec ofjrVrad as an authority on the Bat f? of Kings Mountain, published I Katory on this Important event, sec the following is reprinted from H b) permission: "The Birthplace Of Liberty H wfcs In the Jifttla of Ktagi M.~orr*-32n the .?beN<r wh'Th we mln rr-.iny w?.a really bom. Long fcfctf I fV irt In tihr hoeomw of those God fhat'jg me !*ho struck' the decislvi bl.rw at this point-. but rn '.Va run on 4rvn 5t looped from hiding Unto i r-^v-found freedom. The bnMle *> K'nas MouwTdn was fought October ? 1780. a i'd wan dorlerelt by no Ism authority flhan Thomas Jefferson U hree been the turning point of th< American Revolution. .fust at th< thne when this Southland was dren eled tn freedom's blood, oommfngle* with that of tyranny, and the cauai ft liberty Iwv iprostrste and swelter irg! In sr-re, this might)' conflict wcu Maped. Ff.rgu,v>n was eltlfn and hV forces slaughtered.. Not a man let fo tell the dory; what metre not ldl ?yl ware oaptwred. This broke th< kuikkMiUi nf iha RrkMi efwl an hear enrd the bravo Amartauta,' *w? mm to quest of God thai ?oId the* titer present forward am frtlowqf ?P tfaetr vflotory wMh dm tfmwi iittllein until the aurrendef of Ma BrhWt at Yortutown, a yea ?el ?reive daya later. Ak ?a*V<iaM to h?W (mm* g ii?ii 4Uat ware hall?rat by tfM blood or our forebear* vrt? hatha tW? now?at?Ma to treat?u'a bloo fe; - that |ba Ma Mood might b? drat? tm tba tyrpontoal bawd at boa<ti hat would bold ? to poUUcal am ' ?llgldno aiavwy forever. am th bloodl of dnr noble Mmeteri mlxe wHt that of em tr?t <m u? ? alt avd floored together to to lat eb. Ml?r, nvettjtoKe that H?rvea n JCk-ad a? that there bad bo? i aatfcni bora where too living Ooap? uauld tow* rightof-arar to the heart ?* m? ant that tte tyrant' grt l/N _ * ?W. k t itoiakMtotitotototMttdyBlllMiikM^ib???tot?ta "J. ' vI.tr - _ ; ' ' THB KINGS MO' led Again Of King I a >] }; .. ^ - H Artist's sket< fM lossed from the throat of th !ovr;j of liberty. As the result of th ' ;{? iterations to follow wrere jrurei ' teed the right to be born free, t worship as they please, with non te molest or cause to fear. ' Leading Up To The Sattle In the battle of Kings Mounts! the opposing forces sere about < ' qually o'vlded, as compiled by Dn ! a * "jP**r. eleven nunarea cn f.'cn sen . The British forces, composed of Lo; " I ollvc-a and 'Tories, were voder con , mbtvi of Colonel Patrick Ferguso ' j aud were stationed along ttata rldg i or aim. of Kings Mountain. So we 1 j rderset? was Colcnel Ferguson wit 1 bis sltuatfion that he mode the boaa 'j Fiat ",God Almighty and all the re1 ' I cla out of hell" could not move bin j Realizing that he w,-? being pursue V the Amen'can forces, collected a C'owpens. and fearing that he mtgt be outnumbered and cverpowerei pnd being desirous of making a clea uu job of the affair, he set*'- to Con [, vallis. who was encamped at Cha; Irite. nsKhg fc!m to send Tprleto k ;n1 hit forces to his aid. As th , American forces learned from stra 1 |g!'-s niovg 'Oii w?y. Ferguson wo : ,ir- ' '*ei effort '9 gain rei Icrcements in order that n. glorlou i \ icfory might be won for Ills Maje; "jty. the King, nnd that he might ad ^j'-'irels to his own crown. But Prov ' | e'erve whom h? had so recent 1 j ch allenged, took ..s hand, as He a ' ways takes a hand i'a every war. an : I th - waters of (STwba river wei sr. swollen that Cornwallls could nc ' succor his subordinate. The American forces were con I nosed of the over-mountain men wh I had assembled ft Sycomom Shoal or the Wr'anga rtvrc. nnd the WhAv . if Kcr'h Carolina pitA Oecrgr'x wli i had' jo'ivvt forces at Cowpon* fc t 'he pui-pose of loursuhig and gettfn t F^iwuson. As the Airrwlums purs1 t ?d tho Rultlsh from Cowpens the for id the rop-ilat'oo of the flH'tfl settled couu'ry mcoh divided. 8ano veer pronounced Torkw sud aids v h t.he? Bn'tlsh on every ocdscdoa Stimo wero wowcfmtlottalj' oppose - - ? war srd followed the lines e i j 1. resistance feefrlf either Wh1 I or Tory as the exigencies of th f crcsnkm rabdit. demand. Other wvr? larvers of 'i.berly and share a 1th Patrick Henry In fata noble aei tlmeat to "Give me liberty. or c?v r me death.' Hits nlam offered ervee I assistance and fell in with the pn - suejrs fti?f. as many ToTea had ioi i ed the forces of Ferguson - -Legm tell us that even Jitter the firing h i gun men from the netghborhrcd g f thsred their old muske?s ?m5 bun r. eJ to the fray, some on one sld i some on tfee other, neirhbor pftt? >' apuVial nei|j!Hbor. I-N1 'ins csoe i ?[ciir;3 wihero two brothers went In ? the- bVrtle on the different tsidee ar p' both were killed. 1 As Colonel Ferrwon strutted 6 bout on the ridge aisi defied the A *- ' mlffhtv bM mfM# nmKfthlv (f iMtPftl I of rhe netrnew of the enemy. m cherished hope that mfafortoomaai | weald reach la time far the flfti j ttw? Amerlcna were hasten to rive ahead of PVntooaonfs lefstMi mcnts. and from rhanhn alone tl v.ay aWnlng Information of tho Brl i??h camp )nad lay of the land. V nuh word at "fall' enteral tot*> 41 cmripoaltloa or calcaUtiona of Can bell and Ida (ha Merer was tho wa erp of tho andleMt Romans tki "Cfcrtbase Mot ho destroyed aaO oeaanleaa aaU detoemdned than Wi (tat of tho Americana to catch R destroy Ferguson. Hathi aoenrcd tho onset local* cf tho the Anntaaaa ?h Uss than * mOs away. dhuMti and left n tow ntn ? Mf> of tl horses, fertnied two tinea of mdW Intending e? entirety aartonnd Fan sen. Ookmst Clerrsladd lad the If etMlM op on the west side of tl in(iMala and OOfcM* Cam?fc>i| h i & ' ITNTAIN HWAU). KINO* MOV N'T AIM - . st Red Co s Mountaii . . ; ; - Q^EM .? %* L|^: 8y 4# M raFLP9Hv^vf ^7 - '* * ' * i^n ECn^v S ^r ? l ; ^vil :hing of the Ba ttle of Kinjrs p < a i >t!tet with the opening entirely, ?; too Mitatl to aAn'-t of retreat. ' ?- * ?-~ l~"""/1; i- p -LO.dfrs to their leader*, aa tohl n I If. *" l rx-vtng ? *?*? ? ?> worth PL e ho old momtmew we begin wttb Campbell and follow around * with I Verier, Jlt?Dowell. W hasten. if am-1 bright: Clovel nd: isc.y, Williams.1 and baidk to Shelby, who was facing C.ur.pbell, v The Battle Rages?Ferguson " Falls ? Battle Ended ? American Victory _ While. It is not definitely known e - ho fired" the first shot. H Is a. genu entity accepted fact that the Amerl ^ | tans began the hostilities. The fight| ';"s bjgan about three o'clock and continued for an hour md a quarter.. Ferguson began hfs defense with fixrd bayonets, but fount) the old squirrel guns of the motintatneers too 1 ' i<ikiV jsnd accurate for that method; /.%? warfare and soon toop up his, ' I rifle. , n( i-j lnd aireodv become known to r- American forces that Ferguson; u! himself, wore a checke'i shArt ot e . drsterover h's uniform, which disg i t'.on. pfter discovered, made hlmj s.un easy mark. His death was ttoet n ; niiun thing the Americans had hoped! is | "> s~con"T)1leh. ;sr-d Hambn'ght had < * ' listifd c-'crs i<s follows in his Penn-| d|f.ylvauJ3 German recent: "Well, poya I. ' .... ? ..... ?1a* msH msH ik. ?U I a- yt 6(1 j JU sec www iiivii ,????v ?'?u k'M i y! shirt on over his clothes, you k?ow| 1* | who him is. and mack him mit your d rifles.' e >t' F rem, bp'op; n great?iv elovp Man.. were placed! at the r'iv?wivant-,~? of having to shoot s* downward and In gr^we danger of l? killing their pwn men. white the American*, being at a lower level 'B were sMe to shoct ovrtr the headh of ? their eomradh** and *wtth mnch bet>r Ler atat. TTroy. too. had huge trees 8 under which to take abetter, two of which nonr stand on yonder slope. r ly As 'ho battle raged1 Ferguson. ie mounted on his galfent steed snfl id blowing Ms shrill saver whistle, lip1.1 Pfcd errl ?nrr>jJ, from one point to A | another nud summered all his pen*rf j em to encourage sod rally his thtng Ring nolo*. Finally he Was sighted ie by several Americana, anpsrently si rs the same time. and six bullets were d "red Into Ma body and he fell to a- the ground dead. It is sr<M that the e trocrfnhn fst-H a vct-FliWe Yolcayfo f of Anoka an tins while the earth was r- rapidly bsftsg tVitcred w*. h dead boda toe and tfrmcW with blood. After id -Ferguson fell. Colonel DePe>ster. the e next In rank, assumed command of s- the British forced, but Wdiin about I- ftfteeo mlnrrtes dlspalred and raised p. the White flag. d * ' When tto smoke of battle bad tot .'in-r-ed wwav and ?he <V?ad were nam , bered It was found that M AmerlI car* had fallen while 300 British were slain. j What or the Brltt'eh remained altve u were tSkeo prisoners and not a maa ^ escape! to tell the tale. The prisonl res were kept in camp that night on , the battlefield and were the next da? r matched back over Rutherford conn^ iy and other territory wMch they w tad so recently plundered and where H. many of ttw had lived prior le q JoMng Hiomealves to fentuson a _ few days beforeit la eatd that rasn> ' of them www Identified by residents * as being nan Sag the marauders and M u A moond of racial on the eaatera i* fcfiMde marks the wot where the he% of Fergueow was burled. Leg* end haa It that the bodies of the * dead aoMTers were rolled Into boles * with greet dMBoatty anrnag tho rooks ? only to be wakitohsd eat by wolmk A sad rooted out by wild hoc* sad dele Tcured ?e Ike battle of Kings Mountain was M not only the haraftag feint of the Rev ft but one^cd the dectalwr baft ats > 3 I ibctbshs^ Mountain Tttmessee; McL>o.yi:1I. Cleveland. H..mbrighi aci WtL^-.om i.om North (arolfna: Wrl ini8 and Lacy, frctn cUUl UUkia. About a mile from the ba'.llct'ield un the road to the tewn . of King* Mcuntstn, stunts an old bouac which na.iks the rpot where a widow nam ft) (Dover, mil he.- daughter. lived at .he time of the battle. Colonel llatnbrlght was wounded, in the conflict and w?i taken n by thesfe people ivbd nursed back to health, lie aftervoids returned ar.ii married the younger lady and made his home with them. * Kings Mountain was pot so nam e otcanso the. Kind's troops encamp J here, but was known by that name long bete re. It dfcrlved Cits name from a man named King, who lived down on King* creek, 'which also took his name. The possessive ftrm of "Ring's" was long ago dropped by common consent and the pini al form "Kings' eilopf ed instead. The town of Kings Mountain, N. C. took its name from the mountain. II l\>d i'? btiif.nnlng Master Monday, !S7o, when W. A. Mauney and J.. S.. Mauney came to this community and started up business. It Is new a IBUI1 I THE BU NE1 it ?} I Congr&t On Fil it Complete Concrete and ! II way bridges? r.s-Y i *-?-? ~ >v. . i * * Some Recent Projects C Overpass over the Clinch gan Station in Rotherfi at Cgwhw, N. C. Starting Construction 01 I -Tiro Modei L. Rid< * ' '* V *wn*1 irnlm town ?0(k itnal 9.000 populattoa. j|md MnMi, wattr, Mwer white -wop. 19 cotton mill* ar.'J other industries. Good ac hoots and tin churches. Wne opportunity (or in\rjt.ment and congeniality. . SALVE AAA relieves HhA COLDS UUU price 1 Liquid Ten lets, Sslvs IOC & 25C Nose Drops :r " * . i | PHILCO and II I Tlhe Genuine' J KARPEN Guarai | BIGELOW-SANFORI + Lane Ceda X Sealax Linoleum | t SIMMONS BEAUTY II I "FOUR FLOORS OF I I Maxwell Br< ! $ ' Furniture at t 174-180 Soul t % l Castoiiia, Noi + \t He! DER ILDERS OF KINGS.MOUN W BRID rER THE SOUTHERN TB ulate Kings Moi Fly Years Of Pr \iv.5? |r ' /** B Steel Construction Specializir Completed by* L. RIDDLE & ifield R. R. and Bridges ovc nrd County. Bridge over the 1 rn Highway Bridges in Madia ile & Co ABBEVILLE, N. C. -' - .., ?? .? / ' 'y< ADVERTISING J/ff el ONCE #Ka?5| NEWSPAPER IrW k,. 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