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CIIAIILOTTD DAILY OEGERVTJVHAY Zd, L .. -v BATTLE OF KlXG'S MTX. MJl. WEBB'S OTIRttlXO M'EECII Tim Congressman From the r Ninth M-urlot (Jlvee an ' Interesting De scription of the Important fcngsge nifnc In Which the Hiittsh latlcr ferpwoi Dffftled and the ' Tide of war Tni-nra in tifor - tlie , rtrlot for lonu meat at King's Mountain. ' Following la tha speech recently delivered in Congrtss by Reprssenta live Webb In support of hla bill for . a monument at the King's Mountain Battlt Field: . im, WEBB'S KTKECH. ' Mr, Chairman, there la now a bill on tha calendar for consideration by tha Houae carrying an appropriation of $, ., Pi for. tha erection of a monument on King's mountain battlerround. to eom memorata tha groat victory gained there , by the American patrlota over the British forces on October 7. IT. 0 truat that no member of thla Houae will oppoee the pasaage of tha bill, for It la a ahama that the national government haa already waited IM yeara to give fitting recogni tion of the Importance of one of the da elelve battles of the world. I uae the ''word "decisive battle" advisedly It will b remembered that the Revolution ary war had proa-reaed In the North with varying fortune to the American remote Lexington and Concord are , hardly to be called battlee-mnre proper- ly. Important skirmishes It la true that there it was that the shot waa fired "that waa beard around the world, but 1 pro- EH?. i.J!!!01!. V ..ify ilf h,,h most Important battle fought in the Rev- flutlonary war was that fought at - Kings Mountain. r - With honor about even In the North. , and with New York In the hand of the British. England decided that the qulrk eet way to conquer America was now to overrun the South. Georgia and Bouth 'Carolina were to be enrolled under the 'Jtritleh flag, and the reat of the Southern ftatee were to yield immediately. Abtin dant shlpa and trnopa were collected by the British and all the Southern harbor --were blockaded. The British had raptur ,ed Savannah. Sunbury and Augusta, and n March t. 1779. at Briar Creek near Savannah, the Americana lost 1,000 men killed and captured, bealde their cannon . and email arma. while the British loat - tiut 1 men killed and wounded. Georgia i , was now in complete control of the Brit ish forces and Influence and the govern trent of King George was again thor oughly established there. On the tth of October. 177. the Patriots made a desper ate effort to recapture Savannah, and In thla sanguinary assault many of the Pa tr1ol army were killed, among them being . that prince of heroes. Count I'ulaskl. who fell mortnlly wounded and yielded up hla life for tha country which he had come so far to serve. This defeat was a heavy ernaeg to tne rause or the Revolution - ta the Bouth, and the outlook for succe was becoming very gloomy. The mllltln of South Carolina and Georgia had be rome dlaoouraged and disbanded, and .General Uncoln. with a email band of . regular troop, fell back to Charleston. Xurlng the Christmas holidays of 1771, tir Henry Clinton and Ird Cornwalll sailed out from Sandy Hook. New York, with the splendid fleet of Admiral Ar DUthnot, carrying 7.000 soldiers to com tnence an attack on the queen city of flouth Carolina. On the Hth of February. J7. the British ffeet began the siege, which continued for three long, gloomy and terrible months, by which time the emetay had encircled the proud narltlme city. and finally on the Tth day of May. after untold suffering on the part of the peo ple of Charleston, the city surrendered. After the loss of this splendid cltv It m ' J' ,h' whole South were readylthe mountain that 'If they did not de- j to aurrender to the rlctorloua troops of -winwama. i oionf i isrieion was sent ot to pursure Colonel Buford. whose regiment had railed In Join the garrison at Charleston Overtaking Buford at Vaxhaw. Tarleton' Ilea, an and bri gand attacked Huford'a men a If they were savage, killing lit. while more than lw were harked to death, and onlv U were taken prisoner Thla bloody butch wry. Which waa commended hv Corn walll, sdded to the general depression In the Heart of the City At an expense of over $30,000, the Central has been entirely remodeled, refitted and refurnished, making it one of the most modern and comfortable hotels in the Carolinase Located in the center of the business district of the city, at the intersection of all street car lines, it is the ideal headquarters for the traveling public Entirely new Electric A Each room fitted with return call bells and lighted t it ' with electricity The table ) markets afford. ;1 - Large, well lighted Sample MM ; v.;'-H.,4 ..tt.A-fr -ftr among all classes of American citlaens. Hut whne it depressed many It urged many otliere to determination to f)ht for their country and never surrender. At thla period Sir Henry Clinton re ported r "inhabitants from every quarter declare their allegiance to tha King, and offer their aervicea In armi, Tber are few men In South Carolina who ara not either our prisoners or in arma with tie, At thla time the nau.rhtY.HlF Henrv poke tha truth, for It did aeem that tha! whole south' waa either fleeing to the British standard.'- or flaring from It In terror. Thoee of tha native who were loyal to the American cause fled from 8outh Cnrollna, leaving their home to tha torch of the Invading foe. , Blr Henry Clinton, after tha fall of Charleaton d la patched 1-ord Cornwallla to make a cam paign through South Carolina on Into North Carolina, while Colonel Feisuson waa dispatched to .-. Ninety-six, South Carolina. The moat Important military point In Bouth Cnrollnu waa Camden. General Gates, In command of the American forces, marched agalnat thla point on August IS. 170, and waa met by Com- wallla and dlsaatroualy rouuL The wave, rnivairoua ueKaio waa mortally i wounded leading the Maryland troops, and fell after having been pierced by 11 bullets. Thus, for the second time with in ninety risys the American army In the Bouth had been practically annihilat ed. DAnK PERIOD IN HISTORT. This was the darkest period In the hla-ia tory of the Revolutionary war. The whole South aeemed proatrste at the foot ,f the enemy: while nothing but a triumphal march lay before Cornwallla and ftajor Perguaon. To add to tha gloom which then overhung the atrua- Sling young republic, there came newa ot I ih. ir,., Raiie AmnM .ki,, thrilled the American oatHots with nRvliurUnj dp r Mh mmIm .f th. sense of horror. It aeemed that their: world. Around them on every hand were reuse waa lost, and that nothing waa left . towering peaks, some of them rising to the British but to reap the fruits of ; the height of more than I S feet, their lucceeaive vlctorlea. In thla awf ul i After Crossing the Blue Ridge Mourt period of depression even the unoonquer- j telns at Gtlleanle's Gap, Colonel Charles able Washington said, "I have almost end Major McDowell, Colonel Cleveland ceased to hope." and Maor Winston JolSed them. -Colonel Wter this victory at Camden. Lord Campbell, by reason of being ths only Cornwallla marched his army in Boplem- non-resident officer, was choaen to som ber Into North Carolina, and boasted mand ths little army. On their march that all the State South of the 8ueo.ua-, they were alao" Joined . by Colonel .WU hitnna River would soon be In ble grasp, llama tnd Lacey of South Carolina, and When thla victorious warrior reached Colonela araham, Hambrlght, and Major Mecklriiburg county In North Carol Inn Chronicle, of Lincoln Conntv. he found a veritable hornet a nest I When they" arrived near Ollbert-Town, of loyal pnlrlnta. for on thla soil I Rutherford County, they had learned Tories nnd deserters could not , that Ferguson had fallen back rapfdly. grow! Here alao It waa, on May 30. i whereupon 'all of the foot soldiers were 17TB. that the first American Declaration ; weeded from the patriot army In order of Independenre waa flung t the world ' that they could Ptiraue Perguaon with In defiance of the King and all his sreater celerity. When the armv m. army. All Mecklenburg was now united rived near Gilbert-Town they supposed a one nmn In a determination to main-; that Perguaon waa atlll encamped there, tain this declaration with their Uvea and and Colonel Cleveland called the little their sacred honor. Cornwalll hoped to army In a circle around him, aecom atamp out thla spirit, and therefore . panted by Campbell, Shelby Sevier, Me pitched hla tent In the plucky little city Dowell and Winston, and removing of Charlotte, while Major Ferbuaon wm hit hat, aald with great feeling: dlapatched at the head of 1.100 noldlers ! "Now, my brave fellows. I have come to mHiTh through the Piedmont section to tell you the newa. The enemy le at of North Carolina, and to enlist aU the , band. . and . we must UD and at them., natives who were willing to come under ; Now Is the time for every man of yon the Klng'a standard. . 1 to do hie country a pdceleaa service So thoroughly waa Major Perguaon Im-1 euch a shall lead your children to ex bued with the Idea that the rebellion i ul t In the fact that their father were waa over mat wnen, William Urant of - fered him a troop of cavalry for eervlee In the King' cause, he thanked him for hla loyalty, but declined to accept them. "na the country waa subdued, and every- thing wua quiet " lyird Cornwallla now felt thnt he had the trlumnhant end of the Revolution In hi hand. HI chief lleutenanla. Tarleton. Itawdon. Ralfour and Uruwn had burned the people pro - perty. and hung the Patriot leader wnerever iney rouia re round FEHGt SON IN NORTH CAROLINA. i lain nniuni hi 1 11 neri-1 own, in Rulherford County. North Carolina. I Major Kergumn eent a verbal meaaage , notifying the patrlota who were then In ; sisi from in'ir nppnauinn 10 me untisQ arms, he would march hla army over the mountain, hang their lenders, and Iny their country waste with Are and eword,1' No other word could have so thoroughly s roused the Patriots. Colonel Shelby at, once communicated the meaaage to Cn. onel Sevier. Theae two brav lead- era Immediately reaolved to raise all the men poaallile, and attempt I to surprise Ferguson In hi camp, i or wherever he could be found. Colonel Tlh Elevator Service Day and Niht nil Outside Room and service is unsurpassed south of . tt'WO"' A-- H:j!mCrfi 'A'i 'ifM-iA l-.Uif Wit WitHA'At . Wllllam Campbell, of Virginia, waa alao notllled, and a randesvoua wai agreed upon, and tha ttth of September wna tha time set for tha meeting of the Patriot lead era oa Watauga. River. ' " .: , Tha aeci-lflre they were now about to make waa great, for their- wlvea and helpless onee would be left tha torch and scalping knives of tha Indiana, but hey had become deeperate. and ' had re solved to take their Uvea In their hand and to take every cbanca In order to rid their country of the Invading roe. Col onel Cleveland, of Wilkes County North Carolina, waa a laa ' notified, and agreed to collect aa many man aa .possible, and Join In tha expedition. . The whole Pied mont and mountainous country around waa then aroused, end flred with the spirit and determination to drive Fergu son and his Tory outlaws from : their borders. - Promptly at tha time agreed upon, the little army assembled ready for ' the march. The soldiers had na unlforma, no band of music, no bHatllng bayoneta, no ellterina saulnaee. Their only vtin- on waa the Deckard Rifle, which moat of them had learned to .. use .aa expert against Indians and Wild beast, their only equiqment was simple, helng a blanket, a cup. and a little parched corn meal mixed with mania euaar. ' Before tart Ins on their Derlloua march to meet Ferguson and bla army, tha brave, sim ple, unsubdued Patrlota uncovered their heads. . while a devout mlnlater prayed i Airaigniy uvu inn pucveve imam crown their undertaklna. and closed with brief btat stlrrlnsv addreea to) them with the biblical auotationt "The eword of the I-ord and of Oldeon.'" Immediately tbey began' their arduoua and difficult marcn oves the hills and mountain and through tha valleys, aeroe of the hlcher mountain peaks . being; covered with snow. , The mountain ecenery along their march I - ....n. .L ... - V 1 tha conquerors of Ferguson. When tha j pinch comae I ehatl be with you. But If any man of you ahrlnk from aharing In I the battle and the glory, you can now have the opportunity of backing out and leaving; and you ahall hnva a few 'minutes for roneiderlng the matter." l Not one of them, be It aald to their j credit, accepted the Invitation, but every ! one pledged his life and hla fortunes to the perilous undertaking, AT KING'S wni'VTAIV it ..n- k.m t.. .. - - - . . , 1 1 i in n, aicinyi to maae in' impreaaion mat ne waa go- Ing to Ninety-Six, Bouth Carolina, but on the tth of October he crossed Broad river at Cherokee Ford In South Cnrollna. and on the afternoon of the th of October, arrivea at King mountain, a part of a small mountain range which received Ita name on account of a man named King having lived near there. The range upon which he encamped wa about Mo yarda long, tno yarda wide, "so narrow" aays Mill' Statistics, "that a man standing on It may be shot from whither aide " The range la about 75 feet above the surrounding country. Ferguson thought thla would be an Ideal spot upon which to camp, and so pleased wss he with his i "A Rooms are . provided for, the convenience (?f commercial men. , . ,. 'J'. inS'll v v -.. a i m : k , i i camp ground that he declared that - the Aimigmy could not drive him from it, and affirmed that he would be able to capture and destroy arlv fnrnea that the j Patrlota could bring agalnat him. Mean - (while, the gallant little army Of Patriots i waa pressing upon hie march with en.ed up the 111 three consecutive times, thualHsm end determination: hsy march- ea aeany all of the night of October stn, for, they resolved not to dealat In their pursuit until they had forced battle on Ferguson or driven him Into the srmr ot Corn we 1 11. In the meantime Major Can dler and Colonel Clarke, of Georgia. Joined the e'atrlot forces. They now bad In their title array I.IO) lighting men, while Ferguson had an equal number of well trained, well disciplined Royal troops The Patriot forces kept tbslr suns dry by wrapping their blanket and hunting ooata around the lock, expos ing themselves to ths rain rather than run ths flak, of destroying ths ueeful nee. of their trusty . weapona. From soma aativa of that section they learned where Perguaon waa encamped and something of his strength, snd they alao learned thet Major Ferguson was dreas ed In a glittering uniform, but wore a linen duster to , protect it. Every mem ber af the army was appraised of this lact ana airsciea to KOK out ror a man hi euch drees and mark him for his rifle. ! ' Finally they -arrived within atrlklng distance Of tha enemy, and agreed upon their plan af attack. "Buford" waa the watchword. . The Patriots were formed into two Una of battle, two men deep. Colonel Campbell leading the right line and Colonel Cleveland commanding the left. Kaca man understood that It was Intended to' surround the mountain on which Ferguson wss encamped so that In shooting at him and hi men there would be no danger of killing each other. This was about three o'clock In the after noon of October 7tb. After the mountain had been eurrouaded the order was given to halt, dismount, and tie their horse. The flnsl order wss then given In three worda: . "Fresh prime your gun, and every man go Into battle firmly resolved to fight until he die:'" This order wss carried - out with atoio determination. Dr. Lyman C. Draper, the author of the excellent history of thla battle, well aye In dleeunlng thla order: "Never waa war cry af tbe ancient Roman mors ceaeelees snd determined that Carthage must be destroyed than waa that of ths mountaineers to catch and destroy Fer guson." Every men In Ferguson's army under stood what actual fighting meant. They were especially skilled In the uae of the bayonet, and the guns which were not provided With bayoneta were provided with, long knives ths handle of which were out to fit the musxle of the rifles. All. the troope being urranged, the lead ers then sppealed to the soldier to con duct themaelves like heroe In the Im pending fight. Thus, standing on the very verge of whet was to be one of the sreateet lights of the Revolutionary war. Campbell vlalted each command and aald to the soldiers that "if any of them, men or officer, were afraid, to quit the ranks snd go home; that he wished no man to engage in the a tion who could not fight." Campbell placed himself at the head Of hie own , and after each of the other commanding officer had done done, nnd the old hill and caverns re- and glorioue event with which It Is con ths same, the order to march was given. sounded with the shouts of victory snd of nected. there shall rise from every youth. A Urge number of the aoldiera threw ; freedom. I ful breast the ejaculation. Thank Oad. swsy their hat and tied handkerchief I bout thsir heada so a not to be re-1 tarded by the undergrowth or limb In j charging up the mountain. On the gat-1 lent army marcneo. two men deep, for l ths scene of action. Arriving at shoot- ing dlstanra. the men incler Campbell Fergueon I and Shelby began the attack. Ferguaon did not discover the presence of the pa- trlot army until they had approached I within yards of him. Ills shrill silver hlstle Waa now heard his men il l through the 'forest, culling prepare for battle. The first actual light ing waa done by Shelby and his men on the north side or the ridge, whereupon, according to prearrangement. the entire patriot army united In a loud ringing frontier war-whoop, and dallied forward Into the fray. TUB FIOHT. he aeen by ths paeeer-by. although thla Jsme H. Vasasr, who haa been Campbell led hl men etralght up the haa been hi aepulchre for more than a connected with the Unite States Sub hill, pouring s deadly fire Into the enemy, hundred years. 'treaaurv at Roatnn for mora than rA. He and hla men were Immediately charg- I Thomas Young, In describing this bat- I tv va aA lar? ?kJ . t JL Jtw ed by Ferguaon men with fixed bayo- tie. euys: "Awful indeed was the scene IL,,' , iT i-TJS ?.. of nets snd Campbell was driven down the . of the wounded, the dying, and the dead . 'T,1 "T1" ,,n 'rnportant position hill. At the aame time Shelby and hla Jon the field after the carnage of that ' of !' clerk. Is tha most remarka men were advancing in quick time on I dreadful day." i ble and accomplished coin expert in the other ride of the ridge, o that Fer-"The red rose grew pale st the blood' America, and hag fewJt any. equals guson's army found It necessary to give management and ' 'it ''.?-.f;ii .?:! 5 t I g-"SrvV. tikim W i torn::- v. y lit p. V W-WSS.a.4,. ...3 4 ' , j '7""'"' - t I Washington, no . ; thelr'attentloo lo Shelbys assault. Fhel- and bia brave fellows, like tampions' l were compelled to retreat before the I i daahln eharee of Fere niton's men. Thus back and forth, Campbell on one side and. Shelby on the other, the patrlota charg- snd every time were driven back, and whole hill was envrlopd In flame and the! rait la of mnakafrv aaunded like thunder. I The colls ot the patriot, commanded by Bnvlby, Campbell, Cleveland, oevier, MC - Dowell, Win ton and Chronicle, were drawing', closer around Ferguson, who galloped back ' and forth,, cheering ; his men ana giving oraers. - . ' 1 .. The battle was now In progress .en all sides of the mountain. The roar snd din wss terrific. The conflict wss terrible snd sanguinary The patriots were train, ed with the gun, and' were dead shots. The royal troop were well trained, well armfcd and well commanded. - Thus the bsttle raged . for more than an hour, much of tbe time being engaged' in hend-to-band fights. Major Chronlrls snd Colonel Hanibrlght, and their Un coln county boys were In the thickest. of the fight, snd While mkln a gallant chargs up the mountain Major Chronicle was struck by a bullet . snd ' tell, but Hambrlght took command sad pressed an us the hill to victory. -Tbe sntemlid ! steed which Colonel Cleveland rode- was shot from under him. Msjor McDowell's Burks snd Rutherford men did splendid service snd at alt time were in the thlckeat of the fight.. No regiment, no man. failed to do their duty. The brave Colonel Williams on the top of the moun tain fell and died like a here, His dying words were, For Ood's sake, boys, doa t give up the hill!'- - At the end of sn hour ths brave fight ers under Ferguson and DePsyster began to despair, for during the terrible preced ing fifty minutes their numbers were rapidly decreased by ths tnoeaeant and unerring Ara of tha mountain men.) Tha Torlee began to give wsy. At this time IV.'JT"""" 2rJ". a .."JLjr.A""w": ! hla Mam. -mmm to mtsm or Aim flvhlln AZfitiVJ'A& made a daring attempt to break through the Patriot Unes for their freedom. Dash- ing forward, be cut and sla.hed on every side with hie glittering sword. Some one In the American srmy cried out. "There I Perguaon; shoot Jilral" whereupon more than a'doaen muaksts wsrs Uveled at him snd he fell from his horse, after receiving eight fatal wound, one through nis neao. now a, anu-io-nana ouniuci between ths contending forces ensued. 1 which lasted about twenty minutes. The fighting wss dons within 100 fset range.. Thla onset drove the royal army end their well drilled troop back to their tente. At this point Captain DePeyater, I who fought gallantly during the entire. battle, agalrr hoisted the white flag. The' roysllsts were now huddled In a group oa ths top of ths mountain. The patriots were ordered to close up snd surround; them and receive the surrender. I After the surrender It was proposed to alve three eheera for II hart v. which waa 1 hi head. Now a and-to-hand conflict!" DePeyster. second in command, seeing f J, " V 7,"rj T that all was loat. holated the white flag, J""' "f L $ &?!LZVit A?f h;?ujr-,!?TJPJM VLSI ft." hTh Pe.hV.'?.,,MounU in'. Ferguaon died like a hero: DePeyster ' I-I also am an American!" commanded like a leteran. Considering' But whether you build this monument the numbere engaged, there wae no more 'or not. Mr. Chairman, ths example of sanguinary battle fought during tbe the brave heroea who fought here and Revolutionary war. it was one of the most complete and far-reaching victories that history records. Not one of Major Ferguson's army escaped; 4S having Ferguson's army escaped; 4S having been killed and wounded and CM taken prisoners. The American loaa was t offl- cers and privstes killed snd M wound- Draper .ays that "so curious were the'..?"' Ln ""J"1:??' .Wj" bu" Whigs to see the fallen British chief that . rd7a.T.,.ryd,n,W.-or.'dt..oir?" Tn hide, without military cloak or hero's w.eriM waa Hi i rJ a4 m w i V, I . p. . . " " ' - . ' - ,.i7 nuw i he aeen by ths passer-by. although thla that was shed, I help in every department. Local '" I expense being spared' to secure the M 1 X H '.iv J:'.tn':w ' And tha white rose blushed at the shed- pint" Mr. a julrran, from the smoke and din Of this terrible battle, to which were en- fated t,2u aturdy fighters, waa born thla magnificent republic, whose bleaalaga we now enjoy. - The effect of thle great vie- tory upon the . people, both North nnd I patriot took freeh courage and ths cauee of the Patrlota heaan to aacend from that hour, and grew stronger snd strong ier.unui tke surrender of Cornwalll at j Torhtown. Thla great battle paved ba way for his surrender. Ferguson,- with his army. - wss the rfa-ht arm of Corn wallla. and his loss snd -defeat compelled Cornwallla to, evacuate Charlotte .and nastily retire Into South - Carolina. Thenceforward the British cause waned snd ths splendid fsbrlo of this great re- puoiio wa maae not only a poaalblllty, but a reality. Senator Lodge- In his "Story of ths Revolution' writing of this Dame, say: -it prove on or the decla. Ivs battles of the Revolution. It turned tne uae ot war in the Southern States.' Thomas Jefferson said of this batla: "It wss tne loyrui annunciation of that turn in ths tide of success that terminated the Revolutionary war.' i , . y. j . ' John H. Wheeler, tha historian. ' aava "This wss ths turning point of ths for- IMPORTANCE Or.THB BATTLB. Now, Mr. : Chairman. I have tried ' In my poor, way to show ths House the Im portance of this battle - In - tablllilng American Independence, and Indellverlng our country from Britain' yoke, and be lieving that those member! who have followed me la this dieoourae are Ha ded that King's Mountain was. ana af tha most Important, if not he most Import ant., conflict during tha entire Revolu tionary war., and believing thus, sverr one muet feel a deep eense of mortifica tion In the failure of thla government for more man a century to commemorate this battle in some suitable way. . Tbe standing Isolated from Iti loftr nelah on, KMpi Cttmol Ylff.l over t0 ,l4ttlW W v.roVtari?urdly,"o.J?- hJi 32 J'XrMTJSLi JvAJrH". l'-J'i -J,, -teA, . i.t 'I7lJ1'? ? ?,, ,a il "iVl, "J?ft. K ! ?""LVkl?d Jil7Jl .'."CR, ; '1" ,m! r.", . ."."aL".' .i'J W ft H1" " fh?t7iiSlt,!S if?uJfL,rS ,k. !iy .... ,(,.- .!., .V. i. mo JSfJ?. -tla thJs'tWrjaf a." ?. ;to"L 12a th- S. JIa t5?Vwf?I .h,0,"t'4h 'flffc??!"? hissed out the Pj" h. 4h" h,h iih' iJJjl f. ' m ,n Ood s appointed tim'- " "When honored and decrepit Sge Shalt n aglnst ths base of this monument, and troops of ingenious . youth shsll be gathered around L and whan ths one shall spesk to the other of its objects, and ins ' purposes of Its construction. and tha areat yielded iid their stalnlesa Uvea unon their country's altar, will be a perennial In. aplration to all the young people of thie entire country brave yeomanry, stmols entire country brave yeomanry, stmols n their habits lofty In their sspiratlona patriotic In action, gallant In battle, and glorioue in deethl ana w "kI.L. it Hm 1 it hS. iii 11 S. -? lZX"v m 1 In the world.'-' - Hotel Rooms fitted with private baths i& Handsome Lobby and Writing Rooms it at gji and long disiahcephones .V A'.-r -A t . . ,',- -V Everyfoom is heated by steam ' , St ' " ; .... , SAYS GOTHAM . IS DOOMED. TropheC ftpan-il.-r. of Keiv-'York, - i'orrtrlls Wall Ktreel's Fall. "Propht ".Le 6pangler, In Neyr York World. ', r ... ' , . r-; ' New York Is an llt-fsted city ' like ' . Ban. Prsnciaco. A destructive earth--quske will corns to It within two . yesrs. Han Frsnctaco was a wicked city. When I predicted lat Decern-' bar that there would be a destructive eruption of Mount .Vesuvius I.slso msde ths prediction that destructive -earthquake . shocks would visit , 6a n '': Francisco and other settlements on , the coast. . -, M ;-. It was communicated to, me bjr tha -Lord thst San Francisco would, be . , ' shaken to tha earth and swept by Are becsuae of Its wickedness, but gh tnsl , San rranclsco with Its opium Joints, , Its rambling resorts., Its dsns pf vice, .t" Its cosmopolitan - mixture . of vsga- rf.. bonds and rogues, la not to be cotV. V psrsd to sinful New York, the worst . cltv n the world for high crimes, . Tha reel Ood pf our fathers Is no ;. longer -worshiped. In -tha metropolis. ,n Tha people thers bow down to new deity the deity of . ths sordid gpd -. greedy, tha hideous rod. I Mam man, , . 1 Wall strset Is tha center of all tha high crmes for. which. grssd.4a re- sponslbls. There tha schemes . that -are to rob and oppress the people ara planned and set In practice by men who go unpunished because they have made themaelves mora nowerfnl than tha laws of their State and nation. But tha mighty cannot escape '" tha ' laws of Ood. . Tha palaces that New Ysrw. mlUlonalrss. with thsir Ill-got ten gains, have reared will ha shak en down upon their heads. : ; 1 . Llghr earthquake shocks will 'l bs felt on Msnhsttsn Island from 'time to time. There will be disturbances -In New York bay and on Long Island. men nnsiiy, ths great shock . win coma. Wall atreet will be laid In the . dust, ekyscrapsrs wtll settle into tha earth . and ara. will sweep tha . Island -of Manhattan as It swept San Fran- -clsoo. - Tha statue of -Liberty will be thrown down like tha great Colossus af Rhodes, becausa of Its mockery. Tha first earthquake shocks to vis- It New York will come as a warning from Ood. but they wilt not be heed- ed becsuae tha Inhabitants those of them who - ara in power are - too greatly steeped In aln. . The earth quake area . surrounding Ne 'York . will ba large. Many towns wilt bs dsstroyed. There will ba great dis tress. Tha rich oppressors-will ba the greatest sufferers. The ' poor, whu are pure at heart, shall escape.' Mobs of hungry men and -women ; will rove over the Island taking from: ths rich, stripping the bodies ot ths dead and looting the ruined .man sions.'. All those churchea In which hired sophists preach false doctrines those churches whsre wealth reigns and the aplrt of Ood Is not-rrwlll ba shsksn down, never to be reared again, for they are false temples to a false god. In the meantime, severs! terrino storms wilt sweep over New York city, -causing; much damage. There will be several earthquake shocks in Spain within the next fen- months. The livers of Russia are going to be come dry and there will be grsat suff feting there from the drouth. There can be no cheerful prospect when there Is so much wickedness. These are the days of vengeance. Oreat disasters, mighty calsmltles are to visit the earth because the end of the world la not fae off. Bherburn M. Beeker. the young Republican mayor of Milwaukee, In troduced a new style of campaign ing, when Just before election day he distributed 5,000 corncob pipes and as many packages of tobacco. ,. .. :Ht - . - " ... . very best the v ' , ",'! : '-V-- V 'W.rV 1 ... -v ' It..'.-. ?' '".' 'i ''n ' 6 '4. ,- :t'',t 't'''-tY '!'fi.t''
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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