Ralph Ramsey Jr., left, is
shown receiving a check for more
than $150,000 from Richard Queen
in full payment for the old Tran
sylvania County Hospital building
on Country Club Rd. A picture of
the check and news story are on
the front of The Times.
Tar Heel Spotlight
Battle Of Moore’s Creek
Led To Halifax Resolves
Feb. 27 marks the 199th
anniversary of a military
action that has been called the
“Lexington and Concord of
the South.” On that date in
1776 Revolutionary forces
from North Carolina scored a
stunning victory over troops
loyal to the British crown at
the Battle of Moore’s Creek
Bridge, 18 miles above
Wilmington.
Gov. Josiah Martin, the last
royal executive of North
Carolina, had been forced to
flee the palace at New Bern
late in May, 1775. Seeking
refuge in a British warship
cruising off the coast, Martin
dreamed of crushing the
rebellious Revolutionaries. On
June 30, 1775, he submitted a
plan to his superiors in
England to achieve his pur
pose.
A former British army
officer, Martin proposed to
raise at least 9,000 Loyalists in
North Carolina, of whom a
third would be Highlanders
from the Cross Creek
(Fayetteville) area and
another third would be
regulators from westward
counties like Rowan and
Anson. These forces would
meet British regulars in the
Wilmington area in February
1776, and commence the
conquest of North Carolina
and the South.
Largely through the efforts
of Brig. Gen. Donald Mac
Donald and Lt. Col. Donald
MacLeod, both of whom
Martin had commissioned,
huge numbers of loyal
Highlanders were recruited.
To all Scots who joined the
effort, the British government
promised 200 acres of land and
20 years of tax exemption.
Concerned by reports of the
growing numbers of Loyalist
recruits, North Carolina
Revolutionary leaders began
to mobilize in the fall of 1775.
During November and
December troops from the
colony participated in actions
in Virginia and South
Carolina.
On Jan. 3, 1776, Josiah
Martin received word that the
British ministry had approved
his plan and that troops under
Generals Clinton and Corn
wallis were sailing to ren
dezvous with his Loyalists at
Wilmington. A week later
Martin issued a proclamation
calling for all loyal North
Carolinians to suppress the
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rebellion in the colony. By
mid-February nearly 1,600
Highlanders under Donald
Mac Donald had gathered at
Cross Creek, and on the 18th
they began marching to
Wilmington. Col. James
Moore, in charge of strategy
for Revolutionary troops, set
about deploying his forces to
block the rendezvous at
Wilmington and to take
possession of Cross Creek.
Patriots under Colonels
Richard Caswell, Alexander
Lillington and James Ashe
were' to join in securing
Moore’s Creek Bridge, over
which the Loyalists would
have to pass on their south
ward march.
On the evening of Feb. 26
about 1,100 patriots arrived at
the creek. They ripped up
much of the flooring of the
wodden bridge and greased
the supports with soft soap
and tallow.
When the Highlanders (now
numbering about 1,400)
arrived at sunrise the
following day, they launched
an immediate attack. Con
fronted with the difficulty of
crossing the slippery bridge
and met by a hail of bullets,
the Loyalists were confused
and disorganized. For three
bloody minutes they tried to
cross the creek, but eventually
their commander, Donald
MacLeod, was killed and they
retreated rapidly.
The Highlanders had nearly
50 casualties; the
Revolutionaries sustained
only one killed and one
wounded. In addition, the
patriots captured almost 2,000
guns, 850 soldiers, and several
officers including Gen. Mac
Donald. In one swift blow,
North Carolina had been
saved from conquest.
The victory at Moore’s
Creek heartened
Revolutionaries within the
colony and elsewhere.
Frequent talk about recon
ciliation by all but the most
ardent patriots had preceded
the battle, but after Feb. 27,
independence was the word on
most Revolutionary lips.
The Fourth Provincial
Congress meeting at Halifax
in April 1776, issued its
Resolves calling on the
Continental Congress to
declare independence — the
first such official action by
any state body. Without the
triumph at Moore’s Creek
Bridge, the Halifax Resolves
would never have been
adopted when they were.
Blue Ridge
Revival
March 3-10
Revival services will be held
at Blue Ridge Baptist Church
March 3-10 at 7:30 p.m. each
evening. There will also be
special singing.
Evangelist Rev. Jim Pruitt
from New Port News, Va,, will
conduct the services.
Rev. Charles H. Pierson,
pastor, invites everyone to
attend.
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Guidance, Counseling
Week Is Proclaimed
This is Guidance and Counseling Week in North Carolina by
proclamation of Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr.
The Governor made the proclamation at the request of the
N.C. Personnel and Guidance Assn.
The contents of the proclamation follow:
PROCLAMATION
by the '
GOVERNOR
of the
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr.
Whereas, The education of our children, youth and adults is a
top priority and of immeasurable value to the people of this
state; and,
Whereas, Guidance and counseling programs in our schools
are major contributing factors and fulfill integral roles in the
growth and development of our children and youth; and,
Whereas, Guidance and counseling programs for our adult
citizens provide for specific needs in employment placement
and rehabilitation services; and,
Whereas, The annual North Carolina Personnel and Guidance
Association Annual Convention will be held February 27, 28 and
March 1, 1975; and,
Whereas, the members of the North Carolina Personnel and
Guidance Association seek to share with our children, youth,
and adults their wisdom and counsel as well />s their love and
friendship;
Now, Therefore, I proclaim the Week of February 23-March 1,
1975, as
GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING WEEK
in North Carolina, and urge all citizens of this State to par
ticipate in this observance with appropriate recognition and
appreciation of the outstanding efforts of these who counsel our
citizens of all ages.
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Help your Heart..
Help your Heart Fund
A
Two Heart Fund
Chairmen Named
Two Heart Fund division
chairmen have been an
nounced for Transylvania.
Bob Leonard, of Schenck
Job Corps, has accepted the
post of Balloon and Tag Days
Chairman for the 1975 Heart
Fund in Brevard, it was an
nounced by Roby Shore, Heart
Fund chairman.
He will be in charge of Job
Corps volunteer Heart Fund
workers who will sell the
bright red balloons at shop
ping areas in Brevard during
March, when the Tran
sylvania Heart Association
conducts its annual fund
raising campaign.
The corpsinen will sell on
Saturday, March 1, 8,15, 22 at
the shopping centers and
uptown areas.
Mr. Shore said that
proceeds from sales of the
Heart Fund balloons will be
used to help support Heart
Association programs that are
intended to detect and prevent
cardiovascular disease, which
is responsible for 55 per cent
of all deaths in North
Carolina.
Blanche Batson has been
appointed Heart Sunday
chairman for Brevard, it was
FARM INCOME
Although there are few
er farmers and fewer
farms, North Carolina
agriculture is growing and
growing and growing.
Gross receipts from farm
marketings were $739 mil
lion in 1949. In 1973, the
latest year for which fig
ures are available, gross
receipts were $2.4 billion.
announced by Mr. Shore.
As Heart Sunday chairman,
Mrs. Batson will organize
volunteers who will conduct
the 1975 door-to-door
residential solicitation in
Brevard, Mr. Shore said.
Mr. Shore pointed out, that
in the past 12 months, 26,380
persons in North Carolina died
as a result of cardiovascular
disease, and said that con
tributing to the Heart Fund is
the best way that the people of
Transylvania County can fight
this major health problem.
T. C. Hen
Preschool
Marcti
sschool day will be fold at
Henderson School
Thursday, March 6, frdpn 9'
a.m. to 1 p.m., it has
announced by Principal Sill
Cathey.
1 Parents who have children
who will be six years old prfltr
to Oct. 16, 1975, are urged to
attend this event. He asks that
parents come and bring a copy
of the child’s birth certificate
for the school’s record.
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prescriptions, think of
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