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r nr.crn RTT1CD A V. 0CT0BEI4 15. 15 li iHU MUKAiiHT ruox, . . .- -:..il.AflflflfleflflflO.OOOQ. o O 00 o o o CHARLES ROOT, Secretary and Treasurer J a a a ft OS & a '. 9 . R. H. BATTLfX, President. ' ALEXANDER -WEBB; Vice-Preside nt It! Established 1868. J Op RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, Established 1868. Co . i ! North , i Jill bJ VAX 11 vm iiil w w C 0 o o o o o e o o o o o o o e o o o o o o o o o o - o o o o . o o 9 o o o - o . o o o o o o o Trt 1899 13041 ESTIMATED ISO mm mum wtim mmm 13 ogoooooo o o o ooo oo AGEWTS THE STORY OF KING'S MOUNTAIN By BENJ. October 7th. In cancelling passing days on the calandar, the hand of time marks this date as the one hun dred and twenty-flfth anniversary of the battle of King's Mountain. Fond memories bring to the mind of one happy autumnal days spent in his picturesque native country. Among the hills of Gaston, York, Mecklenburg and adjacent counties there must yet remain much of the beautiful primeval nature to lure their folk from the "clearings" to the shad ow of the trees, for it is here that her healing balm Is sought by those bear ing the wounds of over-civllization. School children, in the. full enjoy ment of their Saturday's holiday, ared seeking the fallen treasures of the trees chestnut, walnut and hickory in the beautiful hiding place nature has provided for them In her many hued carpet, woven of autumn leaves and grass. From the top-most weight-bearing branch of some tall hill-oak, the ven turesome young grape-hunter may view winding deep-worn, highways, large plantations, beautiful homes and farther on the line of vision the smoke of thriving cities and great .manu factories, that have grown from the foot paths and first clearings of his pioneer forefathers. Th,e only war like sound that reaches his ears is the far off crack of the squirrel hun? ter's rifle, whose hereditary Instinct sends forth with maybe the same old barrel that', was borne by a great grand father, which with some mod- em improvements is still capable of speaking the death-knell of animal kind. In his hunts he has noticed on trees and rocks, unintelligible marks of the pathfinder's knife and hatchet that time has nearly effaced. Older lipa will tell him legends thereof weird tales that have lived for more that a century and a quarter, for In the sunlight and shadows of these hills and glades were wrought deeds of terror that wrung the hearts of men and aroused a spirit of heroic and determined retaliation that drove trom them forever the "Scourge of the Car olinas." It was here that we first learned to twist effectively the tail of the Bri tish "Lion" and deal him wounds that led to his final undoing at York town, whence he was driven from our shores, that we might live in peace and prosperity, freedom and liberty. It is a glorious heritage that our forefathers fought, bled' and died for. Lest we forget in these peaceful but busy days, .the story of their deeds should be often told that we may bet ter remember them in love and veneration. Sniiini in in i i I I III .1 I M Mill '"' pREniun INCOHE 1898 4719Z64 627124 onss5.oi BY WAITED ooooooooooeoodoooe JOS. BEAL In 1779 the tide of the Revolution has drifted southward. In some sec tions the Republicans and Tories were nearly evenly numbered. , However, history shows that as a rule the vir- . tuous and intelligent remained true to the cause of liberty and only the j ignorant or vicious with plunder and ' adventure In mind joined the British I standard. I The facility with which the country : could' be invaded from the coast, the mildness of the climate and the rich ness of the country attracted the sol- ! dlers in scarlet, who at this time al- j ready held Georgia. Colonel Camp- i bell having sailed with three thou- i sand troops from New York and cap- ' tured Savannah. In an attempt to retake the city the brave Polander Pulaski and immortal Jasper fell. In February, 1780, Sir Henry Clinton ' had invaded South Carolina where he found the combined English forces pear ten thousand. When Cornwallis began to lead them his ambition ex tended from Georgia to the Chesa peake, and he boasted that he would restore this much to the King. After the disastrous defeat of the Americans' at Camden he dispatched to the min istry that Georgia and the Carolinas were "British once more." . i There was with Cornwallis an effl-.; cer of great military genius. One ) writer mentions him as being "charac- ' teristic of that new system which : gained fresh spirit during the French Revolution and afterwards distin guished Napoleon I. Another writes of this man, Colonel Tarletoh: j "Yet the same elements have char- i aeterized all great soldiers Alexander, Caesar, Gaston de Folx, Adolphus, Marlborough and Morgan. That fine: equipoise of judgment and daring swiftness, celerity, " suppleness, Inge nuity, ubiquity persistent sledge-hammer blows, as long and as many as needful to accomplish a result, ad journing sleep and food, and filling the twenty four hours with valors." Notwithstanding all; of these fair words, he was a man utterly without , the quality of mercy. He sullied nearly all of his victories with deeds that fully entitled him to the name he linas." Charleston surrendered to the Bri tish May 20, 1780, with nearly five thousand prisoners. A portion of the Virginia line that had been sent to assist the besieged Americans arrived too late, and upon discovering thfi ' condition of affairs retreated north I ward, pursued by Tarleton. They marched 103 miles in fifty-four hours. 1 wnen tney engaged . in combat. X Offers BSE Directors ' Col. A. B. Andrews.. R. H. Battle.......... El 4 - Col. John F. Bruton Wilson, N. C. John C. Drewry; .Raleigh, N. C. R. T. Gray............ Raleigh,. N. C. Gen'l. R. F. Hoke Raleigh, N. C. B. S. Jerman .....Raleigh, N. C. Col. Walker Taylor.. Wilmington, N..C. W. N. Kremer......... .tNew York C. H. Coffin .New York Jordan S. Thomas.. Charlotte, N. C. Alexander Webb ..Raleigh, N.' C. oo3cooocooooo fi j i Americans were worsted, about one hundred escaped, the rest were cap tured, and sued for quarter. One hun dred and fifteen of these were brutally slaughtered on the spot, a hundred and fifty so bardly maltreated that they could not move, and only fifty three brought away as prisoners. This cold-blooded massacre was on May 29th of the same year at the border llne of our state. The prisoners who ; survived this kind of warfare were : sent to rot in vile prison-ships or ! compelled to take up arms for the en emy In their West Indian possessions. General Clinton's return to New York left Cornwallis and Tarleton to complete the subjugation of the south. The British soldiers soon became a licensed band of marauders. A ban of indiscriminate conflsticatlon wai prepared for the whole of the Caroll- - nas. Protection could only be had by j unconditional and active loyalty. Thev j were determined to crush the spirit j of independence and males of arms ' bearing years were to be pressed into the British service, all being enrolled the British or Tory officers were ap pointed, with almost unlimited auth ority, both civil and military. Those over forty-years old were to be pre servers of this authority at home; all younger were to serve six months in the tyrant's army. The whole of the Carolinas was to become a drill ground of the king. After the proclamation, any Caro linian taken who was armed was lia ble to" a death sentence for desertion and bearing arms against the crown. One of the proclamations issued, and preserved in the . annals of our his tory read: i "If any person shall meet a soldier straggling, and shall not secure him, or spread an alarm for that purpose, or if any person shall shelter or guide a soldier straggling, they shall be punished by whipping, imprisonment or be sent to serve in the West Indies. I will give ten guineas for the head of any deserter belonging to the vol unteers of Ireland, and five guineas only, if they bring him in alive." , Tarleton had decided to put an iron yoke upon our people. He issued or ders to all commanders to "imprison all who will not take up arms for sought refuge among the scattered the king, and to seize or destroy their liberty-loving sons of our mountains, whole property. Any militia man who The story of the anguish and desola had borne arms with the British, vd tfon of an innocent people, touched afterward joined the American should ; the springs of sympathy in the hearts be hanged immediately." . , 1 of these back-woodsmen. ' . A great many, of such orders were ' The spirit of vengeance awoke the executed upon the patriots. . spirit of freedom and these .brave To quote a; historical writer: "His hearts, and strong hands determined to (Tarleton's) underlings Tory -and Bri- leave their homes in the Isolated tish, all through the state, bettered mountains, descend and strike at least by his instructions.; They patrolled one blow for the cause of their kind, the country far and near, burnod, , The men of the Watauga Valley rang ravaged and put to death whom they ' ed themselves under the leadership .would." Of Isaac Shelby and : John Sevier , "In violation of agreements the con- (Nockle-chucky Jack) subsequently tinental soldiers who capitulated at the first governors of Kentucky and Charleston, nineteen hundred (1900) in Tennessee. They were joined by Col number, were transfered to wretched onel Campbell of South-west Virgin prison ships. Where , they., were joined ia. brother-in-law of Fatrick Henry, by hundreds more taken at "Camden. " who had a command of about four "In thirUi months, one third of j hundred militia. Protection Against Loss B. H. .Raleigh, N. C R ........Raleigh, .N. C. H. E.: lull iJJ I I , m !:'-'u'i"-'W.",'L""i"dS them Had perished by malignant fe vers. Others were impressed' into the British navalt service, or taken by vi olence or board transports and forced to serve In British regiments in Ja maica. Of . more than three-thousand all but seven hundred were thus made away with." w Often in the quiet night a peaceful family residing in their lonely moun- tain domicile, were aroused by the red coated patrol which would force them out at the point of the bayonet, light the hill side with their burning home and turn them adrift to the mercy of the elements. -Thus were tender young children, budding young women, gray old grandmothers left unprotected by ab sent heroes to be distracted at the midnight hour with the horrors of a merciless warfare that considered neither age -nor sex. Many reared in pioneer luxury were taught to sleep In beds of leaves, drink . the turbid waters of mountain streams and eat the scanty fruits and nuts of the wilderness. is it a wonder that .the south seem: ed at one time stunned and paralyzed by the military disasters and the sav age cruelty1 their oppressors? Yet the Carolinaa remained unconquered, and the avenger was aroused and started forth in retaliation. During the summer of 1780 British agents had begun to stir up the Chero kee tribes by bribing them with cost ly, presents which were to spur their zeal in murderous work. They hd started for Augusta to receive the i presents when Colonel Clark, a fugi- tive patriot from Georgia 'With a com pany of riflemen assisted by a band of back-woodsmen from North Caroli na attacked and defeated them, cap tured the present? and drove the In dians back to their lair. 7 , Col. Furgupon. commander of the British post of "ninety-six" and next to Tarleton in brutality, . audacity and cruelty moved out to waylay and cap ture this American detachment. He fell in with a party of North Carolians under McDowell, whom he pursued and scattered at the foot of the Alleghanies where Tennessee and the Carolinas meet. These fugitives 9 Losses Paid in North SnSoJmiSWHO OWN THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THIS "OLD RELIABLE" 1 NORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTION, VIZ: P Andrews.. .... ..Raleigh, N. C. Battle ... . '.Raleigh, N. C John C.Drewry.. ...... RaleigK, N. C. Van B. Moore.. ...Raleigh, N. C. Miss M. T. Shipp...... Raleigh. N. C. E, Chambers Smith .. .Raleigh, N. C, Mrs. F. P. Tucker Raleigh, N. C W.W. 'Vass ..Raleigh, N. C. Charles Root ....Raleigh, N. C. Mrs. Jno. C. Winder . . Raleigh, N. C. R. T. Gray....... Raleigh. N. C. S. B. Fhenherd ....Raleigh. N. C. Mutual Sav. & Trust Co., Raleigh, N. C. Alexander Webb Raleigh. N. C. Fries Winston-Salem, N. C. INSURE YOUR PROPERTY AGAINST FIRE AND LIGHTNING IN THIS COMPANY. IT IS A HOME IVSTl VGTA IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN BUSINESS FOR MORE THAN TUTIO,, . kiisu tii, t- t t k t t 17 AMr whRTHY v OF CONFIDENCE. IN PA-' THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS. IT IS SAJ? TRONIZING IT YOU HELP BUILD UP jjszs,-.-. - --irniiTr n " ' 'irun ' i . . inn ? o o ooo o Colonel Cleveland of North Caroli na with his regiment and the fugi tives under' McDowell started to the appointed rendezvous on September i 25, 1780. On the next day, each man mount ed on his own horse, armed with his own rifle, and carrying his own store of provisions began the ride over the hill3. Scarcely a bridle-path existed through the forest in these days, nor a house for the forty miles that lies between 'the Watauga and the Ca tawba. But they were guided by such powerful heroic figures as Galbraith Robinson Cold horse shoe) and Nock lechucky Jack Sevier who could read ily pilot ' them as only such pathfind ers could, and they had left their families in secluded valleys far dist ant, one from the other, exposed not only to parties of royalists but of In dians, to do so. When Furguson heard that these i avengers were ' on his trail he dis- rstched to Cornwallis for assistance. The ubiquitous Tarleton was sent to his assistance. Meanwile another frontiersman, who was soon to lose his life in the fight, was assembling another force to aid our cause on the uppe'r Catawba, and was gratified with the success of his efforts,. . having gathered about four and fifty men of the same stock. He soon learned of the success of the other leaders and the mountain tor rent of determined heroes who were descending, swelling as it came. He advanced and met them near' the green fields of the Cowpens on the Broad river historical ground which has also passed into such glorious his j tory. Here they all joined foro-vs, counted numbers, and found they were j thirteen hundred strong strong in j physique, strong In the righteousness ! of their cause and the determination to carry it to the heroic end thev achieved. The world has seldom seen such a body of men. Armed with the long four-foot-barreled small-bore hunter's rifle, dressed in buckskin or homespun, with head-gear made gen erally of the skins of the animals their . prowess had brought them, they Vere a strange type of soldier. They had ! never paraded together, knew little if I anything of military tactics, had per ' haps never been in any kind of drill. To the trained British soldier who -was unfamiliar with anything but their looks they, appeared ridiculous as fight ers, and were termed the "mountain rabble." But they possessed one quali fication that outclassed those of di-y other fighter they were the most deadly shots with these bayonetless , guns that the world ever knew these p'oneer fighters. Accustomed to the rifle from their earliest infancy, de pendent upon it to a large measure ; for their food and clothing, and at j times their very life depending on its j single small bullet aimed at the lurk ing savage, they could not afford to miss their aim, and their rifles were the pride of their lives, being kept with all the care bestowed on any by Fire. 18S C. M. Brown..... Washington, N. C. John F. BrutorL. Wilson, N. C. James A. Bryan : ... New Bern, N. C. J. S. Carr. .....Durham, N. C. Benehan'Came.ron. iStaggsville, N. C. Est. Mrs A. Cameron.. Hillsboro, ,N. C T. F. Davidson AsheviUe, N. C 11 r. C. Waddel. Jr. Ashevile, N. C. Miss Q. John W. Graham T. W. Haughton. ..Hillsboro, N. C. ..Charlotte, N. C. . . . Clavton. N. C. W. R. W. C. B. C. Ar.hley Home W. L.. Grissom.... Green eaboro, N. C. R, B. Peebles. Jackson, N. C Harrj' Fkinner......Greenvile. N. C. Walker Taylor.. ..Wilmington, N. C uuil, auuivu NORTH CAROLINA. o oo o'o eo o o o o eoo inanimate possession , of our time. Many regretful looks were to be cast on them on the morrow as stern eyes viewed a shattered stock that had broken a British head or a hacked barrel that had saved a life from the broad, long cavalry sabre of a mur derous red-coat. Williams and the 'others called a council and it was decided to push on and take Furguson by surprise. They took nine hundred of the best mounted and rode thirty-six hours with but one stop, and until the evening of October 7th, when they reached the foot of King's Mountain perpetual monument to them. Furguson had, all told, eleven hun dred. He was strongly placed, and with all his men felt confident that they could not be dislodged, and look ed for an easy victory, so impregnable did they consider the eminence with Its craggy cliffs, boulders and trees, making a natural breastwork. But these men of the backwoods, coming so rapidly onward, had in mind the fresh outrages he had Just committed, ani told: around their last camp-fire such stories of his deeds that only one thing would still their ardor and de termination to have revenge death. They tied their horses in a secluded spot and formed themselves Into col umns under four leaders'. Old Horse shoe Robinson, so - some tell us, was familiar with the surroundings and guided those under Colonel Campbell of Virginia, who had selected the most dangerous post. With Colonel Shelby's command they formed two columns which were to at tack in front. Their first charg-e was met with overwhelming numbers. It was British bayonet and sabre against the hunt er's clubbed gun, tomahawk and knife an unequal struggle. Old Horseshoe engaged in a struggle with a petty cavalry officer of the regular British forces that 'was typical" of many. There had been several', clashes be tween the two forces, when this offi cer would always be backed by such numbers that Horseshoe would have to use strategy instead of his great strength. He had long sought a per sonal encounter on equal terms where his individual prowess might be pit ted against this powerful soldier of the Ring. Here came his first nnnnr. tunlty in this charge:' - They engaged hand to hand, Horse Shoe Robinson's gun having emptied before he spied his . old enemy. The red-coated dra ;goon seeing him thus thought he had I him at his mercy, and charged the ; sturdy old scout from horseback. . Well did his knowledge of horses i stand him in stead now. Afoot, he "uceeeaea : m dismounting the Eng lishman who aimed a terrific sabre blow at his head which was parried ?.M u v1 bahr of Robinson. The w fuS brke but 80 stronS war the blow that the flying blade made a deep wound on the head of Robinson as it parted from the hilt. The pow erful hunter then swung his rifle with all of his strength so accurately that Carolina. H, Belvln ....Raleigh, N. C- E. B. Dewey. ..Goldsboro, N. Q. R. F. Hoke.. .....Raleigh, N. l B. S. Jerman ....Raleigh, X. q. Geo. W. Montcastle.. Lexington, N. C. J- S. Thomas... Charlotte, X. r. Eleanor Vass.... Raleigh, X. C. a T. Williams ..buraDenon, is. i... p. L. Reynolds W. Wharton. N. Kremer.. H. Coffin M. Cragln.. .. G. Smith ..Atlanta, Ga. u .Washington. 'X. C. p ...... New York City sj ....New YorK city .....New York City .....New York City go o o oo o c o o o e o e 0 CI the flint and hammer were buried': the British soldier's brain. Thus they slowly retired down th slope to rally ae-aln. Another d?a:.k struggle ensued. To the autumn leaves were added a newer and deep ! er color as the blood of both ?!des flowed. The. right and left w!nsr? r-f the Americans closed around the Brit ish and encircled", them' with a rir? of those death-deaMng rifles. ; -Thfr began to waver. ) For fifty" .mi?'.'t the battle raged until the Cv!ti?v. could no longer withstand the '1 accuracy of the unerring markmai An officer's guady uniform pull'"' became distinguishable amoc ti' struggling English In a vain to rally khem. He was spied by or. of our marksmen. Soon he wn- sera reel on . his white charger which w?s dashing down the hillside. A crimson stream dyed the rsr!rt coat and the white charger a rorc red as Fureruson's life blond finirfi from this and other wounds h r": receiving. His steed galloper! ':n-o: trolled ir-to the American lines. F' guson fell,, and the battle of ,K!! Mountain was won. The' force of British that re- unwounded endeavored to esc&n? 31fV 4-1 A M i. ... ,,t M me wp 01 ine riage dui w : Colonels Sevier , and William?, were all captured. The loss of the British v. e hundred and fifty killed, or Woundd, and six ' hundred prisoners. The American lo ly twenty-eight killed and sixty ded. Among those killed. 1' was the heroic Colonel Jnn-r: liamson "af man of exacted. '"' and of brief but glorious .?.-' . So strong was the spirit f ation for the deeds mention'-! that eleven of the Brit'-h ' ries who had been jguilty of crimes against mother, wi! ter Were hanged the followi-e ing. A just God permitted th ' Furguspn to linger in mo t i' ' until during the night w'her. Y. plred. , ' j . .' The mountaineers, had Tarleton this time. He hard ( lngs of the forks of the Catn : retreated in all haste. The results of 'this battle . ' ted us greatly and were farr" It reversed the gloom of .t it sou th in two daj's of rejoi' I ' of Cornwallis plans were V" The more tl-mld came from t! -ing places. . Scores flocked t"1 standard and Joined such meh..ae hi- led fthetn oh to the Cowper? nally Yorktown. . Today over the scene? of . deeds, through the peaceful from peak to peak, echo th- ' ' ' , bells 5 of a happy people sn" ': them to prayers of thank?1- i ' c , song of praise to Him who : yletory; our forefathers and v c preserved us' as a people in 1 and r full, liberty for a century -r quarter. '" " : I - vy .