The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-09-11
A PERIL0Us POSITION.
Hanging Dotweon IAro and Dsati
Special Di,patea to me Atlanta Consultation.

Hanging Eetweon Idfe and Death.
Special Di.pateh 10 he Atlanta Cb,,stitution.
Stone MOUNTAIN, August go.
Our usually quiet village was thrilled
with an excitement yesterday evening
that blanched the cheeks of woman and
paralyZed the arms of men for q while
Our citizens Lad witnessed the rescue OF
q man from perlous position on the
steep side of Stone Mountain years ago.
But tho case lacked the clements of
thrilling excitement and Miraculous pre-.
seryation that characterized the escape
of a little ten-year old girl yesterday
evening from death horrible in the ex-
treme.
Mrs. w. @. Jones, of Augusta, who
has been spending the summer with her
children at the Jossy House, in Decatur,
came here yesterday to go up on the
mountain and enjoy the view for the last
time preparatory TO going back to her home
in Augusta. The children were en-
Unused and delighted at the trip, running
hither and thither, through groves of ce.
dar, and mounting the heaps of bould.
ers piled up in fantastic shape-enioy.
ment was at its highest point as each
cheek glowed With the flush of pleasure
and the merry tones Of childhood's sill.
very music voiced dc!ia hit that none but
little cherubs like them cen feel. The
golden sky ofjoy was overcast by cloud
at once sombre and chilling. Unnoticed,
little Emma, charming fairy creature oi
some ten years of age, had wandered of
and could not be found. It was near the
north side, with its perpendicular descent
OF over fifteen hundred feet, and hearts
almost ceased to beat, palled by the fear
"a horror that creeped through the franc
and ran through the marrow like O wire
OF cold steel-that the bright eyes and
fairy form Of the fair Emma was pulpy
mass at the foot of the mountain. TO
intensity this horror, the sun was rapid
iy declining in the West, and soon night
would close in on the scene. Parties in
the valley, on the north side of the
mountain saw, however, the child way
up the mountain side, bleak and
bare," clinging to the crevices With
a tenacity truly remarkable. They
shouted to her to "hold on" and relief
would come. She took in the situation
and held on while she called out for as
sistance in the hope that her mother and
sister might know whure she was. The
news spread like fire in q broomsedge
field, and large crowd soon gathered
on the mountain. The first chill of hor-
ror was succeeded by fever Of excitement
to rescue the darling one, lest by some
unguarded movement she might lose her
slender hold and fall to certain death.
And now came moment fraught with ia-
lenses interest.
The point where little Emma was
lodged was over one hundred feet from the
top, with perpendicular fall of some
flfty feet just above her, and 1900 feet
or more below her. She was resting
on narrow ledge of rock scarce
~ large enough to hold ner; in fact, she
maintained her position by thrusting her
hngers In the crevices among the lichens
growing there. Few men cared to von-
tire down. Mr.: George II. Goldsmith,
hred by q noble desire to rescue the
child from certain death, was let down
by, means of rope. Slowly tho rope is
rolled OH; eyes watch every moment with
intense eagerness, and hearts throb wild
and fast as young Goldsmith descends
and seems to be in mid-air At last he
spies her; he reaches; with convulsiye
grasp she seized hold upon him, and he
signals to ascend. Hands now work
with frenzied activity, prayers ascend
from aching hearts that the rome NAV
hold; eyes and hearts are strained to
their utmost tension until sight of her is
caught. aea
AT last she is brought in ss.fety to the
top. A wave of satisfaction breaks over
the multitude, breaking out in a higher
wave of rejoicing as she is clasped in tbs
fond embrace of loving hearts. Then as.
cended to the Most High Inscriptions of
praise from thankful hearts for the res
cue of the child, and petitions for the
richest benisons on her youthful res.
cuer. 4t. eua
Emma states that while strollipp
about she slipped and fell to the point
where the ledge stopped her descent. and
in her efforts 10 protect herself she grasp
ed the creyice of the rocks as stated.
To let go was to fall, and she held
on. , .e .r
Her position was one of great danger.
especially for one of her tender wears,
and her nerve is truly wonderful. Alto.
gether. her escape from instantaneous
death ID miraculous, and her adventure
is one that seldom falls to the lot of one
so young. Little Emma will ever re-
member the meaning of the word saved.
Mr.: "Stauny" Sans, who accompanied
= Mrs. Jones to the mountain, in endeav.
oring to discover little Emma, walked
nearly q mile around the brow of the
mountain, over the toughest kind of To-
calities. To expedite his movements he
pulled of his boots, and at. the close of
i;;s hIs :: Search his feet wefs bruised and
bleeding. He reached a part 81 ;Ne
mountain far below the point where En-
ma was, and saw her position. He hur-
riedly proceeded 70 Stone Mountain for
assistance. The people responded as
ono man. Stores were closed, business
was. suspended, and men, women and
children pIrtook Of the excitement-
Little Emma was rescued, as stated, by
George e. Goldsmith, who is the recipi-
ent of the highest encomiums of praise.
Mr.. s'amf We regret to learn, is con-
fined Z bed to-day by his sore and
swollen set, the results of his efforts YES
terday. He was to have left for Nash
vile to-day. 7pp
ST. GEORGE.