Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-03-10

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Croen oxrlaim"d sui, Sor;omS
n]oruina for hmnr;oo l. ,b;s - I houo
M dou5t he said II tor was ms, Tto
him."
"You said two of vopr h,ood ro,,.
tions nor;sbod in ,ho+ f"h, y I ohSorw.
cd 60
"Ycsn bc rcn,,cd. ~TLov ,yoro Iona
than and C,lch Iiorr;ng,on CoIoh
and Joe Comes who livp1 n milo from
Icy;uotnn Ind uonn into tLo'moot;nr.
house to oct some nowaer stored +,
the loft. They had taken If 70 tho cal.
lcry when The British reached }hc
buiIdipy, They few to thc door and
started on n RIM for tho comnanv Co.
leb was shot load nj tho wnst cnd nj
thc mpctinr.bousc .hnt .Joo thongb
wounded csconcd .Jonotbon ND
stood his oround with The rnst lie
home was near tho mccting.honso
lie was in front If his own ,IwnlI;ra
whom fine rro'lors tircd thn ,hirI t;mS
when he was shot in tho hrnost md
fell, Ills wife. Ruth. stood Iooking
ont of the window with thcir only
child, nine wears old. by her side. She
saw her husband fan and ron ont 70
helm him, lie raiscd'un stretched ont
his arms toward her. fcll opoin and was
dead before She couId reach him ON
il was too crucl. TOO crucl
"There were brave mon in tho, Iitt,o
band of patriots" remarked,
"Brayr mcn,n said thc old man h;s
mild eve bcnminp with nnusunI lns.
ire. "Brnycr mrn never livnd Not
one of thcm left bis nost mill Cont,in
Parker. scrino if was uonlnss m f"ht
against so many regulars, told thcm 70
disncrse, There was ono mon who
wouldu't 90 wen then. II wos Jonas
Parker of this town, lie lived unor
pnrsonC orEr,s had soiI no vnuId
never RIM from an enemy onI bo
didn't. IIc Ind loaded bis mnSrnt nut
his hat co]ntoin1no nowder wodd;ng
and bullets betwecn La foot and so
raced The rpUlarS. AT thp second fro
hc was wounded and foil on Ills trons
Then he fred his uuu and thonrh no
was divine he reached for on0thnr
CHARGE in lis hat. when q bio rnd.coot
Killed him with ~ bovonrt on tho vnr,,
snol where Jonas tirst stood WASN'T
thot nluck ," ~
"Rnre nlurk.n answered. 0Thc
nomos az srcL man aho,,i1 ,
foroo,tcnn
"7Thcv will, novor hos ron,ioa tho
venerable nn,riot cxcitcdlv Tha;r
names are nh cut deem in morbln On
thc li,t,e monument down von6nr on
thc orcen-Rohrrt Monroe .Jonos p,r'
ker. Somuol UodIev .Jon,thnn uor-
rington, Jr. Isaac Mnrry' Caleb IIar.
rinotnn ,JoIn Rrown ond Nsahn, p"n
Should thnt morbln ,nrish ,ho;r
names orc emf Iocnrr in ,ho memor,
If Amcriconsn ~
"You soiJ il wos warm ,iob, ,ioh,
when Rcysre rode from Cnmhriduo 70
I,cyington I romortoI 0""50 "
"Ycs. il was n vcrv carly snr;,o
leaves annrorr6 IN tho fret dow