The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-12-27

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Thy r-i.i,u il. rootn- oi aaol,! Aotci
compara;iy"ly rp'nfortahIy rilatoi to
many vho had also If, !'a-ai,; and
luxurnu, homes On :lic iir>t day Of
Nay. 40, ihry wcrr wndcring the
qucs.ian q provisions one Of great
~ilcta,ion in t!ir~c days Of scar
iy The ar,icr bpA>tcI Of Il iiiiio
lour small quantity Of rris, as q
well ~ir.rpci I'ani bone. and rl t'''tt
treat them some sorghum. Va anrun
bad been -ol;n'lcd the rvr, a.. i'iprr.
''I'h" Yankees will prolab... ieArh IN.
dcr>nn Tomorrow to rai' il'e '"wu
Ofcou.-c, il was ll!or,l L. ace haNins
been declared. and ~. pirllt 70 haze
been free from ans aol"~lation If en-
cnicS. Said o.n -. ,ln ladies "a
stately dame Ii the raiders do
come. there will b" so,nc >a,i-far
ton IN ha.ir-r no,hnr fpr chem to
take
The 'it> day 'lawncd upon II, III all
its lovclinc>> the air 80 bracn., the
fragrance in woods and valleys every
where glalcning nS after sad winter
reign, the sun >hnHc iowr aS il in
blessing !'icni,s were l,r order nf
the day among The schoul> all seemed
cherry at least for thc morn, for not
mar" '''. '!'l 't.pr Of the previous
day -. ~ v' reign Of terror
wa -, ~,,r.., IL" lay closed: none
drranco ~. i, About y. III. the ru
NOR assumed reality and everyone be-
thought how they might save just
what they would need most from the
dcspolcrs. My sister and ! busted
ourselves collecting some Jewels which
we priced, putting it in glass jar and
proposed to bury it near Il spring,
little distance from us On our way
we stopped at friends house, asking
advice, but before we could decide we
found ourselves surrounded by the
raiders, who had come into town in all
directions. We had gone to the back
of the house to sccrctc our treasure,
but saw them across the street. Sister
(thc bravcst Of the two) hid them
about her pcrson-it was Il dangerous
act, for we had heard Of some very
rude treatment in some instances.
Our friends house was bcsct with the
vandals, coarse, ill-brcd, dirty men,
not one who looked respectable and
gcntlcmanly. They coolly took the
watch our friend had on, went to the
stable and stole fine pet horse, lcav
lame and blind mule instead. The
watch was valued much for its anti
guilty in the family. bat they did not
heed that. We were in great pcrplcx
ity as to our getting back to our home
on the square. -Four thousand men,
under one Gen. Brown, had crowded our
pretty, peaceful town. Gen. Brown
not in condition during his stay of
two days and nights to control or com
mand anything, much less his men;
the families Of the town were at their
mercy They tried to gain protection,
asking for guard in almost every
home. l asked this wonderful con-
qucror to give US protection. He said:
"Thcrc is such demand for guards
that VIC could ever have so many more
men.
We reached our home to find our
dear mother greatly distressed and un-
ncrvcd, having risen that morning for
the first time in three weeks from Il
sick bed, having been an invalid for
several years. Father, my dear, pa
triotic, good father, had been robbed
Of fine gold watch and roughly
handled Two young demons entered
the house: one girdlcd with numbers
Of dirks, pistols and other articles of !
violence began aingipg everything in
trunk Of mothers, looking for arms
and money, destroying clothing and
vases that were put away there; when
asked: "Young man, do YOU ever
think Of God?' he turned, aud with an
oath, pointed pistol at her, saying,
.sThis is the Yankees Cod She was
alarmed, and ran to find help; just
then a man, who seemed to be an Off
Ger Of some sort, came in and ordered
these wrctchcs out. One Of them
stole our old servants watch, silver
one, that he had given his young mas
ter in charge, hoping to have repaired.
When he knew they had taken it, he
was cnragcd, aud said: ""cl!, we'll, is
dat all desc yer good fer nuttin' rascals
could do? Tief from poor old mig
NOR ho watch oil bo rot and oop I uct