The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-14

oVoIkSktog 0tee0e ond retired, Greeoe
moved 90 to Winnsboro. while Gen
Sumter took has,y swing around .o
Camden by way Of Hanging Rook
Rawdon next moved down TO Grauby
ADD Greene moved dowo upoo him from
Wiuosboro Rawdou retired to
O'soesbure and Grecne's a. ny follow
ed. being joined by Sumter from
Camden. During these movements
Greene and Sumter were still frequent
~ communicating with each other Ii
Emily Geieer took dispatch from
Greene to Sumter at this time why was
sbe not sent direct to Sumter Greene
vas east Of Broad River, with notbisp
between hin aud Sumter ; Why was
Emily sent around across both the
Broad aud Saiuda rivers by Granby ?
Surely this wss not the time ,has Emily
took the dispatch. and ys. this was the
only time during the whole cam paigu o
that Sumter was 90 the Wa,eres, and
even 1t she carried . dispatch 10 Som
tor. At Camden, urging him to join
Greooo for tha movement on r. " don
h CRANKY or O'angeburg. i. vas ouIy
one Of several dispatches that Green
sent Sumter on that subject at that
time, ADD Sumter. even before be got
sucb dispatcbes, had announced bis
detefuinstioo Of rejoiuiog Greene as
soon ss be had Strengthened up some
militia troubles about Camden.
Il 10 also strange that 10 not one of
tho dispatches before us does Gen
Greece say a word about sending . dis
patch BY Miss Geiger. or a young
woman, or anything like that Geo
Sumtor does not say q word about
receiving a dispatch BY tho baud Cor
word of mouth o! Miss Geieer, or
anything Of that sort, and yet 10 one of
Gen Sum.er's letters to Gen Greene be
acknowledges dispatch by Gap.
Linton" and 10 snoihor be notes bav.
ing sent ooe BY Capt Glenn " They
did not consider it necessary to mention
the names Of ordinary couriers, but
when . commissioned officer took
dispatch his nsme was mentioned. I,
does seem that 90 extraordinary bearer
as young girl would have been men.
toned 10 some letter by one or the
other of these officers
As | ssid before. there is some,hine
10 the Emily Geieer story. but it is
very little 1t was first published by
Beusun } L,ssiog 10 bis Field Book Of
the American Revolution, in l85O.52.
and Mr. Lossiog. like msuy others Of
our Northero historical writer's who
make our history for us, knew very
little about the history Of the campaigo
10 South Caroline 10 1881. sud be juss
wrote the Geiger story from some
imperfect tradition that be beard ID
South Carolina, aod it has grown and
grown during these 6fty years until
DOW We have tory that is unreason.
ably wrong. add before we go any
further with it We should get the trsth
Of it, or We are likely to do as our New
Eoglaud friends do-clsim all. Paul
Revere galloped dowo tho road ono
night when there vas scarcely the
slightest danger in bis way. aod carried
, message ; and TO let oar New EnRlsod
historians aud our South Carolios
school ch,ldrdo toll it, be was one Of the
leaders 10 the American revolution,
while the nobless Roman of them all,
Christopher GAdssn. is seldom mention.
I'd.
OF oovrse We should honor Emily
Geiger-we should honor oil of sbe
uoblo womsu who helped ost Tho men
10 our Revolutionary struggle. aod we
should s'iif more honor the brave
women Of tSe Coufeeersoy, bot il tho
State we're to put up . monument to
each one who did some brave sot .here
would not be ground enough left for .
one horse farm. aod there woold like vice
be 90 money left to psy the keeper Of
tho cemetery. lf M Lever would do
q grand service for The State let bin
get through . bill to publish our Colo.
uial, Revolutionary anu Coo federa,e
records. The publiOssion Of these
records (tbis State being psrlioulsrly
rich in them would nos only enable tho
student OF the States history to get at
our true history, but il pu, 10 the bauds
Of competent pevsoos could bs made to
pay the ,expease Of publication, and
probably Leave profit eoouaI to put up
. glorious monswent to Thonss SUN.
ter, vir'ually tho dictator of South
Carolina 10 the GUNNER sud fail of
1880. when everything looked 60
gloomy. aod the real savior Of the State,
iustesd Of Greene, who gets the credit,
iu 1881.
A. S Sally. Jr. 10 Sunday News.
According to the census figures just
made public. il is pOssible that Snnth