The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-02-20

wish, and all Of Is, but will ncyc
soil my hands by waiting ,4pon,a COW
ardly Yankee, nor tell you the plac
OF eonceaImcnt-hnd it if you can.
The soldiers would question the nc
groes to find if there were any watches
Silver plate, or money belonging to tn,
household; if so, they would, by
system Of inquisition, attempt to fore,
the women to give it up, but in vain
a BRAVE WOMAN.
y woman, Mrs. Miller, the wife ol
ncighbor Of mine, had her husband 5
gold watch in her bosom, and refused
to give it up when demanded, even
when cooked pistol was at her head
The vandal struck her stunning
blow with the butt end of the pistol
all in vain. The brave heroine held
to the heirloom, and stoutly resisted
all cntrcatics aud threats.
Two old people living near ne,
brother and maiden sister, named 10.
ncr, both past three score, were asked
to give their n. n.oney. They had none.
Bat one of the ruflians threw fire un-
der the bed, saying:
| will put it out if you will tell me
where you keep your money; you have
it, for I've been so informed
Let it burn, answered the old wo-
man. DO you think to frighten or
intimlda'c me by burning my house
that will tell what | choose to con
ccal? DO you think l care SO much
Tor my house and its belongings? No,
no; you mistake the women of the
South. You will never conquer her
people BY making war upon defence
less women Let the house 20 up in
flames, and my ashes mingic with it's
ashes, but | will remain true to my
self, my country and my Cod
Soon all that was left of the once
happy home was heap Of ashes.
Will God, in His wisdom, ever have
cause to again create such women as
those of the Southland? Or we're
there ever conditions in the world 8
history that required the presence of
such noble martyrdom as was display
cd by the women Of the South during
the Civil War?
But Nemesis in this case, as in
many others, was lurking near. Bands
OF Confcdcratcs and scouts had scat
tered themselves on the flanks and
rear OF the enemy; old men were lying
In wait in many thickets and out of
the way PLACES, ready to pouncc upon
the unsuspccting frecbootcrs aud give
to them their just deserts. Was it
any wonder that SO many hundreds
and thousands Of these Goths failed
to answer to Sherman last roll call?
Before the sun was many hours older,
after the burning of the Loner home
stead, the dreaded "bushwhackers"
were on the trail Of the vandals.
For years afterwards people, from
curiosity, came to look at heap of
bones in thicket near, blcached by
winter rain and summer sun, while
some of the older men, pointing to
the ghostly relics, would say, "Those
are the remains Of Sherman house
burners. And such were the scenes
from the Saltkhatchie to the Cape
Fear. Who were to blame?
Sherman now directs his march TO-
wards Winnsboro and Chester, still in
the four great parols, burning and
plundcring as they go. 1t seems that
in their march through Georgia they
were only whctting their appetites for
full gorge Of vandalism in South
Carolina. After their carnival of ruin
in Columbia, tho Federais, like the
tiger, which, with the taste of blood,
grows more ravenous, became moro
destructive the more destruction they
saw. Great clouds of black smoke
rose up over the whole country and
darkencd the sky overhead, while at
night the heavens were lit M by the
glare of the burning buildings. The
railroad tracks were torn up and
bridges burned, the iron being laid
across heaps of burning ties, then,
when at red heat, were wrapped around
trees and telegraph posts-those last
through pure wantonness, as no army
was in their rear that could ever use
them again.
Observation-Disclosures In the Blood.