The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-02-21

n atural leader of mep. he was six
!eet In height and weighed perhaps
l75 pounds. Handsome in face and
figure he made q fine impression on all
who ne: A:r aDd sszea: future was
predicted for him. He was married
to Miss Rossnna Cato of Monroe
County quite early il manhood, To
them was t'rn con and q daughter.
Both the son and daughter are now
dead and only one grandson eur
viVee, Charles Travis De Corsey os
Brewton.
"He moved to Texas in 1874
There was then some estranpement
between him and his wife, She wes
With her family i'll Monroe County.
The Two children later joined their
father in Texas. He began the prae-
tlce OF law at Old Washington on the
Brazos river. He vas man made for
such times. Of brave and intrepid
spirit, handsome in face and figure
and an eloquent speaker, he rose high
In the esteem Of the people of his
adopted State. When the Texan war
OF Independence broke out he vaa
one Of the leading men of that section.
It was the highest of compliments to
be put in command Of suoh body of
men as he led, but his selection to
the command Of that body was e nat
ural one in view Of the talents he
possessed and of the confidence which
the people of Texas gave him"
And Capt. Travis today lsments
the harsh mandate of an unkind fate
which forbade the glorious future Of
80 much OF young manhood s promise.
he talks regretfully ef what ereatneys
young Travis would have attained he'd
The history. of the Alamo been un.
written, and had he lived cut his life
in the Texan republic aud in the great
American State of Texas. =,
When one looks deep into the cir.
oumstances that made the Alamo he
comes to find in it a similarity to the
charge of the Light Brigade, for the
men in tho Alamo, ''knew, chat seme
one had blundered. There are
those who think that some Que was
Gen.. Sam Houston. The question
may never be settled. It's discussion
is useless now. But Gen. Houston,
so it is said, vas not many miles away
With o considerable force, Of Ameri-
cans. To him was brought word Of
the plight Of Travis and his men,
oooped up in the Alamo and fightipg
like demons. There was time. 90
some critics say, in that long aght be-.
sw- February 20 aud March s, for
Houston to have marched his; men
against Santa Anna. \. E d *5si:z 5G ST +
Houston's force vas inferior to.
Santa Anna's, but tho odds in the
fight would have been more nearly
equal than between the force which
was outside the Alamo and the force
that was within Within the walls. # .,. 6 .hsre d
are some harsh critics: who even 60 soy
that Houston, urtat man as he was,
was jealrr.. II ne ( rising Star. 81 4. IS :
Travis. u any rate he did not move
his force s.ailst ,na@ @Msxioans besieg-
ing the Alan; B: !; ;,. &::I .
= But he conserved his strength !. add.
ed 70, lais forces and I'D e 1 whom Is ( i few "
weeks later he came upon the Maxi-
cans at. San Jaointoz neither genernl
nor army Was & left Of the Mexican
fighters. E # f ss;f ::|s$
;?:'' and in Texas the honor of5 Travis. iis
treasured with and like the horinorsoif ris
Houston. II Is ,hsS& ! pleasuu "a "a: ! .of L the ,5
Texans as il should be with al ,pro. ,ro.
priety, TO hold his memory il ia 'tl,s
deepest rev lrance. z 7 j ! hiis i brother
Capt. Ir1 is, when he visited. Texas.
they gsye signal PROD stof Rig Rig ssstesia.
The honors shown / gspt. TIayis ssrs
,ssyidenee of ttha love and alaeetioii;
borne for the gallant . .Aiabanliatnr tr wbo I
seenamsn ndad ths Alamo III md ri wiao ii
:bequsatasd B % Texas aSs glory tlias
.shall / bss nndilain nish % % Sloa4g i a s$as:
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