The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-04
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their standpoint
Mayor Gbbs gave written of all the bungs and
We made Broad river three miles above but the bridge had
been destroyed Right wish what versatile mind
that erric wonderful ndomable James G. Gibbe
had explained him that it dangerous take
writing upon person that would be incrlminang, Of
capture while then said 1.-THE boys back camp
this and they must have it. fix it, Rejecting
moment began writing rapidly page after page giving
Der and street every house burned and where the inmates at
that time gathered.
Handing paper he said 1.-The Devil himself couldn't read
that The d Yankees may decphr it, but you will either be
hung or turned loose before they do it,
It was simply in place vowe the letter to it, and
vice versa and for and only the small words
of two or three letters using them normally Now 1T is not difficult
write read know the key but you write out ten
es in this way omittng capitals and what the first
ten men you Will make at reading it. We took Mr. lbbes
word for it, the couldn't read it, and rsked lives
upon the Yankees decipherng it, caught
At the river were hundreds of and children
sheltered blankets and quilts that they had snatced from
the flames awaiting subsdng Of the waters of the
The river was raging torrent twenty thirty feet above the
normal with great RATS Of drift wood trees logs and every con-
ceivabe DEBRIS going fearful speed boat twelve or
fifteen had been captured the day BEFORE the front head
no HAVING been torn out as it wrenched from tree to
which had fastened by chain In this frail craft we de-
risk ourselves and perhaps the destn1es OF Hardee
and The old and of the ladies camped
near came to persuade this reckless undertaking. saying
negro had been drowned the before the boat
But we assured them could / expert boaman,
having been raised upon the river we'll expert swimmer
Dixon said all he had to rely the ''ie lady prayer
Dvesing ourselves of outer garments securing our pistols
and rifles we both took end Of the craft thus throwing
the of the water We made way cautiously
across odging RATS and logs and out half mile below
our starting point Dixon kept repeang II hope the little ady
raver will save would sweep around great raft that
seemed destined to swamp
When we landed look into the muzzes of half dozen
rifles with the command 'surrender Seeing at glance
thew we're Confederate soldiers took the situation good hu
moedv giving up our without protest Then march
ed ahead of the guards the headquarters Of COL Roberts, CON-
mandng two regiments cavalry These had been sent
forward from Hoods army learn possible, something OF the
movements of Se11nan army and had been IN camp for two
days about half mile the old BRIDGE awaiting news
from bevond the river nothing of the western
and they less ours their questions and anWe were all
as if in foreign tongue each other We had nothing to show
that we represented ourselves to be- only our word
Col Roberts didn't take kindly 10 story rather thinking we
we're desere told last take old citizen,
mile awav who knew father also myself by reputation and we
would leave it COL Roberts agreed We were escort
ed old Mr. Dry Nunnamaker who declared was what rep
resented myself to be- and kind old gentleman went out of his
way to send to that he would stake his life on
the truth of what said
ITO be Continued)