The chronicle=news., 1914-04-25

NuoStotse soOuy. Va 10 SOUSu SAIO-
iins. when n younE man About the
Year 1880 he married Phoebe ~.
Downs. Of i.savsas county. = xTssd-
daughter of Major Jonathan Dowas
and of Major Louis saNoa. both u
re-. .oiutioaaTy fame.
coioa.i H~ary Saxon Farley wss
born In Charleston. =, e.. February
~. 1870. Hs aad his three bsoshSsx
srvstiy DISTINGUISHED themselves In
the confederate array duriag tho civil
war, One of them. General HuxA l.
Farley. who died Orto,-r !. 1887.
while s-rsiaR as sdiuianl s-aesai Of
South casoiiss. ~As psomiasat
throughout the var. asa tho other.
cspssia Wiiiian d. Farley. ot Geasr-
~ J. y u. aauast1 staff. sas the
hero a i~o hooks BY Gvnessi Kss-s
Cooke. ''sarrsy of the naEis's Nest"
ssd wearing os tho Gray
10 bis hnnA Asaesih,ss the aiiiias,
os-ssiioas of Osaseai ii-assesasd. !.
roisasi Alfred Roman .s,, ot poss
Sumter:
"rhNnssh the aessins of hnssiii.
ties had. foe the inss t~o .-afs. hs~s
sirsass hoasiy esrsrssa by osf,~ess
and nass - the sarsoas sosnsasa..
asa b, tho Whole pppaialSos OF the
eiss of rhssArssns. saist 81 snna wss
the sass uf shs lsuos~s 40 rosfs4ssl
of the sAails uese ths soa ,euahsl.
sass that ~h~s tho last s-snasr OF
the sanmssaiss srssssi haA he-s
delivered. nasifsjss csisAsi AsaesSoa
that hs- -oaia opes q. his IL a.
heas's 'ihse. aaiss. usass AAd assrie-
iis~ svisssd lhsusshos, she -ssy sssI
hAsbs,ss
The t-rssrfsi ssijtss-s a. Ii. sisA,
~s. ssssssiy ssoAss isss h-fuse|
assss tsus. t'oss iohn.ns's sassss
i.<sssss al half pAss sDss .. ~. ApsiiI
is. 1861. is..s~a shs fir.s-ssa. As|
sassy she.shs. The ton log deferred
=stsssi she'll of the var. II ~ns|
n'~a. sss By tsivssa Easfts. Al vts-
sisis. .. hss beea sssus~uassis l.rr
is~srss. .ss .s CAPITALS 0sssss 2.
jsss-s ~ xssis cAsu,ssss- tTASs ~ss!
shs nffssrs ~hns Cosnssl e'ssisy sassrs|
osass~a Ais Tn l-.siI uks isssAsS toe
The faIstssi sAaso, ~Is sp-a Aaetus |
s"asisp~d s'asss.i ites~ss. ''ass~sss.
iss Hs p-~uitAr sss ~ tise. ard
.sfsaias .srs t'as' sa@sss. fell ~ish
crashing es;.~ 10 u. s-sy s.ss-s al
The psfsaes
Thus ~ss 's~Ssisin sussara ie
ssssi~ssne std iss hsssps q. this
rsrest3s ae.sAjas IN 90 tnsssss eli
wee sussls srI suisisy. Nas ss sh.
seese ~ss reported ~ susl sslls rse
ss,i,ess ps.s--t lows to the hsitrtf i
ara shs ~hass-.s ard suss-s ssa
shtIdtvA stu~ ed each ~lasSou ~ The
hasssrs us-slepAisG each ~isao~ ot
sh. s~s=sAps .p-~tsissS 81 lhr ss-s~
~ tee mieus.~ 4. sis. a'sturk ali sksE
Galleries sns n.sssr. ~hseh sA~is-
siei The grim fortress ~ssr Ia fall
ptAs sssiass u -
rts -ssa4.ua-a, thereafter lasted
shre.shous tie saY ~iih slauss aa.
easing visus. hs: shr spef>t~vst.l
flag "a. a.s suh ur - the plssr et
she Stars aaa stripes aatiI ssu dsy.
later.
@srtsosp~esispty. ssys Celaaei
Farley. ~hc bcfv sv rpasrisueu. al
psrs. it may he said that the ut.
stinsnsr at s~yrssiaa vae RAISED IN
~vrrs session = Ii-'le ssSer midday On
hsrpsbeF go tse" in south CatpIiaas
Tc gain possession at her forts Was
si,.in'rer,ans and aeve.eaty To the
cun'rol ot tho only seaport ct impps
'sn,r en- her coast The city Of
Charleston lies on a toesae ef land
a, the conf,ucn,c .t the Ashley and
Cooper rivers. the lp- alton being not
unlike that of New Ncek. which lie.
a, the irn.'ic, a. 'h- Fast and IIud-
sen rivers
''Thc has extends four mtic~ cast.
~sfds These forts aefc0dcsi the hsr-
i-r castle rirsncy. = brick .,ru,-
turc. lying enc 'aiIc trp,a the city
and commanding IL. capable cf hold
Eng a garrison ot leo men aud ,~eu-
ltr-,-p guns: Fbr, M.ulsrtc. of ervst-
or sisn AMI Importance. four miles
from the city on suIlivan's islaad. u
had becn rebuilt on scieHtittc pfinci-
+, pIes and mounted stfty-l,e guns.
/, with a garrison Of SEQ men. Then
came Fort sumter. an imros,ns stt"e-
,uSe in sire. situated aboat the mid
die Of the harhor entrance and only
half a milc back from It's mouth
and erected on an artificial Island.
Tho walls were eish, feet thick and
forty feet bish. enclosing an arca os