Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-01
PEG-lEG GRAHAM.
Noted Confederate Veteran About to
Pass.

c., and the ChdrlOtte observer vi l@ae
Tuesday published. a message from MIN
to this effect:
III Is about over with me. I'll soon
be gone. | want TO be buried at Sha-
ron in the uniform that the Daughters
of the Confederacy gave me. ana 1
want my Sunday school class to be
present at the funeral. have no fur-
ther desire now except to be put away
all right
Referring to this message the oo-
server of Wednesday has: the following
editorial:
old BOB
"As a matter of course Peg Leg
Graham's friends will. see that he rs
put away all right" He will be
shrouded for his final sleep in the
bright new uniform the Daughters OF
the Confederacy at Sharon gave him.
and of which he was so proud. and ms
chair in the council hall Of the Con-
federate Veterans in Charlotte will be
tilted to the table; and to be sure ms
Sunday school iclass will be assembled
at the grave to do the last honors'
His expressed desire to have these pu-
pills present at the last ceremonies. re-
calls one Of the happiest cases IN re
formation" on record. Bob Graham
went to the war. q militant soldier he
believed in action and he was: always
in action. He.was hardened and MADE
reckless under experiences OF the war
and he came home Transformed INTO
y rampant citizen. He had left leg
in Virginia, and he went humping
through life with one OF these clumsy
hickory contriyances which became, a
common equipment with the Confed-,
crate veteran. He did not affect the
cork leg, because he preferred some
thins that the Yankees had not maze.
And also, during the days of Recon-
struction his hickory leg gave con-
yenient seryice$as n weapon. On one
occasion, at a 'time when the scala
wags and caml followers were incit-
ing the negroes in Charlotte to riot
and had collected them in hall over
q bar-room on Tryon street, where
they were being groomed for an out
break Of violence against the whites
and when nobody appeared TO know
what move to make in common de-
fcnse of the town, Peg Leg undertook
TO handle the situation on his own
hook. After he had thoroughly prim-
ed himself for the job, he mounted hls
horse and went gathering up the stair
way and into the hail. where he gal
lopod around. his hickory leg sticking
out like the blade of scythe and
operating in pretty much the same
manner. The hall was cleared In short
order and all danger Of an uprising or
the blacks" had been permanently
averted.
"But the causes for strenuous ac-
1ivi1ies of the kind were gradually re-
moved and Col. Bob. Graham rela apscd
into the ways OF peace and conscrVa-
1ism, the only thing that could dra"
him away from his farm being the po-
litical meeting. There was always Il
whooping- of things when Peg Leg
was on hand-and it was mighty
unintereSting occasion when he was
not among those present. IL was
about 10 years ago that he suddenly
accepted the serious view of life ana
shortly thereafter. friends making IN
nuiry about the 'infrequency oil ms
visits to town, learned that he had
.'ioined the church. and had become
interested in Sunday school work, he
ginning as member of class and ris-
ing to leadership. The boast OF his
later life was his Sunday school class
the same which he had hoped will he
on hand to see him put away all
right" In later years, also. his nina
dwelt seriously on the,river over which
he was soon to "cross." That is the
favorite way with the Confederate
veteran of speaking Of his anticipated
reunion with Stonewall Jackson. the
day is close ut hand when Peg Leg
Graham-will "cross over the river and
rest under the shade Of the trees.
How MANY of his glorious comrades
he must have had in mind when he
gave expression to the thought! They
will be waiting, for him, no doubt; and
we may imagine the joyous illumina-
tion of his face as he goes forward to
meet them He will find. as so many
thousands who have gone before him
have found. that the last reunion Is
the soldiers dream fulfilled. where all
burdens are dropped away and it is FOR
them the crown and the hallclujah!
Yes; Old Bob will be laid away all
right, and his Sunday school people
will he there to drop the flowers.
WORKER SUES UNION