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Laying Out the Training Camp Streets. FIT training ground for the New York National Guard Is Spar tanburg. S. t\, in the very heart of the American Sparta. How Spartanburg came to receive Its name recalls the story of that Thermopylae which modern historians recognize as having had much to do :n bringing about the effective turning point of the Revolution which gave freedom to the United States, writes John Walker Harrington in the New , *** York Sun. What Is now the county of Spartan burg was part of District 90, a region which In 1755 was purchased from the Cherokee Indians. Its Inhabitants were mostly Scotch and Scotch-Irlsh families who hnd come down from Pennsylvania and Virginia. Between the Broad and Saluda riv ers, In upper South Carolina, In the region of the Blue Ridge, they hnd es tablished the three settlements of Upper Fair Forest, Lawson's Fork and T.vgers. In their views of life and conduct these pioneers bore many re semblances to the men of ancient Sparta. They were self-reliant nnd aggressive, and endured toll, hardship nnd pain without complaint. When South Carolina enst her lot with the other colonies she had much opposition from the Tories and Loyal ists within her own borders. To over come this opposition delegates were sent out by the South Carolina Council a of Safety to explain to the people the r situation out of which had grown the first Continental congress. The repre sentatives of the council who went to District 9d were William Henry Dray ton nnd Rev. William Tennant. On their way they stopped at the house of Col. Thomas Fletchnll, com mander of n regiment consisting os tensibly of colonial militia but in reality of Tories. They had negotia tions with him In flu* hope of Inducing him to Join the popular cause. Find ing him obdurate, they proceeded fur ther toward the Blue Ridge. Mr. Drayton later reported that the people of District 96 were capable of resisting the Indians and also of put ting a chock on Fletchnll and that therefore he hnd taken the liberty of supplying them with ammunition from Fort Chnrlotto, which was Just across ihe lino between the Cnrollnns as now delineated. Through his Influence the region tvns made Into new divisions and he referred to the part Where the frontiersmen were strongest and most devoted to the cause of liberty as the “Upper or Spartan district.” Organization of The Spartans. Mr. Drayton belonged to a race of scholars, and to him the organization of the settlements and the fearlessness of the Inhabitants suggested very strongly the people who withstood the Persian might In Greece. When a regiment was organized In the dis trict It was called the Spartan regi ment. Its comamnder was Col. John Thomas, Sr. "The Spartans” were attached to the command of Col. Rich ardson and took an active part In the snow campaign In which the Tory forces were much harrled._ The name Spartans wus applied In lime to nil of those In northwest South Carolina, and although It Is difficult to trace the history of the regiment Itself, the people of the region were continually active In the cause of liberty. — Although South Carolina was for three years without a regularly or ganized patriot army, the cause was kept alive by such men as Gen. Fran cis Marlon, General Sumner nnd Colon el Thomas of the "Spartans.” On one occasion Thomas nnd several of his associates surrendered and entered Into an agreement that they would not take up arms for the balance of the war. It was understood that If they retired to their, homes they would receive protection from the British commanders. Considering, however, that the agreement with them hnd been violated, they returned to the cause and fought as the annalists of the time say “with halters around their necks.” One of them, Col. Isaac Hnyne, wus captured, and ufter a summary 1 court-martial was hanged at Charles ton by the orders of Tarleton. Broken up ns were their military organizations, the Spartans figured extensively In the detached and Ir regular forces of the patriots under Marlon, Sumner nnd Moultrie. Major Ferguson was sent by Corn wallis to South Carolina with 1,‘JOO men, of whom five-sixths were native Loyalists. Ills Instructions were to Intimidate the rebels and to bring In ns ninny recruits ns he pnsslhly could. Battle of King’s Mountain. The news of his approach roused the American Spartans to do or die. They left their farms and ranges, armed and came out of the passes of the Appa lachians. Sure-footed, quick of eye, deadly in their aim ns marksmen and nc tistomed to deal hand-to-hand with the savages in tights with knife and tomahawk, they constituted one of the most effective fighting forces ever as sembled on Ibis continent. Their garb was buckskin. They came like true frontiersmen In hunting shirts, and on their caps were sprigs of hemlock, em blems of their rugged land. They cattle 1,300 strong, under the urge of a mighty impulse, and It was not until they were actually preparing to engage the enemy at King's Menu tain, about forty miles from the pres ent city of Spartanburg, that they chose as their leader William Camp hell. He was one of those patriots who had commanded troops of the Ir regular light cavalry and. like Marlon, had suffered much for the cause of liberty. The result of the battle of King’s Mountain depended almost en tirely bn the personal initiative of the men of this Sparta of the western world. The American Spartans were accus tomed to climbing mountains, and tip the steep sides of the heights they went with Incredible agility, firing from under cover of shrubs and trees when they could. The British charged down the hillside with bayonets and pressed hack the American line. The pioneers formed again and went to tin atlaeb with renewed spirit. The cry wus raised that Tarletor was coming In from the rear to the at tack. Sevier rode like Sheridan among the patriots, assured them that the re port was’false and again got them intr line. The mountain was taken hy tin Americans In their fourth assault The .sharpshooting of the pioneers dlt deadly execution. Major Ferguson refused to surren der and although one of his men hac raised a flag of truce he struck It down with his sword. He made'an nt tempt to get through the American lines and was shot five times and fell dead upon the field. After his deatl Ids eomtunnd surrendered. There werr 456 British dead upon the field ana of the survivors nearly every man was wounded. Only 28 of the Ameri can fighters were killed. Back to Their Hills. The battle over the men went back Into the strongholds In the hills from which they had so suddenly come. In the words of Bison: “At King’s Moun tain they turned the tide of the wa» and Insured the ultimate Independence of America.” The success of the patriots In tlilf battle emboldened the forces of lib erty In South Carolina to concerted action. Gen. Nathaniel Greene, who had succeeded Genernl Gates, reached the state in the December of 1780 und gathered about him an army of 3,50(1 men. Ills first move was to send Dan lei Morgan, one of the same type as Francis Marlon, to make quick dnshes Into the hack or up country and to dls lodge the British. With 900 men Mor gan met Tarleton, whose command consisted of 1,100 men, about fifteen tnlles from the present city of Spartan burg. The battle of Cowpens which followed nearly wiped out the entire Tarleton force. Tracing hack the chain of clrcum stances which had to do with the flna> defeat of the British arras the finger of history lingers upon the land of the American Spurtans. Their notion at King’s Mountain and Cowpens un doubtedly contributed greatly to the final result. After the war these pioneers turned their attention to the development ol their fertile lands. The county of “Spartanburgh” was formed. The final "h” was dropped early In the nine teenth century and the present spell ing was adopted. The development of the city 0 Spartanburg wus not rapid and even In 1800 there was only a small group of settlers there. The city had only l.Off) Inhabitants in 1870, three times as many In 1880 and 5,1550 in 1890. At present It has 20,000 Inhabitants. It has only been within recent years that the place has come Into prom inence Industrially. Now one of the largest cotton mills of the South Is sltuuted In the city, and there has been u great Increase In Its resource* wlthlu the last ten yeurs. Tenth Cavalry To The Rescue Famous Black Troopers Repulse Mex icans in Fierce Border Fight, in Which Their Intrepid Captain Is Killed at Head of His Troops. lyfOGALES, Ariz., Sept. 5.—When i ' the Mexican residents and sol diers of this border town started on a firing rampage last Tuesday, all kinds of trouble seemed imminent, until the tried and true Tenth cavalrymen crossed the border line and soon sub dued the sniping of the Mexicans. The trouble is alleged to have start ed when a Mexican guard shot Cor poral Lotz of the American infantry guard. An American custom guard came to Lotz’s defense. As the Mexicans’ bullets struck Lotz Barber returned the fire and felled the Mexican guard who had mortally wounded the corporal. The firing then became general, Mexicans appearing suddenly in the doorways of houses, on the roofs of buildings and in the surrounding hills anil shooting across into Intel-national avenue, principal street of the twin towns, which forms the boundary line. American soldiers on patrol duty returned the fire and an appeal for re inforcements was sent to Camp Ste phen Little, nearby. Lieutenant Col onel Herman responded at the head of four companies of infantry and two troops of Negro cavalry. As Lieu tenant Colonel Herman reached the boundary he fell with a bullet wound in the right knee, but after receiving first aid treatment in the office of a nearby physician, returned to the fir ing line and directed his troops. Captain Shot Dead The first American militaiy unit to cross the line was a troop of Colored cavalry, under command of Captain Hungerford, 23 years old. Captain Hungerford was shot dead at the head of his troops. His mother and sister are in Nogales. The infantry followed the Colored cavalrymen, who. after dismounting on the Mexican side of the boundary line, rushed forward singing, “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here!” The cav alrymen scattered into the bush, while the infantry, fighting in the open, were subjected to a withering fire from the Mexican rifles. According to last reports three Americans—one officer and two en listed men—were killed and twenty eight Americans, ten of them enlisted men. were wounded. Three of the wounded Americans are seriously hurt. Unofficial estimates placed the number of Mexican dead and wounded at from 150 to 200, but the Mexican consul asserted this figure was prob ably an exaggeration. LONG SUCCEEDS SCRUGGS Inspectorship of Weights and Meas ures Is Retained by Race. John W. Long has been appointed inspector of weights and measures to succeed Amos P. Scruggs, who is among the last appointments of the Dahlman administration to be dis placed by the Smith administration. The position of inspector of weights and measures is the only important ofice held by the Colored people in the city government. The first ap pointment to this office was made by Mayor Cushing, a democrat, who ap pointed the late Abram W. Parker. Succeeding mayors continued the cus tom of giving this recognition to the Colored people. Among those holding this position were the late G. F. Franklin, A. W. White, John W. Long, T. P. Mahammitt, John Grant Pegg and Amos P. Scruggs. Mr. Long is not new to this posi tion, having served in it most accept ably some years ago. The appoint ment is a good one and will give gen eral satisfaction. COUNTY FOOD OFFICIALS GATHER IN OMAHA County food administrators of Ne braska met in Omaha on September 11, when plans for the winter and a definite program to be followed was outlined by Gurdon W. Wattles, fed eral food administrator for Nebraska. Mr. Wattles, accompanied by Dep uty A. C. Lau, attended the Washing ton meeting of state officials, when Herbert Hoover outlined the food sit uation as it concerns the allies. Food regulations will not be so drastic as in the past, in the opinion of food experts, unless unforeseen i circumstances arise which might necessitate closer supervision. How ever, the United States has a big job in front of her, for she has to feed her own army of more than 3,000,000 “over there,” in addition to furnishing the major portion of the food re quired by the allies. It's the biggest job the United States has ever under taken. In Houston, Texas, 102 Colored women registered so as to participate in the public caucuses July 27.—The Crisis. THESE THINGS SHALL BE John Haynes Holmes says in the September Crisis: On my desk today, I find a post card from a beloved friend, bearing the following inscrip tion: “At Newport, N. H., this morning at seven o’clock, a.band and five hun dred people escorted the only Negro boy in town to the train. He had answered Uncle Sam’s call to war— a sight I shall never forget.” One may imagine all kinds of phil osophizing upon this simple village episode. The pessimist might ask if this is to be accepted in compensa tion for lynchings. The cynic would point out that the popularity of the blacks is in inverse proportion to their density of population. The Yankees would vindicate afresh New England’s record of justice for the Negro. The optimist would behold the reconciliation at last, under the beneficient influence of the war, of two great races. It is doubtful, however, if any of these sweeping generalizations can be regarded as sound. Why try for so much? Why not take this incident for what it is—“a slice of life"—a very lovely example of the possibili ties of human nature at its best? The nation is in peril. It calls to each citizen for the noblest service and uttermost sacrifice that he can give. 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