The following article appeared in the Greenville (S.C.) Mountaineer, 11 Jun 1902, p. 1, c. 4:

"KANSAS WAR RECALLED
Capt. G. W. Moore Writes of the Stirring Times of 1856.

Capt. George W. Moore of Clinton, S.C., contributes to the Laurens Advertiser the reminiscences below of the Laurens Company's expedition to Kansas under General A. C. Jones during the slavery excitement in Kansas Territory in 1856.

In my last [not found] on Kansas I unintentionally left out the name of that old veteran, Dr. J. Q. Wilbur, also Benjamin F. and George Graydon, formerly Laurens men, and also Captain Milton Fair, of Newberry, who died at Delaware City, Kan.; also General Jones' good lady, Mrs. Ann Jones, who accompanied him throughout the trip. I must say that I never saw a a better and kinder and braver lady. She was always ready to minister to the sick of our company. The General's faithful servant, Charley Musgrove, about completed the roll from Laurens County.

Arriving at Kansas City about the 3rd of June, 1856, we took up quarters at the McGhee House. The proprietor, McGhee, was a strong Southern man. Excitement was at a high pitch, as there had been a battle betwen the abolitionists and the pro-slavery men at a place called Hickory Point in Kansas on the day before our arrival. After spending the night at the McGhee House, we uncased our arms and took up the line of march to West Port. When three miles on our way we saw two of the wounded who had been in the battle the day before. One was the son of a widow lady and both were at her house lying on a bed by the side of each other. I think they were mrotally wounded. The mother plead with us to take revenge for the blood of her boy. We were met by a committee of gentlemen from West Point [sic] and made the guests of the town. Speeches and the running of balls and making of cartridges was the order of the dayand most of the night, as the people of the town were looking for an attack by the abolitionists at any moment. After spending the night we were equipped with wagons and tents and marched for the territory, a mile or two from West Port. We went a mile or two over the line and found a good spring and place for camping. We picthed our tents and named the spring Palmetto for our State. The Missourians lavished upon us supplies of bacon, hams, flour, beef, etc. Major Buford with his Alabamans, 500 or 600 strong, was encamped some six miles from us and made us feel very secure. There was also a regiment of U. S. cavalry encamped some three or four miles from our camp.

While here the writer and John W. Franks of our company paid a visit to the regulars, the latter having a brother (Capt. William Franks, of Laurens) a member of Capt. De Sassure's company of our State. Other Laurens boys in that company were ___ [blank space in text] Attwood and John Arnold. Mr. Attwood was the son of Major J. J. Attwood, who was the sheriff of Laurens way back in the fifties. While there a little incident occurred. Finding the enemy prepared to move, Capt. Franks was packing his wagon which contained some 30,000 loose cartridges. Putting up his cooking utensils too hot, the bedding took fire and was soon in a blaze. Officers and men gave back because they knew the contents of the wagon. Capt. Franks, who was talking with the writer and his brother, in a moment sprang upon the wagon, cleared it of the burning debris and saved the cartridges amid the plaudits of the officers and men.

Retiring to our camp, we remained two or three weeks amid a tribe of Delaware Indians. They had a fine school and church on their reservation. They were eager for our company to settle amoungst them, as there was more land than their reservation covered."

A second article appeared about two weeks later and will be posted later.