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pu3,ISiHED WEEKLY. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1905. ESTABLISHED 1844. IIISToRY OF AIT ZION SOCIETY - And the Colleze Established Under its Auspices in Winnsboro, S. C. (By D. B. 3IeCaq, ]6ab 7he Saw& ald J'crall in 1S67.) 1784. The long struggle bad now been definitely settled. The Treaty of Peace signed in Paris by tie French, English and American commissioners, put a stop to British efforts to hold as colonies her late possessions on this continent. Without steam or telegraphi3 communication across the Atlantic, the news of that important event came slug gishly across the briny deep. But it was none the less welcome on that account. Theheavy bur den of war which bore down up on all interests was now gone, and brighter anticipations glad dened all hearts. The Moaut Zion Society had a share in this, The past %eur had been Colisui ed in gainig new members, and no doubt was big with calcula tions, and expectations, but these were tempered with doubt, as was the case after the surrender of Lee in 1865, and is still the case. Peace has ow cleaied the way, however, for defluite action; so, at a meetina of the committee op the 17th of January, 1784. it was "Ordered, that the Governors at this place do write to the Govern ors in town respecting the fixing! upon some practicable mode by which the Mount Zon School may be immediitely !et on foot.": It was not uutil in the sprimg that the purpose indicated in this order was etteted.' Owing to the absence in the mean time of a"great number of the mem bera" who were in town, and "win ter being particularly severe," no meeting of the committee was held until the 24th of April. In view of the active efforts uow' entered upon to resume the exercises of the school, it was ze garded as essentially important that the arrears of the members should be at once collected. The: Committee has ben f arnished by': t Society with printed blank 4ters, which were orderea to be directed and forwarded to the different members. As the mat ter contained in theze letters was rn&de the subject of many comn muuieatious 6etween the Society and the Committee, a copy .i them will be inserted here. It r.us thus 'As the Mount Zion JoSieL ai. anxiously desirous to carry: ite immediate execution theirj .orig'al plan of advancing Liter stai?. in the interior parts of. the' stte hav appointed a commit tee o engage a gentlem'an of ability, probity and assiduity, with a! genteel s dlary, to tabL the charge of the school 1? Winnsboro, as a, foundation for a mor e enlarge I seminaSry when their fiuauces1 shl be more adequiate to theirs eteusive v'iews5; and as they en tetain no dob but that you en to:ed the Soc-iety with benevolent itention of promoting their laud ble designs by your contributa n1ois; they thetefore .earnesuy re- I g ated that you would discharg your a'rears )now amutog *t0 co or b'ef 're the next Quarterly .ueting whieh will be on the 28th dar of May nexa. in order to) en able thezL to fulfuil gzeen pecuni y engag22nents as m.ty beentar e into for the support of si sco~l By orer of the Socie ty, ~signed A. Alexander, Secretatry. Charl2ston.' ~ t this bizuk let ter cosn of C. Pinekney, and Richard WVinn. TLhis Comnmittee had commumi cted with to gentlemen in re hu.nw to) taking charge of the seh~o; one of thee was ihe R1ev. Thos. darris McCank-, o~f North 4Caroiira, :2nd the other Mr. tage Eder, of Cha:~reston. The roult o the~ l.atter gentle ms istirst in ordar, and is as joallo.rs. "CIarleston, A pril 17, lid. Si?: I rete rad yours of the 10%i~ iud., houald ha~ve been hap pt, have~ bteen in2flmed more i'fiv ' rifeence to) the cmstWcd, col not have ex ietdt ajCe other auswer.Il 'hi9 i uno yur friendship I ut . Gonmthe safe Iblivery of myches ,j. ha peased to pr:~ unto tie deliverer i :, three dollugs *ad a half. Froml your mi st (obedient and -vey humble servant. si~ued) Iaac Fuller T'ioi a quaent letter. as ap pears from its form of expression. In the original the article "the" is spelt in the old form "ye." Rev. T. H. McCaule replied in the following communication, ad dressed to Gen. Richard Winn and Captain William Tate, with the request that it be laid before the "Committee of the Mount Sion Society:" "Rowan, April 19, 1784. Gentlemen: Yesterday T had the honor of yours of the 16th of Narch addressed to me by the Chairman of your Committee, Mr. Hutson of the City of Charles tou. I feel myself und.er obligations for the honor you have done me. I flatter miself the era is not far distant when the Arts and Scien ces shall begin to display in Carolira. Even in these dull shades of obscurity I have en tertaiLed secret wishes that part of the superior wealth of South Carolina were appropriated to the advancement of Literature, the founding of Colleges, &c. I am not averse *from attempting to contribute any personal ser vices I can render my fellow itizens. The proposal you are pleased to lay befole Me is new. My little family must share in the consequences, as well as myself; therefore, previous to a decided answerI hope to be indulged wth a few weeks for delibera tion. Should the Committee not permit themselves to be so long detained in a stato of suspense, I b g th. in to lose no time making the overture to another. In the interim, should I be honored with no more communications from you on the subject, I shall trans mit my final answer about the 16th of next (month) eitber by ktter to one- of you, gentlemen, or, whieh is ;nost probable, by waiting upon you in propria per sona. Should I acespt the pro position, my removal might take place about Christmas. If your1 Acadmical affairs have not been thrown iuto too great derange ment-if students and t necses sary accommodati of b buildings, &c., can L,5 11oner, the removal in question may come on as early as the first of Noveinber next. The bearer can bring me notice whether vou are willing to wait for my final answer as long as M;y 1Gth next. I am, gentlemen, your most obedient and very humble ser vent, T. H. McCak." (To be continued.) Like Finding honey. Finding health is like finding money-so think those who are sick. When you have- a cough, cold, sore tlhroat, or chest irrita tion, better act promptly like W. C. Barber, *of Sandy Level, Va e says: "I had a terrible chest trontiie, pame d by smoke ad coal dust on ra; langs: but. after finding no relief in othier remedies, I was cured by Dr. King's New Discovery for Con: sumption, Coughs and Colds." Greatest sale of any cough or* eg medicine ,in the world. At Masa D 's, Obear Drug Co.'s and John~ H. Up4ster & Co.'s drug storTs; 50e ana ~ 1.00: guaranteed. Trial bottle free. Mossy Dale Musings. Tiie &4on crtlp in this secti(on will be very lighii. Onh sandy land i is nearly al open pg ~It will nob be more than (.5 per cent of a crop. The corn erop is ighter th'an it has been in yearns. fardens, potatoes and turnips az suffered for want of ruin. No graic. i~& been sown. I trust thre !ag~e; wyill realize a good price for tircot;. Ti fe'ar not much attention will be paid to the resolutions of the otton association as loog as the ,,i is ten cents, for the farmaers &rr g;g loosc as fast as they can ol. The schoo1h&a ;ii .resumed their work again. Misa Ni d MEonticelo is teachirng the Pine Grove school, Miss Miriam Jor an of Winusboro the Bethel shool, and Miss Edna Ligon the Mossy Dale school. We wish ea all a prosperous and pleas t . T. B McKi. Cured Hemorrhages of the flwg "Severlyars sic my~ lungs were s dbadi affectted that Ii bI- many beni l. "I took t reatmenit withI severail n i r e :. with1 out an benell~t~t. I t htu red to ta. yoitey' 11onety antd Tari bu le t I recoU ne :1Ii ' -~ V .. ir 0 ue Mue otlun obe" od)y W AN OhlO SUBSCRIBER Writes a Letter of Appreciation of The Ne'ws and Herald for its Histori cal Papsrs and Gives Interesting Information. Dear Sir: Enclosed find P. 0. order for renewal of subscription. As long as vou have articles of an historical cast like those of D. 3. McCreight and L. M. For'd, you will have a subscriber here, interested in the city and county where so many of my relatives live, and especially in the adjoining county of Chester where my father was born, grandfather for a time lived and great grandfather died. With the former writer I regret there is not an "historical society of Fairfield district," %nd will add, of Chester. I lately came into possession of "A Census of Pensioners for Revolutenary and other Military Services," published by Congress in 1841, as of date of June 1st, 1840, giving names, ages and places of residence of such pen sioners, and find Fairfield district had at that date but two pension ers, Robert Killpatrick, aged 105, residing with Thomas Killpatrick, Sr., and John Sloan, aged 77, re siding with himself or J. Slodn. There certiinly was a large emi gration from Fairfield prior to 1840. In Chester district this record shows: Residing Name. Age. with. John Brown, 87 David Sexton John McDill, 78 James McDill John Bishop, 7s Same Francis Wylie. 90 Same C:o1. George Gill, 79 Same John Con. 85 Same Robert Cowley, 88 Same Jane Gaston, 75 Jas. A. H. Gaston John Culp. 79 res with same [abella Kiog, I8 Martin King John Holcomb, 52 Same S MeEllienny, 80 Same John Colwell, 79 Same This list of Revolutionary pen sioners was returned at sixth census by the marshals of the several judicial districts, and I am at a loss to k-now whether a similar one was made at an earlier r subs-quent census. A list of those living a decade or two earlier would certainly be int6. esting, especially to one who has read with interest McCrady's History of South Carolina. When I visited your place some six or eight years ago, I was sur prised to learn that there was but one saloon, as I now remember, in your county, possibly two, and I credited the dispensary system with such excellent showing, especially as it seemned to take the saloon out of politics, where it is such a large factor as in Ohio, espacially this county with its sixty-sit saloons, with no large city and largely agricultural in terests and no more manufactur ing interests or but little over Fairfield. We have a great many prohibitionists and anti-saloon leaguers in Ohio and in this coun t, but for a weekly newspaper p ending largely on local patron age for support, to take tbe high moral standl you have and are 4oig would be an anomaly in Ohio, and aste p ]. thipk no one coud be iudned to take in this county having charge of such a publication. The anti-saloon sentiment mast be much stronger in your county thn here, or you have lots of Ycurs respectfully, J. C. Elliott. Greenville, 0., Sept. 15, 1903. THE CHRISTIAN churches at Constantinople, Turkey, and Yohaoma, Japan, have long used L~Iopen 4; Martinez Paints fr paiintiog their' phgrelle. Liberal contributions qf L. & M. Paint will be given for such purpose wherever a church is located. F. M. Scofieldl, Harris Springs, 5. C., writes, "I painted our old llme 4a with I.. & M. twenty looks better than houses painted in the last four years." W. B. 131:u r. Ch-irleston, W. Xa, weites, "Paibted Franken bur b Boek with L. & M, shows !tter th &n ,any buildings here Ya er ge stands out as though varishbi' and ackpl1 cqst ofpint was less than $1.20 per gallon. Wasand covers like TeeCelebrated Paints are sold by McMastor Co., Winos boo iC.; G. L. Kennedy & Co., B ~lackstock, S hs .Wa \o. XedggS. C. a "take great interest in my fellown," says Mr. John D. Rockefeller. The comnplaint is tahetakes tepicalas L.nethe interet--Washing Jenkinsville Jottings. Jenkinsville's boys and girls have been going off to the vari ous colleges this week: Mr. T. J. iabb left Tuesday for the Welch Neck High School. He was an alternate for the Citadel saholar ship. Mr. Ravenel Curry for Furman University. Mr. Joe Davis for Wofford. Mr. Wesley Yarborough will leave for the Citadel, he having won the schol arshin from Fairfield county. Miss Mary Hough of Honea Path who won the scholarship from Anderson county foi Winthrop, left from .Jenkinsville last Tues day to be there at the opening. Miss Coralie Holley, accompanied by her friend, Miss McLean, of Blythewood, left last week for the Greenville Female College. Mrs. T. J. Rabb and Mrs. J. S. Swygert and daughter, Miss Queenie, spent several days in Columbia last week. Mr. B. H. Yarborough and nephew, :David McDowell, spent awhile in Greenville and Ninety Six last week. Mrs. M. D. Murphy left last week for a two weeks' stay at Asheville. Mrs. M. D. Fraser left last Wednesday to engage in work in Columbia. Miss Sadie Curry visited Miss Orrie Lever of Bookman's last week. Mr. W. H. Suber, who has been down to see Mrs. Suber, who is at her parents, returned to New berry last week. Rev. E. A. McDowell of Nine ty-Six recently visited Dr. and Mr. J. A. Scott. Miss Emma Kirkland of Colum bia has been visiting relatives in this community. The meeting at Shiloh has closed after some very earnest and well delivered teaching by Rev. Mr. Wells ofiOrangeburg county. He had ith him his little daughter and/iher friend, little Miss Wells, a daughter of Rev. P. B. Wells. Masters Henri and Ralph Mc Dowell spent last Sunday at Jen kinsville. l asters Joe and Thompson Chappell gave a party to the young people before moving to Branchville. Mrs. M. A. Chappell and family have moved into Mr. C. D. Chap pell's home. Miss Susie Yarborough has re sumed her work in the Greenwood graded school. Miss Kitty Glenn and Mrs. F. H. McEachern returned home last week from a visit to relatives at Honea Path and Pendleton. Mr. Walter McEachern has gone to Longtown to clerk for his brother. Miss Essie Holley made a fly ing trip to Columbia and Pros perity last week. . Y. Sept. 23, 1903. Got Off Cheap. He may well think, he has got off cheap, who, after having con-. tracted constipatio.nl or indiges ion, is still abhle to perfectly re store his health. Nothing will do this but Dr. King's New Life! Pills. A quick, pleasant, and certain cure for headache, consti pation, etc. 25e at McMaster Co.'s, Qbear Urng Cq.'s and Jolui H. McMaster & Co.'s drug stores. What's in a Name? The Abbevilie Medium says that the newspapers should find some other name for the dispen sary than "rum mill," "moral in stituian,' gy "grog sh~op.'~ The otker xnames we have in uid are hardly fit to print.-Greenville News. Cured of Lame Back After 15 Years of Suffering. Er lf 1d4 he; trqubled willarme baeli for fIfteen years and 1. found a com-: plete recovery in the use of Chamber lain's Pain Balm," says John G. Bieh er, Gillami, Ind. This liniment is also withou~t any equal for sprains and b~ruises. It is for sale by Obear Drug Co. __ _ _ Columbia has some fellow that s doing the hold-u~p act most sucessfully. Three men have been made to hold up their hauls, while he emptied their pockets within the past few nights. Among these was Judge Gary, who was done to the tune of $828 and watch and chain. A Rerriedy Withou0t a Peer, -' ;1 fnd Ch~amnU2laints stomach and Liver Tablets niore beneficial than anyp~ other remedy I ever used for stomach trouble," sayvs J1 P. Klote, of Edna, Mo. For an'y disorder of the stomacwh, biliousness~ or constipation), these Tabi lets are without a peer. For sale by War's Addition and Substraction. At the beginning of the war figures tb Charlotte Chronicle Russia's available naval fleet was 19 battleships and 41 crnisers. The present naval strength of Russia is 3 battleships and 8 cruisers. The Russian naval losses to date are as follows: Battleships sunk, 13; captured, 3; interned, 1; total, 16. Japan started out with G battle sbips and 48 cruisers. Sha uow has 4 battleships and 40 cruisers. A writer in the Literary Digest explains that the Japanese navy will soon be strengthened by the addition of the two Russian bat tleships and one cruiser captured at Tshushima, and by four bat tleships and two cruisers sunk in the harbor of Port Arthur and raised by the Japanese, and by the cruiser Variag, sunk at Chemulpo and raised by tlie Japanese. Their naval strength will them be: Battleships 10; cruisers, 44. The Japanese naval losses are battleships sunk, 2; cruisers sunk, 8. The London Times estimates that in killed, wounded and capt ured the Russians have lost 3S8, 480 men, and the Japanese 167, 400. Letter to Rev. J, L. Freeman. Whmsbojcro, S. C. Rev. Sir: In making pastoral visits, of course, you do not con sider your pleasure or comfort or ease; you go where your people live. But you have two sets of feelings in going about-can't help it-we all have. But you especially have; for a part of pour business is sympathy. Well kept lawns and well-tilled fields, nice homes and nice people, are cheerful to you. as they are to everyone. Tumble-down build ings, poor fences, men harrassed by burdens too heavy for them, overworked women, and dirty faced children, you may be strong to get on with; but you would be more than human to find inspira tion in misery. Paint divides the two sorts of people; one.paints, and the other don't. Or, perhaps, the thrifty paint well; the unthrifty paint ill. To paint well is to keep paint sound. . There are two ways to do it: one is bound to paint often; the other to use good paint. It costs about !alf as much to paint Devoe as to paint with any other paint; for Devoe takes fewer gallons than mixed paints and wears twice as long as lead-and oil. The thrifty and comfortable have the art of using money more wisely. How lucky they are! how happy! Yours truly 67 F W DEvOE & Co P. S. John H McMaster & Co sell our paint. Men who would never dream of going up in a flying machine go into polijies without a shiver. baker will and troubl< For mnorc thar This reputatio: of the Studebal best fitted for tl the Studebaker erv~ is the best wh1ite oak is bes Studchaker Wa~ That is why'a interesting" ID L~~mm' UgMr. Merchant: PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT I can save you the worry occasioned through the ordering of your HEAVY GROCERIES and FEED PRODUCTS.... You can get anything you want in this line right here at your door any day in the week. Prices guaranteed to be as low as you can get elsewhere. Just let me quote you prices and you will see that this is so. I shall be pleased to serve you and all orders will be given the best atten tion. Many thanks for past patronage. Your Broker, L. A. Rosborough. DItRIKG COURT WEEK AND AT ALL OTHER TIMES YOU WILL FIND THIS THE BEST PLACE TO HAVE YOUR STOCK FED . . . . . . . . BIG SHIPMENT OF ROCK HILL BUGGIES Just In. A LITTLE HIGHER IN PRICE, BT Twenty Milch Cows wanted at once. D. A. Crawford. A. B. Cathcart THE LEADER IN Groceries and Farm Supplies T HE BIRDSELL WAGON has no superior. It never fails to give satisfaction. Splendid Bargains in BUGGIES. BAGGING AND TIES at close prices. When - the Old Wagon Breaks in and get one of our line of Studebakers-the Kind aids up If von have much hauling to do a Stude ~a\ or 1ilin a few months by saving you time add the expense of constant repairs. now the Studebaker Wagon fit v 'ears its reputation has grown better every year. a s die to the good uality that as aw as be a isr at et r aNeEnland blackubirch makes the bes hub t sfor ses and runniga rs--that is what is used in the gon The Studebaker VWagon Is Perfect in Every Detail r.e sell it. Come in and let us talk it over. We have some agon books for ev:ery one. V. Walker & Co., Winnsboro, S. C. __ __-~ _