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South Carolin In Great VALUABLE COMPLICATION OF FACTS BY RUNNEY MEDE CLUB MADE PUBLIC NOT COMPLETE Organization Asks For Correc tion? of Error* Ii There Are Any in the List. Tho Runnymede Club lui? for Boran time been endeavoring to find out and list everything in which South Caro lina haa been flrat, whether In the world, America, or the South. Believing that other people would be interested in tilla research, the Hst BO far as made ls given to the pub lic. The compilera may be mistaken in acme of their statements, and they have probably left out roany things of Interest. In both cases they ask in correction, and assistance of all who know more In this kine thsn they have been ablo to learn: 1. The first public library In Amer ica waa established in Charleston in 186?. 2. The first free school in the South, and possibly the first In Amer ica was founded in Charleston In 1711. 3. The first musical societyX In America was the St. Cecelia in Char leston, founded In 176Z. The first eong recital of which there ls any record waa In Charleston tn I7b3. in which It was stated in the advertisement that none but English and Scotch songs would be sung. 4. The IT1 instance of cremation In America wns that of the body of I Henry Laurens who left Instructional lo his. will that such disposition should be made of his remains. 6. South Carolina boasts a mlna ture Declaration of Independence an tedating that Of Mecklinburg and Philadelphia by som? months. On Nov. 6th, 1T74 Wllllsm Henry Drayton presided at a meeting of the Circuit Court in Camden, end in re sponse to his stirring charge, the Grand Jury o? Camden district re turned a veritable little declaration ot Independence. The third clause of this remarkable document reads as follows : "Wo present as a grievance of the most dangerous and alarming nnturo, tho power exercised by the Parliament to tex, hud to make laws to bind the American Colonisa in all cases whatsoever. Wo concolvo such BEAUTIFUL Genere Photos tflfaf?t * it- I & * ?<, * wM&&--?.\3sJ < /lui,; - t of your children made at homo. \[ Keep a record cl your Child, it wal fa? a treasure ia old aft. Let us know when to catt. Green's Art Shop On Thc Square? can pay M-O-R-E h-u-t you can't get GOAL than the famous SLOCK BLUE 6E1 Because There Our Price Is Stilt "Why Pay More ? First Many Thing, power destructive to our. birthright as freemen, descended from Englis ancestors, seeing such freemen cai not be constitutionally taxed or boun by any law without their consent, ex pressed by ?Lemsclven, or implied b thc representatives of their own elet tion-a consent which the good pet pie of this colony never have signifi?e to be taxed or bound by laws of th British Parliament In which the never had any constitutional repr< sentatlon. And whereas we rathe choose to die freeman than to liv slave*, bound by Jaws in th,, forma lion of which we have nu participa lion-so now that the body o? t ii I district arc legclly assembled, us on :;tnp towards tho defense of our con stitutional right?, which aro ('.?are to us than -our liven and fortunes, w think it mir Indispensable, duty to th people of till ? district, to ourselve tlie grand Jurors for tho body of th people, and to our posterity thu clearly to express the sens* of th large and populous district touchin our constitutional rights and th very imminent danger to which the :iro ex po? ed from the usurped powe of the British Parliament, taxing nm bv law binding the Americana In al ensca whatsoever, being resolved t maintain our constitutional rights a the hasard of our lives and fortune! we do'most earnestly recommend tha this presentment. In particular. h< laid before our constitutional repres entatives in General Assembly, whi We doubt not, will do ail In thel power to support us In our Jus rights." 6. The first Inoculation for small cox In the United States waa in Thar teston in 1738. 7. The first Agriculture. Associa tlon and Fair waa held In South Caro lina In 1784, where the first prom tums for livestock were offered. Th? prise was for merino sheep. 8. The first Importation of Ango ra gnats wan made hy Dr. Jae. B. Da vis of Columbia in 1849. Some of then were sold to Hon.. Wade Hampton. 9. The nr*t horse racing club form, ed In America was the Jockey Clut of Charleston formed In 1760. Th? first race horses imported to Ameri ca may have been to South Carolina, though the evidences on thia point aro weak. * 10. Tho fir?t manual labor school established In America was In South Carolina. In I860 Dr. John de la How? of Abbeville left the bulk of his prop erty for the establishment of an agri cultural Behool, to accomodate twenty four-pupils, twelve boya and twelve girls.- The children to ?ive together as one family, and the expenses to be defrayed by the profits ot the estate. ll: The drat normal school In the South waa established In Charleston by ah act of the General Assembly pas-ed Dec. Slat, 1857. and was called "Girls" HIg i and Normal school. 12. Th? first newspaper In Amcrl -r. io bs .published by a woman was "The Sooth .Carolina Gazette." pub libbed tn Charleston in 1744 by Mrs. I El Irabeth Timothy. 13. Dr. William Bulk of Charleston Iwaa the drat native born American to receive the degree of M. D. In 1734 he r^sduated, at Leyden a pupil of -John Miller," who pub-1 tisued the famous Letters ot JunluR. and removed" to Pendleton in 1786, published tho first newspaper ia the up-country, and the first to be estab lished so far we*t la the United States. 16. Tho first Baptist church In tho ISouth: waa, the old First Church of Charleston. 16, rt ls usually ?claimed that the flr^V fjre, Insurance, \company In the Germans ? lermesaetar ls -1- ? United States was established in Philadelphia in 1762. Uut the honor of having Introduced the practice of Insuring against Are 3 upon the western continent, belonga 9 to Charleston, S. C., where In 17s6 _ was launched "The Friendly SnMety ~ tor the Mutual Insurance of Houses ? against Fire." This society flourished a until 1740, when it fell In the great ? conflagration that devastated the city. 17. Water power was used for card ' ing and spinning cotton in South Car ' olina as early as 1790. 18. Before the Revolutionary War I* the Carolinas and Florida 8uppiicd clays for the first porcelain work? in England, and Wedgewood long con tinued to get material for nome of his finest productions from South Caro lina. There were potteries established Binear Cadden which cdused great con cern to Wedgewood. 19. William C. WellB of Charleston * In 1814 was the first scientist to an nounce the present accented theory of dew, and preceded Darwin in his r teaching relating to the origin of ' ap?eles. 0 20. Dr. J. Marion Sims of Charles 9 ton introduced new methods of aur p gery and Invented new surgical in 3 Btruments whichs m .Je operation 9 possible never before attempted. \ 21. The first elaborate research B work In organic chemistry done by r in American was performed hy J, J Laurence Smith of Charleston in j 1842. 1 22. Dr. Norwood of South Carolina ' was the first person to call attention 1 to the medicinal value of veratum vir * ido, now used extensively in medicine L 23. Indigo was first grown In Amcri 3 ca and used as a dye by a young girl of Charleston many years before thc ' Revolutionary War. The girl wa? ' Eliza Lucas, afterwards the wife ol 1 Chief Justice Plnckney and the mothei of Charlea Cotesworth, and Thoma: Pinckney. 24. South Carolina was the first state in the union, and until 1888 th* ? only one to establish phosphate in ? dustrlea from native phosphate rock 25. South Carolina was the firs! > State in the Union to plant seatslam) or long staple cotton. Introduced from ' the Barbadoea in 1776. 26. The Honey Peach was first grown by Mr. Henry Lyons of Colum bia in 1856, In 1857 they were proro gated by Borkmana of Augusta, Gi.. 27. L. Vanuxem. while a professor li f the South Carolina College, waa ttu drst scientist to point out the prob able absorption of atmospheric ga se: by the earth's crust, and consequen secular changes of the torrential at moiphere. 28. It is probable that Dr. Ellet, pro fessor of chemistry In the South Car olina College, jade the first gun-cot ton manufac1 .ed in the Unltei State?. It ls crtain that he fired tin firat gun ever fired in.the South, ol the University campus with cottoi made In his laboratory. 29. In 1847 a department of agri culture was organized in the Bout] Carolina College, the first in tin South.' perhaps In tho country. SO; The first permanent course li economics to be established In tin South wes that crgaclzed in ?625 ?bi President Cooper of the South Care lina College, and continued by Pro foB/or Leiber. 31. The first, national Thanksgiving I day in America was appointed b: H HShry Laurens af South Carolini I when he w,aa president ot the Contin I ental Congress upon hearing of th' ? surrender of Burgoyne. 32. Miehaux, a famous French bot ? anlst, visited Charleston In 1840 uni ? established ?there the first, bot?nico I gr?deos In America. I 32. South Carolina waa tho- fire ? state in America to attempt to raia I tba. In 1850 Francis Bonynge, who ha ? lived In China and India urged hi ? fellow citizens to attempt it, believ ? lng their climate and agricultura ? conditions favorable. It wis tried, bu Breaking Ice on River Ami [ !?'M? ' ?. ? 1 ??>? . . ->L~ y ?if!,. & without much success, that waa re served for the famous Summerville enterprise of the present day. 34. William Gilmore Simms of South Carolina was the first South erner to make literature a profession al business. 35. South Carolina is the first. Per haps the only stat? to erect a statue to an Indian, The Opera House turret In Camden la surmounted by a gilded Iron statue of "King Haiglar." In 1826 the statue, which is a master piece of art, was executed by a French mm, j. B. Mathieu, und placed on the summit of the old market house steeple, where it was removed to Its present resting place just in good time to~escape destruction when the market was burned somo years ago. 36. The first railroad in America waa built between Charlot jon and Augusta by "The South Carolina Company" in 1833. 37. The Columbia Mille, of Colum bia, Is the pioneer mill in the world operated by electricity transmitted from a distance. 38. South Carolina was the first, perhaps the -only state to pass laws nullifying Federal legislation. -* 89. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union. 40. The first response to the appeal of.the surgeon general of the Confed erate States for fundsV came from the Jewish women of Charleston. 41. The first "wayside hospital" during the war between the states was organised bj the women of Col umbia to meet the needs of wounded soldiers in transit on trains. Soon every railroad junction had its way side hospital, and the women of the community -took tarns In nursing and caring for' the wounded and si jk. 42. The Arft mlH Y. M. C. A. in the world was established at Aloneghan, I mill In Greenville. 43. The first alfalfa in thia conn I try was raised In Sr otb Carolina. 44. Sout.h Carolina ls the Ural* ?tate In the Unton^ which bas commemorat ed by. a monument the virtue, cour age and patriotism of her wo len. It stands on tb? grounds of the State capitol in'Columbia, and one inscrip tion ts aa follows: "To thc South Car olina Women of . the Confederacy. 1861-65. Reared by the men of their State, 1909-11^'; ooo o o p.p o ooooooooo DOUBLE SPRINGS o o lo o o o o o o o o o ooo o o o o This la the? beginning of the fourth 1 month of ?oHool and 'everyone seems i to be very much Interested lu their J work. Wo are trylngV to make this rear a, banner year, - We have7! t^o new families tn nur Ilstrict ' whlcfti gives us eleven new pupils in school. We welcome "them id all-others in tho district to our jchook' HI Among the sick of OUT school last /eek were Bertie Dobbins, Frank nnd Compton. Thc. i?\ii?u ??? ibo, high school and Intermediate department have organ :ed base ball at recess. * Mn Floyd Satvensor? - was a .visitor nureday. Miss. Pensacola Branyon Spent the eok-end wltlji Mrs. .Frank - Wrfgbt. - Mrs: M. E. Cromer visited,yhaj laughter, Mra. W. O. Marett*.-? Ihst reek. Miss Myrtle 1 Cromer spent Sunday Igbt with her'chum, Miss Lucile Sullivan. Miss Vera Crawford waa called to avon la,. Ga., last week to th?\ bed bide of her sister; Mrs. Pruitt, who is far ni Misses Claudia ' and Minnie Bell romer visited the lattens gr??d tother Wednesday.. . Messrs. Cra^ Marett and Ross Sui ipp to Keep .Ru . imns-Fri OOOOOOOOgOOOOOOOOOOO ? S . ?tV '. ' ' ? JL"fw>0] 0 FROM REFtGE o o' i o OOOOOOOOoOOOOO?OOOOO The roads through this section are in a .;rrlble cuati it lon. We don't be lieve we have ever seen them in such bad, yes worse than bad, condition. They are pretty nearly impassable in some places. My- Caleb Black spent last Wednes day night with his daughter, Mrs. J. C. Gillespie. Mr. Carlton Evatt visited his aunt last Saturday night, Mrs. Caroline Conley, of the Walker-McElmoyle sec tion. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Linderman were in Anderson shopping last Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gillespie were Vt.iting Mr. and Mrs. 1.. T. Craig of Central last Saturday night. 1 Thc many friends of Mrs. Nannie White will be sorry to leam that aha is seriously ill at her home near this place. She ls suffering with an* at tack of appendicitis and - lagrippe. When she has recovered from the la grippe ?he hopes to be able to gq to the Anderson hospital- where she will undergo au operation. Her many i friends hope for her a speedy recov ery. Mr. Paul Gillisple has been -on tho Sich list tills week. Mr. Will Norris has moved back home again. He bas been living With his brother-in-law, Mr. R.. W. Nelson, since his wife's ddOth, some row weeks ago. . . >r . . . -/ ? Mr. Norris' aunt, will-oaks her homo with him. and keep house for him for this year. Mr. John McAllister ia still carry ing his walking caneV'That's right." go for 'em. John. We think the relief association of Anderson (our town) ia .the grandest and noblest work we" have heard ot in a long time; long live its members anti may G-od's richest blessings be with them always. li van were business visitors to An derson inst week. Mr. Edrew Cromer of Townvllle Fpent tho week-end with his son. Mr. J. W. Cr?mer. Mr. und Mrs. . Ross* Sullivan' spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sul livan. Mr. George McMull?n and son. of Hartwell, Ga.? were visitors of Mn M. C. Bobbina last week. Mr. G. W. Smith and family of Den ver visited Mr. Charlie Smith of this section. Mr. li. P. King-was in Anderson oh business Monday. ' -IJigb School, Department. -r.-;-.li. . ; fSut herlantl-Thomas. Miss Neille Sutherland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Sutherland, of West Market street, and Mr. Earle Thomas were" married-Friday ,*>ft^r noon by Rev. W. H: Frawrr,. rv TV," pastor or thc First Presbyterian! church. "The marfiagfe/ which was s? complete surprise tb.'the friends of. the young couple,; was" performed at V o'clock. -Immediately after the' ceremony the bride* abd ^ gtbom left [or Augusta. Mr. Thomas' Ia secretary of the An4 1er eon Gas Company- Miss Bother land had boen attending' the high: ichool. Death of Child. Ralph, the; ll months old son- of 'im ;.mill - .. - ..- lae. Make No Mistake In Selecting - YOUR Daily Newspaper! THE ANDERSON DAILY INTELLIGENCER ? ... , . . : ' ; .. ; ? Is Clean and Dependable Wholesome and Complete . -? t, ? . . i ? '. -'?^i.-?". It's Interesting to Every Member of the Entire Family. It's The Newspaper YOU WANT UN I UU?\ OLIVIE,. The ONLY Newspaper pub lish?d in Anderson eo?rity lich gets the FULL and COMPLETE Associated Press \. Dispatches; which is the GREATEST news gathering agency in the world today. $5.00 A YEAR OR I A Tria! Stifeseript?on of Three Months $125 'ersoo ei