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PUBLISHED SE WEEKLY. WINNSBORO, S. C. AY, C ESTABLISHED 1844. (From Ederington's History) Capt. John Buchanan and his brother Robert came to this country fromr Ire land a few years before the Revola tionary war. Robert resided in Charles ton and taught a classical school. He, with eleven others, secured the charter for Mt. Zion College in 1777. He was a lieutenant in the war and was cap tured at the fall of Charleston and died on a British ship. Capt. John Buchanan raised a com pany in Fairfield, probably from the Scotch-Irish settlers; served in the battle of Cowpens and othr battles of the Revolution. Be was stationed at Georgetown, and at the landirg of LaFayette, was the firit American cfcer to welcome and entertain the gallant Frenchman who did so much t achieve the liberties of our country. He had the honor of presenting La Fayette with a fine horse. Capt. Bu chanan had- a body servant named Fortune. His name is attached to a spring in a fine grove near Winnsboro where Fortune caltivated a rice patch. When LaFayette visited this country in 1825 Fortune went to Lancaster to see him. The sentinel at first refused to admit the e!d African, but he per sisted, and was admitted by order of Gen. LaFayette, who recognized him and was rejoiced too" the servant ef his old friend Capt. Buchanan, though nir fny years had elapsed since For tune had blacked his boots. This ' not 6he only time Fortune nppeared in public. It is said that during the French Revolution, the Captain in spired by gratitude towards Franc. and dislike for England, sometimes cn public occasions when full of mili tary enthusiasm and good krandy, would don his continental uniform, mount his war steed, and followed by Fortune, his body guard, would ride up and down the main treet of Winne- i boro to the admiration of tho old whigs and the patriotic youth of the town. Some years afterwards, the Captain j converted to M er apa Ram repu% 1 state that in a co -eu Bistory of South. a read seemi in the town lbray abo e o battle of was in peneilled Unotes, oore, that he tha Stono, made by I the cannon at other bijmelf Uan time he was ensign. His that battle at ved near Winnsboro was The old . profs and di n Buchansa possessed high had t character ceoijoined with who ab' Drsonal dignity. tie weas pre- stand nis manners and careful in his and v rel. His por-trait whick hangs in premi .lh. IoMaster's parlor is said to be a chief 'Pfine likeness of h- r and has the sp- of the pe arance of an ok.. 4etyle first class Ges Methodist bishop. He, to the c'ese of y ,ani his life, wore knee breeches, stockings Youn and silver buckles on his shoes. He froIm hed several important Federal offces. tury ; and was jndge of oi dinary during his at J life. John H. Buchanan, bis nephew, churc a gentisman ot great worth and piety, lives suecceeded him as ordiniary, and held ded it during his life. Capt. John Bo- exceli chanan kept a hons of en'ertainmieut oratoi for some years and in 1805 he turned hea~rd it over to his brother Creighton Bu- Comr chanau and nr nred to a brick house loss." which he built on the hill. Early in Get the century he induced- his brother Ann, W illiam's family to emigrate to Winns- mer, boro, consisting of tbe widow, her son preae John B., one daughter who married son, James Mc~reight, one, the Rev. Wm. the S Carliste, wh~ne sons, Prof. James H. He w Carlisle and Capt. John Carlisle, now He et reside in Spartanbur g; and a daughter engas who marr ied John Lewis. the I He had rLO childien. He married there. Ballie Barney Milling, the widow of sbroke David Milling, whose two daughtera, 12 h Sarah and Mary, married Thomas and 'fell, John Means, tao young men from Chant Massachusetts but of Ilish parents, a gret whose descendants in Fairfield have sugpt Leen honored for their ability, courage, Imono kindness of heart and hospitality. Capt. the a JHugh Milling, brother of David Mil- He di ling, was another noble soldier of tbe Revolution. a Capt. B. died in 1824, aged 74. His brot remains rest near the church cf whish broh .he was the chief fone'He CEN. JNo. BUCHANAN, j gttle the eldest son of Creighton Bu-| his hr chanan, was born on Iit'le River nesr Robii Buchanan's Ford, in 1790. He re- he m< ceived his academic education at Mr. John, Zion College, and graduated at the near South Carolina Coilege in 1811 Dar- at tb. ing the war ot 1812 be was adjutant of nube' a regiment in and about CIharlestors. lived His first urbiform was spun, woven en ;h and made by his sister Rschel The Ilow wool sheared, was then woveni and t he latteri suit made in on~e week. This time, IRiver except in rare instances, all articles of 1805 clothing were the product of home b-- bougl du~try among the people of Fairfietld. Cap'. Alter the declaration of Dence Gen Phili Buc'>anan taught ,chiool at Sillisonviile, chans then returnsed to Winsboro, asudied of thi law wi'h Capt. Claik, and was his to Co partner for some yearP. the p commissioner in equity. He inherite< considerable property from his ancle Capt. John Buchanan, and combine< planting with the practice of law. A a lawyer he stood for years at thi head of the bar. He was a good stu dent and had oneof the best libraries legal and miscellaneous-in the up country. His style of speaking wa entirely argimentative. He had nc rhetorical flourishes or graces of ora tory, but snek was the cone lence in hia spotless integrity that he was gen erally Auccessful in his esses. The war of 1812 renewed the mili tary spirit which had begun to wane after 'he Revolution and there was great ambition among young men tc attain military honors. The young captain was full of the military eno thusiasm of the day and was soon promoted to the highest military posi tion of maj r general which he held to the end of his life. His competitor was General Blair, of Camden, the Con gressman who subsequently committed suicide white attending a session of Congress. When Gen. Buchanan first went to the bar at Winnsboroagh, (as it was then spelt,) there were very few men in the distric; who bad the ad-antage of a college educarion. The only grad nates or colleges at that time in the district were samuel G. Barkley, David Robert and Thoimas Means, Jono B. McCall and E. G. Palmer, Wm Wood ward, Robert Barkley and N P Cook, 9he left college before graduation. Gen. Buchanan came into public life a few )ears after the great senatorial contest between Sam') Johnson, whose sopporters were the Scotch-Irish, and 3lafes Aleton, the father of Wim. J. &ton, whose followers were he Vir niians and the country barn. Party spirit ran high but the Scotch Irish and their descendants sent Sam'l rohnson to the Senate. The war of 812 fused all the dis ordant elements, and Gan. Buchanan, young soldier and a graduate of the' tate college and liked by his -numel us kinsfolk and connections, most of rhom were well-to-do farmers and ubstantial Presb) terians, soon came to he front, and in 1832 we ind him a ader in the cause of nullification. le maintained hid great popularity for longer period than any other man as ever done in Fairfield district. 'or more than a quarter of a century e represented his people as a Repre entative and Senator in the State leg ature. He was a salendid election r' he would ride in his sulky from with his friends tients, c6bined with a i tY never forsbok hith, gave- 0 tion of being wis -profound. j d, when hi ' it of drinking nec xd to th en his usefulness, it . requently remarked by his friends wid hey would rather havo the old it is al in spite of his failing than any As I man in the district.. S i condoot in every other respect .alted. No one ever heard a payi ne word from his lips, and he real ie greatest contempt, for any one yvte related a vulgar anecd'te. Hs up I ard of duty was elevated, refined ithout reproach. He hid a su- wa disdain for the arts which is the safe itock in trade of most politicians eral present dayv. rosn . Buchanan married Harriet ue, a daughter of old Parson arist rue, who came to Winnsboro has Norh Carolina in the last cen- Stat taught at Mt. Zion, and preached tion sckon Creek and Water ee e. uis eldest son, John M., pent n Texas; Samuel, his second son, A t 25 years of age. He was an det at gentlemnan and a saperb dan .When Hon. W. C. Preston And~ of his death he exclaimed, "The lant ionweath has sustained a great the eral Buchanan's third child wasla ho married Rev. Edward Pal- rii who is now a Presbyterian hust sr in Louisiana. Hia yont gest not Viiaim ;areighton, graduated at svi :uth Carolina College in 1852. isr s brave, kind hearted and true dent died law, went to Kansas to Sta' e in the prospective fights with deci< re Soilers and spent t wo years inns When the Confederate war sion, out he was made adjutant of the the South Carolina voluu'eeas and TI orta ly wounded in the battle of appi illy in 1862. Gen. Buchanan was folis t advocate of - learning, a strong coni ten of Mt. Zion, and lavished in bestowing upon his cLildren ivantages of a high cducation. d in 1862. Mrs CREIGHTCN BUCHANAN for too young to accompany his ther rs John and Robert to America atlte, the levoution. and with his wife Mary Milliken, ~H. I in 1789 on larad belonging to in c ther John, now owned by Edi. papi ison, near Little River In 1795 the ved wi-h his wife and chi'd en, proi Rachel and Martha, to a p.ace I acksoni Creek church ; the ciurch but t time was being built of rough, and in stones. His motlier, who her with him, died and was buried she Swest aid, of Jackson Creek be- hoo< he Millit g burial ground. He conr ards bought the farm on Little the now owned by T. H arden. In hitn he removed to Winnaboro and ant, t his brother J-hn's tavern subt Hugh Milling and Capt. James I. p, uncle of CreigLaton Bn- an< ,n, .iyed near by en the east sid', self, road, leadig from Belle's bridge I sel umbis. Gen. R. Winan lived on I ace now occupied by W. Turner. Son TDiim. was a Tanist. thongh long % 1, Scotch-Iriebman, who almost a versally were rebels. A large pro I tion of Marion's men were Soot i Irish, and the history of the county jilustrated by their deedp. The tain had the good fortune never meet anv of his kindred in battle, w were all rebels, being assigned to co mand at St. Augu.tine, where he i mained during the whole war lived in Charleston, but after 1776 *its with her sons S nith, Robert James, moved to Jackson Creek am her kin. James lived to a good age, and was schoo'-master and cou, surveyor. When Capt. Pbiilips returned ho after seven years' absence, his f~r a timA, refused to be rec>ncil him. The Cap-ain beirg a gentle o: cult are and of high moral cha soon mitigated the hospitality of. neighbors and lived for many y highly respected. He, Gen. Winn. Capt. Hugh Milling were boon panions and met almst daily at. others houses to read the news and discuss literary and politics tore. His elder brother, Col Phillipe, also being a tory, was command or Winn.boro when Cor. waltis iett- He was ajustand ha man. At different times he saved t lives of Whigs who were about to be executed by the order of Cornwa'ls, and he always endeavored to check Ith rapine and crue'ty of his followers smong them Col. John and 31I Winn. At the cl.se of the war he learned that one o bi4 daughters was about to marry a Mr. McMullin at a church in Charleston where he lived. He r - to the church, forcibly took his dang ter, and with his family went back t Ireland. Col. Phillips was a man wealthiand education, and on his r tur, to Ireland, he was appointedI pension officer and held it for life.. Creighton Buchanan spent bis . days an his farm, now owned by Cants, near Winsboro. ge - quiet, intelJigent and devout m4w was much 'espected by his neigh Re left surviving him by his first risga, Gen. John Buchanan, Rachel McMaster; Martha. .a bri young lady, had diod at 18 y age. 'he children of his second were Eliza, who married J. M. Elliott; Robert, who is now . physician residing in Winn Calvin, who removed to T Creighton Buchanan d .I aged 63 The Seat. 'hile this State is naable to ly Confederate veterans )wa of veterans any large pensloess doing the best it can to aid thinn n all pension systems;-buses crept d the department found itsea Dg pensions to many who Rlp y not in nerd until the Confeder .I rans organization took the mitstor nd got the new act passed. Thin '5f designed to throw every possible e ard, nd is working well. Bev very exceptional and unexpected e Its of the new act have, however, r~ tn. The case of the Byrd crphans 'g already been mentioned, and The f .0O s has ra ct ired several subscrip . 1 , am toward paying the amount of the am tato ion which cannot be allowed-.as other case even more neteworthy e er, d< loped yesterday. There oan be no .had >t that Mrs. Amanda Roehester of k lied, I eraon county is the widow of a gal- 7"'Z I fellow who gave up his life for 'ofederacy, and that she Is sadly The s r ed of the pit tance allowed, yet the le*, s requil es that she must have cer- t' Del tea from living witnesses to her I to t and's service and death. She can- fo is. btain there. Yet she has writteni vs. ene and ha presented that which ally stronger than any other evi- SA e could be. And it is up to the a board at its coming meetirg to F a J. wtather the letter of the att For u tbie obeyed, shutting off the pen. is at ,or whether it can be allowed on the videnice furnished. ' coll t -board returned Mrs. Rochester's iation when it first came in. The r col wing was received yeaterday In I ties qece. -10lpm Anderson, S. C, n ha March 13, 1901- e uld c ar Sir: Excnse me for returning me. Amzanda T. Rotchester's petition pension, and papers connected rth, with, and eapecially calling .iear neral iton to.Judge Simonton's affidavit, t be especially to the letter of Lieut. W. x mat artless, Jr., dated June 20th, 1864, will nnection with Judge Simonton's ying. ir. I beg to call y our attention to ? Look fact th-it a prper 37 years old *visia es itself. ct Col tm not a paid agent in this case, terday know the poor widow personally letter I take an interest in her sad lose o countie gallant husband, whose memory Dear as cheriuhed by her long widow- proved I. It does seem to me that an "An a t would sustain her claim unde egnalit law with the testimony of Judg ret n anton and t he letter of the lenten 5 C row dead, and the other proof tile Ini nitted. power 3 close uffilavit of B A. McCaliste seed ol fficr, tln who ia an applicant Lainy panies, .nd his tes'imony rukcd out, bea adjouri ad it anyway. egnalli was colonel of th, F, urteent comnpa1 h Carolina Volunteers, and m -with a -earice endeaa r uent the nna be cm oto t the mch-bt to none - y rthy womn. truly youri, Joseph N. Brown. a: ts referred to read as -Carolina, Charleston persoally appeared aton, who, being duly b at he was the c0lone 4Twenty-Ahth regiment, Voluxteereg Doufeder - merica from 1862 to -e. war. That he knew Rochester, who was a 'A. It of his rglmat le whilst serving with in a chr~ge at Swift That the dto thepetition of Mrs, sgned fiy W B lieutenant commad -genuine letter, handwriting of Mr. Bart the said W. H. Bertiess; the date of said letter in of said companz, i capn, rook, having been ked r and his .comrn'esit y were goIlant men, the ir.g 'eba almost annibi ies in action during he doe not know Mis. ester, but that he .be be the widow of his dead jCharles B, Simontes. Ath arolina, County ot rappeed B A. cAE duly sworn, saye that * pnda Rochester T ws.hat UM a is re emarriage. That IWN~ag-A. ochester, Shot of JAdge S ileatenants was ~~q~slurg-Va., I 1864, W remlbeda widow ~ ghtned -a resl' That Is' ofhg V' VV nt at cha r neuey'lnes at Swift Creek, ber sbrg Vi.. wLer-he is now r& me pleasure to say to you was a goo soldier. . I never a to sbirk in the timeof dan Oimpany has lost many ve me, but none better I regret his loss very mueh. a glorious cause, and his be handed down to, po one of those martyrs who foll unse of freedom and all that Xln do dear on earth. Fery respectfully, all W.. Bartls, Jr., Co. H, 25.h 8.C. V. Corpi. Rochester is due pay teber 1st, 1803. to May 7th,. d some little money for cor- 51C o of lost things. The exact I cannot now send, as my th y papers are away ; will, hew iso as soon as practicable. nthig with him when he wasP is keep-sakes and other thinge een previoUSly lost. erited reputation for cugrin ires and skin diseases acquired fi's Witch Hazel Sa'n, has e making of worthless counter Be sureto get only DeWitt's MMaster Co. l ISTICS TO 33 coLLUcT3O. it The State. . y long time South Carolina ha. a great disadvantage because - 'act that she has had no means. Peing facts and figures about 18 ton mills, ete. The qny sta- th available since the jrat de ent of the textile indulstry be- of e been what the newspapers ollect and what could be given Ds of the charter record. Hecee owever, under a new act of the assembly such information is C fiially obtained through the C shinery of the State, and- that Me of great value goes without Cl lg to the carrying out of the one of this most important new mptroller Gze::eral Derham ye, isune tha following circular4 o the auditors in th. -several a in the State: 1 Sir: As rt quired In the act ap- ' 19th day of February, 1901. of ct to provide uniformity and y in the assessment of property ble for taxation by persons, r corporations erg'ged in tex lnstries, at d canals providing for rent or bire, and cotton - 1 companies and fertilizer com- .. " you will immlediately, onthe ament of your county boasrd of FA ation, send retur. tf all mucb lb ies in your county to this offce, th tabulated statement giving, in as . of ctton mills, tne casital Ti A 5WELL LI NE O 5PRINGI AND SUMMER R MANUFACTURED EXPRESSLY FOR OUR TRADE IN ALL THE LATEST STYLES. BAND BOWS, CLUB TIES, TECKS, FOUR-IN-HAND, , BAT WINGS, and WINDSOR TIES. A All 1Roadgi for your Irispeetion ..Popular Prices.*. V. Walker & Co ber of spindles, uiaber of Jooms numb Piloed &ad W6 amut of bottom Consumewd-duriog ~t . ~reoeding p~er, agdgeother suzges Areiin the market to you 3 -r on sSo * proper. And Paintad Painters a otvettog i coppanis sk. 9044 of Cotton re gie ther -sun s~zID ho I ezocla uie* f th Statebard of eq aito. I with eeap paint wbich none sa afrd. is an invetmeDt that pays a dividend, and we want The Town Nobody knows all about c eountr to call and examine our stock of Paints, Oils, Brushes and d nothing, now known, will Painters' Supplies. If you want to paint an% thing from a rocking chair to ays cure it. your house it will pay you to cslIt-ad see us. Doctrs ry cotts Eul- Yours rsspectfully, 1 of Cod Liver Oil, whenJONl cIvIIf&CJ y think it is caused by im rfet digestion of food. Dugss can do the same. JUST RECEIVED. It may or may not be caused the failure of stomach and Apet ieo els to do their work. 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