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PUBLISHED WEEKLY. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1905 ESTABLISHED 1844. flount Dearborn llitary Establish ment. This is the name given to wha is now in ruins at the Catawbi Falls. An older generation al ways spoke of it as the "Stablish ment." Concerning its origin an( intention, Dr. J. H. Carlisle, Wof ford College, wrote an interestint letter to the News and Courie: some years ago, which is produce( in full below: . In 1802 John .Drayton, thei Governor of South Carolina, pub lished a small work now rathei scarce, entitled: "A View of Soutl Carolina as Regards Her Natura and Civil Concerns." In the firs chapter under one of the heads "Cascades," he thus describes th< Catawba Falls at the southeasterr corner of Chester county: "Foi quantity of water and grandenw of appearances perhaps the Ca tawba Falls are the most inter esting of any in the State. The3 are situated a little above the Rocky Mount, and the approacl to them is over the hills whict line the sides of the river. Or either side the rocks are piled uF in a wall many feet high, and the bills rising above them in sharl .conical summits nod over the inp -ture below. Now the Catawba it -arrested in its course, and fiom e 'width of one hundred and eighty jards this river is forced by the .ills and rocks on either side tc shoot down 'the gulch' in a chan mel sixty yards wide. Collecting its waters impetuous and noisy it thunders down tumbling over mossy rocks and foaming from shore to shore, wheeling its large whirlpools and glancing from rock to rock with maddening fury, not ceasing its troubled waves until it has leaped over twenty falls in the distance of two and a hall :miles, and precipitated from its leigut to a depth of ninety feet. .iere below Rocky Mount it be gins to subside and spread over a channel three hundred and eigh teen (318) yards wide, but it is mot composed. For miles below mocks are scattered in its way, at tii irritating its waters and provo'kiug the rapidity of the stream. Dr. David Ramsay (1808) and Robert Mills (1826) give similar description of these falls which are conected with an almost for gotten page of history. A committee of the house of pregrsentativea of the third con gres, to which so much of the .President's speech as relates to arms and military stores, maga zines, and arsenals was referred, mae the following report March 5, 1794. They offered the following res *olution: Resolved, That the Pres ident of the United States be au tAhorized to direct two arsenals :nd magazines to b)e erected in - proper situations to accomnmo 4ate the Southern and Middle ,States and that a sum not ex ceeding fifty-nine thousand ($59, r000) dollars be provided for that >purpQo. JBec. 12, 1795, Timothy Picker -igg, Beeretary of War, reported 'on Abhe measures which had been ,ptirsued to obtain proper sites for arusenals. He says: "It kaving been determined to erect cue arsenaa on the Potomac and ant.ker in South Carolina, the iAst,tr -ii a~ situation to and from which water transportation would b)e afforded, and the former in the vicinity of iron works, the neces sary orders were given in the year 1794 for the exploring cf both countries. The engineer -employed for the purpose in South Carolina made a report which was received early in the last summer. He had explored that part of the country to which~ Ihis attention had been called by the Execut've. He also examined .another, the latter independent .of its being in a more healthful ~situnation was deemed by him tC -possess some other advantages >.ver the former." This engineer alluded to was most probably Col. John Chris tian Sedf, engineer to the State who at that time was dizning the Santee Canal (1792-1800). The second place referred to was Rocky Mount, the first place is not known.' Feb. 2, 1802, Thomas Jef'erson President. sent in a short message in which he says: "Besides the permanent magazines established at Springfield, West Point, and ffarper's Ferry it is thought thai one should be established in some -point conv-enient for the States o: North Carol ina, South Caroli ns and Georgia; such a point will prob,bly 12e found near the bor. .dt~s ofthe arolnas,and on small provision by the Legisla- K ture preparatory to the establish ment will be necessary for the i 6 present year." d in January, 1803, "Eli Whit- i - ney, inventor of the cotton gin," - was selected to assist Col. Senf in choosing the site for the ar - senal at Rocky Mount. Whitney t i was at that time pressing his E r claim before the North Carolina 1 [,Legislature for expenses from; Raleigh to Rocky Mount and for c professional services while there. 1 - He received the moderate fee of ! fifty dollars. Col. Senf, with the s : rank of "Superintendent of the I l arsenal at Rocky Mount," received sixty dollars for making a plan ofi a the ~arsenal at Rocky Mount and report thereon, including his trav- I eling expenses. c During the years 1803-'04 the' total amount expended at Rocky Mount was fourteen thousand, n four hundred and forty ($14,440) t dollhrs, being four times the 1 amount seut on the arsenal and a magazine at West Point during these years. Of this sum three d thou!sand, one hundred and thirty- t, eight ($3,138) dollars were for the c purchase (through Gen. Thomas a Sunter) of a tract. of land in ' Sou.h Carolina for an arsenal. u G.:3n. Henry Dearborn, Secre- tl tary of War to Jefferson, laid the q corner stone of the main building, V Robert Mills (Statistics of South p Carolina) states this fact but does fi not give the exact date, which . must have been in 1803. The r place was known as Mount De3r- b born for many years. c In 1808 a committee of con- 1 gress reported on a system of a great canals. along the Atlantic t coast. "In our State," they say, h "the Santee and Catawba is said tl to be occasionally navigable for o: more than three hundred miles, as high as Morganton, N. C. Two ii companies have been incorporat- fi ed by that State and tbe State ofl" South Carolina for the purpose b of improving its navigation. The c lower falls are above Camden and o npt far from the United Statas g arsenal at Mount Rock." (if a ti later .ongress at Any time has made appropriation confusing E geography and name, it is only v history repeating itself, proba- tl bly.) In 1809 the Catawba and Wa- sl teree Company asked Congress h for help. A committee of con gress reportted "that the canals tI would be of vast importance and h utility to the inhabitants of Torth b Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, and that the armory and arsenal of the United States P would be considerably benefitted; a: ~et in view of the present condi. s tion of finances, and the critical s situation of our country in rela- b; tion to foreign government, it would be unadvisable to apply t( any public money." In the Journal of Bishop Fran cis Asbury (1809), he speaks of, preaching near William Heaths on Fishing Creek, "wben, to my surprise, a number o ntdc States officers came up. I invited them :in. These gentlemen are attached to the establishment atc Rocky Mount."ude1 In thbe annals of congressuned date of Dec. 26, 1813, the com- d mittee on military affairs report- be ed a bill establishing three addi tional military academies: One within the District of Columbiaa1 one at Mount Dearborn in Soith gj Carolina, and one in the vicinity of Newport, Kentucky. The bill fa was read twice and committed-.e A few days later in commnitte IC of the whole Mr. Campbell (prob- ti ably a misprint, meaning Col. J. J. Chappell of South Carolina) o: proposed to change the location o of the southern academy from 1E Mount Dearborn to Columbia on s account of the superior advant-1ri ages of that place over Mount. n Dearborn and the eligibility of its situation for such institution. ji The house refused by a large ma- rf jority. Mr. Pickens of North p Carolina was in favor of a more upland site than either of those il mentioned and gave a decided" preference of the two to Mount a D Jearborn over Columbia. ~He s pe posed a point in Bun combe 11 county. Asheville was soon put c in nomination against Mount s Dearborn, but was negatived by ii a large vote. The comittee after a long debate in wl ich Mr. Cal-I C houn and Mr. Clay, speaker of I the house, (both advocating three academies) agreed to striko out b three and insert one. A year later, Fe b. 1817, the #hole matter was indefinitely pos*poned. t These references show that for si several years an arsenaLl ada mag- a azitne (ina one! place armiory is used) e: n the original paper ordering the election of a place, estimates vere given for the following uildings." A brick building bree stories high, one hundred nd seventy-tive feet long, would ontain twenty thousand muskets, Lrtillery and carriages in propor ion, together with all the light Lppendages thereof, an arched )rick magazine capable of hold ng two thousand and five hun Ired barrels of powder, brick >arracks and workshop for one kundred armorers and for neces ary guard." It does not appear mow far this plan was carried out. Mills writing in 1826, sometime ,fter the enterprise was abandon d, says: "The United States stablishment near Rocky Mount owmands attention also, though ow abandoned and in ruins. his circumstance only tends to lake it more interesting to the raveler. The buildings erected ere were handsome and exten ive. The magazine (a conical uilding, has entirely tumbled own. The arsenal is a substan ial building erected close to the anal constructed by the State, nd is the only building of the 'hole that promises to be really! seful. The barracks surround ie square fronted the officers' uarters, a large brick edifice, the ,hole erected on a promontory rojecting into the river. Nature 2rnished few spots more various r romantic than this, a noble ver rendered more interesting y the ropks which impede its'l >irse, the a4rrnnding hills )vered with woods and towering bove it, all induae a wish that ie project of a military estab shment here had sucaeded, and 2is fairy spot had been the abode I refined society." The references and quotations this article have all been veri ed, so this short sketch of the Rocky Mount Establishment" is elieved to be correct. It is in >mplete as it is prepared with at access to souices which would ive pther items as well as the mo and caisp of abandonment. The local tradition is that r ,ocky Monut came within one )te of being the West Point of ie United States. This may not i B so, still those so inclined may >eculate as to the effect on our istory if a "great national mili Lry academy" with all the at mndant patronage and influence ad been established on the anks of the Catawba like that on ie Hudson. In the Qrimkeville, which the., rinters of Mills Statistics gives one name of Rocky Mount, >me readers may not see the de - gn to honor the name of Grimke y calling the place Grirukeville. nfortunately several attempts: perpetuate names truly worthy sve been failures, as Grimke lie, Draytonyille, Pinckney ville, hathamn (original of Cheraw), ranby, etc. P. J. Lossipg in 1849 visited ocky Mount witlh pen and pen 1 in hand. He gives several ~etches and rather full accounts: the revolutionary incidents muected with the place. He ys: "Here yet remains the foun tion of a projected tinited2 tates Military Establishment to a called Mount Dearborn, which as abandoned." Since Lossing's visit another cmy has crossed the Catawba at iat historic point. Befor'e the late war a cotton tctory stood on the banks of the mal owned by Mr. Daniel Mc ullough, the spot still bearing ie name of Mount Dearborn. r. McCullough is yet living, one [ a group of half dozen men, all ver eighty years of age, near ocky Mount. They might give >mne interesting items from their 1lections about the establish (Since this letter was first pub shed, Mr. McCullough and the mainder of the group have assed away.) Robert Mills has a paragraph >at should not be overlooked: Here (Rocky Mount) repose the -hes of one whose memory ould be che3rished by all Caro nians for his devotion to their use in the Revolution, and his absequent efforts to serve them 1 his professional capacity. Col. enf, the engineer of both the: atawba Company and of the atee canal. Be sleeps in what as his garden at Rocky Mount, ut no obituary stone records his; ae. A few trees whbich he lanted in a spot that he cut in ie fashion of a fallirg garden ade his grave. Col. Senf was military eng~iieer of consia cable talen1t. Trhe great works of this Ger man engineer in our State a: now little known. The bed of tl Santee canal is dry, and the vPr ruins of his arsenal and magazit, on Mount Dearboin have ; ished. If the proposed railroa from Camden to Rotky Mount i built, the silence of the hill around his grave will be disturbec by the scream of the engine, power little dreamed of in hi day. Let a station, at least a l0 comotive, bear his name. Let stone be placed under thos trees to mark the spot where h rests, away from home and kin dred, the foreigner who helpe< us in our day of weakness an< trials. May the old Mount never ag:ir echo the sound of hostile guns o the tread of a bostile army. Fraud Exposed. A few counterfeiters hav. latoly been makit,g and trying tt sell imitations of Dr. King's Nov Discovery . for Consumption Coughs an1 Colds, and others medicines, thereby defrauding th< public. This is to warn you te beware. of such people, who seek to profit, through stealing the reputation of remedies wich have been successfully curing disease for over 35 years. A sure protec .ion, to you, is our name on the wrapper. Look for it, on all Dr. King's, or Bucklen,s remedies' as ll others are mere imitatious. H. E. BUCKLEN & CO., Chicago, [., and Windsor, Canada. .EcMaster Co. Obear Drug Co. ohn H. McMaster & Co drug stores. No Wondet It Bored Bill. Bill had a billboard. Bill also iad a board bill. The board bill bored Bill so that Bill sold the )illboard to pay his board bill. So Lfter Bill sold, his billboard to >ay his board bill the board bill so longer bored Bill.-Yale Ex )ositor. Afraid 0 Strong tledlcines. Many people suffer..for years from heum*tic p' is, an4 prefer to 4o go nc< r ter lAu take the st-ong medi ines usually given for rheumatism, not ;owing that quick relief from pain uay be had simply by supplying 3hamberlaln's Pain halm and without aking any medicine internally. For ale by Obear Drug Co. TO LET UP MEANS LOSS In the advertising campign there should be no truce. Wh ile the merchant lives and remains in business there comes no time when he can safely lay down his arms. If he ceases ad'ertis lug for a single day he gives his competitors an advantage. If he stops for a month he has started on the road which leads to disegmnfiture and ultimate ob livion. Adver'tising is usually cumula tive in its effect. It 4s true that giercantile advertising, if jud4r clously done, will bring returns from the beginning. Strue that the /-/ best results are - only obtained by keeping at it. The advertisir.g that was done+ Fbefore serves as an introduction to that which comes after; the ad'rtising thatcoe afr heightens the effect ofthat which was done before. Olle 'e veriseg:3strenigthiens azq jothei, yn'd the coibinedi effect iproduces rysults whih one of .the:a alone tuilght be power'less to aLchieve . . T.: stup adverti.InX. evem for a short time, dentroys the cumaulative effect it has already produced and puts an end to nil the advan- J tages gaine~d by continuty'. If you withudrawr your aids. fromt the pnpern you may . ber a:sured that your comn Spetitor-. wml not make~ theO ' 'same ndstake. I."Out of sight out of m!nd" 1is a time' honiredi proverb tising. Who remembers tae + ns ds. of last year or last $ r mcuth? Keep your name be 4 ft.re the p:tlic in our col ur;rns If you would not be .t V forty=hi Worth of Clo Goods soic Actu THE R. H. -EDMUNDS' (Tl stock have been placed on sale ai stor ebuilding, corner Main and I On account of the recent dei panV, ae have decided to put on desii e to raise funds to settle eve Our entire stock of Clothing placed on sale TO-DAY, FEBRL their actual cost to manufacture, The R. H. EDMUNDS (The }ub) CLOTHING STOCK will be placed on sale beginning TO-DAY, FERRU ARY 15Td, at 9.00 A. M., for Teii Days only. Fverybody should avail hinis' f of this opportunity. A fine stock of Tailor-made Clothing, Hats, etc., at 33 Per' Cent less than cost to manufacture. If you value money don't miss it, as we wish to reduce our gigantic stock in ten days, to meet our ohiigations. This will be the most stupendous undertaking to close,out tli mam moth forty-eight thousand dollar stock . t retail in ten days. but the prices we have put on the goods will move them out rapidly. The sale will be held in our large building, corner of Main and Plain Streets, Columbia, S. C., and the World's Greatest Clothing SaLe W I4 *ki2 To-day, Feb. is, at 9 A. M. At R. g. NFiuid's Clot Store Cor. Main & Plain Sts., Columbia, S.C. Splendid OVERCOATS in Medium, Heavy a n d Light Weight, at $2.98. This coat is of the finest material and positively wort $10. We will allow you to take this coat horne gnd keap it five days, and if you d. not think it -worth $10, or no matter what the cause .may be, you may return the same, and we hereby bind ourselves to refund the $2.98. Men's nice, good, durable Overcoats in black and browm, for Sunday wear, $4.85, positi.vely worth $13.50. Men's fine Overcoats in silk and satin linings, olives, tan and dark blue shades, $6.98. worth $13.00, or your money refunded, no matter what the cause may be. Men's fine Royal Stand.ard Spse Overcoats, in blaclj, blue and browni, $18.00; our price $7.98. Tue finest quail ity of custom tailor-made Overcoats and imported Royal Standard Kerseyvs, all shades and lined with plush, silk or astrakhan, $12.99 and $14.85. Positive ly worth $30.00 or your money refund ed at any time during this sale. A Fine Suit of Men's Clothes, all to ma tch.................... 20 This suit is positively worth $10, or money refunded during the sale. Men's Fine suits in Cheviots and Seo t(ch Plaids.................... 4.97 WXorth] $13.50, or your money refunded at any time during the sale if you are not satidied. Men's Splendid Suits inm \Blouw Fjiilied Cassim.res, all sizes.. 5.85 SALE T O-D A T Ar K. H.[dma LOOK FOR LARGE C RED SIGN. Let nothing keep you av We hereby agree to R~EF factory to purchaser. N. B.--Railroad Fare pai miies. To Cu Take Laxative Bror Seven J,illon bozes sod in past R2 m YAT! Iht housd thing Hats I at 33 per c al Cost to m1 e Hub) CLOTHING STOCK, 33 per cent less th:.n their act lain Streets, and will be sold at tth of Mr. R. H. Edmunds, an( this nale. In addition to the se ry outstanding obligation and f , Furnishing Goods and Hats, I ARY 15TH, at 9 A. M., to be s in our large building, corner ME THE OPENING will be a Gala I Bring the children; there will be mi all day. It will pay you to come miles to visit this sale. Never again will you have suc Golden Opportunity to dress in si rich raiment at such trifling cost. SENSATION OF THE DAY! THE WONDER OF THE HOI Here will be found the most mig avalanche of majestic bargains in M( and Young Men's High Style Ul Fashionable Suits and Overcoats e brought together by any firrn in Sol Carolina, equaling in quantity f variety the combined stocks of all other retail clothing hOuses in Colt bia. We hereby guarantee to sell precia as we advertise; and every price quote below is strictly bona fide, s every quotation absolutely correct. It may be bard to believe that a concern would sacrifice such an i mense stock to be sold at 33 per c less than their actual cost to manul ture, and we merely ask you to co and test our statement. At $9.98 each, . ou are free to choose a suit worth $22.50 to $25.O0 from twerty lots of as finely ratide and as elegantly finished suits as the nost fas. tid'iusdresse, o.uiiu desire, fine hoie Aind foreign Suitiugs of st.vie and in a great variety of Cheviots, Vicuna, Homespun, Tweed and Cassimere Suits, single and double breasted .. TPhese represenit the product. of the worid's celebrated looms and the world's mo10. skillful tailors. They are equal and guaranteed to excel any $253.00 tailor made-to-order garment in the world, or we wll chcr.fully Sr.efun4 th money. Men's Fine Business Suits, in sil vor, gray and blue worsteds, lined with XXX serge, sewed with Skinner silk, teu different styles to choose fro:n .......... Men's Extra Fine Dress Suits, in all the latest styles and shades, heavy silk and satin-lined,equal to the finest $30.00) tailor made to-order suit, for. ................. - Don't fail to ask to see this suit. Men's Fine Dress Pants, worth $2.50 or your money refunded.... Silk ami Sat in Lined Dress Suits, iuplain cheeks and stripes... I. T[his suit is p)ositively worth $l6.50. POSITIVEL.Y C ~D CLOSES IN TEN Da ndsTheC or. Main and Plain Stre COLUMBIA, S. C. ray. The hour is set. '1 'UND MONEY on all go id to purchaser of $:5.c re a Cold in C 10 timme TaNlets. - M inte Li A. nd Dollars md Furnishin ent less than mnufacture. Columbia's Greatest Clothiers, ent' ial cost to manufacture, in their 1a Retail in Ten Days. our purpose to reorganize our co ttlement o; his individual estate, . tart our business entirely new. or men, boys and children, will old at retail at 33 per cent less in and Plain Streets, Columbia, S.: ay. This Tremendous Sale positively isic gins To-day, Feb. 15, at 9 A. ha AND CLOSES IN TEN DAYS.' As this Sale lasts only Ten everything will go rapidly. This is the first sale of this kind ever occurred in South Carolina - JR! may never occur again, and in bty to prove to you what tremcndous fices will be made, we mention a n s of the extraordinary bargains that tra, be offered, and bear in mind that. ver are 1,000 different articles we can Ath mention here. We advise you to nd this and bring it with you, so that e can be no mistake that you get m- the goods mentioned in this doe e Remember, No Po n G ment. bl The Great-. Money- R m- close in Ten Days. Just think mt following proposition, andrem ac- that all gds herein priced in me document can be biought back at' time during this sale. Mer.'s Fine Trousers for Sunday wear, in worsteds and fancy stripes, at ......... . Positively worth $5, $6 and $7 or your money returned. Odd Coats, odd Vests and Mackintoshes at your own price. A thousand other articles too ; numerous to mention; among .98 them many for ladies. Boys' Suits and Overcoats,worth $4.50.................................. IOne thousand pairs Boys' Knee ~ Pants, worth 75................... Men's Best Q'uality Reinforced - Unlaiundered Shirts, worth $1.00 Good Heavy Work Shirts, wortfr" '50c.................................. Fine Dress Shirts, worth $1.00.... Men's Hate, genuine Stetson's also a few Dunlap shapes ........ Worth $2.50 and $3.00. 4 A few hundred Boys' Hatsa 8sworth $1.00, at 19c. Men's Fio~ Embroidered Suspenders,r wor~ 6c. Good Heavy Sock worth Be 500 Dress and Work'lQe at third their value. Over 000OO Nee ties, in all shades, worth from 0e. p8a$.0,33.1,0 of worth $1.00, 49c. and 89c. . Menf Boys' and Children's High Grade U .48 derwear, in heavy wool-ribbed, flece lined, all ases and colors, at 33c. the de'llar. ) PEN S ALYS. thingjStord ets, LOOK FOR LARGE R ED SION. 'he date you know. ds priced above if not satis o or over, tin radius of t neDyyM -. b.25