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PUBLISHED WEEKLY. WINNSBORO, S. C., W\EDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, [9o5.ESALHD184 Memoirs, Traditions and History of Rocky Mount and Vicinity. (Written for The News and Herald by L. M. Ford.) I. FACE OF THE COUNTY. Before the advent of the white man these hills were an open for est, destitute of undergrowth and covered with wild peavines from one to two feet high, while great cane brakes grew to great height on the creek and river bottoms. The woods were made noisy by the chattering of the cat squir rels and the fox squirrel made his home in the pine and waxed fat on its juicy cones. Numbers of wild turkeys stalked leisurely through the forest partaking of the daintiest morsels only. Deer browsed and gambcled on the hillside unmolested, while the more ferocious animals such as the wild cat, panther etc., made their homes in the swamp on the streams. In winter blackbirds and wild pigeobs visited the hills in vast numbers and ducks and geese could be seen gliding on the suface of every stream. The streams teemed with fish of many varieties. Occasionally Indian wigwams could be seen clustered about a spring near some stream. NAMES. When the first settlers came' ]here they found a tribe of Indians who made their home on the banks of our river and its trib ataries. They were called 'Catawba and from them the river took its name, Catawba. As such it is known from its source in North Carolina to the mouth of Wateree creek where it changes to Wateree. The Indians called their river Eswa Tavora. These Indians were friendly to the set tlers from the first and have held "sacred every obligation entered into and every treaty made. They fought on the side of the patriots in the Bevolution and on the side of the Confederates in our late war. A remnant, less than a I hundred, still live on a reserva- I tion in York County on the banks of this river. They make pipes and earthenware which they ex change with neighboring mer chants for such goods as they desire. They may be hired to perform some.labor also. 'The names of Turkey branch, Rocky branch, Rocky creek and Crooked creek suggest a reason why they are so called. On the banks of one of our branches a .eputation of the whites would sneet a deputation of Indians in council and transact business and adjust their differences to the satisfaction of all. The calume t was passed around and all went home in a good humor. From this it was called Deputation branch, which was corrupted to Debutary, which is its name to this day. During the Revolution a Whig drummer was killed on a bill near the Point of Rocks which gave it the name, Drummer's cUSTOMS AND USAGES. Our first settlers began to come into this section about 1760. They came from Maryland and irginia principally. How they veled is not known, probably' sgons or some other vehicle, y owned horses then. Their wellings were rude log huts a they could build with xes principally. Very y had stone chimneys huts. They cleared a about their cabins in grow their grain and ibles. Venison was their meat diet. Other ani hi as the otter and wild killed for their skins, f these were made into ains and caps, and most of were sold. isha Dye, grandfather of our end, R. J. Dye, was the gun mith of that day and kept the settlers' trusty rifles in good1 abooting order. His usefulness, eItended through the Revolution as mahy of the guns of the Whigs were repaired by him and tbus hie enabled them to continue in the service. As the settlers increased in numbers the game became scarcer and wilder. More attention was then given to domestic animals. Horses and cattle kept Fat on the commons and hogs were killed in the woods and their flesh cured for the family supply during the next season. They grew tobacco for a money crop. It was hauled Ato Charleston, but often it was condeiLne 1 and could not be sold. The vehicle mo%tly used was the common h'me mnado sled in which crops, firewood, etc., were hauled. Some of the cbildren of these men could read and write, if not all of them, but they were not very religiously inclined. REVOLUTIONARY TIMES. Charleston fell into the hands of the British, May 12th, 1780. Lord Cornwallis sent detachments of troops to Augusta, Ninety-Six and Camden to insure and hasten the subjugation of this State. From Camden a detachment un der Colonel Houseman was sent to Rocky Mount. About one fourth of a mile northwesterly from the present residence of John G. Johnston, the British built three log forts which they surrounded with a ditch and abatbis. With the advent of Colanel Houseman and his attachment came an end to the feeling of good fellowship of one with an other and social intercourse of neighbor with neighbor. This change was brought about by the promises and threats of Colonel Houseman. From this time it was Whig and Tory and a deadly hatred was engendered. Instead of cracking jokes with each other the crack of the deadly rifle was beard. One of the first acts of Houseman was to distribute handbills among 'the people, call ing upon them to meet him at Beckhamville and enroll their names as loyal subjects of King George and receive British pro .ection. Soon after this he visited Jus ice John Gaston, who resided on Fishing Creek, to induce him to become a loyal subject to the ing, as he verily believed that the old Justice could and would ring many if not all his neigh bars to his way of thinking. While the old Justice treated him with all the kindness and courtesy iue a visitor, he did not follow is advice. After the officer de :arted, Justice Gaston sent run iers to various places in the com nunity for men to meet at his ouse that night. The summons were obeyed with alacrity and by nidnight thirty men of no mean nould, strong in spirit and of etive and powerful frames had ollected together. These men were commanded by John McClure and were armed with the deadly iifls, clad in their iunting shirts and moccasins. With their wool hats and deer skin caps, their otter-skin shot bags and butcher knives by their sides, they were ready for any nterprise in the cause of Lib rty. Next morning they paraded before the door of the aged patriot and according to the cus tom of that day he brought out . large case of bottles. Comn Eencing with the officers, John and ugh McClure, he gave each a hearty hand-s;hake and then presented the bottle, after which they took their course noiselessly along the old Indian trail down Fishing Creek to the old field near Beckhamville, where many of the people were already gath red. Their sudden onset took by surprise the promiscuous as semblage, about two hundred in number. The enemy werede eated and "their well directed ire," says one who speaks from personal knowledge, "saved a few cowards from th.e coming Tories, and taught Houseman that the strong log houses at Rocky Moaun were safe for his myrmidons." This encounter was the first effort to breast the stream after the suspeusion of military oppo sition, the opening wedge to the recovery of South Carolina. Filleid with rage, Houseman sent a party early next day to bring the hoary-headed patriot, then 80 years of tige, to his head quarters, bat they found the dwelling deserted. His wife con cealed in some bushes nearby saw them plunder the house of everything and carry off ihe stockE from the plantation; nothi ing was left but, the family bible, a precious relic which may be still preserved in the family. John Gaston had nine sons in the army, three of whom were killed and the fourth one shot down at the battle of Hanging Rock. When their mother was informed of these facts, she re plied, "I mourn their loss, but they could not have died in a bet ter cause." (To be continued.) Pneumonia Follows a Cold hut never follows the use of 1ole. Honey andII Tar. It sto)ps the cough hEzl and strengt hens thei lungs an< aftords perfect security from anu attae. - of oeumnoula. Refuse substitutes The Best Book for Boys. Whitelaw Reid, editor of th New York Tribune, was once ask ed by a New York merchant wha was the best book for him to pu into the hands of his clerks for : business hand-book. He recom mended "The Book of Proverbs, and the man went to the America: Bible Society and bought a lot o them. We give here below a fev samples out of the book: A wise son maketh a glad father A soft tongue breaketh the bone Labor not to be rich. A good name is rather to bE chosen than great riches. Buy the truth and sell it not. Look not upon the wine whet it is red, when it sparkleth in the cuA faithful witness will not lie. The borrower is servant to the lender. He that loveth pleasure shal be a poor man. He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity. How much better it is to ge wisdom than gold. Wine is a mocker. strong drini is raging. There is a friend that sticketb closer than a brother. He that oppresseth the poor r'proacheth his Maker. If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink. -American Boy. Fraud Exposed. A few counterfeiters have lately been making and trying to sell imitations of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, and othere medicines; thereby defrauding the public. This is to warn you to 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 tion, to you, is our name on the wrapper. Look for it, on all Dr. King's, or Bucklen,s remedies' as all others are mere imitations. H. E. BUCKLEN & - CO., Chicago, Il., and Windsor, Canada. McMaster Co. Obear Drug Co. John H. MclMaster 4 Co drug stores. Low Rates via Southern Railway. The Southern railway gives below a few special low excursion rates to the following points: To New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla.: One first-class fare plus twenty-five cents for the round trip from al] coupon stations. Tickets on sale March 1-6, limited March 11, 1705-may be extended to return March 25th. Account-Mardi Gras. To Washington, D. C.-Presi den tial inauguration: For civil ians rate one first-class fare plus twenty-five cents for the round tip from all stations. For mili. tary companies and brass bands in uniforms accompanying them in parties of twenty or more on one ticket- -at one cent wer mile plus arbitraries. Tickets sold March 2nd and 3rd, limited March 8th, but may be extended to March 16th. Very low rates to other points now in effect. IThe Southern railway is the best route to the above points operating through Pullman and diniug cars on all through trains. IFor fa!l information apply tc any agent of the Southern rail ~way, or to R. W. Hunt, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C One of the most persistent ene mies that a man has to fight witl is himself. That enemy has to bi fouht with at 'unexpected time; and at all times. Yet if a mani determined to win the victory be can be successful even in spite o all the advantages which self ha in the contest. And what a vic tory it is to win in such a fight Henry .Ward Beecher says force fully, "No man is such a cornquer or ~as the man who has defeated himself." God is with us in thil struggle and through him we shal have the sure victory.-Ex. Mas Stood the Test 25 Years. The old, original GROVE'S Tastekci Chill1 Tonic. You know what you a] takng. It is iron andl quinine in tasteless form. No cure, no pay. 50c. If people could exchange.troul les there would be just as' mun kicking as there is itrs a hors trade. Take Murray'sH-orehound, Mulli and Tar and $6p coughing. 2.5c. f< large bottle. -Your drugg.ist or Murra Drug Co,Eolunmbia, S. C. Tribute to General Lee. e In an address delivered be-for, - the Southern Historical societ' t at Atlanta, Ga, February 18 t 1874, Senator Ben H. Hill, o ' Georgia, paid the following mos - worthy tribute to General Lee: "When the futur,> historiaz i comes to survey the character o f Lee, he will fnd it rising like a r huge mountain above the undu lating plain of humanity, and le must lift his eyes high toward heaven to catch its summit. HE possessed every virtue of othei great commanders without their vices. He was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without crue.ty, a victox without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public offleer without vices, a private citizen without wrong, a neighbor without reproach, a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile. He was Coesar without his ambition, Fred erick without his tyranny, Napo leon without his selfishneis, and Washington without his reward. He was obedient to authority as a servant, and royal in authority as a true king. He was gentle as a woman in life, modest and pure as a virgin in thought, watchful as a Roman vestql in duty, sub missive to the law as Socrates, and grand in battle as Achilles!" Is It Right? Is it right that a property owner should lose $4.20 to let a dealer make 50 cents? A dealer makes 50 cents more on fourteen gallons of ready-to-use paint, at $1.50 per gallon, than our agent does on eight gallons of L. & M. paint and six gallons of linseed oil, which make fourteen gallons of the best paint in the world, at $1.20 per gallon; the property owner loses just $4.20. Is it right? It only requires 4 gallons of L. & M. and 3 gallds linseed oil to paint a moderate tized house. Ten Thousand Churches paint ed with Longmaz- & Martinez L. & M. Paint. Liberal quantity given to churches when bought from Mc Master Co., Winnsboro; C. P. Wray e_ Co., Ridgeway; Kennedy Mer. and Banking Co., Black stock. Easter Sunday comes this year on the 23d of April. This is with in a few days as late as it ever occurs. Ouly once did it occur as late as the 25th of April in the 19th century. It is booked to come but once again on the 25th of April during the presnt cen tury. There is a current belief with the people that a late Easter denotes a cold and back ward spring. But this does not always follow, since the season, in the presence of a late Easter, may be mild and open. A Severe Cold for Three flonthis. The following letter from A. J. N us baum, of Batesville, lnd., tells its own story: "I suffered for three months with a severe cold. A druggist pre pi:ed mec some medicine. and a plhysi clan presuribed for me, yet I did nlot improve. I then tried Foley's aoney and Tar, and eIght doses cured me." Rfssustitute's. Sold by McMaster Co. Too many bills spoil the in come. The Cause of Many Sudden Deaths There is a disease prevailing in tii contry miost dangerous because so docep. -t ive. Many sudd(eni -deaths are caused .1 by it-heart (1s ease, pneumomia, heart failure or - - apoplexy are often li Fthe result of kid 4 ney disease. Ii Lkidlney trouble is -allowedtoadvance the kidlney-poison ., ed blood will at Stack the vital organs, causing catarrh ol thec laldder, or the kidneys themxselves break down and waste away cell by cell. pla~dder trptibles p1miost always'resuf from a' derangemlent of the kidnjeys an - a cure is obtained c u1ihet by~ a pr pjel treatment of tihe kid neys. If you are fel ing ba~d1r vou c"a mxake no mistake 1)' taking' Dr.' Kihiner's Swamip-Root, thi< reat'ikidney , liv er and bladder remedy. It corrects inability to hold urime ami scalding wain in passing it, and over comes that unpleasaInt necessity of hemns complledl to ."o often through the day and to get upm mnyi times during th< s night. The mild andi the extraordinar: eefct of S'wamp-R zoot is s)on reahized a It stands5 the highesic't for its won:i-rtu I wamp-Root I- pl1easant to take andi e ove'-v and a bokta teils all about it mer & Cop. .,i:'iton. N. Y. Whe' w-ri-.ne.tion~ reading thmis genecrou n ofer in this paper. Don't niake nn >r mitak e. bu:t re:nembier the name.Swam:n v Root. Dr. k:imer's Swamp-Root. and thm adress, Einghaultoni, N. Y'., on ever: AMATTEROFLEALT OYA vOVL a .j. Absolutely Purr HAS 1t SUBSTITUTi Dr. H. N. Snyder, president of Wofford College,.,will deliver the commencement address at Clem son in June. Elaborate pre-, parations are being made for what promises to be one of the most memorable commencements in Clemson's history. There will be an unusually large number of alumni present, men who hold high textile, engineering and executive positions all over the country. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the Mother's Favorite. The soothing and healing properties of this remedy, its pleasant taste and prompt and permanent cures have made it a favorite with l,eople every-. where. It is especially prized by mothers of small children, for colds, croup and whooping cough, as it always afords quick relief, and as it contains no opium or other harmfuldrug, it may be given as confidently to a baby as to an adult. For sale by Obear Drug Co. What is the beginning? Love, What the course? Love still. Whaf the goal? The goal is Love on the happy hill. Is there nothing then but love, search we sky or earth? There is nothing out of Love hath perpetual worth. -Christina Rossetti, in New York Magazine of >Mysteries. Advice to the Aged. Age brings infirmities, sac as sta D bowels, weak kidneys and b and TORPID LlVER. Tut t's Pills; have a specific effect on these organs, stimulating th e bowels, causing them to perform their natural functions as in youth and IMPARTING VlGOR,-..., NotiCe of Dissolution. Notice is hereby given that the bus iness heretofore conducted under the firm name of W. D. Tennant & Co. has been transferred to B. G. Tennant & Company, to whom all old accounts must he p)aid and who will assume all liabilities of the former firm. With thanks for past p)atronage and askiry for a continuation of the snie.. W, D. TENNANTP, I .an, TI NNANT & CO. HIH R CUT 1LO0ER8 GROWN BY US. Cairnations ......7e. to $1.00 per dozen Roses (hine greenhouse).. I $2.00 to $3.50 por do'r.sn Hyacimbs (Roman). I aQc. to r5e. pier dozen INarcissuls, Paper Whlte....75c. per dozen 'Lily of Valley....$1.Oto $1.50 per dozeni Boxes of Pretty Mixed Flowers .. $1.00 to $5.00 Baskets of P'retty Mixed Flowers. $1.50 to $10.00 Only the finest Lup-to-date varieties I planted. 9UR CUSTOMERS GET THlE BEST Artistic Bouquets for all $1.00ses $1.0 STYLISH HOME AND CHUR~CH DECORATIONS. We makie a specialty of Fine Wedding Work. Wreaths, Crosses, Anchors, &c., $2.00 up). Ini ordering Bouiquets or Designs give us an ideal of what you wvant anid >rice, an d we will please y~ou. Cut Elowers, Plants, Bulbs and Seed shipped every where. WyjRT for PRICE LIST of SEKPn 37Mailn Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. Phone 43. To Cu -ra Laxative BrOr -en anian boxes sold in as 323 . . . . W J BUY OTHER SEEDS V Buist's for the same money? Our also a lot of WHITE AND F Call here for your Garc Geo. R. MUL[S! I have just r lot of fresh Kei which I offer.c or on one an time with apl ity. Give me buying elsewh please you. M. W. - - BEF4 Having Your l GO FIR THE NEWS AND FOR QUO All work neatly and prom; and at reasor YOUR ORDERS f Letter Heads Note Heads Bill Heads. --AND Commercia Satisfactiorn 4 JUST Al A Carload and II BE SURf THI At McCarley's Old Stable re a Cold in On 110 Quinine Tablis. sa. Thm atre - -I V . . . VMEN YOU CAN GET Reliable stock of these is full, and ZED ONION SETS. len Seeds. Lauderdale. MULES! eceived a nice ritucky Mules, heap for cash d two years' )roved secur= a call before ere and I will DRE --- rinting Done ST TO HERALD OFFICE TATIONS. ~tly done on good material iable prices. ;OLICITED FOR Briefs. Legal Blarnks Visiting Cards ALL 1 Printing. G iars teed. [of Mules orses. TO SEE MN. )wens. ~S. e Day M..,