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PUBLISHED WEEKLY. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15,1905.-SALSE 8j
Memoirs, Traditions and History of
Rocky Mount and Vicinity.
(Written for The N.ws and Herald
by L. M. Ford.)
IV.
GRIMKEVILLE.
On the crest of the hill west of
Rocky Mount ferry the town of
Grimkeville was surveyed in 1792.
The two main streets, which
trended northerly and southerly,
were called Washington and
Pinckney. The cross streets were
Blanding, Manigault, Izzard,
Cripps, Barnett, Laughton, Davie,
Kean, and Allen.
Among the first lot owners and
probably residents were Mr. J. F.
Grimke, L. Smith, J. Allen Smith,
Manigault, John D. Maxwell,
William Houston, and Hugh
McMillan. The hill on which
this town was built is the true
and original Rocky Mount. Lots
were reserved :for a seminary,
parsonage, church, and cemetery.
The residence of John G. Johns
ton stands upon the church lot.
It was named in honor of J. F.
Grimke, prominent in South
Carolina affairs in his day.
Judge J. F. Grimke owned
much land along the west bank
of the River. The legislature
passed an act Dec. the 18, 1817,
to purchase these lands, which
purchase was comsummated May
the 1st, 1818. The price paid
was $19,258. This purchase was
probably made preparatory to
digging the canal.
This once populous and grow
ing town bade fair to increase in
size, population, and importance.
It was situated at the head of
fiat boat navigation, and the
bugle bls.st announcing the arrival
and departure of boats was often
heard. It was. surrounded by
fields of fertile soil, cultivated by
thrifty and energetic husbandmen,
and a considerable trade was
carried on in it. Now the town
is desolate and forsaken, no boat
now comes or goes. Those who
walked to and fro on the streets
have passed, and their habita
tions have moulded into dust.
The streets have been obliterated
by the plow share. The lowing
of cattle on the hill side and tbe
powman's phrases in the cotton
field, take the place of the bustle
and hum of business on the
crowded streets.
CATCHING SHAD.
Cha.rles Wald came from Vir
ginis and settled near the Ca
tawba Falls, Chester County,
prehably shortly after the Revo
Intionary war.
In his Virginia home shad were
caught in a dip net. As he set
tied nea'r a river in his new home,
* nothing was more natural than
for him to try it in the Catawba.
Success crowned his efforts.
From this beginning catching
shad and carp grew to be a very
lucrative business and continued
to be so for many years. Some
time after the war, however, the
catches began to dwindle and
grew less until the State estab
lished a fish commission, whose
tUisin.ess it wa.s to put ipillions of
soung saad in the upper part of
the river. Alter that, #sh w.er.e
ganght in inarea.sed psipbss
anid be*caite plentifial. To bop off
-eome expense the Ash com;pission
was abolished, so that for the
past several seasons shad are
scarcely caught at all.
THE MAY PICNIC.
The writer heard Mr. Will:am
Nichols, who was born in 1797
and spent his entire life in this
vicinity, say he could not remem
ber when ?bers was ugot a party
of sope in4 4t the Valig og bli
gret Saturday in Uay.
A~s the propriet,ors of the fish
eries needed their hands on their
farmis afterwards, the first Sat,.r
4ay in May was the last day on
wilich ther Asked. Some of the
friends were invitedl pp g glinner
of fish, cooked on the ri.er bank
on the last day. Very likely
geh were s,erved in differer.t ways
ap4 .ev.ery bpdy partook of the
* wra satis#ed.
May notl this neighborly and
friendly inpogs with' y fish
dinner attached be the beginning
of what is now a gigantic meeting
of people, mostly strangers Lo
each other withon) the Ash din
per.
[At this point Mr, Ford included
in his sketohes the admxirable
account of Mt. Dear born Military
establishment by Dr. Carlisle,
published some weeks ago.--ED]
(To be continued.)
Who's Who.
In an abridgement of "Who's
Who" in America Dr. Wm Smith in
answer to the question: "Who
are the eight thousand?" makes
the following conclusive ar
guements:
"The second edition of " Who's
Who in America" (from the press
of A. 1. Marquis & Co. Chicago),
contain 5,300 pages of brief
biographies, without eulogy
criticism or comment, of such
persons now living in America as
have become noted as factors in
the progress and achievement of
the age. Endeavor has been
made, say the editors, 'to include
all Americans of more than local
note in all lines of useful effort.
No name is inserted or omitted
for financial consideration. The
book is sold on its merits.
"With a view to determine
what effect education of the
various grades has had on succepss
in life, effort was made to ascer
tain the school training of each of
these men and women of more
than local note,' and 7,852 on
their United States list were
thus educationally classified.
"According to the best estimate
we can make from the latest
census returns, there are in the
United States 40,782,007 persons
over 21 years old. These are
divided educationally about as
follows:
"Class 1. Without school
training............. 4,692,498
Class 2. With only common
school training......................32,862,951
Class 3. With common and
high school training .............. 2,165,357
Class 4. With college or
higher education added........ 1,071,201
"Now, the question is, how
many of the eight thousand
distinguished citizens of the
United States on the "Who's
Who" list came from each of
these classes?
"The 4,698,498 of Class 1
furnished 31.
"The 32, 682,951 of class 2
furnished 808.
"The 2,165,357, of class 3
furnished 1,245.
"The 1,071,201 of Class 4
furnished 5,762.
"It thus appears, 1st. That an
uneducated child has one chance
in 150,000 of attaining distinc
tion as a factor in the progress of
the age.
"2d. That a common school
education will increase his phances
nearly four times.
"3d. That a high tschool train
ing will increase the chances of
the common school boy twenty
three times, giving him eighty
seven timues the chance of the
uneducated.
"4h. That a college eduiation
increases the chance of the high
school boy nine times, giving
him two hundred and nineteen
times the chance of the common
school boy, and more than 800
times the chance of the untrained.
"It is a surprising fact that of
7,852 "notables" thus gathered,
4,810 proved to be full graduates
of college.
"From the nature of the case
it cannot be claimed that these
figures are exact, but they are
bsed upon the most reliable
goergrniert statisties and thp
3ecessary estimates have keen
sads :with pare. It is also doub)
lss true that p4her ciFc11metangps
pontribjted tQ the sgea qf
hes college trin.jed men, but
after all reasonable allowancea
are made the figures still force
the conclusion that the more
school training the child hag, the
greater his chances of distinction
will be."
Startling llortality.
ptistics show startling mor
pality, frqg g.ppep4ipipis and pari
tonitis. To prevent and cure
these awful diseases, there is just
one reliable remedy, Dr. King's
New Life Pills. M. Flannery, of
14 Custom House Place, Chicago,
says: "They have no equal for
fopstiatin and Biliousness."
Co.'s and John H. Mast er
Co.'s, druggists.
Lo~ve.
Lore trusts on -ever hopes ayj1
papte better things; and th is, a
rst springing from itself and
ut of its own deeps qlqu~e. 4nd
t is this trgsting Jaoye that
mke mep what tbsy arp tyae
tQ ba-.sp reali9iing igelf. Would
you make men trustworthy!
Trust them. Love them. Would
you wiake them tlue! Believe
them.-.F. W. Rlobertson.
For Coughs-at your druggikts or
direct fromt Murray brug Co., Coilum
bia. S. (C.-"Murraty's Horehound.
Mullini & Tar.' 'c>. for large sizt
hatle
Blackstock Items.
Farmers are speeding the plow
during this fine weather. We do I
not see much grain aroud here. 1
Eggs are plentiful, but the hens
will not sit. Early spring eggs
are the ones we ought to set as
the chicks from them are more
vigorous.
Mr. David Mobley is back from
Montgomery, Ala., where he had
been engaged as salesman for
Swift & Co.
Mr. Joe Brice of Columbia was
at his father's last Sunday.
Mrs. Sam Brice has been on a
visit to her brother in Columbia.
We are told that a brother of
Mr. H. A. Holder will open a E
marble yard in Blackstock soon.
Mr. Alex. Macdonald, who was
manager of the Durham Mercan- E
tile Company, has severed his i
connection with that firm.
Rav. Mr. Sessions has moved s
into the Baptist parsonage. He
is from Virginia.
Mad dogs have been running s
about the country recently. t
Rev. G. G. Mayes was recently c
"pounded" by the members of
his church. J. T. C. s
March 11, 1905.
s
A Chicago Alderman Owe. His Elec- c
tion to Chamberlaiu's Cough
Remedy.
"I can heartily and conscientiously
recommend Chamberlain's C o u g h C
Remedy for affections of the throat c
and lungs." says Hon. John Shenick, 'j
22' So. Peoria St., Chicago. "Two
years ago during a political campaign, .
I caught cold after being overheated, t
which irritated my throat and I was 6
finally compelled to stop, as I could
not speak aloud. In my extremity a
friend advised me to use Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. I took two doses that
afternoon and could aot believe my s
senses when I found the next morning J
the inflammation had largely subsided.
I took several doses thit day, kept a
right on talking through the campaign, f]
and I thank this medicine that I won
my seat in the Council." Thisremedy
is for sale by Obear Drug Co. n
A Necessity liverywhcre. I
-ti
Rev. Sam Jones is a close ob- b
server, and a 'sensible man, and E
he.has been observing the condi- d
tion of the roads. Here is an c
extract from one of his letters: tl
"If ever there was a time when c
the south ought to raise the good C
road question and pass resolu- J
tions unanimously on that sub- s
ject, it is just now. I wish that b
the cotton convention aesembled
in Atlanta this week had
adopted some resolution to the
effect that they Tould not only
have the arreage ct in cotton, d
but the roads to town improved. E
Good roads help the rural dis- i,
tricts and enhances values as F
much as railroads do for the ir
cities and towns. Cities and.b
towzns reacuh ach other over the ii
railroads and the rural popula? a
tion reaches town over the wagon o
road. a
"It is just about as uncomfort- t
able to ride in an old wagon overn
an old mud road as it is to ride t
over rickety, dangerous railroad o
on a slowv, uncertain train. North
Georgia will never reach the limit t
of her values and her prosperity
until every road is macadamized hi
and all highways are fixed for o
travel." tl
Thje Coloner's Waterloo. i
Colonel Jobn 14. Fglieb, Af r'
4oney Grqve, Tes ngalyggt )
Nis Wg4edo2, f'rp' t.ivar and
idney troublfe, In a racent let
ter, he says: "I was nearly dead,
of these complaints, and, although b
I tried my family doctor, he did st
me no good, so 1 got a 50c. bottle"
of your great Electric Bitters, i?
which cured me. I consider them Iir
the best medicine on earth. and
thank God who gave you tb eW
and guaranteed to cura. Dyspep
sa, Biliousness and Kidney Dis
ease, by Mc Master Co., Obear
Drug Co. and John H. McMaster I
& Co., druggists, at 50c. a bottle. a
An EasyJu.b.
~e,9' gail Ms M~a(ong to the: l
pid frieng who, was picking up o
he threads of family history, e
~my Bobby he's trgveling with ay
circus now." "Pretty hatd won
isn't it?" ingired4 the intereste i4
gller. "Neger 4 'bif of it,"
Meurned 'the proud mother di n
gan, he is-hends in ihis pockets.,
angle salery 1he gets, axnd eyey
blessed thing hae has tQ do is toci
lav his head in the lion's mouth a
matter o' some two or three times
1 ayo thereabouts."-Youth's
Coipanin. b
C.A BTO I.A..
Ee_r the The Kimi You Hav Alway Bugh
TRY THEM YOURSELF
Do you want some very good
ongue exercise? You can get it
y reading, or attempting to read,
apidly the following sentences,
-ecently published in the Atlanta
Jonstitution. For those who may
nave in fnture life to read or
peak in public there is more in
mech exercises than mere fun:
Six little thistle sticks.
Flesh of freshly fried fish.
Two toads, totally tired, tried
o trot to Tedbury.
The sea ceaseth,but sutliceth us.
Give Grinee Jim's great gilt
rig whip.
Strict, strong1tephen Stringer
nared slickly six sickly silky
nakes.
She stood at the door of Mrs.
mith's fish-source shop welcom
ng him in.
Ssan swam over the sea; swim,
wan', swim; swan swam back
6gain; well swam, swan.
A haddock, a haddock, a black
potted haddock; a black spot on
he black back of the black had
Lock.
Susan shineth shoes and socks;
oaks and shoes shineth Susan.
The ceaseth shining shoes and
ocks, for shoes aAd socks shock
>usan.
You know the tongue twister,
Peter Piper", but there are
thers which are harder. One
f the worst is "mixed biscuits"
'ry saying that rapidly; and. if
o-- succeed, say this: Stop at
e shop at the top of Sloane
teet-"
Strikes Hidden Rocks.
When your ship of health
trikes the hidden rocks of Con
amption, Pneumonia, etc., you
re- lost, if you don't get help'
-om Dr. King's New Discovery
>r Consumption. J. W. McKin
on, of Talladega Springs, Ala ,
rites: "I had been very ill with
,enmonia, under the care of
vo doctors, but was getting no
etter when I began to take Dr.
ing's New Discovery. The first
ose gave relief, and one bottle
red me." Sure cure for sore
iroat, bronchitis, coughs and
>lds. Guaranteed at McMaster
o.'s, Obear Drug Co.'s and
ohn H. McMaster & Co.'s drug
:ores; price 50e. and $1.00. Trial
ottle free.
Bryan on Immortality
l
In delivering an eulogy on the
eath of a friend, lion. W. J.
ryan gave expression to the
mortality of the soul: "If the
ather deigns to touch with div- .
e power the cold anid pulseless c
eart of the buried corn and make
buirst forth from its prison wall,
ill lie leave negligent the soul
man who was made in the im- e
e of his Creator? If He stoops
> giva to the rosebush, whose
ithered blossom floats upou au- a
mn breeze, the sweet assurance 'a
Eanother :spring-time, will He
ithihold the words of hope from
ie souls of men when the frosts of .
inter come? if matter, mute and 2
ianimate, is changed by the force|
E nature into a multitudle of forms
iat never die, will tbe spirirtt
E man suffer annihilation af teg
l4as p.aM 4 brief~ vis9 li@
A 3evere Cold for Three flonths.
The following letter from A. J. Nus- C
wum, of Batesville, Ind., tells its ownl
ory: "I suffered for three months
ith a severe cold. A druggist pe
red me some medicine, an a y 'i
an prescribed for me, yet 'n 4o ~
:prove. I then tr~e Igo.ly one,
id Tar, and, eglz1t os iuiru me.' y
efuse gg s ld by McMaster
A Duel Averted.
In the day of his youth Senator
lackburn, of Kentucky, wae
sked by a friend to sego;d a duel.
[e consentet, ra at the next
:s, tA(6 pai-ties met. It was
r. Blackburn's duty to say the
~st words concerning the terms
[the duel. One of tlhe anator's
lleagues regeei1y said att a
Isa.hington dinpuer.that, althou.h
(r. lalckb.urn faithftulIy rpr
rmed the duty, the deel n.6ver
ok place. ;i sum of 'AWhy
ot"- wen$ round the tarbl 40
dje rmark. "For a very aimple
ason," continged Mr-. Blaok{
tr's po,engue. "~When Joe
idshed speaking, it was too dark 1
r a duel."-,.Washington Post.
If 1 I a blitous ttack take Chain
rlan's Stomach and Liver Tablets
Ld a qjuick cure is certain. For saIle
y Obear Drug Co.
"Wlhilm ~ s a when the
10eb ories tiiirteen." " Time the
inrc: wa filed"
AMATTEROFHEALTH
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Absolutely Pure
HAS NO SUBST1U f
Grin and Bear.
When we do our best,
We may trust God for the rest,
But we still may often meet
Little things not very sweet;
Aad whatever can't be cured
should patiently be endured.
If we wish to "win and wear,"
We must learn to "grin and bear."
Many people miss success
And the way to happiness,
Just because they lack the will
Needed to endure some ill;
[If success we wish to gain,
We may just expect some pain;
[f we wish to "win and wear,"
We must learn to "grin and bear."
-Ex.
Incredible Brutality.
It would have been incredible
)rutality if Chas. F. Lemberger,
>f Syracuse, N. Y., had not done
he best he could for his suffering
Qn. "My boy," he says, cut a
earful gash over his eye, so I
ipplied Bueklen's Arnica Salve,
whioh quickly healed it and saved
2is eye." Good for burns and
ilcers too. Only 25c. at McMas
er Co.'s, Obear Drug Co.'s and
fohn H. McMaster & Co.'s drug
iteres.
"Whatever it is possible to do
o inculcate the love of liberty,
)iety, patience, gratitude, rever
;ace, philanthropy, or fortitude,
>r to subdue evil passions,-to
'awe the beast and hold fast to
he man" can best be done-=can
)erhaps be doie by most of us
n no other way at all than
hrough books.-=Alfred Bayliss.
Dangers of Pneumonia.
A cold at this time If negleoted Is
iable to cause pneumonia which Is so
ften fatal, and even when the patient
gas recovered the lungs are weakened,
aaliing them peculiarly susceptible toI
lv devlopmuent of consumption. Fo
3y's Honey and Tar will sto p the
ough, heal and strengthen the lungs
nd prevent pneumonia. La grippe
oughs yield quickly to the wonderful
urative qualities of Foley's Hone.y
nd Tar. There is nothing else '.55s
s good." Sold by McMastg 0o.
Tootles (who has just had his
hoto taken): "Well, what do
ron think of it?"
Wife: "Beautiful, dear.. 1 'wish
on would look 1i1e # aoe
imes."-Frln
Paley's Honey and Tar
utres coughs and colds.
ures bronchitis anLd asthma.
~ures croup and whooping cough.
ures hoarseness and .brouchial (ar
bles.
ures pneumonia and laggp
Sold by McMaster.Q ,
Cand=lfI kiss you, will you
All your father?
Maude-It won't be at all
ecessary for you to kiss the
vhole family.
AN CLD ADACE
B AYS -
"A tight purse Ls theavycursc"
Sickness makes a light piurse
The Wvn R t1 troseat eit Uh3ne
teamsb o~f al disase,
go o te ootofthe whole mat
ter, thoroughly, quickly safety
and restore the action of the
LIVER to normal condition.
live tone to the system~ an
solid flesh to the body,
Fake No Subst'tt.........
To C
Take L3%atiVe Br'OiE
Seven 6Eion boxes sold in pas 13 o
Our Ne
Is the sarrie
old way of
goods at the
living prices
Therefore, we are no
cost. But we will sel
F U R N
at prices that it will b
have bettered in this <
REPAIR
is a great specialty N
your old Furniture anc
as new.
R. W. P H
There is No
on the marl
---Crystal Fai
Tr)
Call here for all your G
Everything for the fan
wnd Gears needed at this s
A.
nave Your HOME(
Cabbage Plant.
Prices: 1000 @ $1.50; 5000 @ $1.2;
Shipped C. 0. D. if desired. ]
Office in go<
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'abbage, Beans, Sweet Potatoes a
ot shipment of Tomato Plants, Se
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it.
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rn in the' way .of Ploughs
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