The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, March 29, 1905, Image 1
PUBLISH-D WEEKLY. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1905. ESTABLISHED 1844.
THE FARMERS' NEETIN(.
Largely Attended. The Able Addresses
of President Smith and Treasurer
Hyatt.
The Cotton Grower's Con
vention calf for Saturday was
attended. by at least 200 represent
ative farmers from all sections of
the county. Both President
Smith and Treasurer Hyatt were
present and were accorded the
most earnst attention through-out
their instructive and able ad
dresses, which were the feature
of the day. The meeting was a
most enthusiastic one and all
expressed themselves as greatly
pleased with the prospects of the
movement for securing a re
duction of the cotton acreage.
$70.00 was contributed for carry
ing on the work. The business
session resulted in the president
being authorized to issue a call
for an organization at each de
mocratic club in harmony with
the county and State organiza
tions.
TREASURER HYATT'S ADDRESS.
The first speaker was Mr.
Hyatt, who is treasurer of the
South Carolina division of the
Southern Cotton Association.
Mr. Hyatt is also president of
the South Carolina Good Roads
Association, and his address was
introduced with an urgent appeal
to the farmers of Fairfield to take
up the matter of building better
roads, which make for better
school, better chnrches and bet
ter farming. The excellent work
which has been done by Rich
land county in this important
matter was emphasized as a
stimulus to her neighboring
county to follow suit.
In regard to the great move
ment that is now being made to
secure a reduction in the cotton
acreage, Mr. Hyatt said this ,is
the farmers' opportunity, for he
now has the support and co
operation of bankers and merch
ants in a way never before knawn.
More than 60 years ago the
farmers of the South were in for
a similar novement but tLe means
of communication were too slow
for anything i be accomplished.
With the telephone and free rural
.,a ilivery this barrier is removed.
. ,; anization is the order of the
da. No business undertaking
oae ,succeed without being organ
izet Organization is imperative
upon the farmers to protect
th meIv,s. The time has come
for the Southern farmers to show
to the world that they can act in
harmony and stand pat in their
'demands.
There is no danger of competi
~tion in the growing of cotton on
the part of foreign countries.
UIndia eaznnot produce enough
mcotton to .eltbe its own millhons.
Thbe Souith is God's cotton patch.
93 per esat cl 4i c.lothing is
coL>I a;4E of ihis da $outh
produc5 % per een,t, wiach
makes it th'e pioducer .of 75 peg
cent of the clotldug of the world.
This leading artida4 of ?lothi,cy
cannot be produced ejsewhere,
and there is no .need of J'?ig from
this source.
Mr. Hyatt made a strong plea
for building ware bouces at eve.ry
point, shipping as much sa 2,0'iO
bales a season. These ware
houses are necessary so that the
farmers may hold their cotton
when the price does not warraxit
~ir selling it. Negotiable ware
ed~use receipts can be issued
'$iich will enable tb'n farmers to
o~ld their surplus, The farmers
.fthe West through their grainer,
is have been able to demiad
thir price for their wheat by
storii g the surplus. The farmers
ofett South must do likewise
with ij eir cotton.
Mr. IIyatt closed his able ad
dress wiA han appeal to the farmers
to stand .together in the reduction
of their cotton acreage and
diversify th,eir farming interest
i13,000,000 bales of this yfar'i
'cotton crop wiW bring only $400
6 000,000.,whereas the 11.b00,000
bales of the previous3 crop blought
.$0,000,000. The South' en
toi imi.ds are gold mines ,\pro
< duciJg 4 to 6 times as mu Ii as
aU the gi4 xnines of A erica
Diversific2.tioA. however, is eces
sary. .No man ap sue eedec
.who planted nothing hit otton
lek experiment..l form is n'b
ing .conductedl by the go m6T
.on his place neM Colu atc
demonstrate whatN ea out
without the u-e Of e eia
fetilizers, whiche
rdrain uplon~ the f- Z
.ook. Tfhese fertia
he made ,At home.
* hould be rn a a
'ramu'ries dil t&
~shonid not be mn
here in South Carolina. To the
Southern farmer who raises all
his spplies at home is given a
degree of independence that is
not possible to others. This is a
time for all to pull together, for
every shoulder to th,: wheel.
PRESIDENT SMITH'S ADDRESS.
Mr. E. D. Smith, president of
the South Carolina division, was r
the next speaker. Mr. Smith has I
just returned from a speaking
tour of two months in the South- c
western States and is enthusias- t
tic over the probabilities of suc- 1
cess for this great movement on
the part of the Southern farmers. c
Mr. Smith is a brilliant speaker, ti
having his subject thoroughly in o
hand and with a powerful control a
of his mother tongue. Despite t
the fact that he was very unwell, v
he held his hearers spell-bound v
for more than an hour by the
force of his logic and his brilliant i
oratorv.
Mr. Smith said that the great '
I need of the Southern farmer is I
an importation of a few tons of h
brain to counteract their being k
such hopeful fools when there is T
no basis for their hopes. While h
still at the mercy of the Wall tl
street speculators their condition c
'is ridiculous, if not pitiful. In n
their ignorance of the markets t<
and of the needs of. the world for t<
the product which they grow,w
they are merely trusting to luck rE
all the while. In continuing
without organization the farmers h
are being farmed instead of farm
ing. Nothing can be accom
plished under the present system m
of every producer acting single- C
handed. Trusts and combines a
are not iniquitous in themselves. b
There must be organization. i
By holding their surplus pro- ?j
duct ten-cent cotton is assured. ti
The mills have already sold their e:
output for the next twelve months tt
on a basis of ten-cent cotton and ,
soon they will be clamoring for
it at that price. The alarm about et
immense port receipts within the ti
past few days is false. Port re
ceipts are not sales and do not ei
amount to. anything. -The im- G
mense amount of cotton that has m
been going to the ports has been
for the purpose of being stored n
in warehou-es. What is needed r<
ii warehouse: at every shipping L
point to avoid the cotton being
thus concentrated, and to enable!
the farmers to hold their staple.! B
In regard to the reported sales M
of fertilizers, Mr. Smith said that
the sales were not near so large b
as they were this time last year.
As an~ Illustration he cited thee
town of Dillon in th.e heart of T
the cotton-growing belt which ca
has brought in only 1,0 tons
this vsar as compared with 0.000 ti
tons~for the same period last ti
year. There is a vast difference.b
between the amount of tags can- t
celled and the amount of fertili- r
zer sold. J
In regard to the reduction of~ y
the acreage, Mr. Smith said that 5I
it is gapestion ably being cut g
throughout the wvhole South.
Every farmer shogid stnd pat
on the reduction of cotlon edis- a
age. Common honesty demands!j1
hat every -farmet stand to his g,
dg.If the farmers will only T
stand psa nn the reduction of
acreage withiil th next thirty 'y
d~ys and freeze on to I4er .ct j
to, they can easily dietate the '3
price of the same. '
1n regard to the charge that h
this was a political movement, q
.Siatmade a most emphatic~ b
de~ail giving :the downfall of the b:
angeand.m jance as forci
1to keep politics Qu:t of phi,s pp
ment. 'hem Wyes no offce in ,the
gt of th,e people ph4twould giye
iu aa much stisfacig I to
be insLrIZIental in kringinig Shios1
a better condition of thu oni
the part of the Southern farmner.
In eonclusion, Mr. Smith paid
b ea4j[nl tribute to the heroismi
jof th~e am Aite sixties, plead- b
ig with the .risa4g pf that
heroic band their gallani eo
*courage-the couragde to sd
honestly together their d
mds and no to be moral eewd
ud 4 maintaining their God- j
givea .uepppdee, 1
Iucredibic Brijtaty,
It would have been incredible I
brutality if Chas. F. Lemberger,
.f Syracuse, N. Y., had not done I
tiie out he could for his sufferingI
son. "lMy g" he says, cut a 1
fearful gash ove t, .eye. so I. aI
appliedBuke Ai is
L ih quickly heah-J it and sadi
is eye." Good for burnis and I
Sulcers too. Only 25c. at McMas- I
iterC.'s, Oba?r Di ue Co.'s a:d c
4. i. H \Itla: ter & Co..: dIrug '
lemoirs, Traditions and History of
Rocky Mount and Vicinity.
Written for The Xeu's ((nd HcRIld
by L. . Ford.)
VI.
BETHESDA CHURCH.
William Lewis of revolutionary
iemory was a member of the
lethodist Church. He and his
eighbors-Picketts, Jacksons, and
thers-erected a rude log hut on
he lands then owned by Col. A.
'. Peay in the vicinity of what
now Bucklick. This they
alled Shady Grove. At that
ime the Methodists were not
bjects of popular favor, especi
1ly in that locality. The minis
ars were threatened with mob
iolence if they continued ser
ices at Shady Grove.
In consequence of those threats
lethesda Church was organized.
'his was in 1812. That portion
f the worshipers wbo resided in
ais vicinity proceeded to erect a
ouse of worship at a place then
rown as "Grant's Cld Field."
'his house was located a few
undred yards southerly from
i Pine Grove Negro Baptist
hurch. For many years the
ame, "Grant's Old Field" clung
Bethesda with unaccountable
macity. Frequently "Grant"
as dropped and the "Old Field"
stained. Many years ago the
reacher sent to this circuit, on
is first round, being as he sup
osed near the Church, asked a
ung man, whom he chanced to
,eet, the distance to Bethesda
hurch. He declared his ignor
ce of the existence of a church
aring such a name. He was
ien asked the distance to the
ld Field Church". This ques
on he answered promptly and
splicitly. This young man was
the manor born and his mother
as a member of Bethesda.
The names of the person who
)ntributed to the building of
te first house of worship are:
ev. Jno. Pickett, a local preach
-, Foster, Piper, Jackson,
ibson, Lewis, and Graham, com
only called "Grimes".
The following are some of the
tmes which were on the church
>11 many years ago, to wit;
ewis, Piper, Jackson, Stokes,
raham, Barber, Ellison, Back
rom, Reynolds, Pickett, HIowge,
rown, Grant, Wilson, Walker,
ills, and Templeton. All these
ye gone to their rewards, and
it few, it any, have any descend
ts bearing their names and
)nettedi with the church here.
eir places are occupied by
hers.
Owing to the inconvenience of
e location or the condition of;
ebuilding, another house was
iilt on the west side of the road
t e.xtends northerly from the
sidence recently occupied by
)bn 0. Jackson where the Rocky
ount road intersects. This was
the late thirties or early
rties.
The present house of worship
a neat and commodious brick
ul.dig, erected in 1854-55 by
e untiripg egott of Bev. 14. A.
hnson, past0r *at that time.
Lie means to erect this building
ere mainly contributed by Mr.
m. E. Hall and his brother, Mr.
aniel Hall. They were assisted
'oti a'geording to their means.
bcongregations of hptbesdaj
vegeneray been smzalT, yet the
arterage paid' by these
mevolnt and liberal brethren
ougit some of the be.st talent
the Conference to this work.
g~rig their lives Bethesda' was
in ent factoF ip every
e g p a y g laged.
x of #Lhe mergbers o~ t1fs so
urh have entereg the mimis
arpIa Gan feigsp
The nrs# was AbsaorgI trown4
ho butoiad1 the Conference in
3#28. He died in 1833, and was
ined in Montgomery county,
C. He was an uncle of the
Irdl lu Mirian QOaIty, N. C.
ohin RA. Pitti was adlmi'ted in
45. He died in 1870 and his
mains rest in the Methodist
geteASCy i) Wighr S. C.
to the omuion of his churob,
Phillip L. Prickett was adm~itted
a 135. He travelled two years
d located. Het settled on a
1rm nar the Falls and continued
S2 lie wis bjur;yd jj beges4p.
I served th neigbiooing oburch
s from the thue of his location
tlil h's death.
.mes TIillman Kilgo was ad
mitted in 1850. He diAd in 1888
and is buried in Marlboro county.
It is told of him that he was so
proficient in mathematics in his
school boy days that his teacher
called him Archimedes. He has
three sons in the ministry: one is
president of Trinity College
North Carolina, the other two
are members of the Sonth Caro
lina Conference.
Edwaad L. King was admitted
in 1839. He died in 1875 and
his ashes repose in Columbia,
S. C. He was an uncle of Hon.
P. L. Hardin, Baacomville,
senator from Chester county.
He has a son Rev. J. Rufus
King in the North Georgia
Conference, who has served as
P. E. for some yeah.
Since 1850 Bethesda has sent
out no minister.
Mrs. Rodgers, a shouting mem
ber of this church for many years,
was the first to be laid to rest in
the church yard. This was in
1855. Since that time more than
ninety have been buried there.
At times since the war the
prospects of this old church have
been gloomy, at other times cheer
ful. Sometimes it has been
neglected, yet the members have
always been courageous. High
warter mark in attendance, ac
cessions, and spiritual growth
was reached during the four'
years (1895-8) pastorate of Rev,
R. A. Yongue. Since that time,
a grandx.al decline has gone on
along the whole line.
Camp meetings were held on
the same bill and not far distant
from the Pleasant Grove Negro
Methodist church in the 20's.
(To be continued.)
William H. Trapp.
William -H. Trapp was born
June 24 1820, and died March
19, 1905. He was married Feb.
10, 1846 to Miss Mary E. Daw
kins. This union was blessed
with six children, three of whom
preceded him to the better land.
He served during tie War as a
faithful soldier in the cause of
the South. He was a good up
right citizan, a faithful husband
a loving father and before he,
died he made a profession of the
Chistian religion. A sorrowing
wife; one son, W; Y. Trapp; two
daughters, Mrs. W. M. Nelson
of Jacksonville, and Mrs. J. M.
(Uayden of Columbia; an d a als
tsr and rp.ny other relatives
have the sympathy of many
friends, who sorrow not as those
who have no hope. B. 0 L
Raw or Inflamed Lqngs
yeld rapidly to the wonderful aurative
ind heaIing qualities of Foley's goney
and TPar. 'It pr'events pneun mnia and
ponurgptiqn from a d 4qh settlec
mn the lungs, '94 daughter hgd a
errible cough which settled on her
ungs," says N. Jackson, 'of Danville,
[11. "We tried a great many remedies
without relief, until we gave her Fo
ey's Honey and Tar, which cured her.
Sold by Mc 'easter Co.
Death of firs. Black.
Mrs. Mary Black died at 8:45
'clock last night at her home,
709 Liurel street, after an illness
' The f1neral service were lreld
,t 9:30 o'clock this morning by
the Rev. G. A. Blackburn ojthe
Second TPresbyterian cl h.
The interment will be in old
family graveyard in the Horeb
asggl orhqqd in Fqirftel4 eqquty
this a enou
Mrs. Black is survived by her
husband, Mr. J. R. Black, two
sons, W. R. and NI. M. Black, of
this city, and two darighters, Mrs,
W. N. Kirkland, of Savannah,
~ud Mrs. II. W;' DesFortes, of
is g~y. t 1 ggri4ql
vtwo sisters, Mrs. R.iE. Craig
and Mfrs" M. M. $i$Ng a
1BoQlman, als8Qoaf this city
Mrs. B3lack was born In Fair
eld county, in the old Horeb
eighborhood in 1846 and was
therefore 59 years of age.
Columbia Record March &
Colonel John M. Fuller, of
Honey Grove, Texas, nearly met
hs W~ater loo, from Liver and
Kidney trouble. In a recent let
ter, he says: "I was nearl dead,
of iheso gqipla4pts. agd q ,l
i tried~ iy 'inmily 400i4w, le did
me no good, so 1 got a 50c. bottle
of your groat Electric Bitters,
which cured me. I consider them
the best medicine on earth. and
thank God who gave you the
biowledge to make them." Sold,
la, Niliousnes8 and 1gidney Dis
ease, by McMaster Co., Obear
Drug Co. and John H. McMast:,r
& Co., druggists, at 50c. a bottle.
A MATTER OFHEALTH
"DY
bAKIn
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
MS NO SUBSTITlifE
Honor Roll of rlt. Zion Institute.
The following is the honor roll
of Mt. Zion for the quarter end
ing March 17th:
Those making on examination
95 per cent or over are classed
highly distinguished, those mak
ing 90 per cent or over as distin
guished. On the attendance roll,
appear the names of pupils pres
ent every day for three months.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Highly 'Distinguished-Ammie
Sitgreaves, Joe Ketchin, Jas.
Douglass, Joe Caldwell, Bessie
Broom, Evelyn Gantt, Mary Bur
ley, Winnie McMaster, Nannie
Neil.
Distinguished - Mollie Smith,
William Elliott, Isabel Gdoding,
Benjamin Heyward,Louise Gantt,
Mary Heyward. ' .
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Highly Distinguished-Laurens
Elliott, William Dixon.
Distinguished-English Lyles,
Mary Boulware, Dessie Clarke,
Annie Gantt, Marcus Boniware.
James Macfie, Lois Burley, Nar
cie Clarke, Irene Smith, Ethel
Buchanan, Robert Ketchin, Eddie
Crawford, Rich. Hugh Boulware,
John Bonlware.
ATTENDANCE.,
Benjamin Heyward, Bessie
Broom, Lucille Gladden, Louise
Gantt, Mary Heyward, Bettie
Heyward, Daniel Heyward, An
nie Gantt, Milton Deal, James
Macfie.
Letter to F. fi. Clarke.
Winneboro, S C.
Dear Sir: It's an old saying:
the best advertisement is a pleased
customer.
It happens to ns continnally in
this way: A man bnys Devroe for
his hotse,.he has painted it once
in~ three years for a dog's-age,
and thinks he knows what he
wants-buys 30 gallons, and has
10 left.
He sees right-o f that 20 Devoe
is as much as 30 of anything else.
He likes that; it comes quick; it
is a surprise; and he tells of it.
The best advertisement is a
pleased customer.
Three years roll ranadc. There
is' sign that his boinse needs
paintl he doQn't paint it. -Next
year he don't paint it. This
comes slow! it is a surprise; but
he has got used to it. Still the
best advertisement is a pleased
customer.
Tonyrs truly
2 W DEz 4Ca
6o1n ]4. McMaster 4 Co. sell
our pain~t.
C0i1 49 m. g gan supply you
et prices that are rnght.
Bring me all your repair work.
It will be done promptly and at
reasonable prices.
I wat your Furs and Skins.
T. M. H AYN ES.
I Laxative Bror
Our Nev
Is the sarme a:
old way of s
goods at the v
living prices.
Therefore, we are not h
cost. But we will sell yo
FURN I
at prices that 'it will be ir
have bettered in this cout
REPAIR \
is a great specialty witi
your old Furniture and hi
as new.
R. W. PHI]
Special P
We are glad to announce that w
than ever before for doing all kini
REPAIR V
and that we shall be glad to be fa
may have. When needing anythi
or phone us in regard to same.
All business entrusted to us wi
to..t
R. T. 'Matthe'
Just An
SEVERAL CARI'OADS
pine, good heart) and DRESSED
Also SASH, DOORS, MOU
.A full supply of good H EA1F
Call on me for your wants in 1
A Second Shipni
OF PURE BLISS RE
POTATOES for plai
Former shipment so
are the very best see
I hav, nice eating
hand.
Call and buy from me Buist's
the kind that grow.
Geo. R.
MULES ----
---WAGO
The largest number of eith,
City of Columbia can be seer
get our prices will convini
cheaper than you can-buy el
GREGORY-RHEA
JNO. W. CONDER, S<
1116 P al rm Stre.et, - - -
eaColdin One4
noh uiines e - .
TWay
a the good
elling our
ery lowest
iving to sell out at
u
TURE
npossible for you to
ity or elseware.
VORK
i us. Bring along
tve it made as good
LLIPS.
4otice.
e are now better prepared
is of
VORK
rored with any work you
og repaired bring it to ts
ai be promptly attended
ws&Sof: 7
:-ived.
DF ROUGH (long leaf
LUMBER.
LDING, LATHS, Etc.
.T SHINGLES.
>uildinug materials.
). BOAG..
D AND WH-ITE llRSH
iting has just arrived.
d out at once. These
d to be had.
Spotatoes on
Reliable Garden Seeds,
Lauderdale.
--BUGGIES
er. to be found in the
iat our places. To
:e you that we sell
sewhere.
MLE 00,
sc. and Treas.,
COLLIMVEBIA, S. C.