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PUBLISHED WEEKLY. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14,[905.ESALHD184 Fairfield's Men of Note. (Paper re'ad by Ifiec A nit, Da ris ut <<( recent inectiug i the Cdtais Club.) The people of Fairfield though primarily given to agricultural pursuits have ever shown a taste for learning and culture. The county was settled by staunch Seotch-Irish from Virginia and North Cerolina, and by Hugenots from the low country. From the fusion of two such peoples only a strong, hardy, intelligent race could be producead. In receat years it has often been remarked by judges conducting court in Fairfield that nowhere else, ex cept in the large commercial cen tres, do they find audiences of finer order of intelligence. Locating here, the Huguenots with a few others soon started the Mt. Zion Society, and in a few years laid the foundations of the school destined to play such an important part in the education of future generatious. With citi zens of vigorous minds andf, bodies, and with excellent educa tional facilities, it was a question of only a few short years before!, Fairfield should produce men prominent enough to place her in J the foremost ranks of the coun ties of South Carolina. It is greatly to be regretted that 4 the people of the South have not imitated their northern brethren 4 in keeping carefully their family trees and family records. No where have I been able to find t any complete list of the noted i men of this county and have suc- u ceeded in collecting only a few scattering facts from old tradi tions and newspaper clippings. c It is said that when Garfield be- p came president people began to|] inquire who this man was that! had driven a mule along the tow path when a boy. They soon 1 discovered that his family, al-! t.hough obscure, could trace their C Aocestry for 150 years. t 6a collecting the followingI meagre sketches I have met many omitted many very worthrand deserving mea whose names should certainly be placed in a 'e correct catalogue of the eminent a eitizeac of Fairfield. 2 A glance over the names enu mersted beLow will show that our little county has produced promi- 8 nent men in nearly every walk of life; a governor, several congress men, judges, ministers, authors edueators, aoldiers, progressire business met., and last, bu. not least, a poet, We should belc proud of this record and it is to ; .be hioped that some one will be found to correct, fill in, and pre- p perve these historical facts. 0.g Fairfield governor was .John Ragh Means, who was born in the Beekhead neighborhood. .After serving several terms in the :State legislaUgre, he became gen-;e oral of the State militia. A -swong advocate of States Eights, or. Means naturally sereod i y the* Secession convention. His b3e41e was that a man should de en Ms convictions, consequent lat the igeaking out of the war, ~though alregdy nearly 60 years .oid, he raised a regiment, went ito Virginia, and was killed during1 a charge at the head of his1 Tha Hon. W. W. Boyce was! not a rative of Fairfield, but was eloselv identified with it, having lid'd the grater part of his life here. He .was a member of the 'Winnaboro bar predous to his ~electio~n to Congress., wh~ich office jhe held until the beginning of thie Ci~vil war. During the fogr ye.rs: .o i~e war he was a member of the4nfederate Congress. After 'the ele..sa of the war he moved to Washingwy'. where his talents as a brilliant laswyer were so soon ,geeognized that his profession become for him~ a very lucrative <one. He continued its practice smost successfully until daclipin agg~ and ill-health forced imi to xetir2. I he heard that a Mr. Pearson of this rounty repres.ented this congressioulJ district in Congreas, but as I iiace been unable to verifv this, I simply mention the fat." Mr. Wyatt Aikse of Fair dieLd moved over to Abbeville ,county and was sent to Congrea from- test district. Ini 1815 and1 several succeeding~ vetes, our representative was WVilliam Woodwari, and about twenty-eight years iat this posi tion was filled by his som~ Jop A.. Woodward, who was eea fro the "Winnsboro Congres .eious. District." "He returned ta Lis aat at the national capital for tea eocaecutive yenrs, giving great satisfaction to his constitn cucy, and could have remained, but retired at his own wish. H was a statesman of the broades views." David Read Evans. the firs lawyer in Winusboro, came her in 17S4 when the town containe< only three or four houses. Hav ing married a daughter of Gen Winn, he lived in a house behin< the beautiful old Williford place which was burned a few vear: ago. So attached did be becomi to his home that his family buriet his remains on one of the vacan lots, where the marble monumen may still be seen surrounded by a granite wall. From 1813-181 Mr. Evans was the representative in Congress. Richard Winn, though not a native of the county, is closelv identified with its history since its county seat was founded by him and bears his name. De scend-d from an ancient and honorable family, his father immi rated to this country and settled in Virginia, and his two sons John and Richard, came from there to South Carolina. The atter was a fine surveyor and ecured work of wealthy English aen.to survey and locate lands or them. His compensation vas every eighth tract and he hus engrossed a large quantity f land before the separation of he colonies from the mother ountry. At the beginning of the evolution he entered the service )f South Carolina as fi st lieu enant of the Rangers, and hay no distinguished himself by skill Lnd gallantry was made colonel. Liter the war he was so greatly mbarrassed, financially, having one security for a number of his riends, that he was forced to sell is property and move to Tennes ee. General Winn held several vil offices and was elected rigadier-general and afterwards najor-general by the legislature f South Carolina. In 1793 he ook his seat as a memiber of the ouse of representatives, and re aained a member of Congress Anohx & 'rbrlh eneral was John. Bratton, who ntered the Confederate army as second lieutenant of the sixth egiment, which . volunteered for be year. At the reorganization, tisting in the Backhead Guards s a private, he rose successively rom lieutenant-colonel to colo el and brigadier-general. Gen. 3ratton was severely wounded *everal times, and once when left )a the field of battle he was aptured by the enemy and kept 11prison at Fort Monroe for some ime, After the war he repre ientedl the county in many State onventions; represented i b e tate in several presidential eon entions; and also served most cceptably as chairman of the )emocratic party and as comp ;roller-general. No sketch of Fairfield's men ould be complete without men ion of Thomas Woodward, the leglator, IHe was descended ro gle Woodwards or the (eepers of the Jiing's Forest for William of Nornmandy. HIis ~ather came over to this c.ointry od settled in Virginia, but later he family came to South Caro ia. When the Revolution broke t Thomas raised amnong the irt if not the very first, comn any in South Carolina, was at ~aced to Colonc,1 Thompson's egment, and fought continuously luring the war until he was killed m Dutchma's Creek in a battle against the British and Tories. Few men exercised more infiu n than did Capt. Woodward n las 4ay and none left greatei prss N~o .te moral and good rder of scoisty. .(. active sac efficient member of Mt Zi Society he took an interest ir educational matters and sub scribed to the first newspaper it the district. On the other hand being fond of sports, and parnof the chase, he brough: n som e af the finest fox hounds Rad~ ham; m~~ itoported int< the State. Th 4. a .o "h ~eulatr" was derived ?ra; i; connection with the reguilation 0; regulators of which lhe was ti head and leading spirit. Ti speaking of this organization Mills, in his Statisties, says: "Th og court in the State was i] Ciiee~;. The county abound ed with derait9rs ou] privat property, es peciaiW st(i; angu there was reason to believe mie these dishonest operations re shed from a perfect union amen, te8v(.s. To convict a thie wa u.:t t.Q impiossible. Th proecutors ana ense on not attend at a ditaieci U, miles. F'elonls took heart fromu and committed their depredation t in open day. It was in order t put a stOp to these pernicious prac t tices that Capt. Woodward, wit' 1 the aid of the Kirklands, Me I Graws, and other good and bones - citizens, in 1764 organized thi movement and many a horse-thie I and other malefactor w a , , stretched across the pules-thei common in all the yards to dri Ideer hides upon-and receive( Ithe lash without trial by judge o jury. They were then advised tc eave the neighborhood and in formed that if they returned thei: punishment would be doubled Their adversaries made suel representation that Lord CharleE Greeville Montague, governor ol the province, interposed. Wood ward and McGraw were arrested, taken to Charleston, and impris oned. The work continued, how ever, and after nearly producing civil war, was compromised by the passage of the circuit law ef 1769, which established courts at Ninety-Six, Camden and at Orangeburg. Ramsay says that in less than two years they brought thirty-two horse-thieves to trial and punishment in the new and adjacent courts. The "Regulator" lies in the family burial ground four miles below Winnsboro on the Anvil Rock plantation. A descendant of "Regulator" to attain prominience in Fairfield was Maj. T. W. Woodward, who owned and occupied during his life the same land which had been the property of his ances tors of sevaral generations. Be fore the war, Maj. Wood ward was elected a number of times to the legislature; during the war he held the office of major in the 6th regiment, serving in the quarter master department; and after the war he was truly an unrecon structed rebel, taking a leading part in county and State politics. At a convention in St. Louis not a great many years age, Maj. %red-by t geographer, Maury. Among the most noted South Carolina lawyers was Judgo Wil liam Harper, who, although not a Fairfield man, was identified with the county, having married Miss Coulter of the Buckhead neighborhood where he settled for a time. Facts prove that he was considereda most profound lawyer, as some of his decisions as judge were quoted n6t only in other states, but in England. Judge O'neall in his "Bench and Bar of South Carolina" says of Chiancelor Harper: "He was a member of Congress and a mem ber of the convention which nullified the tariff. ae met with the same body in March in 1.833 to rescind the ordinance. His talents were of the first order. He was heard with delight in deliberate assemblies but to be properly appreciated he had to be heard in the consultation room. His memory was beyond all doubt the most extraordinary which I have ever witnessed. Poetry, law, and literature were alike i~t his finger ends. This ri.ight be accotinted for perhaps on account of the value of the recollections. tjeit an instanoe occurred in Charleston beyond anything of which I believed the human mind to be capable. Sitting at breakfast with Judge Johuscn and hims4elf, I read from the morning's paper a paragraph containing a jumble of absurdi ties without connection. After breakfast as we were walking down Broad Street Harper said to me, I can repeat that which you read at breakfast, and he did, not omitting a word." Col. Jh: H. Rion was not a native f thi couinty. biut he lived here most of his life, A protege of John C. Calhoun, he was sent to the -South Carolina College, where he graduated with first honor over Robert Barnwell, who was considered one of the most brilliant men in the State. 4 ter his graduation he moved tc ~.n<ar~g wyhere he taught atherg.atics 40 EI. No ant studied law. Hie volhntesred ~carly in the war, became colone] of the 6th regiment, and was ever considered a coal, brava soldie: -and a brilliant lawyer. Mr. R. B. Boylston represented the county many times in the leislature. He was most elo q uenm and lteeame speaker of tht house of representatives. fProminent among Fairfield' ministers was Rev. Robert Means IAfter graduating with highes distinction at College, he preacha ;at Sae4; Feghyterian Church While serving iib he stpacvy <> s professor of Menal and Moral o Philosophy at th) seminary in - Columbia, he coiducted a con bi troversv with Dr. Cooper on the - orthodox interp.etation of the t Pentateuch. Foi several years - during his stay in the capital city f he was pastor of tie Presbyterian 3 church. Dr. Meas was chosen i president of Souti Carolina Col. lege, but never at:ministerod-the I office on account of . his death, 7 which occurred wien he was only 32. Theodore DuBose Bratton, son of Gen. John Bntton, though still a young man had attained an enviable reputation as a most earnest and forceful minister. From his position as rector of the Episcopal Church at Spartan burg he went to take charge of the girls' school, St. Mary's, Raleigh, and so successful was he, that the attention of the Church all over the South has been directed to him. The church in Mississippi called him, he accepted and -about a year and a half ago he Nias consecrated bishop of that diocese. Not only one of Fairfield's greatest men, buI one of the greatest South Cailpina has ever] produced, is Dr. Jis. H. Carlisle. Perhaps no man ii the State in educational lines has done as great a work, for hi has been the inspiration, life sd growth of Wofford College. Dr. Carlisle was born in Winnsboro in the old NIobley house, next to the Math odist Church. lis education was begun at Mt. 2ion and com pleted at South Cazolina College. He became a mnmber of the legislatue..and of the secession convention. - Mr. Hudson,* , tioughg 'or a native of the coud , will ever be remembered in coMf'ection with Mt. Zion, since it wis under his administration thai the school attained such an enVable reputa tion not only in thitaState, but all over the South. A rioupal of Mt. a xy.Matsa Mis, who deepest love byf '. - lds t He was born at Buckheaa, - in Winnsboro and later at Mr. Porter's school for b fs in Abbe ville. After grad ting with highest distinction at South Carolina College, he taught school in South Ctr lina and also out in California. ter his re turn to South Ca 'ina he was editor of The New and Herald and principal of M Zion, which later he made th first graded school in the St outside of Charleston. In 1 3 he accepted the chair of Histo and Political Economy in the ;th Carolina College, which p1 he filed in a imost disting @d manner until his death. Dr. W. P. DuB -eof Fairfield was also a Mt. lon student. EHe graduated at t jeCitadel and also at the Univers~ ty of Virginia.I After having st lied for the Episcopal ministr.l le accepted a professorship in the University of the South which position he still holds. Dr. D)uBose has written several books on philo sophical questions which have given him a reputation in Fourope as well as in 4merics as a ro found scientifie thine. Mr. Edward Palmer from the low country married Miss Caro line Davis and settlei at Ridge way. He representel the county in the le~IslatureI sud in the State senate. M~r.' ?almer was Ione of the most sur ctssful plan ters in South Oa lha, but his most distingui rgwork was promoting an tilding the railroad betwef adumbia and Charlotte. He ~at resident of the company ae st success fully administejed tie offca for mairy eart, The last na ae dlat I shall mention is that of J. Gordon. Coogler, a Fairfield poet, whose "Purely Original' poems have been sold in many parts of the United States. T1hngh not a s ,cond Shakespears, Coogler made many friends, who were deeply grieved at hisearly death.1 I Ie must -have fomnd out thd ~rath of tiLO myinigtint 'ipsts are horn not made", and if he did not "lisp in numbers, it was no Ihis fault. ot [4 Found a Cure for &~spepsia. Mrs. S. Lii4say, of port William, Ontario. Canada, who has suffered quite a number of yearefromn dyspep -ia andl greait painls in thistomuach, was 3 herain's 4tonsgen an4 - iveg TaIdets. She did so and sa'ys, ' Iind that thdy have done mie a great dd of good. I have necver1 hiad any su'erinlg sinice I Ibegan using themi." It-roubled with! diyspepia or indigestionvhy not take . Memoirs, Traditions and History of Rocky Mount and Vicinity. ( Written for The. Sets and Herald by L. M. Ford.) XIV. LONGIVITY AT ROCKY MOUNT. The following is a list of the persons of this vicinity who have died since the war and their age: J. F. Arledge, 73; Mrs. J. F. Arledge, 60; S. T. Arledge, 82; Miss Mattie Arledge, 58; Mrs. James Barkley, 82; xMias Polly Benson, 94; Miss Betsy Benson, 76; W. D. Benson, C7; Mrs. Katy Bishop, 67; J. L. Brown, 82; Mrs. J. L. Brown, 74; Mrs. Betsy Brannon, 84: Mrs. Wm. Brannon, 50; Robert Ford, 70; Mrs. RobeA Ford, 77; A. A. N. Ford, 43; Strother Ford, 72; W. J. Gayden, 30; Mrs. Esther Grafton, 94; John Gladden, 30; Mrs. W. E. Hall, 70; Mansel Hollis, 80; Mrs. Mansel Hollis, 67; B. T. Hollis, 24; Mrs. Nancy Jackson, 76; James G. Johnston, 79; T. B. Lumphin, 82; Mrs T. B. Lumpkin, 73; Berry Montgomery, 91; Mra. Berry Montgomery, 80; A. J. Nichols, 72; Mrs. A. J. Nichols, 77; Wil liam Nichols, 91; Miss Annie Nichols, 72; R. S. Nichols, 72; J. T. Nichols, 82; Dr, I. S. Scott, 67; Mrs. I. S. Scott, 71; Mrs. W. C. Scott, 70; Mrs. W. S. Sib ley, 65; Mrs. Lucy Williams, 79. The number of deaths from infancy to 20 years of age is 0. From 20 years of age to 30 years of age 1. From 30 years of age to 40 years of age 2. From 40 years of age to 50 years of age 2. From 50 years of age to 60 years of age 1. From 60 years of age to 70 years of age 7. From 70 years of age to 80 years of age 17. From 80 years of age to 90. years of age 8. Above 90, 4. In making the list aboye no I no'teasdaken of the death .of .. i fani or of temporary residents. A. few of each occurred. The QAWaer of deaths is 42, their average agee-isZO to 84. Can other section of Fali duii this average for a period of thirty nine years? I FINIs. The work is now finished and our self imposed task has been completed. To sift the false from the true, to verify the date of an unrecorded incident is a very difficult duty. Under the cir cumstances we have done our: best, and nothing is written which we do not believe. WhenI we behold the ruins of the oldI military establishment at the falla and see the bottom of the old canal not only dry, but grown up in briers, bushes, and trees, the old town at Rock Mount scarcely a memory, the rock ribbed and gully washed hills well matted with wire grass yielding but small returns for well directed and hard labor, the well concerted schemes of the farmer to procure supplies dturing the spring andl sammner and scratch his head4 and indulge in the blues because his bills cannot be met when due, well might we exclaimn: KOf all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these, 'It might have been.'. A Bad Scare. Some day you will get a bad scare, when you feel a pain in your bowels, and fear appendi eitis. Safety lies in Dr. Kink's N~ew Life Pills, a sure cure, for all bowel and e omach disea2ss such n headache, hilioijsness, costive ness, etc. Guaranteed at Mc~as ter Co.'s, Obear Drug Co.'s and John H. McMaster & Co.'s drug stores; only 25c. Try them. TOURS TO COLORADO AND CAL IFORNIA. Choose Time, RoutQ And What to~ tin numerous dates, May to October, 1905, excursion rates are in effect to Colorado, Cali fornia and the Pacific Northwest, By specifying "Rock Island" west of Chicago, you secure the most for your money in the way of sights to see and side trips to take. Stop off in Colorado, take in the 1Macky :Mongtain resorts visit Yellowstone Park, then to Portland Exposition. 1Metamu via California. Full informationI from John Sebastian, Vassenger|I Tradig Manager, Rock Island| System, Chicago. $5,000 Reward will be paid to any person who can find one atom of opium, chloral, morphine, cocaine, ether or chloroform in any form in any of Dr. Miles' Remedies. This reward is offered because certain unscrupulous persons I make false statements about these remedies It is under stood that this reward applies only to goods purchased in the open market, which have Not been tampered with in any way. Dr. Miles' remedies cure by their soothing, nourishing, strengthening and invigorat ing effects upon the nervous system, and not by paralyzing and weakening the nerves as would be the case if these drugs were used. For this reason Dr. Miles' 'Anti-Pain Pills are universally considered the best pain remedy I "I have suffered for 25 years with severe pains in my head. heart and could get and could not find any relief until i got a box of Dr. Miles' Anti Pain Pills. I suffered as long as 12 hours at a time with such severe pains that I feared I would lose my mind. The Anti-Pain Pills gave me relief In from 10 to 20 minutes. I do not have to use Morphine any more. I wish you would publish this so that other sufferers may find relief." L A. WALKER, R. F. D. No. G. Salem, Ind. Dr. Miles' Anti-Pan Pills are sold by t yordruggist, who will uratee that the first package willbnei 1I fails he will return your money. 25 doses, 25 cents. Never sold In bulk. Miles Medical Co., Elkbart, Ind LUXUR NECESS SCREEN DOORS and out flies and other inse ICE CREAM FREEZI cht nd best de MountXai n -r ji the And mow it with an SBORNE THE BEST 01 For Sale byA.B *WTERMS EASY. Osborne Mower Repairs Timely We are Head Call in and examine our stc Dressers and Centre Table Dressers at actual cost to c Now is the time to get you Try one of our Felt Mattre We have a complete line Stoves. All guaranteed to We have~ in stock also a Lounges. Our UNDERTAKING complete. All calls promi RW. P HI Scholarships for Young Women. Of the 15 Scholarships owned by the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, only the following are now open: College for Women-Columbia, S. C. -One Scholarsbip for four years' aca demic word in College. Greenville Female College - One Scholarship of free tuition for four years. Greenville College for Women-One Scholarship of free 'tuition for four years. Special rates for music. Chicora College-Greenville, S. C. One Scholarship of free tuition for four years. The South Carolina Kindergarten Association Training School-Charles ton, S. C.-One Scholarship of free tuition for two years. Winthrop College-Rock Hill, S. C. -One Scholarship of free tuition. Confederate Home College-Charles ton, S. C.-One Scholarship of free tuition. Clifford Seminary-Union, S. C. Dne Scholarship of free tuition. The examinations for these Scholar ships will be held in each county July rd. All applicants must file their iames before Jnne 25th with. MISS ANNADORA BAER, Chaiunan Educational Dept. S. C. Federation of Women's Clubs, 16 Bull street, Charleston, S. C. Notice to Executors, Ad ministrators and Guardians. All executors, administrators and :uardians are hereby notified to make heir retunrs to me at once at this office s the law requires that these returns e made before July 1st of each year. D. A. BROOM, 6-7-3t Judge of Probate. [OUS )ITIES WINDOWS for keep 'ts. !RS for making the sserts. The White ,-best in th arket. F. SEIGLER. til SUN SHINES orne Mower, THEM ALL. CATHCART. always in stock. Topics. quarters for eck of Iron Beds, Suites, s. We have six Cheval lear our stock. r Summer Cots. sses-tne best in town. of Little Dandy Cook give satisfaction. complete line of Bed DEPARTMENT is >tly attende3 to. L L IPS.