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PUBLISHED WEEKLY. RO, S. C.,WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 905. ESTABLISHED 1844. tW5TORY OF MT. ZION SOCIETY, And the Colege Established Under ita Auspices in Winnsboro, S. C. (RY D. P. M1PcCreigWi, Publishr( 'in 2he XIs and IfHrald in 13S67.) XIV. NEGLECTING HISTORY. 1783-AC CESSION OF fEMBERS-BIOGRAPH ICAL SKETCHES. A digression here, in order to call public attention to a matter worthy of its consideration, will not be amiss. The subject be fore us suggests it. In the course of the proceed ings of the Committee for the year-1783, it was agreed that the. President should "get the miiin utes of the Mount Sion Commit tee fairly copied into a book, and in less than two months that resolution was declared null and void." This action seems to be, characteristic of the makers d history-and where is the acir poration or cormiuanity or s6 tion that does not uake history? There is a felt want of mater'al whenever history has to be re corded, whether it b) general or local history. But it is the ag gregate of the latter that makes up the details of the former. V hat care then should be exer cised to have thesc- detLils full and fair. Take, as a case inL point, the history of Fairfiela. during the past seven years. Will that, so far as the record. has been made. and preserved in the midst of passing events, satisfy the citizens of th: Dis trict when he comes to read it, incorporated in the history of the state? It requires organized effarots to secure these details. Wlere are even the names of those who embarked upon the billows of a stormy revolution seven vars ago, and since,-where are the events recorded which made up the career of squads and coin panies from Fairfield? Where Is the organization to map out th-) District into sub-districts, and its committee to cauvass them respectively, and gather all the details, the woof and warp of our local history? Where is the Historical Society of Fairfeld District? One thoughtful clerk of the court for this District showed some appreciation of "fairly recording passing" events. It was wheL the company of volunteers fro Fairfield took up the lino of march for the everglades of Flor ida. But he stopped short of his undertaking. He simply re .corded the facet that those volui Iteers left this place for Florida 'on the 11th of February', 1837. .'There is no list of names of the fliembers of that compan y. That Ihrief record, however, stands manong the archives of the Dis trict, and is regularly iudered. in individual appeal was miade last year, and ag-in this year, to all tb'e citizens of this District whom it concerned-anid who does is not?---to lend their aid in - putting thie history of their own District ianon r-cord, but the response'we e feeble as the flamhre flickedagv in the socket. 1783. The membership this - ear in its increase was ene iurag ing. Besid.e t-hree names al readv given aic the& following uvwhich were ernolled by the com mittee: Minor Winn, Benjamin and1 . James Harrison, Jas. Kenued y, Francis Kirklan~d, Charles M iles, .Daniel Isaac aud Francis Huger. The fact that so manyv gentle men from Charleston became members of the Society through the committee at Winsboro, is strong evidence that ths wr dLangers of the City by the Sea, Nor was that the last time that -the Society gtined strength in :numbers in that way. Francis Kirkland, of Fairfield, terve~d in the American army~ in 'ae Rtevoluhti. H-e was impfris' tied by Lord Rt-Awdon1 in the j in Caralen. unde~r condemna Ni of death, bout was released ur~ the intrposition of one Qi 'WiA. About 1s02 he went te ChaxLston ou b)u-ini,- inl behali i'f hihbenefactor, between. whom at I himself ther- was an intimate rieniklip, and1 while there Mr KIirkland coutracted the yellou' 'f~e remurued home and died o it. Isaae Eaiger was a member o the Proviniaal ~Cngress, and~ wa doected by that bodv y L eutenant pCoilonel,,'of the first regiment Wheni in Marcb. 1776, it was re solved to raise two regimien-ts o of the first. Before the close of the war he became Brigadier General. Francis Huger was a com missioned Captain in the first re giment. Benjamin Guerard was made one of the victims of Lieut-Col Balfour's retaliatory scheme, when in May, 1781, he caused tc be seized one hundred and thirty unarmed citizens in Charleston and confined them. on board the prison ships. After the war he was highly honored by the State havicg been chosen Governor foi the terra embracing 1783-4. S(' e of the most remarkable men who enrolled themselAs among the members of the So cietv this year, was Commodore Alexander Gillon. A very in i teresting sketch of his life is found in Johnson's Traditions of the Revolution. He was a merchant in Charleston, and did a very extensive business. Ia 1777 and 1778 the royal navy blockaded the port ->f Charleston. At one time th--re were three vessels on d&uty off the city, which proved very troublesome to the blockade ruirnirs. Aiexander Gillon pro posed with the sanction of the Governor, to attack them with the only armed vessel in the port of Charleston. Consent being given, the gallant merchant pot out to sea, and by a most in genious device captured all three of the annoying blockaders and brought thern safely into port, without firing a gun. This act of daring "transferred him from the counting house to the quarter deck of the finest frigate then afloat:" for soon after it, the State resolved to purchase three frigates, and Alexander Gillon was elected Commodore of the Navy of South Carolina. In his various cruises 'he inflicted heavy damage upon the British commerce. Com modore Gillon could converse in seven different 'laLguages, and write in five of tIrm. After the Revolution he was elected. Sena tor in the U. 8. Congress, where he served fo. many years. When not there he was a member of the State Legislature. He was a principal pait in two episodes in the proceedings 'of the General Assembl.y, one of which is here given: Once, in a debate, Mr. Charles Pinckney, to elucidate the subject introduced a Latiu quotation in that body I where a very few of the members understood that language. When h lie resumted his seat, Commodore c' o repisremarks observed, "htthe learned gentleman had enlightened the minds of his audience by a Latin sentence, and he would follow his good ex ample as far as possible, but would prove the reverse of his postion by quotation tromn High Dutch. which he hoped would be equally well understood by his bearers. He then gave the house a sentence from a German author, which he assuxed them was ap plicable to the subject before the Assembly." This put a stop to quotations from dead or foreign -* cuages for that session. (To be continued.) Are You Engaged? Enged people should reme*m 1.r that, after marriage, many quarrels can be avoided, by keep ig their digestious in good con dition with Electric Bitters. S. Ai jrown .(f Beuuettsville, S. C., sas For years my wife suge~red ite3selv tromn dyspepsma, comn plie ted~ with a torpid liver, autil Ishe lost her strerngth and vigor, ad became a mere wreck of her former self. Tihen she tried Elec tric Bitters, which helped her at one, and flnally made her en irtly well. She is now strong ad 1ealthy." McMaster Co., Oear. Drug Co. and John H. McMster & Co., druggists, sell and guarantee themr, at 50e a botte. Sor on asks why theie are tee jurors, "B~ecause the proplets were twel VP, there were twslve Jewish judiges, twalin p triareLs, twelve stones in Aarou' breast plate,, twele ates in Jerusalem, twvelve postis and twelve signs in the zodiac. Feet Swollen to lmmens5e Size. "I had kidney troub'le so ba:d," says .( . ox, of al~ ley vie. K'y., "thal icould uot wbtrk. myfeet were swolle: t o inatiiense ,ize andl I waos con ineiid t< me be~d andl phyisicians were unable tt 'vt me; anyv relief. MyI doctor 1inally pr cibd Foley's Kidney Cure whiel ad aLI well ma of me.'' Avoid seri ui ~uts of kidueyw or blahdder disor er by tg yoley's IKidnev Cure BACK Mt. Zion InstittLv. List of Books Grades. Mt. Zion Ins oo Monday, the : 1 Parents are ur- il on the first da el for one day, is 1 made up. Examinatior for assignment held on the fir of thesession. in the June wish a second statement, fro er gthe ti durx'g vacati factory a se the' same n June will be For the c wishing i if trance o p ters pert mi superint den open 1 to 1 week pr ding The chers are C meet the schoool bu ding or Satu September 16, at 1( o'clo< TEX' ES FOR MT. ZION INSTITUTI T Ilowing is a list of books to in the several grades ion Institute during thE coming session. Some of thE books listed will not be needed during the first quarter. On the opening day of school each pupi. will receive a list, of books needed for immediate use. Grade I. Baldwin's Primer, Cyr's First Reader, Practice Pad, Augsburg Drawing Book. Grade II. Cyr's Second Reader, Hiawathe Primer, English Words as Spoker and Written No. 1, Wentworth's Elementary Arithmetic, Practice Pad, Augsburg Drawing Book. Grade Il. Johnson's Third Reader, Eng lish Words No. 2, Maxwell's Firsi Book in English, Wentworth's Elementary Arithmetic, Natural Music Book 1, Vertical Writing No. 1, Augsburg Drawing Book Grade IV. Johnson's Fourth Reader, Eng lish Words as Spoken and Writ. ten No. 2, Maxwell's First Book in English, Frye's Introductory Geography, Palmetto Stories, Wentworth's Elementary Arith. metic, Natural Music Book 1, Vertical Writing No. 3, Augsburs Drawing Book. Grade V. Cyr's Fif th Reader, liaxwell's Introductory Lessons in English Grammar, English Words as Spoken and Written No.2, Frye's Introductory Geography, Lee's Primary History, Wentworth's Pr::tical Arithmetic, Natural Music Book 1, Vertical Writin~ No. 4, Augsburg Drawing Book. Grade YI. Cyr's Fifth Reader, Englisia Words as Spoken and Writter No. 2, Maxwell's Introductory Lessons in English Grammar Frye's Advanced Geography Lee's School History of the U~ni ted States. Wentworth's Practical Arithmetic, Natural Music Booli 1. Vertical Writing No. 5, Augs burg Drawing Book. Grd VII. Buehler's English Grammar Ancient Mariner, Ivanhoe (Uni versity Pub. Co. Ed.), Frye's Ad vanced Geography, Lee's School History of the United States Wentworth's Practical Arithme tip, Natiurgi Misic Book 1, Verti cal Writinig No. 6, Augsburg Drawing IUook, Blank Book~s fo: Spelling, Dictation and Composi tion, Webstez s High School Dic tionary. HIGII SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. Fir'- Year. Buehler's English Grammar Ivanhoe, Wentworth's Practica Arithmetic, Wentworth's Nev Sehool .Atgebra. Montgomery'! Leadingr Facts in English His tory, Bami's First Latin Book Webster's High School Diction arv. The stune books in nmusic draw'ing gud4 writing as in GradE VII. Maxwell and Smith's Writing in English, Merchant of Venice Juliu Coisar (Macmillan Pocke Classics), Myer's General His tory, Wentworth's New Schoo Algebra, Cosar's Gallic Wa (any good edition), Gildersleeve' Latin Grammar (school edition) D'Ooge's Latin Composition, Par I, Clark's Civil Government. Thir'd Year. Mavwell and Smith's Writim~ in English, Ha'leck's Englist Literature, Milton's Minor Poems Macbeth, Myer's General History t Wentworth's New School Algebra Wentworth's Plane Geometry a Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar, Cosar's Gallic War, D'Ooge's D Latin Composition, Part 1, Gage's i Introduction to Physical Science. r Texts in French to be announced later. Fourth Year. Halleck's English Literature, Macaulay's Essay on Addison, Essay bn Milton, Carlyle's Essay on Burns, New School Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry, Gil dersleeve's Latin G r a m m a r, D'Ooge's Latin Compos'tion, Cicero's Orations, Vergil's 2Eneid, Goodwin's Greek Grammar, Xeno phon's Anabasis, Gage's Intro duction to Physics. THE CHRISTIAN churches at Constantinople, Turkey, and Yohahoma, Japan, have long used the Longman & Martinez Paints for painting their churches. Liberal con .'ions of L. & M. Paint will * ven for such purpose wherever a church is located. F. M. Scofield, Harris Springs, S. C., writes, "I painted our old homestead with L. & M. twenty six years ago. Not painted since; looks better than houses painted in the last four years." W. B. Barr, Charleston, W. Va., writes, "Painted Franken burg Block with L. & M., shows better than any buildings here have ever done, stands out as though varished, and actual cost of paint was less than $1.20 per gallon. Wears and covers like gold." These Celebrated Paints are sold by McMastor Co., Winns boro, S. C.; G. L. Kennedy & Co., Blackstock, S. C.; Chas. P. Wray & Co., Ridgeway, S. C. Mr. Freeman's Appeal Commended. Editor News and Herald: I have been much interested in "An appeal to voters" by Rev. J. L. Freeman. It ought to be read and re-read and seriously considered by every voter in the State,-yes, ane in all the States. The use of aLoholic beverages "is a sure road to poverty, sor row, misery, and crime." These words ought to be branded on the brain in letters of living fire. I can add to the indictment "Disease" in parents and child ren in varied and most loathsome forms. Although the addition hardly seems to strengthen the language quoted above, the tis sues of the brain, liver, kidney, heart, stomach, bloodvessels,-in fact of the whole organism,-be comes indurated (hardened) by the contact with alcohol and its mixtures; and diminished power to perform ita functions is the result. These departures from health constitute disease from which every one shrinks. Re member that the laws of good moral are the laws of good health; one conduces to the other. If my words influence any to seriously consider these subjects, I shall be very much pleased. C. S. Pixley. Attacked by a Mob and beaten, in a labor riot, until covered with sores, a Chicago street car conductor applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and was soon sound and well. "I use it in my family," writes G. J. Welch, of Tekonsha, Mich., "and find it perfect.'' Simply great for cuts and burns. Only 25c at McMas ter Co.'s, Obear Drug Co.'s and John U. McMaster & Co.'s dr'ug stores. There are frequent inquiriec as to the pronunciation of the name of the yellow fever mosquito ~which the entomologists call the fstegomyia. fasciata. It is pro nounced stego-my-ab, the accent on the "my." It is a compound Greek word, stego meaning a group and myia a fly-a, group of fies. Fasciata means banded, designating the white bands arou~nd the insect's legs and body. Siegomya fasciata means, there fore, a species of banded flies of the culex or Luosquito family. Cured Hemorrhages of the Lungs. "LSeveral years siince my lungs were so badly afifected that I had many hem Sorrhages," 'writes A. M, Ake, of WXood, Ind. "I took treatment with several phlysicians without any benefit. I then started to take Foley's Honey an~d Tar and my lungs are now as sound as a bullet. I recommend it in advanced stages of lung trouble." Sold by Me : Mra,teo Firm Changes Its Name. (From Lcxingfton Dipatch.) At a meeting of the directors of the Gregory Rhea Mule Co. recently held at Columbia, it was decided to change its name to that of Gregory-Conder Mule Co. Mr Conder has been connected with the Gregory enterprise for several years and is well known to the 'readers of this paper. Everybody knows "John" and knows that he is not only reliable, bat competent to manage the large business now in his charge. They report on account of in creasing business they are now remodeling their stables in order to utilize every inch of space they have. They have recently added more help to the management, which now consists, in addition to Mr. Conder himself, of Messrs. J. B. Roddy, Vance Welsh, Q. D. 4 Hood, and "Cookie," all young men. His Example. "Robert" said the teacher in one of the public schools to her brightest pupil. "give me an ex ample of the use of the word 4 damper in a sentence. Robert thought a moment, . then delivered himself of the - following: "Teacher is damper-ticular . about our English."-Harper's Weekly. Like Finding rioney. Finding health is like fin ding money-so think those who are sick. When you have a cough, cold, sore throat, or chest irrita tion, better act promptly like W. C. Barber, of Sandy Level, Va. He says: "I had a terrible chest trouble, caused by smoke and coal dust on my lungs; but. after finding no relief in other remedies. I was cured by Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, Conghs and Colds." Greatest sale of any cough or lung medicine in the world. At McMaster Co.'s, Obear Drug Co.'s and John H. McMaster & Co.'s drug stores; 50c and $1.00; guaranteed. Trial bottle free. Nothing is eternal but that which is done for God and for others, that which is done for self dies. Perhaps it is not wrong, but it perishes. You say it is pleasure-well, enjoy it. But joyous recollection is no longer joy. That which ends in self is mortal. That alone which goes out of self into God lasts forever.-Frederick W. Robertson. Cured of Lame Back After 15 Years of Suffering. "I had been troubled with lame back for fifteen years and I found a com plete recovery in the use of Chamber lain's Pain Balm," says John G. Bish er, Gillam, Ind. This liniment is also without any equal for sprains nd bruises. It is for sale by Obear Drug Co. I - Come in that stand baker will p and trouble a * You Ki For more than fi This reputationi of the Studebaket best fitted for that the Studebaker Lht ory is the best f white oak is best f Studebaker Wago That is why we interesting wag D. V. PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT I can save you the worry occasioned through the ordering of your HEAVY GROCERIES and FEED PRODUCTS.... You can get anything you want in this line right here at your door any day in the week. Prices guaranteed - to be as low as you can get elsewhere. Just let me quote you prices and you will see that this is so. I shall be pleased to serve you and all orders will be given the best atten tion. Many thanks for past patronage. Your Broker, - L. A. Rosborough. DURAING COURT WEEK AND AT ALL OTHER TIMES YOU WILL FIND THIS THE BEST PPACE TO HAVE YOUR STOCK FED . . . . . . . . . BIG SHIPMENT OF ROCK HILL BUGGIES Just In. A LITTLE HIGHER IN PRICE, BUT Twenty Milch Cows wanted at once. D. A. Crawford. TURNIP SEED!! 14 Varieties of the Best Seed for this Section! Such as White Flat Dutch, Purple Flat Strop Leaf, Purple Top Globe, Aberdeen, Amber Globe, Southern Snow White Globe, '7-Top, etc. The same kind of seed that we have handled for the last fifteen years. Try therz and be convinced. Those who buy from us once are our customers ever after. McMASTER COMPANY. Under Winnsboro Hotel. When the Old Wagon Breaks and get on of our1 l of Studebkers-the kinde v~ tor itel in a few months by saving you time. a~d the expense of constant repairs. iow the Studebaker Wagon t yearsts epoui -has grown better evey year. Wagons. E~ach part is made from the lumber that is part. New England black birch makes the best hubs bs are Sde e it utcut, seconddgro-th blac hik r spokes and running gears-that is what is used in the 2. The Studebaker Wagon Is Perfect in Every Detail sell it. Come in and let us talk it over. We have some n books for every one. Walker & Co., Winnsboro, S. C.