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pu3,ISiHED WEEKLY. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1905. ESTABLISHED 1844.
IIISToRY OF AIT ZION SOCIETY
- And the Colleze Established Under its
Auspices in Winnsboro, S. C.
(By D. B. 3IeCaq, ]6ab
7he Saw& ald J'crall in 1S67.)
1784. The long struggle bad
now been definitely settled. The
Treaty of Peace signed in Paris
by tie French, English and
American commissioners, put a
stop to British efforts to hold as
colonies her late possessions on
this continent. Without steam
or telegraphi3 communication
across the Atlantic, the news of
that important event came slug
gishly across the briny deep.
But it was none the less welcome
on that account. Theheavy bur
den of war which bore down up
on all interests was now gone,
and brighter anticipations glad
dened all hearts. The Moaut
Zion Society had a share in this,
The past %eur had been Colisui
ed in gainig new members, and
no doubt was big with calcula
tions, and expectations, but these
were tempered with doubt, as was
the case after the surrender of
Lee in 1865, and is still the case.
Peace has ow cleaied the way,
however, for defluite action; so,
at a meetina of the committee op
the 17th of January, 1784. it was
"Ordered, that the Governors at
this place do write to the Govern
ors in town respecting the fixing!
upon some practicable mode by
which the Mount Zon School
may be immediitely !et on foot.":
It was not uutil in the sprimg
that the purpose indicated in
this order was etteted.' Owing
to the absence in the mean time
of a"great number of the mem
bera" who were in town, and "win
ter being particularly severe," no
meeting of the committee was
held until the 24th of April.
In view of the active efforts
uow' entered upon to resume the
exercises of the school, it was ze
garded as essentially important
that the arrears of the members
should be at once collected. The:
Committee has ben f arnished by':
t Society with printed blank
4ters, which were orderea to be
directed and forwarded to the
different members. As the mat
ter contained in theze letters was
rn&de the subject of many comn
muuieatious 6etween the Society
and the Committee, a copy .i
them will be inserted here. It
r.us thus
'As the Mount Zion JoSieL
ai. anxiously desirous to carry:
ite immediate execution theirj
.orig'al plan of advancing Liter
stai?. in the interior parts of. the'
stte hav appointed a commit tee
o engage a gentlem'an of ability,
probity and assiduity, with a!
genteel s dlary, to tabL the charge
of the school 1? Winnsboro, as a,
foundation for a mor e enlarge I
seminaSry when their fiuauces1
shl be more adequiate to theirs
eteusive v'iews5; and as they en
tetain no dob but that you en
to:ed the Soc-iety with benevolent
itention of promoting their laud
ble designs by your contributa
n1ois; they thetefore .earnesuy re- I
g ated that you would discharg
your a'rears )now amutog *t0
co or b'ef 're the next Quarterly
.ueting whieh will be on the 28th
dar of May nexa. in order to) en
able thezL to fulfuil gzeen pecuni
y engag22nents as m.ty beentar
e into for the support of si
sco~l
By orer of the Socie ty,
~signed A. Alexander,
Secretatry.
Charl2ston.' ~ t
this bizuk let ter cosn of
C. Pinekney, and Richard WVinn.
TLhis Comnmittee had commumi
cted with to gentlemen in re
hu.nw to) taking charge of the
seh~o; one of thee was ihe R1ev.
Thos. darris McCank-, o~f North
4Caroiira, :2nd the other Mr. tage
Eder, of Cha:~reston.
The roult o the~ l.atter gentle
ms istirst in ordar, and is as
joallo.rs.
"CIarleston, A pril 17, lid.
Si?: I rete rad yours of the
10%i~ iud., houald ha~ve been hap
pt, have~ bteen in2flmed more
i'fiv ' rifeence to) the
cmstWcd, col not have ex
ietdt ajCe other auswer.Il
'hi9 i uno yur friendship I
ut . Gonmthe safe Iblivery of
myches ,j. ha peased to pr:~ unto
tie deliverer i :, three dollugs
*ad a half.
Froml your mi st (obedient and
-vey humble servant.
si~ued) Iaac Fuller
T'ioi a quaent letter. as ap
pears from its form of expression.
In the original the article "the"
is spelt in the old form "ye."
Rev. T. H. McCaule replied in
the following communication, ad
dressed to Gen. Richard Winn
and Captain William Tate, with
the request that it be laid before
the "Committee of the Mount
Sion Society:"
"Rowan, April 19, 1784.
Gentlemen: Yesterday T had
the honor of yours of the 16th of
Narch addressed to me by the
Chairman of your Committee,
Mr. Hutson of the City of Charles
tou.
I feel myself und.er obligations
for the honor you have done me.
I flatter miself the era is not far
distant when the Arts and Scien
ces shall begin to display in
Carolira. Even in these dull
shades of obscurity I have en
tertaiLed secret wishes that part
of the superior wealth of South
Carolina were appropriated to
the advancement of Literature,
the founding of Colleges, &c. I
am not averse *from attempting
to contribute any personal ser
vices I can render my fellow
itizens.
The proposal you are pleased
to lay befole Me is new. My
little family must share in the
consequences, as well as myself;
therefore, previous to a decided
answerI hope to be indulged
wth a few weeks for delibera
tion. Should the Committee not
permit themselves to be so long
detained in a stato of suspense, I
b g th. in to lose no time making
the overture to another. In the
interim, should I be honored with
no more communications from
you on the subject, I shall trans
mit my final answer about the
16th of next (month) eitber by
ktter to one- of you, gentlemen,
or, whieh is ;nost probable, by
waiting upon you in propria per
sona. Should I acespt the pro
position, my removal might take
place about Christmas. If your1
Acadmical affairs have not been
thrown iuto too great derange
ment-if students and t necses
sary accommodati of b
buildings, &c., can L,5 11oner,
the removal in question may
come on as early as the first of
Noveinber next.
The bearer can bring me notice
whether vou are willing to wait
for my final answer as long as
M;y 1Gth next.
I am, gentlemen, your most
obedient and very humble ser
vent,
T. H. McCak."
(To be continued.)
Like Finding honey.
Finding health is like finding
money-so think those who are
sick. When you have- a cough,
cold, sore tlhroat, or chest irrita
tion, better act promptly like
W. C. Barber, *of Sandy Level,
Va e says: "I had a terrible
chest trontiie, pame d by smoke
ad coal dust on ra; langs: but.
after finding no relief in othier
remedies, I was cured by Dr.
King's New Discovery for Con:
sumption, Coughs and Colds."
Greatest sale of any cough or*
eg medicine ,in the world. At
Masa D 's, Obear Drug
Co.'s and John~ H. Up4ster &
Co.'s drug storTs; 50e ana ~ 1.00:
guaranteed. Trial bottle free.
Mossy Dale Musings.
Tiie &4on crtlp in this secti(on
will be very lighii. Onh sandy land
i is nearly al open pg ~It
will nob be more than (.5 per cent
of a crop. The corn erop is
ighter th'an it has been in yearns.
fardens, potatoes and turnips
az suffered for want of ruin.
No graic. i~& been sown.
I trust thre !ag~e; wyill realize
a good price for tircot;. Ti
fe'ar not much attention will be
paid to the resolutions of the
otton association as loog as the
,,i is ten cents, for the farmaers
&rr g;g loosc as fast as they
can ol.
The schoo1h&a ;ii .resumed
their work again. Misa Ni d
MEonticelo is teachirng the Pine
Grove school, Miss Miriam Jor
an of Winusboro the Bethel
shool, and Miss Edna Ligon the
Mossy Dale school. We wish
ea all a prosperous and pleas
t . T. B McKi.
Cured Hemorrhages of the flwg
"Severlyars sic my~ lungs were
s dbadi affectted that Ii bI- many beni
l. "I took t reatmenit withI severail
n i r e :. with1 out an benell~t~t. I t htu
red to ta. yoitey' 11onety antd Tari
bu le t I recoU ne :1Ii ' -~ V .. ir 0 ue
Mue otlun obe" od)y W
AN OhlO SUBSCRIBER
Writes a Letter of Appreciation of
The Ne'ws and Herald for its Histori
cal Papsrs and Gives Interesting
Information.
Dear Sir: Enclosed find P. 0.
order for renewal of subscription.
As long as vou have articles of
an historical cast like those of
D. 3. McCreight and L. M. For'd,
you will have a subscriber here,
interested in the city and county
where so many of my relatives live,
and especially in the adjoining
county of Chester where my
father was born, grandfather for
a time lived and great grandfather
died. With the former writer I
regret there is not an "historical
society of Fairfield district," %nd
will add, of Chester.
I lately came into possession
of "A Census of Pensioners for
Revolutenary and other Military
Services," published by Congress
in 1841, as of date of June 1st,
1840, giving names, ages and
places of residence of such pen
sioners, and find Fairfield district
had at that date but two pension
ers, Robert Killpatrick, aged 105,
residing with Thomas Killpatrick,
Sr., and John Sloan, aged 77, re
siding with himself or J. Slodn.
There certiinly was a large emi
gration from Fairfield prior to
1840. In Chester district this
record shows:
Residing
Name. Age. with.
John Brown, 87 David Sexton
John McDill, 78 James McDill
John Bishop, 7s Same
Francis Wylie. 90 Same
C:o1. George Gill, 79 Same
John Con. 85 Same
Robert Cowley, 88 Same
Jane Gaston, 75 Jas. A. H. Gaston
John Culp. 79 res with same
[abella Kiog, I8 Martin King
John Holcomb, 52 Same
S MeEllienny, 80 Same
John Colwell, 79 Same
This list of Revolutionary pen
sioners was returned at sixth
census by the marshals of the
several judicial districts, and I
am at a loss to k-now whether a
similar one was made at an earlier
r subs-quent census. A list of
those living a decade or two
earlier would certainly be int6.
esting, especially to one who has
read with interest McCrady's
History of South Carolina.
When I visited your place some
six or eight years ago, I was sur
prised to learn that there was but
one saloon, as I now remember, in
your county, possibly two, and I
credited the dispensary system
with such excellent showing,
especially as it seemned to take
the saloon out of politics, where
it is such a large factor as in
Ohio, espacially this county with
its sixty-sit saloons, with no large
city and largely agricultural in
terests and no more manufactur
ing interests or but little over
Fairfield. We have a great many
prohibitionists and anti-saloon
leaguers in Ohio and in this coun
t, but for a weekly newspaper
p ending largely on local patron
age for support, to take tbe high
moral standl you have and are
4oig would be an anomaly in
Ohio, and aste p ]. thipk no one
coud be iudned to take in this
county having charge of such a
publication.
The anti-saloon sentiment mast
be much stronger in your county
thn here, or you have lots of
Ycurs respectfully,
J. C. Elliott.
Greenville, 0., Sept. 15, 1903.
THE CHRISTIAN churches
at Constantinople, Turkey, and
Yohaoma, Japan, have long used
L~Iopen 4; Martinez Paints
fr paiintiog their' phgrelle.
Liberal contributions qf L. &
M. Paint will be given for such
purpose wherever a church is
located.
F. M. Scofieldl, Harris Springs,
5. C., writes, "I painted our old
llme 4a with I.. & M. twenty
looks better than houses painted
in the last four years."
W. B. 131:u r. Ch-irleston, W.
Xa, weites, "Paibted Franken
bur b Boek with L. & M, shows
!tter th &n ,any buildings here
Ya er ge stands out as
though varishbi' and ackpl1 cqst
ofpint was less than $1.20 per
gallon. Wasand covers like
TeeCelebrated Paints are
sold by McMastor Co., Winos
boo iC.; G. L. Kennedy & Co.,
B ~lackstock, S hs .Wa
\o. XedggS. C. a
"take great interest in my
fellown," says Mr. John D.
Rockefeller. The comnplaint is
tahetakes tepicalas
L.nethe interet--Washing
Jenkinsville Jottings.
Jenkinsville's boys and girls
have been going off to the vari
ous colleges this week: Mr. T. J.
iabb left Tuesday for the Welch
Neck High School. He was an
alternate for the Citadel saholar
ship. Mr. Ravenel Curry for
Furman University. Mr. Joe
Davis for Wofford. Mr. Wesley
Yarborough will leave for the
Citadel, he having won the schol
arshin from Fairfield county.
Miss Mary Hough of Honea Path
who won the scholarship from
Anderson county foi Winthrop,
left from .Jenkinsville last Tues
day to be there at the opening.
Miss Coralie Holley, accompanied
by her friend, Miss McLean, of
Blythewood, left last week for the
Greenville Female College.
Mrs. T. J. Rabb and Mrs. J. S.
Swygert and daughter, Miss
Queenie, spent several days in
Columbia last week.
Mr. B. H. Yarborough and
nephew, :David McDowell, spent
awhile in Greenville and Ninety
Six last week.
Mrs. M. D. Murphy left last
week for a two weeks' stay at
Asheville.
Mrs. M. D. Fraser left last
Wednesday to engage in work in
Columbia.
Miss Sadie Curry visited Miss
Orrie Lever of Bookman's last
week.
Mr. W. H. Suber, who has been
down to see Mrs. Suber, who is
at her parents, returned to New
berry last week.
Rev. E. A. McDowell of Nine
ty-Six recently visited Dr. and
Mr. J. A. Scott.
Miss Emma Kirkland of Colum
bia has been visiting relatives
in this community.
The meeting at Shiloh has
closed after some very earnest
and well delivered teaching by
Rev. Mr. Wells ofiOrangeburg
county. He had ith him his
little daughter and/iher friend,
little Miss Wells, a daughter of
Rev. P. B. Wells.
Masters Henri and Ralph Mc
Dowell spent last Sunday at Jen
kinsville.
l asters Joe and Thompson
Chappell gave a party to the
young people before moving to
Branchville.
Mrs. M. A. Chappell and family
have moved into Mr. C. D. Chap
pell's home.
Miss Susie Yarborough has re
sumed her work in the Greenwood
graded school.
Miss Kitty Glenn and Mrs.
F. H. McEachern returned home
last week from a visit to relatives
at Honea Path and Pendleton.
Mr. Walter McEachern has
gone to Longtown to clerk for his
brother.
Miss Essie Holley made a fly
ing trip to Columbia and Pros
perity last week. . Y.
Sept. 23, 1903.
Got Off Cheap.
He may well think, he has got
off cheap, who, after having con-.
tracted constipatio.nl or indiges
ion, is still abhle to perfectly re
store his health. Nothing will
do this but Dr. King's New Life!
Pills. A quick, pleasant, and
certain cure for headache, consti
pation, etc. 25e at McMaster
Co.'s, Qbear Urng Cq.'s and Jolui
H. McMaster & Co.'s drug stores.
What's in a Name?
The Abbevilie Medium says
that the newspapers should find
some other name for the dispen
sary than "rum mill," "moral in
stituian,' gy "grog sh~op.'~ The
otker xnames we have in uid are
hardly fit to print.-Greenville
News.
Cured of Lame Back After 15 Years
of Suffering.
Er lf 1d4 he; trqubled willarme baeli
for fIfteen years and 1. found a com-:
plete recovery in the use of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm," says John G. Bieh
er, Gillami, Ind. This liniment is also
withou~t any equal for sprains and
b~ruises. It is for sale by Obear Drug
Co. __ _ _
Columbia has some fellow that
s doing the hold-u~p act most
sucessfully. Three men have
been made to hold up their hauls,
while he emptied their pockets
within the past few nights.
Among these was Judge Gary,
who was done to the tune of $828
and watch and chain.
A Rerriedy Withou0t a Peer,
-' ;1 fnd Ch~amnU2laints stomach and
Liver Tablets niore beneficial than anyp~
other remedy I ever used for stomach
trouble," sayvs J1 P. Klote, of Edna,
Mo. For an'y disorder of the stomacwh,
biliousness~ or constipation), these Tabi
lets are without a peer. For sale by
War's Addition and Substraction.
At the beginning of the war
figures tb Charlotte Chronicle
Russia's available naval fleet was
19 battleships and 41 crnisers.
The present naval strength of
Russia is 3 battleships and 8
cruisers. The Russian naval
losses to date are as follows:
Battleships sunk, 13; captured,
3; interned, 1; total, 16.
Japan started out with G battle
sbips and 48 cruisers. Sha uow
has 4 battleships and 40 cruisers.
A writer in the Literary Digest
explains that the Japanese navy
will soon be strengthened by the
addition of the two Russian bat
tleships and one cruiser captured
at Tshushima, and by four bat
tleships and two cruisers sunk in
the harbor of Port Arthur and
raised by the Japanese, and by
the cruiser Variag, sunk at
Chemulpo and raised by tlie
Japanese. Their naval strength
will them be: Battleships 10;
cruisers, 44. The Japanese naval
losses are battleships sunk, 2;
cruisers sunk, 8.
The London Times estimates
that in killed, wounded and capt
ured the Russians have lost 3S8,
480 men, and the Japanese 167,
400.
Letter to Rev. J, L. Freeman.
Whmsbojcro, S. C.
Rev. Sir: In making pastoral
visits, of course, you do not con
sider your pleasure or comfort or
ease; you go where your people
live. But you have two sets of
feelings in going about-can't
help it-we all have. But you
especially have; for a part of pour
business is sympathy. Well
kept lawns and well-tilled fields,
nice homes and nice people, are
cheerful to you. as they are to
everyone. Tumble-down build
ings, poor fences, men harrassed
by burdens too heavy for them,
overworked women, and dirty
faced children, you may be strong
to get on with; but you would be
more than human to find inspira
tion in misery.
Paint divides the two sorts of
people; one.paints, and the other
don't. Or, perhaps, the thrifty
paint well; the unthrifty paint ill.
To paint well is to keep paint
sound. . There are two ways to
do it: one is bound to paint often;
the other to use good paint.
It costs about !alf as much to
paint Devoe as to paint with any
other paint; for Devoe takes fewer
gallons than mixed paints and
wears twice as long as lead-and
oil.
The thrifty and comfortable
have the art of using money more
wisely. How lucky they are!
how happy!
Yours truly
67 F W DEvOE & Co
P. S. John H McMaster & Co
sell our paint.
Men who would never dream of
going up in a flying machine go
into polijies without a shiver.
baker will
and troubl<
For mnorc thar
This reputatio:
of the Studebal
best fitted for tl
the Studebaker
erv~ is the best
wh1ite oak is bes
Studchaker Wa~
That is why'a
interesting"
ID
L~~mm'
UgMr. Merchant:
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.
DItRIKG COURT WEEK
AND AT ALL OTHER TIMES YOU WILL
FIND THIS THE BEST PLACE TO HAVE
YOUR STOCK FED . . . . . . . .
BIG SHIPMENT OF
ROCK HILL BUGGIES
Just In.
A LITTLE HIGHER IN PRICE, BT
Twenty Milch Cows wanted
at once.
D. A. Crawford.
A. B. Cathcart
THE LEADER IN
Groceries and Farm Supplies
T HE BIRDSELL WAGON has no superior. It
never fails to give satisfaction.
Splendid Bargains in BUGGIES.
BAGGING AND TIES at close prices.
When
- the Old Wagon
Breaks
in and get one of our line of Studebakers-the Kind
aids up If von have much hauling to do a Stude
~a\ or 1ilin a few months by saving you time
add the expense of constant repairs.
now the Studebaker Wagon
fit v 'ears its reputation has grown better every year.
a s die to the good uality that as aw as be a isr
at et r aNeEnland blackubirch makes the bes hub
t sfor ses and runniga rs--that is what is used in the
gon The Studebaker VWagon
Is Perfect in Every Detail
r.e sell it. Come in and let us talk it over. We have some
agon books for ev:ery one.
V. Walker & Co., Winnsboro, S. C.
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