Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PHILOSOPHER MURCHISON Dunfcan Murchison was in the city yesterday. He is very much disturbed aver the doings of the people "in the Christian land." He says that all the cotton buyers in Abbeville are officers in the church, and he knows they *ant good things to eat, better cigars to smoke and better clothes to wear, but he hopes they wont take it all from the >dd farmer. He says he will be satisfied with a cheroot. And then he says, "Look there at Alf Lyon, he is an officer in the Seceder Church around here, and you fellows have to hire a man at $3500 to watch him." And all the bankers ^?e says, or most of mem are officers in the church, but the law has to kfcep them from taking more interest than is right. Finally he concluded, "If a heathan land is any worse than this, I would hate to Jive in it." STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Mrs. Eunice B. Clinkscales, as Administratrix with the will annexed of John W. Clinkscales, deceased, against Eeuben W. Clinkscales, Mrs. Corrie Simons, Mrs. Cora Clamp, Mrs. Bessie Parker, Mrs. Belle Ellis, Mrs. Essie Davis, Cowan Clinkscales, Laurence Clinkscales, Joe Clinkscales, Abner . Clinkscales, Johnnie May Clinkscales, and W. J. Moorehead, Defendants. Pursuant to an order of the prolate court, I will sell at public outery, at Abbeville, C. H., on Salesday in November, 1920, next, for the payment of debts, the following described read estate belonging to the estate of John W. Clinkscales, deceased, to wit: All that lot or tract "of land lying situate in Level Land Township, in State and County aforeaid, containing Seventy two and one eighth acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Clinkscales, McAdams Burton, Hanks and others. For full description see plat thereof made bj Win. L. Mitchell, Surveyor, the 15^ August 1908. , * TERMS, CASH?Purchaser to paj for all necessary papers and stamps J. F. MILLER, .10-8. Judge of Probate. WANTS LOST, STARYED OR STOLEN One dun colored jersey calf, about 8 months old. Disappeared from m> place near Watts about Sept. 25th Any information will be appreci ated. Reward of $5 for recovery P. S. Bosler, Calhoun Falls, S. C. 10-8.-2t-pd. FOR RENT?One, two, and three horse form. Good land. Apply tc J. H. PENNEY, Route 3. 10-6-3tpc CRIMSON CLOVER?Clean 12 cents pound, burr clover 12 cents pound hairy vetch 28 cents pound, alfalfa 38 cents pound, rape 15 cents pound, home grown appler oats $1.55 bushel, native rye $3.00 bu. barley $3.30, blue stem wheal $3.20, white, yellow and bermudj onion sets $3.00 bushel. We paj the freight. FARIS SEED CO., Greenwood, S. C. 10-6-ltw-3t. STRAYED?From mv residence, ont .Jersey heifer about two years old Owner can get same by paying foi feed and this advertisement. B. P Metts, Abbeville, Route 4. 10-43tpc FOR SALE?Good piano, in splendic condition. A bargain. Apply a1 tiiis office. 9, 29-tf. ( FOR SALE?One brand new 6-roon Bungalow with all modern conven iences, on Magazine Street. The Home Buuilding Corporation See T. G. White, Pres. 9- -tf.< TEACHERS.?Fifty to one hundrec requests daily from all classes sou them schools. If you want rura \ work, graded, high ^chool or prin cipalship, salary $75 to $250, writ< as today for special enrollment Offices: Columbia, ?>. u., Kicnmonc Va., and Chattanooga, Tenn. Sou ttern Teachers' Agency, Colum bi?, S. C. 9-20-4wks.ei CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS? 3ave 10 to 25 per cent on Floor org, Ceiling, Siding, Laths an< Shingles. Buy in car lots. Send lis for delivered prices. Greenwooi Sales Co., Box 435, Greenwood, S C. 9,13.-26wks.-c IDEED TO HOI J NEAR M CA Interesting Old Deed, C< j Church Which Has Sto Century.?Mr. Lesly Church.?New Chui Cormick Road?T Trustees, Cons ! In the practice of law and at other! < 'times cne frequently comes upon in-J1 ! struments in writing, sometimes of j no practical value, at other times of ( i an historical value, and at all times 1 interesting. ' | The other day Mr. P. H. McCaslan 1 ' handed us the deed to the tract or I parcel of land upon which old Hope- i well Church stood for more than a , | century. Hopewell is the church re-| I cently moved from near the old Mc- . ! Caslan homestead to a new site on , I the Abbeville-McCormick road, just j I beyond Bold Branch. The deed is j j styled a deed in feoffment. It was j | executed by William White and h;s . I wife, Mary White of the Long Cane j settlement in the presence of John , i McGaw, Joseph Jones and Ebenezer ( , Pettigrew, sixteenth day of May in , j the twelfth year of the Independence j | of America and in the year 1788. It j j commences as follows: , "South Carolina?THIS INDENY- 1 | URE MADE XVIth day of May in 1 ! the XII year etc." The first page of ; I the naner is in fact an indenture, the ( | top of the page being cut by scissors ,1 or otherwise, in a broken line so that < | it might be identified. The grantees < 1 mm?K ' ! S 1 ?-1 :i:::^:'!v ^*' - iF= jf^-^' :-.;|fflM^M^H IKfrijj fHf 1 v'Sv'1'- ''',v TO >i = y'?''' I r Yc '| | Clothing doe '! W^Vf- rnthn< T V/ i V/ ;'S We're selling ; Marx clot! !i| We guaranty .1 aren't?m I Th tfammmaamuum PEWELL SLAN PLACE jnveying Lot of OlcJ ; od For More Than a 's School at the Old , ch Built on McCorhe Grantors, the ideration and ?f the deed were Patrick Calhoun, < William Hutton, Joseph Milligan, 1 Alexander Noble and William Clark. 1 'Of the county and state aforesaid, 1 planters, chosen and elected trustees for the Presbyterian Church & congregation called and known by the name of Hopewell in the settlement, | :;-unty and state aforesaid." 1 The granting clause of the deed, : after giving the names of the grant- | 3rs, continues, "Hath granted, bar- j gained and sold, aliened enfeoffed, s released and confirmed, and by those i [resent doth grant, bargain & sell, i alien enfeoff and confirm" etc. 1 The deed is stated to be "For the ' uses, services & benefit of the said I :hurch and congregation" and con- i /eys the following property "all that i iract or parcel of .land containing i four acres, where the old church stands and a new church is now i building situate being and lying in j the settlement, county and state aforesaid (and is part-of the tracth Df land containing two hundred acresj whereon the said William White now dwells, and surveyed to him sixth day of April Anno omi 172 and after4 n/?? C- * f??? V, >u want lo\ them :sn't cost any less g our margins of ? -1 1 .1 I nothing but clot ties. You don't h ie you'll be satif i L uiiey uauiv. e Rosenbei wards granted to the said William White on or about day of A.nno Domi)" the description then ?ives the commencing point, courses ind distances as usually given in deeds of this kind, and continues 'And also all houses, edifices, buildings, gardens, orchards, .lands, commons, pastures, feedings, trees, woods, underwoods, ways, paths, waters, watercourses, easements, profits, advantages, emoluments and hereditaments, whatsoever to the four acre of land . belonging, etc." or 'which now are, or formally have Deen accepted, reputed, taken, known, used, occupied or enjoyed to, or with the same of any part thereof and also the reversion and reversions, remainder and demainders, rents, issues & services thereof." The deed contains a covenant that they, the said William White and his wife Mary "now is lawfully and rightfully seised in thefr own right of a ?;ood sure, perfect, absolute & indefeasible state of inheritance in fee simple to all singular the said four acres of land and premises before mentioned and every part or parcel thereof, with the appurtenances, without any manner of condition, mortgage, limitation or use or uses, or other matter, cause or thing to alter, charge, change or determine the same; And also that the said William White and Mary his wife, now have I good right, full power and lawful authority in their own right to grant, bargain sell & convey the said four acres of land, etc. The deed contains a habendum: clause and also other covenants for. the peaceful and quiet enjoyment of the said property and also a warranty ) L;/ WV^gijffij, ;'. i-"''^^L^ffj^Hi'T^ffS ffi&aE& HK^ ver prices; to you thi 3, but we're mak r. . _i 1 proht to the low :hes that wear a r iave to buy so ofl sfied with the \ it m rg Mercan DHianiiniaHBHi \ I clause. All in language as prolix as that of the clause quoted. The deed is written at length in the handwriting of the conveyancer whose name is not disclosed. The writing is fairly well done in a plain bold hand of the old style. Where the letter "S" appears as it is written according to. the old style extending both above and below the line according to the manner of writing in those days. A plat of the lot ,of land is attached to the deed made by John Gray, E|. S. and dated May 25th, 1812 it being stated that the lands were then surrounded on all sides by lands then belonging to Robert McComb except the Westerly end which is bounded by land belonging to Mr Shackleford. The chain carriers 61 this survey were Robert M'Comb anc John Pettigrew. The plat shows s large building supposedly the churct and a smaller building, likely the school house where Mr. Leslie for a great many years conducted a fine school, a strip of land led from the church to the spring shown on the plat. It was customary in those days not to build a house or a church without procuring at the same time ? title to land upon which a spring was located. The deed is sealed by the grantors with their seals made o1 sealing wax. The seal leaves an im pression on the wax which may stil be seen, but cannot be traced. Wil liam White signed his name, hut hi< wife Mary made her mark. The deed was proved before James Lincoln, Esq., one of the justices tc .keep peace in the county of Abbevillt by Joseph Jones, one of the witnesses The consideration of the deed ii stated to be the sum of four pound: a tammmammmm |^^B: ^^^BBBi? 1 |g|aflw' | > >% ^wh^Bk| /. - |H3b^B|^^H gi ?|| ' IB I lllilP ) VAT/% M/\ /V1TT1 WCIC giVl is fall ing it cost you le est point; that h( long time; Harl & of ooir^c LV^IX j U1UL OU VV/O values, style, fit, tile Compe Illllli; i "Current lawful money of the state aforesaid." i On the back of the deed Wm. , White & Mary, his wife in the pres! ence of the same witnesses acknowli edge receipt of the consideration, i stating the amount paid to be the i full consideration within mentioned. ; The deed is indorsed as recorded in the clerk's office of Abbeville couni ty, July 11, 1788, in book No. 2, page 33, the certificate of recording is . signed by John Bowie, C. C. t Note. A deed of feoffment at the I common law was a deed which took . effect by an actual or symbolical de5 livery of the property which was ac.( complished as is stated by the law 5! books, by the owner going upon the llands breaking a twig or taking 3 I tuft of grass, or some part of the [ soil and delivering it to>the feoffee, or purchaser. Under our statutes deeds of this kind are not any longer in use in this state. \ A FRENCH PICNIC. i . > J \ The picnic, or the first of the picnics, to be given by Mr. Derbyshire to his pupils who are studying French > will be given at Rapley's Shoals Saturday, 9th. The French pupils, the .football squad and the teachers in' ; the High School are to Jbe Mr. Derbyshire's guests on this .occasion,, 1 The invited guests are all looking *ifor a fine time. The picnic will ex5 tend from early dawn to night-fall, campfires being built in the early i morning and kept going during the j ,1oir - ' '(""J- . JT i There is to be good eats .also? . toasted marshmallows, "hot dogs," 3 and such like, and well as French 3! "yittles." J ? ; ... ^ 'r mmm ng I V iss | sips you I : Schaffner & 1 in wear: if von I iny | HnMBHMl t J ?