GREENVILLE HISTORY
(The Greenville Piedmont.)
From a good lady living near
Piedmont comes this request to us:
"There are many of us like the
Rotariajis who can answer but few
of the questions asked by the Mona
ghan school boy. Nevertheless, I
tihink we would all like to know the
answers. It it wasn't asking too
much, would you answer them for
us?'.'
The Piedmont is g-lad to comply.
The questions and answers are as
follows:
l_What tribe of Indians inhabit
ed wihat is now Greenville.
v The Cher<5kees.
2.?Who was the first white set
tler in what is now the city of
Greenville?
\ Richard Paris.
3.?What was the first name of
Greenville?
* Pleasantburg.
4.?What famous daughter of a
famous early American statesman
V spent several summers in Green
ville?
/
Theodosia Burr Alston, only
child qf Aaron Burr.
5.?What former Secretary of
War and Minister to Mexico lived in
Greenville?
Joel Roberts iPoinsette, A Secre
tary of War in the cabinet of Pres
ident Van Buren and minister to
Mexico under the administrations of
Presidents/ Monroe and John
Quincy Adams.
Where was the first cotton mill in
this county?
At Batesville, established be
between 1830 and 1840.
7.?(What famous Secession lead
er ana oraww was wiea mere ior mur
der?
William (Lowndes Yancey. ;
8.?How many governors and Uni
ted States senators has Greenville
county produced? \
Governor's: B. F. Perry, M. F. An
sel; United States, senators: M. C.
Butler and Joseph H. Earle.
0.?Who was Vardry McBee, Sr.?
The largest land owner\ and most
public-spirited citizen of Greenville
in anti-bellum days. He gave 1 large
~ tracts of land for Furman Universi
ty and the Greenville Female Col
lege and contributed liberally to
other enterprises for the upbuiding
of the city. ?
, 10.?Who was the first president
of Furman University?
Dr. James C. Furman.
THE GAME OF QUOITS
The game of quoits was probably
played in the streets of Jamestown,
. St. Mary's City, Port Tobacco, Duirt
fries and Piscataway, ancient towns
in tidewater Virginia and Maryland
by the early citzens of those places.
It was no doubt played in the stable
yard or the barnyard of southern
and eastern homes more than a cen
ier player.
/ tury before Americans J?egan to
think of a Declaration of Independ
. ence. White men in buckskin clothes
and coonskin caps, and Indians, al
most naked, looked on as the players
tossed the horseshoes and did or did
not "ring" the "ihoby.
Quoit came to the.American colo
* <nies with the first of the hardly pio
- neers from the rural regions of Eng
land and especially ttmse. who <Sariie
from the borderland of England and
Scotland. Before the days of gun
powder, quoits was so popular in
England that the subjects of kings
began to neglect the practice of
archery, and King Edward III and
King Richard II prohibited the play
ing of quoits that men and youths
should put more time on archery. A
sour-tongued and bitter-penned old
reformer named Asoham wrote a
book in 1547 and among other
things set down in his musty pages
is that "Quoitus be too vile for
scholars." He probably meant that it
was a game to be played only by
common people.
There have been international
matches between auoiters and in +,hf?
60s wide publicity was given in the
newspapers to a quoit match be
tween Billy Hodsun the champion of
all England and Jimmy McLaren the
champion of the United States. Mc
Laren was a resident of Newark, N.
J., and was a Scotchman by birth
which, of course, means that he was
a Scotchman at the moment of his
death. Jimmy McLaren represented
the Stars and Stripes. The gentle
men played themselves to a tie and
concluded that neither was the bet
1 OLD RAIL FENCE IS MOURNED
, Too Wasteful for Modern Days, but It
Had Its Points of Real
J Usefulness.
1 Among the once necessities of farm
i life that reflected prodigality In the
j use of valuable timber was the old rail
I fence. Like many other almost by
j gon'es of rural life, its place in farm
| wastefulness now Is well established.
and yet It had its use& for which the
straight-line wire fence cannot qualify.
The old rail fence's serrated
stretches were the homes of smain&ni
mal life that now is rapidly disappear
ing. Around its timbers there grew
the uncultivated blackberry, with its
sister the raspberry, and among its
recesses there thrived the elder, whose
fruit once was coveted pie material
and whose blossoms were the founda
tion for elderberry wine that matrons
served of a winter evening when the
neighbors gathered.
The rail fence, with its invariable
undergrowth, was the favorite protec
tion for Bob White in winter, and from
Its top he sang in the warmer seasons.
Beneath, the little ground squirrel bur
rowed. From safe retreat he chattered
if some intruder came near to annoy
him as he was busily engaged In gath
ering his store of food for the snow
time.
To the harvest hand it afforded pro
tection at the end of the long row for
a brief respite and its corners formed
shaded nooks under which the.water
jug might be kept.
And from what royal timber was
this old fence constructed! Black wal
nut logs, chestnut logs and the smooth
length of the ash tree were cleft by
numerous rail splitters for the '.'seven
high" fence that stood the storms of
decades. There was many a black
walnut rail whose timber would make
the manufacturer of gun stocks chortle
with satisfaction had he such a pres
ent onnniv t\f wrtnrl nt his command.?
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Columbus Dispatch.
GOOD MATERIAL FOR BOILERS
Variety of Pumic? Stone l? Coming
into General Use in Japan?Ha*
Many Advantages.
*. ^Koka Seki" is a variety of pumice
stone which, as far as now known,
reports Vice Consul H. T. Goodier of
Yokohama, is only found in the small
group of Niijima islands (New Is
lands), which lie off the coast of the
Idzu peninsula, about ninety miles
south of Tokyo. Though used in 1
Niijima from ancieut times as a build
ing material, only comparatively re
cently has "Koka Seki" become known J
commercially in Japan proper. Be- j
cause of its durability, high tensile
strength and capability of resisting J
1,300 degrees C. of heat, it is suit
able for boiler and furnace construc
tion as well as inner linings of safes
and the manufacture of Ice chests.
As it is claimed, it can be easily cut,
will take a surface of paint or metal
plating, and as nails can be driven
in, it is thought that the uses of this
material will greatly increase. It is
however, in re-enforced concrete barge
building In Japan that it Is best
known.
Maeterlinck Loses a Dog.
I Maurice Maeterlinck has a special
weakness for animals in general and
for dogs in particular. He was great
ly distressed, therefore, when, tne om- i
er clay, a gentle little Pekinese which
he owned was bitten by Alaska, an ill
mannered Eskimo dog, brought back
from America by the poet.
The little dog's injury was severe,
affecting the eye, and M. Maeterlinck,
finding the animal's sufferings insup
portable,. called into consultation one
of the best eye specialists in Nice.
After a careful examination the phy
sician declared that an operation was
necessary. The four-footed patient,
however, unable to take an anesthetic,
died under the knife.
Now for services rendered, the spe
cialist has charged M. Maeterlinck the
sum of 600 franca, which le maltre re
fuses to pay. The physician has gone
.to.court with the matter.?From Le
Pfctit Parislen, Paris.
New Goldfleld In Africa.
Another goldfleld has been discov
ered in Eastern Akim which promises
untold wealth. King Oforiatta, who
was educated on European lines, first
secured the passage of laws similar -1
J J ' * *? A#**ir?a fA I
to tnose aaopteu m ovum oi?vu ?
protect the country from exploitation.
The king then proceeded with his In
vestigations, but meanwhile a coloni
al government survey party unex
pectedly discovered diamonds a year I
ago. Oforiatta, after a year of re
search work, now claims that he has
j discovered that gravel deposits which
I have been worked for gold for cen
j turles lies over a layer of clay, beneath
I which Is more gravel than that of the
top layer. Under his direction an area
exceeding an acre has been excavat
ed. The king states that he Is aatli
lied that the indications point to the
existence of huge goldflelds.
Like a Well-Known Voice.
A telephone call came to me one
afternoon. The voice had the well
j known, honeyed tones of my best girl.
She was somewnai p?eveu u>ci au m
cidcnt that had occurred a few ere
' tiings before. In order to reconcile her
1 I revealed some of my feelings, which
were meant for her alone. At the end
of this conversation I was gratefully
and hilariously thanked for my in
formation by a suddenly changed voice,
it proved to be a friend of nUQ?,
. wfto tort pains to see that I was told
about it for weeks following?
REDISCOUNT RATE
MAY BE REDUCED
Washington, May 5.?Reduction
of the federal reserve board redis
count rate in the farming districts
as a relief measure in the agricul
tural situation was regarded as prob
able tonight by some treasury offi
cials, who commented on the action
of the New York reserve bank in
lowering the rate on commercial
paper from 7 to 6 1-2 per cent.
Coming after the recent freduc
jtion from 7 to 6 per cent by the
Boston reserve bank,, the action of
the New York bank was regarded as
indicating a gradual reduction Of
rates on commercial paper in other
dsitricts in the direction of a uni
form 6 per cent, throughout the dis
tricts. At the present the districts
maintaining the 7 per cent rate at
Chcago, Minneapolis, Atlanta and
Dallas.
Reduction of rediscount rates on
commercial paper as a means of as
sisting the farmers is understood to
be favored by Comptroller of the
Currency Crissinger, although the
| board has shown disposition to go
slowly in any change of rate levels.
JOHNSON NOT PENNILESS
According to advices that have
just been received from the Middle
West, instead of being 'flat broke,"
Jack Johnson is a wealthy man and
it is rumored that he may reap con
siderable additional coin of the realm
from two automobile patents he has'
i
C. H. Mcl
A city is ji
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uziEfiiiiiJiiinjnisjnfiuun!
perfected during his stay in prison.
The report says that the former
heavyweight champioji has a $15,000
automobile in a Chicago garage, and
that he has more than $100,000 de
posited in the bank. Tenley tells a
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DOM I NICK LOSES
FICHT IN HOUSE
Washington, May 5.?The house
this afternoon defeated Represen
tative Dominick of South Carolina
in an effort to make it impossible for
the farmers of the country, having
organized a cooperative marketing
association, to be checkmated by the
secretary of agriculture at <his pleas
ure.
The second section of the bill au
thorizing the farmers to organize
provides that at any time the secre
tary of agriculture is displeased
with the price of agricultural pro
ducts he can call an investigation,
and turn the evidence thus adduced
over to the district attorney and se
cure an injunction.
Mr. Dominick iholdiner that the sec
ami section practically nullified the
purpose of the bill, moved to aihend
by striking out this section. He was
outwitted although 98 members
stood in his support.
Mr. Dominick declared in hie
speech that before the United St&tee
district court could determine the
merits of the issue, the lettuce Jind
cucumbers hedd by the injunction
form the market, would have decora
posed. But his argument, in face oi
the Republican machine, had no ap
preciable weight The farmers in
the gallery however, supported him,
funny story about a recent exhibi
tion in 'which Johnson boxed another
negro at Leavenwcrth. Jack's oppo
nent refused to get up after being
knocked down. "Why didn't you gel
up befoah de count ob ten?" John
son as^ed. "What do I care to' ten
seconds/' replied his victim. "I done
forgot all about time. I'm in hear
fo' life."
rEizramMigfiiaiagiaa
Know and Hei
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petitions are bein
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don or issuing bo
a New High Sch
uty and privilege
5 to sign this pe
the following re]
trustees. Are y
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UNWELL, Chairma
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GERMANY BUILDING
MERCHANT MARINE
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> Germany is making strenuous ef
. forts to rehabilitate her merchant
, marine and through those efforts she
has succeeded in producing between
150,000 and 180;000 tons of mer
chant ships which, added to the 500,
000 tons she had after the demands
of the Peace Treaty were met, gives
her now a total of 650,000 to 680,
000 tons, according to a careful esti
mate made by Howard W. Adams
representing the Department of Com
merce of the United States in Ber-,
lin. This rebuilding of the German
merchant fleet has been due, he says
in a report to the Department, chief
ly to the efforts of the old and pow
erful navigation companies in that
country.?New York Times;
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and Heati
REASONABLE
PRICES
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[hens of South Carolina
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See the Spinsters Conven*
tion at the Opera House, Mon
day night, May 9th. Laugh and
grow fat. Under auspices of
Abbeville Chapter U. D. C.
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