Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Established lb 14. Tin-; PKESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. i'lie L'rvss and Banner Company Published rn-W cekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-class matter a; pest office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One Year ??.00 Six Sleuths $1.00 Three Months .C'J AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Foreign Advertising Representative* MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2">, 1922 VISITING GRAVEYARDS For something more than a year we have had a promise out to Col. Pat Roche that we would "hitch up v.ool enmp Sundav" ar.d ffo down 1/liV WW* WW---? --? - w below Winter Seat, in the neighborhood of Liberty Kill, to explore an old graveyard where we were assured " all the early settlers were buried.' Saturday Col. Roche approached Uncle Pat McCaslan on the propriety of making the trip the following day, and Uncle Pat saw nothing against going provided the party stopped at some church and attended services. Being assured that Bethany Church, in old Edgefield County, would be reached in ample time ~ to attend the preaching services, Uncle Pat consented to go along. About 6 o'clock we were informed +Viof if ?rao tlm lact Snnrlav in thr> year on which the trip could be made, because "it will be raining by next Sunday and the roads will be muddy." So it was agroed that we would make the trip with the two Pats and Capt. Jack Perrin. We suggested to Son Bill that he go along, but Bill said he didn't want to go with those "old men," as he wouldn't have any good time. It was decided that the trip should -be made by Greenwood, then via Verdery to Chiles' Cross Roads and then towards Winter Seat. The trip to Greenwood was made without event except that Col. Roche and Uncle Pat could not, or would not, agree about who settled this, that and the other place, and Uncle Pat did not recognize any of the people in the ,:!?eeio" which we met, much to the disgust of the other Pat. At Grceru wood we saw nobody except Lawyer Grisr. Everybody else was at home getting ready for church services, we suppose. We suppose that Mr. Grier was already ready. Down the road towards Verdery Uncle Pat was "out of his beat," we were informed by Col. Roche, so all the information about the old settlements was given by the latter untll we took the left at Chiles' Cross Heads just before reaching Bradley, j Then Capt. Perrin took the floor. He knows all the roads and by-paths, . i all the old settlements in this section, but Col. Roche said the Cap tain was very much like Rip Van Winkle, everybody he asked about on his return to the old settlement was dead, dead, dead. We soon pass'.1 the old home of the late John II. Chiles, who was a surveyor and a prominent mr.n 'n his section. Next! v.'e came to the modern home Oil V? aile I*, tLuiison, {i brother of Dr..1 F. E. Harrison, of the Farmers Bank. We passed too the old Cothran heme stead (called Buncani) where Capt. W. E. Cothran, the fuit Judge of Probate of Greenwood County, resided in hi3 lifetime. By tlrs time we were on the acres which formerly belonged to. Hon. Thomas Chiles Peril c: Abbeville, the grand-father of Cape. Pen-In, and in a little time we came to the old house where Capt. Pr.rrir??c f'nf r.nr Mr Wo^l'.nr - * .UWWV J ..A*. M UiUiUI. * resided when he was appointed treasurer of Abbeville County, in 1877. The house is now occupied by Jno. W. Chiles. Driving into the yard at the old home Capt. Pen-in got out to look over the place, but little was now familiar to him. There was the old hickory tree in the yard, and one of the carriage, houses was the same, but everything else had changed. But Capt. Perrin sti:l remembers many things which happened around there. He pointed out the hill where he "stumped" his toe, while on the way to school, causing the toe to lose the nail which has not yet grown back. Across the field he pointed us to another field where he and his father had watched the fox hounds chase a fox on one occasion, and where he had seen the fox jump the fence, causing his father to go acrcss and put old "Loud," the strike ! ^11 Ifi* I ri i ir ?.rbMrtr-rrr - nfcTTnu^i ^dog, on the correct trail. (The strike, dog did nothing but locate the trail, j he other dogs did che chasing.) He j also showed us where two of the j {school houses stood which he at-, ,.:ided a good many years ago. When we drove into the yard the a cleanly looking negro woni-j j..:;, but very black, came out. Col. j.-jche inquired where the family j. j was, and being told that they had j to church, the cook asked, "Isj , < u all going to stay for dinner," toj jj'ch t!ie Colonel replied, "Why, of i ; uiso, we arc, haven't you got a! i.hlcken on?" The cook informed him' ?.;at 110 chicken was "on'4 but thc^ j t' was, and that they were going! to have soup, and l^at there would .' c "plenty." She looked relieved,' j .jwever, when she was later inform-j j d that the four extra plates would not have to be served. j From this place we traveled across .Hard Labor Creek, over which Billy ; Dorn built away-back-yonder a: .long covered bridge, which has gone;' the way of all the earth, but which, j has been replaced by a shorter one. i In a little while we came to the iYcungblood home, a comfortable j' jmon place, where the Harmons, hus-j: iband and wife, were murdered many, |years ago by negroes, six of whom,1 jwere later lynched on a hill in front j' ;of the old homestead. The old Har-j! mon house has suffered the fate ofj( | most of the old places in that sec-j( jtion; it has fallen a victim to fire,;1 but it has been replaced by the | Youngbloods home, a comfortable! building which is now owned by two, of the ladies of the family, with!' .whom resides the mother now more .than DO years of age. 1 [ Mr. Youngblood, a son, who lives;' at Blakedale, just above Greenwood,) his son, and young Mr. Timmons, aj grandson of the family, came out to j 'answer all of Col. Roche's questions, ; about the boll weevil, he beinc anx ious to learn whether they had j heard of it in that section; and a-]1 i'oout the "perches," which he thought j | ought to be in Hard Labor Creek.! We also obtained information about! j. the old graveyard which we wei'e toj .visit, and which we were assured i was fully three-quarters of a mile! from the nearest point we could go j in a "bed." but we rode in a car j' which is acquainted with poor roads; j;.nci farm gullies. Taking the right j | beyond the Youngblood place andj j going towards Liberty Hill, we soonj j ,'unie to the stopping place, and af-i1 jicr walking several miles over j large and deserted plantation, wej (finally, with "the assistance of Mr. | Goff whom Capt. Perrin somehow s found, located the graveyard. From; ill that Col. Roche had heard aftd! i??*l told us we expected to find at .. lie old eravevard. full of ancient'. (monuments, stones, etc., and with!i cviptions which would carry us . | v.ck to the ancient times of thntj 'ction, but we were all disappointed. J What Col. Roche and Capt. Perrin r I had heard of the place was not in \ all respects verified. : The old graveyard which we d's-i* covered reminded us more of the onsJS on top of the.hill this side of M.ir-ij: 'tin's Mill than any we have seen. If, o nost of ihe family graveyards!* in this section, and some of thole ' cbv.rch graveyards, is frown up in I trees, briars, etc., and is entirely if iK'glccteu. Within the space wlrchjg had at ono time been enclosed ar,;g ! shown by rcryJ!r.nU of the old fcv.ee, jj ;v vjvered only four stones with,1? .vipti'.n.s There were a few graves !| marked by rough stones on which j; ... w n rl: c T'rto :Jr?OCv : ? )' V. . V. 14V/ tillil X li w Hi V -.V? ' wiin tii ^ iiisci iptious were inside of!. ' -closures made of brick, and wlvc*.:! r v.'tre falling into decay, and across J '(. -?f these brick enclosure? jV^r- j viuii nuiiLurs had felled a tree which jj they didn't even take time to iv-jl move. On one of these stones wo 11 ^discovered t!v name of .To^iah P.' hVrrin, born in 1821, and who died J tin lo'O, also that of his wife Fran-j] |ces E. renin, born in 1S22 ai?Ji| :v.*ho died in 1851, and toy x he name; ; of Mary A., a daughter who was i born to the parents in 12-33 and who1 'died aku in 1851. All of tiiU was on :> 'one plain slab of marble. ! In thr other fcviek enclosure wcroj three slab;;, one was erected 10 Lliei j memory of Thomas Jefferson Hib-' .ler, who died in lRlfl in the forty-: .seventh year of his ape, another was; jto the memory of his wife, Elizabeth,: ,bcrn in Lincoln County, Georgia in i ;',1802 and who died in Sumter Coun-j ty, Alabama, in 1SG1. The other, slab marked the grave of a child. It was now time to be on the way; to Bethany if we were to get there j 'before "meeting broke," but we did> _ JL nt make it because on the way we had to pass the home of Judge Thomas Jefferson Lyon, in the edge of Shstterfield. As we passed the houae we saw the judge walking about in his garden and as ho and Uncle Pat were old cronies, and each declared that he had heard sometime ago of tho death of the other, there was a certain amount of talk which had to be delivered. In addition the judge had lately lost one of his fingers in trying to get the horns of one of hi-i fine Jersey cows unhooked from a wire fence in which the horns were fr-iiiiUgied, and had also had the misfortune to mash a thumb on the time hand in fixing a fence to keep his hogs in. It took sometime to explain just how all this happened. Reaching Bethany we found that the congregation had already "worshipped" and gone home. But Col. Roche declared he knew he had some old friends buried in the churchyard, and so we went in to read the inscriptions on the stones there. They were of the Cheathams, Mio ITiillnve flia Cm avc T o 1 V? vtiv uv/igivioj xaiuu Williams, Hollingsworths, and others, including Wm. J. Dorn, the gold mine- king formerly of McCormick. Dorn's grave is alone and is enclosed by a substantial iron fence, with bis name on the gate. The grave itself is built up of brick much like the Did graves at Long Cane, but instead of having a marble slab with an inscription the top is of cement with no marks whatever. Leaving the church we turned to the right just before reaching Cuffytown Creek and took the road to McCormick and from there we made our way to Lethe where we stopped according to plans to have lunch. After the boxes had been opened and we had partaken of the contents, and of the hot coffee which had been kept in a Thermos bottle, and which .va~> still at the boiling point we came home. Col. Roche and Uncle Pat continued to disagree about how much corn '-'to the acre different fields would make" and about where the 'gallows" was located on which three negroes were hanged about the close of the war, but finally it was r c-ttled that it was at a point just beyond Little Mountain Church (colored,) where a pine and an oak stood once. The negroes belonged to V. P. Connor, of that section, and li.1 d made threats against his life; :cy were tried before a trial justice, as was the custom then, and cntenced to be hanged, the penalty >eing paid at that place. In the section of McCormick bounty where we traveled we found hat practically all the negroes have ?.:ovod away. No cotlon is planted :>y many farmers and what has been j tinted will make practically nothng. The lands are fine and there is' nine good corn. A good many white j L-o;)ie nave moved into tne section j I CONDEN fn ?? & OfsEEaOZ *0 fl & k I AT j HE C i if*1 fel 1 RESC | Loan* and Diseon jgj Overdrafts W% " \ ' ? ' ^ v-' ' ^ Feai F-state jj|i Liberty Bonds .... 5?r Cvy ^vvvig Cert v_/ jLrOiids and 1J? C<-- c-Vr lf~Vo A r J8 J " - .. M. M W m s m r*. . 7.., PM Xj??A's.n 3T rn r\ m a T | ^ ? ^ Willi 'arge resoi Eg trt-i!:?tc this .ban LC s<v?tio7i. Sj Combine with these j?j ;i* < ?iiiuiifridable a depos Bp .... YOUP. ACCOUNT I from Oconee County and are living here. Most of the old homes which .are left, (for example the old Hol1 lingsworth home) are in a dilapidat-j ! ed condition. Here and there you J /.il find a new bungalow, but little; j spells of progress or industry, al-j |though there is enough good land] [lying out to produce food for the whole state. A few people are cutting lumber, some are raising cows and hogs, but it is rather a desolate Rooking section to us,, and frankly, If we were in Oconee County we would stay there rather than move to that section. We imagine, though, that the new settlers are attracted by fertile lands, which likely sell for iCss than similar lands in the county I .hey have left. And new settlers help| i to open and develop a country, and] these will likely do much for that! i section. ! NIGHT RIDERS AT j CALHOUN FALLS The storv comes filtering through tliat Night Riders or members of the Ku Klux Klan have been paying their respects to the town of Calhoun Falls. The first visitation was Saturday night five weeks ago, and has been repeated four or five times since that time. The last visit being paid about the middle of last week. Stories vary as to the number of riders present. They were scattered about town, eight being the largest number seen together at any one time. They were dressed in white, with large hats or headgear, first visit was made on horseback and the last by automobile. The report is that one white man ?nd one negro were whipped, but tnis could not be verified, information being hard to get. Chief of Police Crawford, of the town of Calhoun Falls, is quoted as saying one I of the masked men approached him | on the streets and informed him they proposed to whip a negro, but | that it would not take place in the ! town. I Dr. Douglas Mahon, formerly of Vofceville, but now owner of a drug 'store in Calhoun Falls, saw the ridjers pass his store. He was waiting on 'customers serving ice cream and ! drinks to members of the Holiness | church whose services had juut adijourned. He heard customers speaking of having seen the riders in tlifJfcrent parts of the town. So when j c-^cly to close his store he carried ! a search light with a brand new batI ii ry along with him. On his way home he caught up with Frank Sherjard. of Sherard Bros, store, and| i b')ili agreed to spend the night to jr?ether, their families being out of town. They not only spent the mght. i together, but claim to have slept in I the same bed. The last raid took place about the' 'middle of the week. One man in the [niill village says they rode in single SED STATEMENT OF D-.X ? S DM if 0! A?V ii ;:LOSE OF BUSINESS JURCES |, mts S337.494.41 | ..7. ...... ' 1,768.59 1 xtures .. 1,300.00 5,955.00 65,000.00 ificates .. 20,102.00 Stocks.. 4,100.00 a-;d Due By 84,272.07 ! ! ?521,492.07 :|l irces, careful management, libei k is recognized as one of the in< attributes its excellent facilities itory as the most discerning bi r RESPECTFULLY SOL1CI. FIVE PER CENT. P nrinrinnrinnnnnnr UUUUUUUUMUUMMI 'COTTCN SPINNING SHOWS INCREASE IN AUGUST | Loi i lisli ! e jOvcr 900,000 More Spindle Hours ; Than For the Month of July j i Washington, Sept. 23.?Increased j [activity in the cotton spinning in-J [ dustrv during the month of August j as compared with July is reported j | t'.-day by the census bureau. The j number of active spindle hours was, placed at 8,033,002,129 an increase: .- f more than 98S,000,000 over the; preceding month. Although three! cotton spinning states showed de-j clines-in the number of active spin-j :Mc-r\ the losses were slight and r.otl .i single state was reported as show-ji iner reductions in suindle hours. Ala-i? *" j w ' pma showed a decrease of about 3,-j{ f>UO active spindles from last month's||: figures; North Carolina reported a| decrease of about four thousand] spindles and Virginia a decrease of] approximately 7,000 active spindles.! There were 38,965,230 spindles in place on August 31, of which 32,499324 were operated sometime during the month, compared with 36,943,042 in place during the July and 31,975,2'9 operated during that month. Of the total spindle hours those in cotton growing states numbered 4,399,873,156 an increase of ' 380,000,000 hours over July; and active spindle hours in other states | #n inrronco nf rrmrnlB!$ than 607,818,000 hours. a Oil Mill Chartered Columbia, Sept. 23.?An oil mill capitalized at $100,000, the Greer Oil Mill and Fuel Company, of Greer, has been chartered by the secretary of state Jas M. Richardson is president and treasurer: N. A. Collins is vice president and O. B. Smith is secretarv. file around his house several times, j But generally speaking the oftener j the night riders ride the more atjntive the people are to business, j Every one in Calhoun Falls stays j iight and fast in his bailiwick until j he Klan disamiears it is said, and ? -- ? ? IJ n the population gathers to talking Lbout the event. j"? i _r i " M Ow i-am h ; j Ma: i ' 111 Grs DESIGN ?*' 'i. ^ MAN UF k n.AKur Iff #?fc\ti?>A?*&, ERECTC y^r The lars I ' meK* THE CONDITION OF IE S C 5 SEPTEMBER 15, 1922. LIABILITIE Capital Surplus T TV? ri l \ ri rl r> rl Prr> ii ffi KJ J. i V X Vi V.V -4. ViA VK-r .... Dividends Unpaid DEPOSITS Reserve Fund Bills Payable TOTAL :*al policy unci its established reputi >st helpful and progressive fmancu s and its courteous attention to dep< .isiness man could desire. TED. AID ON SAVINGS. ^ i ; Hie publicity manager of <Jn4 of idon's largest mercantile slabments :'s a woman, with a eatery $5,000 a year. i We Are Unloading A CAR . ..of.. COAL BETTER BUY NOW. Amos B. NEW VULCANIZING PLANT \ I have bought the Vulcanizing Plant of H. E. PENNAL and am prepared to do STEAM VULCANIZING \ of alt kind*. AH Work Guaranteed and STRICTLY CASH. At City Garage. j Clifton Sprouse, , ' . ' III I Mi IIH BIB III II II !!! II MMIIM? I. en Brothers \ rble and 1 8 mite Co. ERS ACTURERS )RS | est and best equipped monv ai nulls in the laroiina*. , GEENWOOD, S. C. ? THE | $ 75,000.00 jjfj .. 25,000.00 a .... 5,308.78 ? 708.00 % .. 414.857.45 j}| 617.84 S NONE tjj $521,492.07 | ition for honest up- jtj il institutions in this gj U ositors, and you have s , V . . V ?