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THE VANDIV An Account of Two Pioneei Prior to the Rev< A lady residing in a State West of this, who is a descendant of Edward Vandiver, a Revolutionary soldier, desiring to joiu Thc Daughters of the American Revolution, has been trac ing her right to that honor. The records in thc Bureau of Pensions at Washington show that Edward Van diver wa;- born in Maryland in 1718; that lie served in thc Revolutionary War several different times, and thc whole term of service as much as two years; tha he served at different times under Captains Andrew Thomas, Amandus Lisle, and Colonels Winne and Kastcrland, and that he waa en gaged in the hattie of Hw taw Springs and received a pension from the State (South Carolina). A certificate of the Comptroller of thc State of South Carolina, dated in 1833, shows that he served in 1781 under Col. Winne 30' days at Russell's Ferry, and 28 days under Col. Hopkins including Kwtaw battle, and in 1782 he served 38 days under Col. Bratling at Four Hole ' Bridge. Tradition says that he was also in thc battle of Cowpcns and King's Mountain, and lesser engagements against the Tories, but these troops were organized irregularly, in guerilla style, for special services, and dis banded as frequently, and in this way never found their place in thc official reports. He died near Neal's Creek Church, in Anderson District, in 1837, on thc tract nf land purchased by him in J7i)b\ His uucesters were from Hol land. William Van Duy vcr emigrated from Holland to New York about tho year 1G50. His descendants have spelled their names according to their fancy-Vandivere, Van Diver, Van Dover, Van Diviere, Vandcver, but mostly Vandiver. All thc records of Pendleton and Anderson District, be ginning in 17%, spell it Vandiver. William Van Duyver, above named, had a son named William, and one of the sons or grandsons settled in west . ern Pennsylvania, now a part of West , Virginia. Another Bottled on tho ? eastern Bb oro of Maryland, and two of his sons, Edward, abovo named, and George came to South Carolina prior , to the Revolutionary War and first , settled in the upper part, now Spar- ; tanburg County. j George Vandiver was a Baptist ? preaoher, and removed to Pendleton , District about at first near where An derson C. H. now stands, and later ? near the present Town vii lo section, . nt ar Conneross Creek. He preached , at Hepsibah, Beaver dam, and Double ? Springs and other neighboring Church- ( ea, and from there removed to Goor- ] gia, where he died. He had a son ] namod Adam who served in the Creek War, under Gen. Jackson, and was , severely wounded in the battle of tho , Horse Shoe Bend of the Tallapoosa, j in Alabama, in 1814, for whioh ho re- , ceived a pension. He was a Union j .man during the war between tho , ..States, but his sonB were in the Con- . federate army, and one of them, Lieut. , Jeptha M. Vandiver, of the Seeond S. . C. Rifles, was killed in the assault . upon Fort Harrison in 1864. He , . came from Georgia to Townville in ] i 1854, and from there went to Laurens, ? and clerked for Joseph N. Brown in j 1855 and 1856, where he made quite a reputation for r. fine business man, and, tho late Capt. G. W. Sullivan, Sr., of Laurens, a superior business , man himself, remarked to the writer j that h" was the best clerk ho over ( &new. i Col. H. T. Van Diviere, of Wal- J halla, S. C., another son of Adam j Vandiver, was Colonel of a Georgia regiment during the war botween the . State?. Edward Vandiver removed from the Spartanburg section to Fairfield, and from thenoe to Pendleton District about the year 1795. He bought land and settled near Neal's Creek Churoh, whero ho died in 1C37. His first wife was Helena Frost, from whom it is supposed their descendants claim their Frenoh descent. By this mar riage there were six sons and two daughters. The sons-John, George, Paul, Sanford, Matthew and Lambkin were all Baptist preachers. One daughter, Nanoy, married Moses Hol land, of Fairfield, and Stacy married a Mr.-Magraw. They all removed West, excepJohn and Sanford, and their descendants are largely lost sight of, but we can hoar of them by name 'from here to California. Matthew settled nearest, just over in Georgia, where he died s few years previous to tho war between the States. He had -four sons--Alphonso, Ali?arme, Al bert and Alfred-and two daughters -Artomesa sud Desdemona Helena. Nv Albert married Mary MOBS, of Elbert . \ 'County* He was a promising Baptist * \ nreaoher, educated at Meieer Univer j /*W? and died young. One son of j thi? marriage, Wm. * Franklin Vandi Tcr, is SJ--''prominent wholesale mer chant of Montgomery, Ala., with a branch house st Opelik?. His ohti ''"^jijiii . BR FAMILY. 1 Settlers of Upper Carolina )lutionary War. dren aro Mrs. Willie Vandiver Whit field, wife of L. B. Whitfield, a part tier in the Upclika house, and two sons-Henry Frank Vandiver and Hubert M. Vandiver-young men just entering business life. Matthew Van diver and his brother, Ranford, here inafter mentioned, were very much alike, and their ministerial labor simi lar in nearly every particular. Returning to thc sons in South Caro lina, wc find that John \'amii vcr died at his place near Neal s Creek in 1840. Ile purchased this place in 17!>7, which now fell to his son, Klam. This son was a Lieutenant in Capt. John Ii. Moore's Company, Orr's Regiment, and died of disease in 18o'2. The land then fell into the possession of his son, Major J. N. Vandiver, our County Supervisor, who, with his mother, still owns it, and thus it has been in the family over a century. Maj. Vandiver, at 10, joined his father's Company, was severely wound ed at Fredericksburg, and then with pneumonia and his wound had a close call for life. In the Bloody Angle at Spottsylvania C. II. he was shot through the lung, almost fatally, from which he suffered for years, but has survived it all, and now looks the picture of health. The other soo, Rev. Sanford Yaudi vcr, born in Fairfield District in 178(1 and died at TownvillC in 1847, was closely identified withins ministerial work in the Saluda Association for nearly forty years. He was pastor at Salem, Neal's Creek, Mt. Tabor, An derson, Greenville, and Churches in Greenville, Laurens and Piekeus Dis tricts. This historian says of him that he travelled much, preaching wherever an interest was manifested, and was known as a great revivalist in those days. His voice was musical and his sermons eloquent, full of tender pathos, moving multitudes to tears, and his labors blest in bringing thou sands of souls to Christ. He was pastor of the First Church at Ander son from its organization at Mt. Tabor in 1821 until 1843. His children were Helena T., who married Samuel Brown, and died at Townvillc at the age of 84; Peter S., a prominent law yer in his day at Anderson; James M., now residing in Mississippi, aged 35 years; Ernaline married J. R. Cox; Susan married John A. Simpson; Ed ward died at Fair Play in 1831*; Capt. H. R. Vandiver, who recently died at Townville; Elizabeth Eailo, who mar ried Col. I). A. Ledbetter. All of them dead, except James and Mr. Led better. Tho. lifo and public service i af Capt. H. R. Vandiver are so well koown as to need ncrefcroncc to them here. Peter S. Vaudiver was a remarkable man. Brought up on the farm, and with only some old-field schooling, he began life for himself as clerk in the store, and then partner with his brother-in-law, Samuel Brown. At the age of 26 he re-ontcred the school room as a pupil of Wesley Leverott, ?nd studying law was admitted to the Bar at the age of 29, and died at the ige of 42, after acquiring fortune and reputation in his profession. In his brief professional life-1840 to 1854 ho had to grapple with such lawyers For honors as Judge Whitner, J. W. Harrison, Waddy Thompson, 3. F. Perry, A. Burt, J. L. Orr, H. C. Voung, and other distinguished law lers of the Western Circuit. It was in the Court of Equity and as a real ?state lawyer and in conveyances that lie was pre-eminent. Ho practioed ilone until 1848 when he, with the late Judge J. P. Roed, formed a co partnership, and the firm of Reed and Vandiver did an immense business, which ended with his death-the only Vandiver ever known to have died of consumption. His Bills in Equity were models of neatness, and his de scriptions of persons and natter wero unrivalled in terseness and pungency. In sooial life he was entertaining in conversation and Bong, his peouliar piping voice adding interest to both, and as a mimio had no equal. He never married. Of the other descendants of Sanford Vandiver there are residing in this city Joseph N.Brown, Fred G. Brown, Misses Varios D. Brown, Olive M. Brown and Miss Mamie V. Brown, T?_?-1 A r .Jk?tf- ?.-J * x/HUloa A*, .uwwwawa aili. ?&uuiu JL . Ledbetter and Emma F. Tribble. Returning to the seeond marriage of Edward V*sdiv*F with ?fith??i?? Pool. There were six sons and one daughter. The sons were William, Aaron, Manning, ?bsan, Enoch and Edward, and the daughter Esther. These sons, though not preachers, were nearly all members of the Baptist Church. Manning removed to Ala bama, and William to Franklia Co., Ga., where his sons Pinoknoy and Calloway resided. Of the grandchildren Mrs. E. C. Skelton, daughterof Aaron, and'David S. and Edward P. Vandiver, sons of Edward, and of the great-grar.dohil dren, .Jamos K. Vandiver, Cashier of the Farmer^ and Merchants Hank, Wm. A. Vandiver, and Mr?. J. I'. Sullivan, reside in this city. They arc children of Augustus W. \'andi ver, the gallant Adjutant of the 2nd S. C. Rifles, killed at Lookout Moun ts.n in 1863 i ti that celebrated night battle. Ile was the son of Aaron Vandiver. Another descendant of William Van Duyver, perhaps of the Maryland branch, settled in North Carolina, and many of the descendants of this family went West, a few only stop ping in South Carolina. So far as wc can learn all of them descended from tho New York faru'iy. Very few of them have entered political or professional life. Two of them have been members of Congress. One of them was a member from Wis consin or Iowa, and removed to Cali fornia and was elected from that State. Another, William I). Vandiver, is now the Democratic member from the 14th Missouri District. Born in West Virginia, he is doubtless a descendant from the original settler from New York to that section. The late Capt. II. R. Vandiver was a popular member of the Sjuth Caro lina Legislature for twelve years, em bracing the most trying period of tho State's history. As a member of the famous ''Wallace House" he was an active participant in all the trying scenes which wrested the State from carbot-bagger and scalawag rule. The Courts being Republican and ex tremely partizan, there was only one resource, and that was to capture thc State House, then in possession of the Mackey faction, by foree. This was so well managed that it was accom plished without bloodshed-though they were prepared for tho worst. Captain Vandiver, being a poor pistol shot, was armed with a dangerous knife for his part of tho work. Col. Jas. L. Orr, of Anderson, now of Greenville, led the assaulting column with tho State Executive Committee, Gen. A. C. Haskell, Chairman, forcing the door, and the rush so paralyzed thc Mackey House, that they offered no resistance. Then for four days and nights, as recently described by Col. Orr, who modestly omitted his own dariog act, the two Houses sat in thc same hall, nearly equal in num ber, all heavily armed, with the odds in favor of tho Mackey faction, who had in the gallery 100 cut-throats, armea with rifles to aid them, and armed IT. S. soldiers on the outside, as well as the sympathy of the government at Washington. Here were two Houses, two Speakers and sets of officers, mo tions offered and speeches made at the same time on both sides of the House. The objeot aimed at was obtained, and enough colored members drawn over, no matter how, to the Wallace House, to form a quorum, and the Chief Justice on tho issue made decided in their favor. One of the vilest and most corrupt governments tho world ever saw, dominated by ignorant negcoes as well as whites, was tuns redeemed,under the wise leadership of our great Governor, Wade Hampton, alike illustrious in war and in peaoe. JOSEPH N. BROWN. Anderson, S. C., June, 1900. He Wasn't Afraid. At the battle of Spottsylvania dur ing the Civil War, I found a drummer boy belonging to a Conneotiout regi ment crouched down behind a log and orying as if overcome with grief. He was only 14 years old, and it was his first battle, and no one could blame him for being upset. "Don't he afraid, Johnny. You'll oome out all right," I said. "I ain't-am t afraid," he sobbed in reply-"that is, I ain't afraid of being hit." "Then what's tho matter?" ''N-uthin,' only if they want my drum, why don't the; come and take it without all this noise?" Free Blood Cure-An Offer Proving Faith to Sufferers. Is your blood pure ? Are you sure of it ? Do outs or soratohes heal slow ly ? Does your skin itch or burn ? Have you pimples, eruptions, aching bones or back eczema, old sores, boils, scrofula, rheumatism, foul breath, ca tarrh ? Are you pale ? If so purify your blood at. once with B. B. B. (Bo tanio Blood Balm.) It makes tho blood nure and rich, heals every sore and gives a olear, smooth, healthy skin. Doop-seated eases like ulcers, oancer, eating sores, painful swellings, blood poison sro quickly cured by ll. B. B., made especially for all obsti nate blood and skin troubles. B.B.B, is different from other remedies be cause B.B.B, drains the poison and 1---.-l.fllt.VK.J as CV 1 Ani'.A UUUIU1D UUI V? ?UV u.uuu wuva <uuv..v ?. tem and cannot return. In tel li go nc or readers are advised to give B.B.B, a trial. It oures when all else fails. TKrt??rvn.1.1^ #-OA - ??!V?g?i, vw.VU>> a?.? W JTV?D1*? kVVAVX at drag atoros and Hill-Orr Drug Co. and Wilhito ec Wilh.te at $1 per largo bottle, $6 large bottles (full treatment) $5. .So sufferers may tost it a trial bottle given away absolutely free. Write for it. Address Blood Balm Co., 380 Mitoholl St., Atlanta, Ga. Write to-day. Describo tho trouble abd free medical advice given. - There are four singers in every quartette ohoir who think tho other three can't sing a bit. - Seven hundred and twenty tons of cardboard are untilized every year in tho shape of postal cards. ?Mfliiiiitfitiiiifiill MK. TRIMBLE'S DECLINATION. Formal Let 1er oflhe Gentleman Nam ed for Lieutenant Governor. The following letter of decliuation from Hon. James L. Tribble, of An derson, who was suggested for lieu tenant governor by the prohibition conference, has been delayed in publi cation by the absence of Col. James A. Hoyt, to whom it was entrusted for delivery to Mr. T. N. Berry, chair man of the conference and who now authorizes it publication: Anderson, S. C., May 28th. 1900. Col. Thos. X. Berry, Chairman Prohi bition Conference. My Hear Sir: I have been informed of the action of the prohibition confer ence in Columbia in suggesting my niiiic for lieutenant governor on the ticket with Col. Jas. A. Hoyt for gov ernor to bc voted for at the Democrat ic primary. It becomes my duty, notwithstanding the high compliment thus paid me, to decline to enter the race. Circum stances arc such that it is out of the question for me to run. I am not an aspirant for that or any other office, and had I been present at thc confer ence should have promptly declined. I beg to assure you and the members of the conference that I appreciate the compliment, and when I consider their moral courage, their into grity of charaoter, their noble efforts in trying to stop or prohibit thc government from selling liquor, it fills mc with deep emotion that I should have been deemed worthy of the honor of being one of their standard bearers. In tendering this, my formal decli nation, I hope it will not bo deemed out of place for me to add, in this con nection, that lam in full sympathy with the members of thc c inference, as well as all who arc desirous of free ing the State from the shame that has been cast upon her good name by this liquor business. If it is considered unlawful, disreputable and immoral for thc individual citizen to engage in thc liquor traille, then it is equally so for the State. Some one has said "prohibition docs not prohibit." Well now, you and I (and in fact every law abiding citizen), are prohibitad from selling liquor, and ib does prohibit, and since prohibition has reached the single individual, there is no ooo now in thc State but the government to be prohibited in this nefarious business. The people constitute the State, they ot?ate the offices aud set their bounds, and put men into these offioes, now let the people say to thesegovernment al agencies, "Cease selling liquor." There is no one else to prohibit. I endorse in toto the strong and powerful, powerful because truthful, address or appeal to the prohibition Democrats in the State to join battle in this fight against an evil. Your platform is clear cut, without plati tudes or jingling phrases to catch vot ers, and Bhows that the men who adopt ed it had the moral courage to decline any compromise with the great evil, which is recognized among all civil ized people as an unmitigated evil. It is time tho Christian .people of this old commonwealth should know whether it is to be the fixed policy of our State to make the selling of liquor as a beverage a function of govern ment, and thus make all of our people partners in the business. It is to be hoped that tho Christian men and women of this State will make their influence folt in this con test. You have flung your banner of sobriety, temperance and virture to the brecse,_and have selected Col. James ?. Hoyt, tho peer of any Dem ocrat in the State, as ?our leader. Ho is a loan of irreproachable moral ohar acto- ; a true and tried Carolinian, who has stood by his State in her darkest hours of adversity, laboring and wait ing for her redemption; a man who has always championed thc cause of right against wrong, seeking no other re ward than ihe sweet consciousness of duty performed. With such aman as leader it does seem that all men who love purity, honor and the good name of our State should rally to the stand ard, and drive out forever the liquor traffic. With these we oan afford to oontend for that whioh is good, noble and pure in government, as well as in the home. Yours respectfully and sincerely, J. L. TRIBBLE. Would Net Suffer So Again for Fifty Times its Price. I awoke last night with severo paita itt my stomach. I neyer felt so badly in all my life. When I carno down to work thia morning I felt so weak I could hardly work. I went to miller j & MoCurdy G drug store and they re commended Chamberlain's Colio, Chol-1 era a=d Tarrho?tHcsciy.. It ^f.rkpi like magie and one dose fixed mo all right. It cortainly.is the finest thins I ever used for stomach trouble. I shall not be without it io my home hereafter, for I should not oats to en dure the sufferings of last night again for fifty times its price.-G. fl. Wil son, .Liveryman, Burgettstown, Wash ington Co., Pa. This romcdy is for sale by Hiil;Orr Drug Co. - What we call personal religion, the religion of a man's lifo, is tho effort to draw nearer to God, to know Him, to listen to what Ho has to.say, to tell Him what is in our heart. SPECIAL ?SiVLE OF PIANOS AND ORGANS. FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS THE C. A. MUSIC HOUSE Will Bell any of the following High Grade PIANOS and ORGANS at pr?ces as low aa can be obtained from the M anufactu rers direcl: KNABE, WEBER. IVE US Si POND, CROWN, WHEELOCK, LAKE SIDE aud RICHMOND. Also. THE ? BOWM, E8TBY and FA BB AND afc VOTE Y OR? A MS. Prospective purchasers will find it to their interest to call and inspect my Stock or write for prices. We also represent the leading makes Sewing Machines At Rock Bottom figures. , Respectfully, THE C. A. REED MUSK- HODSE. BLOOD TELLS, Yes. it ia the Index to health, ir you have bad blood you aro likely to loam that iou have Rheumatism, one ol' the moat orriblo diseases to which mankind la heir. If thin disease has jost began its work, or if you baye bess afflicted for years, you should at once take the wonderful new care, BHEUMACIDE. Thousands have been cured. The Spring, ls (he best time to take a rhoumatlo remedy. Nature will then aid the medicine iu effec ting a permanent, constitutional cure. Peo ple with bad blood are subject to catarrh, Indigestion, and many other- distases To be healthy the blood mast be pure RH EU M ACIDE ls tho Prince of blood purifiers. Sold in Anderson by EVANS PHAR D. 8. VANDIVER. E. P. VAMMVB?. J. J. MAJOR. VAl??lBROSiiyilfi BEALE RS IN Fino Buggies, Phaetons, Surreys. Wagons? Harness ~~ LaplBobee and Whips, High Grade Fertilisers, Baggingland Ties. ONE hundied fins new Boggie? just received. Come and look through them. They are .beauties, and we will treat yon right if yon need one. Car load "Birdseil" Wagons oa hand the best Wagons built. Oar White Hickory Wagons to arrive soon. Yours, for vehicles, VAN DIVER .BROS. <k MAJOR. NOTICE. I have a considerable num ber of small unpaid Accounts ? on my books. I am notifying e ach ; one of amount due. and unless paid I am going to place them in officer's hand for col lection. . ? ? .. ?Mmli? T JV S. FOWLES. Jan?, 1000 28 MOWRY TO LO AN ? ON REAL ESTATE. Long timo If j^ourlto Is coed. Fine Farm lande for little Honey. ^^\?Si^SiimW?S^^ Call jSi SeS our iiot of tuarn ; wm. aid noyers to got what they want, and lehd them, half of purchase money. B. F. MARTI! Attorney at Law, Mascn'o Temple, Anderson, S. ?. NOTICE. . ANDERSON, 8.C., Blay 14,' WOO, rTlAKE NOTICE that the Annual Meet .JL ina of the, Stockholders of tho An doreon Water. Light and Power Co. will be held at tholr office, In tho City of An derson, on the third Tuesday In June (19th). 1000, at 12 o'clock m., ior tho pur pose of electing Officers and attending lo any other business that may come.before them. Please be present in person Or by proxy. 8. M. ORR, Pr?sident. . May 16,1000 47 ? tandiest, cleanest, safest, coolest and most mom i cal summer cook stove ever sold. Wickless Oil Stove Burns ordinary kerosene* Combines the efficiency of the coal range and the convenience and comfort of the gas range at a frac tion of the expense of either. An absolutely safe and clean stove ; will not smoke, smell or get greasy; can't explode. Can be moved anywhere. Sold wherever stoves are sold. If your dealer dogs not have them, write to ?TAH5?RS OIL COMPANY . ? Few Things Necessary to make a . . . GOOD COTTON HOE. A PERFECT HOE should have a straight, well-sea oned handle, made of the best grade selected timber. The blade should be made of a high quality of steel, perfectly tempered and properly sharpened. The shanks should be of the same high quality of steel, and so fitted into the handles as to make their palling out, from ordinary usage, impossible. AU Hoes should be Bet to exactly suit the purpose for which they are intended. To find a Hoe that fully meets all of the?e requirements we invite you to come and inspect our line. Men, women and children will here find a Hoe to suit them. All weights and sizes are com prised in our mammoth stock. Please bear in mind that we are the only dealers in this section who buy their Goods in solid car lots, and hence are in a position to name such prices as cannot fail to mak-, it to your interest to favor us with your pa tronage. WE WANT TO BUILD*! And se do you. Bail? tight by getting the beal material. SELL THE On the market. Have sold several of the Cotton Mills their supply of Lime. This,, of course, means the best and lowest price. ? Still Selliog Groceries Wholesale* And don't break packages for anybody. , This means we- sell eh sap. Come and see us. urns & mw?mm, WHOLESALE GROCERS. fi?* The largest etoek of TOBACCO iu the- 'up-eoo&try. All Srstrolsss brands on hand. . Si Remember when you go to get your Seed to get fresh ones. As this ie our first year in the Seed business wo have no sesd earned over from last year. ~ Yours, F. B. GRAYTON & GO. Near the Post Office. The Farmers 1^ PAYS INTEREST OIS ?EP?STITS. ST* No deposit too amati to receive careful and courteous attention. mT Children's deposits es^foially invited. J? lt* VAWBIVB?, ?a#hier? Ai tea? Two Yeara Fcexatami bave been Paid ia ?Sie uimiAi amrriT t IFS: IM^IIHIM^F f.n IBBV f VVlb ailafSW2 9 m nev* KB c?*wwBimuws!B ww Of New Ark, W. J.. .voua poMcrcr HASU. 1. lioan Value. / 2. Otsfe Value. I! gS^g^s^^co that works automatically. o! WJut?\*1u*tate<\tf s**^ you aroMvln?, or within three years aftev .apse, upon aaUafcatory evidence of insurability and p?7r meat of arrears with Interest, 7. No Rastrletlo? ofter second year. - 8. incontestable.' Dividends aro payable at the beginning of the second and cf each succeeding year, provided the PremlutU for the current year be (Aid. / They may. be used 1. To redaos premium?, or 2. To increase the lasnranc?, or 3. To make Folley p&snblo os on Endowment during the Ufe-tlme of insured. Every member of the Mutual Benefit Is sore of fidr and liberal treatment u nae' ??l circumstances, and no matter What happens he will get bb moneys worth ia insurance, for lt la all put down In blaok aod white "in tho ?policy." $1, H*. W4^C??N, State A?ent, people?? Bank BnUdlng, ANDERSON, S. C.