Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AN OLD-FASH?O EDGEF J? Charleston^ Borne ten years ago, when the Rev'. John Lake-~God forever bless his no ble soul!-now a missionary in China, fi had thoroughly organized tho Young Men's Christian Association ia Edgo fi field, the boys wished to buy an organ, and begged us to write and deliver a leoture on old times in Edgefield in their behalf. Remembering right far back ourself, iud having been raised byan anoient grandmother, .who was i a walking ehroniole of early Edgefield history, we,complied gladly. And wo S are proud to say the boys got their or ig gan. From this Old lecture wo copy, ? almost at random, certain passages. - The town of Edgefield lies on sev I eral hills in tho fork of Beaver Dam Ireek and its tributary, "t'ie Acade y Branph.," When you ^eave tho immit of the publie square and go orthward, you descecd- a lofty sud luddy red hill, and cross the Aoade y Branch, you aro in "Buncombe." bu then go up another long, ?very sag, red muddy hill, with homes, )ms of them formerly yory handsome, seither side bf the rad street. It as called "Bunoombe" from the krisJst days, because over ; th at side ! iowa comped the apple and tobaooo sgoners from Bunoombe County, N. . Oo tha extreme top of tho hill, here , tho land stretches out flat, ;6nds the old ,4Mat Wims" home :esd^ It ^was tho first house over lilt |u Buncombe, and was, for those irly Mays, a . very handsome one. [re. Mst Mimo was a daughter of the rave young Capt. Richard Tutt, who, iv Revolutionary times, had 'taken .lOody Bill Cunningham, a captive, ) Charleston. Subsequently he he arne the first sheriff of Edgefield. Lis.own homo was on a high hill on ie /South, side of the little town. Us descendants here have his sword. The second house built in Bun ombo was the h?tae of another mah uncus in history-the Hon. Prestos .rooksi This house, still a hand ?fife one j now owned and oooupied by ir; J. Glover Tompkins, was built in 320 by Col. Whitfield Brooks, the ither of Preston 8. '' Brooks. Col. Whitfield Brooks had .been born and tised inv the Saluda country, some santy miles north of Edgefield. This oms-with spacious grounds sud au loomparable flower tt arden--was a ? lordly one; and hero FreBt.ua 3. liru?k? !? B . lived with his parents uutil he was n-B married. , ':' <} < . x" B Prepisely opposite the Brooks home, M from ?830 to 1840 or 1845, stood the on S first and orig? nal Methodist Church of b?B Edgefield; Tho Baptist Church, the I first church in Edgefiold, had been g dedicated in :.3r?20^;';:Tho-- Episcopal * I Chureh was oou8eerated in 1835. Thi* T8 first Methodist Cburoh stood in a fl I ?rove of hugo oaks,'while immediately id B iaok"pijfc stretched out a dense J ungle , B- _--' ' _\_Lai _#_Ll-? - ti. ^M- ~ ehildiren gathered chinquapins d B&ise-serviso. It W*? ?u thia priiue val ohuroh, which Stood in Buncombe, that tho famous and eccentric old Lo renee Dow preached, and when he had finished prcMnlug ho jumped, ont of thebaok window, plunged into'^.tltO chinquapin bushea and wau cover sean lB^^ojo\a^ai: ' ; 4 ^$>w?^ And it w as in ibis church also that the fa^ott?j?ld ^irottii rider, ''Brother nelly had a si?cfcleg' and Only ono ?ye. The lcgend?r?!rthat ho had -bur?od off t?^?i3;?e?4n^ . od h? Rooked out of the windows an? ?aw:t%^ rode in large and: oleara t coaches ia t m thoss dsys. Thole mulatto coachmen r t sat hitf asleep On their, high dibkey aoats. Brother BanneUy rattled his t ? :? ^^^h^f^^j^^k^ng to tho mu - the?, ?hl y.l.? .?,.,.". ft*., for Pm sore Go4 never made 'cw/', ^ The third house built in Bunoombe, oV. ilt^?mb?t tho traditions anshi, ter : owned ; .and'v ^aw^it?^a|Bat?a % family. It is atilt a broad and beautl >t ? t?t?m. ?6'was ?ii?tlifc ab?u* 182^ Bot O?Yornor Atsdrew Pievens, the father ?? cf our Govsrtior Franois W. Piokeaa. iSf Governor Andrew Piokess, astTi^ , Sou th' CaroUna' people ino ff, was Ia ^1 ^Jl^?ofd^^ thi??T Hi^ oldest MIQS aoB, ^^ in?n?c o&ji?p, oar ?oy SS} crnor Pic****?*^* Confsdsrate wat WfS ?HS, i^T^fttTRy . law/ W?lhT 0Bi. JfflMB| NED HD MINCE PIE. uaday News. BOU, of ?he low-country, a grand daughter of Landgrave Moreton, but ehe ?as dead and gone. His children were aleo grown up and gone, and he wan living with a second wife, a Hiss Nelson, of Virginia, by whom he had no children. The handsome new house - was said to bea lonely and a gloomy ono.. It was even said that' tho old man was unkind to the second wife. This is unusual, for th? sec ond wife generally has a white silk parasol licediwith, pink silk, and with deop white fringe. when the poor first' wife, who bore th*, heat and burden of the day, had soarc?iy a' blue cotton umbrella. It is ec-to the ph arno of man be it said. As regarda the old man being unkind to his second wife, our a acion t grandmother always said: "And I believe it, for she was ever a poor, nervous, sorrowful, .oared-look ing creature;" . The old Governor died first, and "the poor, scared-looking creature returned to Virginia. GOT* Ginor Andrew Piokens, however, was not buried here; Hi o body was taken to "the old Book "huron," a mile or two from Clemson College, and laid by the side of his father and mother. Th? last Governor Piokens is buried here. '.. V In June, 1837, when we were four years old, Dur anoient grandmother, from whom we reoeived the traditions, was taken to Glenn Springs on a bsd, in a largo covered wagon, an apparent ly hopeless victim of dyspepsia "liver complaint," as it wa. ?hon Called. Glenn Springs was just com ing into fame. Tho caws that Hoked tho sulphur! water in the pasture had lately discovered it. Columbus, as a discoverer and a benefactor of the human race, was nothing compared to those cows that discovered Glenn Springs. Wo wore an arm-hole apron and sat in the wagon with our ' grand mother and her maid, "Matildy." Oar uncle and slater went in front in ? large, round, pumpkin-shaped coach. Behind the wagon, in another pump kin-shaped coach, bright yellow, drove old Mrs. R?sela Blalook and her twelve or foarteenlyear-old sonV;;Pa tilld. This boy, Pa til lo, b c c ara e tho father'of tho Bev. Pinckney P. IMa-. . look, the gifted blind preaoher, and ot Mrs. Motte Parker. Mrs. R?sela Blalook was. another very prominent, strong-minded and eccentric EdgeBeld widow. She was almost six* feet ia!!, very thin, and her great plaok cy on actually tarted-, in her head. She ?jhtal been very handsome. She; *as, keen, bright and eatriioal to the last : degree. We stopped all night Rfc tho [ [beautiful home, somewhere & Kew? - ;^erry County, of o rich and educated i firmer named Glenn, who in the mprn :;: i og/refused to accept ? cent ?f^jr I for entertaining ton human being, and ) iiht< horsed. \ When, wo arrived at Glenn ;, Springs j a very 'plain and hoi yery? large hotel was going up, but WBB not ] ready for use. There were flntjp seven plain, rude, pine cottages,' uncalled, Si iet?a with two rooms below and ftn un divided loft afeoy?; We rented cue of . >'tliev(;c$^ _iwp,-eecenirl^v^ : -widows-one in one room and one in tho other. '. Pitillo slept- sa tho loft and occupied his time in thrashing dow? rank green chestnuts and chin j <iu8pins. AU tho other cotUgea wcro also occupied. We remaned at Glenn Springe fcbreev mooiht; ftnd Vas. young y t?S?? irere'we^ n^nagsris. The; iotal independense . ind odd\?eoeatrinities ot the t^^p Edge?eld widows were the wonder and tho talk of t^? wfcb?e settlement Our grandmother returned horco Bitting up ! summer of her Hf e un til the -war broke out-and lived to be ninety-three .f -years old,- ' '.; .' J^^^Blft 4a?lv' extremely amusing incident of I -Itff&rsi sojouvn at Glenn Springs WAS tnis: Near the springs there lived ? poor woman named White. She was a widow with ono d_ugh;erf a yellow, ? l?i^fc?t?^^^ named fttitlia OumL Mrs. White made beautiful ? wma^^asketB of allsisesand bi?Qght< ? She it?*ia?waye aooompanied by ; ^W??f?. ? Mr??:;^i^::???iea::her Blalo^ " distinctly^ and '. very sento?tious?/ Willie, that ia ne Ba??;<ftt ajl^ono ' ^^^^^^^^^^^^ she had a tumor cot out of her side, ?nd died of tho operation. It was said that an Indian doctor laid her down and ont |V ont with a weeding hoe. James T. Bacon. tearfui Experience of two German Balloonists. Tho progress of "balloon experiments in the German army has just received a Bevere setback by the fearful'exper iences of two members of the Aero* static corps, named Wolff and Bratfd, who have returned to Berlin after having been given up for dead- follow ing a balloon ascension, during which they completely disappeared. The two mon were blown ali tbe wsy from Berlin to tho Baltio sea, whero they were driven by a gale olear aoross that body of water, and finally landed, half dead, tn a little villr^o ia Swe den, traveling altogether moro than five hundred miles. The story of their flight is one of tho most thrill ing in tho history of ballooning in Europe. Tho two balloonists, caught in the gale in the upper air, were blown at terrific speed for three days, unable to make a descent without being dash ed to death. As the wind seemed to slacken, the balloonists opened their valve, preparing to descend. What was their horror upon seeing as they dropped from the clouds that the open sea was beneath them. They tried to shut the valve, but were only partly successful. When within a few hundred feet of the wate?, ?he valve was closed by Wolff, who climbed up the oordege surrounding the geo bas to do it. But the balloon still dr oj ped nearer the sea. Finally, desperado, the balloon ists climbed iule the ?>alloon*B rigging and ouc the basket from under them. With the basket*wen*'all their pro visions and instruments. Clinging to tho cordage about the balloon, the two men hung between hope and fear for a few moments as the bag seemed to hover uncertainly. Then? slowly, it began to rise onoe more. Of ter clinging for hours to the cor dage, thousands of feet in the air over the sea, the two soldiers made out the Itnd. As soon as it was safe, the ; val v? was opened again, and the bal loon was allowed to desoend slowly. The two men landed in a snow bank within. & feT miles cf a little Swedish village. Th'.'v had to walk two miles, almoBt exhausted, through .the snow, and collapsed just as they reached the first cabin. They were given food and fresh clothing, and wore able to borrow money to get them back to Berlin. Potatoes and Alcohol* ; T?i? c?ti?n Bsad oil men ox ino State diaenssed. quite freely at their meeting in Columbia Tuesday - tho discovery by Mr. JV O. Spurlln, a chemist, of Arkansas,that denatured alcohol eou!d bo extracted from the potato by tho nee of the present oil mill ma chinery. This paper dwelt with, em phasis,upon the subjeot when it waa first brought ont and pointed out tho great advantage it would be to tho oil mill people, who would thereby bo enabled to : operate their machinery ino ysav round at a prone rainer than ?ave tho plants remain idle half of tho time, as is now the ease. /'V'.v.. ?C^TJSemon who discussed the practi cability of tho plan in Columbia de cided tba* M ? the soberna is worked out ouooessfqlly it will bo of mutual advantage. The oii mills shut down in. the summer just at tho timo whee the potato crop ia comingio, and tho potato crop zs harvested before the oil mills begin operation in tho fall. Not only would ibo oil mills be kept profit ably employed, bui the farmers I wo aid have opened up to them an enlarged market for a crop that has never boen especially b?n?ficiai to them as a ota ple product ior wui^h. there would always ho more: or isss demand. ? ' r:-\ Another important advantage to the mills would ba that the new industry won ld enabl? them to koop their labor instead of having to allow it to be come demoralised and scattered when the dottopr* seed crushing season is Over. The Columbia conference was tory much intarestod in the subjeot and ail information it i? possible to ing to Me the cotton oil manufacturers in* tereafc in the new industry which will Irorn^i industrial aloohol.-Greenv?l?e ^ vvAfcate; ^?reai:^i?ajr. Witb iW>tin^rannJBg itt every dit&it?^ that convey the blood to every part of the a>flij^ppi;Cold, ?ud?en chajji|e* tod' ?xjpoflnro,. m^'?%^^^^ acta? to clog the circulation And jS?1. ^^^^^^^?^^^^^ 1? wa**** tw^ wttie*' j?<ro are doittg, Popular Medical Delusions. Traditions and superstition, it is said, die hard, und even in this twen tieth century, the age of Jucatioo and prepress, it is surprising what ! erroneous and delusive ideas prevail j ' regarding medical matters. ! ' In some of the moro common ail- '1 meats of children a dootor hears at times peouliar views expressed. Many patients aro quite un?ci? the im pression that it is for their children's welfaro that they should contract while young such diseases as measles, whooping cough and chickenpox, or glasspox, and they will eveu go so far as to expose them to infeotion uo aa to, as they express it, "get it over and dono with." As a matter of faot, ibero ia no reason or neoessity why any ohild should suffer from any one of these diseases. Happy is tho family that eBoapcB from them, for then there is a ohance of the young' tera growing up healthy mot. and woi?<m and usef -.l members of society. Most erroneous ideas prevail as to the effeot of these complaints of ohildhood. I have often heard it Baid, "Oh, it's only measlesl" or ohiokeu pox, as the oaso may be; quite ob livious to after effects, Any one who would take the trouble to read health statistics would soon be convinced that measles especially ?J not to be trifled with. j?&d yet medica! men as a rule, finqHBoklcss disregard for isolation, anoVW- many caaos not even i the precaution of calling in the fam ily doctor, the result being, naturally, that the disease -aproado at its own street will and often works havoc. In the treatment of this complaint, again, delusions and erroneous ideas exist among a large number of the oommunity. Tradition, so it appears to me, is more prevalent with regard to - measles than almost any other children's disease. A remedy that has been handed down from mother to v' nighter fori don't know how many generations is saffron. Now, what effect saffron has upon this particular fever no dootor knows. Certainly there is no peouliar element in its composition that makes it a necessity. When ono remembers that saffron is merely a dye, princi pally used commercially in that role -and tba? ?c possesses no medical value-one fails to understand why it ia so universally used. The only thing to be said in its favor is that, while being useless, it is-harmless. A favorito addition, to saffron is brandy; , but as saffron is! harmless, brandy, on tbs other.hand, especially irith babies and young children, is positively injurious, and should never JO given exoept under medical ad rioe. Children are always thirsty in their feverish ailments. Yet how seldom th? mother thinks of giving her ohild srater to drink 1 It is nearly always milk--another popular delusion. Milk ia an exzellent food, but it does not jucuoh thirst; in faot, it increases it. .iivo the ohild oold boiled water and it will beoC'TXie quiet and loss fretful. ? very popular idea is that spirits keep tho oold out. ?s a mattor of Pact they do just tue opposite. Alco ii til increases tho aotiou of tho skin, )pens thc pores aud makes the indi vidual more Hablo to eontraot ohills md colds, often with serious results. A. glass of hot milk is far botter and noch oheapor and purer. It is a popular delusiou that doctors ire compelled to attend to any and ivory call mado upon them. Notting )f tho kind; but medical men very -uroly refuse, although in many cases ho chanco of receiving a fee is ro ??te. Street accidents or people aud lenly takon ill (eomotimes a malinger er) will make a kind-hearted onlooker run to the nearest doctor for aesiot ince, quite oblivions as to who is re sponsible for payment. As ?, matter >f fact, the one who calla the dootor is liable. Au Unexpected Question. Apropos of the discussions now on so to whether hell is a place of dre ?nd brimstone, a state of mind or merely an idea, the following aneo dote, for whioh strict originality is not claimed, was told by s layman: "A negro parson in Macon was ad dressing his congregation on the birth of mau. In ac eloquent sud exegeti cal voioe ho said: " 'And de Lawd, He made Adam out uv wet mud and sot him up against a fiahplaoo to dry-' "A brother among the congregation arose and interruped: " 'You just said dis was the fu'st thing de Lawd made. Now, who mado dat fiahplaoo?" "The parson hesitated a minute and then eleared his voioe: " 11 'Sit down, you^fool nigger,' he said, sioh questions' as dem will up set any cistern ol ?beo'asry-' " OAiliVO^t??li. Bena tho ^^^^^^^^^m Bongftl - Too many spend somuoh time getting ready that they run out of time before they begin. ."..! '. I ' .' . ' I . . ' ' ' . ' ' . Xhe b?3t Threo-Tooth Cultivator and Side Harrow man* ufaotured. ' ? . San bs need as a Single or Double Stock as well as a Three-Tooth Cultivator. The Handlet are strongly attached to Frame and the Blades are easily adjusted. Keystone-AdjostaMe Weeder and Shallow Cultivator. > The practical mind will be readily convinced of the ad vantage of an Adjustable over a Straight F J ame Weeder, m as much aa ito construction permita it to be need, not f : only aa a weed exterminator, while tho crops are young, WO??? bot as a Shallo w Cultivator between the. rows until the;: . ' :, \, : crop? m ature, which method of cultivation h?s interested jil-,' the up-to^te-far???f to such an extent that die thousands ?/ y V who have been aviating it are a unit in testifying to Ito . necessity, claiming that tho growth and production of the crops depend opon frequent and shallow cultivation, and that no implement jet invented is as well adapted to the c<mdition aa the keystone Adjustable Weeder ?nd Shallow " Cultivator. ? 'Y-<-Y^': ' ' 't : ? ?t Him II 'I II i? II ? ? i 'n ii II ?. i . ? i ..' " ?' ?? ? i '? ;.- .,, . i i , Bliif? Midge HoeSo ^plrery^ BjUtdeffer^.rrom-hi^h?ot grade HoeSteel. Ead Handle sfxal^ The bes ??lill Barta e Co This Establishment lias been Bellies IN ANDERSON for more than forty years. During all that time competitorc havo como and gone, out wc have remained right hero. We have always sold ?hoapor than any others, and during those long yearB we have not had one die satisfied customer. Mistakes will sometimes occur, and if at any time ITO found that a customer was dissatisfied wo di'? not rest until wo had made him satisfied. This polioy, rigidly adhered to, has made us friends, true and last ing, and wo can say with pride, but without boasting, that we havn the confi dence of tho people of this section. Wo have a larger Stock of Goods thie soason than wc have ever had, and wo pledge you our word that wo have never Bold i^urnituro at as oloso a margin of profit as we are doing now. This ie ??revell by the fact that wc are selling Furniture not only fill over Anderson Jounty but in every Towu in tho Piedmont section. Come and seo us. Youc pareuts saved money by buying from us, nnd you rind your children can savo money by buying hore leo. We carry EVERYTHING iu tho Furniture line, ?5. F. TOLLY & SON, Depot Street. The Old Reliable Furniture Dealers MASTIC ED PAINT. We Want to Sell You Your Paint. Come in to see us, and let us tell you all about it. We have sold this Faint for many years, and all have been pleased who used it. We have a fine selection of colors, and will gladly give you a card showing them if you will call in and request same. Also, a full line of Varnishes, Stains, Floor Paints, Furniture Polish, Paint Brushes, Etc. & CO., Reliable Druggists. Next "to Bank of Anderson. ss ?es aa s1 Now is a good time to buy a new Buggy and Harness and we want you to look at our large stock of the latest and best up-to-date styles, and it will be no trouble for you te make a selection. Our work is all sold under guarantee. We have extra bargains to offer? Give us a trial. Our prices are low and terms to suit. j TEDS J. S. FOWLER COMPANY, j ?. 3.-We have a few last Fall's Jobs to go at Cost. THE SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM! Un?scelle? Dicing Car Service. Through Pullman Sleeping!,Garston aliEfainkT? Convenient Schedules on all Local Trains. V WINTER TOURIST RATES are now in effect to all Florida Pointe For full information as to rates, routes, etc., . consult nea reit South&sa Ballway Ticket Agent, or R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent /Charleston- Rtt BROOKS MORGAN, Af et. Gen. Pas. Agent, Atlanta, Ga. 3.1 I I I i r j ONE CAB OF HOG FEED. Have just received one Car Load of HOG FERD (Shorts) at very close prices. Come beforeltheyfare all gone. Now is the time for thro wing Around your premises to prevent a case of fever or some other disease, that will cost you very much more ' than the price of a barrel of Lime (81.00.) > We have .. " a fresh shipment in stock, and will be glad to sendjyou some. If you contemplate building a barn or any other building, tee us before buying your CEMENT and LME,1 As we eell tho very^tfqualitie^only* O/P. AMDERSOM ALONG LOOKAHEAD iv: Wi ft ? 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