The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 01, 1903, Page 6, Image 6
THE NEWBERRY OF THE
DAYS THAT ARE PAS'
LETTER FROM FORMER NEWBERRIA:
NOW9I.IVING IN TEXAS.
Good Men of the Olden Days-A Grel
Unfounded Panic-Families of the
)utch Fork Huddled on Little
Mountain.
Woodville. Texas
Oh! there are voices of the past,
Links of a broken cUhamn,
Wiigs that can bear im-, back to time
Which cannot come0 again.
Yea, (god forbid that I should lo:e
The echoes that remaiv.
Where is the heart that doth not kee
Within its iniost core,
Some fond remimcibranlee deep
O' days that are no mor -'
I close' my last at Phil Sch"lp
pert's sign. Oin next block e..s
lived Wid, w Preci us Shell, stn un
dahighter, all gone. Oni ti'e nirth
e&.st corner was the home ol Mr!,
Annie O'Neali and hi daughttr
"Miss Sarahl. Tley were l'tiends
called by otisiders Quakers. Gk-o
'ox, the f"undllier of the sect, or
tial before thle F 0 uV glishl Ju1stice, ex
horte them t tiembh- at the wofr
of 0od ;0oneof t1he just ices scolil
Called th1eIII Qual:ers. At one tim;<,
t1here were nu af Ihei in N, w
herry; now all $!knl: himdnik
mIII.lIIv oIhvit Ide'enu rad
hadIl a spirit 1 al fol m;o Ch rist i;miit
SOW lit il- ilpirat i. di "' lk
I lt. I a nl0 ic wkorsh"ip t i v w:
N God until the spiri m > k .I111
( )I,e of their chanteistic- w -im
polliit in hiigliage m (: dir's. Th n
is lothin.g mllr,e attr.ctike thn:11
youlln, uak I lady, in the lovel
bloom adlit. p I o, I i ime of Vout l
Woma1ood, In hea Ineit and plai6
Quaker drIs ooking, so milI antI
gelntle, so piure :u l b, -autifull. MrlS
()'Neall and \liss Sal ie had heart!
(di unfailing eit"ClIess and kind
nIess. \\'henever th1e little fellow
wct ahot thema they always gavt
them eakes aml cheery wordk. \\
calkd the cakes "giunger bread,'
and the hors nicknamed M-Irs
O'Neall's granudsoni, John Caldwe1l
"Gunger'' after the. cakes.
Adam Suimmer, a man of culti
vatcd taste and literary iniclinatioiis
ill his escription o the last Quikei
Imeetilig. inl the Ann11als. pa L- alk\
ing, Iribuite. it) thei-'ik. inl w%hiel
Le 'ays: ''\\' t I t ok the gii<
old lanther ilugh O' Neai l mountel
on his dtraib-oloiedL pony , look
ig 1like old 1114 tity I s iv
\\ ithi a ce i l wmd ~ and a hear
pi! cetical exupei of1 puity am ele(1I
theC Anna(l . tive a splenid torbut
thCese ha jin Ii 1.bute
Pass'ing tin we colle to thle bloel
eaist of the Methodist E~piscop:
churi ch, on thec south lwest cornier
is thei little redi sch oolhtiouise where
in
"Thie village ma~ster taulght . is littI
school."'
Oni the north lwest corner is a twi
story house, where afterwards live,
R icharud (C Chapan, a miani mios
ihoroughily hionest and( truei
thoulghit anid act. HeI was exculs
ble for getting full of the '', b:
joytul' 01n llampilton1's election, fe.
joy~ wa1s 4ver all the hand and h1
(tiid 1not PlaY a 'lOnie int id.' i
"IIlas reached thle shiore
Where'i templests niever beat, nor b)il low~
On the samte btock my recolle<
tion1 is that Silas 1L. H etter onc
livedI; he was of thie p)rofessionl<
which Burns wrote, 'who( knewv th
ancient and mysterious science<
confounding right'and wrong, "'1.
a lawyer. le ws a remarkably
fluent and eloquent speaker; was a
learned scholar anl fine teacher.
Irr De\\'ah, inte!f 'T"exas, went
x to s .a to 1i iii car Prosperity,
Ind ld e suxke to i: of him as a
kin.iy man am! splendid Lteacher
N -% fe went to school to himu and
sa. :H. girls vere f'Id of him for
I, niencY. A gool man fell by
he u a y. H is race to eminence was
i cked by tihat old tyrant, John
Balr lecorn, who has obstructed so
Imany brilliant and promising young
S men His n, ife was Miss Lorick, a
ver y pleasant little woman. Afte'r- ait
Wards in the Same imile lived Mrs. of
pMary Gralhau, a lady of unfailing
in
gentleness and kindness, With a
vigorous intellect. She was the
daughter of \\'i Fair. She had
two woins. WilHliam, a graduate of
\Wlst Point, and DteWitt, a physi
cian - men:Il of splendid intellect -and
two daughtets. .\Mrs. Jio. W. Sumn- d
i-ner, a gentle and handsomne woman;
iese three areTAgone, where I
"Adieus and \ farewells are a sound un- s
known." g
The other, Mrs. Laura F,wart, a
sChl.hnaite of mly wife's, still sur
vive': -h: nas a beautiful, graceful
"v, ith a te i u e tof, Sunny1\
i ie next bim k east live, a
iL mt il.erC familly, to wit:
- onS Coie.of whom Nec
b, ',\Iata-a s; d. M . Car.
lu i t had aface -I 1resolutet power. 25
\\,iwv r I looked at him or his
1,;1rphs I i:n\ (1lunt-trily though01t
t) l ii. W.is i n I first kinew
hi:aas heriT:n ii,o ked with vc
ert i in on hima.
The. are t( cases of Imeln.
()hi whvii they think at all, talk
a'nd thin' -10ely oh their rights.
Tllc :cc,nd thinik and talk chivly
oi t hcir duIities T this last class
Mv. Carwile belonged, and his id Ial
was dity; his was a nioble and pure
- iuml. The sketch of him by his T
sOnl John in his reminiscences is I
good reading for the young. His b
0ood wife, Elizabeth, was the per- g:
fection of neiatness, cheeriness and
si impliyci L. They raised a very in
tcrusting filily. Zack was a fine
itookiing, good husiness man. John
B. had a fair stock of natural ability,
I 1ouniid, mental anid moral nature
and an UearneCst purpose to live pture
ly :.i righteotisly. Richard C., 1
ho died in the Mexican war, was
o a citeerv dispos-ition; was good,
bua e and 'esile and a great favor
iL. \lis Mars Girillini was a hand-h
me, sprighly yvoun ig ladyV, and( "e
liis. Illillbuy Gary was elegant anid
c dignisiio. Miss He:tie wVas a eni
\ated. gi fted srI, was origaist ando
l Ied the choir ini tli.'he Hapth~ Liilehrh
hiLr strong tlite-like voice rolh d
nie.lodioushly through the congrega
tioni. 'lrs. C..arolinue, I think, was
lhe pet' of te family~ and was bighit
(iOn lie next lock was the home
o1N>hit. Stewart, his good wife,
dl have crossedl the river save one,
ctmey and splendlid womiani, now
Is Suie Ton li lseed , of whom my
sisters were quite fond. Mr. Stew
art wa aI man oif pro)hi ty, st raighit
fowartd and just ini all his dealing.s, ItI
a mnan of excellent judgment and a il
1leadinig merchant. Ini thle semIi-oh)- o1
scuiri ty of his store he kept all kinds il
I oodls, ando lie was famuous for
ialways keepinig the best iIe had
aslight hitch in his walk , but wals
man11 ofI good appearance. Tawui~n
h was oftiteni layed( oin thle pubillic c
qureite batters stood near hisy
stor te and lie was thle best one. lie
ofteni kntocked thle ball across the e
sqluare' antd overCI the offices on the
niorthI side; we little urchins took ji
l elighit in runin g thle bases for the it
h at ters John WuX. who dIied1 in the f,
-Mexican war was quite a youg b)
e man and a favorite among the girls. ~
>f Miss Sally was a lovely little girl. b
e James married a Miss Davenport hi
>f and (lied young. His wvidow mar- i
3, ried Dr. McIver, whom I knew in a
110IE I
SALES INCREA4
NOT ALL Al
New Business I:
d thoroughly shown their appr
ten when our prices are met the
llar''. I am ahead and going to
Newberry and don't know whet
iIks and Di
ABL NO. ITomorrov
ABLE UO k ""Goods in 1
or, your choice for only 38c tihe
ABLE NO. 2 1AOt
they list for 1 9c. lvery vard 0i
asp it. jo pieces Tricot F!ann1iel
inl. lahck Taffeta, Wont split, W
SBig C
0 pes Ne'w ()uting wort i in every
errv ()C :id l ilOst -ttcs 1.0. ,
renter table .'s long as they last for
pcs ()rle:is Chviots worl-b loo
long as they last for oti!y S.
1e. Je.inas slig0hty soil.d worth
AS l(ng :1.- 1h lit'It for ,IIIly 18:.
MIMMNAUGH I
B ""I have sahll mor
BELIEVE W.tce 01, S:Ile On
in. loo File rs thi. week to
shoes b
WOO\Vednlesday 1
0wMORROW We \
y any pair of Shoes in tie house
in. The sale lasts one week so y
MILLINE
-erv IHat in the illinery Departi
;'d in the next three weeks. If
lat or Botet f-r 1 lit tle money
hance.
Fine Trimnned IIals this week,
or this sale 98C.
Fine Trimmed lat, this veck,
For t Iis sale SI 2;.
3lankets
ery pa.ir. of llank -r :m o m >:i
he Big Stock Must be
M IM
W
e army. Many' years ago, pass
g through our town thiey called
I us andl wife sai:1 shte was a ire
ark-ably handlsoime hidv.
A GREAT' INFOU NDEI l'AN IC.
I )nring the John Br owni raid at
arper' s Ferry, a false alarmn camne,
iat thousands of Abol itioni'-ts were
>ming through Maryland down on
rgiiia, mnuirdering all tIhe wh'i ites.
hie peopleC put their famiilies in
:lla rs and crowded the ch urchies
ich women and child ren , scream-i
ig and crying. Ini 1833, I think
was, a slightly similar great uin
>undi(ed p)anic ocurredl in New
erry, (I recollect it well). A re
ort camne to the vihiage that a great
odly of niegrees in the neighbor
ood of where; Jalapa now is, were
1 insturrection, murdering womieia
nd children nd moving on to ih(
RA RE(
BREA
;ED THREE THOUSAND 0'
ONCE, BUT LITTLE BY
on le:trned with each sunset-growing all the
redit to ourselves, we give due credit to the p
:iat ion of our efforts. The people shop here %
quality is inferior or it i.s done for effect, "y
stay there-so far ahead that none can catch n
e Mimnaugh's is, all you have to do is follow t
ress Goods Secti
, Vednesday mon-ing, December Ist, ever
te house worth 65c, 75c and 8.c piled on the
yard.
-venty or eighty pieces of Colored Dress Go,
c, 4o and some worth Soc the yard, your choi
Ladies' Biroadcloth in the house at slap cost.
worth 25c and 3o the yard, as long as they 1
orth $125, Miinmaugh's price 98c.
uting Sale
store in N- .
>iled !n 1 bi' it h5 --l - 0i 9C
For oIly I oo more of hosc i
the y:1rd. $ S
$1g ,as lo g as tht
';c ,100 White 3e(d Spre:u
lthey the la.4 For oly
10 ingu" Thie Wrap
e lackets this season than all t he stores in N
.! hunldred iore new%\ J.wcke;, all the correct e.
fo at Cut Prices.
y the Car
iorning. we start the biggest Cut Price Sh
ave entirely too many Shoes, and in >rder to
without a penny's prolit. What's one ian's
ou had better be on hand.
RY DEPARTMENT
net miust be R 10o Fine Trimmed Hat
you want a for this s,ile $1.89.
nom., is your ~ 5oo Fine Trimmed Hats
ik. ' for this sale $2.98.
worth $i .3 Fine Trimmed Hats
for this sale $3 49
worth $2.25., -3oo Ladies' Street Hat
each.
and Con
LV ,ogo: Cut Prices this week. Now ivyo
Turned inlto Money, Let it Bri
hol9sale and Retail.
village to buirn it and murder the rectioniist
vhIithes. The women and children ?:ext (lay
alarmed , took refuge ini the court of the i'
house and F3ernandes hotel and thie cinder.
mecn arimed themselves. Col. Speni- In the
eer H-arrington, a good and useful dled tog
man, wvith a few others, adlvaniced little MI
like skirmishes, in thme direction of was a col
Jalapa, and findling nothing of it, no fires x
lhe panic subhsidedl. As I reimiem- (2nt1ial ii
b ei it was a very excited timtie. Thiat rahthe 0
itell igenlt anld enuterp rising cit/zen' Carol~milide
inms Welch, wh'lo lived not fari with all<
from the v'illatge, said, the new.-s related t
reached huimt j ist before dinner time, jolly goo)
and Mrs. Welch at once took her it.had nc
with hui
two children and wvent to her moth- that lie
er's; the negroes were badly fright- and thu
cned, and followed after 'Sthiem. no0 one d
One little dlarkey armed himself thew tha
with a pitch fork (he was the orig-don :
inal Tillmnanite) to fight the insur- feriti
"OR
K ER'
VER 1902.
LITTLE.
time. We don't take all
Liblic that has so liberally
vith ease. Nine cases out
Ou can bet your bottom
e. If you are a stranger
he crowds.
on.
yard of Colored Dress
ist table, as you enter the
>ds piled on a big table,
:e of the big lot as long
The opportunity is yours
ist for only 20C the yard.
annel worth 25a as long
the vard.
rge Bed Spre.ds worth
lasi for only oSc.
vorth S5c, as long ;s
58C
Business.
ewberry coimbilned. We
it and every Wrap a bar
Load.
>c Sale ever held in the
reduce the stock you can
loss is the other fellow's
s this week, worth $3.00,
this week, worth $4..oo,
this week, worth $5.oo,
this week for only ioc
riforts.
r c ha nce to buy goods for
ig What it May.
s. On returning hiome the
they found their dinner
wrevious day burned to a
Duhtch Fork families hud
Lther and took refuge on
countain and, although it
1 night, to avoidl discovery
ere allowed. That influ
anl, Robert Maffet (the
M~Iid Bates anhd D)rayt,
young mten, and Miss
a handsome sp)righity girl,
>f whom I wvent to school)t)
bat Capt. Matthew Hlall, a
:1 fellow, told him "that if
t beeni for a big clog he ha
i lie would have frozen;
hugged the dog up closely
3 kept thawed. At night
ared to whisper; that Mat
uight lie heard a stick crac
the mountain side an
his dog might bark, b
it by tlw throat, and afte