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THE NEWBERRY OF DAYS THAT ARE PAST. LETTER FROM A k11MER NEWBEIRIAN, NOW IN TEXAS. Memories of Great Mcii and Good len and Graceful and Lovely Women of The Old Newberlry. Going north from Stewart's, we reach the happy home of' Drayton Nance, one of iat.1rc's nloblelmenl and his amiable wife, Iticy ( Wil liams) a decsceidiaot of oie of the grand hieroes of King's Mountain, Col. james N illiais. She was a lovely example of the "radiant dream that lurks ii the word wo nma." Tlhink of Dravton Nance as lie lived and you vill be a btr man. He was genial, natural, cordial and intellectual, disclo-ing the goodness and greatness of his heart; in his family he was always gentle, generous, good humored and affectionate; in society a pure exam ple of the complete Christian gen tleman, yes, lie was a great hearted man, with a soul as white and pure as a" lily. He often had a laugh on me, telling when I was a little chap, at dinner at his house, he asked if I would have anything more and I replied, yes, poiiiting mi1y finger, I'll have soie more "tollardls. " ie never said a weak or worthWess thing. I re:nember wvith pleasure their foir daughters, mar-tha, Vl1anny, L,alira andlt Mlary. X'lartia, a iulo:;t iltev!;Ltin,v loveable ,ill, i )i. I k dale: Ial i v , a \id h atit e l Carili I : aldyI , sw i\e te - ii-ic -elitc, wilh i }) I aMn11, ze s i I vs 1narte vid Maj. :l> xer a l\Viei we glrat aliats 111e pai bat teiid ; ,a l a. .111 h)e g lt u -111":in tilli irl, Ala v, \who \\ ife sa . w s- as hl fill I; a r \\ll. i. I oa illed1, :1fi11(l it 1 1 (in.e l ja'.1es I . a licro, mi i l (1et itle Nehe par wm'- huot r ie wAi ty erectig nlue llent whotw o hitne lorv ''(ne; lle io)lii tilcanrca imllw left for exas he was at the ii taS o einf aay. N wife says t e was ellat kably ladsoille. what a beantiful t hibute J. 1. n. Ca1dwell gives himi it. h iis ''in l e hin.' "The11 path of, dity was lIthe way to glory.'' "lfe is gonc who was so great, "Gone; but nlovting iu te;*V hill Of twe orie, h made higontl a "kinghe andwe belovedvy awhim n "Somethingliiarridvance in satyPe, s"TehanThsH and ahta man oan wmav iGod acce him,a Crsn sreenessm. to traytorline, whed n he yout hewas naworthy ihan,omente n story adwbeling firs occupied kny hn Coe marid hiss neary Popek, sisedtheref ahod Heir an atof my lively wife. haosnny (ms)weete was rmrlandsom e.h ot whPasin eto the comei teort wom I khin ow trut. Afterwnaidse washeCarte and huisneatlke qic livel wmifie Tom( (Sims Coateli lie there and teiri son To.bH wasxit grnso toir the JonCot wh gavt e to the puic the court hVos bloc. ewas a soli man onfeein wom ~itoe trusta. I Icse aner has hearmt yv andbuinessmight w e wasli newfecteduy'l and did i iteIaIt heas a quie niaimerd Pleasant and modest 1 rather" silent, lonely and sad. He had one t son, James, who moved to Sparttn- a burg, two daugliters, Elizabeth (by a her friends called Puss). qhe was: o a o)s lovely lively, war In - hearted, I, intelligent girl, and a great favorite. t( Her death in b 1846 Cast a gloom over sl the whole village; to this day 1 o ofte'i feel sad over the death of this I heautiful girl, "aslee) in the 1htush 1n of the grave.'' Sarah was a lovely C wom1aII, had a mild, sweet temper aid an ati-Tactive personality. She n iarrieti Burr J. Raimage and I was c hiis; at teidant. Ramage was a man k full of good senlse, good spirits, g good1 huImor and great force of char- v aeter: he was a ,enial, natural, coI- r (ial and all roud good 11.t1an. h On-i the northbeast coriner of next 0 block, where Andy Wicker had a confectionery, lived my parents- t David A. and Isabella (Spience),l Crosson--D. A. was a profoundly religious man, firm in his convic tionls, a Covenanter and like them 0 and the Quakers, believed slavery a was wrong and hence set his ne groes free. le was kind and gen erovs and his death was lamented e by the poor. In figure lie was like m 0 Hugh K. Boyd, who was his first 1k cousin. Mly mother was a hand Q a some intellectual and educated wo manl and was a graduate of a Mora- t viaun school at Ballymena, County t A n1im, Irelli. \\'hen a girl, alkinig PIe streets of 'il c a la, pelso(ls (ltoppe(d >t) ad mlire her :ut v. : \ was a 1anwr ad mr1(1,chant, had i store ii N b.-wrrV (111 Ile il" n re l t.le Ilnd ea h n yS m I; IIr o pt r ment01L 11 . \ 1 :', 1 is e SL.- k2e:nnek thc i a'her,h the Il a1 to her: 'hildrin. .ln : eel lIt vqing lad - \%orkcd wih t hem.I ('Ven,) : .id a ll m -arriei ,ood llel Ili,ha B nds. his %i ,>:-Ai V, was l:akried to R. .oveIatnI I ( 1 een vibe. I I L Si -er, Fmmie. I > - Brwn. E lizabeth 'Mvrick to - Monitom ry of GcreenvillM. I Ir siter, Sallit Myric, to Dr. T. \. Ihllompsoll Sallie Lindsey to Billy Nb ore. miev Golding to IMa M:m,uin. Nancy Hays to ;\ndy \\'icker. Hlow 1aMa fal':ly Icol lcctio.s anld dormalit svImpathies ari le Ili llind, as I thin.k of those lovely ani'd gracefuil young ladies. I aim the only son of 1). C. aInd mn [th April, 148, married AIiosS ti I leen Maria J allies who is no\w il f< her jt h yeal, (oes 1not look to he over 6o. She is a handsomie old r lady, 1 dho nlot so wvrite becatu'e "I C' have an itching a rond the u hetart. tl.hat I caninot s;cra tchi soaid to bet It love, but wvhoever see' her Vays the samiie thing,. this shiould he so for (ld.i Juldge IButler used to saiv that her miothetr Betsey' Pope was the mIost' beautiful woman in Edgefield. D). C.. had two dlaughiters whlo lived inl Griflin , (Ga. Mary was gentle, IH lovely and (fute a favorite. Sarah was full of mischiefi,sprightly, intel igent,shie was (quick and indtustrious. ib She married Rev. S. S. Gailard, a dlesZenIdant of the IIlugumenots, p)reachied often in Newberry, was a it warm Presbyterian1 and a (devotta manal. IHe was a man of strong iln-a tellecttual force andc happy templera- I muent, soimewhat tunusual. My I father, myself, liy son and his son are each oldy soins. But enough of u liy ownI folks. Next door to the Crossonis was thme oflice of D)r. Sam l''ai r who was one of thme greatest " muionIg thme eminenelt phyvsicians at .Newhe)rry anid Cohnnbiia: he l as V el 0f)lean ofesat in his anners: oh n it :'t.ltl and t 0 o ;.he o* e *pate'' was I dl' nIhuo a1\ ;' ( 'uni glad of it. Next was the brick hoteli kept by Sanmes Farnamei J,1ue 0' eai Othe Annals pays a high tribute to 'is good nmn. Sarah his wife was sister of Cias Johnstone and like 11 the Johnstones was posssesse(d f a clear vigorous intelleef. They ad two sons John and IHal I went ) school with IIal, wio was a )rightly fellow and was very fond f the girls, and three daughters. Iary was hIandsome. Sarah was iy "'beau ideal'' of a fine girl. aroline was much admired. In tie lower Story Fed Ruff i1-rchandi.ed aii there was al (1c irrence I well relmeillber. A Idlet, hmil Carwile mentions, but ives only the iiitiIls of his n1am,e o1lcd oftenl slip into Fed's back >Om11 Wheie Fcd kept a bottle of !1ion1 syrup and take a big dose f it. Fed, to catch him pvt a hot le of castor oil mnixtry o tihe ible, when the kidlet---he steal a ig drink out of the mnixtry and it ,as wirkin in him" when he fled. le knew the properties of castor il better when afterwards he was n M. 1). The first I remember to have oc upied the store roon in the west uid was Pitts and Carwile. Pitts ras a solid, good man and served ne term in the legislature and I now hiti to have been a worthy nd usefu! man; he married (I iink) Miss Laura Burton, an in 'resting and elegant young lady. have already written of Stewart r d Coate's Sombre and diskv store ouse. N(-xt to this was inor r,cev's long low one Story store n rse. Grac( . was a tall, hald I nt. W h,11e at ("ralcev's, store Ic ba,ck 00m w filt SinlaCir teel II. P. P att, l-r. Lt S. WWI,C '11P, IlL 1c C S8VtIIel( t;1Q okiLn", and latiglIiit in nk-r MOO(1 Tlcy vere ex pectant; he 1(1 bye p kI t1d11 r ( r .s 1m1mid( ,h_xclaimls, "possuml." I er N1lilv Pratt (Prlin Pratt's tk ), tn with Ione voice we ,;ank4 is: "Milly Pratt she did roas him Wid taters piled all arulnd, I is skin jcs (oi to cracklinl De gravy thick and brown.' ")en Iarster w'en you tas him An (rinks dIt simmlliol beer (weer). You'll greveN widl me, (at posum11 tilm! Is de hws time in de year." I le lIy cxpallded fri.n- Sani'l enneIlV'ly ld l! y c e cver-y day and icy are (). K They are like home lIks to us. I had1( hioped in this to, have eachled Col. IPair and t hen tihe >nirt hlou*e, &Xc. I have recived many11 pleasant tiers sin:ce wr itinig to you. A\dieni for at short timle. J. NI. Caosso:s. lVliR HAVE IT? You Have, tile Statemniit of tils Newv tberry Man will Interest You. Eve r have ai "liow down'' pain in the in ther "smalll" over the hips? TPhat,'s the home of backae.e ItL's caulsed by sick k id1neys. Tlhat's wihy Duan 's Kidney Pillis cuire Ne wherry pecople endorse this Read case of it: P. R Payne, c' wrk of Southern Rell elephone Co., residing on Pratt St., s: Back(ache and kiduLcy t,r(uble ats annoyed mel for two years. A dull Ihing pain across the small of my tek was so had after sitting' t hat I was riable to get, upi wit.hout lupport, and imetimes a shiarp shootingr pain wold( rike me as' If a knife wer'e going I rough mie. TIheh kidney ' sepcret,ionsi ire very darik andi full Iof se'dimient,, 1 i , ol a n for' ic I lijited Su'',' lttmember0't the~ nameflc, I)oan, aor I tke o sub,st.itute. Cottol Must Have - Potash Potash is an essential plant food which must be added as a fertilizer or the soil will become cx hausted, as is true of, so inany cotton feld .. -We havie books; giving vallaAhib. < tals i hk i fettiliz VVN4. We will senid them I ree to :ny Lirmer who asks us io. them. OERMAN KAIA WOR,-.KS, New Yoric -113 Nuntnts street, or Allnunsi, (o.--22" So 1rosid At. The Price of MiIIinery REDUCED! 4WrAll of our MILLINERY wi-ll be solt' at reduced prices through the holidays. Come and buy your wife or daughter a pretty Hat for Christmas. We have just received the latest Novelties in Ladies Neckwear, Combs, Belts, U Belt Pins and Wrist Bags, In Red, Black and Tan. Pearl Shirt Waist Sets at 19c. per set. We will have a full line of Toys and Holi day Good3 at prices right. Corne to see us. Hair Haird T.1 111' RIC31HT PRICE Sl.%OR runer llros.' L>tck Nar iDepot. s i'.\rs OF sOU111 CAR()l NA, COI.NTY ' NEWI. EH,Y-1N PRiOBATE COUR"JT. John C. Goggalns, adlminist-rator of the estateot' Wmi. D). Frick, de-1 Cesed. l4aintifT, against. N-icy Priek axd others, Def'endants. o IN virtue of an order p, -.e'd herein. I will sell at public auction to the high- Y est hil(e bfore the couirt house at Newberry, S. C., on sale day in Janu aiy, 190-1, 1 that piece or parcel of, Miad situate in said county and state 1 contioni ig. eighty (80) acres, more ors less lying on the northeast sid(- of the t public road leading to Little Mountain, . C. except the Friek family grave yard, COnsistimg oft one-half acre, and hounded by graveyard, landls of John Holand, estate of George Wheeler, de ceasedl, Al) Shealey andl said 1 pbic roadI, upon the followving terms, to wvit: For one-hall cash, the balance on a credit of one year, with interest frm' (lay of sale, credit p)ortion to bese cured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premnises, with leaIve to the pu rchaser t.o pay the credit por Lion in cash ini whole or in p)art. Pur-ii Chaser to pay for' papei(rs andI1 reord mng. JIOIIN C. WILSON, .J.1P.N. C. D)ec. 12, 1 90:1. f STIATlE OF" SOUTH' CARAOLINA, COU'NTY OF" NEWBERRY-IN P Itt BATE COURT. B~y Joo. C. Wilson, E'sq , Probate Judge W IfEREAS, aJno. C. Goggans, as Clerk of the Court, hath made suit E to) mie to grant him Lot,tersof Adlmlins trat.ion of the est at.e and effects of Lucy C. Longshore The-e are tberefore to cite and ad mnonish all and sinigular' the kIndred and creditors of the said Lucy C Longshiore, deceased, t,bat tbey he andl appIear be- J fore me, in the Court of Probat.e, to be held at Newherry Court, House, S. C., on thec 28t,h dlay of .Januaryv next after' pub- ' lIenctioni thereof, at 11 o'clock ini the fore noon, to sIhow eauw.' If any t hey have, why th.e said Aduiniistrcationi ihould not be grant ed.~'r (ivei under my hand, thisk thI 'I.]i 'l'bn im-ty of Dechber,I at K.mob ii.and : rTTel(:oEl iN. F HI STATE OF SOUTH 'AROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBE.,RRY COMMON PLEAS. Jesse L. Denson, Plaintiff, against Corrie West, Sallie Tucker, Naniie Boone, Effie Lyles, Ellen Atchison, John Denson, Joe Ray, ' Jack Matthews, Hart Hinson, Carl Hinson, Armond Hinson, John Hinson,' Grace Ilincon, Lillian Hinson, Ella Hinson, Monroe Wesson, Tomp Stewart, Georgiana Bailey, Alice A brams, Ellen LaFar, Defendants. Summons for Relief.-Complaint served. 1'o the Defendants above named: 7 OU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED . and required to answer the com plaint in this action of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to s 't copy of your answer to the said plaint on the subscribers at thei n Law Range, Newberry, S. in twenty days after the s :xclusive of the day o' ind if you fail to answ within the time afore in this action will ap 'he relief demanded ii To the Def'ts John I ,on, Ella Hinson, Lilli LaFar: You and each ;hat unless you have item appointed to re iction within twenty iereof upon you, t Plaintiff's Attorije Jourt to appoint sq., or some other on, as such Guardi )ated, Dec. 16, A. SEASE & Plai To the Defendan fart Hinson, Carl linson, Eflie Lyles, romp Stewart and. ['ake notice that the C Letion t6gether with th vhich the foregoing is iled with the Clerk of non Pleas for Newberry state of South Carolina, lay of December, A. D. 19 SEASE & DOMIN Plaintiff's Atto Newberry, S. C. -T.OT O SOUTVI-. CAN OLIN ('()UN'Y OF NICWDElY I CIOMMON PLI,AS. Fiancis L. Britt, Plaintiff, aguinst ,zylphia Gauntt, Dolly Irogden, EIiza Gunter, P)olly Gunter, Alfred Gaunltt, Jacob Gaunltt, MrIIs. Rish, John Lindsay, Ilenry Lindsay, Fan nly Lindsay, Eliza Alnn Killough, Mairtha Ann Johnson, Eloise Mat thews, the heirs at law of Henry Gauntt, and the heirs at law of Isreal Gauntt, whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaint-iff. Defendants. Summons for Relief. [Complaint filed.] TOU AlE I1EREBY SUMMONE[ . n required to answer the con laint im this action which is filed in the2 flhee of Clerk of Court for said county, ,tate aforesaid, and to serve a copy of our answer to the said complaint on he subscriber at the law oflice of Lam ert _W. .Jones at Newberry. South ,a1rolina, within twenty days after the ervice hereof; exclusive of' the (lay of lich service; and if you fail to answer he coimplaint. within ine time afore aid, the plaintifl, in t his action will ap ly to the Court for the relief lemand d in the compllaint. LAM BERT Wv. JONES, Plaintiff's Attorney. [J. F. J. CAl DWELL4,] of Counsel. Dated Oct. 18, A. D). 1897. '> the Defendants, Eliza Guint er, Polly Guinter, M ra. Rish, also the heirs at law of Ilenry Gauntt andl heirs at law of Isrecal Gauntt, wvhose namesa and places of residence are unknown to the Plaintifl: 'fake notice that the complaint in his action together with the summons, f which the foregoing is a copy, were ledl with the Clerk of the Court of ommon P'!('as, for Newberr'y County, the State of Sou th Carolina, on the ourteenth day of Octobar, A 0. 1899. LAMB3ERT W. .JONES, Plainti ff's A ttorney. Newberry, S. C. ~TATE OF SOUTH CA ROLINA, COUNTV OF NEWBERRY, IN COMMON PLEAS. David Hlipp, Plaintiff, against no. G. Wolling, Jr. and B. S. Hardy,, Defendants. [I Y VIRTUE OF AN ORDElR OF L)the Court herein, I will sell at Pub c outcry, at Newvberry Court H-ouse, .C., on the First Monday in .January, .1D. 1904, all that tract, p)iece or par el of land lying anrd beings'i tuat e in the ount.y of Newberry, State of Sourth aruolirn, cont ain ing Eight,I Hunre d and i\ty (8 60) Acre, mowi or less known s~ the "'huben hick PacI", and 81( 'ndedt('I by nuor ie river,i faitsir of MIrs. inrm of Sale oin bir 11n romi the dI y of 'nh, Iihe trndt pol irin huner arnd. :a mior'a of the ptr(ises5 i'ld, aind t.n hear in! eremt at fIre rate of ighrt per cnt. pe(r annrum, o1'r1al or try Ipart of' maidi cri'tif p)otrorn may he aid( in cash at the option of' the 'pur haser. II. II. RIK(ARD, Master Master's Ollice, D.ec. 12, 1903. r