Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY OF DAYS THAT ARE PAST. LETTER FROYE A EORMER NEWBERRIAN, NOW IN TEXAS. Memories of Great Men and Good Plen and Graceful and Lovely Women of The Old Newberry. Going north from Stewart's. we reach the happy home of Drayton Nance, one of natures noblemen and his amiable wife. Lucy (Wil liams) a descendant of one of the grand heroes of King's Mountain. Col. James Ailliams. She was a lovely example of the "radiant dream that lurks in the word wo man.' Think of Drayton Nance as he lived and you will be a better 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, he was a great hearted man, with a soul as white and pui 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, pointing my finger, I'll have some more "tollards." He never said a weak or worthless thing. I remember with pleasure their four daughters, Martha, Fanny, Laura and Mary. Martha, a most interecting a'.. loveable girl, married- DL. Barks dale; Fanny, a warm hearted, charming lady, sweet tempered and gentle, with pleasant, easy manners, married Maj. Baxter. a lawyer of" great ability and upright conduct;' Laura, a pleasant and beautiful girl, Mary, who wife says was as beauti ful as a dream, Wi. F. was a pol ished, literary and handsome man, James D. a hero, brave and gentle. Newberry woul& honor herself by recting a monument to his memory in the public square. When we left for Texas he was at the mili tary 'academy. My wife says he was remarkably handsome. What a beautiful tribute J. F. J. Caldwell gives him in his "In Memoriam." With him "The path of duty was the way to glory." "He is gone who was so great, "Gone; but nothing can bereave him Of the force, he made his own 'Being here, and we believe him "Something far advanced in state, "And that he wears a truer crown, "'Than any wreath that man can weave! him. "God accept him, Christ receive him." I remember Robert R , brother! to Drayto'n Nance, when he was sheriff. O'Neal1 in the Annalsl pays him a loving tribute; indeed he was a worthy man, gentle and kind and beloved by all who knew him. He married Miss Mary Pope, sister of Thos. H., and aunt of my wife. She had a sunny sweetness temperament, and in her youth as remarkably handsome. Passing east we come to a two story dwelling first occupied by whom I know not. Afterwards John Coate and his neat quick, lively wife. Tom (Sims) Coate lived there, and their son Tom. He was grandson to the John Coate ho gave to the public the court house block. He was a solid man. one in whom to trust. His manner! 'wghearty and businesslike. He was unaffected and direct in t?:s ways. In partnership with Robt. Stewart he was a successful mner-' chant. His son, Toam. was a lively, imlsive li!t.e tebow, like ?is ~other, he was n'ever Stilln ugh to maike a s2azow. the nezxt block en'. ird Wmi~ ' e was ordinary for so:ne ~sixteen years. He ser ved yas ordinary right well, vhis duty well and did ka quiet mannered, pleasant and modest lfan. r. silent, lonely an. sad. He ind ne son, James, who mov7ed to S artan burg. two d1aughters, Eli-i-th (by her friends called Pus- Sl:e was a most lovelv. 1ivelv. war:n- >earted. intelligent girl, and a great favorite. Her death in 1S46 cast a gloom over the whole village: to this day I often feel sad over the death of this beautiful girl. 'asleep in the hush of the grave." Sarah was a lovely woman, had a mild, sweet temper and an attractive personality. She married Burr J. Ramage and I was his attendant. Ramage was a man full of good sense, good spirits, good humor and great force of char acter: he was a oenial, natural. cor dial and all round good man. On the northeast corner of next block, where Andy Wicker had a confectionery, lived my parents David A. and Isabella (Spence) Crosson-D. A. was a profoundly religious man, firm in his convic tions, a Covenanter and like them and the Quakers, believed slavery was wrong and hence set his ne groes free. He was kind and gen - rous and his death was lamented by the poor. In figure he was like Hugh K. Boyd, who was his first cousin. My mother was a hand some intellectual and educated wo man and was a graduate of a Mora vian school at Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland. When a girl, walking the streets of Paisley, Scot land, persons stopped to admire her bea.ty.' D A. was a farmer and merchant, had a store in Newberry and one in Greenville and to each a millinery department. After his death mother continued the busi ness. She became the father, the mother, the bread-winner, the all in all to her children. Many excel lent young ladies worked with then, (seven,) and all married good men Martha Bonds, his first cousin, was married to R. Loveland of Green-: vilie. Her sister, Fannie. to - Brown. Elizabeth Mvrick to Montgomery of Greenville. Her sister, Sallie Myric, to Dr. T. W. Thompson. Sallie Lindsey to Billy Moore. Nancy Golding to Bela Mangum. Nancy Hays to Andy Wicker. How many early recol lections and dormant sympathies arise in my mind, as I think of those lovely and graceful young ladies. I am the only son of D. C. and on 19th April, 184S, married Miss Helen Maria James who is now in her 74th year, does not look to be over 6o. She is a handsome old lady, I do not so write because "'I have an itching around the heart that I cannot scratch'' said to be love, but whoever sees her says the same thing, this should be so for! old Judge Butler used to say that her mother Betsey Pope was the most beautiful woman in Edgefield. D. C. had two daughters who lived in Griffin, Ga. Mary- was gentle, lovely and quite a tavorite. Sarah was full of mischiei,sprightly, intel igent,she was quick and industrious. She married Rev. S. S. Gaillard, a desendant of the Huguenots, preached often in Newberry, was aI warm Presbyterian and a devout man. He was a man of strong in tellectual force and happy tempera-i ment, somewhat unusual. My father, myself, my son and his son: are each only sons. But enough of my own folks. Next door to the Crossons was the office of Dr. Sam Fair who was one of the greatest. among the eminent physicians at Newberry and Columbia: he was' affable and uleasant in his manners: removed to Columbia ard was in partneshiup with Dr. Wells1. fle twen Dr:. Fatir's and the F' rrae huse: o::e of the '-;k of H l who) the "Cerburm grdi dea~ --gate"' was I de not .know and I am glad of it. Next was the brick hotel kept by: Jmes Farnandes Judge (YNeall ife was .1 m:d like all' j of a c*ear Vigorous inteiec TVbey had tso sons John and -a" I xent to ,chool with Ha, who was a sprightly fel,o- a:nd was very fond of the girls, and three daughters. Mary was handsome. Sarah was my "beau ideal" of a fine girl. Caroline was inuch admired. In the icr story Fed Ruff merchandi.cd aind there was an .c currence I well remlember. A kid&et, whom Carwile mentions. but gives only the initials of his namne would often slip into Fed's back room where Fed kept a bottle of lemon syrup and take a big dose of it. Fed, to catch him put a bot tle of castor oil mixtry on the table, when the kidiet-"he steal a big drink out of the mixtry and it was wurkin in him" when he fled. He knew the properties of castor oil better when afterwards he was anM. D. The first I remember to have oc cupied the store room in the west end was Pitts and Carwile. Pitts was a solid, good man and served one term in the legislature and I know him to have been a worthy and useful man; he married (I think) Miss Laura Burton, an in teresting and elegant young lady. I have already written of Stewart and Coate's sombre and dusky store house. Next to this was Minor Gracey's long low one story store house. Gracey was a tall, hand some man and a prosperous mer chant. While at Gracey's store: we will look in about 1S46, and in the back room we find Sinclair Steele, H. P. Pratt, Dr. B. S. James and the writer seated aroun z table joking and laughing in mer ry mood. They were expectant; bye and bye a pleasant odor greets them and each exclaims, "possum." Enter Milly Pratt (Miss Pratt's cook), then with one voice we sang this: "Milly Pratt she did roas him Wid taters piled all around, His skin jes done to cracklin De gravy thick and brown." "Den marster w'en you tas him An drinks dat simmon beer (beer). You'll gree wid me, dat possum time Is de bes time in de year." I see my expanded friend Sam'l Kennerly a'd family every day and they are 0. K. They are like home folks to us. I had hoped in this to have reached Col. Fair and then the: ourt house, &c. I have received many pleasant letters since writing to you. Adieu for a short time. J. M. CRosso.s EVER HAVE IT? f You Have, the Statement of this New berry Ilan will Interest You. Ever have a "low down" pain in the back? In the "small" over the hips? Tnat's the borne of backache. It's caused by sick kidneys. That's why Doan's Kidney Pills cure Newberry people endorse this. Read a case of it: P. R Payne, clerk of Southern Bell elephone Co., residing on Pratt St., says: "Baekacbe and kidney trouble has annoyed me for two years. A dull aching pain across the small of my back was so bad after,sitting that I was unable to get up without support, and sometimes a sharp shooting~ pain would strike me as if a knife were goin g throughn me. The kidney~ secretios were very dark and full of sediment, and I rnad gre*at difficulty to retain t-em. parti,cultarly at, ;ight, a'd my :ring '.be "i'h'. In g>., - of ti d!er"nt r.-m"de- myV c'ditor r '., sole a.rents for the U nited s:at. Remember the namc. Doansaind1take Cottoi Must Have Potash Potash is an essential plant food which must be added as a ferzilizer or the soil will become cx hausted, as is 4 .- true of so many cotton ~~ ~ 'i~1> fe aeb'. - tal abou; fertliz .r-. W will send them free to any armer who asks us for ther. GERrIAN KALI WORK5, New York -Z3 Napwa= --tweet. or Atlanta, Ga.-S-2 Go. Broad St. The Price of MiIinerU REDUCEDP SrAll of our MILLINERY sill beso' 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, H Combs, Belts, 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-I day Goods at prices ight. Come to see us.! Hair i Havirdi THE RIGHT PRICE STORE, Summer Bros.' Block Near Depot. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN PROBATE COURT. John C. Goggans, administrator of the estate of Wm. D. Frick, de ceased. Plaintiff, against !P Nancy Frick and others, Defendants. o By virtue of an order passed herein, S I will sell at public auction to the high- Y est bidder before the court house at t Newberry, S. C., on sale day in Janu- b ary, 1904, all that piece or parcel of C .and sitgate in sai county and state containing eighty (80) acres, more or s less, lying on the northeast side of thet ~ublic road leading to Little Mountain, . C.. except the Frick family grave- P yard, consisting of one-half acre, and1E bounded by graveyard, lands of John Boland, estate of George Wheeler, de eased, Ab Shealey and said public road, upon the following terms, to wit: For one-half cash, the balance on a, redit of one year, with interest from day of sale, credit portion to be se ured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises, with leave to the purchaser to pay the credit po r-: tion in cash in whole or in part. Fur haser to pay for papers and record ing. JOHN C. WILSON, t J. P. N. C. C Dec. 12, 1903.( -- -- ---- -_____ - 1 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY--IN PROBATE COURT. By Jno. C. Wilsot, Esq , Probate Judge WClerk of the Court, hath made suitERA,Jo C.Ggas as tome tog~rant him Letters of Adminis .ration of the estate and effects of Lucy~ . LongsboreI The-e are therefore to cite and ad - monish all antd sirgular the kindred and' reditors of the said Lucy C L.ongshore, :eceased, that they be and appear be- J fore me, in the Court of Probate, to be bed at Newberry Court House, S. C., oni the 26th day of January next after pub-1 lication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the fort non, to show cause. if any they have,. why the said Aamini-,tration should nct betrranted. Given under my hand. this the r~ L S., 10'h day of December, Anno nighs ofPythias, ~TATED CONVENTrIONS OF THIS w og wi be held' on the 2nid anrd h Tuesd:r: nights of .each month at 8.00. Visitinig Knights '.ordially wel omed. THIOS. E. PTING. c K. ot . . and S. Crtwe!1 Hotel Ruilding. i "OUNTY OF NEWBE. COMMON PLEAS. Jesse L. Denson, Plaintiff, against Corrie West. Sallie Tucker. Nannie Boone. Etie Lyles. Ellen Ate'soh. John Denson, Joe Ray. JacK, M atthews, Hart Hinson. Carl Hinson, Armond Hinson. John Hinson.' Grace Hincon, Lillian Hinson, Ella Hinson, Monroe Wesson, Tomp Stewart. Georgiana Bailey, Alice Abrams, Ellen LaFar, Defendants. 3ummons for Relief. -Complaint served. ro the Defendants above named: YTOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the com plaint in this action of which a copy is aerewith served upon you, and to s i copy of your answer to the sai plaint on the subscribers at thei )n Law Range, Newberry, S. n twenty days after the s exclusive of the day of md if you fail to answ ;ithin the time afore n this action will ap :he relief demanded i To the Def'ts John ;on, Ella Hinson, Lilli [aFar: You and each :hat unless you have item appointed to re ttion within twenty iereof upon you, th Plaintiff's Attore 3ourt to appoint ?sq., or some other on, as such G )ated, Dec. 16, A. SEASE & PI To the Defendan lart Hinson, Carl linson, Effie Lyles, ['omp Stewart and,. 'ake notice that the Ltion-.tdgether with th vhich the foregoing is iled with.the Clerk of non Pleas for Newberry )tate of South Carolina, lay of Dedember,.A. D. 1 SEASFX& DOMIN NPlaintiff's Att Newberry, S?. C. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLW COUNTY OF NEWBER - COMMON PLEAS. Francis L. Britt, Plaintiff, aguinst zylphia Gauntt, Dolly Brogden, Eliza. Gunter. Polly Gunter, Alfred Gauntt, Jacob Gauntt, Mrs. Rish;< John Lindsay, Henry Lindsay, Fan-, ny Lindsay, Eliza Ann Killough, Martha Ann Johnson, Eloise Mat thews, the heirs at law of Henry Gauntt, and the heirs at lav, of Isreal Gauntt, whose names and places of residence are unknowo to the plaintiff. Defendants. Summons for Relief. Complaint filed. OU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required .to answer the com 'laint in this action which is filed in the ffice of Clerk of Court for said county, ;tate aforesaid, ana to serve a copy of our answer to the said complaint on he subscriber at the law office of Lam ert W. Jones at Newberry, South ;arolina, within twenty days after the ervice hereof; exclusive of the day of uch service; and if you fail to answer he complaint within the time afore aid, the~plaintiff in this action will ap ly to the Court for the relief demand d in the complaint. LAMBERT W. JONES, Plaintiff's Attorney. [J. F. J. CALDWELL,] of Counsel. Dated Oct. 18, A. D. 1897. 'o the Defendants, Eliza Gunter, Polly Gunter, Mrs. Rish, also the heirs at law of Henry Gauntt and heirs at. law of Isreal Gauntt, whose names, and places of residence are unknown to the Plaintiff: Take notice that the complaint in his action together with the summons, f which the foregoing is a copy, were led with the Clerk of the Court of Iommon Pleas, for Newberry County, 2 the State of South Carolina, on the ourteenth day of October, A D. 1899. LAMBERT W. JONES, Plaintiff's Attorney. Newberry, S. C. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY, IN COMMON PLEAS. David Hipp, Plaintiff, ., against no. G. Wollig Jr., and B. S. Hardy, Dfendants. B Y VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF the Court herein, I will sell at pub i outcry, at Newberry Court House, i.C. on the First Monday in January, E. D. 1904, all that tract, piece or par el (f land lying and being situate in the ounty of Newberry. State of South arolina, con'taining Eight Hundred and sixty (860) Acres, more or less, known - .s tne "Reuben Chick Place'', and iounded. by Enoree river, lands of Mrs. I. F. By num an.d of the State of South ar olina. Ter"ms of Sale: One-third cash and he" balance on a creit of e year rom the day of sa!e'. :h' cdit portion o 'oe secur-d b the band cc the pur :aser and a ntormage of the premises old, and to bear in:erest at the rate of ight per ce'nt. per annum, or all or aiv nart of said credit portion may be aid 'in cash at the option of the pur haser. H. H. RIKARD, Master. Maser's Ofice, Dec. 12, 1903.