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VOL X-LIV.'NO) 26. NEWBERRY. S. 0. FRIEDAYX6 MARCHI 29, 1907.TWCA.EK.$50AYR
THE LONG AGO
IN NEWBERR
GE OROSSON WRITES 0
OLD TIMES.
ow Oamp Meeting Was Conducte
At Ebenezer Fifty Years
Ago.
Woodville, Texas, March 12, 1907.
gazed down life's dim labyrinth,
A wildering mase to see,
Crossed o'er by many a tangled cle
And wild as wild could be;
And as I gazed in doubt and drei
An angel came to me.
I knew her for a heavenly guide,
I knew her even then,
Though meekly as a child she stoc
Among the sons of men
By her deep spirit loveliness
I knew her even then.
- For there was light upon. her soul
Light on my peaceful way,
.And all around the blue above
The clustering star light lay;
And easterly I saw upreared
The pearly gates of day.
o hand in hand we trod the wild,
My angel love and I
Her lifted. wing all quivering
With tokens from the sky.
Strange my dull thoughts could n
divine
'Twas lifted but to fly I
Again down life's dim labyrinth,
I grope my way alone,
While wildly through the midnig
sky
Black hurrying clouds are blow
And thickly in my tangled path
Th,.1arp,. bare thorns are sown.
Yet firm my foot, for well I knew
The goal cannot be far,
And even though the lifted clouds,
Shines out one steady star:
For whien my gui(le went up, she le
The pearly gates ajar.
I am sitting by the window, whe
my dear wife and I were sitting wih
I wrote the first of my letters
. The Herald and News aid also mai
others.
How changed. I can no longer loc
into her dark lustrous eyes, expr
sive of her magnetic loveliness, al
say to her, '''how sweet it is to lo
a sweet woman-the sweetest thil
in the world.''
Now comes the 'thought
''Clad in light by the golden gat
Clad in, light her spirit waits
To embrace me in the sky.'
From a letter from Mrs Margar
MeKyle White, of 1734 Capital S
Washiiiigton, D. C., the grand dang
ter of )avid Chalners (wio, I take
was a brother' to that eminently go'
man. Dri. A. W. Chalmers), and igre
rianid-daughiteri~ of David Bhoyd, R
and1( from ot hers, I learn thle folIos
mg:
O' 'Neall. in, thle Annals, says t h
''D)avid lloyd, Sr., was a Rlevol
I ionary' 'ld ier'' ; lie lived on t11
Beave'r D ami. The following is fra
the War D)epartment, Washingt<
City:
''It is shown by thme records of tIm
office that David Boyd served as
private in the Fir'st South Carolii
regiment, conmmanded by Col.
Pinck ney, Ivol utionary3 wari. I
enlhsted Nov'ember 4th, 1775, and w
discharged August 11th, 1778. HIe lii
two birothers, John and Hugh, wi
)also served in saidl war, and were
jthe battle of King's Mountain ; ti
were all much respected.''
David Boyd, Srn., mariried' Elean
Crosson, sister of my grandfath<
John Cr'osson, of Alexander, the a
ostor of the King's Cr'eek. Crosson
SOf Eleanor Croason, Mrs. Whi
as she wvas quite a superior woma
oking well to the wvays of her hous
ld,t white and black, They must t
oto chur'ch on the Sabbath, wI
e R1ev. Thomas D)onnely, (the la
fthe Covenantor pr'eacher), ec
ver firom Chester to prieach to thei
David Boyd, Sr., hyad seven cli
d ron. Jane marr'mied David Oha.me:
*Thiomas, David, James Clark; Mai
marriea Sam J. Red; Naney mari<
JUDGE JAMES M. OROSSON.
A Tribute from An Old Acquaintani
and Friend Now Living In
Newberry.
F
Mr. Editor: I notice from time
tiie inl the last few years you ha'
d occasionally published a let-ter fro
Judge Crosson, of Texas, who is I
old Nowbertian who left Newberi
51 years ago. As we have a -ie
0enieratioii almost entirely since I
left here, Th'ad Duncan, Mike Wert
Mrs. Laura K'wart, Mrs. Harrie
w Lane, Sam iBoozor and the writer b
ing the only persons in town wl
d~
4 C.4
id
Z;
ot
Mrs. J. M. Orosson,
ever knew himl, I have thought PC
hiaps a1 short sketch of him might i
terest some of your many readei
[it Judge Crosson will be 83 years o
the 12th of next May.
'RHe vsborn where thle Mow
corner store now stands. His mnoth(
aind maternal graitnmother were ii
tives fo Scotiland, .but I think en
gr-ated from Ireland. They we
of typical scotehl Character
ies.. inielligenl. ile al
ft solid. His I'atheri was' I think
natice of South Carolino, a Covenia
ter,. a true 6) hi-s reli-iouls erec
j-e set his sl-aves free. He was buiri
at thie old Covena-niter gXrave yard t%
to miles east of Jalapa.
ly Judge Crossion has two sisters li
1.11i)ngIin Griffin, Ga., 'Mr.s. Sarah G
Bulter and Hiugi Kin, whose I
tcendants are with you.
The frst person buried i the Cc
enanter graveyard was Nancy Coo
er six Years .old, the grand daught
of David Chalmers. The ed cei
tory, Ale led, lies o 20 eret
Me Red was buried here inl 17f
Robert Rled inl 1796, James Red
1852e and his wie, Jeainett and al
A e ,r. William Reh; Robert Red died
t. , 1thiladelphia while studying met
ht- eine. Eleaor Red was the dagtiit
it of James Red, and married thata .o
>d manAdge Cromer.atw Andr Cri
Bter n if er ure inste R.
r. eeevand of heL other Ret
ThGere fr., thero buiefvd Rte C
oeas, gaada Nancy o
fDatAbvidhle. . h fe eu
te-ySam J. died ieneb2ry TP
ie Red a f rithereun ofA
1m5 ti,rand. Thfe, werettl an hl
mi est, Williy, in.eliget pious diedp
iadelgrea morale and riigu forC
Iis inc thea omuity. wa then nonuge
a th nJames (,nwlef inNearridtt.g
m.n.he exceen Citize,R. AP.r, Crom
[e. ande hi anidren. Ileo ii f
- id ou~ eve 'tlet oneth oflvd enn
a ound ''as (abnezer).omve
y t a A eilailfi. aaleor
a rg me aror Ili cove ith brus?
rn timleland Theypulpit, apn spao
r, n frnesl pdi, heat,irdlgnt iu senI)
a-gond coeremoa with wheigou orw
s. spIng nea is nwit-ht n abndeb<
to colndtr thonyescoftboants threlin
a, the ecllente withianing in P.fron
- body his thden. o aiyadi e
11 eatin tas. t nisht camerlghb
n thys bon-fiedid Cledfrmpien
it from youdeve 'entff eoldved can
n earoth.' Thesond romaln)
. trupe was thei of i sina )fliorreti
- larnge arb or coerie.ihba
;' Huslewives t ie wuith ach oehp
y~ in frotndingthesputlit, tor aal
d* tanead bytr itang abudane.
liari, and Miss Mary Crosson. Bot
like the judge are old and full c
e (lnys. Judge Crosson has four daugl
ters all hapily married, and one so
a lawyer, and also judge, and man
happy grandheliidren. Jim C'osso
os a boy was regarded as a gay, fml
re loving, smart. fellow; qualities doub
m less that will follow hii to.his grav
1n He graduated at the South Ca
y olina college in the class of 1844. D
w Carlisle and Lenard Williams, k
c Greenville, being the only other si
s, viving m1em111bers of this class. L
tt studied law with that eminent lyi
e- yer, Tlhos. H. Pope, was a fluent, el<
to queit, and graceful public speaker,
Judge J. M. Orosson.
r- flne elocutionist, would have made
n- star actor. He Avas m'uch in demai
-s. forl 4th of July and puablic schiool o
Id -asions, nun ait one time a memciber i
lie le.lature, was universally pop
er 1Ir. Ni, wonder. thlough, as hle was 11
ays "eund and boon,' and seei
a-I to live ever.ybody. While sit
"ung1he"married iss Hellen Jam(
re .1couVinl Of Chlie'f JuStiCe POpeC'S, W1
-11st liave been anl extraordinnari
1peC ir wemian. They lived togeth
aid the 56tha a:iversary of thic
N.xhe-riAer hias heard soil
d,C.o('rwsl's Schlool mnates at
:quaintances Say (hat shec W
ad itmost unsophlistoca .tedl and trut
ild persons they eve knew. H
-111h. .1 few years ag'_o, was a Sour
v- -' !xreat .-prief and sorrow to hier hu
il- ba.nd. S. 0. W.
e- Tis Sunday, the sky is blue, t'
en golden and the air delightfi
v- The. road southi of the villagle acro
p- te crteek and past the Blandusii
erllrn is cros,sed withi carriages
e- .0 0le 1 Style. b)u".g.ies filled wi
k. - -tiful mins aI mnatrons, mu
10. inai d e:- on horchebak, all wenidii
in their wyto flhe camip g,roun IId.
so Ithey necar thle Camp thle grove rinl
in with the voiece of melody and prayp
li- The atmiosphiere is caressin.,, whol
erl some and breezy.
AId Let us spend a dayv in campn. Het
n-w idfu loa reces,Wli
ie Judger.' M. M. Oroyd,o wh
n- ste ar anH isirion muo hiseti
'.fr4ho Jland-pliving.ol
e, 'Theres was aoe hie. Schupe
'mean his wifue, Polly unnersaly Tu0
f ine aonder dahughr, ah wL
is hert, A. J. Kindore, Jon' aMdosecton
r hede Daied Smih, Beolb JGia
r ote chritia eveybod Whie.
Thetrumpe souns ice peopl w
haitd been' it p an eM.rod inril
',pulit 'His Tehigc waseth
hwth en(icin word aof man'ss wioft
e dom but in$''i' the deoOnan <
s,th spi (irit diof powe'~' thtsh pur
a crist liewsO)t hi tre preachirru
f and hieron the ee odie. <
t, iti al - ftew imrala wotasit ouri
h ers no'ct ashamied 1( towel Toher wi
Tno sritay, taziesky is ble, eh
noa moe nt tanh atish dightn<
trin ola stylow upn afirled an
1-- warme iupm i his seto a gat as
eofeooeian sire hepopefo
.l LtiSsen lyIl au) i
i them, all indifference was gone; :
>f camp is now fervid with religio
k- feeling. Knots of men and women i
1, discutsing le vital doctrines of chri
y tainity. the trumphet sounds for i
ii tertnoni service, another preaeli
L- takes the ptlpit, a loving earin
- people f ill the arhor, the preacler
3. the iltelsity of his message wi
carnestiless and wild elotine.ce pt
V. elaimis that ''time wanes and ett
f nity draws nlear.' The emotion of t
- pehomles mor inenlse.
:c tiani-y. Ilie [IronIpet souiis for I
night service this eiotiou hecoi
>- more iletese and is manifested I
a weepitn- and shouting. Such ien
Russell Oibson and Bob Gilliam sti
red with emotion manifested it.
The preaeher was enthusiastic, I
voice took on wild, emotional ea
ences that sounded deep places wit
in the heart. As he stands upon t
heights of his life lie catches glimps
of the life that. is higher. Trembli;
with emotion, lie comes un.to the I
tar bathed in tears amid the so
and groans of the congregation. T
effect of the sermon was jubilant, t
interjectional expression became mc
frequent and audible. Some one,
may hiave been Bob Gilliam or Rt
foll Gibson, shouted ''glory be
God,'' aid it was echoed by hui
reds of ton.gtes. An arousing hyi
was n as Metlodists alone c
sing, closed the scene. Many retir
in the silence and repose to drea
and dream of hopes and destinies
thislife and life eternal.
Early camp meeting memories s
a in me joyfully. In a few days t
id camp closed and all went away li
C- py.
Other in'eideit' T mu:t keep for
'it er liie.
_ TIw m;gniths from today, as Bro
"t er Nix says, I' I live to survive'
will lbe eighty-threyears of ate.
' write withi difficulty and have lea:
iY ed that a cat can 't always he a i
eo e.J. M. Crosson
ir'
ie Death Mr. Seabrook's Mother.
id Rox. WV. L. seabro(k, whIo relill
As Ced t Newberry on u'llesday, reCi%
Ih- a ele-ram the same evening" a-11nom
er in.g tle sudden deatli of his mlotl
e at Westininster, Md.
s- Mr. Seabrook had only a few di
au-o paid a visit to his parents ia
wle-a lie left they were bothI in t1h
His fatlher is the editor of the Iec
ssi'.n paper of the county, in which
Slive.S and is now abotit seventy-f
v years of age. His m1other was sevi
th tv.
y Th a1notneeimenlt of' her death
.'oolonlY was a 4hock to Mr. S
s brio' but hie had reacled Ilie thi
s,svv years and tenl.
- \r. Seabrook left on the first i r
e- Wednesday for. Vestinilster.
h0 opeVs to retrl1 to Newberry ea
re nexi week.
in .
|i A Cake Sale.
h- The hladies of thle ibrhtary A ssoc
e- ti11 wilhav-e a ene~ dae inii
SVm-i;t store-roomit under1C the 1l0
li v huse ay,o SturdhI'a,i t 30lth. ''11
(cake", which wvill lie donated by' 1
rtL experit house-keepers of' Newher'
r-~ The ~ proceed's will go f'or thle benec
0- of t he( library.
r'- ,,... _________________
Victor's Band.
ITolders5 of' sealson tickets in I
Coeg v e Lyceum ('ous wil t5 ~il sect
e, the'irI ticke'ts at theii Newberry'I' lIii
P)V ware (o. 's store'i be'forc Tuecsd1
ni'lmlrnin' next, Aprial 2. Al 0 a. mn.
> ti~ hailday reservedl seats wil be throa
sopeni to all wh'lo wish to buy, at I
tillni form price of' $1 . The performai
ei|begins pronmptly at hailf' past 5 (0m t
gI evening of April 5.
e Answered Promptly.
S Th'le secr'etary of' Connetuil of the T
ther1 ia n ehnureb has hecarid from T
Sc'herer' who was callIed as pa-tot'
he ('1urnch on Sunday last . Dri. Seht
er says lhe w~ill give the call carol
cOermsidecrat ion as soon1 as his East
d1 serv~i('es are conicluded.
n write it in blood.
"TAINTED" MONEY
e IS POURING OUT To
s
f
er GENERAL EDUCATION BOARD
st MAKES FIRST DISTRIBUTION
in Noi
th All Gifts Are Conditioned-Millsaps b
.0. College, Jackson, Miss., Gets (e
r- $25,000-Negro Schools Get the
ie $42*500. der
Xt loli
t New York. Alarelh 26.-Tlie first va
es distribution by ithe penleral education Wit
jy board Since it reeeived Join 1). Rock- Sid
as efeller's most recent contribution of the
r- $32,000,000 was made at a meeting of fin
the board today weliu conditional Sel
is gifts totalling $625,000 were made to sh<
d- five educa-t onal institutions. The at
I- money was divided as follows: grc
lie Yale university, $300,000; Prince- bef
eg ton university, $200,000; Bowdoin the
Ig colleg'e Brunswick, Me., $50,000 !BM i
11- Yale niv4nsity,$300,000 ; Princeton am
bs university, $200,000; Bowdoin col- ish
lie lege, Brunswick,'Me.,$50,000; Colora- wo
lie do college, Colorado Springs, $50,000; ste
re Millsaps college, Jackson, Miss., $25,- po
it 000. tlu
IS- After making these appropriations '10
to the board voted to give a total of 1
&d- $42,500 to colored sliools the names exj
fil of wiili were not made publie lest. soi
an the help of the board should tend to be
ed liscoirage gifts to these scliools from op
m11, otlir somwees. ev4
of Wit'h the five principal gifts is the i
Conditioni that. the istitutions shall thi
tir raise a specified sum independent of Ida,
he tlie board's appropration. Yale and pO
I)- Prineeton are each to raise $2,000,- t i(I
000; Colorado college $500,000; Bow- mi
- doin $250,000, aid Millsaps $100,000. fu
These Subscriptions were decided
11- upon after the boarI had considered 114
1:applications from about 400 institu- at.
I tions. Furtlier distribution, it was ru
1. stated, will be made before long. The su
it- list of the 28 securities in which Mr. IM<
l.ockefeller proposes to pay his
pled:--e of $32,000.000 was received wi
but ,14)1 ma1:d4e4. public, altilo l it wIas i
ma.1de clear that nII a Ibasis cif an aver- dV
rni
'V )e ilm 0of11V' 5 per ct tis revenlt e
endl diowmIIInen It. wmou I aggtrega e anI ini
(10111c of $1 ,(m0,00 am1umiy.
In speaking later of tlie (disiriblu
tion, I)r. Wallace 1uttrick, seerVtary 4
of tile General Ediuentioni board, said
iiat in makin-r the subseriptions tlie
boand ld endeavored to act eqluita- b
bly. ed
he;' 'you will see,'' said Dr. ltttrick, tIr
'that (lie Southiei institutions whicl le
have nl the filnancial backin.g of st
soie of tle Norheastern colleg.es,
are .1iVenl slims un11der coldiliol whichlie
can be ntore readily inI. They will .
.11
*ll aIvIe to alse sils large suims
Sth~em)selv~es ini o rder toi rece ive' the ! i
,ll sub5criptis iiven by thle lboard. dai
lie what more.i :~lii prsprosha te Soulb-o
wh1iebl ar1 cinite Ieasy~ huil not so muiiclh
so as~ flhe niorthler ionetlis.' ~
Toitrh Ithe i bioarid galve oil a - tait
lit I] t mnt of t lie aibov i nmed sms m
tel an itemiiizc'd area'0l cf subhscripions411
is- soafar nul frhlhreeto
of " Import a int manl ilily enicouriia'-- alb
lie ing re.poirts weriec rcc'i ved from tihIle hui
-agiriciultIural work of (lie boarcd and it av'
Ctwas5 v'oted to ext end cIIhiis agricultu11ral mei
wcork to all thle states ofC I le coi on pa1
bell , i ncludcliig Viriginiia, and( thle nee- loa
essary aippropr jiaitionis were mnade for em.i
lie (teii purposeP.'' o
Iie -mal
of New Books in Library.
'd- Thue miih-lcc by~ -I-'anei s Tl~iom.r ih
ay Aatthews. V
"41 N,. 2. Th'Ie Trea~isure o'~~f Per Gcv,(ail
"i Iardu by .Jcthnt 8eiroi't. e
lie . 3. Th'le Alalcetac.httr bI-'.F Phil
p is Oppcenhcein.Ili
N., 4 . Th'le D)ctor by Ralph Ccon- hec
No'c. 5. 1IfalC a Ranige, by I Iarold wa
tC Nio. 7. Lov's' wiay in Dixie by o
Katlhineit. llkins ('hapmiani.
Nii o.c S. Thec Pinies o(f L.ory by .T. A. 14(
I ove LetIeris oif I [ry ~ VIIf F I p'
Ani: Boheyni.
ey A Sp)inner' in thle Sun by Myrtle I
Reed..
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.
Open April 26-tSatemont of Con
ition and Progress of Work.
Everything in rairly Good
Shape.
folk Ledger Dispateh, 25th.
lni1(cell buildings coimlpleted; six
i requirinIg but at little more than
finlishing touches; ten, well Unl
way and a few just begun; Wil
diby houilevard fai enomgh ad
e(d to guar ianitee its eompletion
hill the next th1ree weeks; many
Lliks paved with granolithie;
streets ready to be -'seraped for
al treatment; the militaiy and
ii-military lanidscape gardening
wing results, is the condition of
tirs at the Jamestown Expositiou
111ds, just. oic month and a. day
ore the (late set for the opening of
Ter-Centemial.
Vhile the largest buildings are
ong those whieh have been' fin
ad, there is yet a grent amount of
rk to be done and it will require
ady, hard work to bring the ex
ition u1p to the point of completion
A the exposition officials have
led for.
. is admitted t.hat a few of the
uOsition compa-ny's buildings and
le ofr the state buildings will not
reaildy when the exposition firows
m its gates to the worll. but with
m fair weatiher. it is elailmed by
expositionl otlicials, that startling
ngs enn1 be accomplished ill thirty
vs, and it is the conviction of the
"ern1ors and oflicials of the Exposi
it Company that the Ter-Centen
1 eelebration will have a success
opemlilng.
kuelhI has been done on the build
es, streets and landseape gardening
hw expositio 11 groinds since Feb
iry 26, and it is said that. this re
It will be doubled before another
ath has rolled aroundl.
While it is expected that t'he streets
11 he inl glo conditimli on the open
a*y. this part of tie work will
wind largely tn the kiind i1f weat1h
inl stlre f'o the next thirtv lavs.
Carloads of Exhibits.
ar loads of exhibits are arriving
NorIlok daily and are beimt- seit
tile gronilids as rapidly as tle eon
ions will permlit. They will be
talled as soonl as Itliver'el at tihle
ildilgs fhr whwiel they are intenld
Thirty eair- loads of exiihits fromi
.0verNI1mellt are oi the way to
11-folk, am1 oine luniiidredI men will
emplo 'yed today to he-inl tihe ill
1a11tion of those thlat are alrealy
re. The forc' will be proportion
-iil (nreaedl I in- ill hel1 ' exhibits
Ille amtie- hildir s
T'leN warmlI weatier of,11 the past few
ys lins brollgli lt t'h(t fol]inge n11141
silbeldry everywheIre ha1s takeli
a fresh green .rab. T1he roads
1:St dri le- up anl the grouns
alri-ealdY makinl-gi a better appwear
dl the4 iv ided' for(es wVill work1
chi and(4 day until ftheii (I fni re'N expo
hit immal land1 recent ily sei'nredl for
'Innes,5 embain,I' g a1 dhista2 lnce of
re tha1n1 e'lven mliles. The~ prineci
hou11vlevard, whliich runs f'rom\ Wil
abby Hoy 94o the pier at the West
1 oif 104th1 st reet, is more1 than111 halIf
elilaml lhas bein laid and1( a bioard
1k. I wenlt v'-I'int feel wide, runn in tg
eut Iir~ Ioe 9 h oc f t4 heabuleivard, I
91he e'xpo(sition11. Tein thouJlsandl lineal
-f of side walk have reciv'.l12a
ve' b~een graded andl a1re ready f'or
fina01 t rca tmenJt . Thiis work will
rin1 in a1 f'ew days. The "iurface
tilag h1( ias bueeni install11ed and the
terI system11 has beenc co(mpleted ex
>t theo emmeeletionus with1 thle buiildl
FluTe s'ewer systemli will be ready
''Wvice inI a few days; the parade
or1k nl tile maian court huas begun
(Continued on page 7.).