The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, October 30, 1908, Page TWO, Image 2
STORK OF SIIK
but it seems impossible to got any
definite in I omat ion c.oneerning it during
its earliest days.
Mr. I. S. Blair, who is an old e,itizen
ol lbat section uf tin* enmity,
and wbo is one of (be most respected
citizens uf (11;11 section of the county,
Inis consented to give Tlie Herald
and News wlial information lie can
in regard to tin- settlemenl. Kxactly
when tlie old store building, in front
o| Mr. '? Livingston's residence,
find in wbicb Mr. I). ({. Livingston
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now .induct-. .1 mercantile business.
v\.\- elected, could n<>t be ascertained.
1' i> 'He of the old buildings (,f ||1(.
I' he 11 era Id and News
prexmi : oda\ i . ut of ii.
Mr. I'dair says that lie recollects
Dead Fall as far back a, IS I!), and
\,l;|l " I bat lime Mr. I'ary Mel'lure
liv,'d ill tile bou-e whicl) Mr. Duke
Sheppard now lives in. and owned
Hie place. At that lime Dr. Ben
Worthington lived where Mr. 1). (j.
Livingston now lives. I),-. Worthing">v:,(
d only a I three acres of
bind. Ab.Mil a year or two years
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ill lor taa; Mr. ici'lnre sold his placo
^Mere I >a venport, and Mr.
Davenport sold the remainder of bis
place i i Mr. Williamson Buzhardl.
Mr. I'dair says that the first business
1:,. recollects as having been eondueled
in the More was by Messrs.
Spencer Peterson and Mike Werts
and he thinks that they were in partnership
part of the lime. flis next
recollection of business conducted in
the store was by Messrs. Williamson
?n<J Calvin Bu/.|iardt; who were it
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partncrship for a few years, after (
which Mr. Calvin Bu/,hnrdl withdrew, 'J
and Milton, another brother, came in. e
Messrs. Williamson and Milton Buz- (1
hard) continued tin? business then un- s
til the beginning of the War Between ''
the States. After the war, in 18G(i, v
says Mr. Blair, Messrs. Thomas F. a
Harmon ami .1. I). Smith conducted '
a business in I lie store for one year.
After that Mr. Blair says (hat he '
docs not recollect in what succession n
jlhey came, but he thinks that Messrs. 1
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nix r. J,
j I 'avid \\ erl < and Jacob T. Werts con- '
I ducted business there for awhile, and
j I hen Mr. Jacob Wcil> withdrew and N
j i 'avid Wcris continued the ''
I b::-.in,->> for a year or j wo. lie says M
j 1 hal lie is 11,it certain whether Mr. ?
| ' M Ward was in business there s
I"1' not. but lie knows that Mr. W:\jd *
I built i house on the Met'lure place.
which lie then owned, and comlueted '
i store there for a time. After these "
came Mr. I). (1. Livingston, the pres- ^
cut owner. "
Mr. Blair gives the following his- ~
t??ry of the McClure place: Mr. Me- '
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".'i' s'dil t Mr. Davenport. Mr. ^
i Davenport sold to Mr. Williamson
I Bn/hardt. who died during the war. 11
j Alter lac war Mr. J. M. Ward bought ^
, j it. and he sold it to Mr. Levi Kther- 1
idge. Mr. Ktheridgc died, leaving it '
t ? his ?vidow. She has since married
,i.Mr. K. S. Boo/.cr, ami he sold it to
.( Mr. Duke Shi'ppard. who now lives '
i t here.
i I Mr. Blair thinks-that the Worth- 1
i j nigton place, after the death of Dr. *
i Worthington and his wife went to i
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NOW OWN I'd) BY D. P. WKUTS. I
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VIr. John Hill. It was rented out for
i number of years, and after Mr.
Hill's death was sold, when Mr. D.
jr. Livingston, the present owner,
>ought it.
Mr. Livingston has romodelled the
louse, and it is now an attractive and
ommodious dwelling..
As staled above Mr. T. J. Maffett
vas for many years the only mer liant
at Silver Street. The fact1 is
hat Mr. MatTott owtio.d a great deal
>f the land in and around Silver
street and would not sell to anyone
lse. Mrs. Maffett still lives at the
Id homestead and retains the planation.
Mr. E. II. Longshore who has
ecently moved from Silver St reel to
Cowberry and the Spoannans who
lave also moved away owned large
racts of land in and adjoining the
own and they also declined to sell.
This is a very fine section of the
ountry and has adjacent a great deal
if prosperous fanning lands and
hould be a most desirable business
Dcation. No donbt if those people
rho own the real estate in the town
nd adjacent to it would be willing
r> cut il up into small tracts and
?ts that purchasers would easily be
omul, and this would soon be a
inch more important trading section
han it is at present.
Silver Street Lutheran Church.
The Sunday school of Silver Street
lUthcran congregation will meet next j
tinday afternoon at 2.'10 o'clock. At j
..'III scrvico will hi* conducted by Kev. I
. P. Koon. A cordial invitation is
xtendcd to all.
MORE ABOUT DEAD FALL.
Recollections of Before and Just After
the Way by a Former Resident
of the Community.
Mr. Editor: A^ I 1 n<?i remember
i) have M'cn anything in print since
he civil war in reference lo that oxi-lh'tU
neighborhood. "The Dead
'all." in which community 1 had
lie pleasure of living several years
el'ore and several after the war. as
medical practioner, so I tool
lisposed to say something about
i>tne at least of the very worthy peole
of that community, nearly all of
lioin, men and women, have crossed
ver the river. My medical predeeesor
was Dr. Hen Wlorthington, an
xcellent man and physician, but
hose days were much shortened, as
< common, by the unfortunate habit
f drink. Two of the most extensive
?rom incut and well to do families
ere the Spoannans and Wertsus, all
ood people, .lames, Robertson. Sam,
5raves, I'hosley, Lafayette Spear-,
inn. Mike. Jonathan, llonry, l?eli?11
and old I nolo David Werts. Mr,
ames Spearman, the elder of the
ipcarman brothers, was a model eitiiMi,
but somewhat puritanical in his
eligious views, lie looked upon daneng
as a most heinous sin. 1 heard
no of hi> sons remark playfully that
e believed his father regarded it a
in for people to enjoy themselves.
Mr. Spearman was four times marieil
and never hesitated to say that
e never courted but the four women,
t would seem as if this was an unrocodonted
case, but it was natural
hat so sensible a man should go at
he business in the most sensible and
k ill full way. Another good but pouliar
man was Esquire Mark f!lenn.
le was quite wise in his own estimaiftn.
lie was mostly distinguished
'or his feeding qualities. I have
icard il said that at one sitting down
ic consumed an entire full grown
lianghai rooster with nil the dressing
ind other things in proportion, and
el he never was known to complain
>f hunger or the colic. I might menion
many other worthies, but will
>nly allude to Williamson and Milton
.uzzard, and Arthur MeC'ollum, who
net'ehandised at the Dead Tall, and
John (Salloway, young David Werts,
ind Newton Davidson, all of whom
ost their lives in the war. The only
survivors 1 can recall of that comnunity
who were old enough to be in
he war and were in, are Fed Long,
lim and John Reagin, Pat and Tom
'Hair.
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SENATOR TILLMAN
ASKS ALL TO VOTE
Declares Small Vote From the South
in National Election Used as
Argument to Cut Representation.
Augusta Chronicle.
Columbia, S. ('., Oct. 27.?Senator
Tillman, who is here for a stay "f 11
week or so. today u'avc out the following
:
As member of the National Democratic
committee for South Carolina,
I am in receipt of the following telegrain
from Hon. Norman E. Mack,
..... ?.'$&>. ,
T. S. BLAIU.
(lie national chairman oL! tin; Democratic
party:
" New York, Oct. 20.
"iron. B. H. Tillman, Trenton, S. C.:
"We are now confident that Bryan
will win in the electoral college. I
am wiring to urge yon to call upon
the voters of yonr State to be active 1
and to appeal to those in strong De- ,s
mocratic sections to bring out the full '
Democratic vote, so that a big ma- 1
joritv of the popular vote will be '
cast for Bryan and Kern. A large
majority of the popular vote will n
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Mi-. si11:i i'.\I:D.
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iii'lp j ? m'it.iv the if 1".?!-.n legislnt it.n i
l ? which mii' party i< committed. A
biy majority ii> Slate will help v
lilt' Democratic cause every w here. \
Please leave no effort unused to get 1;
out the full Democratic vote in your v
Slate. Appcal to the Democratic pa- |
pers which have done so much in this |
campaign to aid in tliis work. t]
"Norman K. Mack."
I his is probably a copy of a dis- )
patch which has been sent to every
State in the I nioti, and while it may
not appear important in South Car- J
olina owing to the peculiar conditions
here, ! desire to have the Democratic
papers of the State give the widest
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JOHN 1\ LONG.
publicity I i tliM appeal and to urge ,
our people to <ro to (li?> polls on elec- ?
lion day, November ihd. find cast
tlieir ballots for the Democratic
ticket just ; .< though we had an active
contest on hand and were in
doubt about the result.
It is the stocli in trade of agitators
like Crumpacker ami Keifer who
urge our reduction in the ,electoral
college and house of representatives
to point to the small number of votes
cast in the legal election in the South.
!>. (i. !.i /IN.iSTON. !
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RESIDENCE OF II
Ot course, with om* primary svsom
the usual feeling is that we have
ettled our politics in that election,
Hit nevertheless the selection of our
lonunees does not absolve us from
he obligation to give those nominees
i tull vote, and t beg that every De'"HM-at
will take the time and trouble
leeessaty to do this next Tuesday.
The oath to support the nominees
d the party creates an obligation
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RESIDENCE OK
^ hi? h ;is honorable men and patriots
should fulfill. While it mav not
e necessary in this State, everv man
iVel far belter if he shall contriM,u*
'?>' l,is vote I" strengthen the
VniMcra t ic cause and shut the
noutlis of our fanatical enemies.
D. lv- Tillman,
Member National Committee Demoyj-atic
I'arty for South Carolina.
Trenton. S. ('., Oct. 20.
RESIDENCE 0
mmiM.mua. aimi l|iiu,?^wrkaBmiair*?artl.a*
for this V
. NEWBEF
Are You Homesick?
Are you homesick with longing for
the dear old cabin with its morninggloi
ies, its hollyhocks, and wild V
honeysuckle? Do yon long for the Jj
balmy air, the hum of bees, the rough //
people with honest true, hearts, who SjS
love you, and will die for you? Then If]
see, 'the Girl From Missouri," and 1$
you will weep over her trials, laugh 'A
with the old darkey, Kabo; love with
I'?. M- IIAYIKI).
he brave, manly outlaw, and detect
tin.1 \ illian. I here is no <|uestion that
this is one of the daintiest, cleanest,
most wholesome plays over written
around the Western character. It is
sane, true to the people of whom it
treats, and entirely lacking in the
heroics and gun-play usually associated
with plays of the West." It is due
!'> appeal1 at the opera house on Tuesday,
November
F i). i.. HAM.
l Cfi's
dials' ,
/EEK ONLY. |
Pictur *s, $1.00 v?'ue, ||
vhio we . k only 49c.
6 Ql. Lnacel Pice Boilers,
each 25c.
25c. Lamps, complete,
c i 8c,
1 0 Q . t;na m el Bucket,
0?ach 25c.
25 cents Gravy BoMs,
cach 15c! /
Df cora'td Bowl and $\
P'tcht-r 90c. I
| 0 Qt. ^ <=* 1 v a n i z g d
Bucket 1 nr /y4
J inp prjj ' 4|
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