Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, March 10, 1910, SUPPLEMENT TO THE FORT MILL TIMES, Image 9
"MILLWOOD."
Isabel Martin in News and Courier.
It would be hard to find a
more interesting drive than that
which leads from flnlnmhia
down to what was formerly
called the Mill Creek section.
Passing by the shaded spacious
grouhds of the Epworth orphanage,
filled with groups of merry j
wsll-cared-for looking children,
you are surprised to see on both
sides of the road substantial,
tasteful homes, with yards and '
gardens gay with flowers and
* vegetables. Further down is an
avenue bordered by large osage
orange trees leading to the house
which was first "Summer
Home," as its name implies, a
retreat in Jthe sand hills. It
was built and occupied as a summer
home by Gen. John S. Preston.
Then it became the last
home of the Hon. William E.
Preston, who named it Preston
Place. Afterwards it passed into
th e hands of the Ursuline nuns,
who used it as a convent and
academy and called it Valle
Cruc is. In this house were two
beautiful marble mantel pieces
carved by Hiram Powers for his
benefactor. Gen. JohnS. Preston.
Two graceful caryatides sup
f^ui i/^u tnv liiaiibci oucivco, ctllU
the expression of the faces, as!
well as the disposition of their
flowing drapery, were marvels
of the sculptor's art. A Northern
gentleman has recently
packed up and sent to the North
from the grounds of the "Summer
Home" some remnants of
these figures.
Crossing over a little stream
which rejoices in the name of
Grog branch, because for years
it was the stopping place for the
refreshment of travelers between
"the Fork" and Columbia,
an undulating road soon brings
you to the creek with its swiftflowing
clear wine-colored
stream. Ascending from the
creek you are in Jthe heart of
the sand hills. On both sides
of the road the hills rise sharp
and high, crowned with stately
long-leaf pines, covered in "the ,
springtime with wild roses, ;
honeysuckle and woodbine,
while the whole air is redolent |
with the fragrance of yellow1
jessamine and crab apple bios- i
soms.
The road is rough now, not
well graded and finely graveled
as in the days when it was
traversed by the handsome spans
of the Adams, the Westons, the
Hopkins, or trodden by the
famous blood horses of* Col.
Wade Hampton.? Turning to the 1
left you find what was once a
well-kept spring of delicious!
sand hill water, and by which
hung a cup for the use of passersby
and which was ever as unmolested
as the irraeelef in the
forest of Alfred the Great.
Following a winding road solemn
with pines, gay with flowers and
cheerful with the songs of birds,
you reach what was once a gateway
and, driving on over the
remains of a finely graded road,
in a few minutes there stand before
you five tall Corinthian vinecovered
pillars, the ruins of
Millwood.
No member of this generation
can imagine what these words
mean to one who remembers the
Millwood of the past. The stately
house fronting upon a long
straight avenue and surrounded
by a park of several acres filled
with long-leaf pines, oaks,
hickories, elms, forest trees of
every description and many imported
fir pines and shrubs of
great variety.
At each end of the broad
piazza, which extended the whole
length of the house, was one of
those circular offices which was,
for obvious reasoris, an indispensable
part of the establishment
of every Southern planter;
tVio ftivno rtf tVii> i?l tU 'it irm Krur.
ing to be trial justice, accountant,
physician and friend, not
only to every negro on the plantations,
but to all Ihe "poor
buckra" for miles around, who
came to him for advice, comfort
and help.
The massive doors of Millwood
opened upon a spacious hall, the
lofty walls of which were
adorned with the heads and
shoulders of stags, whose branching
horns proclaimed them to
have been monarchs of the fori
est.
To the left on the hall you
entered the library, the very
atmosphere of which breathed
the spirit and culture of the days
gone by. With its soft deep red
carpet, its leather backed chairs,
its capacious writing desk, its
walls lined with overflowing
bookcases and surmounted by
rare busts, it was truly all the
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SUPP1
fancy could depict as a retreat
for brain work or for literary repose.
But perhaps the chief
feature of the library at Millwood
was its large fireplace with
its shining brasses and its artistically
built fire of logs with
its presiding genius 'Daddy
Carolina." From year to year
it was Daddy Carolina's special
province to see that the logs were
cut to the right length, and dried
for the library fireplace, his
special pride to see that the logs
were piled on the dog-irons in
proper order, and woe to the
meddler who dared to interfere
with Daddy Carolina's fire.
Across the hall from the library
were the dainty refined
drawing rooms. All the upholstering
of the furniture in
these rooms was embroidered
by the daughters of the house.
me walls were hung with "before
the letter" engravings, fine
copies from old masters and
pictures by De Veaux, who owed
his European culture to the
munificence of Col. Hampton.
Conspicuous among the ornaments
were busts by Powers of
Col. Hampton and his beautiful
eldest daughter. The dining
room and sleeping apartments
were in keeping with the other
parts of the establishment.
In the rear of the house were
the gardens, the well-equipped
chicken farm and the stables of
the famous Wade Hampton
horses.
Amid such surroundings our
own Gen. Hampton 'passed his
boyhood. Here he was taught
to ride and to shoot and to speak
the truth. Here at his mother's
knee he learned to fear God and
to love his country, and as the
years went by with tutors and
teachers his love for learning
grew and he became what is now
generally known as a critical
classical scholar.
And amid such surroundings
grew up the beautiful life of
Col. Frank Hampton, who died
for the South, a knightly soldier,
fighting by his brother's
side, and here the General's own
gallant boys, Wade and Preston,
passed their childhood. As I
write there rises before me the
picture of the master of Millwood
and I would that I possessed
the limner's skill to transmit
it to others as he appeared
on the threshold of his home,
book in hand, forefinger marking
the place, standing ready
with Daddy Carolina in the rear,
to welcome the coming guest ?
erect, well-poised head, clear-cut
pnof I1VAC5 i\n i VI/MO ?? (\*?\?>\ < Ui
i v,avui |?<ii i i v 11111 it win i 11 v
crown of his head to the sole oi
his foot ?dignified, courteous tc
all, deferential to women, kindlv
to children, a stanch friend, c
just enemy, a gentle and considerate
master, a Christiai
whom sudden death found will
his Bible open beside him.
On a fatal day in February
1865, in defiance of all usages o
civilized warfare. Gen. W. T
Sherman sent a body of soldier:
four miles out of the destroyec
city of Columbia to burn thi:
beautiful dwelling place, tin
home of the defenseless womei
and children. Like all the worl
of that soldier the work of de
struction was done thoroughly.
As we stand before the ruin
of Millwood our hearts ar<
heavy, for we know
I "The tender grace of a day tha
is dead
Will never come back to us,''
and we know that the mould ii
which such men as the maste
of Millwood were cast is broke]
forever. But the hope come
that the lessen taught by th
sight of t he ruins may help th
coming ; aerations to rise t
nobler tl : ngs: as t hey realize tha
South Carolina still calls her son
to love and cherish her fame am
trusts tiiem to keep her worth
of her past.
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LEMENT TO THE FORT M
ANDREW JACKSON.
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Andrew Jackson, seventh pres- ]
ident of the United States, was <
born in the Waxhaw settlement, \
on the border line between j
' North and South Carolina, \
March 15, 1767. He was the i
first President to come from <
the States west of the Allegha- .
nies. He was reared in poverty
and worked in the saddlery ]
business before he was admitted 1
to the bar. He began his mili- 1
tary life at the early age of {
thirteen at the battle of Hanging
Rock. In 1812 he fought the '
famous battle of New Orleans.
Before his election to the '
presidency he represented Ten- ?
nessee in each house of Con- '
gress and was governor of Flor- j
ida. He was elected President in 1
1828 and was reelected again in {
1832. He instituted the "spoils 1
system" in national politics by *
discharging nearly 700 officehold- 1
ers during the first year of his 1
administration, as against 74 by {
all the preceding Presidents.
During his administration two :
new States were admitted to 1
the Union?Arkansas, admitted .
June 15, 1836; Michigan, ad- 1
mitted January 26, 1837. During ;
his administration there were 1
some very important inventions. |
The locomotives took the ''
place of horses upon railroads.
Capt. John Ericsson invented
the screw propeller and McCormick's
reaping machine, one of
the greatest labor-saving agricultural
implements, was patented.
Jackson's character
stands out boldly in American
history. He was an honest,
fearless man, but he was very
arbitrary and disliked those who
opposed him. Of impulsive
nature, he acted quickly; of high
temper, he made many enemies,
; to whom he was unforgiving;
while to his friends he was loyal;
of strong will, he more than any i
other president forced his views
upon Congress. Through all,
his rugged honesty was never
questioned. At the close of his t
eight years of office Jackson is- l
sued a farewell address to the *
people, full of patriotism and ]
devotion to constftutional liberty.
He had changed his views and his
policy more than once, and
had offended some of his best |
friends, but he was sincere and i
honest in all his intentions and (
firm and able in carrying them
out. He died on June 8, 1845, at *
; his home, "The Hermitage" i
' near Nashville, Tenn.
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Too Many Physicians.
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too many physicians. While
Europe maintains the proportion
>f one physician to every fifteen
hundred inhabitants, the United
States has a physician for every
>68. This over-production is due
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me hundred thousand of popuation
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"Our low grade medical schools
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In a report submitted it is
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