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SOUTHLAND STORIES tarry Gantt Givei Some Inter <*> eating Recollection*. | ???????? ? ? ? ? ( Written n>r TM Chronicle by T. Lurry Ciantt ) Kor u Ih)UI u century after the close ?t tin- Hcvolutlonary war (1m- bitter u,>,s of the vtotorioua colonists , ! i i iiu fnnilUoB of thoae who . jMtiist'il the King's side was nnre- j tenting. The KofHab termed their j M'lends iu America "l/oyntttfts," but Htelr neighbors dt^iffiiated thorn an ? Tories " ai)<l the sins t?f the fathers were visited on (he. children eveu un to tho third ami fourth generation. Trtki* the descendant* and khmmcn of "Hloody Ittll Cunuiughara," tho noted Royalist of Laurens county. At the massacre of Hayes Station In I^aurens uintntyp S. C., after their surrender, "Hloody Hill." with his sword, killed aevoral Irliys and Williams, and had his men massacre every prisoner. Over tfds cruel Ml hate and rancor rankled qt thy bosoms of tho Irbys and Wil liams. and for more than a hundred years they abhorred aud shunned the kinsmen of tho murderer of their an i-estors. The faot that the 0unn$w hints Were eultured and fino people ? Unit it was a daughter of this family who bo tight \rt. Vernon, the home of Washington, for pc^HcrvaUcm, ? and Uiat In all snhttequeut wars the males gallaufly. fought for the republic It Was not considered. l>uring our Civil war the Cunulughams were among tlie bravest so'.dlers of the Lost On use. tfunte years tigo. while on a visit to ?ulted States Senator J. IU If. irt>y, bo told me that he wanted to carry me to out* of the most interesting o!d ?olouial homes In our up-country, where 1 wouid^-meet a very fine and interesting gentleman, Captain Hob Cunningham. Knowing the feud* of bate that existed between tho Irby.* mid Cunninghams.. I expressed u sur prise at his visiting their home. He explained that he and Captain Hob Cunningham had chanced, to meet at au oiri soldiers reunion In Greenville they had a taik and mutually decided Uiat it was the height of (folly for two neighboring families in the same conn BAKER GUNS For fifty years known to the trade as the best for service. $48.00 to $385.00 Send for BAKER BOOK LET describing the entire line. Baker Gun Company 314 Broadway, New York Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted M. H. HEYMAN & CO. Jewelers and Optometrists T. B. BRUCE Veterinarian I > tt Irion St., Phone 114 CAMDEN, S. C. DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST C rwker Building Camden, S. C. COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. MIL'V WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN * HUC.F.R STS. 71 COLUMBIA, S.C. ty to curry that old renentmenl Into ii -ronul ?-on?ury. and tint they were UOW warui f lifiidm, 1 was only too glad to make the pilgrimage and tyont one of the jno?! interesting day* in iny memory. The niu't'sttal home of the Cutt n Ingham family it named "Koseptont." II is Imt a short ?l is| a (dOItt the Mtailon of Waterloo, on tin' railway hiding from Urncnwood fO Spartan burg and near ^he hanks of flio Sain da river, This o'd mansion Is the niOHt inh-rc-iln^ rolie of Colonial times in the upper country. Tt was erected * about the middle of tlx* eighteenth contnry, when that entire section wan an almost uncleared wild erness. It Ik a large wood building. The timbers from which it Is construct ed wero a' I cut from selected trees, and after standing for more tlmn a century and a half, the house is in a good state of preservation. The trees were folVd in I4\urens county, and the lo.vs floated or rafted down the river to Georgetown, There they were put on hoard of sailing vessels and carried to Knglaiul. Theso logs were cut into lumber and the house framed there and the lumber shipped .hack to the Now World. The mansion was pattern ed nfior "Koscmont Hall '' in lOng'nud. tlio ancestral home of the ?sCunulug' ha ins. In the early settlement . of tliat sec tion, It was undeniably the finest resi dence In the who'e up-eouutry, the t'unnlujfhams being a family of wealth and large slave and land owners. 1*1 von lu^his day It would be considered a grand mansion for the rural sections. Some wings or parts of the house had been torn away at the time of my vis it, but a far greater lpart of it re mained. and you see in it the pattern ' of mansions bui't hv the wealthy ill the early settlement of the New World, the style of architecture being pat terned after old English homes. As I ! stated, the timbers in this building be j ing selected from trees when that, see tlou was a Virgin forest, the building was in a splendid state of preserva tion, bi^t of course not kept up. as | Onpt. (fnnningham, its owner at that time, was a bachelor and lived alone; But one **ould see in the building and the surrounding grounds evidences of past grandeur. The park around the mansion, it is said, embraced over one hundred acres, and was planted In trees and flower# imported from all parts of the world. They also had a private race track, and every other im provement that money and taste could j supply or demand. The timbers from wliieh the mansion was built seemed as indestmctable as granite, for I did not see a decayed plank. "It is un questionably the most interesting relic of Co!onial days In the up-couhtry. But aside from the building itself, its furniture is of equal Interest, in cluding the silverware, china and other furnishings. Except a fed mod ern chairs and tables, not an article in house was less than one hundred and sixty-five years old at the tinie of my visit, and all of the furnishings arc most carefully preserved. 'What a OoVonda would these old furnishings be to antique seekers of today. The bedsteads, bureaus, tables and all else are of solid ^mahogany, and of a style dating back two centuries or more. And the solid and heavy silverware, china, vases and other dining room and parlqr. adornments, were in full keep ing with the old mansion. The China ware was in itself priceless treasures such as are seen in these days only in broken sets. . Hut here every set. has been carefully preserved by generations of Cunninghams. For instance, there Is a beautiful 'China cup. one piece from a set of a dozen that had been ac W cidentally broken more than a century ago. A-s the ptecc r-ouid not be re placed, l his cup was sent to France where the broken pieces worn so neat-, ly cemented" together that it required the closest inspection to detect the re pairs. To inspect these treasurers, to an antiquary would be like an artist visiting one <>f the great collections ot the Old World. The CunjMnghams would never part with a single art! cle from their home, and from genera tion to generation the furnishings of this old mansion have l>cen kept un broken and carefully (preserved. ? ('apt. Hoi) Cunningham, the owner of this estate and home at the time of my visit, was a gentleman of culture and refinement. He fought gallantly under the Stars and Bars, for cour age is inherent in his family. Capt. Cunningham talked freely with me about his ancestors, and had no apologies to offer for their espousal of the British side during the Revolu tion. He told me that the Cunning hams belonged to the npbllity of Eng land, and Sir Patrick Cunningham, his great grandfather, a* also his brother, known as "Bloody Bill'' Cunningham, was appointed by King 'George and commissioned to ir.e {<a it'.x province of Carolina and survey the lands for settlement or grants to favorites. .In surveying the section known as Green ville, Anderson. I^aurens, Abbeville and Other corlntiea In that section, they se lected, tm the banks of the BahWh* river, a large territory that -they kne-w to be the ricbeat and moat valued Iiuul* in the state for their own po# session, and the tract was gruuted them by their kin# us a rowurtj,, for loyalty and their services. The pres ent farm of the fui\uln#hnm?, includ ing the old Hoseniout Mansion, la a small part of this grant. After the victory of the Colonists, the l^mblte confiscated the lands of all Torlea, and the fooling Against the OunnlhfhaniB uUu especially bitter. Hut otrlng to the fact that tt>We members of that family had married into tried and loy al American families, the ftUCe now Uold l?y the Jamily was given to them. And 1 will Add that among the pqr traits and other pictures I saw at Roscmout, were many distinguished Carolinians of past tl">09, as tho hos pitality of the Cunninghams was uu* bounded and the ol<l mansion the seeno of many grand social entertainments. Among the Wauilfnl women of the past who lived at Rosemont and were re in tod to tho Cunninghams, were sever !i' lovely girls named llirds, aiul who in thel r day .rivalled for grace and beauty the (lilvson Klrls. Owiuu lo the great honuty of tho Misses Rird, tho house was called and described as "Tho Aviary:'" I saw among the later pictures in t lie i r gallery those of Ta bor. the handsome young man of Char leston who waf killed by Rhett In u duel, as also that of Win. L. Yancey when a young man ami many Others. ('apt. Rob .Cunningham stated to me thai his famPy wero not traitors to t lit* Republic, but would have been the blackest, traitors had they deserted their Kin;; and united with his one mios. They were Royalists and In tak ing sides against the Colonists the King and as brave and honorable sol diers. ' in speaking of "Rlood.v Rill," ho denied that be died in England, like unto Benedict Arnold, repudiated and scorned for treachery lo his country. On tho other hand, there Is no com-' pari son between the two men. Rene diet Arnold was a double-dyed traitor to his couutry. having deserted its Cftlltip for sold aiul <0110 ovor to the enemy after taking tin oath of allegi ance 10 Washington. On 4h e other hand. the Cunninghams opposed and fought against the Colonists from the beginning to t he oik) of <he war. and sto*Vd by their oath arid King. They wore i mulshed for tbel^ loyalty by be inn stripped of their property and ho hit I oily persecuted that thoy hod Jtoj the country they had assisted hi wrest ling from a wilderness. ''Bloody Bill" never went to Kng!aiul. but after the Involution settled in Nassau. N. Y. where be tiled and was burled. ?* Those wh?\ visit the Harris Ltthta Spring, or tour through Lauren* coun ty, should by aU means make a pll? grlouigo to old Uosemont aud they will there find one of the most inter esting relies of Colonial and Revolu tionary times In the South. v Marine Shoots Hoys. l>ewnurk, S. O , I Member 17.- J. it. Swygort. of Peake, and Herman Jhisenberry. of Conway, sixteen-year old sobool boys, wero shot by a marine guard ou Seaboard Air Line, train No. I, between Columbia and Savannah, early today, Neither was serlousjy WuumltHl. The hoys were returning homo from school at Fairfax ami. according to information received here, were beat ing ttiCir way. Wheu the mail guard ordered them to get off the ear they refused, It 1h said, and he fired, one youth being wounded in the nock dud thfi other In the foot. The name of the guurd has not been learned. The majority of the women engi neering students in the Kansas Uni versity are Taking up a course in architectural engineering. t : The council^ of ambassadors, accord /ng to a Par hi dispatch^ has authorized the United States to contract with Gernmny for the construction of two Zeppliins. , ? ' For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature <rf / tte*tyto?otte6?g2? 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