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/ ANN GALE ■y MILDRED WHITE koPPBBBMaCBCroMMMa^ Cop/rtfbl. 1111. WaMcm N««ap«p«r UaiM Thla episode happened when Rich ard Covington's name, or picture, headed every paper. For Diet Cov ington, you recall, was one of our very rich young men, and Ids ap proaching marriage with this or that heiress' constantly heralded. These Huppoaed engagements having been later denied, society immediately be gan to speculate. / The English woman whose hand ru mor bestowed upon Richard hud fol lowed him, it was related, to his own country, and was now in seclusion in an American village. Now, whether this gossip might* be true, society in general was anxious to ascertain; reportera were the young man's aversion, and no authentic in terview had taken place. Richard, on Ida return, made Bright Fort by the sea bis stopping place, and brought the Honorable Bertie with him. Dick expected to be bored, as usual; but his second morning )n Bright Fort changed this expectstlon. Cantering down u leafy l*ne, he came one day upon a witching young creature. The girl's eyes twinkled at him. and she spoke his name. Richard, displeased at the uncon- \enrtonal address, would have ridden on hla way—but the girl smiled, ■ ruoer entrancing smile, and Richard halted—and lingered. Though »ha confessed *t« being a guest of the h«e tel, Mlaa Ann frankly Informed him that ahe waa not of hla daaa. Nor, she saudly added did ahe car# tn be Ko. aa there waa no prnmlar of meet lag hla charmer on common ground. Richard took to haunting the bywaye of Bright Fort, and waa usually though brtefl). rewarded When he cum# upon Bertie talking l# Aon. IMrk • a* unreasonably angry "Hou did you happen lo meet him?" he a ah ad (he girl •The «ay I happened t» m ahe mlmly replied Her teaalng dark eyeu u CAMP OPENS JULY IITH. The Boy Scouts of the Barnwell High School art making arrange- menta to leave for their camp at Hoi* man’* Bridge, on the Edigto River, Monday, the 10th tost. A moat en joyable time haa been promised them. Sam Jones, the colored janitor at the local school, will act as cook. He is said to be a great favorite among the boys. The camp was to have been held in June, but on account of the heavy rains it was deferred until the moon light nights in July. The tamp Fire girls will visit the boys whle at the camp and it is also hoped that many of the parents will pay them visits. --- -» , TALES OF OLD BARNWELL, (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.j rails were of wood. The mihature engine that made the trip twice a day was named for a little girl, “Lula May.” In 1881 the old South Carolina road bought the tramway and constructed a branch to the town. Among the early citizens of Barn well was Angus Patterson, the nestor of the bar for more than 40 years, a shrewd, gentle, kindly man. He long represented his district in the state senate, and was for a number of year* its presiding officre. In an obscure corner of the senate chamber hangs a portrait of the old gentle man. At a time when the rode duello was the sine qua non of the rank of gentlemen, that quiet village of the plain was never the scene of a duel, though even the gentle dignified Mr, Patterson once indulged in a street fight. The rauae waa—chickens! One of his neighbor*, a fellow lawyer, was Mr. Samuels, arm the two old kindliest anj moat beloved of the vil lage fathers. J ~ Some of the prominent lawyers of tho place in former times were tj^a two brothers, Alfred and /antes Al drich, Mr. Owens, the brothers Angus and James Patterson, Isaac Hutson, Mr. Bellinger and many others who were men of distinction. Barnwell gav$ to the Secession convention its speaker, D. F. Jamison; it furnished the army with Gen. Johnson Hagood, general and governor as well as suc cessful business man and planter; with frank Mixsoh, 16-year old sol dier -of the Confederacy, w^o coolly picked up a shell with lighted ami rapidly burning fuse which had fall en into the midst pf a group of sol diers and threw it far away but n second before it burst. Company E, made up of Barnwell boys, bad seven color bearers killed, three of them were brothers. One died holding so tenaciously to his flag that it was necessary to wrest it by force from his stiff hand. Of the whole company after a disastrous bat tle, one ijWm; Thompson, an<j one of ficer, a young lieutenant, were left. uteni )im t The officer, in a spirit of grim humor, began issuing orders to Thompson by name as though he were a company, and Thompson w : th the same grim humor was responding when a miflie hall struck the lone soldier, leaving a forlorn lieutenant alone of Company 1. It is said that there is in BamweH a grave of a Confederate soldier who was bom north of the Mason an I ] Dixon’s tine. His name was Frank Cassidy. He went tn Beaufort in his childhood to live with an unda. and grew up into a genuine Southerner.| He entered the army, and onre hem r j taken prisoner, wgj carried near *o hie childhood I one. and hia paren's went to visit him He was told that 1 gr nt If men werr erruetnmed to walk t<> their offk*e* together every morn | thev were without and thit he might In* One day Mr Samuel* told Mr. !* r * them only on condition that h« Patterson that his rtiirkens .were ••hr the oath of ^tegta've to the him. 1 mining hi* turnip patih. and asked United Btatee With tear* streaming Aaa ilsle charged Hi. hard with hla re- ihat they hr reetramed Mr. Patter- ! "trer his fare, he refused and the fath- Law «a» all rontrilmn and promised rr mother had to return whence the' ttvr nuitanre should he stopped j thev ramr. without « word from th/ But a* Mr Patterson neser in >11 h.s ' (rvm »h-m they had horn so long I stkv es rial me TV» Muo pnaed S^ • heo they g Bertie ported Kagttah sMsrhmeot. sad for th* • r »t time Richer.! gate prartl . . . , ^ 0 ^ iha* I hr nwiumre mow# w 0|MMr rally ihe story »f *»• ••»* • history It • aa fa, remoted fro. aeo .poper ,,u ‘ •* * r l*•«**r*•a never in all hi SOI t—«Jii>-e lhat Aaa upewed her hf* "saddled |a soy «.f the d«4ue>*it • n. Mng eyro ^ sffa r» of hts home he prompth “Now. 4e y<m thlog ef I ha IV" forgot all ahoot hie neighbor's com plaint The fnJIowtrg morning M Namurl* spoke osor r sharply about the matter and Mr. Ppttersoa beg ged hun to setwi word to Mrs Patter- s«a Mr. Hamueia, haws ear. thinking the' having spoken to the aomtapl heod of the bouse the matter should •■* at'ended to. did nut send word ta Mr* Patterson, and the rhirhena con tinued to ftraet opus young turnip greens The affair was mentioned "tore # and more indignantly eeory morning until finally one dav Mr. Patterson got angry snd said. "I lolieve i ••*> want tn fight me. Mr. htmo-l* ** The agag^vved party was nothing 'oth to rtpret* his dta- I <»*um a* he*t he c<m'd. so the two •lignifir-d ..kl lawyer* carefully laid Both Dr. and Mrs. Bethune Patterson have contributed ta tome of the va rious forms of literature. Mrs. Mary C. Simms Oliphant, p granddfbghter of the author, haa revised and brought up to date the history of the State written by her grandfather. These are but a, few of the Barnwell County people who have added something to the literature of the State. William H. Duncan, who died about three years ago, left in manuscript a most interesting and valuable historical sketch of/the village of Barnwell to which the present article owes much of its data. Some of the writers mentioned were born and grew up in the district of Barnwell, but are now to be reck oned with the comparatively new county of Bamberg, which some years ago was separated from the former, and named in honor of one of its lead ing citizens, Gen. F. M. Bamberg, who also adds luster to the mother county. Changes of County Seat. During Reconstruction times a car petbagger, Charles Leslie, member of the legislature from the district, was instrumental in having the county seat removed from Barnwell village to Blackville. Four times in eight years was it changed hack and forth. Finally in 1874 there was an ejection held to determine which town should have the court house. The ballot boxes were brought into BarnweM, which was the county seat at the time. It being late before the last one was received, it was determined to lock them in a closet in a building which stood on the northeast corner of Main and Marlboro streets, in which was located the olfice of county clerk. They were to bo guarded through the night by ail men. tHr -e from Barnwell, three from Blackville. On the following morning the votes •hoold he counted When next dav the door was opened, heboid’ there •vve no hallo! boxes there, and from •■Bl day to this no man has ever seen oust have been THE CONFEDERATE COLLEGE. 62 Broad Straat, » . 4 Charleston. S. C. * * * V * ’ ' * A Boarding and Day School for Girls. Begins its session September 26, 1922. Historic Institution situated In a healthy lo cation. Advantages of city life, with large college yard for out door sports. A well planned course of studies in a homelike at mosphere.. A business Course open to Seniors and elective course to Juniors and Seniors. A Domestic Science Course open to Seniors, giving practical and theoretic knowledge of cooking,^. A Sewing Course for Seniors and Juniors. A well equipped Library. Primary Departments for day pupils. For catalogue and further information apply to the college. 4 I * IF YOU WANT TO SEE GOOD BASEBALL, £ ♦♦♦ SEE THE GAMES IN AUGUSTA. V IF YOU WANT TO HAVE GOOD EATING WHILE ♦♦♦ . * ATTENDING THESE GAMES ¥ VISIT THE V. & L. RESTAURANT. X Y «$♦ Prompt Service. «£♦ Best of Food. Reasonable Prices. Seating Capacity 200. them Certainly it -> the Work of mierhiev a mere directory. An intelligent community it is, just a part of the great State of South Carolina. But to a little girl who lived there long ago snd then went away before the glamor of early childhood had passed, its long white roads. Us mysterious mom-draped swamps, its riotous wild flowers, its big trees, its bright skies, its birds *nd butterflies, and even its ants ia endless procession, are glori fied because they belong to that bright elfland where first we And the "am.** but from whwn we somehow get loot, and can never And the way I bark; for that little girt, runoutly' bewitched lata the form of an old woman, that yesterday land ta name^ | ‘■Rarnoel! ** sion at the Court House in Barnwell . every first Monday for the purpose of issuing registration certificates. Take due notice thereof and goven your selves accordingly. G. M. Main, G. M. Shepard, J. M Halford, Board of Registration.^B i. sr>n from ' separated Mbermao at IUrao*1l. *b* on ’h there were peogd ", I »■—' Sherman's If ike o< (he 1st Tsi arid asset la the eakawa from the hall -Who la ske*" they twa tery foo«1 i er te Aaa far totgat like Oa- aU|>pe4 sway aakrot owe aa lae i> ■r •re t< «-n<r Aa til aainretl .ere a aaeorre*! the ^u** l.-a ia Mr sitaifWaai as? Three yoeteU ne-fcia.es hate re reoily <t!oipprar*«1 tress r.«#ms .»f (eve's. she Osl4 l..«ta(*-« fc» a r»1 (he e.-r-k* Tr| • (si ••Ot tOlw fr« eh elf" he a*. 14 t.> Iw-nie lb live sarvirn* the a*, o lalketf Ihe th.rx .ot-r • It * iLirn**! «njeer." rmoosl IVrlle. “the! V|l»* (isle Is *<• k.-rn on hrsy* if .* hrrsrlf se, rel S.I to s|w-tffc . m»r*l Sttm.tUr lllth- ladi I'"*, th.it I bale ever tut-* If 11 erre u<4 lor l.a<l> K iM< n«»o - -** "If Mi«* 'Inlr |<rt-ffr» to fct^-|» to her^rlf Ilia* » her |*ri» Itftrr "* Hit hard cur'lx rv*..rttt| Ttie imialr res art I. the gtiesia tuoi thi;4 *ln« r sought their M|Mrtpu*Dts. while the friemls llngereil In tin- gur d.-n o\er their clyan* Suddenly Dick leimt**! ftmvartl with an eiclNiiiHlion; down an outer Htalr- wsy from ttie hullroom halcony, n slight. white rtnd tixur*' w:m desernd- ing In the moonlight Cales face ws* plainly dlatlrgulshahle. Beneath the Mr. Patterson administered to an in fringe «»f hyr scarf, Miniejhing half ! concealed glittered. Bertie muttered »idr anti flew at each other like school hoys. Tbs' wrestle^ with all their punv might until they frit rxhauatrd up*n the rrourvL Mr. Patterson by chance on top. With difficulty * he trot up ami helped tha friend to his f«*ct ami the two proceeded to their offices. That time the matter of his chicken* Itemg a pe*t to hia neighbor was *n impressed on his mind that Mr. Patterson did not forget to tell the roul head of the house about it, and the chickens were restrained. A Memorable Thrashing » If Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe could have seen the thrashing that as Richard rushed toward the girl. At sight of him, Ann started, then smiled In usual composure. “Well?’ she asked him. "It Is I," he said breathlessly, “who ask the question. 'The hour is very late. Ann; you are alone," he glanced up to the balcony whence she had come. "I fell asleep on the rest room couch," Ann pleasantly explained, “and when they locked the ball rootrf, they locked me in, So I climbed out through the balcony window, and here I am ” „ "Ann!” distress was In Richard's tone. “Don't you think you owe it to me to tell me something about your self? “I have loved you as you desired— unquestioning. Now. 1 ask you to be my wife.” “Now?” repeated the girl softly— She paused. “I have told you of my humbleness Richard, hut I think I have never been so humble aa now, before your true love” From the fold of her fccarf, ahe drew her own aiuall glistening fan. “1 am jum a Journalist peraufi. Richard, sent after the story* that other* failed is getting” The laughter light came beck to Ann a dark ey*n Tt waatd be a gnad story Richard. ta Mr. 1 1 w® let th* araeg ge » solent negro, she might have formed a different opinion of the cruelty of I village lay la the line atari h te the sea. and af I ter the ewana of losuate had passe * there eras nothing ef mark impart- a Mrs left trending tn vhe town. I .earning af the pppram-h af tho ta cendtnrjr hards. t*n> Eaves, clerk af' 'ho r»>«ri. Jthontf W. J. Wendwaef aad E A- Branson. edMor of the Darn well Renltnel, relleried tho ronrt reeafde and burwd them wheeo they remained hidden until ■arh tiafct a* it era* safe ta exhnme t ha m Tho whirlwind of firo sweat | thrmigh the countv. deetr«>iiing man- ley home* a* well as town and vil lages a* it pnssed “Runnvmedr ** near Buford’s bridge. Ihe hrautiful plare of f*en. Iwnte M- Ayer, a signer •»f the Ctrdmance of BereasU*" ami a! member of the t'ocifederat mm that fell w it n a! I it con tninrd Among its furnishing* was one of Ihe largest libraries in that | part of the State. .Many o|«| bookv that could never hr replaced acre burned. ) midlands.7 the lovely home of William Gilmore Simms, on the F.dia- to river, was spared liecyuse the of ficer in command when that place wa« rcachc,j had read Mr. Sinim's charm ing novels, and in gratitude for hi* j literature decreed"" that his house j should not be burned. Truly America h»** produced no finer historical ro-' mancer than Barnwell's foremost au- i thor. ILis son. William Gilmore; Simms, *2nd, served the county for' many' years as clerk of the court. Another stately home that escaped I Southern slave owners. Carpenter .l , _ > ..th. r\ \ >» . , , , > ,, , , t the torch was “The Oaks, the rest-1 Jack a big. burly black, about twice dem . e of j udRe , A . P . Aldrich . Thrice | the size of Mr. Patterson, and of wa9 fire spt to it , each time the! surly temper, was busy at his bench intpepid mistresi3> stand i njf ov . 1 one day planing a board, and the long r er a noffro huv to prevent the incendi- shavings were falling thick about h.s ar j^ doin ^ him harm, ordered him to feet. Mr. Patterson Walked op to extinguish the flames. She so won the bench and said; “What are you the admiration of the Yankee soldiers' making. Jack? to which Jack im- that they desisted from effects to de- pudently replied. “None o’ yo’ busi- slr()y th ; house over the'head^ of her ness.” Even the equable Mr. Patter- helples.^children and herself,,its only son lost his temper, and stooping occupants at the time, as the men of" picked up one^-of^ the long, curling family were in the army, shavings, and with ft struck the huge ! Besides Mr. Simms Sotpe other wri- negro across the shoulder^, saying in ters of the county are Samuel Trotti, his thin high voice, “There, I feslton p 0e t and essayist, now nearing his! you’ll remember that a while.” f90th year, and totally blind. Gen. I Among many other eccentric char- j Lewis M. Ayer wrote poems, essays, acters of old Barnwelfy Dr. Todd, ! magazine articles an d published one brother of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, book. A. W. i’rahham’s name is well was long remembered, and many stor- known to newspaper readers of the ies were told of him. He practiced State, he having for years contribu- medicine in the village for many ted timely and interesting article* to 1 year*. Another beloved physician, the State periodicals. Mrs. Rosa Al-; who ushered two or more generations drich some years ago achieved tome of young Barn we Ilian* into life and success a* a story writer under the eased the passing out of It of their t pen nam* of “Rose Ashley.” General parent* aad grandparent*, wax Dr. Hagaod’s “Memoir* of the War of Jam** 0. Hagood, father of the gov-^ Seeemion*' is • valuable addition ta! eroor. “ ; Socth Carol inn's Confederate history Another eonaplraon* character of as is also Frank Mixxon'* hank pauT dhyt an* “Old Mr Gantt,” al- tnr*li*rtt— Tarietaa Brawn's “M rmnded a* ta charge ih» Rarnaet) I fulh with piling th* aalyhee* at*h | *traog «J r- • fc ant 11 siamfcar* •veeraxae j their aatrkfala**a. nag that kaawo ' hand* abagracled the deoMfal kaBu* 1 ! At any rat*, hoi thre# eat** rsamia* 1 * if tag <*n a ehelf. tww were fee Bam 1 well aim aa* far Blacks iHe. m th* at! ! town caxa* into its *wn again, nheth- i *r vy fair awn** *r real, m* man} ran hi ear The mart hone* katlt la 11 nln-fcvtll# |e mmm roamrled late a pwhHr school haildiag After the burning of th* village by Sherman th* Preshtterian rtmrvh i •a* for a tia* need far a mart raosa • it wa* there that oar day Judge 1 tt/red P. AMrtrh proceeds^ ta at- I trow ta hie dal ire as cin ail Jadge I He uaa. met near the d—*** by a fed eral odices ubn haxtr«i him aa rd* r from General f'aahy. ra* high nathur- . itv in carpett<ep gtr\emment in IV>u*h Carolina, forbidding him to preside . and rem«*rmg him tvnai idfi-e, The judge ralmly prstreeded on h* way. I "iciMQI court as usual. srv% then slat • | rd to the assembly a hat hgd been door and toid them that he wkj! i have to lionr tn the inrvitahlr. hut that Genera) Canhy had not given him thSJ olfice <if judge, neithe- could he take it away. He said. “A day uill come, when I shall again lie circuit judge J in South Carolina.* Just ten years later, in 1876, he was reelected to the same circuit, where he served until he voluntarily resigned on account of hts advanced age am) feeble condi- tlhn. He was succeeded by his neph- 1 ew. Judge James Aldrich, who served some 15 or rpore years, when, ill health forcing him to retire, he in turn was succeeded by his cousin. Judge Robert Aldrich, son of Judge Alfred P., all Barnwell men. Another distinguished jurist of the place was Judge Maher; .elected to the office during Reconstruction time by the radicals, but with the distinct un derstanding that 'he abrogated not: one of his democratic principles. Among notable characters in Barn well there was long ago a gigantic negro, Gid Hazel, always a free man, ^famous cook in the days when he served the muster gatherings^ Dur ing Reconstruction times Gid was a partisan of the White people, and, un like some of the former slaves, was never influenced by the radicals, al ways saying that the white folks were his friends. Gid Jived to be al most a hundred years old. There were a number of free negroes about the county before the war. One of the finest race horses that was ever raised in that section of tfee State vra* “Free Nigger Filly,” owned by k family of free negroes. -She wax the fastest quarter home of her day. and lasted until about 1885. For many year* her reign in th* sportu g — = -- — ='| ( I KMwoN < OLI.KGE I F« sail a* 1 was far Bara Kxamiaatesns t* fill year ssbwlarsbip* aad y*ar scbatarskip alii tonnty Seat *n Fn*ta gtamag at P A M a vtstaa of tbs t uoaty of Fdnrnltan. 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Start taking Hall’s Catarrh Medi cine at once and get rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials, free F. J. CHENET St CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c: ~ Wm. McNAB Representing FIRE. HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANIES. Ptraonal attention given all business ..Office to Harrison Block, Mato 9L_ BARNWELL B. C REGISTRATION NOTICI al too vnkafo a# Bar*- m rolled in (be fact tbat for taxes paid during January, nan per rent., during February, tv* per rent; during Marrb. thre* per (not.; during April, free per rent.; daring May. six per rent, and an tax** paid after Jna* 1st, eight per rent., a*id penaltiee not being romalativ. Exemt lea* far all uapanJ tame* will he written op by th* County Treasu rer offer Jan* 1st The dag tax is subject to the same pet oily at other taxes. Tax rote as foliowo* V For State port* sex ......12 mills. For ordinary county pur- tK»*» .... .... ......7% millx. Interest and Sinking Fund .on Highway Ronds ....1 1-4 mills. Road* . .. .... .... 2 mil’s. Constituti-mal School tax . 9 mitN. Total I*vy .'... .... ....,.'26 mill*. A sprcial levy of 2 mills will ho added to all property in Elrntoa Schoo District for Bridge Bunds. Special School Levy. The following School Districts have special levies for school pur- jKi&es, a* follows: Columbia, Eflisto, El- leuton, Reeves Creek and • Tinker’* Creek 2 mills. Bloom ingdule, Owen’* Cross Roads, Red Oak, and Upper Rich I>and 3 mills. Ashleigh, Lee’s, Long Branch,. Meyer’s Mill, Seven Pines, Barbary Branch, -Morris 4 mills. Cedar Grove and San Hill _»- i —.5 mills. Elko, 4 mills for ordi nary - purposes and 3 mills^for bonds. Total 7 mills. Big Fqrk, Four Mile, Double Poqd, Friendship, Green’s, Hmmles, Hilda, Mt. Calvary, New Forest, Pleasant Hil) amt Reedy Branch, Oak Grove 8 mills. Blackville, 7 mills^or ordinary school purposi and 4 mills for Bonds. TotaL^l mills. ;—Dunbarton, 9 mills .for ordinary school purposes -and 3 mills for Bonds. Total 12 mith Healing Springs __ 12 mills.' Kline, S' mills for ordi- ^ nary school purposes and 4 mills for Bonds. Total 12 mills. Barnwell, 1016 mills for ordinary schoo purposes and 4 Vi mills for Bonds. Total 15 mills. Williston, 11 mills for ordinary school purpose* and 4 mills for Bonds. Total .... . 16 mills. Dog kax. Under the present lav Dog Tax will be 21 *25 including the dog taxi tag vhirh will h* furnished by tha Comity Treasurer. A fin* of tore than 26 00 or move than 220 "0 mm a d y sod fail to pay th* ahnre