The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 14, 1922, Page 7, Image 7
* Beaufort is Paid
Beautiful Tribute
(By N. Li. Willet.)
, There seems to be 110 definite data
as to the date of the foundation of
Port Royal by permanent settlers.
Chalmers in his history of South Carolina
tells us that a settlement was
made prior to 1674. In that year,
with Sir John Yeamans as leader, the
Province of South Carolina, which
up to that time had a military government,
was divided into four counties,
Berkeley, Colleton; Craven and
Carteret. Chalmers says that Colleton
county included Port Royal and
the lands in its vicinity to the distance
of thirty miles. There may
have been a colony or a part of a
colony at Port Royal at that time.
In the legislature establishing civil
regulations three laws were passed)
that were quite important. First,
to prevent persons leaving the colony;
second, to prevent all men from
disposing of arms and ammunition
to the Indians, and third, for the regular
building of Charlestown. The
committee for framing these public
regulations had as its chairman Stephen
Bull.
May Have Remained.
It is quite possible that a part of
Sayle's settlement at Port Royal remained
behind and did not go to
Charlestown. At any rate, Chalmers
tells us that the first attempt
by the English proprietors to settle
the Province of South Carolina was
at Port Royal, and we have already
seen that the first attempts of the
French to settle in the United States
were also at Port Royal or Parris
Island. William Sayle was appointed
governor of this English colony at
Port Royal. He arrived with two
ships at Port Royal in 1670 and began
a settlement at Port Royal. In
1671 the colony moved to the banks
of the Ashley. In 1679, because the
river was not deep enough, under the
government of Col. West, the colony
moved to Oyster Point, the conflu
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ers, and here laid the foundation of
Charlestown, incorporated in 1783
as the city of Charleston. It is quite
probable, therefore, that this English
settlement of Port Royal, which was
prior to 1674, antedated this foundation
of Charlestown by perhaps ten
years.
Port Royal as a Locality.
Port Royal is frequently mentioned
in early history, but probably not
so much as a town but as a locality.
There is frequent mention of Port
Royal river, which was named by Ribault
in 1562, and there was Port
Royal harbor. According to McCrady's
history of South Carolina,
1670 to 1719, there was no town
called Port Royal. Indeed, towns in
those days were not considered important
because from the inception
of the Carolina colony in 1665 and
for about 200 years government was
not by township or by county, but
was a centralized government at the
seat of the colony.
There was an attempted settlement
by the Scotch, headed by Lord
ardross at Port Royal, but these
people were butchered oy me Spaniards
in 1686, the town at that time
being called Stuart Town. Sanford,
in 1666, touched at Port Royal, finding
on Parris Island a large number
of most intelligent and friendly Indians
who tilled large fields of corn
and peas and making two crops a
year. Sanford speaks of the fine soil,
the great woods and pasturage, and
of peaches, figs, and grapes, and he
speaks of the country as all cut up
with islands, by rivers and that there
were no small islands?indeed there
were some, he says, with thousands
of acres containing rich lands and all
washed by rivers convenient for the
carrying of cargoes?all of this refers
to the country around Port Royal.
Sanford also went to Calibouge |
Sound. He speaks of the country
now known as Hilton Head and Bluff-1
ton, of its extraordinary lands and of j
its woods and says as to this locality
"there is nothing to be desired
except to be inhabited by thousands
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Beaufort Town.
Twenty-five years after the destruction
of Stuart Town by the Spaniards,
English merchants, feeling
the. need of a port for large ships
for exporting naval stores, secured
through the proprietors the building
of a tcfwn called Beaufort Town after
the duke of Beaufort and situated
on Beaufort river and on a good
harbor. Though we know that people
lived at Beaufort prior to 1700
there is no historical reference to the
town of Beaufort previous to that
da*eofl700. The founding of Beaufort
by these English merchants above
occurred in 1711. Beaufort was
the second town really that was settled
and followed after Charlestown.
The Indians, because their lands had
been taken away from them and urged
on by the Spaniards, gave these
Beaufort peoples ?reat trouble. Beaufort
at that time was in Granville
county and named after the earl.
IMITATES NO OWL.
Mocking Bird at Newberry Uses Blue
Pencil in Song Making.
W. P. Houseal in The State.
The fact that the mocking bird
and his mimicry was treated in such
an interesting manner by the editor
of the State has no doubt been the
reason that so few contributions on
the subject have been sent in by the
multitude of readers of the paper
who have enjoyed the editor's article.
I have hesitated to add to the subject
from this consideration, but
since I know an instance where the
mocking bird did not employ his
mimicry of a certain bird, I have decided
to relate the circumstances of
the case.
In 1865 the present renewed Smelt
zer hall of Newberry college at Newberry
was in ruins and became the
haunt of birds of many kinds, including
bats and owls. It was in the
moonlight nights of the following
year that a mocking bird would pour
forth his song in all its brilliancy
and beauty even past the midnight
hour. Only one thing would interrupt
his mimic concert, and that was
J;he hoot of the great horned owl
which had taken up his abode in the
college building. The mocking bird
not- only never imitated the owl in
its repertoire of song; but was never
known to continue it a moment
after the owl announced his presence
in the vicinity of the elms in front of
my home, where the mocking bird
had its perch. Neither have I ever
heard the mocking bird imitate the
screech owl whose weird nots caused
my darky playmate at the old
home to thrust the poker in the fire
in order to compel the screech owl
to cease his cry in the trees in the
rear of the house.
The most versatile mocking bird I
have known was in 1880 in Newberry
in a jewelry store kept by Eduard
Scholz (now of Charlotte). This
mocKmg Dira wouia wmsue uue sucmza
of the stirring southern song,
"Dixie," while running the list of the
most expensive programme of any
bird of the species I have ever heard.
Robert J. Miller (now a Columbian)
had a mocking bird caged in
his restaurant in Newberry which imitated
to perfection the squawk of a
coop of chickens to such perfection
that the editor of the Observer next
door was frequently aroused to the
pitch of excitement that the opportunity
had arrived in the early spring
when he would secure some of the
juicy broilers at first hand, only to
be deceived by the cry of Miller's versatile
"Mimis Polyglottos Polyglottos."
The mocking bird is one of the
most alert of the feathered tribe
when huting his prey among the insects.
He can be seen tracing grasshoppers
in the meadows and flushing
his prey by spreading both wings like
a fan and as the grasshopper would
arise in flight to secure it in quick
order. Of course the grape arbor
suffers from the depredations of the
mocking bird if his tribe is very numerous
in the vicinity. The song of
the mocking bird has been to nfe full
compensation for the fruit he took
from the vines. Only last week j I
rescued two young mocking birds
from the clutches of a cat which was
about to pounce upon them as I happened
to be passing along Hampton
i street an Hour Deiore uayureaiv. x
\ expect to enjoy their song next summer.
The Practical Side of Religion.
Dr. J. M. Buckley, the Methodist
divine, was asked one day to conduct
an experience meeting at a negro
church in the south.
A woman rose and bore witness to
the preciousness of her religion as
light burner and comfort giver.
"That's good,"' commented Dr.
Buckley. ''But how about the practical
side? Does your religion make
you strive to prepare your husband i
a good dinner? Does it make you!
look after him in every way?"
Just then he felt a yank at his coatj
tails. It was the minister who whispered
ardently:
"Press dem questions, doctor;
press dem questions. Dat's my wife."'
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Uoonfnrt was in st "Helena's Parish.
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Prince William's Parish was separated
from St. Helena's May 25,
1745. McGrady in his history
makes this most remarkable statement
as regards Beaufort, and, perhaps,
no finer eulogy of a town than
this has ever been pronounced, saying:
"This was the foundation of a
settlement which became the wealthiest,
most aristocratic and cultivated
town of its size in America, a
town, which, though small in number
of inhabitants, produced statesmen,
scholars, soldiers, sailors, and
divines, whose name and whose
fame are known throughout the
country."
SUBJECT TO AIR CURRENTS.
Can Never Replace Craft With Engines.
Berlin, Sept. 7.?The sensational
results attained in the gliding contests
at Gersfield have caused much
comment throughout Germany but in
the opinion of federal experts the
wind is so largely a determining factor
in the success of motorless aviation
that sail planes can never completely
replace the engine driven machines.
It is felt, however, that in the development
of the glider lies Germany's
chief avenue of overcoming
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treaty restricting the size of her
aerial motors and the'question has
already arisen as to whether the entente
will deem it advisable to extend
the restrictions so as to include
the potentialities arising through the
latest turn in German inventive
genius. Experts believe that Germany
can comply with the present treaty
requirements and yet produce en effective
air fleet by turning out machines
in which the sail and motor
features are combined.
The principal objection to the motorless
airplane in its present form
is that it is incapable of flying when
there is no wind. "Speed'is safety"
hitherto has been quoted as an axiom
in aviation; experts said that stability
was only to be gained through
powerful motors. Now the possibility
is seen in producing a vehicle
capable of flying which would be
automatically stable, yet which would
be equipped with a motor so that,
lacking wind near the ground it
could raise itself to a height where
in nlwoiro on air nnrront
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When the two student flyers, Martens
and Hentzen, stayed in the air
at Garsfield for more than an hour
and two hours respectively, thus successfully
establishing world records,
they were operating this glider in
winds ranging from five to 12 meters
a second. Their feats marked the
most advanced step in this direction
since motorless flying was nndtertaken
in Germany in 1896, when Otto
Lilienthal sacrificed his life to the
cause. Dr. Reiszner, engineering professor
in the technical school at
Charlottenburg, declares it is very
likely that, with a favorable wind and
terrain, greater records will be made
as to duration of flighsts, but he
deprecates the possibility of long distance
flight, pointing out the dependence
of the sail plane on the wind,
both in its power of flight and the
direction of flying.
SAILOR TELLS OF GIRL'S DEATH.
Bennett Says His Companion Known
as 4'Red" Shot Clara Stone.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 7.?Admission
that he was the companion at the
time of the man who killed six year
old Clara Stone in Duncan woods,
near Orangeburg, Mo., a year ago,
was made today by Norman George
Bennett of Baltimore, in a statement
taken by Capt. R. Z. Johnson, commander
of the Hampton Roads naval
training school. Bennett, who is 16
years old, is a sailor. He enlisted inthe
navy recently at Baltimore, giving
his age at 18.
Bennett is being held in custody
for Maryland authorities.
The Stone child disappeared February
21 after she had left home for
school. Bennett declared in his state!
ment that his companion, whom h?
described as "Red," kidnapped the
girl, and when no ransom was paid,
killed her. His statement follows:
"About one year ago I helped to
commit a crime near Baltimore, Md.,
in Duncan woods, near Orangeburg,
Md., I do not know the name of the i
man who was with me. I always
called him "Red." He was about 32
years old, and five feet tall. We saw
a girl, Clara Stone, coming down the
Pennsylvania railroad trackg. near
Duncan woods going to school. We
kidnapped her and held her for ransom
for two days. We did not get
any ransom so Red shot her with a
pistol. We then covered the body
with leaves and left for Baltimore.
'"We separated after arriving in
Baltimore. I do not know Red's
whereabouts nor where he lives. The
best place I know to find him is
around the moving pictures on
Broadway, the Clifton, and the Arcadia.
Clara Stone lived at Orangeburg,
Md. Red and I was in the
crowd at the funeral when she was
buried after her body was found in
Duncan woods."
Absent Minded.
The absent-minded inventor perfected
a ' parachute device. He was
taken up in a balloon to make a test
of the apparatus. Arriving at a
height of a thousand feet, he climbed
over the edge ot me oasitei. ana
j dropped out. He had fallen two hunj
dred yards when he remarked to
' himself, in a tone of deep regret:
"Dear me! Ive forgotten my umbrella."
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PELICANS MUST GO.
Birds Are Destroying Too Many Trout
In Yellowstone Lake.
Excitement is rife in the wild ani- !
mal community of the park since the
scandal about Mr. Pelican received
public attention, says a Yellowstone
Park, Wyoming dispatch. The ducks
are quacking about, the 'squirrels
are chatting it broadcast in their
shrill voices.
Throughout all the whisper and
nudges of neighbors as he passes, Mr.
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seemingly unconscious of the jibes of
the multitude. His actions would indi-1
cate he still holds his valued place in
the community.
His trouble started with the change
by Prof. Henry B. Ward, head of the
department of zoology of the University
of Illinois., that he is a trout
''hog" and violator of all the tenets
of good sportsmanship. Proof of
these charges probably will mean
that Mr. Pelican will become an outcast
with everyone's door closed to
him and everyone's hand against him.
Professor Ward is conducting an
exhaustive investigation for the federal
bureau of fisheries of Lake Yellowstone
in Yellowstone National
Park as to the relationship between
the pelican and the trout supply. His
investigation, which has been progressing
several weeks, will continue
liiruugli LULC piCOCUl/ Ovaoun.
The flock of pelicans that live and
breed on Lake Yellowstone numbers
about 400. They "summer" aristocratically
at the lake, feasting on the
best the land affords from spring until
September, then go to their winter
resorts along the Gulf of Mexico.
The bird diets almost exclusively
on fish, and so far as the Yellowstone
and other Rocky Mountain
lakes and streams are concerned,
this means exclusively on trout. He
estimates that the 400 pelicans consume
more trout than are taken during
an entire season by sportsmen.
The bird is no respecter of size
limits or open seasons. He declared
he had seen a platoon of 36 pelicans
ranged across a stream in regular
formation, preying on the trout as
they swam up to spawn. Hitherto,
the stream has yielded trout eggs by
the millions but hatchery men this
year could gather only a fraction of
the normal amount.
The fact is granted that Mr. Pelican's
home life is above reproach.
He is a good provider, a good husband
and father and is strictly monogamous.
For the 400 birds in the
lake flock there are just 200 nests;
one for each couple and one mate
for each bird. There are no triangles
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If further investigations justify it,
Professor Ward will ask the federal
government to bar the pelicans as
summer visitors from the park.
FORTUNE IN STORE?
Story of Millions Awaiting S. C. Heirs
Heard.
A great fortune in Texas awaiting
heirs in South Carolina!
i One hundred and fifty million dollars
worth of property left six years
ago when Thomas C. Browning, formerly
of Greenville county, died and
his heirs, 36 of them, and mostly in
the upper section of South Carolina,
just now found!
(Such is the alluring story wafted
to Greenville yesterday from Greensboro,
North Carolina, where one J. H.
Browning, of the White Oak Mill village,
made a great many Interesting
statements to a Greensboro newspaper
man, who promptly communicated
them to the newspapers in South
Carolina.
The only difficulty about the story
is that patent investigation of papers
in Greenville, Anderson and Colum
bia last night failed to bring to light
any of the alleged heirs who knew
anything definite about the late
Thomas G. Browning.
According to the Greensboro story,
Mrs. Margaret Jordan, of Anderson,
a sister of J. H. Browning, "is one
of the biggest heirs," of this estate of
a hundred and fifty million dollars.
A thorough search of Anderson last
night by newspaper men of that city
failed to locate this Mrs. Jordan, although
a report was received that a
woman bearing that name had formerly
lived in the Anderson cotton mill
village, but moved away and was
supposed to be in the vicinity of
Honea Path.
Not What He Meant.
The manager of a factory engaged
a new man and gave instructions tc
the foreman to instruct him in his
duties. A few days afterward, the
manager inquired whether the new
man was progressing with his work.
The foreman, who had not agreed
j very well with the man in question.
exclaimed angrily:
"Progressing! There's been a lot
of progress. I have taught him everything
I know, and he is still an
ignorant fool."?Everybody's Maga
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and Injured Others.
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of Clover went to Chester this after-;
noon to consult with Solicitor Henry, j
relative to trying to secure speedy
trial for "Fighting Bill" Faries, who j
shot and killed four persons and
wounded two others, at Clover Wednesday
afternoon. Sessions court begins
here Monday with Judge Peu- j
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the matter would be brought up.
Misses Gertie Taylor and Dollie
Taylor were reported doing
nicely at their father's home at
Clover, and both are expected to be
fully recovered within a few days.
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Clover people that Faries should be
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