Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I IHC iiil> P». \J 4 , towari Snuth\ ■■ Vie 'ompiled by WAIr’ERBORO j i iii # h H. Shaffer. * fty pi: isCKbOUi) •iUv Hi ject of the *.v y of Walterburo menti.t tnmie uf the i >vvn <»f J the lower portion <»i For the old town o which stood ftbout one mii. fri.m : • preaent railway station of that nai • i"; really the ptvsent town of what i? jiow Walter boro. Up t<i the e!o»f' of the war of tho Revolution the upper and middle portion of Colleton county were almost unbroken forest* of virgin 'U I o. mi t* a .•n tion, grow n mto tance. Towards the war. which tl»? British Town, Governor Hi moned tin* legisl iture at -lacksonbon). They passed w hile in session there stVeral important measures, ^pd voted offerings of thanks to many t .*• lie. o*v.- of impor* ’:oj>e of that held Charles .1 • ige sum- to mee*t him contest, .u i 1 »**44 f time notn ; ring of the ; their way in \\ alter a tit crash rv-soui and we beca For many homes were manner, simi floors of hewn ter of the the spring r -— . thigh’or vr * * * * ♦- ♦ 1 . 1. j * t • • 1. V l 'a; I»4- i ■ r pu ice of a lection which I* ; la’’ f N * u ntil two e men «»f lit-- ye. # ' - ■ . ( . 1 e‘ ^Vf : V W" " t ' nt lust in ( : ’ 1 <0 i • l FT '! i> ,♦ ’ ' »K'I ‘ ‘ V* fll *■ -e it? buiKi* the fol- : v.hcr-c MrG. . two tiv. 11’ side. Ay* T '8 . n:*'! Hou-v • <f I! Jprevm- Smith and tu* ■ v met ami s it lit.,.; ?n (it e- fell his tree i A ^ «• My.and bv r t he ii tutborPy ■ a n. All the 1 Oi (0*' G'-ai John Damn. . • ‘ the J ' 1 • one. Hi cha: <i Bvj ant. ■ ■. .. *1: ■ ^ t*)'- i • U-, auu •n \v..t\i ixitii jk - ri , * - * * f i inted C miini- - s and ior a i >»» Hi A till lull p»»'V< u anfl authori- WALT s> 1 .t dt<) < i }•; or^ Irnded acl <f i.n. m tl; ore idl rot^ • i i f he tey ate ty to 1 in or :i • wckkI. At ier.gtb borou*. i wa- een to quiver, a —; thr-.-j^h the forest. ■ :e Walterlwrough. Imr ■•asor- ttu-se summer. V 1 ' ai act ■uilt t :nos( primitive ing th- . on an 1 select a prefer site near the CMaj-tv of Walter- h for h Courthouse and Goa' . cted thereon according to \ i>i >r,s of an Act passed h -lay of becem’uer, in the d "our Lad', one thousand, .noted and nineteen, entitled " ‘ hange tiie jtlace for hold- •urta fdl C llet n District pine. What is yet ca!ie<l the “low- heroes of Carolina. Among them: country” portions < f the county had Marion. Sumter and Pickens, long been, however, the center of a A» rice culture increased and the high civilization and three vast waters of the creeks and streams were plantations had been cleared and dammed into vast stagnant back- brought by slave-labor to an almost waters a change came'over the low- mgwasuon* perfect degree of cultivation. Plantation joined plantation in unbroken line along the banks of the Ashepoo. of Horseshoe creek, of mer months. Cuess^ ami the Chehaw—vessels The great highw ay which led from sailed up tle'se waters for cargoes of Charlestown out into the west— Indigo and rice, bringing to palatial Barnwell and beyond, passed closely, .-dative of r l us pap mine were; The'pdj 1 tm^tee, .1 ministe 2 men patrons, " dn G young m 1 newspap 2d ladies, a few babies ard a dog. The exerci-U $ran with a s«*ng. All Hail the Power of J.sus Name, by thesehool. Mrs. ,b»hn I). Warren at the organ, followed by prayer by Bev.J.L. Daniel of the Methodist chuheh. ' Chairman M. P. over the meeting M)EI i 8< MIOOlJ BUY \N CA MPAIGN FI NT) We have received a tirs 014 ' ibu- * Ut , • ,■•; Cl- lion for the B r> an camp rn f 1 UitL vy *j ] ? _ : came fro tn a ?■ rriv r 1 ten- ian now living outside tl c u nty. Y<%re nei( 1 at the, \SV tiust that n w -he i 1 uiui has seti • (it the pu- l 11 started :t will bo no tr< tubl r tO uatn , friends f. cMt ' O gt-M-.V. Let your L *#lii t hu- 1 () he lam com- in. Other c*> un tl* S arc ■ioin/ .somethin g. why not ou rsC We Hv as me rep re- shall take plea- ure in reci D < V ing iiU'l r Q> uld deter- forwarding :\n\ ■ eon trihut i < >ri ;i . ai V - 1 . Fhe fol'owiti tr letter ■ ju i | i lx L* Of ^ 1 P<’ Jitician, Mtere- . St George. S. ( Sr j. ) A l!»OS ■tors. awyers, Ikliti r Hr* ami State «a! The uut man.' amount g. result of the turn in to ffe -on Um is id eievtion ymi w i 1 p ea^e tne • P.ryan C imj aign fund. It; ?. it my only ‘"Ut; ituition but being small and like “getting money froni home” 1 wish it to go towards electing our President which 1 believe we are in a fair way to do. • pole houses withe and for building a Courthouse Th** chief ten- Gea; at \t alterbot ou^h. ne o: the settlement was Ti e first courthouao and jail were | the hands of the. teachers. He From it each household buiit in lv -b by Co! William Thomp- j pha>ized tlie importance of early and an ^ thoughtful address <>f a few minutes in which he urge<l patrons to uphold ' j “Kvery little bit addeil to what Howell presided • you’ve got. make- ju~t a little bit and delivertsl a more.” Ask the rest of the “lucky” ones to come-down with the bo*ale. Yours truly, Jno J Howell em- was supplitsi and around it all wash- ihe bushel near by, | )n. Much of the material used in le construction of the new court- correct training. (’apt. K. L. Fishburne was next infHa tn MISS MALONES SCHOOL BEGINS 1 he fprivate school of Miss HcIcti pleasant shade of This courthouse stood on the site, ^ jn whfc) , the opt . ninK was The !held. them under the . __ , m ««■»«.•« „„ the trees. In tin* evenings the scene I®* (be present courthouse, dhe held county, and this fact,is recognizerl as ! was lit bv burning lightwood knots btst jail stood near tlie corner now Rev. F. 0. S. Curtis delivered the 1 evidenced in the good attendance on clay-filled bores which werei^Pi^ l >y the building of the principle rddress from the theme, Jeach '^at X oiu [erected on posts tx>fore each house. | C°bcton Banking Co. In 1842 ^ He said he'w^a* not surprised To'Lh? building as formerly This vear she will old fY. M. C. A. View of Court House, Showing Front and New Addition. LLJL^i ..1! . .MIX ■ II ^ I I ... i- .■ INI a spring of clear sweet w’ater w’hich ! just north of the C m’-t Hill and it gushed from the earth amid a grove remained there until the towrn of ^ of tall oak and hickory trees. An, Waiterborougfr was incorporated in Indian tribe had, for time unknown, 118^7. , used and appreciated this spring as Soon a number of low-country is proved by the bits of flint and gentlemen whose business called pottery which still mark their vil- them to the Road Hou«e. being at- jagenearby. Good springs are rare traded by the clear water of the *n lowe^South Carolina and so when spring, thd 1 dry pine-iand atmos- it was decided to* build, a house for phere, end the’ freadovt from the meeting of the commissioners of the Barnwell road this spot was se lected. Such were the nr-t street lamps. However, on Mark nights when per sons went froth house to house a .servant with a lighted torch always went before to show the path. The street* then are sai I to Have been even more cr •■i-. 1 than they are to- da>. We ace told that the ladies never brought toeir best frocks to the pine-iand but that these were •^served for use at the plantation home or at the annual Race Ball at Jacksonhoro. second only to the Charleston balls. c9 0 0 With the tn>L coming of frost the population o.' t ie town would take their departure for the plantation homes in the low-c ■untry. No one remained and the little settlement stood silent and deserted through the long winter months, f Shy crea tures from the T-rest no doubt be came bold al ter a time and ventured up among the houses. Here and there the w inter winds would loosen a board or window and a band of squirrels would enter and store beneath the rorf their supply of nuts from the near-by hickory trees. Rabbits hop;»ed along the grass- growm streets and even deer must AP- courthouse was remodeled ami (be ; 30 f eW p a ^ roIW p resen { vvhen only. present jail built. Messrs John ! one trustee was there. His talk wits ELECTION MANAGERS Lucas and brother were in charge of full of good advice to the children. 1 POINTED the work. The ofd jail Was sold to troth** ! Upon the recommendation of the the Masons who used it for their, p r of. L. S. Betty took occasion to! member* of the General Assembly meetings after thi-ir lodge was.'trans-1 oxpress a great deal of pleasure at from Colleton county, Gov. Ansel, fered from Jacksonboro. This build-: being present again. He said he ing was one of those destroyed in the bad been to'd that the boys of this school were worse* than any in the State, but t it he had found this to be w rong ns they were no worse that boys in other places. Prof. Betty took this occasion to correct a statement made by Prof. Hand at the commencement exerci- , ses in Mav, to the effect that gradu- and then all infused new and tieeded H tes from this school could n«t enter life into the sleepy planter settle- t lecollegew ^.^SUt^Hesaid, ^ty 0 f Education: • mert. The forests were cleare<l j (^ten grades, g L Cummins. School District. back, new streets aud roads op-ened) Vl h !_ A u n^iKi,, 1 No. 36, via J W Smoak, resigned ’ 1 ,n th ^ ^ tat ^ w,th ^ P 0 * 1 ^' Frank Berrw.Smoaks School District great fire of 1882. With the erection of the "court house and jail the real town began. A new elclftent came in—artisans, brick-layers, merchants, store keepers, blacksmiths, and others. has appointed the following as the Commissioners of Election for the General Election in November: Federal, H W DuBois, H SStrick land and G A Benton. State, M W Breland. J F Addison and J F Rentz. NEW SCHOOL TRUSTEES. The following new Trustees have l*een appointed recently: by the new buildings went up on every ex^ption of South Carolina Gniver- ^™ n - k i. Only a short time before this 1 sity and Wofford College. j. ,V r £v, • ‘ At the conclusion of Prof. Betty’s!^ HG W»J is. Cottageyille School and hand tne forest must have bee lar more in evidence than the town u& a noted a< ^ rei *; P r<) ' man resigned. , , , 4 nounced the benediction. The visit-j ’ b ^ deer stand was near the present j OR? left whi | e the pU pi| 8 were ^.1 the new courthouse District, No. 23, vice H L Acker- market, while was begun in the midst of a grove of yellow pine. (To be concluded next week.) vast mos quitoes, determines! te camp there for the summer. . igned lessons and dismissed for the. BUYING SCHOOL BOOKi>. day. The Press and Standard office has Prof. Betty will be assisted this been a lively place this week, on ac- year by Misses- Mildred Padgett, i count of the numerous visits from .Annie Sloan, Jessie Fraser, Annie the children of school, in search of _ —— Gallowav and Leonie Padgett. Miss books, pens, pencils tablets etc. It NEWS FROM SMOAKS. ' Sloan was absent, having been 0 de- is real pleasure to see the eager and e . ,, , ,, c •. c tainod on account of the advice of i interested little faces light up as the Smoak?, Sept. _l,- Special. Someij )er {) hvsician. She has not been ‘ httic tot, for the first time, gets a time has elapsed since anything has \ we jj during the summer and her book-hls-book-her-book: How eager* have made cautious passage-through been written from Smoaks, which physician thought she should not ly they turn the pages to look at the deserted village. ! village will soon have the long-hoped return before the first of October, j the pictures, and how satisfied with During her absence Miss Edith or ” i Fra*er. a graduate of last year will have ehargi^f her work;- The be About the first of Mav bands of for railroad. Mauldin’s road is now of slaves made their appearance | within a half mile of the “Cross with axe, blade and hoe. the new and mysterious pusesaion. We *re glad to have them, and we hnd girl to want each little boy fhe paths j Roads”, a,nd within tw o’ weeks cot- ginners will not rcp<*rt for enroll-j come again and often whether to buy or not. NEW STORE IN TOWN. James Croskeys, Paul and Alfred land walks were cleared.,the damage j ton can be shrpjx'd from this point,, merit till Miss Sloan returns. Here, probably about the year 1790 1 Walter and a few others came first | ef the wind repaired, and the winter and freight deliven d at the depot was erected the Ireland Creek Road and bui.it on the low »ar.d hills near j population driven back to the.wilder-. here. v ASWEETNETK BLOSSOM House. This^yas the first building the present Presb. torian church, 1 n .*ss. A iittlc late • »'a<e coach and . Times are rather dull round here! ''A sweet new blossom of hunnani-, or so'in'thtTlJiiSding a^j2n* erected in what is now Waltei boro, i rude i>ole and paiMh.^n houses, bprouche brongnt tne ummer pop- .since the cl ^e of the campaign. 1 ty; Fresh fallen from God’s owiv-, j n g Black’s millinery store fpr- It storxl near the present residence' Esch season brrmght new’-comers 1 ulation and the life of the settle- In some cases the people round here h-me to flower on earth”. merly the 5 and 10 cent’s store, of Capt A. C. Shaffer. Later the and soon' Ireland Creek as it was J ment l»egan anew. * ; have been very much pleased with Thus stroke Dr L. M. Stokes E. R. Me 1 eer will carry at this place Road House was removed to a site 1 then called, had grown into a note<^ Probably the fir.A store was a tne result, in other.* dis f ■■ ■ ■ ■■ small shop o;>ened near the spring we can say with the editor, by Mr Simon Verdier. He came Populi, Vox Dei’!. ‘ at a time. “Not a liftiess, Utf5ele>s ; SUNDAY DISORDER. pleased w ith ihu* s{w»Ke i»r L. M. stokes IV. a. ML 1 eer v,ui ciu rv at nws -pleased but Thursday as he traversed ihe street* a C )m P ! “ te lin< * fanc> . , 11- , ’ 1 , . <• , . groceries. H is •took is arriving now. L-hitor, * V nx of VVaIterV*n> taking two rogh stej'si from France in 1<G>J. After selling Quite a number of >«s*»* a numoer 01 our young toy, we\e a Kveiy houncmg boy”. | 8 U i W i a y afternoon, instead•£ befcg his store he engaged m planting with i folks afe leaving for the different Verily, “WiyR is hs»i so without a j at, Su*hlay schtxd, several boyscen- , marked success and was later elected j colleges. A. Clive Kiers will shortly, baby?”- This paper e-mgratolateB-g^gatcd on ^ Shaffer’s corner and j a memlier of the State Legislature, j leave fo» the CiUdel; Victor Ma}% (he Pri/tid paresis and 't!h%. 2e II«died in ISoi leaving a fortune of forClemson; Eric Sauls far Furman; little felio-v may gn w into a note j >me of which cam# near hitting M JS over half a niilion dollars, a greater j Misses Justine Hiers an«l Mabel manhood to the sanrer . of .souie yotmg-ladies. Policeman Ed- sum than anyone has since accumu- j Campbell for the 0. C. 1., Rebecca; bp parantx I'fc. ward* happened up on them and lated in Colleton. |and Zena Sauls for for Greenvii o *—.• tried to cutch ^om^ of the nassre- Among- the torsi settlers were ‘ Female college anti Lula May fori ’ ISLA.’.DTON ITEMS . an^. ^Xh^jrjh|n, tm »vere<aie* Thomas Fell. Dr O’Driscoll, the Lander. Burnett and' Lockwood families. Another very early comer was i General William Oswald who built been called home near where Hon Jas E. Peurifoy; death of his father Editor Prc& and Standard*—Mrs. nooft and severely reprimsi fow Mayor Fistipurne Monday nfsar- anded fbr jnNm JM'rV--. V Street Scene on Railroad Avenue, Showing Reeulonce of |Dr. B. L. Padgett hat rerurn^d to D S Croaby i* *.»ire time ( *eir ceiwluct. They were warned his home at Hastings. Fla., having with her daugetbev Mrs Brown not to be again guilty w the conae- ’ ‘ - • *“od.. tquencea wouldnot be so light. Debbie t >- Senta of i ANOTHER PROU D FATHER. now lives. Ckd W. G. Pinckney built, Mrs. G. If. Vowel! aad chfldivn of; this community ^Saturday and ciun-. to the south of (hi*. v ’ ; Augusta, are tisiting her parents,, day last. The first framed house built with i Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Smoak. . t Jno. M Asker man far the post sawed - lumber was that of Hon I Dr. B. X. Minus of Brancbville William “Lowndes of Revolutionary. has been visiting in this neighbor- Postmaster B. Levy. t summer resort for the planters. j and the question arose as to the It was one of the Walters, whose name the new town should bear, sturdy arm at a later date saved the (The Walters claimed the honor of town, not from Indians, but from giving it their name m being theJ 1817 th# legMature passed an act to beviag name of Sprithnlle. It * eras firstdettlers, but their claim Was dis- - 1 “*— ^ “ |hgt (he name of irslsnd Cheek had p«t»dbyone»cbardapHh.whoUm fallen Into dlsfavhr with the settlers had come to own eonsldarafale land fame. He built where the colored Presbyterian church no v stands About this time came also General Ford, the PoatelU, Godfreys, Frasers, Sanders and Glovers. It can be well seen, however, that then could be little growth or im provement in a village settled only by planters whose real homes and interests were elsewhere. But in hood. J. B. Smoak of Branchvilie virited ■ a *fni3^ ami Wariie R'-ntz left : fl “ ‘l.? 8 , b®* shwn * H* day fast for Uw Bamberg fitting)*^ that smile that wont come schiwl where th>$ uill attend for ■ off” and ali on account of a visit this-se^ion. W a wish ih^ra gr*At> Wedn<MMia}' of the stork that left his parents. Mr and Mrs. 3. L.! Smoak last weck^^^^^^^^MrsJF Rente uhd Daugbthsr | *** w^risited Mrs W E Mean Thure- **>* cartfui -scruting can .dempher change the place of. holding courts for Colleton District from Jackasu- boro to WattoBberough, and far the - t- 4 <r vf je Professors A.Tp- Hiers of this place and Bohun Bellinger of Wslter- boiT) have been elected to teach the Smoaks school this session. These gentlemen are both competent and experienced teachers, and wHl doubtless make a great success of thotoMaks school. They will begin Mm fleet Monday in October. ■ J' Scribo. 4 Porie risited Mrs % E Mean Thgiu- i <jay evening last. h.'" WearegUui to say Mrs Rani Sineath iaimproving'a little. Miss Mamie Murdnugb Saturday night with Muss Rosa The Sunday 1 » stilt! •baby boy. »» *4 A.E. ^ ■ A - * v ■ u •*L