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THURSDAY, JUNE, 1ST, 1M3.
THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
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“HAIL BARNWELL”
A Pageant by Mus Eddie Judeon Bradham —Presented at the
Commencement Exercises the Barnwell High School,
Thursday Evening, May 25th, 1933. v
Prologue.
Herald speaks:
“Oh, ye people, what today you be
hold
Will be to you ^ great experience.
Treasure it; keep it within your
hearts; •
It will be to you a remembrance
Until your last day. /
“History, guardian of Barnwell’s re
splendent gkory,
Careful preserver of days that are
gone.
Reveals the story—
" Woven with the thread of unbroken
experience
It is written for us all to read
Inspired for the guidance of tomor
row’s prospect.
“Behold! a historian, native to Barn
well,
Followed by a group of eager child
ren,, comes!
Seemingly he telU a wondrous story.
Listen, as he teaches from a book
Written by his own skilled hands—
William Gilmore Simms!”
(Exit Herald)
Episode I.
Scene 1. "(Enter (jilmore Simms,
book in hand, followed by a group of
children. They take positions at ex
treme left. Children seat themselves
at feet of Simms, who stands, facing
Indian scene. Forest background.
Indian cabins made from logs with
matting roofs. Indian squaws and
children in fooegrounud. Chiefs and
warriors enter).
Simms speaks: “My children, you
may well be proud of your native
►tste. South Carolina, but you should
be no less proul cf beautiful Barn-
uell as the place of ycur bi:th."
(Flood lights up n Indian scene.
Erter white hunters.)
“When European adventurers came
to Carolinian sh res he found a land
abounding in thick foreets which .be
spoke a'fertile soil. As th.*y pressed
thr ugh the tangled undergrowth,
rro'sed swift streams, and plunged
through deep mar-hes, they came up
on a queer people
straight, black ha r
tans have finally become regardless of
that necessary. caution which bolts
a door and keeps a watch dog. (A&
Simms has been speaking several In
dians have come in and are working
at guns with white men.) Surely
the ‘stranger in this strange land’ is
happy. No less joyous are the grown
folk than are the children. Watch
them as they play and dance in their
new home.”
(Folk Dance.)
, Enter Father Time. He speaks:
“Daughter of Time, the hypocrite
days, , —
Muffled and dumb like barefoot der
vishes,
And marching single in endless file,
Bring diadems and fagots in their
hands,
To each they offer gifts after his
wilj.
Bread, liberty, starg and sky that
holds them all.
I, in my pleached garden, watch the
pomp.
Forget my morning wishes, hastily
While the seasons bring organization
By which o nation is founded. I, too
late,
Turn and depart—Progress is under
way!” L
(Exit Far.her Time.)
i - Episode II.
Scene 1. (Garden. Wihite picket
efnee. People dressed in late co
lonial attire nuve about. Negro slaves
present.)
(Minuet.)
Simms speaks: “With the pa-sing
of years there has come something
more gripping, more vital in the pass
ing scene-. Ah! we see William
Brown, who has come from Virginia
with his eleven ch #l-n to live on
Brier Cieek. See him directing his
r.eg:o slaves. (Man sends slave* out
from garden.) He may be sending
them ;nto the forest to pen wild
rattle or h* rses, with which the
forests ab uod. or to prepare for
market beef, pork, staves or shingles.
There seems some excitement among
red skinned, j the women. What ,s the meaning of
ta.l, sWght. this? Perhaps the young mancjmlng
bat exceedingly nimble. Their homes into the garden may be able to ex-
were huts ma le of logs, covered with j plain. What is the mes age he read**?
matting for pr lection
igainst the Why are there such anxious look.-
cold or heat. They received the first the faces of ail?
white man into their village with
much misgiving, bu- upon reeing the
lets with mesMge.
pantomime, while
(Young man en-
Reads message in
chers lusten anx-
Eumpean gold, they gave their visi- iously.) Ah! a summons to war!
tors a warm welcome. Little hostile I Tarlton, for the newcomer is Tarlton
spirt is showir between white man Brown, explains that S. uth Carolina
and red at this fir
meeting. In-
calls him into service.
The line of
deed, the red man, Indian, as Colum- march will be for Pccotaligo, under
~Iais named Rim. offei s his symbol | command of General Bull
of friendliness—the pip* peace
(Lights dim. Ind ans dunce.)
Enter Father Time.
Father Time speaks:
*i sing the song of a new dawn wak
ing.
A new wind shaking
The children of men.
1 say men in a new world wandering
Shall make homes and settle again.
Adventure is here! Let the eaith re
ceive it,
Greeting the Dawn with lifted head.
Lo! in the East, where the dark is
riven,
Shines the rim of rising sun.
S ng, 0 sing cf a new world waking,
Sing of creation just begun.
Glad is earth when morn is breaking!
Man is facing the rising sun!"
(Exit Father Time.)
Scene 2. (Same as first. Cab.ns
for settle:s have been added. Men,
women and children in foreground
Women spinning, knitting, sewing.
Men working with guns. Children
playing.)
S mms speaks: “Look upon a scene
over a hundred years after the first
etrange whi e hunt.?! s invaded the
dim, deep woeds of Indian country!
Other adventurers little by little, be
gan to come and stay as settlers.
The weaknesses of the intruder were,
at first, his only but sufficient pro
tection with the unsophisticated sav
age. The white man had his lands
assigned him, and he trenched his
furrows to receive the grain on the
banks of Indian waters. Day after
day the newcomer became more and
more at home in the deep forests until
now you see the tog house of 4 the
white man rising up amid the thin
ned clumps of woodland foliage, with
in hearing distance of the squat, clay
hovel of the- savage. Often you
might see the European and his dusky
guide working at the corn crop or
pursuing, aide by side, and with the
same dog, upon the cold trails of the
affrighted deer or the yet more tim
orous turkey. The Garaliniana are
new in poaaraaion of almost the en
tire sea-cos*t. For a long season, to
pacific has been the temper of the
Yemeraea that the Carolin-
Revolu-
tion he* come! A rebellious confed
eration of colonies takes up ^rms a-
gainst the mother country to fight
f^r liberty and justice!”
Choius—His Spirit Is Here.
Enter Father T me. He speaks:
“Ho! wiKtismen of the mountain side!
Ho! dwellers in the vales?
Ho! ye who by the chafing tide
Have roughened in the gales!
The ci'espot rows y^ur fairest land*;
And till he flies or fears,
Your fields must grow but armed
bonds
Your sheave* be sheaves of spears!"
(Exit Frher Time.)
Scene 2. (Same garden scene,
people, slaves. Women are wo:king
with bandages, or knitting. Slaves
help.)
Simms speaks: ‘Into the annals of
Revolutionary War hist ry there have
been written many bloody scenes en
acted between tories and patriots.
Can it be that we see such a one in
that beautiful garden?”
(Tories run through.)
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“There is Ben John, whose Tory^ the opposite page is the picture
band brutally killed gallant Captain
Mumford who sleeps under a great
pine tree on Saltkehatehie. Ah! there
is another well known Tory—Ned
Williams. Among the others I count
Colonel Chaney and Moses Kirkland.
But Barnwell District no longer call
ed Winton, since the new South Caro
lina Legisature has severed this sec
tion from Orangeburg, and has re-
christened it in honor of a promi
nent Carolina family, is not lacking
in loyal patriots.
“See! Here they come! Tarlton
Brown leads the chase. (Simms
pauses. Skirmish beween Tories and
Patriot*. 'Exeunt.) Now that the
Tories have been caught. Tarlton re
turns for • brief visit jwith his people.
(He returns. Seems to be talking
with people who hare remained in
garden. Slaves look on. Enter slave
with measage which he delivers to
Tarlton.) What news does that slave
boy bring? What is the cause of the
Miss America enters.)
Enter Father Time. He speaks:
“Here was freedom planted
In the region of the west
Here the torch of truth was lighted
Typifying all^that is best.
Here was suffered strong men’s an-
gulsh
Here did heroes do and die.
Honor we thu acil as sacred
Honor we nobility.
’Mid the serried ranks of nations
’Mid the navies of the earth
With a pfide both just and noble
Honrr we our nation’s birth!”
(Exi; Father Time.)
Episode III.
Scene 1. (End of War between
the States. Several people in front
of tavern are looking through an al
bum. In background negroes are
weighing cctton. Some coming in.
Some leaving.)
Simms speaks: “Many years have
swept over Barnwell District since
the Revolution. Let us review the
progress of this period with those
who look through the album. On the
first page b a picture of the pioneer
settler of Barnwell—a Scot, named
McHeath, who kept a tavern where
the town hail now stands, known as
Red Hill, later called Barnwell Hill.
cf Lewis 0’Bannon,the first child to
be born in the town. At his home
the first district court was held in
1784, Judge Bay presiding. Here is
the picture of Hansford Duncan, the
first tax collector, with Barney
Brown, who presented the village
with the pretty little park in its cen
ter. As the pages of the album are
turned we see here the likeness of
Captain Joe. P. Alien, who erected
on the village green the sun dial of
which there axe only five in the world,
three being in the Uhited States. We
see there f the first school in the .coun
ty. It was near White Oak Spring
and was taught by a young Swede,
named Hallonquast. We see Lewis
Malone Ayer, planter and slave own
er in whose house was the first mir
ror ever seen in the neighborhood.
Probably the most noteworthy picture
of all is this little station of Branch-
vjle. Barnwell Cofirty—^the world
forgetting, by the world forget”—the
excitement’ The war is at an end! jfirgt railway junction in the world!
Peace is declared! America stands railway company was organized
a newly founded nation!” Jd*. 19, 1827. and the road from
(Star Spangled Benna:—Orchaetra. Char La* ton Braarfcvile waa open-
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ed for travel two years later. The
line was soon extended to Hamburg,
with a blanch line from Branchville
to Columbia. Then and there was
heard for the first time in history
the cry “change caxs^ Barnwell was
connected with the nearest railway
station. Blackville, by a tramway,
over which a tiny engine, d‘bbed the
Lula Mae, drew equally smal. cars.
Among the remaining pictures there
are Dr. Todd, brother of Mrs. Abra
ham Lincoln; Dr. James O. Hago d,
father of :he General; D. F. Jamison,
speaker of the Secession Convent on;
the ruin# left by Sherman . in his
blighting march to the sea; notable
places left unharmed such as “Wcod-
lands”, the Simms’ home, and “The
Oaks”, home of Judge A. P. Aldrich.
The last picture in the album is one
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of a notabe character, one wh ch
shows that the hearts of southerners
are ever touched by the loyalty cf true
serving men—it is the picture of
Gid Hazel, a famous cook of the old
liays when he served the muster gath
erings, and a negro slave who loved
and was loved by all the ‘white filk’.”
(Album is suddenly closed. Sing
ing cf negroes which has begun soft
ly grows louier. Cotton weighing
stops as Cunfecierate soldiers come
with General Hagocd.)
Si mirth—speaks: “Hail! Generat
11 a good and his illustrious men. One
of Barnwell’s most distinguished sons
returns from war. With h m his
brother, James, the youngest Colonel
of the Confederacy. The return of
these soldiers means that a noble
cause has been lost, and that even
the gallant men have fought in vain,
peace comes to America and to Barn
well once more.”
(Soldiers pass through singing Dix
ie. Negroes join in the song, take
up their cotton sacks and follow with
those who have been looking at the
album.) «
Enter Father Time. He speaks:
“Gone? Yet with us they Atay
And their memories throb ^through
life;
The music that hushes or stirs today
Is toned by their calm or strife.
Gone? And yet they never go
Man kneels at the shrine of Time
Tis a mystery no one may know
Nor taH in a poet’s rhyme.”
(Exit-)
Scene 2. Simms speaks: “We have
seen the foot sore Confederate sol
dier* at they returned haara—*an
army that marched in defeat, not in
victory; in pathos, not in splendor;
but in glory unequalled, and to hearts
as loving as ever welcomed heroes
home. What did he find? He found
his home in ruin.*, his slaves free, his
stock killed, his barn empty, his trade
destroyed, his money gone, his com
rades slain, and the burdens of others
heavy upon his shoulders. What did
he do? He stepped from the trenches
into the furiows; he plowed horses
that had charged Federal guns; he
made fields that had run with blood
in Ajiril green with crops in June.
Who helped most in this task? The
women of the ISTO’s.’ (Parade of
women). Who restored order when
negioes and carpel baggers asserted
their unlawful powers? Yonder Red
Shirts without whom the election of
1876 would have been a farce.” (Pa
rade of Red Shirts.)
“Soon after Hampton’s election
Barnwell was definitely proclaimed
the County Seat despite her keen ri-
valiy with Blackville for the honor,
and after a peculiar election which
left the singular vote 2 to 1 in favor
if Barnwell. —
“The Spanish American War made
little imprint upon Barnwell’s pro
gress. By the time the heavy black
war clouds of the last woild conflict
gathered, the town had become more
beautiful, charming and modern. In
this war, another Jchnson Hagood
wins the laurels for his native state
and for the historic town of his birth.”
(Exit Simms.)
(Parade of Red Cross nurses fol
lowed by World War soldiers. They
sing “Keep the Home Fires Burning”
followed by the chorus of “Happy
Days Are Here Again”.)
(All characters are in Yeview sing
ing “America”.)
Scene 3. Enter Father Time. He
speaks:
“When freedom flung her banner
high
In triumph o’er the land
Twas like a rainbow in the sky
A pledge by heroes planned
Fair wisdom’s form came then in view
With knowledge full and free
That alL might learn in lesson* true
The creed of Liberty.
The Tyrants power melts away
When Truth and Right appear
No more will ignorance obey
The dictates of her fear
For knowledge elevates
Makes dear the goldm rule
And gives the blearing* that we find
W’ithin the public school.”
(Exit Father Time. Enter Educa
tion followed by children who have
been listening to Simms.)
Education speaks: “I am Education.
Under my guidance a few children
have ceased to be educated by tutors
or governesses in wealthy homes, but
all children have come to have the
opportunity of a free education at a
public school. It waa about the year
1887 that in the growing village of
Barnwell Mr. Robert Kennedy, then
an eighteen-year old graduate of the
University of South Carolina and now
librarian there, and Miss Anna Walk
er, Barnwell’s own, organised a grad
ed school with abut 150 pupils taught
In a two-room wooden structure. In
1914 the old building, which had been
enlarged in the course of time, was
replaced entirely by the building now
used by the school. To list the pro
minent people who have begun an
education in this school would be to
make a dictionary. Barnwell is proud
of her noble sons and daughters of
Yesterday. The children of the bright
today take up the chalice thrown down
by Miss Anna Walker and Mr. Ken
nedy and follow in that lead.”
(Parade of school children led by
Miss Anna Walker and Mr. Kennedy.
They sing “Hail Barnwell”.)
Graduates follow children of other
grades and take place* on platform
with school cfficlals.
Education speaks: “Witness the
graduation of this splendid class of
1933.” (Introduces class officers and
mentions those of highest honor*.
Delivery of Diplomas. Class le<| by
Education, Mr. Kennedy, Miss Anna
Walker, and officials march off sing
ing “Silence O’er the Campus Field”.)
Epilogue.
All hail! Our new Barnwell now ad
vances
To new-found glories shining in her
way
Her gaze alight with tender mother
glances,
She leads her children to a brighter
Her youth undying in her glory
The vision of the new tomorrow scans
I Inspired by her story
And promise of her tends.
! All hail! Our BernweU now, advances
! Come children, follow where she teedi
Her very nasne is symbolic of her
beauty
Aye! and rater the free.
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