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* Tbwrsdav, October 9,1930 HESm'VfTER, McCCXmOK, Som* CmritiM*. Page Number TEn| (Contintietl from Page Two) KcUuer the murders of Vassy; nor th2 slaughter at Tours; nor the atrocities at Sens; nor defeat in battle; nor the slaying of Coligny; nor the massacre on St. Bartholo mew's Day; nor the opposition of the Catholic League; nor the indig nities at La Rochelle; nor the re vocation of the Edict of Nantes; nor long and bitter persecutions with outrage and murder—none of these could break the unconquer able spirit of the Huguenots, which, like the eagle that breasts the storm, battled its way to glorious ^viptory. . If history did not contain an au^* f thentic record of these dark acts, it would be difficult for us, v at this far distant day, to believe their horrors. Portions of the description given by the Apostle Paul in the 11th chapter of Hebrew, of the perse cutions against the faithful follow ers of God might well be applied to the Huguenots. They suffered “imprisonment—were slain with the sword—afflicted, tormented— they wandered about in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.” And it was appropriate that Dr. James H. Tay lor, of' Central Presbyterian Chuycb- of Washington City, in that mas terful a*d eloquent address deliv ered In April of this year, in Char leston, on the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of the landing of the Huguenots in that city, should have chosen as his text a part of the fourteenth verse of the seventh chapter of Revelations: “These are they which came out of great tribulation.” But the light by which their spir it was guided was an abiding faith in that efficacy of divine grace so sublimely enunciated by the same Apostle in the 8th chapter of Ro mans: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecu tion, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us. “F\>r I am persuaded that neith er deiatfr, nor life- nor 'atngels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come. “Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to sep arate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Let me not be misunderstood by anyone, for I love the other Prot estant denominations and glory in their marvelous history; but let no descendant of a Huguenot,-, in the light of these awful trials, ever so far forget himself or herself as to cast any aspersions on the Presby terian faith; bht rather let him or her rejoice that :t contributed largely to that freedom of worship, which he or she today so richly en joys. Due to contrary wind and a leaky vessel, the company did not reach Plymouth ’till August 25th, where they remained ’till January 25, 1764. Says the private Journ alist, Pierre Moragne, “Our sojourn at Plymout has been much longer than we anticipated, and we have undergone much trouble which is too bitter to speak here.” Passing over a description of the perils and hardships they experienced in a voyage began on the latter date, which drove them back to Plym outh after an absence of twenty- two days, they again set sail for Charleston, on February 22nd and- landed there on April 14th. They were kindly and hospitably receiv ed, lodging in the Barracks offered by the town, and were cared for by the French Church while waiting for the bounty of Province for sup port. Residing there and at Port Royal (Beaufort) for about six months, they set out for New Bor deaux here on the western bank of Little River, and arrived on No vember 14, 1764. Thus, after hav ing been buffeted about for more than a year since leaving France, enduring dangers and hardships, and with almost nothing left save sublime faith and heroic courage, they reached the place of their fu ture habitation. We may imagine the feelings of these weary pil grims as they assemble at the It’s BOLTED! You’ll never find lint, dirt, sticks, or trash in Buckeye Bolted Cottonseed Meal. That’s because ev^ry bag is bolted — sifted -again and again through screens. It’s the bolting which helps to keep the quality of Buckeye Bolted so uni formly good. It explains why we can guarantee that you’ll always get uni form protein content in every bag. Buckeye Bolted is packed in brand- new, well-sewed bags—the famous bags with the wide red and blue stripes. And there’s 100 pounds of the South’s finest meal for livestock feeding in every bag. Buckeye Bolted Cottonseed Meal is made and packed by The Buckeye Cotton Oil Company. It is a product of the South, made for Southern livestock feeders in 14 mills located at con venient points in the South. SOLD BY THESE LEADING DEALERS M. G. & J. J. DORN McCORMICK, S. C. laid out for the town, with reserva tions for streets, a fort, church yard, parsonage and other pur poses. To each head of a family was assigned a half acre lot in the town, and later vineyard lots of four acres adjacent thereto and one hundred acres as bounty land to each male and female adult. It may be of interest to note, that the town was surveyed by Mr. Patrick Calhoun, the father of John C. Cal houn, one of the nation’s most ill ustrious statesmen, who had plant ed a small colony a few years be fore (1756) about fifteen miles dist ant. In him and his colony the French colony found true and last ing friends. The work of clearing the land and building houses began at once, and by February of the next year, we learn that the immigrants had completed their home and had be gun to labor on their half and four acre lots. They continued to broaden their fields and to prepare for a comfortable existence. Un der the hand of industry, the rich virgin soil brought forth her gold en harvest, the vineyards yielded their luscious fruit, and the silk and flax produced a lovely fabric. At last, a pitying God, as if to soft en the memory of the bitter past, gave them His tender benedictions, and they became a happy and prosperous people. Nor did they neglect their relig ious devotions. It is easy to pic ture them, after the day’s labors are over, assembling at eventide, with their families around the Phillip LeRoy and Pierre Covin, come prominently into our minds. Loyal, heroic, true followers of the faith, we cherish their memories, not because they . were exalted above their comrades, but because their blood flows through our veins and because of their noble qualities. Names of others, too, appear whom we would not neglect to mention: The saintly JeonvLouis Gibert, the spiritual leader of the colony, who imparted knowledge in the ways righteousness, vis ited the sick, comforted the sorrow ing, stood by the bedside of the dying and sa|d the last sad rites over their graves; and his nephew, Pierre, or Peter Gibert, who has worthy descendants with us today, alert and brilliant, educated in England, and we are told, “an ard- on November 6, 1839. And to each of those pious mothers, whose sac rifice and suffering were less con- spicious, perhaps, but just as great as' their husbadns and sons, we would give a tender place in mem ory. Scholars there were in this Hu- jguenot company, and men of let ters, men, who, under different conditions and in other surround ings, would have shone with a brilliant luster in the realm of learning, but, through stem neces sity and their devotion to the col ony, their attainments were lost to the wdrld at large. The colony was, as a whole, however, deeply in terested in education, as well as in religion, as shown by the gift of Dr. De la Howe, and soon after their arrival established and maintained for their children as good schools ent advocate of learning, piety and i as conditions would permit. In of public liberty, and in all things addition to these, some years later, pertaining to public affairs the ac knowledged leader,” and “that to him the youth of the colony were principally indebted for their edu cation, first in French, and event ually in English.” He was for sev eral years a worthy representative from Abbeville District in the Gen eral Assembly cf South Carolina. And Jean De la Howe, a cultured physician, who attached himself to the colony after its settlement, and Rev. Moses Waddel, an eminent teacher and Presbyterian divine, who served the French people as minister at Liberty Church, used by all denominations, was induced to remove his school from Vienna on the eastern bank of Savannah River to a spot near here which he called Willington. His school be came famous throughout the State, and such men as George McDuffie, Hugh Swinton Lagare, James L. became prominently identified ' Pettigrew, and other distinguished with all of* its public affairs. His i SO ns of this and neighboring States faithful attention to cheir physical j could claim it as their academic suffering and his professional .skill j Alma Mater, as could William H. made him beloved by all the peo- i Crawford and John C. Calhoun his school at Vienna. The school had a profound influence upon the mental, moral and spiritual devel- ple. His ripe scholarship and fine hearth-stone, reading and studying , judgment made his opinions inval- the Bible, singing psalms of praise ua ^^ e matters of public policy. and lifting their voices in prayer.; Nor was 1118 re P u tation confined to | opment, not only upon the stud- Yes, every home had an altar, and own comm unity. When coun- e nts, .but upon the settlement at at every altar the vpice of prayer ! ties were established in this State, large. It may be noted that due to was heard. And on’the Sabbath, i* 10 was given the privilege of nam-!the religious enthusiasm of the which was observed according to. in g Abbeville County, which he did. j students, which spread among the Holy Writ, we see them reverently j we are told, ‘as a compliment to people, and the inroads of other gather at their place of worship, I the French colony after a little I denominations, now coming into where their minister Rev. Lean| town in northern France,’ and was!the section, the French Church Louis Gibert, or some successor. a PP° in ted by the Legislature as one moved from Liberty and organized breaks unto them the bread of of the Count y Judges, which posi-iat Willington with Mr. Waddel as Life, and on the morrow we see! ticm hc with distinction. But pastor ,and that for years this was them go forth renewed in strength the donation of his large estate on their place of worship, and in spirit for the tasks that lay'the eastern bank of Little River j We would not overlook the pat- before them. No mask of pretense for the support and education of riotism of the colony during the hid an evil motive; no cloak of : orphan children was the crowning American Revolution. It ij> true Hypocricy covered a sinful heart.— act of his life, and Lethe Institute, King George III had been their journey’s end. They gaze in sil- they lived as they professed, and in I since taken over by the State and j friend, and had given them a ence at the scene before them. No . simple child-like faith practiced , improved, is a monument to his j home in the New World, but now Springs, Cowpens, Savannah, where Captain Beraud was killed; at Charleston and at Ninety-Six. In one of the battles of the Revolu tion, Andre Guillebeau received a wound from the effect of which he limped for life. And at home the women, children and few men that were left were often harrassed by pillaging Tories. Pierre Moragne, in attempting to rescue a fine horse they were stealing, received a gunshot wound which disabled him for life. And it is said that after the seige of Ninety Six, it was necessary to organize a com pany to keep them in cheek. Joseph Bouchillon was captain of this company. . That same spirit of partioism, we are glad to say, was transmitted undiminished to their descendants. We find i; in the War of 1812 and in the Mexican War; we find it burning with unusual ardor in the cause of the Southern Confederacy in which so many shed their blood and lost their lives, but with that issue settled, we find those des cendants yielding to none in their loyalty to the Union; and since that time, especially in the great World War, none have fought with a sublimer courage than they :n defense of Old Glory. Today we raise the stars and stripes, the finished product of the Continental flag, over the grave of Andre Guillebeau, a soldier of the Revolution. Would that he and every other Huguenot, who follow ed that standard, might see this land of religious freedom of equal rights and of political liberty, as she has risen, under God, from her humble and insignificant place to the exalted position of the first na tion of the world—a land whose flag is respected wherever she floats and whose voice speaks with authority in the great internation al councils. With what price they might view the triumph of that spirit which animated an oppress ed and persecuted people! Time has not left many of the ancient landmarks, and death and removal of descendants have left but few people in and near here with French names to connect this settlement with the sacred past. But let us remember this commun ity is a hallowed spot. It w r as here our forefathers carved from the wilderness a peaceful retreat from the persecutions of relentless foes. It was here they made the first impress of civilization and erected the first altars to the Christian’s God in this once wild region. It was here they kept the faith and taught the Scriptures to their children. It was here they gave a sublime example of obedi ence to law, for none were ever before the court for a crime. Here they lived, here they worked, here they died and here their bones lie buried. Let us not forget their blessed memories, or cease to love the place where they wrought so well! What was the effect of the Hu guenot movement as a whole? On France it was disastrous. Says the historian, Montgomery, “The Hu guenots were, to a great extent, not only the bone and sinew, but Peter FanucI, cf Massachusetts, the- giver of Fanuel Hall, which, for its number of patriotic gatherings, was called the “cradle of American liberty;” and in Paul Revere, fam ous for his midnight ride. Coming to this State, we find it in Henry Laurens, president of the Commit tee of Safety, i^ember of Copgress, minister to Hollahd, and who could say, when offered his freedom while imprisoned in the Tower of London if he would serve England, “I will never subscribe my name to my own infamy, and to the dis honor of my family;” in his pfom- . ising son, John Laurens, who died bravely on the field of battle; in General Francis Marion, the swamp fox of Carolina, a terror to British and Tory; in Hugh Swinton Legare, the most learned scholar, perhaps, this State ever produced, Attorney General of this State and of the United States, and whose essay on Demosthenes the great Rufus Choate, of Massachusetts, never tired of reading; in James L. Petti grew, distinguished Senator, and* mighty in the councils of state and nation; and in William C. Moragne, brilliant lawyer, who, in 1854, delivered here at Bordeaux, that classic oration on the 90th anniversary of the arrival of the French Protestants, a copy of which is treasured by all who pos ses it. Going into Georgia, we find it in Mirabeau Lamar, who moved to the West and became the sec ond President of the Republic of Texas; we believe, in J. L. M. Curry, born in my own County of Lincoln, and, moving to Alabama, became the prince of educators, congress man, a noted author, embassador to Spain, and whose sculptured form rests in Statuary Hall as that State’s greatest gift to the nation; in L. Q. C. Lamar, who moved to Mississippi, the giant of the U. S. Senate, and an ornament to the ;?onch of the Supreme Court of the United States; in Sidney Lanier,.^ the South’s sweetest poet, and of national fame; in Joseph LeConte, philosopher and scientist; in Joseph R. Lamar, who graced both the Supreme Court of Georgia and of the United States; in Lucien L. Knight, Georgia’s historian and a noted author; and in William H. Fleming, of Augusta, related to the Moragnes, excongressman of the 10th District, a distinguished law yer, a polished scholar and a pleas ing orator. Many others in this and other . States could be men tioned, who have made their im press upon their country’s history, and hundreds, throughout our land, could be named, who have made good, and are making good, in the vocations and avocations of life. Whatever our positions, whether humble or exalted, we need not ever blush at the name of Hugue not; for across every great move ment in our country, which has had for its purpose the uplift and advancement of mankind, and in every sphere of human endeavor, we find it written in letters of gold. Our ancestors have left us a noble heritage, not of names shin ing with a brilliant luster on the pages of history or emblazoned on the brain and conscience of the ^ le recor ds of state, but equally great, of names resplendent with heroic courage and sublime faith. Let us perpetuate their secred memories; let us emula e their worthy examples; let us be true ta their ideals; let us fight the good fight; let us keep, the faith,—that, when we come to the end, we may receive from the hands of a Re warding God. as we believe they received, the crown of everlasting life. a pure and undefiled religion. hioble charity. ;his conduct was that of u tyrant, Here, at last, in the midst of the And still others come to mind ; and to tyranny in government and tangled wilderness, away from civ- that we would delight to mention j in religion they were relentless ilization, our persecuted ancestors j did time permit, but we must pass | foes. For that reason they had enioyed the free exercise of the | on. We shall linger to say, how- j been driven from France. When privileges they had so long sought i ever, that the last survivor of the tocsin of war was sounded, to a man they. espoused the cause of Independence and offered their lives and their means tot its sup port. We find many of th£m fight- charms of civilization meet their view. About them is the unbroken and primeval forest; but it is home, and the hand of the persecutor is absent. Grateful for this haven of refuge, they fall upon their knees and lift their voices in prayer—thb.^hd * or which they had so often 0 ld emigrants was Mrs. Mary Ann! fifst Christian prayer $ver offeredfsuffered. ; Covin, nee LeRoy, and one who was in this section to the living God. j in the personnel of this worthy true to their faith and practice. er Eight hundred acres, as we gath- company, Pierre Moragne, Andre After an eventful and* useful Hte of from the Council Journal, were Guillebeau, Joseph Bouchillon, nearly a century she passed away ing gallantly at, Stbpo, Cutaw land.” With the death-blow given to religious liberty, infidelity sprang up and flourished; with many of her eminent scholars driven out, the balance wheel of her government was impaired, and she was dominated by intrigue, im pulse and passion; and with thou sands of her industrious and skill ful artisans and laborers gone, her industries collapsed, her manufac tures declined, and her revenues suffered loss—all of which made her a fertile field for the great Revolution which drenched her soil in blood. She sowed the wind and reaped the whirlwind. On the other nations the effect was a blessing. It was as if the hand of God had placed these per secuted people among the nations of earth for their enrichment. The leaven of their principles worked mightily, and, in every land of their abode, the people were lifted to a higher enjoyment of religious and political liberty. In our own beloved land, from New York to Carolina, where they settled, the Huguenots maintained their exalt ed spirit and lofty ideals, infused them into their neighbors, or unit ed them with others of like senti ment, and helped lay the founda tion of this grekt Republic. And of the illustrious men of state and nation we find in many the Hu guenot blood. We find it in John Jay, of New York, President of the Continental Congress; in Elias Boudinot, of Pennsylvania, another president cf the same Congress; in Some poultrymen think that poultry lice are a necessary evil, but there is no reason, says the U. S. Department of Agriculture, why a flock can not be freed from lice and kept free. Late summer or early fall is a good time of year to treat the flock. It is probably bet ter to do it before the molt. Sod ium fluoride will kill all species of poultry lice. The Department of Agriculture recommends the “pinch method” of application. Put small pinches of the material among the feathers next to the skin; one pinch each on the head, neck, breast, below the vent, on the tail, on each thigh, and on the underside of each wing when spread, and two piches on the back. One application will destroy all the lice. Reinfestation occurs usually from stray fowls coming into the poultry yard and from stock added to the flock. /Y -m- Popular men always guess a wo man’s age and then divide it by- two when they tell her.