The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 13, 1913, Page EIGHT, Image 8
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"POOR CONRAD"
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RECALLS INCIDENTS AND PER-j1
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Editor County Record:? ,
Several of my friends wish me to
write another letter to your worthy ?
paper. They wish to hear from me ^
?nH to know what T am drivinc at
and what I am doing.
Well, about one week ago I lubri- c
cated the engine of my good boat, T
"The Wanderer", at the landing at 1
this place, and with a nice lunch
from good Mrs Reddick and the ^
company of Mr Richard Vause we
started for Mouzon's bridge, a distance
of 18 miles by the river. Rich- 1
ard is a true friend, and I feel that (
he loves me more truly than Sallie
loved Joe Bowers. We had a pFeas- j
ant trip for many miles; we talked
about the many beauties of the river
and wondered why many people fail
to admire this fine stream and have ^
so few boats upon its bosom. We
had six small boats in tow for rais- ^
v ?ng sunken logs in the upper part of
the river; many of these logs have ,
been lying on the bottom for more '
than twenty-five years, perfectly ?
sound and of immense size. With a ,
late start we did not reach Mouzons ^
bridge until late, owing to a breakdown
within one mile of the landing, ^
and I had to make a tripfto Florence ^
to have a small broken cog-wheel j
mended. There I saw cast iron welded.
The iron was welded and new
cosrs cut out and it works like a new
wheel now.
I have been up above the village
of Workman,where I visited several
of my old friends; that is my old
"stamping ground". I know all the
paths, bays, branches and ponds; in
fact, all the alligator holes. I spent
one night at Mr Wilson Mcintosh's, |
who tells me that I am always wel- ^
come, and they have proven that by ?
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their kindness. Mr Mcintosh is one
of the firm of Mcintosh Bros & Co.
Mr Mcintosh's grandfather,Mr John
J Reardon, whom I have often men- t
tioned, brought me from Charleston <
an orphan boy in 1850. ?
I also visited my old friend, Na- ^
bor Barrow, father of Mr Jule Bar- ^
row, one of the firm of Mcintosh ^
Eiros & Co, merchants at Workman, f
Mr Barrow is now 81 years old, is in ?
good health and sound mind. It was
quite a pleasure to talk over many j
tilings that happened long ago, some j j
things that had almost slipped my'.
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memory, out it was soon reiresnea ?
when he mentioned many of them.''
Mr Barrow's father made a pair of '
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you want to make
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hoes for me of leather tanned by
limself while I was home on a furough
from a wound received at the
mttlp nf Sharnshnrc Md_ Sentem
>er 17, 1862. He was quite an old
nan and honest as he was old. His
>on, Nabor. is also an honest man.
iis brother, Joo.whom I know quite
veil and who is always glad to see
'Conrad," as he calls me, is the
ame stamp.
Mr Editor, when I think of the
lonest men I have met in my time
ind of many who are not honest, it
jauses us to be suspicious of some
vho are really honest. How sad, as
i certain writer saia wnuesiuingoii
;he bank of a charming little stream
far away on the Western prairie,
tie watched some small minnows
sporting in the cool spring water
ind now and then a larger fish would
lart out and swallow one of the little
ones. He had had his ups and
lowns in the world, too, and he said
from minnows to men life is incessant
war.
I must now say something more
ibout my old friend, Nabor Barrow,
[t is my proudest boast to say he
vas a Confederate soldier. Nabor
Sarrov is one of the heroes of the
nine explosion at Petersburg July
10,1864. I was there also but not in
Vio nlooo Mr Rorrnw wflfl
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jhot down, his captain, Robert
SVheeler, was killed and they both
fell at the same moment. Nabor
md myself, as well as all the other
Confederates, did not go to battle
for slavery, as we owned no slaves,
jut fought for principle and Southern
rights, and I aay now to this risng
generation, honor and respect
;he old Southern Confederate veterms;
history cannot tell what the
eal veterans had to face. It could
lot be realized, if all ?ould be told.
iiVhen I look back cow and think
>ver those four bitter years I almost
vant to ask myself, has it been a
Ireadful dream,or is it possible that
;hose things did happen? Not only
vith my comrades but with the
thousands of others in many other
olaces at the same time. What a
:hange! How different now! Our
:ountry is at peace with all the oth;r
nations of the world, and our
Southland is blessed with plenty,
ibundant harvests, no pestilence, no
'amine. We Jhave so much to be
hankful for, so free to do as we
ilease, sit under our own vine and
igtree.none to molest us or make us
if raid.
i am going up to Workman again;
only visited five families on my
ast trip. There are 35 more in that
lection I must try to visit as soon
is I can. Their doors are open to
'Poor Conrad," though not a cent
n his pocket. That is a good feelGre
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a selection.
Goods 1
ing, it makes life worth living. I
wanted to see my old friend, Billie
McKnight. Billie and I were boys
together, old chums. He is about
79. about two years older than Conrad.
He is an uncle of Mr George
McElveen of Kingstree. "Billy"
was not at the home of his son,
Pressley, where I spent one pleasant
night, but was down on Cooper river,
visiting a widowed daughter. I
will see the old codger when I go
to Workman again. He will be
back by that time. There is only
one of the old ones here and there,
so many of the oldest, who used to
tell me of so many things that happened
at different places in the long
ago, have passed away.
Mr James Epps, Peter's father,
showed me once along the road
about Workman where some horses
ran away with a wagon and were
stopped by a pine tree; the trace
chain cutting the bark made a ring
around it that looked for many years
as if it had been cut with an axe.
These are small things to write
about, but they are fond remem
brances that are dear to me to think
over while alone, perhaps along
some road or in the recesses of the
dismal swamp where I have hunted
and fished with those dear, departed
old people.
"Uncle" Jim Epps was the father
of six sons and three daughters:
Billy,Sam, Pete,Mitchell,Robert and
Dan. Those boys who are still living
think the same of me that they
did fifty years ago. That is saying
a great deal. Their dear old mother,
Aunt Betty, thought as much of
me as she did of her sons; she often
told me so, and while writing I drop
a tear to her memory.
The readers of my letters may
get tired of reading about friends;
they are dear to me though many
are lying in their silent graves
whence we are all traveling.
I found at Mouzons the same
welcome as at Workman; I spent a
pleasaut night with Thomas Joye.
His ^ood wife is an estimable lady,
ind such robust, wi^e-awake children?five
in number. It wa3 interesting
to watch their movements.
I also spent one night at the home
of my old friend, S R Mouzon. To
speak of their kindness does not express
it earnestly enough. The
mother of Ruff thought a great deal
of "Poor Conrad." She suffered
sixteen lone vears confined to her
bed with rheumatism, but was a
true Christian and is now attending
angels' bands in a land that is fairer
than day.
No more at present, Mr Editor,
j and readers of The Record. I will
promise ,to mention a little more
about a few of the old men in my
next. Yours truly,
"Poor Conrad."
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various churches of Kingstree.
Baptist Church.
Rev W E Hurt, Pastor.
Services every Sunday morning at
11:00 o'clock and evening at 7:30
j o'clpck.
Sunday-school at 10.00 a. m.
Prayer-meeting Wednesdays at
7:30 p. m.
Episcopal Church,
Rev Dr Robert Wilson, Rector.
Every second and fourth Sunday,
morning prayer, sermon and holy
communion at 11 a, m.
Methodist Church.
Rev D A Phillips, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday morning
at 11:00 o'clock and evening at 7:30
o'clock.
Sunday-school at 3:30 p. m.
Epworth League meets every Tuesday
night at 7:30 o'clock.
Mid-week prayer meeting every
Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock.
Presbyterlau Church.
Rev P S McChesney, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday at 11 a
m. and 7:30 p. m. sunaay-scnooi
4 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday, 7:30
p. m.
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October 15, 1911:
North Bound.
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