The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 30, 1913, Page NINE, Image 9
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Backache.
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Sprained Ank
"I was ill for a long time with a severely
Liniraent and now 1 am able to be about ar
cause I think you deserve a lot of credit f<
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Addmi Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Inc.
Of Interest to Tobacco Farmers.
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I want to say to the farmers of
Williamsburg and adjoining counties
that I am now in Kentucky and
find the tobacco crop very short in- ?
deed, only about 50 per cent of a I
crop,owing to the extended drought j
which prevailed here all summer, i
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frices are extremeiy hikh, buu mc
shortage here and in North Carolina
will greatly increase the demand for J
South Carolina tcbacco, which, I be- 1
lieve.is the best of all. The demand <
in ?foreign countries is increasing
more and more for your tobacco, i
and we may expect good prices for 1
a long time to come, but be careful >
and don't plant more than you can J
give the proper care and attention. >
I have been associated for the past 1
two years with the Nelson ware- 1
house and I want to thank you all i
for the patronage you so liberally ]
gave us, and to say that I will be at 1
the same place next season, doing 1
all I can to keep up prices and com- 1
petition on the Kingstree market. <
VrmrB verv trulv. !
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Lexington, Ky, October 17. It
The FanNj Cough Medicine.
In every home there should be a
bottle of Dr King's New Discovery,
ready for immediate use when any
member of the family contracts a
cold or a cough. Prompt use will
stop the spread of sickness. S A
Stid of- Mason, Mich, writes: "My
whole family depends upon Dr
King's New Discovery as the best
cough and cold medicine in the world.
Two 50c bottles cured me of pneumonia."
Thousands of other families
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nave oeen equany Denenteu auu uepend
entirely upon Dr Kind's New
Discovery to cure their coughs,colds,
throat and lung troubles. Every dose 1
I helps. Price, 50c and $1.00. All
| druggists, If E Bucklen & Co,
adv Philadelphia or St Louis. J
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If you owe us on subscription j
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j I am a Dirt Eater.
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le voice the same opinion. Here's
jof. i
Relieved Pain In Back.
as troubled with a very bad pain in my !
orsome time, I went to a doctor but be
Sdid not do me any good, so I j
purchased a bottle of Sloan's
Liniment, and now I am a well
woman. I always keep a bottle
cf Sloan's Liniment in the
house." ? Afus Matilda Cotton,
304 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn, .V. Y.
Sciatic Rheumatism.
"We hare used Sloan's Linimcnt
for over six years and
found it the best we ever used.
Wf When my wife had sciatic
W rheuraatirm the only thing that
K did her anygood waa Sloan's
'J Liniment. We cannot praise it
* highly enough."?-MrBet
Mainet, Iowa,
le Relieved.
sprained ankle. I got a bottle of Sloan's
id can walk a great deal. 1 write this bejf
putting ruch a fino Liniment on the
ecommend Dr. Sloan's Liniment."?Mrt,
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SKETCH OF UPPER
BLACK RIVER,:
POOR CONRAD" TELLS OF THE
WEE NEE AND TRIBUTARY
LAKES AND SWAMPS.
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Editor Copnty Record:?
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1 nave oeen requesteu uy mi m ^ j
Epps, cashier of the Bank of Wil- '
liamsburg, to write a little history !
Df Black river, the Indian name ;
'Wee Nee," hoping your time and 1
space will allow a place in your *
valuable paper. Mr Epps, as well j
as many of my friends, know what
an old river rat I have been and if '
any one could tell something about 1
this lovely stream, the life-long '
friend of Conrad, he ought to be
able to do so. I have ridden on its J
placid bosom for sixty-four years,
paddling the canoe, catching fish, '
the famous red breast, copperhead 1
bream, trout and jack, also the 1
Did standby, warmouth. To look 1
back now and think how much more 1
plentiful the fish were then and now '
>? tam a*a iwncrkf Mv nM fripnH. '
JV it tv ui t v?U5i?v* ?
Jas Reardon, and the sons of "Un- 1
de" Jas Eppa, who were Billy and
Pete, went with me most. Oh! the
bis* strings we would carry home 1
bad to be hung on a pole and carried 4
an our shoulders, and when Pete
and I would reach"Uncle" Jim's big 1
white house we would make for 1
iear old "Aunt" Betsy's safe,hungry 1
as two wolves. It seemed to do 1
Pete's mother good to see us eat. j
Oh! those old by-gone days. "Back- J
ward, turn backward,0 Time, in thy '
flight." Oh! no turning back, we '
are passing the mile stones one by :
Dne, soon to pass the last. (
I hope I will interest my friends
with the account I will be able to give 1
about Black river and hope I will not '
tire them by the zigzag way I may
write, as many know how this river j
zigzags about, too. I intended at
first to besrin at upper waters near 1
Brewington lake and Home lake, a
little above the fork, which makes i
Pocotaligo and Black river two
branches. I have rambled in Black '
river up around Mayesville in Sumter
county, where I have many '
friends, some are dead and gone 1
years ago. The fond remembrance 1
of these good people, who all had a 1
kind word for "Conrad," cause the {
tear drops to flow. I will mention '
the names of some who lived in
those good days: There were Parson
Reid, who occupied the pulpit of
Mount Zion church many years, Dr i
Mayes, Dr Hudson, the Muldrows,
RroHlavo tho Wilanno the* pifiir- 1
dens and Coopers, all fine people. *
The road leading to Sumter from :
the Brick church section across
Black river and Scapore swamp I
has quite a substantial causeway 1
Dver those two swamps. Mr Mul- '
drow, who lived in the fork of those i
two swamps, was rich and owned i
many slaves. He built the two I
causeways with his slaves almost a <
hundred years ago. About the 1
close of the Civil war and when <
General Potter made a raid through i
that section the bridges across these i
two swamps were destroyed. After \
the end of the war the county had i
the bridges rebuilt. James Rear- <
ion and myself took the contract, i
rhe work was let out to the lowest e
Didder. Jake Keels and myself <
tfere the only bidders. We had a
jome lively bidding and as I was the <
owest I got the job. Reardon and i
nyself took a number of hands from i
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the Workman section and camped
while we were building the bridges.
Among the hands we took up there :
with us was an old darkey by the .
lame of Fhnder, who was once a 1
slave and was owned by 'Dr D E i
Evans. Just after the emancipa- 1
Jon of the slaves in the South all i
were led to believe by the carpet- j!
Dagger that the Republican politi- j <
?ion nmnU C/1AT1 or! \?l* oil tho frOPft. ! 1
,iau VTUU1U OV/Ull mi W Ull VliV A* vwv > ?
Tien forty acres and a mule and <
nany of them held to that belief for 1
:orty years. About that time times s
were quite hard with the freed men ! i
ind freed women. They were quite: I
jften' on the go from one place to! \
mother, rain or shine, to hear the i j
rreat promises of the carpet bag- 1
?ers, but many of them had to 4
work hard. Money was scarce with ! (
the white people.who were not able \
to pay high wages.and.as I said, old j
Flander was helping us to build the t
oridges at Muldrow's crossing. He i
was a good hand and quite strong, j
although he had a hand with only ]
Dne finger, but he was hard to beat 1
with an ax, lifting with hand spike 1
Dr even picking cotton, and was also \
a great wrestler. Flander had a large
farmly and workpd hard to support <
them, still looking for the mule and 1
the forty acres,though. The weath- 1
ar was quite hot while we were ]
building the bridges and on a cer- t
tain day I had Flander in the mud i
and water almost to his neck plac- <
ing the piling under the bridge. It '
was heavy work and the old fellow ]
would do his best, not sparing his i
strength while at work. He had ]
been tugging at a heavy lightwood
post until he was almost out of j
breath. Although he was in deep
water I could see the sweat running
down his face and off his bald head.
I was standing on the embankment
above him trying to direct in a way
to help him. At last he cast a woeful
look up at me and exclaimed,
"My God, Boss, po man hab hahd
time in dis wull." But poor Flander
worked for me long afterwards.
Just below the crossing a few miles
is Shaw's lake, a noted place for
warmouth fish in the spring. I will
skip over from there to Home lake,
a distance of several miles, as that ;
part is nothing more than a dismal i
swamp. The branches of the different
runs come together and make Home i
!ake a fine fishing place. Many i
people from Sumter and the sur- i
rounding country camp and fish
there during the warmouth season i
from April until some time in May.
Home lake is about 1-2 mile above j
what is called the head of naviga- i
tion where the Bull savannah road
crosses Black river swamp into the
fork, a near way to Manning from
the Workman section,and passes the
place my old friend, Josiah Fleming,
Df poetical fame, once lived. Poor
Did 'Siah and his wife,"Aunt" Eliza, i
are long gone hence. Their sons were:
Joe, Eli, John, Ben, Harvey and one i
they called Governor. The daughters
were: Norah, Betsy and Sarah. ,
All are gone save one, Sarah. When
1 was young and before I was
grown Sarah made the most of the
T wtAMA AlA oil fliA man/linflp
ciuiues x wuic, uiu on i.iic iiicuuiug
and knitted my sock9. The^ were
all very poor people but thought a
great deal of "Conrad." Betsy had a
little dog which she named for me.
So my friends can see that I was
honored and loved even when I was
young. The family had another
dog. I think his name was Rover.
"Aunt" Eliza was a plain old timer
and if anyone angered her woudl
curs2 you blue. I was passing
there one day and heard her going at
a pretty high rate, so I enquired of
her what was the matter. "Why,"
said she, the hogs got into the
watermelon patch and I called for
the dog, here Rover, here Rover,
here Conrad, and devil a son of a
b? of a dog would come." Poor
Sarah, she isstill alive. I heard from
her a few weeks ago and she inquired
of Charlie Epps about me.
Charlie said, "A very old woman
asked about you and said she wanted
to see 'Conrad' once more." I
think I must go and see the old
friend.
Now a little more about Black
river. 1 left off at the head of navigation,
called so as the Government
had the river cleared for pole
boats up to that place. The contract
was given to Mr Daniel
Frierson.
The river forks about three miles
below the head of navigation, the
west fork being called Pocotaligo.
rhree miles up that branch is Brewington
lake,the greatest fishing spot
in Black river swamp. I was told
by my friend, Mitchell Epps, that
>ne day last spring there were at
east one hundred persons there,some
)f whom came a distance of fifty
miles, and four thousand pounds of ,
warmouth were caught. That por- (
Lion of the swamp for many miles (
iround contained some of the finest \
lypress timber I have ever seen, |
some of them giant trees that would 1
taw three and four thousand feet ,
?ach. I went up to Brewington j
ibout two weeks ago to a canoe
ilearing the obstructions out of the
jtream. Some time I want to make j
i trip up there in my boat. I was i
l
up there about four years ago.
Now, I will come down from the
fork of the two branches li miles to
Martin's lake,a noted place for good
fishing, where my old friend, Josiah
Fleming, punished the gar fish for
troubling him. This is a hard fish to
:atch with a common fish-hook, but
Mr Fleming knew that he could be
laught with a very small hook,so he
Tiade a number of short lines about
me foot in leDgth with a very small
look baited, each line fastened to a
small gourd, and placed them about
n the lake. Gar fish can be seen by
:he hundred near the surface of the
vater. It was not long before the
?ourds could be seen plowing
:hrough the water in every direclion.
The reader may have an idea
)f the noise of a gourd moving fast,
inder the water after it had been
ierked under by a strong fish. So
:he gourds sailed under the water
mtil the fish would be tired. The
?ourds would then pop up, soon to
oop under again,until the fish would
ae tired down, and when the gourd,
oecame still Mr Fleming would take
the fish out and chop its head off.
Martin's lake is on the west side
if the swamp and 12 miles from
Kingstree, and the Canoe lake is on
the east side and 14 miles north of
Kingstree. The people from both
fides of the swamp often went
across from one side to the other in
zanoes. I once went fishing with
"Uncle" Jim Epps, the father of Mr
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a place at the lower end of Martin's
lake where a whole family of colored
people were drowned while crossing
in a canoe,man,wife and children, in
the night time. My friend, Mitchell
Epps, was riding in the swamp not
far from the lake and came upon a
skeleton of a man who appeared to
have been murdered some months
before. He never found out who
the person was, as no one from that
section was missing. Just out from
the lake on the east side, near where
Mr J S Evans lives an old African
slave murdered a whole family. The
only reason he gave for the deed
was that he was told by God to kill
the family. He was burned at the
stake. A short distance north-east
of the last-named place is the Bull
savannah road. About one-half
mile from the east side of the swamp
near the road stood a great pine
tree called the Cowpens pine. Its
roots grew across the road,and when
the water was running over those
roots the people in that section knew
it was unsafe to try to cross. Mr
Cousar was the Presbyterian minis- ^
ter at Midway and Brewington
churches, so when he would get to
the old pine and the water was over
the roots he would turn back, aa it
would be a mile of water,no bridges
and in some places water deep
enough for swimming.
The next place of note on the river
is Jordan lake, famous for fish.
An old slave belonging to "Uncle""
Jim Epps was found drowned in th^
lake, The lost of the laud lying on
the east side of the river from Bull
savannah to Jordan lake was owned
by Mr D E Evans, the father of Mr
J S Evans,one of the best or men and
whose house was a home for "Conrad"
whenever it suited him. He
nooU Viia oonno tn/"?lr his crnn tn hunt.
UUV.U tliw ymivv) vw V I. mmmm* n ?? ? ? --7
used his fishing tackle without asking.
No one would say a single word,
but poor old Aunt Polly, who was
then more than 80 years old. Daniel
was her youngest child,a man grown
and with a family. Sometimes
"Pete" and I would want to borrow
the hatchet or a few buckshot for
sinkers for our lines on our way to
the iake.and if "Uncle Dink," as we
called him,was not there, Aunt Polly
would see that we did not get any
more buckshot than we really needed
and that we orought them oack?
for she would say, "Poor Daniel did1
not have many." He was well off*
and could have bought shot enough*
1' ? UftfflA.oUin Knf oka vlrvl
CU o 111 It a uabtic-sui^i uuv cniv m?v?ized
him above all on earth. He
was a Christian gentleman and now*
dwells among the blest.
Some reader may say or think
that I write about my friends so
much that I just do what I like. I
believe in doing what one likes, so
long as it is honest. What else have
I to write about if not those who
opened their doors to me, whose little
ones I caressed and dandled on
my knee? I feel like I could sit dawn
and write their names,yes,the names*,
of many whom I have not mention-'
ed,too,by the score, until my time is
up here below. If it were not for
my friends, I might exclaim:
All the loved o;.ea, they have parted?
When,;0, when, is joy for m#?
Something nr re about Black river
in next. P C.
rurs newspaper w oe a valuable
medium to advertsers it must have
:irculation ooth in quantity and
quality. Tne Record claim3 both
these prime essentials and its advertising
space is valuable accordingly.
We have few dead-heads on our list
md those we are weeding out as rapidly
as practicable.
Many a photographer who tells
yon to look pleasant knows it's no
use.
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