The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 10, 1897, Image 7
From the Boston Education Mngazioe.
MISSED A CROWN.
An Interesting Chapter of
Sonth Carolina History.
M'DONALD FURHAX, RAMSEY, s c.
South Carolina has had one promi?
nent man of whom it. may be said,
"He missed a crown tJ An account
of him and his family forms a chapter
of interest in the annals of the his?
toric Palmetto State
The Middletons are' not only one
of the most distinguished, but also
one of tbe oldest of the Carolina fam
ilies An account of them and their
estates reads almost like the history
of some noble family of England.
Before the English had been perma
netly settled in the colony a dozen
years, we find Edward Middleton a
member of the council under the
Lords Proprietors. He was born in
England and inherited a large prop
erty. His son, Arthur Middleton,
headed the Revolution which threw
off the mle of the Lords Proprietors
and placed the province directly
under the protection of the English
crown. He was afterwards governor
of the province Henry Middleton,
eon of Arthur, was president of the
Continental Congress in 1775.
The most famous of the Middletons
was Arthur, who was a signer of the
Declaration of Independence. He
was the son of Henry (jost mention?
ed), and was born at the family seat
in 1743. He received his education
in England. In 1779 he took the
field in defense of Chaileston, and
? the following year he was made a
prisoner, but was. afterwards ex?
changed* At one time during the
Revolution he declined the governor?
ship of his state.* He did in 1787.
Hip borne, the Middleton Place
(which was in the low country of
South Carolina) has been destroyed,
but the following "pen picture7' of
the grounds, published in 1888, will
give the reader an idea of what a fine
place it must have been :
"The old gates with their massive
pillars stand intact, but of the borne
stead itself only the chimneys and
parts of the walls remain At Mid
dleton Plac?, an Englishman would
feel at home even to day Many of
the old terraces and hedges remain
as they were a century ago, and the
ample grounds which are tolerably
well kept, have a decidedly English
air. Th ie place is still in possession
of the Middleton family."
During the present century this
family has furnished one governor to
South Carolina ; that was Henry
Middleton, .son of the "signer ;" he
filled the office1810 *12, aftex which
he served in Congress, and was also.,
for several years, minister to Russia
When a young man, he traveled a
good deal in Europe, and for some
time during the French Revolution,
was in France. His death occurred
in 1846.
Governor Middleton and the late
Gov. Benjamin F. Perry, were ?both
members of the Union party during
the stirring times of Nullification,
and Governor Perry, in his delightful
"Reminiscences" (which can well be
read with pleasure and profit by
many others besides South Caroli
niau8), has given ns a pleasant
sketch of Governor Middleton, with
whom he was well acquainted.
Among other things he says :
"Governor Middleton told me that
he was personally acquainted with
almost every distinguished man in
Europe He saw Bonaparte in every
station which be had filled, from that I
of General of the Interior to his seat
on the throne of France. He was on
terms of intimacy with him whilst he
was General of the Interior, and was j
in the habit' of visiting his family.
At one period of iheir acquaintance ?
he received encouragement tb ad
dre83 his step daughter. 'Little did
I then think/ said Governor Middle?
ton, 'that she would ever be a \
queen.' "
Am I not right in saying that Gov
ernor Middleton missed a crown ?
Who can doubt that, had he married
Napoleon's step daughter, he would
afterwards have been made king of
some European Country by the great
warrior, and he would undoubtedly
have made a wise and just ruler We
may suppose, however, that as gov
ernor of en American state he was
probably happier than he would have
been as kiBg of some European coun
try
A band of highway robbers has
been operating in Spartanburg Coun?
ty for some weeks, and on Saturday
night they assaulted Mark Griffin,
colored, and left him for dead The
gang was pursued and three cap?
tured. The leader, George Nesbitt,
who was a prominent colored preach?
er, escaped.
A sweeping reduction in rates on
corn waa made yesterday to south?
eastern seaboard points by St. Louie
railroads Last week the Kansas
City, Memphis and Birmingham rail?
road announced a reduction of 5
cents per 100 pounds from Memphis
to interior southeast points and 4
cents to southeast coast points The
St. Louis roads have followed suit and
the rate from that city td"tbe territory
named on corn in carload lots is re?
duced from 28 to 24 cents to Charles?
ton, Savannah, J ackson viii e and
other seacoast points, and 23 cents
to interior points in same territory.
From the Ohio river to coast points
the rate is 19 cents and from Mem?
phis lo cents j
No Sunday Baseball.
JEFFERSON CITY. MO, Feb 3 -
Tbe boase of representatives yesterday
by a vote of 77 to 42 passed a bill pro?
hibiting the playing of baseball on
Sunday in this State. A motion to re?
consider wa? made, bur before action,
thfi bouse adjourned. A strong effort
will be made to defeat the bill if it
reaches the senate.
FROM THE WIRES.
J L Rawlins has been elected U.
S Senator frrom Utah.
Benjamin McCormick shot Curtis
Davis at Vaucluse, Aiken County, on
Sunday tight Davis died Monday.
Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky, has
decided to appoint A. T. Wood U.
S Senator
J. W. Keener and J W. Price,
two horse traders from Webster. N
C . have been arrested in Anderson
on the charge of murdering a negro
in Oconee County. The negro was
in their employ, and a negro claims
to have seen one of the men knock
the man from a horse's back, and he
was afterwads found dead by the
roadside with his neck broken
The university of Rome, Italy, has.|
been closed on account of the riotous
conduct of the students.
Detroit, Mich , Feb 3.-The fight
to oust Governor Pingree from his
office of mayor of this city was trans
ferred to the local courts to-day. D
W H Moreland, a member of the
board of public works, to day applied
for and obtained a mandamus from
the chancery court for the common
council to show why it has not recog
nized that, by accepting the office of
governor, Hon. H S Pingree va?
cated the office of mayor, and direct?
ing that the vacancy be filled at the
charter election in April. The
order is returnable Feb 13
Arlington S. D , Feb 3 -A wreckj
occurred on the Northwestern rail
way at this point at 9:30 last even
ing in which four persons were ki?ed
and a large number were wounded
The, killed were : Conductor Adding
ton, Brakeman F. L Hosac, John
Loftus of Kismet Samuel Harris of I
Arlington. The train which was
wrecked was unable to take the
side track, the switch being
clogged with ice The engine
from the approaching train sti nek the
passenger car, completely wrecking
it
Mrs. Anna Gage, wife of Ex
, Deputy ll. S. Marsiial,
Columbus, Kan., says:
"I was delivered
of TWINS m
less than 20 min?
utes and with
scarcely any pain
after using only
two bottles of
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Gentlemen:-We sold last year, 600 bottles of
GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC and have
bought three gross already this year. In all our ex?
perience of 14 years, in the dru? business, have
never sold an article that gave such universal satis- 4
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?-?-'?Illd Ililli lill Ililli.
Is now at hand and we are
helier prepared io supply
the wanis ?f our friends
than ever hefore.
We have been handling fertilizers very largely for 14 years, and
we believe we know how to buy and where to buy.
We will handle nothing but
Standard Brands,
Unless forced to do so by illegitimate com?
petition.
Our leading brands for which we are
SOLE AGENTS
Wagener;s High Grade.
High Gracie Blood and Bone and Navassa,
In addition to these we handle.
Atlantic and Chicora,
Cotton Seed Meal, Genuine German Kainit and Acid
Phosphate.
As cash is quite an item to us in our business, any person who is fortu?
nate enough to be abb to pay cash for his fertilizer, will find it to his inter?
est to see us before baying. To those who are not so fortunate we will
figure as close as the character of security they have to offer will admit
We would advise our friends in making their calculations for the purchase
of fertilizers and other things, not to exceed five cents as a basis for the
price of their cotton as all indications point that way.
OUR STOCK OF
Staple Groceries and Farming Utensils
For the Spring trade is very complete. We buy our
Meat direct from Western Packers
*
In car load lots. And our
Flour direct from the Mills,
And all brokerage and commissions that is paid by a great many of our
competitors we give the benefit of to our customers.
With best wishes for a prosperous new year and hoping we may be fav?
ored with a liberal 6bare of your business. Very respectfully,
O'DONNELL, & CO.
FOR THE JANUARY TRADE.
I Will be Well Prepared to
Meet the Demands of the
January Trade.
Just Received.
One car load of fine Mules.
One car load of 1-horse Wagons.
-NI
To Arrive This Week.
Two car loads extra choice work
horses.
Sumter, S. ?., Doo. L'S, 1806.
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CHARLESTON, S. C.
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Orders carefully and prompt?
ly filled.
W. H. HIXSON,
Sept, 30,
Manager.
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-AND
Cotton Storage Warehouse
PROPRIETORS.
?P-TOWJ? {OFFICE :
COURT HOUSE SQUARE,
1,000 Tons High Grade Am
moniated Fertilizer,
1,000 Tons Acid with Potasa
500 Tons Dissolved Bone.
500 Tons German Kainit,
400 Tons C. S. Meal,
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any and all prices for STAND?
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Dec. 16.