PUBLISHED WEEKLY. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESAARL12[0.ETBLSE 84
Memoirs, Traditions and History 0
Rocky Mount and Vicinity.
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VIII.BRIDGE ACROSS ROCKY CREEK.
The first bridge ever builacross Rocky Creek at what inow Gladden's Mill was destroyed by the high creek of 185;Aleck Baker, an old time frenegro, contracted to build itWhile at work on it his son
Hamp Baker, and another freinegro, Bill Sanders, made it u]with Rachel and Susie Jones antheir brother Zach, slaves belonging to Dr. W. E. Hall, to leav<the country. Their object was t<
get these girls to a free stat(Ohio) and marry them. Th<effort was made and they went a!
far as Charleston where all wer
apprehended and brought baclexcept Hamp Baker who mad(good his escape. Dr. Hall strapped his negroes according t<iheir deserts and Bill Sanderwas put in Jail and the sherifdaily put on stripes sufficient iinumber and degree for severa
days to satisfy the law. Thaleatned him that it was muelmore risky and painful, if caughtto steal a wife among slaves thatamong free negroes. This was
about 1857. The bridge wa
finished that year or the next.This bridge was destroyed bi
:a freshet in the creek in 1S88The stone pillars under thE
-present bridge were erected byRobert Haliburton, contractor,:and the bridge was put up by ar.Atlanta firm. The whole was
-completed and the bridge was
thrown open to the ftavelingpublic in 1890. The cost of thisbridge is said to be twelve thou-sand dollars ($12,000.) It isseveral feet higher than the oldone.
WHISKEY DRINKING.
During the first three or fourdecades of the last century twc
whiskey distilleries were withineasy.reach, and every store dis-pensed the stuff. In addition tcthis wagons from the wountainmof North Carolina would haul tcthe door of the pep]e and fillthree gallon jug for one dollar o>
roll a forty gallon barrel in thEhouse for a ten dolla.r bill. Mosi.of these people kept a three gd.faa jug and always had one dolla;.on hand when the jug was empty:During these years a new and'differet era prevailed. Gamb.ling, boring, wrestling, fisticuffsfit and skuli fights, then calledthrowing bullets and horse racingwere often indulged in. Wher.Lount Dearborn miitary establishment was abandon.elarge number of small sized carnnon balls were left. These weretaken and used in throwing bullets, the one sending the bullelfarthest "on a fly" was consid-.ered the victor. The race traciwa aartn of. parallel with, cr
mot far distant from that part ofthe Roeky MIount road lying be.teeer dae residence ef the lateRobert Ford andt that of Stark P.Martin.
~The temperance wave re
this gicinity in the early 50-A. dlejin of the sons of ternperane~ avas organized and&touse avasbuilt for its occupancyThis house stood on the soutt.ide of the road nearly in froni.of the then residence of Willianniebols. Since this time t.er4.bas been but little dram drinkimg, yet "total aibstainers" art
wiegg few. There are r~o habituadridors among tia negroesEven Ceu the first tlush of thaei:~freedcom dirunkenness did norevail to any great extent ant
:at this -time.oim of them searcell..ever gets boisteroijly drunk.
MAsoNIC LODGE.
Tw temperance division flourEse a. few years and died
Lodgles rganized andl mad<sithoe i te old temperauc<Mason wereheld. hor fra e
gaat Fromthispac -r:
remea fromthe neighborho~'
llns e:-iokyCrekbln
fleritwasused be ar school
plust it was removed t ire.0. present rsdusoord&. KereY it ag-tin betet
~home o-f dtb. 1bsouie omah1ere it went Ig inmse ttiustauce of _hra. &etu
-d.ae of ]inchV Munut and ti
Revolutionary incidents I knonof no others who have served inthis war.
'While it is thought that a
company from Fairfield servedin the war of 1812, with m
1present means of information 1am unable to state whether RockytMount furnished any members o2not.. The iRocky Mount soldiers irthe Florida war were Corp. R. CBailey, Peter Hoilis, EdwardLewis, T. B. Lumpkin, AndrewMcDonald, and Dr. WilliamPickett. Edward Lewis was
wounded.Those who went to the Mexi-
-can war were Cor;'. Judge Wilson,Turner Brown, Edmund Brown:James Connor, and Aleck Mont-gomery. Turner Brown was
killed and Aleck Montgomerysdied.
IIu the Confederate war thereserves were J. F. Aldridge,James Aldridge, Robert Ford,
.Aaron Ford, R. M. Ford, H. J.)Gayden, M unsel Hollis, James G.S|Johnston, Jesse Minton, J. F.
ri Nichols, A. J. Nichols, and S. H.IRoberts. In the army were S. T.
Aldridge, Dr. Jeptha Aldridge,biJames Bailey, William Branen,PJohn Cartlege, J. C. Caldwell,J. A. Caldwell, Dr. William Dye,L. M. Ford, J. L. Ford. 11. T.Featherston, E. T. Gayden,Elisha Hall, Sam Kilgo, R. F.Kilgo, T. J. Lumpkin, F. A.Lumpkin, J. B. Montgomery, Dr.11. C. Montgomery, C. McClena-han, Dr. John Mobley, R. S.Nichols Thomas Robertson, William Robertson, James Robert-son, Frank Robertson, W. T.Scott, Walter Scott, Ben Scott,W. S. Sibley, Wm. Ste. enson,J. A. Stewart, Nicholas Wilson,Green Wilson, and Wash Wilson.Those who lost their lives in
thIs war were, James Aldridge,James Bailey, John Cartlege, Dr.William Dye, Thomas Nichols,Thos. Robertson, WVm. Robertson,James Robertson, Ben Scott, and'Nicholas Wilson.
(To be continued.)
A LETTER FROM ARKANSAS.
hr. Feaster Write, .o @ Former
Frierds in Fairfield.
In response to a subscriptionstatement recently sent to Mr.D. R. Feaster, of Princeton, Ark.,ha writes the following letter
-which, i1 be read with muchinterest by W. former friends in
Fairtield."De ir News and iserald, Ves,
dear News and Herald! You aredoubly, yea trebly dear to mefrom nearly one-half a century'sclose companionship. Forty-nineyears ago to-day I was marriedlathe city of Columbia, S. C., tomy fic wife and began buildinga home i~a dear old Fairfieldcounty. A home piphput the
county paper was not to be C-.Lisidered. So we subscribed foryui, dear old News and Herald,ad a .have been closely alliedever s~ina that time. Yourweekly visits a-;~ gways been
-eagerly anticipated and waIta~}withvvry great pleasure fromevery member of the family. Ithnk that E. H. Britton was thenditor; if not he, it was a longgagl~Ug spectacled fellow by thean or sis;r or Stuart. Then
I think Fran~k (Gaillar'd; rzay beWood Davidson. They case inLIthe order I ha re them, I thik.During the four' years of the warI do not know who was editor.
- ill some old citiz:en give a comn-pl .Qga correct list of the edi-
Stors? or~wiii ;m .do it for me?I would be so pleasca ac ,zt sneha ist. I think after the war iiWilliams was owner and may beet.r. 1 know that we werewarm frieds iersonally. At thattime I becaihe ag;;n~ainted wvithnhis brother, Jack \Viia;;, ereat big overgrown boyish youthofabout j.7 and 18 years, with-inipent manhoo~d and goodnatre cropping ou~ in overymoement and the love o f inand good fellowship bubb!!a±g outnd runing over every time he*spoke to and looked at you withtoe maniy-speaing eyes~cf his.
SrJacek was not editor, he
wa n eauiy Ta .Uws and Heraldn his own personi. /t.:r Wil-lam, John S. IRevnolds carue
~net I thiuk; then Me'ans Davis,s(Godbless him:
ha~) ve b'en away 1; years
s2(J) 1.1um y s1abeer] ptionI. Sho0u.*ailbehindl at any. time, do 1;)
us to have to do without thpaper. 'So let her come.'"I have not the honor of know
ing you personally, but I admiryour manly course and the stanyou ever take for what you thinis right, and for the material advancement and growth of deaolid Winnsboro and dear ol<Fairfield. You are a manly mai
and, whether you prize it or carfor it, you have the good wisheand the hearty well done ofman who was reared in the deaold county and who is now livin,on borrowed time.
"I am now 72 years old.wish to send greetings to my okfriends of every degree ard sta.tion of life there. While [ havipassed out of the lives and ever
the memories of some I knovthere are a few (I will say many'that will pleasantly and lovinglremember me as I was in th<days of yore, or 'Auld LangSyne.' Though beset with man'sins of commission and omissionI know there are some that- knemme and appreciated me for whaiI was really worth. Ah well, ]will stop this for fear that yorand they will think me an egotis.tical old dotard."Witb your permission I will
now tell of oarselves. We havea comfortable, pleasant homehere in Princeton, the county sealof Dallas county. We have a
!od farm one-half mile east oltown. The people are as good,kind and hospitable as any peo-ple could be. We have threec1urches, a steam-mill and gin,two daily mails, and two tri-weekly papers. Our children are
nearly all grown. The baby, ourArkansas girl, is 16, or will betis ear. Four of our childrenare teachers, holding first grade.ertigcates. This you know is a
great satisiaAtica to ;s. We ave
e.ighteen that grew to manhoodand womanhood. Our oldestdied three years ago, leaving ninecuildren. Two of my childrenare yet living in Fairfield county.
"If you have the courage andba dihood to publish this hastilysTribbled scrawl, it may givepleasure to some one and recallpleasant meMories to some citi.zens of my dear old native State
ptnty. Now with a hearty'God sp36d' to pu, 4egr Newsand Herald, and invoking Cod'schoicest blessings on each andevery one of my old friends andacquaintances, I am yours forGod and our native land,
"D. R. Feaster."Princeton, March 18, 1905."
hi~ of he News and Herald.
IIn response to our Arkzansaasubscriber, whose words of com-mendation are highly appreciated,we herewith give a. list of theeditors of The News and Herald,as we find them in the boundvolumes from February 16, 1865,o the present date.
from the former d~tg tq .peo. g,1805. In the issie of Lhe lattejdte appears this' notice; "'Thisoflice with the press and appur-tenances was sold yesterday underorde; pf tap go missioner 0fequity at public oarary gn -apurchased by H. A, Gaillard.
Inhe.isueof Dec. 7, 1865,
Gaillard as editor and the an-noncement of Gaillard & Des-Potes as proprietors. May 24,18W; this poipgppprsin pys in-creased by th e addienj W. 4.Wiiams~to the frir under thaname of Gaillard, DesPortes &Co. Dec. 10, 1806, H. A. Gail-lard retired from the editorialtipod and was succeeded byp. g. gCreight, who continueda editog unjl'. gast ].4, 1446 (twhi'di time he retired onacopof failing health. In the follow-ing issue was begun the publica.tion of Mr. McCreight's historyof t;.e Mclnt Zion Society. Therewee 2E di th.ese prl~cm Whigh.now have great' hietbrical y'agand Svh ve hope to repblishat gIadry date.Sepetmber 4. Nii7; the pib~
lhers announced that Ma'j. W,W. Herbert would assume edi-toil control of the paper, butjut tw o weeks later, Sept. 18,1867, the Major announced hiswithra" al from the paper. Oct.3O Cat. (Taiilrd disposed ofhs 'ibteiest 'in tima pappg, Tbginm then became DesPortesWi lliams~ under which name iico tinued until April 19, 1873when Mr. DesPortes sold hih.ett the late Prof. Rt
to the 20th of November, 1872t~e namte of the editor is noiimes. On the lttecr date T
aeditorial work without makingthe usual sal'tatory and con.
- tinnied therein until April 163 1873, when the late Prof. Meanm1 Davis became editor. Jan. 5,1876,K Prof. Davis, who had accepted a- position on the Charleston Newsr and Courier, was succeeded byI John S. Reynolds as editor. lni the issue of Oct. 3, 1877, Prof.
Da-.is' name again appears as
3 editor and John S. Reynolds as
L associate editor, which relationcontinued until Ja-2. 30, 1883,the paper then passing into thehands of John S. Rynolds and
[ C. A. Douglass. This copartner-ship continued until Ian. 7, 1885,.when the latter was slucceeded by)W. L. McDonald. Mr. Reynoldswas succeeded by the late E. B.Ragsdale January 5, 1887. Thecopartnership between Ragsiale&; McDonald continued untilJanuary 14, 1888, at w.aichtime P. M. Brice and Jas. Q.Davis assumed entire control ofthe paper, the former as ed.itorand the latter as busi.ness mana-
ger. Sept. 2, 1889, W. D. Doug-lass succeeded Mr. Brice as
editor, Mr. Davis continuing hisbusiness connection. This co-
partnership continued until Jan.1898, when Mr. Davis leased hisinterest in the paper to "(ackWilliadis," the paper being con-
ducted under the frm name ofDouglass & Williams.
Jan. 1, 1901, the present editortook charge of the paper in con-nection with Mr. Davis uniderthie firm name of the WinnsboroPrinting Co. This copartner-ship continued until Jan. 1, 1903,when Mr. Davis withdrew, thefirm name being cuntinued.Since that time he has been incharge of both the editorial andbusiness departments of thepaper, the only one in this periodof forty years who has enjoyedthis distinhiQ, if sich i be,We should be very glad indsed
to supplement the above factswith any additional informationin regard to those who have beeneditors of this paper at any time,especially previous j8tov 1865. Wewould be glad also to have in-formation as to the time whenthe News and Herald was firstestablished. On the front pagefor the past several years itappears that it was establishpgin 1841, ht if so 4of $hs 'quggvolumes the date o establishnentis given as in 1846, and also in1848. One bound 7olume con-
tains both dates. This givesthe paper too many birthdays.Resolution on Death of Brother U. L1.
Rosboroughl.
Lnaarawh~t as in has pleasedAlmighty God, in his wise provi-dence, to take from our midsta worthy and beloved Knight,and as we feel keenly our irrepara-ble loss, and, furthermore, wish-ing' to express our appreciationof his character and work; there-fore be it resolved by Ridgeway
First.' That in thne death ofour brother* G. L. 'hosborough,our Lodge has ]ost an earnest,active member, and our order aprup friepji p wpytiy hythr
oonigt. That 'ie 'bow withsi- -.i.ission to the wvill of God,knowing that His will must bedone.Third. That we cherish the
memory of our brother, and thata page in our Record Book be
*Foui-h, That a copy of theseresolutions, as an expression of
sympathy, be sent to his bereav--e faiy, and also a copy toteWinnsboro News and Herald
for publication.Cpo Wlite,
Committee.Ridgeway, S. C. March 21, '05.
lie Kept up in the Race.amps 4. B4aryop, B qre
Iianchester Ottan ils, ljoeIl~1l, S. 0., writes;f'Jn J883 I painted my residence
with L. & M. It looks betterthan a great many houses paintedthre, years ago."Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for
linseed oil, which you do inready-to-use paint.Buy oil fretk fret the harrs1
at qu'eenig ,r galign, ad4 gii itwith Longman ~& Mixtinez L. &M. Paint.I makes paint cost4 about $1 20
per gallon.Wears and covers like gold.ivery chgrah given a liheral
quatity when bought from Mc-Master Co,, Winnsboro; C. P.Wray & Co., Ridgeway; Kenned'Me. and anking Co..,Blackstock.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS CONVENTION
Winn Lodge the Banner Lodge of theState--The Banquet a Brilliant Suc-cess--L. T. Baker Elected District
Deputy Grand Chancellor.
The convention of the SixthDistrict Knights of Pythias washeld with Winn Lodge 108 April4-5.Tuesday evening the Knights
and their invited guests assem-bled at the court house. Theaddress of welcome on behalf ofthe town of Winnsboro was madeby Mayor T. H. Ketchin and thaton behalf of Winn Lodge bySupt. L. T. Baker of Mt. Zioninstitute. Both were most happyin their words of welcome. Theinvited speaker was Hon. M. L.Smith, the speaker of the houseof representatives. Mr. Smithtook for his subject "Pythianism,"which he handled in such a mas-terfal way as to make every manin the audience who was a Knightproud of his knighthood, everyman who was not a Knight ambi-tious for knightly honors, andevery woman, of whom there wasa number present, more appre-c:iative of that spirit of knight-hood, personified in this fraternalorder, which now stands seondonly to Masonry in tho numberof membera in the United States.Mr. Smith is a happy speaker,possesing a magnetic personality,a pleasing voice, a fine flow ofpure and simple English, andan easy and attractive manner.He fully sustained himself onthis occasion as being one of thebrightest speakers in the State.The sessions Wednesday were
held in the Castle Hall of WinnLodge, which was fragrant withbeautiful flowers placed there byMrs. Rion, to whom the Knightsare indebted for this and similarfavols at various times.The convention was presided
over by Mr. Max Bryant of RockHill, thedeputy grand chancellorof the sixth district. In the ab-sence of Dr. J. H. Boldridge ofLancaster "The Social Featuresof Pythianism" was discussed byMr. Lyles, the past grand chan-cellor of North Carelina. Theother subjects were discussed bythe speakers who had been #A-sianed,
Jqllgfing delegates were
present:Rock Hill-H. S. Diehl, JohnWood, W. A. Fewell.Kershaw-J. W. Hamel.Chester-J. W. Means.Fort Mill-T. B. Spratt, S. W.
Parks, J. H. McMurray.
Among 'the honored guest'swere: Governor D. C. Heyward,J. A. Summersett, grand chancel-lor of South Carolina; Dr. J. H.Thornwell,grand keeper of recordsand seals; Maj. L. S. Mattison ofColumbia, C. ID. Browne of Abbe-ville.
igpga inivitatiqu of 4ethbone1pgdge g, Chiester was selectedas t~ie meeting place of the nextdistrict convention, which will beheld in November.Wednesday evening after three
pages were elevatd in the ranab; Esquipe, all retired to thearmorv.This banqueting hail had been
most tastefully decorated in thePythian colors and with manybeautiful flowers. The tableswere already laden with~the in
bppy prepped for this occasion:MENU.
Oysters on1 Half ShellTurkey Cranberry Sauce
Ham Roast PorkFried Oysters
Chicken Salad Potato SaladCelery Lettuce e: E
Nuts Rins FruitPistachio Cream Pineapple Gelatine
Fancy CakesCoffee Whipped Cr<-am
The beautiful decorating the
prprdfeast, and the admiraleservice all reflected the greatestcredit upon Mrs. Refo, the well-known and charming hostess ofthe Winnsboro hotel who won theadmiration and appreciation ofthe Knights and their invitedguests as their hostess on thisoccas]on.W. W. Dios IEsq., acted as
igs-ater, being most fehi--~togis in the'introduction of the
(Continued on page 8.)
ToCuTae Laxative Brom.-en.m..a nat2
LAND!STILL L
IN GETTING THE GREBARGAINS FOR H
In Men's and Imaking a showing that it Aall to see before buying.Shoes are still a s:
stock of these and save moi
THIS X2I am making a special r
Embroideries, etc., that wermake it so that I have th<goods.
L.HOUSE CImade far easier b3
Reservoir Duswhich sweeps the floor cleaneithan an orlinary broom. - Fiand matting. The very thingthe ceiling. Will outlast a hawill convince you.Good Feather Dusters at
White-wash Brushes for
. TILL.ELLINGi
1eeause TheySatisfa<
Those who. buy them <them. This is proof ofgive both wear and com
BLACK'CAT HOSIER3comfort.
A complete stock of Mlfigures. See these at oi
Our line of DRESS Gthe ladies. They are usame.
A number of SUMMIspecial prices.
Timely .
We are Headi
Call in and examine our sto<
Dressers and Centre TablesDressers at actual cost to clNow is the time to get yourTry one of our Felt MattresWe have a complete line
Stoves. All guaranteed to
We have in stock also a
Lounges,Our UNDERTAKING
complete. All calls promp
SR. W. PH I
re a Cold inOn110~qinine Tablets.
.EADS
ATEST NUMBER OF
IS CUSTOMERS,
Boys' Suits I amill be to 'the interest of
ecialty with me. See myiey.
VEEKun on a big lot of Laces,e bought at prices that
: inside track on these
Landecker.4EANINGthe use of the
tiess Broom,and with far more easene for sweeping carpetsfor cleaning the walls andIf dozen brooms. A trial
25.cents and 40 cents.
the spring white-washing.SEIGLER.
ELZ%)IOES.
GIve the Best
:tion.
nce continue to buythe pudding. Theyfort.
ralso stands for foot
EN'S SUITS at closeice.
O0DS will interestrged to inspect the
3R LAP ROBES at
V. DOTY.
Topics.)uarters for
radie FarituNk of Iron Beds, Suites,
.We have six Chevalear our stock.Summer Cots.ses-tne best in town.
of Little Dandy Cook
give satisfaction.
complete line of Bed
DEPARTMENT is
tly attendei to.
LLIPS.
Day Tw Dy
