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THE CAMESVILL t
ESTABLISHED 1875.
Children’s Corner,
BRIGHT BITS OF CEOR
CIA HISTORY,
Distinguished Men of
Our Commonwealth
HINTS FOR OUR YOUTHFUL
READERS.
“t love thee n»xt to lunven above-
Land of my fathers ! thee I love !
And r>il thy slanderers as they will,
With ail thy faults, I loro thee still.”
Probably no man has ever been
reared on Georgia soil, who could ut¬
ter the above words with more sin¬
cerity than the ono whose life is
sketched below. And is such pa¬
triotism dying out in the risin ; gen¬
eration. ? Have the boys of Georgia,
the boys of Franklin, forgotten to
love the hills and valleys of native
land—Georgia’s past and future, and
the grand men and women who h we
made her history ? The marked
emigration of the younger men of
this section of the state, to the west,
during the past few years seems to
indicate that patriotism is being su¬
perceded by a love of gold.
1 wouldn’t forsake Georgia for all
the glaring inducements of the west.
I would thank heaven that 1
claimed as my native laud a state
that has mothered so many great
men, that was first in tho Union to
opon her doors to higher education
for women, that has risen so glori¬
ous and prosperous from the ravages
of war, that occupies the proud
place of “Empire State of the South’,
and I wouldn’t resign hor interests
to alien hands.
Don’t leave the south, boys.
The fair land that stretches from
the Potomac to the Rio Grande is
destined to bo the richest country on
the globe.
GEORGE M. TROUP*
Was born in September 1780, at
McIntosh Bluff, on the Tombigbee,
nwhiA was then the| territory of
Georgia, now Alabama.
He graduated with distinction
from Princeton Coliege and return¬
ing to Savannah commenced the
study of law. In 1800 he declined
an invitation to represent the repub¬
licans of Chatham county in the
because of h’.s minority.
He represented his county in the
legislature in 1801, 2 and3. He was
elected to congress in 1806 where
bo remained until 1815, wli«n ho re¬
tired to private life. He was distin¬
guished for opposition to tho com-
promise made by the fedeial legisla¬
ture with the Yazoo speculators.
GeorgeM. Troup was a scrupu-
lously honorable man. No man has
ever occupied the executive chair of
Georgia who entertained higher
ideas of honor. Such a man was
one to command respect, and wield
mighty influence in the affairs of
slate. Ills whole heart was given to
hia beloved Georgia, All the ener-
gies of his clear, logical forcible mind
were expended in the interests of
his state. The remarkable devotion
•of a life-time and the distinguished
services rendered his people, have
placed his name high in the annals
o{ Georgia. He was truly called the
‘•Apo^ tle of State EightV’ the cham¬
pion of - stale Sovereignty.”
lie serv^ his people two terms
in the United State* Senate, Laving
elected in though much
his wishe d over Hr Bibb, a
distinguished Georg* an * I 11 he
was maJe Governor of Georgia.
Tho legislature of 1823 r^gnirecl the
Governor elect “to use his ^xertiem
to obtain from the United Slat Ts the
of Indian title to
all our remaining territory.” Gov-
Troup oh mined from the gov-!
commissions for two dis-
Georgians to treat with
the CreCk Indians.
The famous Lafayette visited
America during Gov. Troup a ad*
ministration. In 1S25, on the Ihufi
*of Savannah, Gov. Troup welcomed
the distinguished guest to Georgia i»
the following words:
“Welcome Lafayette ! General,
,tis little more than ninety years
since the founder of thi§ state first
*et£foot upon the ground upou
which you now stand. Now, four
buedreifthousand people open their
F RAN KLIN COUNTY, 6A., WEDNESDAY, FEB, ii, 1891.
i arms to receive you. Thanks to a
kind Providence, it called you to the
standard of independence in the
helplessness of our revolution. It
has preserved you, that in your lat¬
ter days the glory of a great empire
might he reflected back upon you,
amid the acclamation of millions.
Thc-scenes which are to come will
be for you comparatively trauquil
and placid. Thsre will he no more
more of dungeons, no more f# 3 rs of
tyrants. Oh sir, what a consola¬
tion for a man who has passed
through sea3 of trouble, that the
miliums of bayonets which guard
tne blessings we enjoy, stand be¬
tween you and them. But enough.
Welcome, General ! Thrice wel¬
come to the btate of Georgia.”
Governor Troup retired from the
Chief Magistracy of Georgia in 1827
and was re-elected to the United
estates Senate in 1828. Ill health
caused him to accept this last
trust of bis people with great re¬
luctance, and the same cause led to
his resignation in 1834. In 1833
being under tho impression that
the lights of his state were imper¬
illed, he declared that “he would have
been carried on his death-bed to
the Capitol, rather than not have
given hi* vote against the Force
Bill.”
The zeal with which Goorg e M
Troup guarded the rights of his
state, has placed hi* name on an
enduring niche in the history of,
Georgia, and forover linked it with:
all that Georgia holds most sacred, '
ARCH DUKE, JOHN OF TUS¬
CANY IN HIDING.
Archduke John wanted to travel and
bo eonuthiiig like a common man and
called himself John Orth, and John Orth
eooa bcca.ce known to the world as an
eccentric nobleman and was recieved
everywhere with marked attention- He
Las probably changed bis name, and has
disappeared completely. This U what
the Fall Mall Gszetts saye cf bim.
‘ John Orth” And his Mother.
The grand Duchess ofjTuscany has not
gone into mourning lor her missing son
“John Orlh.” or Archduke Jcdm and at
the Austrian court there is a suspicion
that this eccentric prince is merely in
hiding. He did not secure to himself all
the obscurity he wished when he assum¬
ed the same of John Orth, for by
name he was known to the whole world
and everybody persisted la treating im
like an archduke traveling incognito.
John Orth’s mends say ihut this worried
him considerably, and they think it
bifeh'y probable that be Iris now assum¬
ed another name and is living in A uth
America. 8ombsa!so think that liio
mother is awaie of this and has ccmmu
ideated the ta«t privately to ihe emperor
but that the secret will be kept so far as
the public is* concerned.—Fall Mall
Gazette.
MERIT WINS.
We desire to say to our citizens,
thrd for years we have been selling
Dr. King’s New Discovery for Con¬
sumption, Dr. Kings New Life Fills,
Buclden’s Arnica Salve and Elec¬
tric Bitters, and have never handled
remedies that sell as well, or that
have given such universal satisfac -
lion. We do not hesitate to guaran¬
tee them every time, and eland resd-
r to refund the purchase price if sat¬
isfactory results do not follow their
use. These remedies Lave won
their great popularity purely on
their merits, H. M. Freeman, drug-
HAPPY IIOOS1KRS.
Wm Timmons, Postmaster of Ida^
viile, Ind., writes: Electric Bitters
has d *ne more Ur me than ail other
medicines combined, for that bad
feeling arising from Liver and Kid-
uev trouble.” John Leslie, farmer
and stockman, of same place, writes:
Find Electric Bitters to be the best
Kidney aud Liver medicine, made
me feel like a now manT J. W.
Gardner, hardware merchant, same
town, says: Electric Bitters is just
the thing for a man who is ah ran
down and don’t care whether he lives
or dies; he found nc-w strength, good
appetite and feels just like he had a
new lease on life. Only 50cts a bot¬
tle at H. M. Freeman’s drug store.
CATHOLICITY
AS IT IS KNOWN IN
NORTH GEORGIA*
A FEW ERRORS BRIEFLY
TOLD.
It has been asserted that the Cath¬
olic church is the enemy of civil and
religious liberty.
No student of history has ever
made this charge, without the full
consciousness that he is violating
the commandment which says, “Thou
shalt not bear false witness against
thy neighbor.” History will bear
me out m the assertion that eivil and
rehgiou* liberty has never had a more
zealous defender than the Roman
Catholic church. I have uot forgot¬
ten the Spanish Inquisition—the kill¬
ing of Bruno—the outrages against
Galileo, etc. etc., and will speak o|J
that later on. Whenever there have
been encro*chments upon the sacred
rights of men, cither civii or religious,
by professed believers in the Catho¬
lic faith, it has been In direct viola¬
tion of the te ichicgs of the church.
The church has always taught that
there can be no reconciliation between
coercion and conversion; that man
must voluntarily return to the grace
from which he voluntarily fell. In
every conflict between church and
the church has battled for con¬
and justice against arbitrary
and despotic lulers. It has held it a
sacred duty to guard, as much as lay
within its power, the inalienable
rights of men. Listen to the last
words ol Pope Gregory VII.,
driven into exile because he opposed
the arbitrary measures of Henry IV.
Emperor of Germany: “I have loved
■justice and hated iniquity, therefor.-
I die in exile.”
What church has suffered more for
epascience’ sake than the Catholic ?
Can we ever forget the horrors of
three hundred years of persecution,
when blood was poured out like wa¬
ter for the sake of conscience ? The
cruelties inflicted upon Catholics,
commencing with Nero in the G4th
year after Christ, when Rome was
mistress ot the greater part of the
world, and ending with Diocletian
m 313 A. D., have no parallel in his¬
tory.
There are numberless histor¬
ical events that corroborate the as¬
sertion that the Roman church has
always defended religious liberty, we
only have space for a few.
The Spanish have been handed
down to history as intolerant and
fanatical beyond all other people.
The fourth council of Toledo, com¬
posed of all the Bishops of Spain,
and assembled at a time when the
the church had almost unlimited
sway, said that no one should be
compelled against his will to make a
profession of religious faith.
An old manual of church historv
says of St. Augustine, who baptized
Ethelbert, King of England,—Ethel-
bert became most zealous zealous for
the spread of the gospel, and St. Au¬
gustine was obliged to curb his im¬
petuosity, by reminding him that
the service of the Lord must fre* and
un const! ained.
Michael, King of the Bulgarians,
was warned by Pope Nicholas I.,
against using coercion in the aonver-
sion of idolaters*
Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambry,
in a letter to the son of King James
II. 'ofEngland, shows the spirit of
the church when he says: “Above all
nevei for e your subjects t* change
their religion, no human power can
re: c » the impenetrable recesses of
the 'ree will of the heart. Violence
can never perguade men; it serves
omy to roaka hypocrites. Grant civ¬
il liberty to all. not in approving ev¬
erything as indifferent, but in tolera¬
ting w llh patience whatever Aimight
y God tolerates, and endeavoring to
convert men by mild persuasion.”
The church has held to such doe-
t\ ines m every age and country.
But let ns come to a later day and
nearer home, and see ii the Roman
church has been the enemy of civil
liberty. Every school boy knows
why Runnymede will be forever hal¬
lowed ground, and 1215 a memora¬
ble year. On the plains of Eunny-
mede in 12 J 5, King John signed the
famous Magna Charter, the founda¬
tion of constitutional government,
civil liberty. Some of our readers
aay not know that the Magna Char¬
ter was framed by Archbiehop Lang-
ton of Canterbury and the Catholic
Barons of England, and that they
compelled King John to sign it.
What part has the Catholic ohurch
played in the history of our own new
world—the land of the free and brave.
Of the tbirteea original American
colonies, Maryland was the only one
that was settled by-Catholics Ban¬
croft, the historian, and a protestant
clergyman, speaking of the settle¬
ment of Maryland by.the Catholics,
says: 'fbe Catholics
little took quiet possession of the
place, and religious liberty obtained a
home, its only home in the wide world, at the
humble village which bore tlie name of St. Mary’s
The foundation of the colony of Maryland was
peacefully and happily laid, Within six months
it had advanced more than Virginia had done
in as many years, But far more memorable
was the character of Maryland institutions, Ev¬
ery other colony in the world had persecuting
laws; but through the benign administration of
the government of that province, no person pro¬
fessing to believe in Jesus Chrirt was permitted
to bo molested on account of religion, Umiej
the munificence and superintending mildness of
Lord Baltimore, a dreary wilderness was soon
swarming with life and activity of prosperous
settlements; the Roman Catholics who were op¬
pressed by tho laws of England were sure to
find a peaceful settlements in the quiet harbors
of the Chesapeake; and there, too, Protestants
were sheltered against Protoetant intolerance.
Such were the beautiful auspices under which
Maryland started into being.,
The colonists enjoyed freedom of conscience,
not less than freedom of person and estate, as
amply as ever any people ip. any place of the
world. The disfranchised friends of Prelacy
from Massachusetts and the Puritans from Vir¬
ginia were welcomed to equal liberty of con-
science and political rights In the Roman Cath¬
ode province of Maryland.,
Did the Catholic church nurture
antagonists to civil liberty during
the struggle for American Independ¬
ence ? No.
Who will ever forget Charles Car-
roll, of Carrollton, eigner of the Dec¬
laration of Independence, Lafayette,
Koskiusco, Pulaski and countless oth¬
er brave Catholie patriots who labor¬
ed so gloriously in the cause of
American independence ?
We ail remember the generous
words addressed by Georgo^Yash-
ingtoir, to American CatholioC»hort-
iy after victory had twined her gar¬
lands about the banners of Fran c e
aud America: “I presume your fel¬
low-citizens will not forget the pa¬
triotic part which you took in the
accomplishment of their revolution,
and the establishment of their gov-
emment; or the important assistance
they received from a nation in which
the Koman Catholic faith is profess¬
ed.”
History abounds with evidences
the fealty of the church of Rome
liberty in its broadest and
sense.
But despite all thi«, ignorance and
malice have he unded it down as the
church of civil and religious intoler¬
ance.
SPECIMEN CASES.
S. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis.,
was troubled with Neuralgia aDd
Rheumatism, his stomach was dis¬
ordered, his liver was affected to an
alarming degree, appetite fell away,
and he was terribly reduced m flesh
and strength. Three bottles of Elec¬
tric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, III.
had a running sore on his leg of
eight years standing. Used three
bottles of Electric Bitters and seven
boxes of Bncklen’s Arnica salve, and
leg is sound and welL John Speak-
Catawba, O., had five laige fever
sores on his leg, doctors said he was
incurable. One bottle Electric Bit¬
ters and one box Bucklen’e Arnica
Salve cured him entirely. Sold by
II. M. Freeman’s drug store.
When men undertake to do lin-
practicable and impossible things
and fail, they should not be deterred
from undertaking the practicable,
possible and useful.
Tbe outlook tor education in this
county is better than at any time
since the war. The schools are bet¬
ter attended and more interest is be¬
ing manifested. The County School
Commissioner’s report to the next
grand jury will be a surprise to many :
It will show an advancement m im¬
provement of baiidings, the erection
of new buildings, famishing school
houses, belt c-r scholarship in teachers,
better attendance, and in everything
of material benefit, that is unsurpass¬
ed by any county in the state.
isfori ii*
NAMES WHICH BELQNG TO
OUR COUNTY AND MAKE
ITS H1SRORY.
J • C, McConnell, •
Being desirous of giving a sketch
of the ont-going as well as the
incoming officers, I devote the
sketch for this week to J. C. Mc¬
Connell, former sheriff. J. C. Mc-
ConneH’R great gandfather and
grandmother on his fathers side
ware bath Iron the old country.
His ancestors on his mothers side
were Irish, all of these being among
the earliest settlers of Newbury
county S. C. His grand-father on
his mothers side was a school
teacher by profession, and never
followed any other business.
Thomas McConnell, the father of
the McConnells of this county was
bort in Newbury county S. C. 12tb
of June 1813, moved to Anderson
county [all district then] with his
parents when about 12 years old
and remaiued until his majority.
He began lile for himself as an
overseer, which business he followed
there for ieveral years. He mar¬
ried Frances C. Feton in Anderson
county S. C. moved to Ga. and over¬
seed for Ben Sloon three years,
then to this county to the place
where M. A. Herndon now* lives
and oveiseed for J. J. M. Bagwell
who owned lh§" place. Aftei
remaining there two years, he bought
and mov^il to the Hedrick Toney
place eight miies w*eet of Carnesville
where he died of fever on 15th day
of September 1864. While dying at
home, he was in the Confederate
service, being on leave of abgconee
at the time.
His widow Mrs. Francis C. Mc¬
Connell was born in Anderson S. C.
in the year 1821. She is a hale
woman lor her age and is living near
th«. old home place with A. D.
Stephenson who married her young¬
est
Mr. and Mrs. McConnell raised
children, five ot whom were boys
living in this county, the oldest
sight of the old homos tead and
rest in Carnesville.
J. C. McConnell the subject ol
s keth, was born on the Ben Sloan
place on Ttigalo river on the 29th
day of April 1849. He was too
young to enier the'army in the late
unpleasantness, but his father and
elder brother being in the service
and later, on the death of his
father, left upon his young shoulders
the heavy burden and responsibility
of looking after the iarrn and
the care of his mother and the large
family of younger children. He was
a sort of business man for the
neighborhood in those days, did
the milling and shopping for the
neighbors and hauled their, titles to
Carnesville. Hew*aa frequently seen
splashing about on the streets with
his big bare rusty splay feet and
conspicuous yellow freckles, when
hese on business tor the community,
la the fall 1865 he went to Texas
in a wagon, and remained two years
aDd rode home oa horseback. What
money he made in Texas was nearly
all spent, in sickness on the way home
in the Mississippi swamp, lie was
married to Miry A. Brawner,
daughter of Jefferson Brawner of
this coumty on Dec.
29th 1868. After his re-
turn from Texas be engaged in
fanxing with splendid success, hav¬
ing bought and paid for a splendid
farm in a few i*ears. His success as
a farmer was far above the average
but not equal to what almost any one
might attain. The explanation in
four words is, “He stuck to business’
There are plenty of farmers who
waste more time in one year than he
did in fifteen. A farmers life should
not be one of slavery, but if he succ¬
eeds he must stick to business like the
merchant, the book-keeper, tho rail¬
road man, the druggist, the telegraph
operator, and others. Suppose the
railroad president, the depot agents
the telegraph operator, book- 1 ***'*
VOLUME. XVI.------NO. 5.
merchant or engineer went off
neglected his business as often and
on as slight pretexts as the
does, how long would they hold
position.
Iu January 1885 he was elected
sheriff aud held the office continuously
until January 1891, a period of six
years. He moved to Carnesville a
short time before his election and
has lived here ever since. While he
has been interested m the mercantile
business for several years, he gavo
his whole time to the business of the
office, was always ready for business,
would start to the remotest part of
the county at sundow or at midnight
if asked to do so; to execute a paper.
Giving his whole time to offical duty
he was never behind, and hence be¬
come very popular as an officer. No
public officer of the county has bem
popular or recieved more general
approval. J. C. McConnell is a man
of good judgment and tireless energy
and wid succed where most men
would fail.
J. S. D.
SOMETHING SAD.
There is indeed something 3 ad in the
sight of a bright, intelligent looking
litile ten-year old daughter, thinly clau
in rags, though with the beautiful flash
of youth upon her cbeekt, leading a
staggering, drunken father of forty-five
with a crimsom flush on his face and a
brfl’Unt nose, not from youth, but
from—
Strong drink.
Every morning about 7 o’clock this
litile daughter can be seen going from
dive to dive along Og'othorpe street,
and at every door, with a sweet bat pi i*
ful voice, she cries:—•
‘ Is father he e?”
Finaly, she finds her father, if he can
be called such. She finds him in a
drunken stupor, and aftsr much trouble
al e succeeds in getting him aOuie.
Only a few years ago he was a reapeted
commercial man in tbia city in moderate
circumstances. He was earning for liis
little wife, who is a refined lady, and his I
children, a respectable living and had a
home as neat and cozy as there was in
the city.
What is he to-day?
A financial wreck, a physical wreck
and a moral wreck. He is from sun to
sun in the low dives of this oity, and is
really no more than a brute, and for a
year past he has not given his family the
least support, but has disgraced them in
a most shameful manner.
What was a home of happiness, with a
smiling mother and cheerful children
waiting in the evening for the return of
‘'father’’ from his work, is now a dark
room filled with half clothed mother and
children, who, had it not been for their
kind friends, would have starved long
ago.
It will be but a few years, possibly but
a few months, beiore this miserable
father will die the death of a drunkard
and beneath the sighing oaks of the
cemetery, with nothing but the breezes
end little birds to sing his reqoeim, be
will be laid to rest. A board will bo
placed over his grave bearing. “Born
died Nothing
more.
When looked upon by relatives, or
those who knew this man in <1*3 a gone
by, those simple words will biing Bor¬
row to their hearts, ar-d they will view
the grave and remark, “He was born a
good child, but died a drunkard— a dis¬
grace to hiraself, hie family and
country,”
Indeed, it is sad to think of this change,
and it was all brought about by strong
drink. Ex.
We have frequently suggested the
erection of iron bridges in this eoun-
ty. Notwithstanding all the hue' and
cry to the contrary, "would our people are
growing rich, and hardly miss
ne( j.
I. Hi TER FROM BOWERSVILLE.
Ed i toe Tribune —Allow me
space te say something about our
school. -•
We have the fiuest school, the best
teachers, the most refined and cult¬
ured society to be found in this sec¬
tion of the*state. These are not ex-
travegant assestions, if you don’t be¬
lieve me, come find teachers see usjand be always con¬
vinced* Our are
glad to welcome visitors.
A yankey visited this school not
esting long since, and among it other the inter¬ fin¬
things, he said was the
est school he had seen south of
Appalachian chain, and that he did
not expect to see anything like it till
he went north again;, that jhe wanted
to sell us some charts; the children
up north w*alk miles to see them.
Cosmopolite.
J < A VVflO Stf*UCk
| Billy Paterson”
A FAMOUS MYTH
William Palterson’s Will,
AN t TORESTING rOCUMENT,
Willism Patterson was a wealthy
citizen of Baltimore who, at the time
of his death, owned property in this
county and his will fs recorded here.
The original will bears date Aug.
20th 1827. The last codicil bears
date Feb. 6th 1835. Ho die 1 within
a weok after signing the list codicil*
The will reads as fol’ows;
“Preliminary introduction % t > will.
Wm Patterson.having lived beyond
the common period allotted to man,
being now in the seventy-fifth year
of my age, and having seen much of
the world, it may bo gratifying to
some, and useful to others of my
descendants to give them some ac¬
count of myself, as well as to notice
some cursory remark that has struck
me in the course of my life, aid I
have thhrefore thought it not incon¬
sistent or improper to commence this
my last Will and Testament with
the following sketch;
My family was of the Episcopal
church, the established religion ot
Ireland, In which I was born and
brought up with groat cars and at¬
tention, and from the religious im¬
pressions which I then received, I am
under the guidance of a divine and
kind providence, indebted for my fu¬
ture conduct and success in life. My
father was a farmer in the country,
with a large family; his name was
iVilliam^my mothers name was Eiiz
abeth./Her maiden name was P/o-
plosrj They w # rc both descended
from a mixture of English and
Scotch families, who had sett’cl in
Ireland after the eonqited of that
country.
I was born on the first of
her, old style/at the place called
Faust, in the county of Donegal, Ire¬
land, and wae sent by my family at
at the early age of fourteen years, to
Philadelphia, tor the purpose of be¬
ing bi ought up to the mercantile
pursuits, where I arrived in the
month of April 1766, and was placed
in the counting house of M. Samuel
Jackson, an Irish merchant, who was
pretty extensively concerned m the
shipping business, and who, in com¬
pany with aJSwUolf his friend s usual¬
ly built a new ship or vessel almost
every year. This gave pie an early
knowledge aud attachment to that
business, a passion that has followed
me through life* And although I
may be said to have been fortunate, I
would not advise my young friends
to engage in or follow the shipping
business withoct great eaution, and
in a limited degree to gain experience
without which it will .be impossible
succeed. Commerce in the ship*
line is one of the most danger*-
pursuits that he e»_
gaged in. I have known the trade of
this country for upwards of sixty
years, and I am puvsuadcd that in*
that time not one in fifty shipping
merchants have succeeded cither iu
New York, Philadelphia or Balti¬
more. This is a lamentab’e conclu¬
sion, but I belie ycj no less tine. I
became interested, in sea vessels in
Philadelphia as far back as 1873 & 4
aQ d have continued very largely in
^ic business ever since wifi varying
success.
I have lived and transacted^- atey
d iff e ren t g< ,v-
namely the British at
Philadelphia before the revolution,
the Dutch at St. Enstatia and the
French at Martinique, both in the
early paitof the revolution, and late¬
ly at Baltimore from the time of my
arnval in 1778 to the present time.
When the American revolution ccm-
mencad, in which I took great inler-
cs t, it appeared to me that the great¬
est difficulties tje should experience
was in tLe lack of powder and aims,
in consequence of the great precau¬
tion taken by the British to prevent
their being brought to this county
from other
(to be continued)
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