The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-08-14

indications that, either the owners O, the
freedmen employed, or both. were Of ,be
Red String persuasion, and vice persa =
We do not pretend TO account f,r this
striking affinity between Rsa Sringism
and that formidable enemy OF Ceres,
known as General Green, bu, simply state
the fact
About fourteen miles this side of fWades
horo' is little Village. known by the name
Of Whites Store. Il contains several
dwellings, two or three Stores and a work
shop. In that neighhorhood, aud from
thence TO Wadesboro'. the many hand
some dwellings and large plantations at
tached afford evidence Of the wealth for
which Ansou County WAS formerly cele.
brated.
On the afternoon Of the 3lst. we reach
ed Walesboro'. The latter is y town,
perhaps little larger than Lancaster,
built upon an elevated site, with a gentle
declivity on every side. The Court IIouse
ia handsome structure, built short
time before the war. 1t has an Episco
pal, Methodist and a Bisptist Church.
The Methodist persuasion largely pre-
dominates in that and adj.cen, sections
1t has printing office. from which is issu.
ed the Wadesboro' Argus.a verv respec,a
h'e weekly, edited by Mr.. FRANK DARLEY
Many Of its private residences. in town
and suburbs, are handsome establish men,s.
Its people are. ho.pitable beyond compari.
son. For refinement and intelligence they
are not exceled. Thers is an elevated
sentiment and Southern polish among
them that is truly refreshing in these days
| Of ankeeized manners. institutions and
feelings. Their social and bosptahle
qualities will not soon he forgotten nv the
attendants OF the District Conference.
The day after our arrival a, Wad-shoro'
(Thnrsdav) hal been appointed hy the
Red Strings for grand mass maetinc at
that place. II WAS q vast assemblage Of
people, principally coIored. A large U.
). Flag was stretched across the street.
opposite the Court House, and under il
this immense tbrong Of black. marched
and countermarched, yelling and cheering
until the welkin rang with their melndl
ons outhursts Of patriotic sen,iment.-
They were then conducted 10 a grove, a
few hundred yards distant, to hear a
speech from General ALFRED DocKeRy
Wishing to learn more Of this app ren,Iv
formidable association, we repaired TO the
stand rs soon AS the crowd had suhsid.d
sufficiently 10 enable Us TO approach il
and, to our good fortune. AS we came M.
the General was di'ainr upon TIE verv
point upon which We desired information
lie sald that it WAS perfectly imrna,-r,aI
a. To The color OF the strings, whether red.
black, white or yellow that there was no
virtue in color. but the gis Of tie thing
lay in the fact that they were Union men.
and were working for the restnratina Of
the ULion. His speech was TRADE
against the original srcessi"nists aid a
panderlng to the passions and 2r-iuhices
"f the blacks and ignorant whites We
did not hear him through. nor III. speech
Of Mr. COLEMAN Who succeeded him
and whose remarks, we le.rned. were in.
,ense'y radical. All Of tile people in
North Carolina, so far AS we observed.
are now Union men. but they are no,
Red Strings. The white element 10 the
society is neither large nor Influential -
We heard that some Of .he negroes we're
disgnsied with the demonstration on hat
day because il was not counfenanced be
the class Of white, whom they had been
accustomed to look up to. hut only bv
the poor buckra" We believe, however,
that number Of honest and well disposed
whites have been seduced into iSA order,
under the vain delu.ion that IL will he the
means Of saving their lands from eonfscs
ton.
We left Wsdesboro on Monday The 5rh
OF August quite 10th to leave its mupii
cent entertainment and captivating social
circles Our party selected differrn,
route homeward, coming via Ansonville
4 4
above Wadesb bo'o and three miles West
OF the Pee Dee river. II 10 a place of
about fifteen years growth; contains, per,
haps. about twenty dwellings. nearly all
Of which are handsome edifices and oc.
cupied by persons Who have large plant
ing interests contiguous II contain. sev
eral stores and business shops; but i's
most attractive feature (asids from its