The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-08-02

' 'iS" Het me'cnautS, soilu Wnoic
soulod, persevering, practical men, who
by the "sweat of their brow labored
to build up thoir trade in the place
The most prominent among these were
Sylvester Beach, Sanders Glover,
William Pooser, John Tyler and Billy
Murrow.' Their stores were mostly
after the order of little cou ntry stores
in general, ry-goods, groceries, field
implements, country produce, frnits OF
tic town and Of the garden placed pro.
miscuously together with more regard
to their effect in attracting custom, than
to ncatness and order. Then too there
in the doorway stood the proprietor him
himself, with coat off and shirt sleeve
rolled up, ready to siyual out his friends
coming in from the country around
and ever on the alert to strike 700
bargain
One OF the most thorough 70 ahead
wide awake of these business men WAS
Sylvester Beach. a few years before be
had come from New England, aud halt
ins at last in the little Village of
oranscburs, thcro started out as Il
pcddler Of t'inkcts, clocks and other
wares: lie had a queer, old fashioned
carryall, with an ancient, solemn, faced
horse attached, and with these. in all
kinds Of weather, he might be seen
dfi1;'is ovoT The country round about
bargaining for the sale Of his wares.
lie was sharp, quick wi;tcd. pcrsevcrins,
ready to drive n trudc, and as may be
supposed, succeeded well. A few wears
OF hard work, and Industry, scli-dcnial,
and SYLVESTER had saved enough TO start
out in the store-keepins business. Pur
chasing ''sood look -out" in one corner
ct QranScburg, he settled down as a
resident mcrchaut. Here his rcmnrka
bic business tact did not desert him, and
us The years rolled on he soon came to
be recngnz :! as enc Of the wcalthicst {
aud most influential men in the place
vt all hours Of the day the gentleman
'y, and :oblising proprietor mi aht nc
iouud al his sturc, ready to wait urou
nis customers, among whom hc wae a
-rcat favor:te. M
Of Sanders Glover, the gvninI whole.
souled, jovial gentleman, when eve,
body knew hut to like, any one living
in Orangcbur;! i'll those days can tell.
Saudcrs WAS full OF his jokes, aud not
only ever ready TO have them at other
'v'As' expense, but b'ro it 1ntc a'niaby
aud good hsmeycdiy when "thc tables
were turned" upon himself. Uuc os
the most p,onincnt traits Of .Lis churac
ter VAS his h;.bis of snoring. JUDGED
sonic hcd gone so far IS to asscr, that
he was he greatest snurcr in the place,
anu Il wind mill was nothing To be cum.
pared With him. Numerous werc the
jokes Mt Lis expense that this gave rise
TO. Ore Of these we remember to have
heard. BY Some chance u number of
the glass III the windows Of his sleeping
apartment became cracked, which some
wagsish young fellows observing, went
and reported IL over sbe Village lha; San.
ders. snoring had developed itself to
such an alarming extent ny to sharter
the glass in his windows. This, San.
ders hearing, he rec ivcd it with the
utmost sang .fio'd, declaring that if he
cracked the glass lie guessed lie could buy
more, aud weut ou sparns as hard as
ever
-,,--Just--ea-thc cornSr Bhrrc Mr.. ITar-
h'y's:store is now, there stood one Kept
hy billy Murruw." Likc Sanders
G lover, BILLY too, was hole suulcl,
genial man, brave, iRapulsivc and gcncr
Gus to II fault. "None krcw hiss h,.s
TO love him, none named lrim bu, 20
praise" No 'ia.sc balaucc" was ever
- 1T out By his hand indeed he would
sooner have robbed himself before
dealing unjustly with another. He was
BILLY Murrow" to everybody. Evea
the little children, from hearing their
fathers repeat the name SO often, had
grown familiar with it. No one scarce
ly evGy Thought Of mistering him "Mr.
, " arrow wus sound his ear had not
grown accustomed TO-.
The principal products of Ofangeb urg
in those dhy was butter, chickens and
eggs. These would be brought into
murke ct In otiecr. lopkipr littIo. veb;oIoJ