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

now, had her merchants, solid, whole.
soulod, perseveriug, practical men, rho,
by the "sweat of their brow" labored
to build up their trade in the place.
The most prominent among these were
Sylvester Beach, Sanders Glover,
William Poser, John Tyler and Billy
Murrow.' Their stores were mostly
after the order of little country stores
in general, dry-goods, groceries, field
implements, country produce, frni,s OF
tie town and of the garden placed pro.
miscuously together with M 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 sleeves
rolled up, ready to sigual out his friends
coming in from the country around
aud 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 bc
had come from New England, aud halt,
ing at last in the little Village of
oranscburg, thero started out as Il
pcddler ot t'ipkets, clocks and other
wares: lie had a queer, old fashioned
carryalI, with an ancient, solemn. faced
horse attached, and with these, in all
kinds OF weather, he might be seen
driving over the country round about
bargaining for the sale Of his wares.
lie was sharp, quick wi;ted. pcrsevcrng
ready to drive trndc, and rs may be
supposed, succeeded well. a few years
OF hard work, and Industry, sclf-dcn;al,
and Sylvester had saved enough TO start
out in the store-keepins business. Pur.
chasing good look out" in one corner
of Ornugcburg, he settled down as n
resident merchant. Here his rcmarka
bic business tact did not desert him, and
as the years rolled on he soon came to
be recngniz d as one Of the wcalthicst
and most Influential men in the place
VI all hours Of tic day the gentleman
", aud :oblising proprietor mia int hc
found at his store, ready to wait upon
nis customers, among whom he was a
.-rcat favoyte.
OF Sanders Glover, the genial Whole.
souled, jovial gentleman, when ever,
BODY knew hut to like, any one living
in Orangcburg in those days can tell.
Sauder' was full Of his jokes, aud not
only ever ready TO have them ut other
'v'ks, expense, but brc it 1u'te a'niably
aha good l'smeyedly when "tllc ,ables
were turned" upon himself. Unc os
the most p'onlincnt traits oil .his churac.
ter WAS his h;,bis of snoring. lulrrd
some hrd gone so far IS to assct, that
he was he greatest snorcr in the place.
and wind mill was nothing to be com.
pared with him. Numerous wero the
Jokes ut Lis expense that this gave rise
Go. OEe ct these we remember to have
heard. BY some chance number of
the glass in the windows Of his sleeping
apartment became cracked, which some
waggish young fellows observing, went
and reported it over sbe. Village tha; San.
dcrs, snoring had developed itself to
such an alarming extent ny to shatter
the glass in his windows. This, San.
dcrs hearing. he rec ivcd it with the
utmost sang .f'o'd, declaring that if he
cracked the lass lie guessed lie could buy
more, aud weut on snoring as hard as
ever
corner whSrc. Mr.. ITlr-
by store is now, there stood one Kept
10y billy Murrow." Likc Sanders
G lover, BILLY ton, was a whole soulcd.
genial man, brave, iRapulsivc aud sc,,er
Gus to ii faalt 'tNoue krcw hiss h4.s
TO love him, none named lrm bu, 60
praise" No "ia.sc balaacc" was ever
~. alt out by his hand indeed he would
sooner have robbed himself before
dealing unjustly with another. He was
BILLY Murrow" to everybody. Even
the little children, from hearing their
fathers repeat the name so often, had
grown familiar with it. No one scarce
ly ever thought Of mistcring him "Mr.
, " arrow was sound lis ear had not
grown accustomed So..
The princioul products Of Ofangebuss
in those day was butter, chickens, and
eggs. These would be brought into