The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-12
THINGS ABOUT BLACKSTOCK.

A Flourishing Community-Churche and
Schools and Business Houscs-RaiIroad
Projects.
A correspondent Of tho Walhalla
Courier, over the signature of "S,"
writes from Blaekstook, in "A recent
issue Of that paper as follows:
This little town, on the Charlotte,
Coldmbia and Augusta Railroad, has
grown into considerable Importance
since the war. Its southern limit CO.
incides with, or. is very; near to, the
southern limit Of Chester county,
bordering the northern edge off, Fair
field county. 1t now numbers several
hundred inhabitants, composed of both
races, dwelling together in peace, the
colored race yielding tho right of rul-
ing to the white men, as all the munich
pal offices are filled by tho white race.
Tho town has four stores, all doing
good business in tho various lines Of
mefchahdfse, and one groccty. It has
three churches within its corporate
limits and one not far from its north
ern border. The town churches are
Methodist, the Rev. L. A. johnson,
pastor; Presbyterian, the Rev. j. O.
McMullen, pastor; and the colored
church also Presbyterian, with color
ed pastor, tho Rev. Russell. Each
church, has a fl6urishing>' Sabbath
School, and the colorcd church in ad-
diticn thereto q good day school
taught by the pastor. I learn the
whites are devising ways and means
by'Whfch they will soon be able to Of
ford first class facilities to their chill
dren. Tho church out of town belongs
to tho Baptists, tho Rev. r. w. Sand
ers pastor, and all that may bo said Of
the town churches, in respect to growth
and activity, may he truthfully said of
The citizens of this growing "boro"
are not content with their present rail-
road facilities. They are Contemplate
Ing other connections and the most
prominent que now spoken of is rail
road to McCallough's Factory, on the
Catawba RIVER. This road, if built,
will be narrow-gapge, ! suppose, and
Will be run 90 as to make connection
with the other narrow-gauge roads
terminating at Chester. This will
bring this place-in connection with the
same grade OF road by means Of Chcs-
ter and Lenoir and tho Cheraw and
Chester Narrow Gauge with line Of
trade and travel reaching between fifty
and hundred miles into NORTH Caro-
lima and about the same distance to
Cheraw on the banks of tho Great Pee
Dee, connecting with roads at Chcraw,
extending into the coal fields Of North
Carolina and to Florence on tho Will
mington, Columbia and Augusta Rail-
Judging from tho progress made IN
the last decade I'M facilities for travel
and transportation, who can family
conjecture what may be our means of
locomotion and where will be tho
lines and centres Of trade and travel
when the,c e,census-takctof 1890 shall 90
arOu,tf?
The community around Blackstock
are chiefly descendants oftho Scotch
Irish element and still exhibit tho
characteristics Of that sterling class of
people wherever found-sobcr, indus
trious, energetic, frugal, and indispos-
cd to change. Hence this community
have undergone fewer changes perhaps
and have prOspered more since tho war
than almost any other community to
be found in the upper portion of South
Carolina. This people have been zeal
ous In supporting churches and schools,
and some noble spirits cultured hcro
have made themselves felt among their
fellow oitizens. or these I may mon
tion the name of the late Hon. John
Hemphill, Of Texns. i'll am not mis-
takeli,. Judge Hemphill, at the time of
his death: had no peer in tho United