The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1884-04-10
FROM RANDOM RECOLLEC.
TEONS OF 4 LONG LIFE.
ITO be published by Subscripsion.)
BY EDWIN ]. SCOTT.
OLD GRANYB.
From the Palmetto Yeoman,

From the Palmetto Yeoman.
The British had fort st CRANKY
in the Revolution, and Mr.. Cayce's
house that still stands there shows
q hole in the northern end made by
a small cannon ball when the fort
was besieged and I believe captur-
ed by the Americans towards the
close of the war. The town being
at the head Of navigation on the
Congaree, with ferry on the road
leading from the up country to
Charleston, and broad tracts of
rich lands extending many miles
below, was place of considerable
business. A number of it's mer-
chants made fortunes and lived in
good style. Many of their families
were we'll educated and formed a
circle ofrefned society that was both
moral and elevated. Among them
| were the Bells, the Seibelses, the
Hanes, the Fridays, and others
whose descendants 60 TO make up
the population Of Columbia and its
vicinity.
But when the State Capitol, the
South Carolina College and the ses-
sions of the Supreme Court were
established in Columbia, CRANKY
began to decline. 1t had always
be unhealthy. The capital and en-
terprise of the Columbia merchants,
in time, drew trade from the place
and after the removal Of the county
seat to Lexington, C. H. it became
deserted village, so that in 1882
but two or three stores remained,
those of Muller & Sem and Pou
and Seibels being all that 1 recol-
lect. When l first collected taxes
there in 1925, Gen. Henry Arthur,
Wolf Hane, Son of Nicholas Hane,
rosy old gentleman, owner of the
ferry, Mrs. Elizabeth Bell, Friday
Arthur and James Cayce, who
kept public house, mill and q
blacksmith and carriage-maker' shop
were the most prominent relics of
Granby's former prosperity.
The court house, beingssof large
size and good materials, was bought
by the Presbyterian congregation
in Columbia, taken down and re-
built, with alterations, on the site
of their present church, where it
served as a place of worship for
about twenty years; then it was sold
to Mr.. Niernsee, who removed it
across Lady street and converted
it into q dwelling, which is now the
residence of Mr.. J. H. Kinard. Thus,
after serving as temple for the
administration of justice and the
worship of God, it now bears the
sacred character of the peaceful
home. ".
And here l will repeat an anec-
dote related by John Caldwell, Esq,
in 1926, which may be called
ATALE OF A SHIRT.
On q bright sunny morning in
May, 1906, gay party Of young
folks, both male and female, assem-
bled at the residence of Alexander
Bell, Sr., in CRANKY. to take an
excursion on horseback some ten
miles up the river to the ferry on
Saluda then known as Kennerly's,
just above which James Kennerly,
Esq, resided, his dwelling, a roomy.
rambling country house, being on
the east side of the river, so close
to it that heavy body dropped
from one of the windows would
fall into the water. Among the
gentlemen present were John Cald-
well, of Newberry, and John May
rant of Sumter, both then in college;
and it was arranged that they, with
two of the girls, should spend the
night at Kennerly's while the rest of
the cavalcade, after all had enjoyed
themselves boating and fishing in
the river, were TO return to CRANKY
at the close of the day.
The two Collegians were rivals
for the favor of one Of the young
ladies who remained behind when
the others returned. They were
dressed in the tip of the prevailing
fashion, but Mayrant rejoiced in
the display of magnificent rufaed
shirt got up in better style and
finer material than usual. so that it
excited the applause an admiration
of the fair sex, and, as Caldwell
thought, gave ito owner IN adyau.