The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-13

veYlng did no harm. am truly sOr
ry to hear my father and ouher goot
men, now long in their graves, ac
cused Of bei"g "Moonshiners.'
The Dreher party really were callec
Henkelites (of which lhey wer,. not
asAamed; but the other party were
not called = Soaptails:' they went by
! the name Schoberites. J. think
! that Peace must surely have man
ufactured the name "Suaptall.
! Geo. Eichelberger was certainly a
whole souled man. and advocate OF
! peace;'' but did not have anything to
! do with effecting a compromise. The
; Dreher party were tery willing to
give the other party half; but there
: never was &ny agreement between
them, abou: the time for the use OF
the church.
Some may think from ''Peace's y
inSinuatjOns that there has been 4 per.
feet private war between these parties
at St. Johns for the last fifty years
70 prove tj;,' this is not the case. it
is well known t,rat husbands and
wives. sisters ana brothers. and
neighbors have been on opposite
sides. ana still they ali were and are
bound by the closest ties Of friend
ship and love. 1t is true, there are
some things whici! ought not to be,
but | cannot see where the difference
is too gr:.;:t .t:r ti,G;n 70 ~ one and
the same congregation All that |
can see is that the Dreher party con-
fine themselves more strictly 20 the
Galesburg rules. And tNe law suit
shat was rumored to nave taken place
never resulted in anything; and the
o,e that is now pending never would
have occurred if the congregation Of
the S. C. Synod had no; been locked
ou' Of the church If | an a MEM
her of the Tennessee Synod | can
but acknowledge in justice to the OPP
posite party, that they have borne as
it becometh Christians, and see no
reasons whatever why they should De
ashamed - of anything that has un-
fortunately happened.
The fine log church, Of which /
have already spoken, was converted
into one among the best school houses
of that day. In that house, Henry
Nicholas and John Summer, together
with others, were prepared for the
South Carolina College. DR.. O. B.
Mayer. Sr., 3.evs. Berry, Stingly and
Lindler also received q good portion
cf their education there
The church now standing is an
evidence of the Intelligence and
energy Of those good old Christian
people iyin nearly a century :; 20.
Its dimensions are 30 by so feet; the
walls 20 fee: high; the ceiling being
beautifully aTched. There is not one
piece Of timber in the frame that was
sawed. When lhe building WAS last
covered some of US estimated the
rafters at about 1000 feet Of lumber.
There is not plank in the building
more than L.: feet long, it being the
longest plank that could be saved on
the mills of that time, 16OY. All
the hin res, 81 in number, and a great
many Of tie nails were made by
Capt. John Summer himself: with his
hand hammer. The nails thai we're not
made by him cost from 25 cents tc 30
cents per pound. Notwithstanding
it's ancient g: chiteeture, it is one of
the best houses Of the kind in the
State.
If peace" knew the characters
Of all these old i'aople as we'll as /
do he would pre- ably know that they
were not all believers in witches and
conjuring, and were not by any
means such ignoTamuses as he styles
them. AS there has already been too
much said upon the subject, at diff
feren: times, I shall say no more now,
hence!orth and forever. May we
always have peace. TRUTH.
PoMAR1A, Nov. 9Th, 1884.
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