The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-03

| son, of PcndletOn, executor; also, directs
the words "JameS II. Rion,H wherever
they appear in the will, to be stricken
out and Richard w. Simpson inserted
in lieu thereof.
Item 3 revoked item and confcrs on
r. w. Simpson the gifts therein made
to MI Rion.
Item / revokes item &, stating as a
reason that the legatee therein had been
otherwise provided for.
Item limits the time when interest
shall be payable on the legacies made
in items ) and ofthe will to the period
when such legacies are due and payable
by the terms of the items.
Item authorizes the executor to pur-
chase that portion Of the original Fort
Hill tract set off to his granddaughter,
and directs, if so purchased, that it shall
become part of the Fort Hill tract and
shall go with and be disposed of as is
done with the Fort Hill tract in the
will.
Item directs the executor to sell all
the real estate owned 10y him ut his
death, except the Fort Hill tract,
whether the same lie in or out OF the
State ofSouth Carolina.
Item gives to the eeNecutor, whose de-
cision shall be final, the same power Civ
Ell i'll item l of the will, to the Chief JUS
tice of South Carolina to decide whether
the State has or has not accepted
the donation made in the first item of
my will, provided the Chief JUS
tice shall decline to make the de-
ciSion.
| Item directs the executor to employ
proper persons to take charge of Fort
Hill farm, dwelling and articles donated
and pay what is proper for such ser
vices.
Item 10, in view of the labor and re-
sponsibility devolved on the executor
by the will, &c, gives to the executor
in addition to the commissions allowed
by law, five per cent. of the appraised
value of the real and personal estate.
Item II relates TO a family settlement
with instructions to the eXecutorin the
matter which would be ofno interest to
the public.
Item y reads: "The desire to estab-
lish such school or college as / have
provided for in my said last will and
testament, has existed with me for
many years past, and many years ago
I determined to devote the bulk of my
property to the establishment of an
! agricultural school or college. To ac-
complish this purpose is now the one
great desire of my life," &c. The hope
is there expressed that no one of the
family will attempt to defeat or frus-
trate the settled desire of his life and
sets out that any ''attempt or attempts
by them to contest, alter, change or
| invalidate my said last will and testa-
mcnt or codicil hereof, shall as soon as
commenced, work an absolute revoca-
ton of my entire and all my bequests,"
&C, as made in item 5Of my said last
will and testament, and directs the
property therein bequeathed to pass to
the executor subject to the trusts, &c,
Of items l, and of the will, with III
structions how to dispose Of the prop
erty.
Item Is eXempts the executor from
liability for loss to the estate by reason
oferrors in Judgment or mistakes.
Item II authorizes the executor to
expend such funds as may be required
to keep the dwelling and farm at Fort
Hill in good repair.
The codicil is witnessed by r. NJ.
Jenkins, c. W. Young and r. H.
Mounce.
The foregoing is an abstract OF the
leading features of the will of Col. Glenn
son, taken from the will itself, rs copied
for the use of the executor. We publish
it as matter of public interest to our
readers as it is to them and to the peo-
pie of the entire State in its beneficent
and philanthropic bequests. No filter
or more enduring monument could be
erected to the memory Of John G. Cal
hOun, the greatest and purcst statesman
of America, than the foundation Of a
college on his old homestead for the
training Of the youth Of future genera
tons in the walks of the leading indus
tries Of the world, agriculture and me-
chanics In this effort his son-in-law,
Col. Clemson, has paid the highest
tribute to Mr.. Calhoun, and at the
same time opened out path to useful
knowledge which will prove perpetual
remembrance of his generosity towards
the people of his adopted State.
ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE REQUESTS.
The amount likely to accrue to the
State for the college has been variously
estimated by conjecture. From talk
with Col. Simpson, who is q good law
yer and accountant, and who, from his
position as executor, has access to
sources of true informotion, we can
speak with some degree of certainty.
Col. Simpson informed us the property
consisted largely of stocks and bonds Of
interpretations of this and other States
and personal bonds we'll secured. Upon
Il rough estimate of the principal and
interest on such investments and pre-
miums now rated on same, he felt salts
fled the resiGuary fund for the college,
over and above the Fort Hill tract of
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