The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-07-04
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A recent issue of the Lancaster,
Pa, Examiner gives a long account
of the visit of Mr.. Richard J. Nc
Cram, of that city, to Winston
Salem. From the reporters inter
view with Mr.. McGrann we make
the following extracts:
fOf these two towns, contiguous,
but separation government, yet with
the spirit of kindly fellowship and
union, Winston represents the worl.l
of today and Salem the long and
heroic history of "the less ambiguous
past" The story of that town is a
romance, and in it is the narrative
of the Moravian Church and the
early history of ourgreat land. The
story in a few words is simple and
worth the reading. Of all the eight
courtiers of that witty, merry and
contemplate king, Charles Ii, to
whom he had given the Virginias,
which then included erything be-
tween Nova Scotia and Florida, all
sold out for ready cash save Lord
Grenville. Count Zinzendorf, the
lordly noble who espoused early the
Moravian cause, was the first to
think of buying home for his fol
lowers in the new America. The
counts idea was to buy 10, 900 acres
in North Carolina, and in accordance
with this view Bishop Spangenberg,
with five brethren from Bethlehem,
this State, set out to spy the land.
At length they made q choice and
called the place "Wachovia," because
of the meadow (aue) along the
(Wach) principal creek, bearing
some resemblance to the ancestral
estates of Count Zinzendorf in
Austria. After the bishops return
a colony set out from the latter
place, and after many trials and
fluctuations started, in 1853, the
'old town" some seven miles from
the present Salem and called it
Bethabara "a place of passage).
Truly this it was, as around it
surged the passions and bloocshed
of the French Indian wars and final
ly that of the Revolution. These
Moravians were swordless and fol-
lowers 10 spirit and practice of the
Master. so all mankind, red Indian
and worse white, had comfort from
their hospitable hoard. l need not
go further. What | have said is to
show how beautiful Bethlehem of
our own State can extend kindly
and Christian hand to North Caro-
lima. Truly, we are of one blood,
one nation and with one grand
destiny-"the parliament of man
and the federation of the world" In
1853 Frederick William Marshall
vas appointed superintendent of the
WachoYian settlements scholarly
man of great executive ability, with
fine military education, and to
him is due the present city of Sale en-
the real ''o'd town" of today, with
the spirit of the past upon doorstep
and quaint gable, and on the Intel
of ancient home is written the story
of long ago-historic and heroic
times.
The latter was Adolphus Linchen-
thaler, born at Lititz, and SO was
glad to meet one from his section of
the county. The meeting was for
tunate and most pleasant to all
parties concerned. This led to an
introduction to DR.. George Benson,
whose father preached in the Mora
Wan church of this city from 1912
till 1913, and afterwards became a
bishop. DR.. Benson was born here
about 1874. All our older citizens
remember we'll the tall, dignified and
stern countenanced, but altogether
admirable man, the Rev. Benson,
who had the two grand character
istics of a gentleman-could ride a
horse and speak the truth.
The business manager of that very
excellent church paper-the Wacho-
via Moravian-is Rev. John II.
Clewell. In this county the name is
spelled Claywell, but no doubt the
family is of the same origin.
l turn now To a more pleasing SUBJ
ject, as it affects my old bachelor
heart and eyesight. Beside every
Moravian church has always been
erected a school house. These have
always become famous, as our own
Lititz, Bethlehem and Nazareth can
testify. So Salem contains splen-
did young ladies' seminary which
never knew cessation even amid the
throes of Civil War; for even then
did the splendid young womanhood
of the South here find protection
and comfort. This last year 500
students have been in attendance,
and from the honored walls of that
educational building have gone forth
the names of those familiar as house
hold words-from Mrs. Polk who
graced the White House to the
spouse OF that Puritan knight of
courage and chivalry, Stonewall
jackson. In the long course of it's
existence tens of thousands of those
who graced the domestic and public
life of both South and nation went
forth from it's walls. I have be ore
me the photograph of the gradual
ing class of '95, in caps and gowns
L know not whether the faces are
typical or not, OR exactly what
social status they represent; but
none are plain and all seem to have
that calm womanly grace and
dignity, joined to a latent power OF
which has long since made
the Southern belle the inspiration of
song and story.
But the greatest picture comes
last, that of the seven lady instruc-
tors of this great school. hope /
ana not overstepping the bounds OF
gentlemanly writing, or trespassing
upon the privileges of years and
bachelor isolation, but l. must say
that am in love with that photo
graph. IL these are typical Southern