Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-05-20
Bill Arp Rotur2s from a vt-.s =. -
the Palmetto State
sees Mach Co Please Him Towns
show Wonderful Improvement
aud the People Appear
Prosperous.

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the train arrived at Newberry some
lawiess negro soldier. who were in
camp near by went into the ear and
/ grossly insultcd the ladies. Crozier
and some others defended the ladies'
/ and In the melee one 81 the negroes was
I slightly wounded Before the train
| left Col. Trow bridge sent some Of the
/ negroes 10 arrest the man - 30 did H..
/ They made mistake aud seized Mr..
| Jacob Bowers. a railroad cmploye. ard
| hurried him away to The coloEel's quar-
tiers. Without trial he was summariiy
/ ordered 90 be shot. IL was near mid
night S. hen troxier was told Of Bowers
arrest and condemnation, he rouptly
/ went forward and declared that he him
self was the man who wounded the
negro. Bowers was released and at
sunrise next morning Crozier was shot
to death. Notwithstanding his demand
4 for a trial and protest Of Prince Rivers.
| an officer in Trow bridges command
/ The negro soldiers danced with fendish
delight upon and around the shallow
grave where they had laid him. Long
after the war his bones were removed
and this monument was erected by the
good people Of New berry to his mem
DRY.
Does history record any nobler sacri-
| fice9
Damon was the friend Of Py HAS. but
| this man Bowers was stranger to Gro
zier.
Much more 81 this pathetic story is
| recorded in the Annals OF New berry. ="
an interesting volume written by John
Bolton O'Neau. LID.
was pleased to learn that other
counties in Carolina were having their
annals written and published in book
form. How else can ". hand down to
| pos'erity the good deeds Of our an
cesiors? State histories cannot do IT,.
for it would make many pon,lcrous vol
umes. but even now IL is not too late
for some one of literary taste end fdel-
lily in every county to- confer with he
old men and compile such a history.
such publications could be- cheaplv
done and would be Of inestimablc value
to the citizens. Mr.. Chapman, a we'll
| preserved veteran. a cultured scholar,
a gentleman # the olden times, is now
writing the annals Of Edgcfeld Twas
informed on good authority that this
Mr. Chapman was the real author Of the
school history Of the United States that
was published in Columbia. :. G.. as the
work of Alexander H. stephens. MIR.
Chapman submitted his manuscript 10
Mr.. Stephens. and fog the use and pres
tige Of his name gave him an interest
in the royalty. There was scarcely a
change made in it from beginning 10
end.
New berry is a gem Of city. and its
population is perhaps more cultured
and refined than any city Of South Car
DINA. The professors OF her college
and high school. her lawyers and doe
tors and preachers and editors are all
gentlemen, not only in manners. but AT
heart. The standard OF good citizen
ship is high and the influence Of her
leading men pervades the entire com
munity. Mr.. Auil. the editor of the
NewS-ilerald, Is perhaps the hest all
round man for his work To be found.
for he is not only man of high cul-
ture, but is eminently practical news
paper man and is devoted to his call
ing. He has written the history OF the
state, and it is the standard in the
schools. Two of his boys, aged ten and
twelve, are NJ work in the printing
room and do good service. Mr. Aull is
not at all reconeiled to ihe modern
system 81 grading the schools so that
| 4 ffsbf .
courses. II four years more are added
for college course there is no time
left for boy to acquire knowledge Of
work or habits of work. From eight to
twenty he is a nonproducer. and when
he graduates is fit only for the learned
professions, II fit for anything. But
his boys have to mingle study with la
Dor and alternate the years of each.
Mr.. Aull IS the president Of the State
Press as ociation.
OF course. Newberry has a large cot.
ton mill. Almost every Carolina town
has one or more. As you travel from
place TO place they are in sight. and
give employment TO the poor. Five
years ago Union had only ! SEQ iuhab-
itants. but during all these distressing
years has continued to grow and pros
per. until now there are 5.oO,. Ons
little mill. as they call il. started tn,
boom and encouraged them to built
another very large one. whose foul
floors cover Il space equal to six acres
Next came an oil mill and knitting
mill and other Industries, and now the,
are boring for artesian water to sup
ply system of waterworks. Neither il
the city nor near il are any people beg
ging for work, for employment is a
hand.
Then go to Spartansburg and b,
amazed. When l was there a few year.
ago there was nothing to make note
ef save college, but now there are cot
ton mills near by that manufactur,
10000 bales annually. and II is claimed
that no one county in the United State.
consumes as much. Not an acre o.
suburban land can be bought for les.
than $50. Everything prospers ant
everybody seems happy. The taxabl,
property has increased fourfold within
eight years and the population ha.
more than doubled.
where did all the money com,
FROM" inquired.
From n small beginning-from on,
little mill, and it did so well that other
soon followed. Northern manufactur
ers of machinery were attracted Their,
and took one-third of the stock an,
, paid for it in spindles and looms-an,
have made good money and are con
tent. Some Charleston money is there
too. These mills have made from tel
to twenty per cent. for several years
and keep on making it, ana these ma
chinery men up north Will do the sam
thing for the people of Gainesville o
any other southern town that is health,
and well situated. They only wait 10 b
invited. The Piedmont region of Soutl
l | Cnrnlina Is nnrr The Naur EnnInnd a