The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-10-18
Swansea Doirgs.
To the Editor of the DispatcL:

Ihe Lexington Daptlst ASSOCIATION
mt tat Harmony church on Friday and
was slimly attended by reason Of rain.
On Saturday the attendance was
large and attentive Notwithstanding
the bad day the interest was great
and the attention good. For five or
six hours consecutively on Saturday
and Sunday the congregation listened
with an interest seldom witnessed.
Rev. A. P. Norris, a man we'll known
to the Lexington people, preached
and it was one of his sermons we'll
equal to the power and ability OF the
man. Representatives OF the two de-
nominationsl papers and the other
denominationai interests were pres
ent and took part in all the delibe-
rations. On Saturday the church
could hardly hold the people and
the rain fell in torrents for hours and
the body saw there was no chance to
give dinner in tie house for want OF
room and sat down to business with
out intermission, and adjourned at
$3.50 o'clock p. m. and all went home
in the rain. Sunday the interest was
unabated and the Rev. Joab Edwards
preached the charity sermon from
the theme that, Yo shall be witnesses
for me. The effort was able and
earnest and the collection good one.
TIE association next October will
convene with the Baptist church at
Brookland.
D. j. Knotts was selected Modera-
tor, ". B. Fallaw, Clerk and D. q.
Craft, Treasurer. W. B. Fallaw is a
good and ready pensman and fast in
discharge of duty, and in keeping
proper records, and is an all-round
good recording officer. If D. E
Craft fails of a full standard ideal
treasurer it will be his first failure in
duty. He was one of the 5000
heroes who stacked his musket at
Appomattox G. H., in April 'G5. He
and two of his brothers, Thomas and
Walter, who for four years had hon
ored the grey jacket laid down on
that historic day and field their arms
as Confederate soldiers and in all
loyalty became American citizens
Since then D. E. Crafts has been
true to his church, his State and true
to his private relations and is a sue
cessful business man.
There will be from Swansea at the
County Fair three relicts, a cannon
ball brought out of that struggle by
revolutionary soldier, and is still in
possession of his grand children, and
a ball about four pounds, cut from a
pine when splitting rails by an old
servant whose name was Hector long
before the civil war. It was in a
pine tree on the road from Cam den
| to Augusta, called the TORY trail. y
The road crosses Bull Swamp about
two miles below Swansea, at what is
called Pepper Camp branch, named
from a Tory's camp named Pepper.
and the ball was supposed to have
| been shot there during that evetful
period as encounters did occur be-
| tween the Patriots and Torys there
Also pepper box which with one
| feather bed was the only things
| saved when the Torys destroyed the
| home of the grand sire in the times
| Of 1776. These are still the property
of the children of the revolutionary
progenitor.
On Tuesday evening two darkies
got into a broil over bottle ct
whiskey and Link Jones shot Fred
Stivender through the bowels> DR..
Langford was called but no aid could
avail and on Wednesday evening he
died Link Jones has taken the
wings of the morning but he is not
at rest. Magistrate Jefcoat held the
inquest over his dead body.
Miss Isabelle Brooker and Miss
Rsbecca Bowling have gone to Nor
way to attend the Orangburg associ-
alton. Spectator.
Oct. l3, 1899.