The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-17

i"'''N uiIu dplIduutu Iof winning Il
great victory, but Il greater conflict is
ever in progress than WAS the Spanish
Amcrica war on il The ipino--Amcri-
ran- the battle of Christ and Christi
anily and Civilization against Satan
and Sin and Superstition. Many Cos.
pei leaders have won more mobile.
glorious victories for the Kingdom of
the Great Commander than did Dewey
for Columbia. This is Il battle that is
ever being waTCd, and the millions of
earth, OF every ration. kindred, and
tongue. arc enlisted under the banner
OF Light or under the flag Of Darkness.
The Stony Battery Battalion answers
to the roll-call OF the Church, and this
week welcomes company Of its allies
within the hattlCmcnts Of the Battery,
10 It's camp ami tents. lIraduuartrrs
will be at st. Lukc's, which ON the rlc-
waited, rocky ridge extending west
wardly from Little Mountain via STONY
Bottcry. In addition to having the nd
vantage OF their strong position, it is in
the center Of Il peninsula, Stony Hills
Peninsula, if it may ho so termed
the north, Timothy Creek: east. BIG
Creek: south, Saluda River: west Bush
lhNcr-surrOundCd Ey water with the
exception of Il neck OF land at the head.
waters OF the two creeks, Stony Bat
terry lSthmus, so to speak. by way Of
this lsthmus is the principal entrance
to our peninsula from the companv's
place OF landinG-Prospcrity-and the
gate there rs we'll rs those at other
points al out out dcfcnStS will he thrown
wide open for the entrance of those en-
listed in the war i'm which the Stony
battery Battalion-in common with
other companies, battali0ns. reg imcnts,
divisions, and cOrps~-iS engaged, has
been engaged, and will be engaged I'M
I'll the forces OF evil arc conquered and
tho world of mankind saved: i0in hands
with our allies in striking for God, for
home, FOR nativcland, and for every
land. This isthnus, especially, is his
toric ground. Those who pass this
way may see one Of the most noted
spots IN the ANIMALS OF Ncwbcrry--old
stony Battery, standing us sentinel at
the neck Of Stony Hills rs Gibrultor at
the mouth Of the Mediterranean, 1t
was settled in the second quarter of the
eighteenth century by Germans from
the thinc country; l.. w. Counts, ESQ,
now deceased, said several years AGO,
III some "reminiscences. principally bv
BcdcnbauGhs, BooZcrs, Dominicks. and
Hawkins. No. 8 Township received
its name from the place. In DAYS of
Yorc 1T contained stores, mustcrpr0und.
etc. After the construction of the
Columbia and Grccnvillc Railroad
through this county in 1851, Frog
Level Mow Prosperity gained the as
ccndancy over the Battery, and it fell
to rise no more as Il 'town," but it is
still Il denscly populated hamlet, the
dcccndants Of It's original settlers pro-
dominating: they are strongly intrcnch-
ed in their fastmcss and "hOld their
own" And the township as Il whole
is thickly settled BY the census of
1880 the population was 3526; 1880, 263S:
gain of sos. In all probability the in
crease since 1890 hat, been us great as, or
greater, than in the preceding decade,
and now the population is likely con-
sidcrably more than 1000. AS an index
to the townships density of population
at present, making a circle with Il ra-
dius of one mile in length around the
site OF old Stony Battery takes in 300
people. Take the point between the
Battery and ST. Lukc's where the Nor
ris and Rocky Ridge roads meet, with
radius half n mile in lcngh describe
circle, and 1t takes in q population OF
loo. a short distance south of this
point is where Rev. j. Hawkins, d. ID.
one of the most elouquent divines South
Carolina has ever produced, the gifted
editor of the Lutheran Visi.
tor, for many years, was born.
lie served st. Lukc's congregation
three times as pastor, and died al
the parsonage, about mile west of his
birthplace. Two miles north of St
Luke's, at the ST. Luke's baseball
ground (Mr. d. j. Taylor's) circle
made by q radius half mile in length
counts The population mark at Is,
Around st. Luke's and Zion churches
Monticello and Saluda academies. md
other places in the township, tho popu.
lation Is very dense. The Battery,
also, Is the birthplace Of distinguish.
ed personage-Governor and U. s.
Senator James H. Hammond. His
father, Elisha Hammond, noted teach.
er, lly;ei here in the eatly part OF the
century, where tho futare statesman