The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-06-06

than if it were the blood of dukes and
Of carls.
The writer of this article has before
him copy Of letter which gentle
man living in another State, de-
scendant Of one Of the Huguenot set
tiers at Bordeaux, wrote to his mother
on learning of the death Of his grand
mother.
This letter so beautifully commemo-
rates a typical family OF the old
Huguenots that the following quota
tion from it is here made: "My dear
mother: The tears come and I can't
help it, seem hardly to realize that
grandmother, too, has passed on and
left to us only hallowed memory.
The thought stirs me from my earliest
childhood. So much tnat is dear
clusters about the old place. Changed
it may be, but in memory it is the
same old place / knew in my child
hood. Grandfather is there, and
everything is as Of old. The happy
days Of childhood! What q halo in
vests them in after years! And what
q treasure to have the rccollections Of
| lovely home-life to drew from. It is
not given to many families to lave
the old roof tree that We had. The
idea Of home running back unbroken
far nearly three.quarters of century,
and during all that time presided over
by the ones who planted it. How
prolific OF sentiment, and what heri-
tage to the childrenl It was given to
the dear one now gone to see her chill
dren and grandchildren grow up around
her, and then she was still further
spared to bless her great-grandchil-
dren, and all under the same roof to
which she was taken as bride. In
these long, peaceful lives that extend
over and embrace fur generations
there is much that is affecting. Chill
dren's children are the crown Of old
men, and the Slory Of the children are
their fachers.' Verify, gan the chill
dren of her who has just gone rise up
and call her blessed. Length of days
is from the Lord"
It was g member of the French
colony at Bordeaux, DR.. John De
LaHowe, who was allowed the honor
of naming the county, and he called
it "Abbevil!e" in remembrance Of the
little town in the north of France, of
which, as we'll as of Bordeaux in their
native country, the Huguenot settlers
had vivid recollections.
DR.. De LaHowe, who died in Jan
uary, 1897, left his estate in perpetuity
to educate and train in manual and
domestic labor twelve boys and twelve
girls, twenty. four at any one time be-
ing the quota established under the
provisions Of the trust. And the
noble charity-the Lethe Institute
thus founded by the little Frenchman
has remained through all these years
to bless orphaned children Of the
county, who wero homeless or needed
help.
It was the French people who in
duoed the Rev. Moses Waddel TO move
his school from Vienna to the confines
of their own settlement, where it be-
came famous as the wellington
Academy" and the "Willington
Church" c simple memes;a! table. CT
which says: SIN memory Of the Rev.
Moses Waddel, d. D., who founded
this church." stands to-day within
stones throw OF the site where stood
the famous school house. Only o
little vale OF depression in the woods
intervened between the chcroh and
tho school house, and the nucleus,
and chief support FOR years, OF the
church thus formed was the Huguenot
element Of the community. Indeed,
before the organization Of the Willing
ton Church and before the removal OF
his school from Vienna, the Rev. Mr..
Waddel had organised church among
the French people az she old Liberty |
Spring, about mile distant from the
site Of the old French bown, and was
regularly ministering there, place
which is five miles from the Willing
ton Church.
1t is not the purpose Of this article
to make detailed descriptions Of the
individuals meationed in it, but che
following description Of Fierre Guile
beau and his wife, taken from q letter