The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-19

II presence IN the Six room OI piece {
white silk made in Richland Count,
u On the face of this bit of cloth
printed copy of the Columbia Dali
Telegraph, November 16, 1S49. The
z were having fair in Columbia at th
: time, and the South Carolina institut
endeavored through the use of thes
souvenirs to encourage the culture G
silk.
!, In what was evidently the butler
= pantry of the old mansion, is now
beautiful display of decorative and ap
piled arts. Fine paintings and tapes
tries are scattered over the entlr
building, but in this corner are gath
cred some of the choicest. There is
very fine bit of tapestry wrought b.
Miss Haesloop, one of the most ad
mired pieces in the whole show; beau
tiful centre pieces by Mrs. w. b
Cohen-nasturtiums and Easter lilies
and roses and wild honeysuckle ex
quisitely wrought by Miss NJ. NJ. Haig
Mrs. Ravenel's contribution of hand
painted china is lovely beyond compare
and the decorated glass and china from
Elizabeth College, N. c., is rarely
beautiful display.
Across the circular hallway is a
lovely room, The Resting Room y
they call it. In this room in ye olden
times many fine dinner was wrought
by the colonial cooks, for there stands
the great, cavernous chimney and by
its side the quaint little Dutch oven.
Here are lounges and sofas of antique
design where the ladies may sit and
rest before tackling the varied exhibit
In the rear portion Of the woman's
building.
BE 1t sufficient now to say that both
floors of the annex TO the old colonial
home are devoted to the superb ex-
hlbits sent here by Anderson, Green
vile, Spartanburg, Union, Orangeburg,
Aiken, Sumter, Laurens, Newberry
and other counties which send hun
dreds of people to Charleston to see
what fine exhibits they have, and other
counties should come here well re-
presented to see what they themselves
have not.
Back of the county exhibits on the
first floor is the "rlce kitchen" in
which the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy serve lunches, and the day nur
sery where mothers may have their
little ones cared for. On the upper
floor, corresponding to the rice kitchen,
is the Woman's Exchange" and
other places where beautiful articles
of wear and adorpment are offered for
sale.
The hallway of the upper floor is de-
voted to splendid collection of relics
and mementoes having historical value.
This apartment, known as the hlstor-
ical room, is presided over by Miss
Moreland, descendant of Capt. Hall,
gallant Revolutionary officer. She
is delightfully."- well informed upon the
history Of things exhibited and takes
pleasure in explaining them to the Wis
itors.
A facsimile of deed from the king
of England to the earl of Craven, one
of the original lords proprictors in
1903, is one of the interesting re-
minders of the earlier days. There is
painting of MedwaY, the home of
Landgrave Thomas Smith on Goose
Creek. This old home, nearly 200
years old, is standing yet-the first
first brick building in the State outside
of Charlestown." The old Goose
Creek church is portrayed, and with it
the royal coat of arms over its door
way.
There is fine likeness of the gal
liant Charles CCtesworth Pinckney,
who exclaimed (" Millions for defense,
not one cent for tribute" and beside it
hangs portrait of Sir Nathaniel John
son, who introduced silk in this coun-
try, making the experiment at "Sllk
Hope" as his place was called. James
Habersham, of Georgia, who intro.
duced cotton into the South, is also
part of this group.
Robert Johnson was the last of the
proprietary governors Qn IT'D and
his regime was of sufficient important
to make his portrait worthy of notice.
Gen. Christopher Gadsdon is represent
ed in the portraits. 1t was he who
presented. to Congress for adoption as
the national banner the flag of yellow
with snake in coil and with the warn
ing "Don't tread on me.o
There is also a representation of the
first State flag-the one for which
Jasper made his name immortal. This
is like our State flag instead that it has
the word "Liberty" where the present
flag has the palmetto tree.
There are Representations of other
flags, particularly of the first national
flag, which bore the 13 stars in circle
instead of in lines as at present.
Among the mementoes in the way
of old newspapers is copy of Dun
laps nocket, printed in Philadelphia.
1t was issued on July 9Th, 1776, and
contains an account of the signing oil
the Declaration of Independence. The
Daily Citizen, issued in Vicksburg dur
ing the siege, describes with utmost
nonchalance the delicacy of mule meat
and other siege rations. The Kingston
IN. Y. Gazette of January 1900, is in
deep mourning for the late President,