The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-07-28

| Daptlst revival In 1851 IN the Hal
cyon grove on the school ground
and camped. remember he got
chair from father, and on it was GU
the letter D, which suited we'll, fol
he and father were both named David
That chair we had when we left fo1
Texas. He was Bush River B.p
tist and Christian gentleman. The
result of that revival was the organi
zation of the Newberry Baptis,
church, and | always thought it was
composed of as intellectual and pioue
ladies and men as I ever knew
Another one of the brothers was
Col. Geo. S. Cannon, at one time
commanding the 38th Regiment. He
was one of the most elegant and
prominent citizens Of the District and
Bush River Baptist. A friend re-
lated to me this incident: Col. Can
non visited the Legislature, when it
was Coon" Legislature with very
few white gentlemen in it. He re-
lated the following: "My old friend,
FL. A. Meetze, introduced in the Sen.
ate resolution requesting the Presi-
dert 20 samove the Federal troops,
for their bristling bayonets were a
menace to civil liberty, and made an
eloquent address. Whereupon a
nappy ''cullid gemman," knowing his
tenure depended upon bayonets, an
swered: "Mr. President, l desires
to say few words in answer to the
gemmen. Here's how dis ting is:
you goes home at night, sits by the
fire, the cat on dis side, the dog on
dat side, 80 long as you sits dar all
right; de mint you leab dsr de cats
in de loft" His black brudders, On.
joying his eloquence, thought that a
sure enough answer.
These four brothers we're truthful,
noble souls.
Now for Molly's rock. A few ears
since an OLD gentleman named Run
nels, from Spartanburg, finding
was from Newberry, said he had
often camped at Molly's rock, and
being a jolly fellow, always called
me Molly's rocks. 1t was said to be
haunted spot. Housen kenner
told me that when he was kid, he
dreaded to pass by at night, said he
WAS timid and would see shadows
struggling IN the dim moonlight and
hear wild noises in stormy weather.
| asked him if lie believed in ghosts.
He said no, but that he was dread
fully afraid of chem.
My friend and kinsman, j. q.
Martin, gives me the following:
MoLLY's ROCKS.
"About nine miles northeast of the
town of Newberry, near the eastern
terminus Of the Gaines road, where
it intersects the old Buncombe road,
are several large granite boulders
known as Moily's rocks. They were
way mark for the many wagoners
and travellers going over the Bun
combe road. This road was formerly
the great thoroughfare from western
North Carolina, the upper districts
of South Carolina, to and from Co
lumbia and Charleston. In many in
stances these rocks lie poised on one
another IN sublime repose. They
seem to be looking back through the
dim vista of past ages and forward
through the countless years of COM
ing centuries. They appear to be
like Tennyson's Brook: "For, men
may come and men may go, but
they are there forever" They are
surrounded by a pretty country, be-
ing at point where the gently roll
ing lands of the chinquepin region
break into the rich and rugged hills
and valleys that reach out to the
Enoree Valley. They receive their
name from Molly Lindsay, an old
demented wife and mother whose
home was somewhere near Catch
Penny. Her insanity was not of a
sad and sombre caste, but consist ed
of felicitous fancies and happy hallu-
cinations. She loved those haunts
and would linger around these rocks.