The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-30
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EaS%n. Ne WAS Also a &nN and turnkey
MsnteT and fisherman, Ne Kept an
NsNHN h"'I$c before the 'EN'S ana as he had
hM NF handsome girls. his homo WAS
a"'te s place fHr the yoonw people t>
meet and have \ R>>nS tnmc. Ne was a
ls,,Se slave and land holder, bat after
the war he was never able to recover
entirely from the lnSSe$ of the wal.
Mr.. Williams was a" original character
He always had up some Nm. Ne loved
a Joke and played many jokes on his
| neGhhor$, but was caught vr,y often
himself. He was a great rraoer Of
| the papers but had very little 60, res
! l>ondence. The post office was at what
WAS called Belmont, nom ltongShore
and Henry Burton, John Peterson,
Newt Davidson and Mr.. Williams would
always meet there on mail days. They
would jerk long bullets. tell Jokes
and have a good time generally. Mr..
Williams rarely got any letters, but
Peterson, Burton and Davidson had
| considerable correspondence. Mr.. Will
iamS said he did not understand why
| people wrote to them and would not
| write to him. Finally they talked the
matter over with Maj. c. II. Suher
| and got him to write 20 pal ties in
Charleston, Montgomery and Mobile,
Alabama and New Orleans. La, and
get them to write to Mr.. Williams.
Any subject would do. The first letter
came from Montgomery and said that
| the writer had heard Of Mr.. Williams
| as fine fan mer and wanted to sell him
| his plantation near that place. When
the postmaster handed Mr.. Williams
the letter he was besides himself, said:
have a letter! | have letter! When
| he read it he was su, prised. This was
| the beginning and when from two to
| three came each week, Mr.. Williams
knew it was a job put up on him, but
it took him nearly year to catch on.
| He was good fisherman and usually
had the luck. but some times he got
left Henry Burton and Mr.. Williams
were fishing one day and Mr.. Williams
caught several small suckers, Henry
| Burton had caught none. q forgot to
say that Mr.. Williams way of dividing
the f h was if he caught them he was
to have all the fish, but if the other
Iellow caught them Mr.. Williams was
to have half the fish and first choice.
Finally Mr.. Burton went to another
place and caught a seven FOUNDER and
| small one or two. He then came to
| Mr.. Williams and said luck was bad
and let's divide the fish and go home
| Mr.. Williams said that each one was to
have the fish he caught Mr.. Burton
| begged for one for his mother, but Mr..
Williams would not divide. Then Mr..
Burton went and got his fish and
brought them up and Mr.. Williams
grabbed the large fish and claimed it in
! the divide. But Burton would not tli-
| vide and would not let Mr. Williams 90
home with him to help eat the fish.
Wild turkeys were plentiful in those
| days, and as Hemy Burton had a good
| turkey dog, Mr.. Williams and Mace
Young put up a job on Mr.. Burton.
| They took tame gobbler in the woods
and turned him loose. They sent for
Mr. Burton to come and bring his dog.
He came and put his dog on the trail,
and finally the old gobber jumped on
the fence and said Put. Mr.. Drrton
shot and killed the gobbler and jumped
on his horse and carried it home. He
refused to let Williams or Young help
him eat it, X. Con. Fed