The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-01-10
PEE DEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
i Course Of Lectures 10 he hiFcn
Aid in the Work-GTicers
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i Course Of Lectures TO he Given
Ai, in the Work-GTicers
Elected. +.ni
!iartsville. Jan. "A Very ilnpoItt;aI1.,,
step was decided upon ut a mce'''rT, ~,
ni the Peg Dee Historical society :,'eI wr
the 5th inst. This society has ~. Jo
completed and will issue soon Il. H ~
edition OF "Gregg's History OF d trd
Cheraws' with much addenda nr1
correct ions. and has now entered c. up
an undertaking Of EaSter import
by far for this whole section 1n, ',
indeed for the whole State. Inc p,;
is TO have the secretary OF the So
ely, who is also the historian. ~
liver a series Of historical lectGie
throughout the Pee Dee section. ana a.
the same time organize the ulIiei
counties. towns, and communities s, llito .
Il regular system of historical resea.eit
and collection. The results OF III?
study. research into. and collectloli w
the obtainable history Of this secltoit
Will be gathered and publishea W
counties. and this III turn gathered @ ny
one or more volumes when IS llea,
to be accessible to all students an
writer's Of history, bearing on :He
State of South Carolina or this section
pecially, it may be said, to assist tne
one who takes up the magnificent Worh
Of McCrady and completes the ms
tory Of South Carolina from 11S3 10 the
present time.
The committee under whose dlrec-
ton the work will be carried on mas
deemed it advisable to have the iec-
lures in connection, where poSsIole;
with the local schools, and an appeal
is made TO both teachers and pupl!s
.. to assist in the work. The amount OF
money needed for the work will oe
raised by charging a small admission
fee of 10 cents to these lectures, ana
having the school, in the auditorium
or hall of which it is held, assist IN the
way of some very short preliminary
reciIatiols and music. The complete
plans for this work will be unfoldeo
by the secretary as he goes from
place to place, and county organlza-
tions will be perfected and put l1tto
active work gathering the materials TOT
history which are here on every sloe
! in abundant if chaotic protuslon:
Everywhere it is intended to have local
organizers work under and with the
county organization in collecting ana
making readable matters OF historic
| Importance. Col. Dargan who IS the
secretary and the historian OF TINS
| Pee Dee society as we'll as professor
of history at the Welsh Neck hlgn
school, expects to begin this important
| work at once and for that purpose mas
announced that the first meeting VIII
be held at the graded school audltorluHf-
| on Friday, the 18th inst, in the town OF
Hartsville. He will then deliver these
| lectures at the several towns in Dar-
| lington county, and then in Williams
| burg, Georgetown, Horny, Florence,
etc. until the Pee Dee section is COM
pletely organized. In time to come
when the work is completed Col. Dar-
gan, as historian, will gather the en-
tire work into one or several volumes
connecting them and commenting
! here and there with running review
of his own.
It will be recalled that almost the
! identical work was done by H. H. Ban
croft, a son Of the historian, in regard
! to the Pacific States, and there now
exists as a result of his labors con-
Quoted along much the same lines
collection Of historical data bearing
on the history of Nthat section OF our
country which has been pronounced
absolutely the most complete and cor
rect that any comparatively recently
discovered and settled country pos
sesseS. Bancroft committee and sub
committees went INTO every NOOK ana
corner of that country and collected
every bit of data obtainable, interview
ed the pioneers, employed interpreters.
! and searched papers. The accumulated
result is a mass Of priceless material
at the disposal of any or all who write
or study of that section.
1t is hoped that encouraged by the
exa mple and the results of the work in
the Pee Dee section, that the other
portions Of South Carolina will take
up a like work on similar lines, and
deliver the State of the reproach OF
allowing an abundance. of priceless his
torical material to lie in absolute dis
use or to become irrevocably lost
through Indifference and neglect.
The officers Of the Pee Dee Historical
society are as follows: Maj. J. L. Ccker
president; H. N. Aver vice-president,
J. J. Dargan secretary, Bright Will
Hanson treasurer. Members Of the
executive committee under whose di-
lection this organization for historical
research will proceed are: W. A. Brun-
son, Florence; A. G.. Kollock, Darling
ton; P. Y. Bethea, Marion; Mrs. D. c.
Scott, Kingstree; R. B. Scarborough,
Conway; J. H. Hudson, Bennettsville;
A. H McArn, Cheraw; Walter Haz-
,o-5 GaoroorowD