The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-11-07

we'll Capt. Jno. F. Banks, Capt. y. B.
Whites and Miss Sue Beard, who af-
terwards married Nh. n NJ BurEhal-
ter Of Edgefield county, now Green
wood
The Counts, the KILLERS, the Liv-
ingstons, the Eptings, the Feagles,
the Kinards. the Risers, the Wickers,
the Schumperts, the Bolands, the
Shealeys, the Hips, the Rikards, the
Cannons, the Singleys, the Ellesors,
the Werts, the Epps, and others,
were familiar names in the school
then and they are familiar names
there today. We would be glad
to have reunion of the school1nates
of those days if we could get them to-
gether. Our father moved away
when we were young and before our
school days in the country were fin
ished.
But this is apart from the purpose
of this article.
When Rev. Mr. Sigh took charge
of St. Paul's as pastor in 1865 the
membership was about $50. Now it is
about $780, 1t must be remembered
that since lne took charge Mt. Tabor
has been organized and it took about
100 members from St. Paul's. Bach
man Chapel was chiefly made up from
St. Raul's. The church at Little
| Mountain has perhaps some 90 or 70
members from St. Paul's. When Mt.
| Pilgrim was organized it drew largely
from St. Paul's and St. Paups has
| members at Prosperity, Newberry,
Columbia and other places. That is
! they joined the church at St. Pauls.
The first colony that went Out from
this congregation to set up bethel
| of their own was the Colony church,
Some fifty years ago.
| The story Of those who have gone
out from this congregation to enter
| the ministry is told in another article
as we'll >as of those who went to COL
| lege and to engage in other vocatlons.
| The mention of the new congrega-
| tions that have been organized out OF
this one and the statement OF the
membership today as compared with
forty years ago will give some idea
of the growth of the community in
population. This is also TRUE OF the
/ schools and school houses. Public
roads have been built, rural deliveries
established and everything has kept
pace with tine progress of the age.
Of the old men or middle aged men
in the days of Our youth in this COM
munity very few are left now. Jacob
Epting who was the superintendent
of the Sunday school, DR.. Joel A. Ber-
ly who was prompt in ATTENDANCE,
Mr.. Geo. A. Counts who was always
present and grew the best watermel-
ons of any man in the community,
Mr.. Jacob Kibler who lived just up
the hill from the spring, DR.. D. H.
Werts who was the family physician,
Mr.. Levi Monts who enjoyed good
singing, Uncle Geo. Feagle where we
always got a good dinner, Uncle John
Riser where they made good potato
cus4ard, and many Others are all gone, |
but they are represented by good
and sturdy posterity who have taken
their places in the community and the
church. MI. Jonas Livingstone, Mr..
D. T. Livingstone, Mr.. Jim Wicker,
are a few of the older men whom we
remember who are still left.
The officers of the church at pres
ent are:
Elders-J. D. Shealy, J. A. c. Kib-
ler, J. H. Livingstone, L. I. Epting, J.
F. Richardson and Jno. c. Aull.
Deacons-Geo. B. Aull, L. A.
Shealy, Ed Shealy, B. Bedenbaugh,
It. A. Epting and J. w. Richardson.
Mr.. Jno. C. Aull is the superintend-
ent of the Sunday school at present
and has been for several years.
In looking back it Seems but very
short time since we lived in this CON-