The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-01-11
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Hartsyille, Jan. ga very important
step was decided upon at q meeting
of the Pee Dee Historical society on
the 9Th inst. This society has just
completed ard will issue soon a new
edition of "Greggs History OF the :
Cheraws" with much addenda and
an undertaking OF vaster Importance
by far for this whole section, and
indeed for the whole State. The plan
is to haye the secretary of the soci-
ETY.. who is also the historian, to de-
liver series OF historical lectures
tt. k.oushout the Pee Dee section. and at
the same time organize the different
counties. tnwns; and communities into
a regular system of historical research
and collection. The results of this
the obtainable history OF this section
will be gathered and published by
counties, and this in turn gathered into
one or more volumes which is meant
writer's of history, bearing on the
State Of South Carolina or this section
of the State. It Is intended more es-
peciaily, 1t may be said, to assist the
one who takes up the magnificent work
OF McCrady and completes the his
tory of South Carolina from 1883 20 the
present time.f
The committee under whose direc-
tion the work will be carried on has
deemed 1t advisable to have the lec-
with the local schools. and an appeal
Is made to both teachers and pupils
to assist in the work. The amount Of
money needed for the work will be
fee of 10 cents to these lectures, and
having the school, in the auditorium
or hall of which 1t lis held, assist in the
way OF some very short preliminary
recitations and music. The complete
plans for this work will be unfolded
by the secretary as he goes from
place to place, and county organiza-
tions will be perfected and put into
active work gathering the materials for
in abundant IL chaotic profusion.
Everywhere 1t is intended to have local
organizers work under and with the
county organization In collecting and
making readable matters Of historic
Importance. Col. Dargan who is the
secretary 'and the historian of this
Pee Dee society as well as professor
OF history at the Welsh Neck high
school, expects to begin this important
announced that the first. meeting will
be held at the graded school auditorium
on Friday, the 18th inst, in the town OF
Hartsville. He will then deliver these
lectures at the several towns In Dar;-
iington 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. Oar
tire work into one or several volnmes-
connecting them and commenting
here and there with running review
of his own. %
II VIII pe recalled that almost the
Identical yrrno 1.y-T
croft. 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 a
collection OF historical data bearing
on the history of that 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 and
corner of that country and collected
every bit of data obtainable, interview
ed the pioneers, employed interpreters,
result Is mass OF preceless material
at the disposal of any or all who write
or study of that section. ~.
II is hoped that encouraged by the
example and the results Of the work in (
portions Of South Carolina will take
up a like work on similar lines, and
deliver the State OF the reproacil &of !.
allowing ansabundance OF priceless; his
toricaf material to lie in absolute dis 8
use or tor become irrevocably lost
through difference and neglect. , :. q. 4.
The officers of the Pee Dee Historical J,
society are as follows: Maj. y. T.. ,Coker
president; H. M. Aver yice-president,
=. J, Dargan secretary, Bright VIII:
lianson treasurer Members OF the
executive committee under whose di-
lection this organization for historical
research will proceed are: w. "A. Brun-
son, Florencei A. G. ollocE5 Darling-S
Scott. Kingstree;l R. b. Scarborough, y
Conway; j ;. II. Hudson, BennettsVille;
A IL McArn. Cheraw: Walter Haz-
zard, Georgetown. tst ~ ~ s. M