The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-09
PUBLISHING OLD THINGS.
Associate Reformed Printing and As
sOciate Reformed Printers.

SOcIaLe TclOThSu
Some Of our respected contemporaries are
Old
from other sources. This leads us 10 oeEeVe
that the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
could not copy into that paper better or
more interesting thing than "Lathan's His
Iory OF the Associate Reformed Synod Of the
SOUTH" Although we have had copy OF the
book for years 1t didn't occurr 10 us that
have dipped Into it," and nnd 1t very inter
estipg and Instructive If the copyright
does not forbid, the Presbyterian could not
dnctins Lathan's History. Every Associate
Reformed Presbyterian should read IT. II
published our friends should add in paren-
thesis some facts or dates which MI; Latham
omitted For instance: The History"
should make known the facts as TO the homes
of ''The Erskine Miscellany, and "The
Christian Magazine of the South
CHAPTER in ihe history OF the church paper
would have been int resting. We believe
that the publication OF tue ErskIne Miscel-
lany was begun earlier than In lSoO.certaln,y
not later than las. The type and the press
were the same ss used by Samuel Jordan In
One Revealed" A few cases OF long primer
and Two caaes OF BREWER made the chief outfit
of type, and the printing was done on
Smith hand press. The cost Of the plant to
Messrs. Lindsay Bonner, being $325 Il
IT, ai !, saSins s been used previously TO prin
the Hamburg Republican. H. D. Wray and
II. l.. Holland. printers, came from Ham.
burg TO Mr. Jordan's and from Mr. Jordan's
to Due West. Mr.. Wray married Mis- Dru
ella Dowtip OF Long Cane, and Mr.. Holla
married Miss Hawthorn, daughter of A. Z.
Hawthorn OF Due est. In the early ffties
Mr.. Wray moved 70 Georgia nn1S and DIED ,~ a ieW
In the fall of 1851. Rev. ]. O. Lin dsay trans
ferred his interest in the office to Rev. 1. /.
bonner, and at the same time Mr.. Bonner
bought nom Mr.. Boyce the name, good will
and subscription list of the "Christian Mega
zine OF the SOUTH" The combination OF the
two papers brought the circulation Of the
Erskine Miscellany up from thirty quires Of
paper TO slxty-f1ve quires, which In little
while was reduced to sixty quires.
After the war, the Presby Lerian publishing
compapy was organized, with Mr.. Bonner.
Lee & Wilson and perhaps others az stock
holders, the capital STOCK being Sl,OOO. Lee
4 Wilson owned one-fourth OF the STOCK, and
the paper was printed at Abbeville In the
Press and Banner Office for year or two.
when 1t was moved back to Due West. Mr.
Bonner was one Of the most enterprsipg as
we'll as one OF the most mo sagacions men tnat
first, ifnot the first man, in all this part OF
the country to buy cylinder printing press
He was the first to print an eight-page paper
He threw away the Smith press and sold II
for old iron during the war. The Princeton
press be did not move from Aobeville. but
asked that 1t be thrown down the hill In the
RQlleY, IL Wa6 plHCSu Uc luc IuO CdidVOOoc,
and 1t finally disappeared, piece by piece.
MIR. Latham might have added shor'
chapter about other buildings than the COL
lege, which would have been Interesting;
Lindsay Hall, was the Com mmencement Hall
until II was torn away TO give place TO
more elegant and more modern structure
1t was finished In 1851 In time for Commence
ment OF that year in Erskine. We do moi
recolleot, even II we ever knew, the size Of II.
But. as little boy We thought IL was the
largest brick building on earth. James Lind.
say was the contractor, and we understood at
the time. that the building committee lacked
$500 Of having money to pay the contract
price, he forgsve the debt and the building,
for this reason. was called Lindsay Hall for
ence we believe the Lindsay" part Of the
name.was dropped. Mr.. Lindsay was man
Of affairs and was q tower OF strength to any
His % public spiritThis gifts, and his name are
forgotten, while the names Of those who In
troduced resolutions" at Synod are perpetu-
OF the halls Of the Literary Societies we
An interesting event in the story OF the
Erskine Miscellany was the lawsuit against
year by silas Anderson silas Anderson
opened place OF business In Due West, from
which he proposed to furnish the boys with
something that would bring them victorious
over all the Ills OF life. lust TO have q little
fun with Mr.. Anderson, the students pro-
cured q fence rail and repaired to his place OF
business when they invited him to take q
ride down town on their primitive convey
ance. They would accompany him as out
riders or guards OF honor. The o d gentle
man had no particular desire to out riding
that afternoon, but after being urged, be
mounted the rail very much as Northern
women sometimes mount their horRes-as.
tride. ''Tbe boys" jollied their distinguished
guest and he exchanged the pleasap tries az
they passed down the street for mile.
When they reached The brick yard where Mr..
Lindsay made the brick with which TO build
Lindsay Hall. they stopped on the edge OF =
hole filled with water. Mr.. Anderson got of
the rail- which he had been riding. and
jumped In. After jumping In, he came out
and repeated the movement time and again
to the merrimept OF spectators. There were
for hire, no bathing costumes at this resort
SO Mr.. Anderson by rolling over and over In
the mudhole. made quite a figure OF himself
and his clothes. The fact Is, he was SO badly
messed that the boys refused conveyance TO
him on his return home and he had TO walk
back through the streets Of the city compact
and fair. He and his clothes had been
bethed in mud hole. The Erskine Miscel.
Iapy ip giving an account OF the atte ptiop
which bad been given 10 Mr.. Anderson on
this occasion 80 wounded bis sensibilities
that he sought poultice Of bank bills With
which to bind mp bis wounds. Messrs
Lindsay & Bonner appeared In court and the
matter vas settled IN 9 way unknown to bis
printer boys,