The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-06-27

BILE soul!--new missionary in China,
had thoroughly organized the Young
Mems Christian Association ia Edge
field, the boys wished to bay an organ.
and begged us to write and deliver
lecture on cid times in Edgefeld in
their BEHALF. Remembering right far
back ourself, and having been raised
by an ancient grandmother, who was
Walking chronicle Of early EdgeGeld
history, We, complied gladly. And we
are proud to say the boys got their or
gan. From this old lecture we copy,
almost at random, certain passages. !,
The town Of, .Edgefeld lies on sew
eral hills in tia fork of Beaver Dam
Creek and its tributary, ",tse Acade-
my Branch. When yod leave the
summit Of the public square and goI
norshward, you descend. lofty and
muddy red hill, snd GROSS the Aoade-
my Branch. you are 10 " "Bunoombe.'"'i =
You chen go up another long, very
long, red muddy hill, With homes,
soma Of them formerly very handsome,
on either side o. the red street. It
vas called .sBuncembe" from the
esrl;sat days, beeanss overIthat side
ofstoWn camped the apple and tobsuoo
sswagoners from Buneombe County, N.
~C. On the extreme Top Of the hill,
where The land strssohes out fat,
stands ths old :sMat Minis home.
stead s. 5is {swas tho first house ever
built % Bunoombe, and was, for those
early days very handsome one.
Mira. Nat Minis was q daughter Of the
brave young Capt, Richard Tut, who,
in Revolutionary times, had taken
Bloody Bill Cunningham, q captive,
to Charleston. Subsequently he be-:
came the first; sheriff Of !: Edgefeld.
HisoWn home was on high hill on
the south side Of the little town.
His descendants here have his sword.
The second house built in Bun.
combe.Wasn the hy.ae Of another man
fan.ssa.s ;n history the Hon: Preaton
Brooks This house, :atill : hand.
some one, now owned and occupied by
Dr:5J, Glover Tompkins, WAS built in
1890 by / Col Z. Vhit feid Brooks, the
father Of Preston s. Brooks. /: Col,
Whitfield Brooke had ;been born and
raised III 4 the saluds country some
twenty miles north Of Edgefeld. This
homsWith spasiouas grounds and afl
incompatible flower gard den--was 5
iordiyone; and ness resttJn s s. BsI1oks
lived with his parents uutil he was
married & S 5>3 2i3 ;5i$.
Precisely opposite Tho Brooks home,
from 1890 10 1910 5or l8a5, stood ;.he
frat: and originai Diethodist Church Of
Edgeaald. The Baptists Uhuroh, the
frat church I'D Edge eaold,, !, had been
dedicated ins 1925. lhe Episcopal
Church was ,consec ratedd insl lesb. Ihis
first Msth8di Gyhureh stood &in,}sS s
grove 81 hugo oaks, while ;mmedistsiy,
:, 0Ack Uasll sGEHIGu6V0ut tAtOeuheiiI UDBla
V+ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES v.. ~ asU1H Hu1
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Hisins & n Is I,i pine. y, b
val;ehuroh !, Which rood in Bunaom 81,
4 that Tho fam ous ard eccentric sld Ise.
rense Dow 5pssassl s hid, d and Wisihsn he had
ilnishsd prsae he jumped soHt of
the bsck wind u, {? 81 plunged fints the
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inMdgsf Old & 3E
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shs famoss Old jeirsnit ii 81 Brother
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