The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-23

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ceeoed ". II. Harrington as treosnr
er' ami that same year Thomas II
! rope was licensed to preach the yos.
pei curing the dark snd terr;hlo
u"ys or tile war, :hc church strnyul,J
VII against tn" difficulties and tr;,Is
eommon to all parts of The south. an,1
~ "': enterprises, led by :heir faitL.
Luz and devoted pastor. In 1a6a -.
tme request of Lower Duncsn,s Cro.l.
IHurcn' s,;m Thomas II. Pope, who was
sun a member ot This chnrch, was or.
ua!'e"' In September of that war
quite revival influence was exner; .
elccu IN the c:;urch snd , nnmbor
,'oa'e were ,nsa geeelyed by baptism. AS the
year 1853 drew to a close, two severs
oio"s 1ell upon the church in ouick
ana sharp succession, in the death ~
Deaeon j. b. O'Neall, on the 9th Of
december, and of f. B. Hiseins an
the 3oth of the same month, Tho
years 1865 and 1866 were occupied bv
everybody in trying to gather IN MI
repair the shattered fragments left bv
inc war. In October, 1866, Dr. Brantly
offered his resignation, and on the 9Th
VI January following his farewell ser.
mon was preached. His pastorate of
sixteen years had been distingu;sbed
oy steady, faithful, permanent work
% %mch left its impress upon the
cn9rch and the community So clear
anu oeep as never to be effaced.
hev. ). L. Zealy was called to tbe
% Saeaht pastorate March Sd, 1867, ac-
e,epted and entered at once upon h;s
,aoorS: In March, 1868, John R
heavell and W. T. Wright were elect.
ea deacons, and in 1870, together with
w. L. Scott and J. B. Carwile, who
mad been previously elected, were or
ua'hed: Mr.. Zealy resigned in Septem-
oer' lS6S, and DR.. Richard Furman
was celled and began his pastoral.
!he last of that year. His health fail
ing IN the spring of 1869, the church
was supplied with preaching to tho
ehd OF that year by professors and
students OF the Southern Baptist The
oiosleal Seminary, especially DR.. Will
liam Williams, who continual r.
preach in 1870, but early in that wear
heV. John Stout was invited to take
charse or the church and did 50. but
continued his studies in the Seminary
until May, 1871, when he came to
Newberry to live. He resigned and
left IN December, 1873, and was Sic
ceeded July lst, 1874, by Rev. F. W.
hason, and he, the first Of January.
1919, by the present pastor. In 1869
William Hayne Leavell, membsr Of
thls church, was ordained to the min
istry. Deacon G. T. Scott died in
1870 and in that same year James
Mcintosh was elected deacon.
The office of clerk of the church
was first filled by James Diver, who
was followed in year or two by Rem
ben Pitts. In 1885 John S. Carwile
was made assistant clerk, and in 1s43
ne succeeded Mr.. Pitts as clerk.
holding the office until 1852. He was
followed by his son, John B. Carwile.
who served as clerk for fifteen wears,
and was followed in 1867 by Y. Z:
Pope, who was succeeded in 1877 bv
John IF. Spearman, and he, in 1881.
by the present clerk, John S. Carwil..
The singing in the public worship
was, at first Of course, without aid of
! instrumental music, and was led bv
Reuben Pitts, aided among the fe-
males by Mary Carwile, Mary Har-
rlngton, Caroline Fernandis, Sarah
Fernandis, and others. Mr.. Pitts was
early succeeded as leader by John B.
Carwile, and Deacon Drayton Nance
occasionally rendered some service in
tins direction. Soon something of a
choir was formed and, as early as
1881, a melodeon was bought and us
ed in the worship. The first performer
was Miss Bette Carwile, now Mrs.
Minis, and she was followed by the
PASTORS wife, Mrs. Brantly, and she
by Miss Kate Lcavell, now Mrs.
Spearman. In 1855 the present or
gan was bought, and the aid and en-
Joyment it has furnished, in the wor-
ship of Gods house for over a quarter
OF a century, must be attributed in
great measure, to the energetic and
enthusiastic efforts Of the accom-
plishcd and devoted Mrs. Rrantly,
through. whose exertions the organ
was secured.
Very soon after it's Organization, in
the beginning of 1882, the church be-