Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-09

as he pleased with, he, having paid
$4,000 therefor.
These facts are all matters Of rec
ord except as 10 the agreement to
compensate their granddaughter, and
let the Fort Hill plantation be freed
from any claim that might be set up
by the Calhouns or others that they,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clemson, were donating
that which they did not have moral
right to donate. 1 was witness to
these facts and to the purpose they
had in view.
There is, therefore, no foundation
for the statement that Mr.. Clemson
had settled Calhoun's property to the
State and then given his name to the
proposed inS Stitution. wrote Mr..
Clemson's will, and / state positively
that x any one Is Responsible Tor his
name being given to the college am
that one. Mr.. Clemson wanted to give
the name Of Calhoun to the proposed
institution, but / insisted that it
j
knew of the transactions by which
his granddaughter was to be com
pensated for the full value of the
plantation and that which he was
donating to the State was his indi-
vidual property and Mr.. Calhoun had
nothing whatever to do with the
property or the donation. But it was
Mr.. Clemson's purpose and desire to
name the College Calhoun and not
Clemson.
l was his confidential attorney and
managed all of Mr.. Clemson's affairs
for two years preceding his death. /
visited him once every week, and
spent the day with him, and he lived
the life Of a dignified, heart-broken
hermit. During his last sickness he
talked to me about religion and ask
ed his friend and attending physi-
clan, DR.. II. J. Pickens, to pray for
him, and he asked me to bring a
minister to see him, and l carried
the Rev. M. Clarkson to see him. He
told me that during the several con-
Versations he had with Mr.. Clemson
he confessed his faith in Christ, and
said that Christ was able to save as
great sinner as he was. It was Mr..
Clarksons opinion that he was
converted and saved man.
Mr.. Clemson was strong believer
in Mr. Calhoun &c,
trines. During the early part of the
war, while residing at his home near
the city of Washington, he was noti-
fled by friend that he was to be ar
rested next day on account OF his
sympathies for the South. There
upon he and his son, Calhoun Glenn
son, escaped, and that night crossed
the Potomac river in a skiff and then
walked to Richmond and rendered
their services to President Davis. Mr..
Clemson was attached to the nitre
and mining works in the department
Of the mississippi, and his son
was given commission in the regu-
lar army. Mr.. Clemson served in the
department to which he was attached
to the end of the war. He then came
to Pendleton and later to Fort Hill,
where he resided to the day of his
death.
His daughter, Mrs. Lee, died in
New York, and seventeen days there
after his son, Calhoun Clemson, was
killed In a railroad accident at Sem
eca, S. G. Not a great while after
the death of their two children Mrs.
Clemson died suddenly. For ten
years after the death Of his wife
and children Mr.. Clemson lived
lonesome, desolate life, and his death
was one of the saddest scenes I ever
witnessed. In my many conversa-
tioss with him he impressed me as
one who thoroughly understood the
conditions in which the people were
left by the results Of the war. Hav-
ing graduated from the school of
mines in PARTS, he was firmly i'm
pressed with the conviction that an
industrial education would alone
meet the conditions then existing and
he was vitally interested in helping
to establish such an institution for
the benefit Of the rising generation.
Pendleton, June 8, 1909.