The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-10-17
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GOOD WORK OF \ GOOD MAN
OF THE OLDEN TIME.
BY Rev. Y. Won 4. Riser

REV. f1eTllldn lAull NdS DOI Ii III IdC
time of our great grandfathers. He
lived in NeWberry county, then call
ed "District' His home was near
st. Pauls church in No. 10 township.
The old nome is there yet, some of the
same buildings, the same hills and
cr5ek and spring. Nearby the old
place, in a bit of ground high and dry,
in the old family plot, neat and ap-
propriate slab marks his last resting
place. To go by there is enough to
start a train of solemn, reverent
thoughts of the days long past.
Tne, old home, so dear to the Aulls
and their kindred, though no Aull lives
there now, is still the property of the
Aulls. So let it be a long time yet.
Even if it should pass out of their
hands it is certain to be called almost
forever "The Old Aull Place" Why?
Because once a good man, and great
man, Rev. Herman Aull, lived, labored
and died there.
The historic place is in the "back-
woods today, because there isno pub
lie road by it. The good nelghbor-
hood road that was once almost pub
lie road, leading to Aull's water-mill,
has about disappeared and ditch or
trees or fields taken its place, and the
hills always steep are sleeper now. SO
it seems to one walking along there.
/ But, as th5 heading indicates, that
is not the intention of the writer The
heading has something to say about
a "Carpenter-engineer.' What is that
a. "Carpenter-engineer.' What is that?
does not cover the case, and "engineer"
does not express quite enough
At the Old Aull Place is one Dulld-
ing today that does not look like
barn, dwelling or store7nouse. In an
swer to the strangers question, thy
tell him that building was q shop, a.
workshop 1t has upstairs as well
as downstairs, with glass windows,
and there is room almost for small
factory. Whose was it? Wlo built it?
What was it for? The writer, good at
asking questions, hates to ask so
many Rev. Herman Aull has son
still living, Mr.. Luther Aull of Dysons.
He may have learned his fathers trade
of carpent:r-engineering, and he
might have put up the shop mention
ed. The likelihood is that he re-mod-
elled and kept the snop going after
his father had passed away, up until
the son moved away-and the shop IS
still there.
What did they do in such workshops
in the olden time? That may be hard
to say, if we try to tell about every
thing done; but one thing, and tnat
big, difficult thing, done in such coun-
try workshops, was the building OF
horse power machinery for ginning
and pressing cotton. Reader, the next
time you pass an old time gin house,
get down, go in, and look at some old
time carpenter-engineering. Then
you may wonder and scratch your
head.
If you happen to be close by, stop
at Mr.. A. H. E. Schsck's, out in the
St. .Philip's-Lebanon country, and
see some of Rev. Herman Aulls neat,
accurate, substantial work. There is
the old cog-wheel, with the sweep run
ming through, and not cog broken,
or split, or even worn much-and
eWry one exactly in it's own place.
The cogs are white oak that have been
drying ever since 1829-they are hard
by this time. The middle wooden
shafting, tipped at each end with
iron, is piece of gr;at pine, turned and
worked up almost to perfection. The
carpenter work sets up dare to the
critics eye to find a misfit or bad
joint
Close by, under the ginhouse, not
out in the weather, lies the old screw
shafting, which is made of white oak,
straight as a "bee line 1t is larger
than most of the old screw shaftings,
and was made out Of one of the great
white oaks, some of which you may
see standing around ther5. 1t has no
cracks, that | saw, and the groove, or
auger part, is not worn enough to tell
It. It was so we'll made that perfec-
ton, though not of this world, seems
to be the only word fiji to describe It,
Rev. Herman Aull was the Master
Builder of such machinery in this part
of Newberry county. He was minis