The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-20

went with the tobacco wagons 10 Pet
ersburg in his young days. His GcsG
master" as he called it. was Billie
Seymore and his daughter married
Captain Peter Thompson and he was
given to them by Mr.. Seymore. After
a few years he was sold on the tIgce-
and was bought by man name9
! Iucker who was negro specufalor.
After about year in the possessions
OF Tucker he was brought to South
carolina along with a good Gauv
| more negroes and was sold to :Chan-
cellor Job Johnstone. Moses does
! not know how old he was then. hut
according to his story he must havs-
been between 20 and 80. He says he
had been in the possession of Chan
cellor Johnstone about two years be-
fore the Chanccllor's second marriage.
and that he was present and remem-
bers very well when Chancellor John
stone was married to Miss Amelia De-
Walt. That tie marriage took place
! in the house in Caldwell street now
occupied Mr.. Hamilton and known to
most OF the present day residents as
the Thompson house. That was in the
year 1914. And Moses says that his
wife is older than he is. The photo
graphers tell me that Moses thinks 81
is sin to have pictures made, sne
he readily posed for the kodak and
is standing on the sidewalk along
side the Baptist church and the back
ground of the picture is the rear os
the residence of F. R. Hunter
Speaking Of the marriage of ChaN-
cellor Johnstone and Miss DeWaN it
may be of interest to some to say she
was the daughter of David Dewalt who
was a farmer and owned the plce ar
Jolly Street, known as the "DeWalt
Quarters, and his family lived in the
town. Soon after the marriage OF
Chancellor Johnstone Mr.. DewaIt NOV
ed to a house which stood in rear Or
near where the present store Of bTr-
Paul Johnstone now is in Main street
in front of the Thompson Inn, the
home OF DR. Thompson, which stood
just across the street After a short
time Mrs. DeWalt bought lot from
-Ir. W. r. Lane, whose widow died
only few days, where the home OF
T; DR.. O. B. Mayor now is, and built
there. DR.. Mayer says that the old
house which he tore down to build
his present residence had on the
gutter, as was the custom in those
days, 1851, which indicated the year
in which the house was built. He
still preserves that part OF the Old
gutter.
Mr.. Deyalt died before the family
made the move to the Mayer Iot.
There is a legend in the family that
ere evening about dark while Mr.. De-
Walt was standing in his field on his
planation an object appeared before
him and very distinctly counted sevca
rows, and then disappeared TUst
seven months after that, and the same
field. an object appeared again and
counted coToH roy-s. ~, G:@2!>-., 80 red
H came to ms hc~re t,l9t ni2ht and
had an attack of group and died sud-
denly. What significance there was
in the appearance |of the object and
the counting Of the seven rows do
not know.
saw Moses the other day, Or night
rather. and he had his budget on his
back. and upon inquiry found that
his wagon had broken down and was
unable to travel. But he was still go
ing his rounds and gathering UP the
FRAGMENTS with which to feed his COW.
Pity is, it seems to me- especially
for the happiness and contentment OF
this fair Southland. that these pi5
types and old landmarks. are fast
passing away.
new era las dawned and We must
adjust ourselves to the new conditions
or we will be crushed usder the Jug
eernaut of modern progress.