Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-01-11

| Helpea 70 RrlnG the famous METERS
Of Junius. II Mr.. Miller knew who
was the author about whom the eng
lish-speaking world was agog, he
never told, and the secret died with
the generation which produced 1t. In
the course OF time the. Journal
changed hands and became the Pen,
dleton Messenger, which hourished
for many years. AT the time that
Printer John Miller started hls news
paper in Tendleton there was no
other in America located so far west.
Mr.. Miller was elected .the first
Clerk Of the Court for Pendlston Dis
ftrict. The first court was held in
1890 by Magistrates Robert Ander-
son, John Wilson and william Hol-
bert. Samuel Lotion was the first
sheriff.
Those early Pendleton people were
ont only reading people they liked
some more exciting pleasures. toe:
In fact, they were somewhat sporty,
They had Jockey club and yen,ly
races, which brought out all of tho
fashionable folk and many who
made no pretense of fashion. All
loved fine horses and glorincd IN a
race. The manipulators OF betsiN!,
books Of course swarmed like Nios
about molasses Jug.
The citizens Of Pendleion District
organized farmers society. whiai,
is still in existence. When IN 1925
Old Pendlc,on District was divided
into Anderson and Pickens, there
was in process Of cons yuction il
brick court house at Pendleton,
which was Of course abandoned, The
Legislature ordering that the con-
tractors be reimbursed for any loss
which he might have sustained. Tho
Farmers Society took over and COM
pleted the building, which stands ia
the middle Of the public square I,
quaint old-style structure with co.
umns In front, and from these early
days Of the nineteenth century uutIl
meeting place Of the Feri.ors Socj-
ETY.. Its wallis have echoed on th0
voices Of some Of South Carolina 8
most fluent speakers. In tS30,John
G. Calhoun was president OF the So
ciety. MIR. Clemson also served 1t as
president. Major Benjamine f. Sloan
was one of its members, as wor,
John Miller, Robert Anderson, Dr.
Andrew Pickens,Jr and many other
notable men. ),
Possesses Sun Dial.
No changing tongue Of iron .rOM
belfry heights marks time to@P@n7
dleton-only the noiseless saadcw
cast ~ th" pointer of " 81 tHfT 4
how tha hours are dying, tust'E# IL,
has TOLD tbc Same story To ga,$srS
ttona Of pcNd}eton people WHO huvn
passed Iko shadows themselves
across the village life and disappear
ed forever. 1t was a gift from Col.
Huger, in Pendleton's infancy.
The home of William Henry Tres
colt in Pendleton, still occupied by
members Of his family, was builI
long ago by an English nobleman,
Lord IIoWther, who fell SO in love
with the quiet South Carolina village
that he desired to own house there
to which he might retreat when the
big world claimed her own again,
and the property was bought by Mr..
Trescott. Secretary Of State under
President Buchanan, to whom also
the peaceful town made a strong ap-
peal. Mr.. Trescott was acting Sec
retary Of State when South Carolina
seeded. He was also charming
writer Of both prose and poetry. The
greatly admired inscription on the
Confederate monument in Columbia
is from his pen.
In the streets Of Pendleton indig-
nant citizens first kindled a bonfire
Of abolition literature sent into the
State.
In Pendleton soil sleep three ad-
mirals Of the United States Navy
Thomas Holup Stevens, William B.
Shubrick and Cornelius x. Stribling.
There also rests Barnard E. Bee,
whose name Is eternally linked with
the immortal one Of "Stonewall,"
which. in dying, he bestowed upon n
greater man. There, too, lies Gen.
Clement II. Stevens and Alexander
Worley, captain Of the Confederate
navy.