The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-02
SOUTH CAROLINA

of North America as lar north as
Virginia and as far South as the
Gulf of Mexico. Westward, it reach
ed fer hundreds of miles into the for
ests. The Indians peopled this sec
t on when first discovered, living IN
rude Jog houses.
Three great nations of Europe
contended on grounds of nearly equal
justice for the right to the posses
sion of this part of North America,
England, SPAN and France, each one
on the grounds that certain of their
subjects had first visited its shores.
So, in studying the early history of
Carolina, We must keep in mind the
fact, that to I great extent, the his
tory of these three European ma
tons made Cardinals history.
The settlements in Carolina were
either made by Europeans in search
of money, or by persons who had
been troubled in their native lands
.;ecause of their religion. These set
tiers did not cut themselves off entire
y from their mother countries, so
naturally they felt every disturbance
1 their European homes. We will
find Carolina often torn by quarrels
among her citizens, due to the differ
ences in nationalities, as we'll as by
disturbances in Europe.
In 1861, permission was obtained
from Charles *, the French king, to
plant colony in Florida, one of the
several names by which Carolina was
then know. This expedition was en-
trusted to Rebault and they landed
IN a magnificent bay which they nam
ed port Royal" on account of tits
fairness and largeness.' There, they
built Fort Charles, but their attempts
TO plant a colony failed, they be-
came discouraged and went back
home. In 1854, ships came over
from France the second time and set
tied on st. Johns river, built Fort
Carolina, but were massacred by the
Spaniards who claimed this territory.
This massacre was avenged by Chew
slfer de Gourzes, who raised an ex-
oed;tion at his own expense and hung
The Spaniards.
More thar a hundred years passed
before snother settlement was made
in this section. October 30th, 1929,
Charles I of England granted this
portion Of America to his Attorney
General, Sir Robert Heath, for the
founding of a province and on March
goth, 1868, Charles II granted this
same territory to eight of his politi-
cal supporters. These noblemen
formed company known as the
LORDS Proprietors. They We're: the
Earl of Clarendon; the Duke Of Al
oemarle; William, the Earl of Cra-
ven; Anthony, Lord Ashley; John,
Lord of Berkeley; Sir George Car
:eret; Sir William Berkeley; and Sir
John Colleton.
The grant which they obtained
cnrnr;sed a territory out of which,
subsequently, the states Of South
Carolina, North Carolina, and Geor-
gia were formed King Charles made
them absolute lords and proprieto1s,
reserving to himself simply sovereign
ty of the country. For fifty years,
the proprietors ruled this English
province and these fifty years repre-
sent South Carolina IN the making.
The three ships, with barely 200 pas
|sengere which had sailed up the Ash
ley in 1870, depositing their little
group of settlers on the edge of a
der.se forest INHABITED 'oy savage In
dians, had brought such courageous
and hardy group of colonizers that
fifty years later we find South Car
olina- a prosperous province Of 90
600 people. The Carolinians had
fought continually with the Span
iards; had subdued the Indians and
driven pirates from the coasts with
out assistance. Furthermore, they
had been unbearably hampered in
their home affairs by unreasonable
interference Of the proprietors. In
spite Of all these drawbacks, the peo-
pie had built churches, schools, and
libraries in Charles Town and had
made settlements all over the lower
part of the province. They had
built SHIPS and had developed a luc-
rative trade with many parts Of the
globe. They raised the best rice in
the world with their slave labor, and
besides rice, which was their chief
agricultural export, they exported
deer skins, pork, beef, butter, lum-
ber, pitch, tar, turpentine and little