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PART TWO. PAGES, NINE TO SIXTEEN.
VOL. XLII. NO. 127 NEWBERRY, S. 0.. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1905. TWICE A WEEK. $150 YEAR
Interesting History <
By Arthui
The date of he organization of St.
Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church
is so far in .the past that nothing can
be learned that is at all accurate. Dr.
Berrheim in his History, of the Ger
man Settlement, page 233, says: "In
the year 1767 Rev. John Nicholas
Martin comnenced to labor in -the
fork of the Saluda and Broad rivers
and remained *here until the close of
tbe year 1774." He says further:
"Newberry district (county) was only
partially settled by Germans, and at
a period succeeding the colonization
of Saxe Gotha (Lexington county).
A number of German churches ex
isted in 1788." From this it is very
evident that St. Paul's was organized
- THE PRESEI
between the years 1767 and 1787. He
further says t4he first pastor minister
ing to them was -the Rev. Frederick
Joseph Wallern, w.hose name appears
as a -member of t-he'Corpus EvangeIi
cum in 1787. There is no .data to
show --hat Pa.:tDr Wallern ever served
any chuirches than *vhose of Germans
in -he lower par of PtNewberry, is-,
trct.s. eowe.afrmad.iedo
it till his d.. .eif teya 11.I
theac inoror-tig nube o
Germa chuchesin Nwbery an
Lexigtoncoutiesby te lgisltur
of 78, t.Pal' i nt enie
and St Paul' and S . on
byethiseioeeno the yers167ati78.He
curhrsy Inh irstyho ays, minse
pinge to emool, wte Rev.ssedriol
Jose awllrn doe neamlte aear
inscripin on7 here timb anodt gho
storie that wertorallern cevertione
with chrs han He s eriednhs
farm *the lwe pwart aNwbhis.tomb
it till his dehne ear hiket. Hin
theat etingorpoateing pacticably un
Leowngtoday.te b h lgsltr
Iut wasdrmis, an weady fe sure
6hatst al7's ishas Rev.a Benledemi
cPasto Wosaler (Has wand hradh
been 'opmrehin t the German tte
m~,uens in this ectionk for years
and,brt.e Pauls hanetd St.arohS
(white church) seem thos have beenjoie
ptgle.ee givn yethe church by,h
taledw.tHe etfo thoe'h re onfrmed
byetlees pinr the Linash(fran
church. Hewa ouinyho South arwe
loddedio to schoo,w Revolution, foldhe
inesceviption came tob, an ah chous
sieso that rening in ongneio
th isouse. hiscue wanud n his
farm, ad weaune hwe atswni tomov
>f St. Paul's Churc
H. Kohn.
w-as in sympathy, a British subjec
It is to be regretted :that there
ro 1;ritten record of these timei
What interes-ting history it would b
now! v'hat a pity Wallern, Froelicl
Woliberg and others did not folloa
thIe example of Geisendaner, i
Orangeburg, and keep a church re<
ord. We feel safe in -saying that S
Pauls was among the first of -the Gei
man churches organized in Sout
Carolina, and while many of ther
have passed away and the place
:wIere ,tihey stood are unknown, but S
Pauls is .s.till alive, active and at worl
St. Pauls has sent out many of he
brightest and best sons and daughter
to 'help build up other sections an
.~~ ~ . .. . .......
T CHURCH
churches. You can scarcely go int
any of our m<re populous centres t.
day :and not find a son or 4a daughte
of old St. Paul's. We are proud of th
fact -rhat we are a whild of ihers. T
day St. Paul's is as young and ac,tiv
as an.iy of the younger congregation
and is furthering !the work of th
church, as earnest workers should d(
'S:. *Paul's was represented when tvh
South Carolina -synod was organize
in 1824 in St. Mich'ael's c?hurcoh, Les
ington county, and there never h
Ibeen a session 'of synod in all thes
years at which she was not represen1
ed either by pastor ior delegate c
both. Et.ernity will only unfold tb
real work she ihas done in 'all thes
years. We find that 'the 7th annut
session of the synod was 'held witi
this congregation. The synod at thi
trime, 1830, consisted of seven ordatine
ministers and five licentiates, wi:t
lay delegates. rThe Rev. John Bacd
man was elected president Rev. C. I
Bergm'on, secretary, Rev. Godfre
Dreher, treasurer; congregations 2(
members 1,452; dontributions $679.0i
with $1,616.96 in the treasury. Wht
an anomaly, money cornied over fror
year 'to year in the hands of 'the synoi
How differen.t now! On.e of 'the pa:
tors present at this meeting, the Re'
W. D, Strobel, only passed to 'his r<
ward in 1903- Rev. M. Rauchi wa
pastor of St. Paul's at this time.
Synod met .wi'th St. Paul's again
1840, Rev..1W. G. Harter, pastor. Off
cers elected at .this sessiocni of syno<
president, Rev. Jno. Baclhmuan, D. D
secretary, Rev. Jno. C. Hope; treat
urer of Synod, Col. West Caugh mar
treasurer Seminary, 'Col. Henry Mu
ler; ordained minister enrolled,
licentiates, 5; total, 22; two licentiate
received at this synod. One minist<
present at this meeting, Rev. J.]
Margart, only died a year or two ag
Synod had at ethis 'time: congregati'on
34; members, '1,622; contribution
$417.46. It has been 'said that at th:
session of synod the old church we a
knew so 'well was' dedicated, but n
can find no mention of it in the miu
utes of that year. We did fini
itnhou t'ha' a' this session permanei
action was taken in reference to the
Seminary. Thus we see St. Paul's has
been in the vanguard in all th.ese mat
ters.
The synod ,did not meet again witl'
in the hallowed fwalls tof this church
s until the din of war and the clash of
arms was resounding in our land.
e Owing to :he disturbed c.ndition of
ithe country in :he fall of '61, the meet
V ing was postponed until January 1862.
" At this meeting there were enrolled
35 ministers and 2 1.icentiates. A num
- ber of the pastors were s2rving their
country on -the tented fields in Vir
ginia, and a n'umber of churches were
n without regular pastors. The Rev. D.
S M. Blackwelder was pastor. Rev. J.
- P. Margart was elected president of
synod, Rev. J. Hawkins secretary,
r Rev. J. P. Smeltzer correspondin, s_:
s retary, Mr. W. W. Houseal trznrer
synodical fund, Mr. Jacob F. Sciirnr
treasurer seminary fund, Maj. J. P.
Kinard treasurer widow's fund. 'on
gregacions 44; members, 4,1:0' con
tributions $652.96. In the parochial
reports tihe synod reported -).; c-al
ored communicanits.
One of ,the ministers pre.;ent at this
meeting is living, the-Rev. J A-istin,
of Leesville, wh'o'was at that tir.Q pas
tor in Springfield, Georgia. The
names of many of -the fore-nmo.t pas
tors of our church of'a later day were
on the roll -of that session. some of
wihioh twere the Revs. B16i.nest, Bow
man, Hawkins, .Margart, Muller,
Smeltzer, &c. All, all these have pass
ed into the great beyond.
Six. years .later, Wlien the dove of
peace had agalin -sp'read :her wings
over our desolate southland, synod
inet *ith St. Paul's. It was at this
synod -as a boy I sat and listened with
opened-mouthed won-der at -the scenes
tihat -were being enacted. It was at
this meeting that the question of *the
removal of Newberry college was up
- for settlement, and well do;we remem
r ber that when i-t seemed as if all was
e lost and Newberry college must die
that the Rev. Carl Webber arose and
e tendered certain buildings -ndgrounds
in Walfalla for the use of The college,
e I and we also recall that a resolution
was offered and adopted that t1he
e name should reinain "Newberry Col
d lege." We also recall the impression'
made on our mind by the licensing of
sRev. S.,T. Hallman and .the ordination
e of Rev. Carl Webber. Rev. 3. A.
Sligh wa pastor ,at tihis time having
r succeeded the Rev. D. M. Bla'ckwelder
e in .the autumn of 1865. Numebr of
e ministers on the roll 29; licentia'tes 2.
LRev. T. S. Boinest was elected presi
Sdent, Rev. Paul Derrick secretary,.
s- Majior P. E. Wise treasurer synod,
d Mr. J. F. Scihirmier treasurer seminary.
h Col. T. W. Holloway .treasurer rwid
-oms' fund, Capt. J. P. Aull treasurer
Smis'ionary society; members, 3,289;
congregations, 39; contributions $650
S28. There is a loss of nearly 1,ooo
members since the last meeting in
S1862., This is 'the result *of The cruel
war that ended so many brigiht lives
and blasted so many hopes. We only
f'ind p4 colored enrolled at this ses
s:on against 954 of only six years be
fore.
s Once again 'the South Carolina syn
od of the Evangelical Lutheran church
n will meet in St. Paul's church. What
i- is the 'story, 'te reports made within
[: her walls will 'tell at this session?
.; After 37 years the synod will again
- meet to transact business that will be
; for dhe advancement of the church
I- and The u.pbuilding of the Master's
7 Kingdom. Again 'will 'the synod 'give
:s out to this venerable member of .hers
:r new 1life, new thoughts, new lines of
?. action. The last session of synod at
>. Orangeburg reported 44 ministers,
s, .72 congregations, 9,889 members
s,I and .dollars contributed. In the
is amounts men'tioned in this article as
11 contributed only to the funds of synoid
-e are included. Mission, orphan home,
i- seminary, etc., are not included. The
-1, grand total of co.ntri'butions for 1904,
it for all departmen.ts of c.hurch w.ork,
will aggregate nearly, if not fully,
seven :housand five hundred dollars,
as upwards of five thousand dollars
have pased through the treasury of
Lhe synod. Of all the ministers pres
ent at the lFast session of synod. in
i868 only Revs. J. A. Sligh, S. T.
Hailman and A. W. Lindler survive.
Of the officers all are -dead.
Fritm this s'h our readers can
see what progress has been made dur
ing all ithe years that intervened. This
is the his:.ory of the past. What will
its future history be? Lec the earnest
work of the coming session speak in
no uncertain .sound that the watch
-word will be "Go forward." As the
church in which synod will meet will
be remodelled, whilerecaining much of
the old, yet it has put on the new
and withi its face turned toward to the
future, with a' will to do, let it be the
THE PAR
inspiration -to -the synod to forget the
troubles of the past and attempt tEo do
great things for her Lord and Master,
aye, even greater ones than she has
yet attempted. As twe think back over
'those old days and in our mind's eye
we see -those grand old Ohristians we
wonder if -distance lends enchan-ment
to the view. Where are the ,Levi
Mionts', Levi Bowers', Henry Sheely'.s,
Geo. A. Counts', John Riser's, Maj.
Epting's, of 'today? These were all
grand men and valiant soldiers of the
Cross. Upon whom has 'their mantle
fallen? These 'were tihe men of our
day. They 'had taken up the man*tle
as it fell from the 'heroes of an earlier
day. They were 'following in the foot
steps of throse grand men of a former
generation, the Martin Singley's, the
Geo. Feagle's, the Houseal's, David
and W. F.
Yes, tihese are those who are car
rying on this work bequeathed to
them by the fathers. Yes, 'the 'work is
*goiigg fontwarnd and success will crown
'their efforts, even a's it did tihe fore
fatihers of old. As to the mien who
have gone out 'from St. Paul's to
bri,ghten, gl.adden and make mankind
better and 'happier I will leave to an
abler pen 'thian mine. In passing, I
would lay this tribu-te on 'the brow of
'the dear old mother dch'urc.h that she
has sent more of Jhier sons into the
minist.ry than she :has into the profes
sions. Sent them into that call-inig
that binds up the broken-hearted and
comforts the bereaved -and leaves the~
world 'better fior their 'having lived in
it. Wh'at 'hig'her praise can she have
.than this?
May she continue to send out 'her
sons and daughters to bless mankind.
In closing we would s'ay that we
suppose that the pastor of St. Paul's
church, the Rev. J. A. Sligh, has filled
the longest pastorate within 'the 'his
tory of othe 'synod, 40 years. For forty
yea.rs *he has gone into the homes of
the people, carrying -comfort and
c'heer, Ibaptizing their ohil.dren, con
firming them, marrying them and
burying them. A new generation has
come on the stage of action, The old
one has passed away and hle remains
to preach to the rising generation andl
to point them in the right way. What
wonderful oppiortunities, -what fear
ful responsibilities, what glorious re
wards! May St. Paul's have many
years in which -to carry on -uhis grand
good .work.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
President Roosevelt Issues Proclama
tion Fixing Thursday No
vember 30.
By the President of the United States
of America-A Proclamation:
When nearly three centuries ago
che first settlers came to the country
,which 'has now become this great re
public, they fronted not only hard
ships but a terrible risk to their lives.
In those grim years the custom grew
of setting apart one day in each year
35ONAGE.
for a special service of thanksgiving
to the Almighty for preserving rhe
people through the -changing seasons.
The custom has now become natiopal
and hallowed by immemorial usage.
We live in easier and more plentiful
times than our forefathers, the men
who with rugged strength faced the
rugged days; -and yet the dangers to
nai-onal life are quite as great now
as at any previous 'time in our -history.
It is eminent-ly fitting that once a
year our people should set apart a
day for priaise and thanksgiving to
the Giver of Good, and, at the same
time express their thankfulness for
the abundant mercies received, and
should manfully acknowledge their -
shortcomings and pledge sthemselv.es
solemnly and in good faith to strive
to overcome them. During the past
year we have been blessed -with boun
tiful crops. Our business prosperity -
h.as been great. No other people has
ever stood on -as high a level of ma
terial wvel.l being as -ours now stands.
We are not threatened by -foes from
wi:ihout. IThe foes from whom we
should pray to be delivered are our -
own passions, -appetites and follies;
and 'against these there is always need
that 'we s'hould -war./
Therefore, I now -set apart Thurs
day, the 30th day of November, as a -
day of thanksgiving for -the past -and
of prayer for -the future, and -on that
day I ask that throughiout the land
tb-e people gather in the homes and
places of -worship and in rendering
thanks unto the Most High for the
manifold blessings of the past year,
consecrate themselves to a life of
clean-liness, honor and wisdom, so
that this nation may do its allotted
work on the earth in a manner worthy
of those -who founded it and of those
who preserved it.
In witness thereof, I have hereun
to set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington,
this, the second day of November, in
the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and five, and of the In
dependence of the United States, the
one hundred and thirtieth.
THETODORE ROEVET.T

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