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Messrs. Smith and Hammond. At the close of this 

 term of service, Mr. Moore resigned and took charge 

 of a school in Columbia, where, by his influence and 

 preaching ability, which was of the first order, he 

 materially aided in the permanent establishment of 

 Methodism in that city. On the retirement of Mr. 

 Moore, Mr. Hammond, father of ex-Governor Ham- 

 mond, took charge of the school, and taught it with 

 signal ability for many years. Mount Bethel and 

 Willington Academy (in Aobeville District, under the 

 control of the celebrated Dr. Waddell) were the only 

 schools of high grade for a number of years in the 

 interior of the State, and did much in the educational 

 training of the young men of South Carolina. • Mount 

 Bethel was largely patronized, and had from time to 

 time students from Georgia and North Carolina. A 

 number of the leading men in South Carolina, in sub- 

 sequent years, were prepared for college at Mount 

 Bethel, among whom were Hon. John Caldwell and 

 Chancellor James J. Caldwell, of Newberry District, 

 Judge Earle, the first ex-Governor Manning, Will- 

 iam and Wesley Harper, sons of Rev. John Harper 

 of the South Carolina Conference. The first and 

 second classes which were graduated in the South 

 Carolina College received their preparatory training 

 here. Wesley Harper was graduated in the second 

 class of the college, and died soon after. William 

 Harper was graduated in the third class in 1808, 

 and subsequently became, as is well known, one of 

 the first jurists in the country. The m ain building 

 of this academy was twenty by forty feet, divided 

 by a partition, with chimneys at each end, constructed 

 of rough unhewn stone. The up-stairs was used as 

 lodgings for the students. Several comfortable cabins 



