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VOLUME lP nVassEsx. 98 Weekly, Established 1SS?> Pally, ?eu. ia, ?|t ANM?lSON, S. C SUNDAY MORING, MAY Kt-, SSW. PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM "Joe Brown," W^s < Married Miss Gres! halla, July -r- . ,., (Sunny South.) Ot auch a wedding, I will tell you this afternoon, lt occured July 13, 1847 on tho 21st birthday ol the bride Mi BB Elisabeth Orisham. daughto; of 'Colonel Joseph Orisham and Mary Loya St/sele. Colonel Grlsbam was a mill owner and merchant at West Union, 'S.- C.: nine miles north of Plqken* court KOuso &n?his wife was tho daughter of William and Baths* Steele. . Thb ' : groom was Joseph E. Brown fi y^nng la^ei/. who , nod moved , from' -South Carolina to Georgia, taught' school and was ad mitted to the bar. at;Canton; Ga., and .after attending Yal? : University be visited his sister near West Union about Cliri?ttmaa 1840 abd met his wlf?,,spending 'the bight at her fa ther's housr-. Tbs next June ho came i tb claim ber. | Tho groom traveled froth Canton,J Ca., to Weat Untpn in a buggy, attend ed by a party of eight ot ten of bia, friends. The ceremony was performed by Rev. B. F. Mauldin ia thc Baptist church ht West Union at 6 p. m.,' (perhaps early candlelight.) The bri. day party walked to tho church, a dis tance ot several' hundred yards, where /they found several hundred people / Walt i n'tr trw GR? ihn hriito tn h*?r -ffn? white muslin dress and the groom in bis suit of black. The bride had left on record for her children in tba "kin"bookT> an *cefmnt of tho supper, in which she aaya: There , was a very large crowd of people at tho wedding, some from Ab beville. Anderdon, Piedmont, Green ville, Pendleton, Plok?me, Ca)}ioun and other places. an]4?;wMao*?^Wi:!i?tte Hying within a;ctrkhUr^ja^ miles waa Invitedtome to the mar riage; ?Tfceye! w?3 ,no lack or provis ion*? iiT?ppre ?yeiie ?wsjaty-ecven bglMtfij left on Wednesday muir. teg chirlad three, with ?ie ?? C I.'gave'ono to Mrs: John V audv-oM*. to?1 Aunt rifiijaa m |?atapwav4WPp nikny of "tho' guests' eat" appall nb>b<; an the night was ratheh warm and it ' ' w|?. T?yposfeib?e to ; find ; beda for " so . {he country people 'had goao honvi after supper'to caro for their Btock,ete...and'returned for breakfast. So many good things were left at Bupper teat ali were Invited to' make themselves at homo until af ter breakfast. They were ready to ac. ?Cvi't nH? uia>*aaM-wwwaawawBWMiW . Besides chickens, turkeys, bacon ana ham. and roast .beef In abundance? four fat shoats* wnre killed and *??o . of thom roasted whole. We made, baked and trimmed the cakes at r ome -Aunt Mfelladji Wilson, head' cook, bad all tho assJfltancejshc desired. We had all kinds of fruit pies and custards hy the dozed*, tea cakes, marvels, jumbles and ginger cakes by the peck and half bushel. "jrhsee large sloeplo. cakes, over two tbet high, with ornaments on tcp of each, and bought roi- them, pound cages^ apongo cakes. rrnlt r-.akefi. Bnaw ballB, matrt rnonlnl^elJiej'^^ t\m WHITE, LEGHORN '. .&V-1 Mr Jboa t JilOi .Says, It. 'Y*s Set . Btt? Iii 'Algasia, tiav . Editor; Trtie Intelligencer : in j our paper of the Sib inste In "Poultry ' ; Notes" the a tatemen i is made thai Dr. Zerrest Newha?l? or-Au. gusta. Go., originated tho white leg horn, ot&, Thillsao,at .variance with the fact? tba* ? >.ope ycii will allow mc to corfect th^wStatejEoent.-. I^jfltifo thS'Tateat "Standard. of; Perfection" befer- s-saw orlglb?ted' in itt Tho first authentic record of the in troduction o* leghorns into America says that they were brought here in 18G3 and that l?ih varieties, whites and browns, cams the same, year. Mr. J. P. Kidney or Massachusetts, purchased tho brown leghorns ?nd Mr. Simpson ot New York, got tho white one?. I hate always believed the white* to bo tba 6f2g|ga|-leghorns and that the other varieties'have been produc ed by crossing other breetk, on,the whites. It ls well known that the brown leghorn o? today ts Quite a dif ferent'foaft 'fiwfc what it wa? 50 or Some writOi?-claim that the brown leghor :! ?;-;':. baa .a-atfoag Infu sion ur W?ck: breasted pit humo- blood in rt io'srre in* ca?oro? niumag?- re* i?verner of Georgia, ham of Near Wal 13, 1847. i crackers, light bread and fruits of the I season. . -I We had a Inn's nest made or pre served orange {feelings that bad been preserved In long strips and then were wound together in the shape of a large hen nest,.. The eggs in the nest wera blue mange that had . been shaped tb the ogg shells. Tba cakes wore trlm ?reed w^th Icl?fes, um all plums and. ..sllwr leaf. .The fruit cake, with citron i cut and ahaped tn fancy shapes of ?lea-ves, bear ls, etc., with gold leaf on then), 8ODV> of the melon cakes were mad??yellow by putting yellow of egg oh them well beaten over the icing. 1 We were,two woeks malting these cakes and mports went o?t that my -father brought them from Philadelphia or Boston-a* he'had-:made a trip to thc north a tow wc3ks before the w?d, I ding,.,-: .. [ Tb* wedding tab}? was in a large room, nf i my brother's house, all tfi? I furniture removed, and the table made I to fill nil thc space except standing room for the gilesta and the servants to serve thom. I The candlesticks on the table and on thc. wails of -the room, were trim med with curled and crumpled paper, and tho house was decorated with ev ergrcenr and flowers. > After the dinner ibo bride ?ata ?ced vjv io ner nome folks and Irlends to ito to. her new home, her father glv (Ing both the brfde and groom a gold watch. They traveled In buggies and red? eighteen ic?ies the .nrst after-'] I ?goan apd spent the night with Mr. Deyereau Garrett at Garrett's Bridge, ? ?ext day and night at Tallullah Falls. I/next bight at Nash's hotel In Ciarks Yillo and the peat night at Choice's. I f&fal in Dahlonega} and tb? next ^Sunday) they reached Canton. Thin Kan.tbclr wedding tour in a buggy. ' Now we could wish for them much a^Jc turned into ike profitable - lessons ?at^rlNrga'sjfty.a^kl ? ?be-- yowang couple; Iwusekecplng dispense ihatJmspUalltv .whlaff/xia-ia! fj*rV'cr,'r?l?ion, .side, by IlpjWwl lift?resta hr? one The young lawyer's practice Increased; thc ?tate . senator is nckjiowigged as ?, man among-met? at 28; th'c!?Judge's .ermine is put acid i io take the. chair of state at 33 and for four CQpeecu :tlve.?terms be ia governor bf Georgia, and with- that ii/m belief In State'o . richie he !&.ax?'' .?^b?.^i?SMe,':ei?e??s!-?R? ! ?ist, for wolca-be never had any apol ogy to make and after that dreadful I fury, th? x?em^ry- o? >vh?c? we t.:ach our children waa no shame, In bent every energy to building up state and family prosperity. -Ho sits on th? su preme bench as chief justice and then in the American senate, and for forty years-ther.3 waa no history rn Geor gia without her?, tn all thia C u bride of our old fashioned weddli - '//as an 'adviser "and help, both wording wit '. tingly with both hands and brains and ! walking in that lowly Christian faith, 'which his asia .'their children rise up and call them biassed." ^, ; - Nowhall originated - the whit? 'leg horns, .but in another paragraph, afl otkor ?tea mord; a?^?ic? qt .poBsi Wo? Statement l? n??i*.:rh'?h ^.?'r^.?v?? that they have' ??vter' Seen' boomt ! Hwy arc comparatively unknown, .etc, lt i*, pretty true t*cat they have nj* been boomed: for ?they' need no'.boom ing, hut when we are told that they ara comaara4avaly^4alCftrWh;,'{t Wh,0WB> {the facts ?ne sftax- into'white leghorns . o? the .a?sit fespulur hrccAs ot ot thsm are bred today the- .?ny other breed. Wot only are they bred in America bat at th? p??vept writing there is an e?g-layirig contest going on -at Mountain . Grave. Missouri, in which white leghorns from langland, South ACfk?. Kew Zettitwd, Australia. Vancouver, Ireland, British Columbia, etc., ave tabias part and i am sorry to say that some of those imported birds ?re laying more than the Am erican birds. Had your correspondent said what r?r. Nowhall originated tho whit? leghorn bantam be would .eave been reasonably nefcr the fact, ' to;' I ber some prominence Ulong ?hut line, ?orm ts. JOLLY,'.. Auderson, 8. C., May |fr , ?KwV?'* . Worth, May, 9.-it wai stated - - . ....... tnat 2i>p,cco -rot an teer iroo ba would he jmobehsed here ' within the next t.ep days A came- site has been .selected weet et the oHyalong th? lien bf i\r? Wxaa^asd ^aciRo1 tracks. A q??r?*r mestert, depot ha? been estkb!.' here wtth 91 ces on th* north side m th? eifteh yarda jdfetjfot _ I ' - jroeiwgsi'^gBi- 3ft<mt Seat M ? m phi a. May S^- -Ai m hteeiuijc to MwC?tiv? commutes of thc j Spouter** Socciologieal Cocgrcsn roc (Photo* by American iPreaa Assoclatfc THREE SCENES AT. GET? . BYER again will the Mori? see Gettysburg July V]??;aud 4, 10 ?'j reter?ns of both shies gather not only with their brethren ? one eH?Muc of the "one land, ene flagr xa j GOSSAN ROYS SUICIDE' i ??craase -s? Tu??r Fear o? Fallare a? Examinations, Berlin, Stay 9 -The recent exami nations at the, German schools w?re, us etich^ year,, accompanied with ?ettesess of the boys klll I l^tb?m?ei!?o^,ether, through fear that i they; would not pass, or because af the mortification at faiiure. Ou a single [day three eolcldes of students, ali les? Ih?rTalgh?ecu years old, .were report ai the body o? on-r> who - had gyfpp^l himself. som g day? curlier, hva$ recovered. Tijese instances were j in Greater Berlin alone. th o boy s tass?w . himself . in trout of a train because he had not bc-?n promoted to a higher class. A nutcjde by drowning was .that of a 17-year old boy who was shortly to try the examination to discharge his iniil ?uttes with one year'a service, lng to his teachers there is no he would have, passed,' as> he ^a? ^ '.nsual?y capable and intel' ??. <? , \ ilxed bleaucratle scheme of the] ftnpxii while not explaining] [sui-b suicides, throw.) some light on " actions. Failure to be form school ls a very se rious thing. To become a "Beamter'^ YSBUR& ??RING Tiff: FlfTV-YCAl tm b-piendi? n reunion of veteran? O? the < 13, the fiftieth anniversary-of the greata?) ed io participate iii the formal'and lnfori f their own aide, but with the sun-Ivors ol oTczuent which has united north and south examination for advancement to conrt ?clerJc- He repeatedly told hls-'rlesds that ho v.as sure that he wouid not pass the examination. Thc night be* fore tb/? examination he threw bim-' B?lf from his third story room window and waa cn?-u^i to death ALKXAXWfcK H. -KTKPIIKN'H ,\ Hawtasno ?f the ?reat Southern ls ?A Atlanta, i ( i I t i i 1 _ I i Atlanta, May 9.-The original law' license.iaaMed hi l&:'.2 to Alexander' H. Stevens, who became Vizepresident nf ?he Confederacy and g?stfrabr of Ceorgia, still, exists in AtraMb as the cherished possession of the famous statesman*R nephew and . namesake, Alexander W. stephens. The-relit, which hangs lu Mr. Stephens law of flee, is now 82 years did. lt waa sixn ed by William H. Crawford of Ceor-j' . who; was Judge of the sup.-rior court for the northern circuit at Craw ?or<t*i!l*. The license waa Issued, however, from the Talltaferro snr^rler and th* signer. Judge. craw ford was himself a dlRUnguisb^f?r? ist during the reign of X'aHleon as minister from tno rlilted ' States io Frunce. Ho waa a pupil Of Dr. Wad dellat_ WUtegton. near towbdesvillc, In addition to the law ??ea?e. Mr. Alex TTV 43?apaons-also pnaseese* many -, poners and most of the law 1 libr?is ?;atexa?o^r^w.. Stephens. wh<? J nrxcri recent Iv ? W?g. MHK^otntv to be for tire <*ourt of ap-| It ls believed that he{: support, |t ls state-j i been promised him. } MtR l'<?> VKSTlOK j nt to be given at East j Auditorium 1 l-AfTER CELEBRATION. ..i vit war as that which nssembled st battle pf tbe-wsr. Fifty thousand nal celebrations and to fraternise ' the other caus?. It was the glcrl since the unhappy days of the,.wsr. .' PASTE'S AMJ?lTEBSABt Seary ?di Years Slaee the Passing of the iltc.it p.>el. . Ttome, May 0,-Although . the . six mndredth anniversary of Dante'" tsath ie still seven years off., bl* f?t ow : countrymen- are already ; quarrel, ng over What shall bc- done to mark he date. A monument hfts been, luggested but to thrust the great poet tito the compsny with other men who lave . been commemorated by statues b abe Eternal city will not be a gr*rt compliment say some cf Dante's, roost irdent admirers. Th?. most popular suggestion so far rema to be that the ?tat? should pcb? ISsh the entire works .ot. Dante, adher. r?g as nearly as possible to the man j scripts. It is said that seven years would be.necessary to complete aitch i work. The Italian Dante Society has ?ready issued (be Qe Vulgarl Elo jnontia ana mo Vita Nuope, ! over which they took thirty years. Tho J manuscripts are distributed. ovar all the great libraries, of Europe, abd can te? published complete.only; through photographing euch manuscript paf* !or the use of the compilers. It-ls computed that the publication'Would ^emprise twelve volumes. MOW FINE FIELO OF Keary Thirteen-Tea? /rora Two and n Half Acre?? in Andersen Clemson College, May 9.-Two and ? half acres ot some.of the ?n**t ?1? ralfe in South carolina have been cut iut at the Orr Mill.. Anderson.. ?WSten mt the alfalfa measured about thirty Inches ,in height and the stand ?fan remarkably even, there bala* hot an .mpty spot on tho entire field. Tue field Is tow years old abd last year. In fahr cuttings, yielded 25,000. points or 13 M tons. The owners of thia flali? peet a considerably larger increase this year and are counting on ftfWsen tons which wi?J be worth about J375 This alfalfa has been grown from the very beginning according io the wry best method? and is a' Pr^Bf of what can be doha with this fcr&p <*Uen I Being Reminiscences of fort Mil!-Iii (By a P Io endeavoring to presentpur. vlows upon the subject ot the old . maid Behool teacher, the types once made us say in one place "God bless the old mail teacher." Yes, we say, "God blets him top." Hie ls not so much al calling that sequ isters, he is not lu [ bis profession a mona. To nun lire ls not altogether one of devotion. But the real, genuine, old fashioned school teacher-God bless him too. There 1? to be held in Anderson Monday it meeting to arrange for the reunion of the "boys" who. were taught by ene af these teachers', and we know that one and all they will say. "God biens W. J. Ugon tor what he has done for me." / We hare in mind's eye one of tho old rnshtoned school teachers. He ls living.today and we wish.to pay our small tribute to him Whtlb he ls yet at labor! No college chair in this State baa been graced by a man of higher* lues's of finer purpose*-and yet ho ls perhaps unknown out of a few counties In the northern part of the state. It waa not an old fashioned iog cabin school house, lt is true. It was a little red brick school bouse surrounded by a group' of graceful ???$?, M??! wliune wooacn sides there gushed numerous sparkling springs. While this was but a country .school,.I several hunderd young men left lt? J deere te make ?rqs r?c-o?ln ?u co?iego | or to take up. the work or life. He was a drill master, strict and! watchful. With equal facility he j could te* ch the Spencerian system of writing .singing the old fashioned way, English grammar or Latin. He waa rory, cgref?l, very particular, In every ? thing that he undertook, am! bls'-iwofl right hand friend, the.hickory withe that's What he called lt ?occupied a conspicuous -frisco in, the school room i and an exalted position in the whole- ; rome rear ?ad reepect of the \ foot boy w"b cheek? of tan.^ ' ^HJ ?We oan.;s*??4jBj? old tbacb^ilh&Blej great lively joy lp teaching We?h?ng* ton Irving's Sketch Book. That seem- j ed, of ali hie accomplishments; the ! one tn which he \vouhl lake tho most delight, and actually he: get those ruf. j tlrth' boyo? to'take a real plmrure- In r ft. , ,. ' YeM-?espit? f,be rael, that .iii eil their" akwardness. they wore : required | to'Stand and read; diiantt? ihe that they -had gone. nailing tb? Aux before and had forgot ali about tne folks br Tarrytown, they were requir ed to pare? ^yory word in some dlf flcult sentence. Yes, despite ell of these ailments to the flesh and har rowing of the spirit, they entered Into the immensity of the responsibility ot learning the sketch book correctly, and* laughed with him at the quilut humor of Irving or sighed with hin? brer the fate of poor Ichabod 1'rane, the school master. But while he was the master In the school room and such order and deco rum ?M Bviuuin ever to he found, be was on the most friendly terms with school boys at "big recess;" When tho lads who could not pot home would ?ut saide their tin,,bucket? after har? lng feasted sn fried chlckenr-reA? coubtfy style-bard bolled eggs, huge feathery biscuits sopped in molasses peered from a wldo mouthed bottle in ' gfr^W of ift Q bucfet.topped. off with correct Vmetiiods. .end' favorable' cui dltlon? ,are fouiblned. The crop was ! grown by..*V. P. Snellgrove, who has charg? of oe Orr Mill farm, under thc dirertlona; obtefnod frew Professor J. ? M. Harper or Clemson College. The Held had beert planted la Cotton for one year. before the alfalfa was sown and had be-.n sown to oats, peas and canse tor four or five yea;*. The soil became well filled with humus. The summer before the il'^'im was put in. the land was In peas and ss j soon n? the pees were out of the way j the.land was plowed/three plowing? f being made In Augnsl When the top of ""the ground was wei! pulverised, 9.900 pounds of builder's ' ijt^fte was put on the two and s half acres. The land was then plowed deep.- .? The field' waa inoculated for alfalfa -rith'thc sill iror: cr. a??-5??- ,?l?i?d -i*s another part of Anderson. Two two hprse wagon toada' ware dropped , over the a?M M ?be same day on which the seed^wa. ^^^^-i^SS!^?, <Z~r -u" r-iwy,?eijsw# - ?.V.? pf ia j hs : ilted with ' l.*200 ' pouds of 8-3-S ?illxer, about ,400 pound*/ to tee acre. The alfalfa seed was sown oa Sep tember 30. 1*12. Tue Ort cutting' W?* made oe Mar ? ' ?ia., yielding $,852 pounds. Four .cuttings were made last year, shoot forty days apart, and yleldad In Mil 25,00 pounds, or IS 3-4 ? tons. 5. A. Leela Of t?as Orr MSUs. -, bas general supervision of the work, j ?std that after tb? present cutting, an j application of UBI? v/ould be made, similar to that made when the land waa first preparad for the crop, ox eept tha> this Ihne agricultural lime taateed of builder's ?U?e viii be used. . 11 ? '??.??"?? of Mr. j. A. Boyd >uth Carolina. upll. _______ . ft slice or iwo of pie, "barred, kl wc red or unklwered," oh, such pie-sud then washed down with a draught from the spring-When this gentle pastime of feasting wa* over, the big boys would play football, with an Im mense rubber hall, the small lads would play "bull pen" or stingamarcj ot- ?uinney, and tao little girls would play "I spy" or "base" or some other lively and etching arid health-produc ing game. . And ; every ve.ors. ' Joining lp.. langhin ft with tho girl?, shouting with the boys-was the school teach er;, Did they love him? Indeed they did. I>!? they fear hin ;rod? indeed they rtid-ana many a! one has ? ritten in lore and affection as thc oki teacher marches on, not <jlilts so Jauntily and steadily now, to tha sunset of llfe-^. "sll I know, you taught;me, all I am you made me.' Did they lore him T '?. ?*e ; 4?j he Was.coming frnff? f>tM?jrtHM of the children saw I that sdmethLg waa amiss. All play closed, ail hap piness left the eyes of the little ones. They gathered in sorrow around their teacher and their solicitude affected him. One arm was In a sling,and. cpi side of his heard aooenred to he htn**A ?mere was a smear of court pias ter on his forehead. Ob, how he had petted those whiskers!. They were a sandy red, flourishing from each alda of h?n face, wira me chin bald ,ln or der to facilitate his "histing tho hymns" at church. "Come s into the uchool house and I will tell yah .ai) about it," he said. Thc children grave-' ly followed. And picking up hie bick. ?Hnt^iBithe, ever faithful friend, ha pointed-solcmly to'the calendar, which unnomv. ed April lat. TJien removlug thajeahrt plaster, taking his arjK.from |mkliftingand unrolling lin bfe?baard. th? bold teacher said cheer. these dey? of new Uh; sy*t*?uM? and such. Bat there waa a better teacher, ^??)r*^Sffl^F JOm&i-. his class but they Aire, uplift tho limelight and dre rarely heard of. . Seme ?(years ago one of ^la kind dropped in on tho writer. The old.gjJU? tierna* had been a gallant Confederate soldier. He had reared thlldr thor were daari. Jt*?j?_____^____S__ world. He co_id t?aph. Anybody vti-id teil that in <lve mi?ics, yet no lhad been driven out of thc profession In the sta*? o? FlcrSda br ths itcra?w Itog number of normals and was mah? ?lpg his way back to nts birthplace tn the .Scotch country ot North Caro? Una. There are many like him,, crowded out. His methods laughed gt. No puce for him. He had bared hts-breast to the fire of the enemy of his country. He had. helped to rehabilitate the South and to Implant ambition in the bc oms of her sons, hut there is no place foi- him, Sven *?T>.: Carnegie's foundation is for tbs-,rich and titled col 1 ego professors1 w itt? "a. royalty < on hts. publications- while the lK>or old teac1n5*>'bii left, "unhonored and un sung' to "druggie for ii?r very ex istence. Too proud to let bis "old toys." know lt, he plods alojg wearily, Whi IT but;a ?ord from bim would, bring TH18 m FBKTTV ?00D Kftbatft .Heudhy ont na ait Ahead of the Seasaa. ? . Atlactd. M*y S-The at*tp i?psrt* ment of entomology Will be asked to trace .down the facts connected with the story ot an alleged gigantic Whip ?*a*ke which is said to haws been hilled In the pastures of Harry Dunn, a well HUftown Georgia farmer during la ?W?tek,.r The story has come to Atlanta that Mr. Dunn sttractsd by thc grcass cries of palo of the mule want tat??f| field and fodnd a huge sb?e wrapped around the animara throat. It is ?aid that the snake attacked-Dunn, and be killed lt with a couple of shot? afc close range from his shot aun. TS* snake ls reperted_o hate beeatwenty ei?rca'?5w r???. ?ne mme died^wftbltt twnety milites after the snake had g** wound itself troir. ?tit neck. A whip sask?; as H '.J* : . : known, ls a species bf lama. lum-aol* sonous fc?ack snake,' g la and other upwards-of tea feet specimen over twenty ?fte tiflMrr yet been heard ot Meotfer Flay* tW^Coart*. w'_ahinKU<3. Kaif 'fe-'"Wfr have tort ttVaapfii.nr ami " j mir" "inn ii law**. declared Repr?sentativ? Hinbougfc, progressive, of Illinois; in a speech is* MMtase today advocating the recall of Jcdgca and their decision c= wheo in. t-u 11 iii ci WHh ih? ournie ri urns ami fl?.-< mends. He coatMMnHlt in the federal cor,*tUutl6u ts Uv preme court authorised io decided sh act of congress uncofiitif ultana! and that for years ide supreme court claimed no s?ch power and made na attempt to exercise iU '.....' Y