Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FEBFUMFfY 2-WASHIfMT Fff the long cares of field at apart, Ieeath his porch where slow wends, With a rare courtliness beyond a!l To-day he greets his friends. jWish what unconscious majesty he Yet mark'his freedom, his simpl Never a monarch over mighty lan Were kinglier than he! Gentle the eyes that flshcd such light .ACri G e org T11 yHERE stand, to-day, , rifle shot of each at the quaint 0,1( v ill Tappan, N. Y., two be in which were enacted ':h4 stirring drama of te Rlevoluti In one, then, as now, a storie house, with great gab] long, low-hanging eaves, Washington paced up and do five mortal hours cn the sce of October, 1780, awaiting th moment when Major Joha should be execnted. The gre: mander was alone that da3 doors locked and shutters fighting out the miost snot crisis oif his life. Fiercely the raged in his breast,-the 'var 1. duty and inclination. In the other, still intact, En< aost the same condition as one hundred and twenty yea .was the English officer conder death. The front parior of thJ House" was filled with office men. Just back of this, in the room, Andre was confined. and dark, and not more than seven feet wide, it must have dreary cell for Its inmate. At I of the hall, and in a large ro< entire width of the house, ist place in front o4f which Major sat and penned his last mae letter to Washington asking shot, that he might die like a Instead of being hanged like factor. Had Washington cc his personal feelings 'a this it is more than likely that the tion would never have taken True, Andre was a spy, caugh1 act, but bis high rank and the condition.s which surrounded 1. led all to be very considerate regret his fate. Coming of family, well educated, prol social circles, and holding an ant military poaution, his pl had been bright and prc Washington saw many good ties in the young officer, an could appreciate them more t: Pity'was strong within h'm. hard sense of duty strove to other feelings aside. The feeling of both armies was n prisoner, and, had Washingto] to favor indulgence, he would I censure to fear- from any '76 HOUSE Ar TArrAs, There were probably few met army with a more tender and lent nature than ais; but that time when lhe had to raise above the contag~ous, impulsi1 pathy of those about him, and card all personal considera tioc - hperatin hna ben soe-oth~ )jN REGEMVNQ TylEJf tDSpl JvIT. 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AeIcnsad Briwtch inhthoai, wer move was oversnde Sae eTted tas fone of the pmosrir ivodeag oficer Washint' whoe aro wToursa have regardedt itsi atr. ton-eatds.i wats euion froait h window. strwaseeplgsndriee ai thosedl suroudin have hat Ande, mih do at been whihoasi~ Isedo wepunan in th ehim, on h sut h iamasuely up >no-prtisea fone h os euthe' mood. trul w osdalson. ahigo~ woec bsefThue peopl ohe regarded itt e his W o pn stfeills reard thse ao: th his,pbace wihwneasn asoutny trav . ers visit the town, which Is an en The registers in both houses show that, in a sinle year. over 3000 peo ple have visited there. They come from all parts of the world to see the old headquarters and the prison, upon which the lingers of time have made so little change. I *'e * * Andre's grave faces the sun and the breeze on 'Treason Hill," a little way back of his old prison-house. Cut on the stone are these words. which were written by Washington's own pen, and which serve to show his appre clation of the man whom a harsh fate had compelled him to condemn to death: "He was more unfortunate than criminal. An accomplished man and gallant officer." No two single personal events of the Revolutionary War have more excited the imagination than the capture and execution of the Ameri can spy, Nathan Hale, and the Brit ish spy. Major Andre. The disposi tion of Hale, on the part of the British, was, in a measure, respon sible for the manner in which Andre was executed. Like the blowing up of the "Maine," it called for ven geance. Vengeance was not, how ever, in the mind of Washington, whose sole aim in hanging Andre was to bring the war home to the British imagination, and he did. There have been a number of versions of the cap ture of Major Andre. Probably, that. which is nearest correct is given in a letter from General King, whose men, Paulding. Van Wart and Williams, were the captors. According to thit letter, which has only recently been published, Andre, in his captivity, made a confidant of General King. Andre had reached a point where he thought he was safe. He was assai'ed d by three mien. who ordered him to stand. He said: "I hope, gentlemen, s you belong to the lower party." "We do," said one. "So do I. I am a British officer on business of import ance, and must not be detained." )r I A COBNEn IN THE 76 HOUsE," TArPPAN ON-THE-HUDsoN. Thereupon, one of them took his watch from him, and ordered him to dismount. Th,, major then said to i them: "I am happy to find I. am mis d taken; you belong to tze upper party, .and. so do tksnd re--T1yD-6f .dit, here is General Arnold's pass" *handing it to them. "Arnold's pass?" said a captor; "you said you are a tl British officer,-where is your money?" n"Gentlemen, I have none about me." ihe replied. ~"You a British officer; pooh! a good rwatch and no money! Let us searcht ghim." aThey then examined his saddle, but cfound none. Said one: "He has rmoney In his boots. Let's take them soff and see." Seeing they had such a sthirst for money, he proposed that PRISON TO MEET DEATH. ,they carry him to King's Bridge, and ethey would get all they wanted. But they knew better. Then he proposed ythat two of them guard him, and one of them carry a letter to any party they might Dame. But they feared dthey would all be arrested, and so edecided to deliver him to General iKing.-Success. P Geatest Of All. .Of all the holidays in the calendar ijWashington's Birthday is dearest to patriots, for cn a bleak 22d of Febru sary, in the year 1732, was born the dman without whom the American com dmonwealth would have been impossi ble, or, at the best, a century delayed It Is even a better day that the Fourth lof July, for that is but the cele'bration of the day when the' Liberty Bell an gnounced that independence had been proclaimecd. It is easy to say tine things-it is a little more ditticult to think them; but to live them-nh, that is another matter. Washington was a eman who made his Ideals into reailities. 1He was the first American-untlues tionably the greatest one. No Presi d-(ent since has excelled his lofty pa triotism. Hlere is a man greater than kings-a man who declined a crown and who set the finest example in 111s tory when he toasted President Adorn -at a farewell dinner and retired tc yMount Vernon, genuinely glad to re rina intw private life again. 0 SWashinRton's Youthful Heraism. ;Dcoco:3cc10=a16aoooo=oc00 o great deed is done By falterers who ask for certainty." ''G OD will give you a re, ward," solemn:y s)oke the grateful mother, as she received from the arms of the brave youth the child he had risked his life to save. As if her lips were touched with the spirit of prophecy, she continued: "He will do great things for you in return for this day's work, and the blessings of thousands besides mine will attend you." The ear of George Washington was '7 // ever open to the cry of distress, as his heart was responsive to the suffer ings of the individuals as well as to those of the masses. And, when the stillness of the Virginia forest was startled, one calm, sunny (lay in the spring of 1750, by the piereing shriek of a woman, he started up from the dinner of which he had bee, partak ing with other surveyors, and hur ried to her assistance. "My boy, my,-oh, my poor boy is drowning, and they %:ll not let me go," screamed the frantic mother, as she tried to escape from the detaining hands which withheld her from jump Ing into the rapids. "Oh, sir:" she implored, as she caught sight of the manly youth of eighteen, whose pres ence even then inspired confidence and suggested a reserve power equal to any emergency, "oh, sir, you will surely do something for me." ardthe :ocks a'fd the whirling cur rents with a comprehensive look, and then, throwing off his coat, plunged Into the roaring rapids where he had caught a glimpse of the drowning boy. With stout heart and steady hand he struggled against the seeth ing mass of waters wvhich threaten, d every moment to engulf or dash him to pieces ag ainst the sharp- ointed rocks, which lashed them into fury. Three times he had almost suc eeded in grasping the child's dress, when the force cf the current drove him back. Gathering himself to gether or one last mighty effort, he triumphs over the cruel rocks and tides and clutches the child, who was just about to escape him forever, only to be shot over the falis into the surging whirlpool below. The specta tcrs on the bank cried out In horror. They gave both man and boy up for lost. But the brave lad seemed to lea-1 a charmed life, and the cry of horror was changed to one of joy wvhen Washington and his burden emerged lowe- down, unharmed, from the v r tex of waters, Striking out for a low place in the bank, in a zew minut-as the heroic youth, clutching the child In his right hand, wrs helped ashore where, amid the acclamatlons of the little band and the blessings of the overjoyed mother, he placed the unconscious, but still living child In her arms. The Tappan Headquarters. The Tappan Headquarters, at Tap pan, N. Y., Is of special luarest in connection with the fate &f Major Andre. It was here that Washingion signed Andre's death warrant. It is situated near the road from Sneeden's Landing, within a few feet of the main street of the village. During the Revolution the house belonged to John de Windt, who was za native of the West Indies. It passed from him to his granddaughter and by her mar riage to the Verbrycks. I~e Creates a New re.cord. An Iowa man who took a sudden no tion that he must have a wife crossed the turbulent Missouri to Omaha, and proposed to fifty-six girls in 120 min utes without securing even an en couaging smile or having his case taken under adv-isemient.-Denver Post. %Quito a Nrnmber. "V,'illie, whom did George Washing on marry' "The Widow Cus~s, ma'am." "Had he any c'jiidren':" "Yes'mi-the Sons and Daugchters of THE'RE BPEEDNG WOLVES. it rays Better Tihn xlHos, Nebraska Far ners k ino. The i:-go numier of cii:ns coming into the ate autiiter's (;L-ic *or boUU tes on woelves andi coi uts has ied to th~e discovery that someI~ fame.s and ranchers in the we'tcrn part oi Nobraska have ;one iLLo the iuusines oL breodin.- these animls for the boauty market. In one instance a ma1:nii was found to haVe r1iSe more 11tan 10() woivCs last smimer from several auimals he had tr:lpped and )enned up for that purpose. Other cases were unearhed where from fifteen to sixty of these aninials had been reared. in October 1and Nove:mber they were killed, and their* s:mlps presentmd :or rdempti)on at the oiiie' of the Cou: C :of each cttilY y. The State inw auth:ac:s the Ccunty ('lerk te pay $3 frm the county fund for each coyote or wolf scal:p presented, and he certiics th. feet t-) the Audi to:. who pays $1 additional. Four dollars for each vol: CI ecyoC' plys better than ho; raisiazr, and nate.ruay the 'arners have turned their attention to tls iUdury. The law was paisse years ngo whcn the wolf and the coyote were the great foes of the cattle and sheep men. In the last ten years $15,003 has been paid by the State alone as bcuny. The Legislature of ISU9 al)propiated 800.000 for the purpose. 0: this amount 15,000 was imnictiately deinandcid by holders of old claims. The remaining $15.00U0 was gove with1in six months, and when the la:st Legislature appt'o priated $15,000 it was at once swal iowed up by holders or old caims. There are now on ile with the Auditor claims aggregating %;5,000, and by the end of next year thIs tigure will be doubled. This figures indicate that instead of being killed off the wolves are increas ing. The explanation is now simple. What makes the State authorities the angrier is that thore is nothing to prevent a man from running a woh' ranca if he dasire' to, and wiLh the market unlimted and the pr.ce fixed at a' very remune-ative tigure, the b:si ness presents opportunities that atiract capital. The only drawback !s that a man must wait for his money. The law says that the State shall pay $1 and the county $3 for every scalp with :.e two cars and the face down to the nose, and makes the County Clerk the man who, when proof Is pre sented that the wolves were killed within the State, certifies to the num ber. In the less densely populated parts of the State, where the wolf and the coyote find their habitation, the office of the County Clerk is not so re munerative that the occupant may not be tempted to assist in the ente:-rise -1 the niatter of certification or if he has any qualms about his oath, he may be careless as to how the scalps are disposed of after he has passed them. Auditor Weston says that in one case to which his attention has been called the County Clerk threw the scalps out of the window after he had re ceived them, and they were again pi~ckted up and prrrontcd to him. Tils could be continued until physleal cx hbaustion set in if thought wvise. The certficaetes on tile in the Audi tor's otfice show claims rang:n.; from onte to 103 wolves, with many men do~wn for sixty in a b)unchl. The result will probably be a recomimendation from tihe Auditor that the State pay all the peilding claims and repeal the la.NwYork Sun. A Prof'esor's Curlous Bequest. A curious bequest, of which persons living in the twentysecond century will receive the benefit, was made by Dr. Von Jirusch, a professor of phiarma cology in tihe University of Prague. The professor's will has just been opened, and It has been found that he bequeathed $15,000 to the National Museum of Prague on one condItion. That is all his belongings-turniture, clothes, pictures, manuscripts, letters, books, plate and linen-are to be packed in air-tight cases and sealed up. The cases are then to be deposited in secure vaults and not opened for 200 years. At the end of that time they are to be unpacked and exhibited in the museum. His object is to en lighten by means of an ob'ect lesson the people of the twenty-second cen tury as to the manners and customs of the people of the present day. It can be seen easily that such a homo geuous collection wvill give a much bet ter idea to our descendants of the kind of life led by their ancestors of the present era than any assemb'age of unrelated odds and ends* of personal belongings which may have survived the years. It will be a bit of the twjen tieth century transported bodily Into the twenty-second. A Poet and the Kingr. A poet whose lines nevner would scan was summoned 'before the King and eccmuanded to showv cause whiy he should not be put to death. "If your ear is imper''ect," said the King, "you could count your sydlables on your ti:ngers, like an honest war' ".uay your Malesiy cutlt'e yout Prime Minster by as many years as remain to you," said the p~os rever' en:iy. "I do eciut my synLabtes. But omi:rve, my lcft h~and laicis a linger bitseu ofzl) by a critic." "Then," said the King, "why den'! you count on the right hands" "Alas:" was the reply of the poet at lie held up tihe mutilated left, "that it inpossibe-:here is nothig to cou~nl whhi It is the forefinger that Is lace* "Unforturate man." e':ciaimed thE sympathetic monarch. "We must makE your limitations and disabilities imma terial. You shall write for the m"aga ancs"--a n anneisco Eraminer. SOUTHERN INDUSIAL New Enterprises That Are Enriching Our Favo-ed Section. To Doub'e Caprcity. The first six months' operation of Ellawhite Cotton Mills at Uniontown,. Ala.. has proven so successful that the s:ceTholders have decided to double the plant. This action necessitates the in crease of capital stock from $75,000 to 1150,000 and the installation of 3,50 spind'es, which is the number now In operation. About fifty people are em played at present, and this will be doubled, all the operatives being housed in cottages owned by the mil company. Steam-power is used and amit yarns is the product, four bales of cotton being now worked up daily. The staple used comes from the immediate vicaity of Unionto-vn. A $ioo,ono Enlargement. The mana.gement of the Jackson Fiber Co., of Jackson, Tenn., has about d'cided ulon a cons!:lerable increase in its equipment of macbinery, the e penditure for which would amount to about $100.000. The ccntcm!ated ad iitional installation is 6.000 spIndls.A preparatory maciinery for same, and, loom.s to take care of the product and manufacture brown cotton-bag goode This company's plant at present as f0,000 spindles and 624 looms. produm ing cotton cloth for piaking bags. Its officers are rembers of the Bem*' Bros. Bag Co.. of St. oLuis, Boston and other cities, and the plant at Jackson was only copmpletcd a few months ago. CHANGE AT FREDERICKSLURG. B!g Manufacturing Plant Makes Im portant Changes. The Fredericksburg, Va., Daily Star of Feb. 7, says: "Mr. C'aas. Tyler, .of Bait'more, Md.. has disposed of his In terest in the Southcen Forndry and Machine Works. located in this city, to John T. Dole. Esq., of Chicago, Ill. "The officers will te John T. Dole. president, and a gentleman whbse name we are not at liberty to give, vice president and general manager. Mr. Frank Tyler will be assistant manager of the mechanical departme:, arI ?r. L. Jeff Milbourne secretary and treas ucer. "Mr. L. Jeff Milbourne has been irr charge of the financial and sa'e de partment since last May and will con tinue his services in that line. "Under the rew organization fbhe company expects to do a large and in creasing business, adding more capi tal, putting in new and latest machin ery, etc. "In addition to the manufacturng of their well known genuine Farmers' Friend, Dixie. Tyler Chilled, OtIver Pattern and other makes of plows, manufacture a full line of saw mif,. feed mills, feed cutters, corn shelleesr corn planters, field and lawn rollers,.. trucks, barrows, etc., for focelgn .as well as domestic trade. "The transfer of this property meana much to the city of Fredlericksburgs "The purchase price was in x neighborhood c-f $70.000." The Rh,"dehns rwii. SRHODHISS MILL EQUIPMENT Announcemcnt is made of the com pletion of the buildinps for the Rholl hiss Manufacturing Co.. of Granite. Fails, N. C.. undehr constructin for snme months. This company 3rgan izod over a year ago. with capital stock of $300,000, an'I will begrin oper'atfipas with an installation of 15.003 spin~Ies and 450 looms. Contract for this mna chinery has just been awarded, and tho manufacturers tvill sirip It as soon us possible, so that the plant may .be ready for' producing early this sum zner. Water-nower will be used. Geo. B. Hiss of Charlotte, N. C., is presi dent, and C. J. Rhodes, secetary treasurer. Textil' Notes. It Is reported that Rufus Hinshav;. of' Graham, N. C.. will build a cotton n ill at some location in the South. M. Lasker of (Galveston. Texas, pro poses the establishment of a bag fXac tory at Dallas, Texas, or at Fort. Worth. ktandlleman (N. C.) Manufacturng Co. has expended considerable money for improvements recently. lncludf.nxg the overhauling of its enrine, installa tion of 3,000-pound capacity dryIng ma chine for raw stockhouse, etc. R. L. Beare of Humboldt. Tenn.. f corresponding with a cotton manutae turer relative to the establ'ment af a cotton mill at Humboldt. The mana facturer mak-es a liberal offer, whkib Mr. Beare will endeavor to meet A meeting was held at Tallapoosa, Ga., this week in th" interest of a catI ton mill company. J. Calvin Tumltn was elected temporary president aartja committee is now formulating plans for organization. Kursbr'edt Manufacturing Co. of i.C West Nineteenth street. New York, owns and operates the rill at Hohen wald, Tenn.. late!y mentioned as en laing. The plant is a branch gif eirht machines, twenty-four emuloyes. manufacturing emnbm'idery, and cost ' Randtemnan (N. C.) Hosiery MIlls .Is completing improvements that will fIn prove the character of its product .of half-hose and full-ribbed nosiery. A report states the Mineola Manufae turing Co. or Gibsonville. N. C., will change Its nrodJuctio, from plaids Da outings: mill now has 2.000 spindlee and 200 looms. Central Mills of Sylaeanxza. Ala., M now operat'nie at full canae'ty day and night In or~er to supily the demanR for its prodret of 10 to 26 yarns. ThIs plan has 10,080 snindles. R. E. Nooe of Statesvil'e. N. C., can templates establ'shinn n mill fo- marm facturing felt an-i rot'on ha'ting, aui Is asking manifacturers of the requir ed macier to cmreon with hirt.