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t tjf mun hus helped to create the great .'Here;" his characteristics are im pressed on the republic. Hut why dues he rotait) his character istic language, customs, usages? Why does he not Identify himself wholly with us? many say. In the word "wholly" lies tho rub. ls it not enough that he uses in business, in political life and in tho intercourse with his iellow-inen the English language and adapts himself to tho customs of tho country? The true, real Ci erm ti n never ceases to speak (?orman, to think and feel (?orinan and to he a member of tho (?orinan Church, whenever soul and heart questions are at Stake, When ho sings, loves, praises and serves (?od he will iso his mother tongue-and who dare hinder him? And why should lie not, when the fact is clearly manifest thal just tho best and most educated ones of tho American uni ion aro eagerly Concerned to learn this (?orinan charac teristic? Why should lite German not leach Ids children (?orinan whilst Ibo educated American sends bis sons and daughters to Europe in order lo edin piole their education Ibero? Where is German thought mon? unreservedly acknowledged than in American col leges and universities? Are not Hie most <>f our Professors in tho largest und best institutions of this country those who liave graduated from a (?or inan university or received their title of doctor from lhere? Just think once ol' ibo inlluence which one single Ger man university bas exerted and still exerts on American poetry and though I, namely thal of H?ningen. I need only mention lite ninnes bf Longfellow, Motley, (flie friend of Bismarck,) Ban croft and Andrew 1), While, .lust think of it, thal in Gottingen alone already about six hundred American students lin ve ii rank ni (bo spring and well of German learning mid depth, and that nf 22? of these, as far as t heir life course could bo traced, K17 were once or are still teachers and professors in ibo best institutions of learning in our conni ry ! tAnd shall therefore tho German be reproached when lie holds fast to the deepest ol' all modern languages ami Cultivates it in ibo family circle and uses it iii the bouse of God in prayer and praise? No; il anyone is to bo upbraided, it is the pitiable Gorman who either out of ignorance or criminal Cindifference omits to cultivate Ibis inestimable gift of his lal hors and to give bis children ibo beuelit, who w ith holds Ibis heritage from tho children which, as Carl Schilt'/ has recently said, "dues not make them worse patriots, but more educated Americans. The quickening eu pron ls of Gorman life have been felt everywhere in this cosmopolitan laud ol'ours. During ibo Revolution We. bad snell men as (?on. Poler M Uhlenberg, tho so-called patri arch ot" the Lutheran ('burch of Amer ica : (len. 11 ?ester and Christopher Ludwig, commissary in Washington's army, and, in more rece?? i i nie, .-neb eminent physicians and professors as Dr. Cross, the brothers Leitly, und Wlslar, and Kuhn, of ibo University of Pennsylvania, lu represent ibo Ameri cans of German ancestry. The first Governor of New York city. Peter Minnow il, and one ol' bis ancestors, Jacob Leister, wore of Gorman extrac tion. Even Columbus hml a (?orinan teacher, Martin Beloon, the groat geographer, then living un islands vveSI of Spain, from whom the greni discov erer learned ibo science which led lu the discover) ol' the New World. There were Gormans with both IM/arros, and as early ::s I.YJI a German commander, Da I benger, win pushing bis way tb rough ( Irilisco and founding a colony in Vene zuela, w here pa 1 en ls w ere issued to bim hy Emperor Charles tho Kil'th. In a merely general way I would say, also, thal the (ioriliails who Crime lo this count rj were the Mist in America lo protest again: human slavery ; lhoy issued ibo first ivdrk on the philosophy of teaching; Germans were the li rsl to manufacture paper here; the lirsl to exploro, in HMM. ibo region wes! ol' the Alleghenies; the first lo tread the soil ut' i he Wyoming Valley; the lirsl io make a map of .Maryland: the tiiv-i interpreters between the white men and the Indians. They wen the li rsl piaiio-uiakers, chemists, tanners, glass blowers anil makers ol' furniture. A (?orman started thc lirsl iron works und powder mills in Virginia, li is a fad worthy ol' mentioning hero that a Gor man i>l' Walhalla. .1. M. OstoildorlV, manufactured the Mist powder which was used fut- i he blasting of t he i unneI, w hich was never completed. The father of the liberty of tho press in lilis COllll ( ry w as a ( ?orman. Almost cunt i nui aisly fur t wo centuries Hie best blood of Germany bas been cumin),' ?mu tho United States, and no man can estimate t he inlluence of Ibis people in developing nur resources and building np the nat iou. Hut permit me also lo say a w ord in regard to thc Gorman's religious sense und chrirrictcr. The lat ter is free pto nt ly in this country misunderstood, yea, even misjudged, When -ollie Ameri cans hear and read of the strong stamped GeriUitn societies and club-. then i hey imagine thui ibo German has bul) souse, for sociability, bul the relig ious element is lacking. Thal is stupid. Certainly Ibo German is sociable. It is that um- of the mos! prominent fon ltires of his character, but not by tar I he deepest , ns tiley read about Gor man socialists and hear of German uneburcbly niasses, etc. Now . in the face ol' tin- proclamai ion of the Gover nor nf ono of the Now England States, which was recently published, and w Inch lakes nut ?ce of the terrible con ti it ion respecting churchly mat let s and religion milong native boru, one .-In.nhl be very careful in his judgment. No; the German is in his must inward hoing intensely religious, e\ell if be does not , si i publicly show ii and parade bis re ligion. Already bis language gives testI y ninny of Ibis: "Tho dear God" cnn liol be given in any other language like tho German heurt understands thee.vpr. sion. The proverb, "God forsakes no German," is oui) a blade of si raw -lint 1 shows from whence the wind blowolb. , (?Orniaiiy is a hume fur ?uni of relig ion. Whore generally du all thinking theologians ol' our count ry go lo when i Ibo) wi-h lo draw fruin the lull, deep fouillions and springs? Certainly lo (iel many. And all the grouter or less burning questions of religion, over which the entire Vmorionn church waxes warm, and which sometimes are . Cdished up a- something brand mw , wheie do they coin? from? "Made in ( i en nany." The (?crinaos who came to tin, ooun I ry were I he fi rsl I,, prim i h,. H?,p.. Tho) brough! the Ibbie, cateeiusni and 1 hymn" I.k along w ?th them. Betw. I I7-I? und IK-JO fifteen editions of the New Tcstaiuenl had I.II published in ' (?orinan in POntisy Kania, and -even before the New Te-1 a i neu I appeared in i English; And now such a citizen should be looked upon ns an 'rrcligiotis person, a > sinniger to the -phil of religion? That only Ibo grosses! igporam.r the ihosi suppressed know not bitiglsm can a Iii rm. Nu; already in I UKO, when Charleston vvaS fonnded, thc li rsl Protestant church in America wiis erected ?ti Wilmington, un ibo Delaware, and thereby', ?veu il c.. nigh Swede-, die religions lillhtehoo ut' the groa! (?crinan Ucformcr, Dr Marlin Luther, impressed upon ibis coolinei '. Among the Indians Luther's doctrines uertt proclaimed mah) yours before John Elliot! sei hi- fool upon American soil, alp' Luther's Catechism was Ibo lirsl book that was over trans lated in the indian language, (?orinan ? religion, Protcslniil and Itonirin, was boro lung ago, even before ibo finees tors of some w hu now charge tho "for eign element'' with irreligi?n thought I Of Kelling -ail fur American sin ire Thousands nf (iceman churches, many of litchi oider iban the b'epubiie itself, lest'i fy (o-dn) m this groat, bretni land of ours of Hie fear of ( iml and piety bf S (l?e (?orinan pioneer- whn brought' Ibo nhl I ?orinan ( ?od lind lord with thom (ivor hilo (his sinnige bind, lo the sal vation oM his hind ! Nui a -mall hum ber of (?orman church spires, among I bein I he high steeple of I he ( ieruiail Mt (kerrin church of Charleston, called tho Lutheran Cathedral of tlio South, tito highest tn thia grana old Palmetto Stu to of oura, and thc first object noticeable when entering tho boautiful harbor of tho "City by tho Son," and also tho ono hero in Walhalla, whose golden jubilee we are celebrating, ure silent but also eloquent evidences of tho piety of the Gorman-Amorioan, as also of his sacrifices and noble deeds. May, therefore, our dear German churches, with their heavenward point ing spires in this State, and especially 111 this country, for many years, yea, also to the distant future, when once tho star of emigration bas ceased, and probably the mother tongue, Uko in so many Germait churches, is estranged lo our prosperity, stand hero as thc monuments of the sacrilleos, toils and piety of our fathers, who in their love to God, a (Tee lion for the old Father land, and fidelity towards tho now homo, formed thc most nob'e type of tho Gcrmnn-Amevioan citizen. To judge from what has been said and seen, that if anyone bas a right to bo proud of his descent and Fatherland thu Gorman can. Tho Gorman nation is truly a groat nation in history. For what is it that makes a nation groat ? Tb is is it that becomes in God's band an instrument to open now doors for mankind. As the Gorman nation tirst entered upon the arena of history at tho migration of peoples it was the hammer with which God dashed the demoralized Kornau Empire to pieces, but became also the material and foundation for a now Christian period of history. Tho anciont Germans bowed them selves under the cross and wero for several hundred years the undisputed hearers of culturo in the Western coun tries. The German nation stood at the bead of all European nations. And, as Koine bad again erected a spiritual tyranny over the Christian world, there it was again the Gorman nation whom God chose as an instrument to bring tho nations through thc Reformation lo tho light and liberty of tho Gospel. That tho Gorman nation was not destroyed in the thirty years' war is an evidence of its indestructible power and llllluenco of thc fear of (iou and the piety which the Reformation kindled in ibo hearts of mon. Yea, in the time of lite deepest humiliation under Napo leon, who played with Icings and nations ns w ith doll-babies, tho much oppressed nation arose like one man and overthrow tho tyrant. Once more Prend? pride and arrogance challenged Germany lo bullio in anns. And the nation, united in anns, so completely conquered the Western sworn enemy in 1870 thal tho victories of ibo Germans Uraco the pages of history without par allels and rivals. What shall we say moro of Germany's greatness in arts and science, of I tte character of the people and their faithfulness and undis setllbh d piety, tito most beautiful crown of our fathers? Of it, its greatest statesman, Bismarck, the restorer ol thc ohl Empire in its original grattdcui anil beauly, says: " We, Germans, foin ( ?od and not bing else." And as wo aro considering all this al ibis lilly years' celebration of Walhalla and while Gormans in a strittige land CSU never forgot ibo land where theil lat hors mid pioneers were born, w hen they learned lo utter tho sweet nairn of father and mother, where thCj received their education, which enabled them to take up the battle for lifo therefore they lilted themselves iq according to German custom and callei tbi; place Walhalla, after thc temple o the ancient Germans. In this sors? ibis town bus been founded, a piece o tho old hollie ill America. Therefore th" old Moritz \rndt said "To live German is as much as to liv? holy mal chaste and to seek and dilti vate what is beautiful and honest; tin quality of being German includes al tho Virtues of the ancestors"-Hdelity justice, purity, truth, modesty and tin Indy fear ol'(?od. After this quality o being t ?orinan we must strive; wo mus cub ?vate nilli preserve it. And now. in conclusion, permit nu tn say (lint German blood and Gemini brains and brawn have made a dec| Impress on this country; that one noe< not quote ! (story to provo that tin industry and morality of tho Germai race have been notable ; that (heir oft tested patriotism bas been unfailing (hat their clear common souse and con serval ?sin Itave often erected a bul wari against fanaticism, Eloquent with golden traditions anc radiant with the Uniter of Ila no-1 i li banner.-., one may trace ot) the bl'OlK canvas of the centuries, as one may sc in i he blended colors ol' the I wo nat ion that snoop across ils face like the d00| rose of dawn, t he development of a rac that perhaps !ess than any other eu licitvbrs i<> maintain its individuality its prejudices mid its old home habit when once ii bas forged the indissoluble 'inks linn bind it to the great Republic bet u>, therefore,strive to perpetual i he memory of our forefathers, especial ly men like Wagener. Wieling, l> Mueller, Kranz and Alexander Melcher and a host ol' others. The monumoil which we ?mend to unveil to-day is stop in tin- right direction mid shout be encouraged. Not Pompey's Pilbil nor Trojan's Arch, nor Ibo Arc de Tri niiipbe of Napoleon should stand as on models. Wo commemorate to-day no lite spoils of conquest, nor thc lust I umbi!?on. We strive to perpetuate tb memory ol' men who bad nothing i common with the tyrants of mankind but it is my earnest prayer that we ma build a now monument, which, lik .Monition's statue, breaking into iimsi with every rising sun, shall speak ? Inspired accents lo thc sons and dangt tors ol' Walhalla, to our glorious l al motto Stale-yea, to all I he general ion nf America-proclaiming tho (oil, tb tangers, tho SllCrlHceS, the virtues, th principle.-, and ibo achievements of on sires. Tho speakers would frequently i: their speeches point to the handsom iii painting of (?cn. .lohn A. Wagi nor and tho photographs of Capt. . fj. ll. Haussen and J. II. Whin mann, which together with the (?et ainu and American Hags, made u lite main decorations of thc stage. (?n tho rostrum were Chairmai I. M. .Moss, who presented thc spca! ?rs of the (lay, Capt. V. W. Wagcne l.ieuts. J, II. Puckhaber, I lei rt ric Nolie, Wm. liargmann, ,?, V. Ptcpt md Pioneer?, A, W. Jae j a and Goi hard Itcickc, the ScmbCentonni; .hoir and the newspaper men. The benediction was pronounce Ity Rev, G. (?. Mayes, of (?reenviii Aller the exercises at the stan dinner was spread for thc thousarti >n tables about in the park. Kc ,I.G. Sohaid pronounced tho hies itig and then every one went ' eating t<> their stomach's contort m>ne lining away hungry so numei ons w on the baskets. Then every one was tit. ease to < as they pleased until the nnveilii ceremonies. The monument, which is of han some granite, is erected on Ma st reel. It is tin imposing shaft composi td' Oeorteo County granite for ( foundat ion, plat form, Hist and scoot pedestal; the third pedestal insert lion die, plinth and shaft arc ma nf Georgia blue granite, At t base tito monument is ? feet squat rpiar ry faced ashier. Tho first baso also quarry faced, with bush hamin washes. Tho second btise is al I qunrryfaood, with bush hammer J washes and margin Unod around sides. Tho third baso is moulded with wash and scotia, and on face of samo boa's tho namo "Wagoner," in square raised letters. The in scription die is a beautifully polished piece of artistio work, cont' i ni Hg on three sides tho names of tito origi nal members of tho German Coloni zation Sooiety, (seo names on first page;) and tito East Bide, (tin face) tho following inscription : 1850 11)00 Erected to tho memory of GUN. JOHN A. WAOKNHK, Founder of Walhalla, and to His Co-Laborers of tho German Colonization Society. August 28-24, 1900. Each of these panels or sides hoars an artistically executed laurel wreath, emblematic of tito crowning work of General Wagener and his co-labor ers. Thc plinth, which caps thc inscription die, lias on tito cast and west sides an old English monogram "W." Tho shaft is ntl imposing one IGx 10 inches at the base, diminish ing to 10x10 incites nt tho apex. Tho whole height of the monument is 22 feet. Tito monument was de signed and executed hy Mr. C. II. Mayhew, who ia familiarly known in this and oilier States as nil expert monumental designer and builder. Tho crowd about the monument was dense for tho unveiling exercises. Not even tho booming of a cannon did scatter the crowd. Tho German Artillery took (dace to th? EaBt of thc monument and placed one cannon on cither side of thc shaft. Capt. F. W. Wagoner faced the monument and the Artillery Hand was near the column. Mr. V. I.. Norman made n brief dedicatory address, suggesting mod estly his paternity of the iden of tho celebration. Ile said : Ladies and lieut leinen : lt is not my intention to detain you hero with au address, as you have already boen well entertained by speakers if State reputa tion. On looking at my calendar last Jantlary tho fact dawned upon me that the yoar LOCO would mark tho se tn I-cen tennial of the founding of our dear little city. 1 thereupon suggested through the sol nm ns of TllK K Kow KI; Coi) Ul KU that we liltingly celebrate thc event ami unveil a niOtium?llt in honor (d' thc nobb pioneers, all of whom, except three, have passed over thc river, one of them being present With ns to-day. Tlie ink had hardly dried on the pa po I which contained my article when tin most encouraging letters with substan tial offers of aid began to pour in, sonic from distant California and others as tai South as tho everglades of Florida, lt lt duo to this unanimity of spirit ami dc Votiot) that this celebration has assumed tho ?inmenso proportions that you wit ness to-day. My friends, to those of ns who ari present this occasion is fraught with tlx most noble feelings and ennobling senti monta, it is a testimony to departed worth and may wadi be an itispiratiot to thu youth of our broad land to tin noblest deeds of honor and humanity. As a representative ol' tho members ol tho Kxccntivo Committee, in whose hands you have placed tho carrying out o this celebration, i take tho opportunity ti thank you ono and all, those present am those absent, but who arc with us ii heart and spirit, for tho splendid cou tributionsof your money, your talent: and your patriotism. And now it becomes my most piensan privilege to dedicate to tho town o Walhalla this magnificent testimonial o your love, honor and esteem for he founders. Tho Artillery Hand played "M; Country 'tis of Thee" and as tho las notes faded away Miss Cherri Wagoner, tilt; granddaughter, am Capt. J. C. II. Chinasen, the settle of the fifties, pulled tho veil from tin monument, while the crowd cheered Then tho German Artillery f?rei fifty times, once for each of tho lift years of Wal h al I a's existence. The color-bearer of the Gorum Artillery was F. W. Wagoner, Jr tho grandson of Capt. J?rgen Wagt ncr, who, in 1842, founded the con patty and was tho first of the th re Wagoner brothers to command th historic company, Jargon, John an now F. W. being respectively lb honored com ni and an ts. Thc artillery butt ni ion went int its headquarters in tho Sonii-Con tennial hotel. Capt. Wagoner, wli naturally was enthusiastic, over th exercises, Spoke with much feel in of the day's events. Ile told li men of how he remembered tl colonists leaving Charleston an what thc move meant and how nc: and dear to his heart wore tho mt to-day honored, and he spoke fee ?ugly of the Walhalla Gormans wit went to war and laid down thc lives for their adopted COU tl ll' Then with tenderness ho spoko < how few were left, and how glad li was that Mr. J. C. II. ('buisson w with them and begged that thc Cot pany have its photograph taken t day which was agreed upon. Walhalla, which has done itself J much credit, is no longer a baillie but si lively town. Thc Fort Molle (?uards are in delightful camp near whore tl speaking occurred. The (?crinan Artillery has li quarters in tho old tobacco wai house and have ample beer to kc< their throats from getting panie and are having a delightful time. To-morrow will be devoted o Uroly lo amusements, rille and gi contests, baseball and a grand h to the visitors. In one of the carriages were Maj W. J. Stribling, Miss Sallie Nortt a great, granddaughter and M Mary Stribling, a great, great gran daughter of Col. .los. Gresham, fri whom all this land was bought, a Miss Marie WngOIIOr, a great ni< of Gen. Wngoner, The day marks an epoch in I history of Walhalla, and is one Willoh many things of deep hiato interest, transpired. The best order prevailed. Kvorybody was dress parade, and their hchavi comported with their dr088, Interesting Report of Commlttoo on Purchnso of Lands. (Translated from Gormnn.) i CHAM.KSTON, S. 0., 21st Deo., 18-10. j Tho undersigned comtnlttoo, to survey and lay nut our lauda fu Hideous, hnvo discharged their duty and report as fol lows: i We found tho sollor, Col. Gresham, not in tho best frame of mind as to tho salo, representing flint ho did not mulei stand the contract, but as we showed him that our terms wore fair, ho yielded, and wo thereupon viewed tho wliolo land, so ns to determine upon (I placo for tho laying J out of a town. .Such a placo wo found in a ptomincnt lovel section about a milo from West linton Station. Tho road to J tho mountains passes directly through and another road to Anderson crossos nt I tho central point. Plenty of good wnter . abounds ami especially aro wo convinced J that tho location Bolcctod will bo ono at j which tho people of tho surrounding country will do much business. Wo hnvo appropriated about 200 acros j for tho town, uamo divided out into 32 squares, each of 1 acros, and I acros to bo sot asido as au open square. Tho main J Btreot is to bo 120 fuut wide, and through ' tho middle of tho sumo a lino of troos may bo planted, and oil each side a drive way. Tho cross Kt roots aro to bo f>0 foot wide, excepting tho main CIOSB atrcot, which is to bo 100 foot wide. Tho outer streets are 200 feet wide, which will alford in time to como, whou the population demands it, splen did sites for residences on each nido. Outside Of tho town iii) aero farms hnvo ] been laid out, having a frontage of 4 acres; of these thorn aro hi altogether. That is eight on each sido. Ibo romain- I j ing guaranteed land of Wost Union is divided into farms from 120 to 2(X) acres, divided up so as to alford suitable place? for residences and to ho supplied with water. Wo hnvo left instruction that thc average farm should bo about 1(50 acros and in no case that one should contain moro than 200 or less (ban 120 acres, tho number of acres and tho ju ice to bo shown on the chart. The lands at the High Kalls will bc surveyed as a whole, hut will not be laid out. lt is the opinion of your cominit'.ee Hint our strength should be centered lil Hie settlement, of tim lauds near West Untoii. Tho largo saw mill at Picketts Court House should remain in operation at tlio expense of the Society under the oversight of a responsible agent. We lind beautiful building timber which could bo sawed into lumber for general uso. While tho lands at (ho Kalls in general is not as good as thu West Union traci, it is still, nevertheless, reasonably good, ami a diligent colony will make good use of it, and tho lands hero arc bottorovun than wo hnvo found it in some other points. In a few years, if our set tlement of tho West Union tract becomes su-'M'ssful, tho Kalis tract will bo worth moro to us than wc have paid for both tracts. A survey of both tracts and the survey and laying, ont of the town is at an expenso of .?._"..(). The committee throughout is of opin ion thal they have made a splendid pur chase, and expect that any one who shall enter into tho purchase of these lands amt settle here, within a few years will establish a home which will ho unsur passed by any in America. Your com mittee appreciate that every beginning is diflicult. We real KO that, any ono in the city, endeavoring to establish a busi ness, must do so limier many burdens, cares, worry and annoyance; and then what, has ho gained'.' lu thc end it is | scarcely possible, for him to extract him self 'rom Ibo bustle and stir, and to the end of his days he will be plag.led with it, and happy will be feel if ho has laid by only a small surplus. Up in Pic-kens it is quite dilTcrout. There naturally one will have, plenty of work ami care for Ibo lirst years, and whosoever intends to settle there and has not made up his mind to this hail best, slay away, lint when he shall see his beautiful blooming Melds and enjoy thu fruits of his industry, appreciating that ho is not dopondent inion any one, and is concerned only with the will of his Heav enly Kat her, he will then bless those who have been instrumental in slatting bim upon his excellent work. Many labor here to be enabled to return ?o (?ertuany. Hut what may they expect there'.' Tho long winter, tho unfriendly weather cur tails many a day's work. There ho is required to pay heavy rent or to pay high prices for land. The lands require much fertilizing and haul work, in return for which he can seal eely expect, a reinutiera livoroturn. On tho ot her hand, boro tho taxes aro scarcely wort hy of ment ion, land is cheap, tho climate is favorable, they can harvest twice a year with little fer tilizing, there is little or no winter, and with fe .v except ions favorable weather. WhO, then, will not acknowledge the ad vantage, of rural lifo in this country'.' lt. is argued that there will bo no mar ket for our products. Wo answer, that beyond question, wo will have markets near by as soon as wo are in position to have a surplus. ( in t he Ith of Jilly, 1851, the railroad will be in operation as far as Anderson, and from lhere it is only 32 miles to out lauds. Pendleton is much concerned ami has about attained the assurance to have a railroad tit an carly day, and from Pendleton il is only 21 miles to Wost Union, ll will bo un nec essary to ship products in tho raw slate, as we have mills and waler power in abundance, and can preparo Hour for market. Wo moot with all kinds of objections against tho purpose of our Society; among others this, that those who have become accustomed to city life will n, bein position to cultivate the soil. We lind that the people in Piokons County have meat, for their meals three times a day ami warm wheat and corn bread; that they atti well clad anti have horses to ride; thal. Hie tenants of the lands which wc have purchased give ono-fourlh and oftener one half what they maka for rent to tho former owners, and that they do I his by work which consists of scratch ing tho soil with a plow tho width of your band, then throwing in the seed and instead of a harrow, use the lop of a tree to cover tho seed, and nothing moro is (Ioho Until tho harvest, Wo lind this is the custom lhere, and is about all that is dom> in thc cultivation of Hie soil. Ami cannot one of our ( ?ci mans, even one. who has lived in the city ami is become accus tomed to city ways do as much'.' Who will doubt it? Ilarh-yard fertilizer is scarcely known there, ami no care is had for thc preparation of cow food. Cows, sheep and bogs a 10 permitted lo run from day lo day in the woods and lind snlVicient food. That the soil is productivo, is seen in tho excellent limber of various kinds. Wo have Ibero bills and valleys ami throughout no swamp, ami scarcely a spot is lo be found which cannot be made tillable, and so thoroughly satislied are tho most thrifty of tho pooploof that sec tion as to the permanent hem lit which (forman diligence will establish in that section, thal our Society in general bas mot IliOSl friendly interest, and ils work is greeted as a means of converting the upper section of South Carolina into a veritable garden, timi to show thal these people do not.err in this view and in their expectation as lo what will bo brought, about by ( ?er ni a II diligence and economy, we lieu' lo oller the following example: A Herman in Tennessee having to pro vide for a wife and a number of small children bought, a piece of land and bor rowed the money for this purpose; thc seller, an American, the tallier of several grown up able-bodied sons had bought this tarin ten years before on a credit, bul had not paid one cent upon it, and he was pressed therefore lo sell it; our fellow ronni l yman was enabled after il few years, (notwithstanding tho fact thal ho had small children for whom he must provide ami who could mil help him) not utily to pay for tho fill in, hut to buy other land besides and an ample supply of rows, sheep and bogs and horst's. On tho om- hand the seller could md malo! a living, while Ibo other accumulated pro perly all on the same soil. Kvory ono of us who expect lo so ttl o im Ibo West I nion laud should go with Ibis linn d?terminai ion, lo bo diligent ind persevering, and in tim hope, after cuno years, to enjoy the fruit, of his labors, and our word for it, ho must Suc ceed. The committee further reports, that be tenants now on Hu- lands have berni |>ormitlod lo go on with their sowing, with Hu- understanding that tho pur -liaseis of the laud shall compensate them for tho crops pill in. Wo have instructed Mr. frederick Wiebens as to certain mat ers concerning our hinds tboro. In conclusion, nf ow words: Our Sooioty mould havo no four or misgiving as to tho matter of moving to l'iokons, whon wo roniomhor that only within a fow miloo of Wost Union is tho farm of tho {rent statesman, John C. Calhoun. In tho neighborhood of our lando is tho beautiful farm of Oou. Picketts, which is ?onhidercd tho lluost in tho Stnto; ns ?gium.it which wo can offer tho nssurnuco lint within ton years' timo, if our moiu jorship is in earnest, wo shall havo at vast ton such farms In tho Wes*. Union iract, inasmuch as tho location is favor ihlo. Thc excellent health of tho eli mute, tho lolightful water, splendid soil, valuable huber, splendid locution of tho hind vhioh wo havo pm chased, loaves nothing boro to bo wished for. God grant that toon wo may havo a number of diligent, mt iel? t sottlors. riebens is Ut this time OHO of those districts of our state that is constantly icing improved, its population and laxa do property is being iucronaod, and muy ve bonblo to convert tho (?orman itninigru ion to that point, in which not only ours, mt also tho happiness of many people viii bo mndo perfect, and wo will bo con adored altogether ns benefactors in our idoptcd land. (Signod) J. A. WAOKNBU, J. II. KAMI. TO-DAY'S PROGRAM. 9.80 A. Mt to 4 i?, M., at Crisp's ['ark, shotgun tournament. 9.510 A. M. to I i?, M., rillo contest it ?oe'c quarry. 4 I?. M., itt DendyV Park, baso ball. 9 e. M. grand military ball at ?itehford'n Hall. C*o To J. W. B E L L, DRUGGIST, Walhal.a, S. C., -WM KN VOIJ WANT Nico Cool Drinks. A Nice Line of Stationery. Any Kind of Toilet Articles. Good Smoking and Chewing Tobaccos. Prescriptions Carefully Com po ll lld od of 'ure Drugs. PURELY PERSONAL Mr. J. C. Langston, of tho And or son Intelligencer, is hero reporting tho Semi-Centennial, Mr. Goo. W. Fant, one of the old est citizens of Anderson, is taking in tho Semi-Centennial. M. Leland Smith is in Walhalla to report tho Serai-Centennial pro ceedings for tho Greenville Daily Nows. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Strong, of Chester, S. C., are visiting his aunt, Mrs. C. G. Strong, and attonding the Semi-Centennial. Thoy are accompanied by Miss Janie McPher son. Messrs. J. F. Richardson. R. M. Macdonald and li. G. MoPhorson represent the oity council of Green ville at tho Semi*Centennial. They are accompanied by Mr. Wm. Gold smith. Hon. J. IL O'Neal Holloway, of Orangeburg, S. C., is in Walhalla attending the Semi-Centennial. Tho great lovo of Mr. G. W. Pratt, now of Atlanta, for Walhalla, would not let him romain away dur ing her Semi-Centonnial festivities. Ho lived hero so long and has so m any friends, that the placo and it people occupy b largo placo in his heart. Messrs. J. C. Peters, Frank Heidt, George Petermann, Georgo Swan, W. G. Jeffords, Jr., and F. D. Pinok ney, of Charleston, aro attending tiie Semi-Centennial festivities. They are members of the Charleston Palmetto Gun (Muh, mid will take part in the shotgun tournament given under the auspices of the Walhalla (inn Club to-day. Tho Queen City Drum Corps of Charlotte, X. C., is composed of thu following popular young men : Rob'. F. Spokes, drum master, and Messrs. Howard Anbury, A. Uno Dendy, Bland Hammond, Kobi. Simpson, Willis Heard, Guy Withers, Ken neth Ward j Robt. Hutchison and Hazel Holland. WALHALLA HOTEL, \V. H. HBSTRR, Proprietor. ?UMMER AND WINTER RESORT. GUESTS RECEIVE ATTENTIVE SERVICE. CLIMATE UNEXCELLED. HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS. DRY ATMOSPHERE. RATES REASONABLE. Boarding" Hollge, A1US. I. \V. HATON, Proprietress. ( ' ic NTH A i. LOCATION. KXCKI.I.KNT SICKVIOH. (ii Lsrs KKIOI, AT NOMI:. RATIOS KKASONAHLK. SCHUMACHER'S -> THE POPLLAR PRICE STORR. DRY GOODS, Notions, Domestics, Hardware, Tinware, Woodenware, Crockery, Glassware, Q,ueensware and Groceries. ALWAYS SOMETHING NICE TO EAT. COUNTRY PRODUCE BOUGHT AND SOLD_ 0. H. SCHUMACHER, 'bono 22. Walhalla, O. V. L. NORflAN, Walhalla, S. C. Fine Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing:, Hats and Shoes. ll *ESS GOODS AND TRIMMINGS A SPECIALTY. HEAD TO FOOT OUTFITTER. Our customers have long realized that tim cheapest, place for tho mrohnso of reliable merchandise is at our store. Nothing onfre or out of late palmed off as bargains, but new, fresh, seasonable goods. Big round lollara savod yearly by delighted patrons. Cur s) comities ??ami?ton-Brown Shoe Co.'s Shoes, Armorside Corsets, New Idea 10-cent Patterns. Thia world belongs to tho energetic. l888 Incorporated. ??Q0 C. W. Pitchford Co. CW. PITCHFORD, S. N. PITCHFORD. W. D. Moss, G. M. ANSEL. my ^ m 1900WT Dealers in Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Clothing, Hardware, Groceries, Trunks and Valises, Stoves, Crockery, Woodenware and Tinware, Wagon Material, Harness and Saddles Fertilizers. mm The following are a few special brands that we handle and control : Ballard's Obelisk AsBk Clniir THE BEST ON ^^^^^^ riUUIl THE MARKET. ^S?S^ Woodland , Heating ^^^?H Stoves for fP^^M School Houses ^^^i&^^^^^^? Halls. R & G CORSETS MCCORMICK MOWERS Bay State Shoes. EVERY PAIR WARRANTED AND RAKES. C. W. PITCHFORD CO., WALHALLA, S. C. When in Walhalla on a shopping trip don't forget that we carry a complete line of Fancy and Domestic Dry Goods and Notions. Also Fancy and Heavy Groceries. Our line is complete in every particular. All orders promptly delivered in town. Phone 32. JJ. C. C?fcA?C?U MILLINERY ! Nirs. IO. M. CUDWORTII is hot toi' prepared than over to mool tho wanis of hor friends and customers for Pall and Winter Hi llinery. sin- will h?vo ?ill the latesi no voltios its they tipper <>n tho market. A full lino of liibbons, In fants' Caps, Ladies' Collars, Ladies'and Children's Hosiery. ?RMORfDE CORSETS, ETC. J. D. VERNER, BANKER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, WALHALLA, S. C. IG KN ICR AL KN Cl I A N(i F AND RANKING BUSINESS, CORRECTIONS PROMPTLY M A DE. Bo sure to call and inspect hor line before purchasing your Fall Goods.