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She ^tory Seller.
Prau Berber's Storv.
BY CEL1G GAINES,
4 4 OU look very happy thla aftX
ernoon, Frau Bergerl"
jEBS "Why uot?" she answered.
"My man Is coming,
you know."
Frau Berger was a typical old German
lady, very "thick" as to proportions
and very rosy as to complexion.
Her hair, which had evidently been
blond, was now perfectly white, and
the knitting In her fat little hands was
the brightest of scarlet stockings.
We were sitting on the piazza awaiting
the arrival of the stagecoach.
Her blue eyes sparkled so pleasantly
behind her eyeglasses that I Involuntarily
drew my rocking chair nearer.
"How pretty she must have been as a
girl!" I thought
Perhaps she read my thoughts or
something In my expression suggested
confidence, for she presently smoothed
out her knitting meditatively.
"Acb, ja! 1 have been in America 40
years, and I have also been married 40
years, frau lei n."
"How did you happen to come?" I
Inquired eagerly, and with the funniest
little accent she began:
" Kr,ii? that?Knmpthlntr verv
A iCll J VU UVMfc ?-? ? o v
strange. One day I met my husband,
next day I love him. next day I marry
him! You laugh? We also laugh about
It now.
"It was the first day of June. The
winter had been a time of much sickness
In Germany, and my father and
mother had both died in less than
three months. I bad uo brothers, no
sisters, aud I was but T8 years old.
"We were not rich people, and I knew
not what to do at all.
"One of my cousins was married, and
I went to her house, but her husbund
was an old man and very cross. She
was so kind as a sister to me, but he
was Jealous that she loved me so much
and seemed always to be angry to me.
I helped take care of the children and
worked what I could, but he did not
like me. and I was so unhappy. Many
times I thought I would go away, but
did not know where to go.
"One day 1 walked out with the little
girl. She was running ahead of
me. but all at once she stumbled and
felL I hurried to pick her up. but before
I reached her 1 saw a young man
stoop down and lift her up. She wns
generally a very shy child, but her little
head lay quite quietly on his shoulder
as he comforted her. I was frightened.
but something in the way his
great, strong arms held her little form
gave me courage, and I tried to thank
him.
" 'Your sister? he asked, glaring from
her to me.
"'No,' I replied; 'my cousin. Shall I
not take her? And I held up my arms
?so. But she only burled her face on
his shoulders and would not look at
me. But he looked at me very hard. I
knew my cousin's husband would scold
because I had let the child fall, and 1
was so miserable the tears Just came
Into my eyes and ran down my face.
He saw It, I know, but be turned to
the little girl again.
" 'What is your name, little one?' he
asked.
" 'Lottie Mnller.' she answered.
"'And where do you live?'
"'I show yon!' And when he put her
down she took bold of his baud and
pulled him after her. for It was not far.
"Now you know, fraulein, there are
so many Mullers in Germany like there
are Smiths In America, but when we
came to the house he said, 'Why, here
lives, my friend Muller!'
"And, sure enough, we all went in.
Then I beard his name, Carl Berger,
for Herr Muller had known him since
he was a little boy and was very glad
to see him. They talked a long time,
and that young man laughed and seemed
to be so happy. 'In two days.' he
said, 'I am leaving the fatherland to
go to America. I seek my fortune
there. A young country is better for a
young man.'
"i had thought many times of America
myself, and it seemed to me for a
minute as if be was an angel sent to
tell me about it.
" 'Oh. sir,' I cried, 'please tell us some
more about America!'
"'What have you to do with America?'
asked Herr Muller. frowning.
" 'Some day I may go there.' 1 said.
" 'Nonsense!' he answered crossly and
seemed angry that 1 had spoken. But
the young man smiled and said. 'So,
fraulein. you would like America, you
think?' And then be told much about
It. and by and by my cousin got some
wine, and we all drank bis health and
luck and a good voyage, only 1 was
very quiet afterward, because I dare
not speak any more.
"And my face was burning sc mucb
because 1 bad been spoken to so unkindly
before a stranger tbat 1 left the
room and went out Into the little garden
In front of our bouse. Pretty soon
1 heard them saying goodby and knew
tbat be was going. 1 hoped be would go
through the garden without noticing
me, and so I turned my face away and
began to break off a rose from a small
bush But be must have seen me at
once, for he came just up to where 1
was standing and held out bis hand.
"Will you net say goodby to me. frauleln?'
be asked. Then like a foolish
child and not knowing at all what to
say I put Into his band the rose which
was in mine.
"'Ah, little one,' he said, 'that is a
very sweet goodby. but let us say Instead.
Auf wlederseben. yes? But suddenly
his jolly, laughing face grew serious
as he whispered earnestly: 'Are
you not happy here, frauleln?' I tried
to answer, but my lips were trembling
so I could not. and 1 turned and ran
quickly away into the house, but as 1
went Into the door I looked back and
he still stood In the same place holding
the flower in his hand.
"You know, I was but 18 years old,
and Joys and Borrows were all very
great to me?very real, Indeed. Am
I tiring you?" asked Frau Berger.
"Please go on," I begged. "I am afraid
the coach will come before I hear the
rest."
"It Is really not much of a story. In
truth It was far too short Well, the
?ext morning I was dusting, when suddenly
the bell rang. Ilerr Muller was
Just going out so he opened the door.
"I stopped and listened. I knew that
voice. Had I not been dreaming of It
all night? It was his. In a moment 1
they would both come Into the wohu- <
stubc. Ach! I remembered the rose
"^ n nn/1 #i/V AoKotttA/1 '
VI ^COlCiuaj awu nao ov aouauicu>
What if Herr Muller should know of
that? Was It very wrong? Why did
he come back after saying goodby? A
hundred thoughts' like that weut
through my mind In a moment. What
could I saj? Where could I go. I
was standing near the sjfa. It was
a high backed, old fashioned one.
"'Come In! Come in!' I heard Herr
Muller saying. 'Very frieudly, I am
sure, to come to see us again before
you go.'
"Ah. bow I had wished to see him
again, and now I would rather have
seen the whole German army come into
that room as that same pleasant
young man. and Just as the door opened
I fell on my knees behind the sofa
and was quite out of sight.
"Then they took seats and began to
talk. Every word they said I remember
like It was only yesterday.
"'Herr Muller, I have something to
ask you.'
"'So? What you want ask me, eh?'
And that young man answered, 'I
want you to let me ask the fraulein,
your wife's cousin. If she will marry
me.' Thunder weather!' roared Herr
Muller, which In the German language
Is an extremely bad swear. 'What
man! You will go to a strange land to
make your fortune, and now you want
to take that "kind," that child, with
you for your bride! You can never be
such a fool!'
"Then I beard that young man laugh
a little. 'I understand how you think
about It,' he said. 'Most always a
man in love Is called a fool, but 1 cannot
help it I love her more than all
the world. Since yesterday I have
thought of nothing else. It Is true, 1
have not much money, but so long as 1
have two hands she shall want for
nothing.'
"By and by my cousin come in and
talk a long while. His family, she said,
were old friends of hers, and she knew
he was a 'very fine young man also,'
but America was such a very far coun
Uj, U1JU I \>ao *cij juUU5, vu, uui*
my heart beat there behind the sofa on
my knees! It seemed to me that they
must bear It almost
"I nearly tried to stop my breathing,
1 was so still?so afraid they would
find me, you know.
"After awhile I heard young Berger
say: 'All I ask Is that you allow me to
speak to her. If she will not marry me
now. I will go and work alone, and after
a few years 1 will come back for her,
for of one thing 1 am entirely sureonly
with her caul be happy.'
"Then my cousin weut to call me.
and she called and called, but 1 made
no answer, and Ilerr Muller became
angry.
" 'Where Is she goneV* he asked. 'She
is never there when you want her.
What a crazy barum scarum that girl
Is!'
"Then he called very loud, and at last
be ran out Into the garden, where I |
often used to go. to seek me. 1 was
trembling all over, but I peeked out
from behind the sofa, and there sat
my poor Berger with his elbows on his ,
knees and his face In his hands. I got
up very softly and came out. The first (
thing I noticed was that he had a
faded rose in bis coat. I stood quite j
still for a moment looking at him. and !
presently he sighed and raised his face
and saw me. Ach. I don't know how
that was any more now. but when my
cousin and her husband came back into
the wohnstube Herr Berger's arm was
around my waist, and, somehow. I wus '
afraid of nothing?not even of Herr 1
Muller.
"Well, the next morning after that we '
got married. Yes. it is true, it was
very quick, but you see he had bought
bis ticket already, and he must go. 1 1
had uot indeed much?what you call
trousseau. I bad some liueu of my '
mother's, like every German girl have. '
and ray cousin gave me some more j
things.
"Berger laughed, and I thought he <
looked so nice when he laughed.
" The greatest travelers,' he said to 1
me, 'always have the least luggage to
bother them. Everybody will think we
are old travelers.'
"But It all seemed like one dream to
me uutll we stood on the deck of the
big ship and 1 saw Deutscblacd ana
my cousins' faces growing farther and j
farther away every minute and at last
could see them no more, and the oceau '
and the life before me seemed so
strange, so wide.
"But my husband's arm was around
me. and 1 tried to look up at him and
smile, although the tears would come
Into my eyes, and I was so glad when
he said 1 was a brave girl."
"Thank God. 1 can say now. when
I am a white haired old woman, that
a better uian never lived, and we have
also had very good luck. At first we
both worked hard, but now we have
all that we could wish, and the best
thing that 1 could ever say to my children
Is that they should try to be like
their father."
"Ah. here is the coach!" And In another
moment all my romantic imaginings
\v<>re shattered by beholding my
fat little heroine, panting with the exertion
and delight, towing Into the hotel
a huge, corpulent, florid faced, baldheaded
and very Jolly looking German,
whom ! afterward learned to know as
the millionaire brewer, Mr. Carl Berger.
NOT LIKE OTHER Ml.
By Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey.
Author of "The Brotherhood of Silence,"
"The Quality of a Sin," Ktc.
Copyright, 1901.
CHAPTER XVII.
"NOT LIKE OTHER WOMEN EITHER!"
rjnntIHE scene changes once more to
I ? I Nevada?to the ranchbouse
tesssj where Lisle passed the years
pafiscflll of her youth. Cathered upon
the veranda near where the low wlnjows
of the library opened from It
were Lisle and her mother, Thomas O.
Thomas of Kansas City and his daughter
and, sitting upon the balustrade,
with bis long legs dangllug over It,
Craig Thompson.
A year had passed since that same
party, with the exception of Mrs. Barrlngton.
was assembled there?a year
that bad meant much to Lisle and in
Tact to them all. Craig was Just the
same old Craig, not a whit altered except
by the disappearance of the beard,
which he had not agalu permitted to
^rrow. and the fact that he wore bis
lialr shorter than formerly. In other
respects be was the same. Be bad returned
bis western manner and habits
with his western dress, and. If the
truth be told. Lisle liked blm better so.
There was somethiug Incongruous and
unfamiliar about him while be was In
the east, and. after the trip abroad,
luring which be accompanied Lisle
ind her mother, they all elected to return
to Nevada, at least for the summer.
and Erna and her father were Invited
to Join the party.
Regarding the reunion of mother and
laughter at that time one year ago,
when, with Craig. Lisle bad left the
presence of her lawyer to call upon her
notber. very little need be said. To
look upon them now. side by side, one
teemed to be the counterpart of the
>tber. with the difference wrought by
pears alone, for. although Lisle bad resembled
her father, she certainly was
the Image of her mother."
The two ranches were combined Into
)ne. and both were under the manageiient
of Craig Thompson, who had
Ived the free western life so long that
ae preferred It to any other and who
llso clung to his western name with
he same tenacity with which he adhered
to bab.ts which had become secHid
nature to bliu.
"Tell you what. Lisle," he said when
:be conversation lagged somewhat,
'people who live In the great cities of
:he east don't know what life is. You
ran't live to please yourself In such a
jlnce. no matter bow hard you try. and
)Ut here you can't help It. The only
limes In my life when I feel Independent
of all creutiou are when I have got
my legs a-straddle of a good horse,
with a coiled rlata 011 the pommel of
my saddle, a pair of forty-fours In my
belt, a cool breeze from the peaks of
the Sierras tilling my lungs aad my
?yes roaming over a bunch of cattle
that stretches away Just as far as 1 can
see. That's the life for me. and I'm
going to live It to the end of my days.
You and your mother cam go poking
round the world seeing things all you
want to. but I'll stay here and see that
the bunk accounts don't dwindle and
keep my account with the Lord straight,
too. for 1 don't believe 1 could do It In
the east."
"You ought to marry, Mr. Tbompion."
said Erna. "You wouldn't be so
lonely when Lisle and her mother are
away."
"Well. I don't know about that Mayhe
you're right, and maybe you're
wrong. I can't tell, though, what I
would do If you were a little older or 1
were a little younger. Perhaps Id that
case I'd ask you to marry me."
"It might be that the difference in
Dur ages would not he objectionable to
me." said Erna mischievously. "You
might ask me auyhow. It Is the only
way to And out"
"No. It Isn't. There Is another."
"What is it?"
"Never to ask at all. You see, Erna,
[ don't want you. I never would be
contented anywhere uuless I was boss,
and If you made me staud around the
way you do your dad I'd be the unhapplest
fellow out of Jail, and anyhow
you're spoke for. so Tom tells me."
"I might give the other fellow the
mitten for your sake." she retorted.
"Then I wouldn't have you anyway,"
be answered. "A gal that'll go buck on
Due fellow for another will never be
true to anybody, and I wouldn't give
2 cents for her?not if she was the
prettiest critter this side of klugdom
come. Come on. Tom. Let's go over
to the corral and see the horses."
As they moved away Mr. Thomas
murmured In au undertone:
"What a lovely woman Lisle Is!"
"You bet!" replied Crulg.
"Tonight reminds me of the first time
that 1 ever saw her," continued Thomas.
"She was a man then, but even
then I noticed that she was not like
other men."
"No. and now she ain't like other
women either. She's got enough of
both In her to make the finest woman
on top of God's green earth, und that's
what she Is."
After that they changed the subject
and talked horse.
THE END.
Not Entitled to Retvnrd.
Governor McSweeney has received
an official report from Magistrate
Motte, of Berkeley county, in regard
to the killing of a Negro desperado.
The magistrate advised the governor
that having had a warrant for the Negro,
he sent his constable out to arrest
him. The Negro resisted arrest and
the constable shot him dead. There
was a reward for the capture of the
man and the magistrate wrote to inform
the governor of the killing and
ask if his constable was entitled to the
reward offered. The constable being
an officer in the discharge of his duty,
is of course not entitled to the reward.
pi>sttIIttttC?U!S #eatUng.
ON TO THE GAME.
Sumter County Farmers Refuse to
be Duped by Politicians.
"Whereas a call has been Issued for
the reorganization of the Alliance, In
which we are informed that a purely
business organization is desired and
politics is not to be permitted?in order
to remove all doubts of selfishness In
the Alliance officials and to inspire confl/lonnA
on/1 tmiat wo roonootfnllv q air
tlUCllVC V* ? ?- ? & Mwa.
that a committee of one be appointed
by this meeting to send President Eflrd,
Organizer Wllborn, and Lecturer Elder
the following pledge for their signatures:
'We solemnly pledge ourselves
as officers of the Alliance, not to be
candidates for any political office, either
county or state, during the approaching
political campaign.'?(Signed) R. M.
Cooper, chairman; E. W. Dabbs, secretary."
The above apparently Innocent resolution
was passed today by a small
body of farmers who assembled in the
court house here for the purpose of resurrecting
the defunct Alliance, which
has been dead In this county ever since
1892.
When the meeting was organized this
resolution was first presented and after
full discussion was unanimously adopted.
Until the terms of tHe resolution are
compiled with no further effort will be
made to perfect the organization, nor
will any other county meeting be held
until some time In November.
The gentlemen referred to in the resolutions
are Messrs. D. F. Eflrd, of
Lexington; John Cl Wllborn, of York:
and W. N. Elder, $80 of York. These
are the state officials who are reorganizing
the state, county by county, and
the work has been proceeding systematically.
Remembering how the Alliance
was used as a political step-stone
In the early '90s the farmers of Sumter
county do not Intend to allow themselves
to be used by politicians again,
and have taken today the Initiative to
test the faith of their would-be leaders.
It Is not known what action will be
taken If these gentlemen refuse to com-.1?
?il- iL? 1 . l ..i U
piy Willi LIIC LUilUUlUIIO lllipuocu, UUl II
was intimated that an independent
county organization would be organized,
which shall be "a non-political
southern cotton growing organization."
Even today it cropped out in debate
that some Imperative action must be
taken to fight the cotton oil trust which
has fastened its fangs upon the state
and is buying up the cotton seed at
their own prices. On this point the
farmers are arouil&Pall over the state
and Alliance or no Alliance some organization
will be perfected. They begin
to realize the true value of their
cotton seed and do not intend to part
with them for small prices.
The decisive action of the meeting
today in making their leaders declare
themselves may be the means of inducing
other counties to take the same
step.?Sumter special of Friday, to the
Columbia State.
JURY LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Judge Gary Makes a Ruling That la
of Far Reaching Effect.
Judge Ernest Gary has given the existing
jury laws of the state a paralytic
stroke. He has, in effect, decided
that Aiken county is the only county in
the state that has a jury law that !s
worth anything. The question has
been mooted for some time, but Judge
Gary cut the knot at the recent term
of court in Cherokee county. His ruling1
may not be that of any other judge
In the state, and may not be sustained
by the supereme court, but It is a precedent,
and if agreed to by other circuit
judges will play havoc with the
courts for the next few months, or until
the general assembly can remedy
the trouble, unless the state supreme
court can and does disagree with Judge
Gary.
The point "is that Judge Gary has declared
Act No. 183, approved February
19, 1900, to be unconstitutional, and has
further declared that the "Heaiing act"
passed at the recent session of the general
assembly is not effective as a
"Healing act," and cannot heal, that
which, was in his opinion, originally illegal
and unconstitutional.
The jury act of 1900 repealed the
county government act as to jury law,
except for Aiken county. Under the
act of 1900 Aiken county is exempted
from the provisions of the act, and it is
specified that so far as Aiken is concerned
it shall draw its juries under the
provision of the county government
act.
Then for Charleston county there is
another act, applying to counties with
cities of over 40,000 people, and Charleston
nnnntv is not covered in any way
by the act of February 19, 1900. No
mention at all Is made of Charleston
county. Edgefield county seems to
have two modes being In the act In
question.
Judge Gary said that he regretted
very much to have to declare the jury
laws In question unconstitutional, but
there was nothing else for him to do
after the Issue had been made and the
facts agreed to as to what had been actually
done.
Under section 34 of the rights of the
general assembly It Is especially provided
that one of the things that the
general assembly shall not do Is to pass
special legislation as to "summons and
empannelling of grand or petit juries."
It Is further especially provided that
"in all other cases where a general law
can be made applicable, no special law
shall be enacted."
Judge Gary held that in the case of
Dean vs. Spartanburg and Nance vs.
Anderson It was very plain what was
the construction of the supreme court
as to special legislation. In the Dean
case it was decided that a per diem of
prisoners different in the various counties
was unauthorized and illegal.
In the Nance case Judge Gary held
LiictL iiit; Huprtme uuun gave UIHIUBKXIV- a
able evidence of Its views and that It c
applied directly to the Jury laws In f
question. t
The court In that case held: "In order li
that a law may be general It must be b
of force In every county In the state .h
and. while It may contain special pro- u
vision, making its effect different In
certain counties, those counties cannot
be exempt from its entire operation."
The act of 1900 provided an entirely
separate and distinct plan for Aiken 0
county and made no mention of *
Charleston, and provided two plans for
Edgefield, and so Judge Gary held that t
it could not pass the test provided by t
the supreme court. c
The Charleston fight on the Jury law li
was nrettv much on the same line, but t
in that case it was held that the mere p
attack of the statute on the grounds e
that it was unconstitutional would not v
do, but that It would have to be shown a
what had been actually done which d
was wrong, and that no proof or facts
were presented, but in the Cherokee C
case there was an agreement as to ?
what had been actually done. i
Court is about to meet in Columbia
and there is already talk of attacking ^
the Jury here, and if Judge Watts takes \
the same position as does Judge Gary "V
there will be no jury cases tried here, f
and so will it be through all the cir- "
cuits of the Judges who hold that view |
until the general assembly or the supreme
court, takes a different view. ^
The general assembly at its last ses- r
sion passed the "Healing act," instead j
of changing the whole law, so as to j
make It uniform for the state, and i
Judge Gary held that the "Healing I
act" was as bad as the act of 1900, as it '(
attempted to remedy that which could ']
not be legally remedied.?August Kohn
in News and Courier. j
WILY POLITICS.
A Richer Simpletons View of the c
Colonel Jones Proposition. ?
Greenville News.
The Savannah Morning News is a C
close observer of South Carolina poll- ?
tics and it invariably puts its finger on
the spot, when it undertakes to analyze I
our frequent political complications.
Commenting upon the proposition re- I
cently made by Colonel Wilie Jones,
one of the innumerable caravan of
seekers of McLaurin's senatorial seat,
that all the candidates withdraw in fa- ?
vor of Wade Hampton, The Morning ^
?- ?..... ??t nnlfo Nba a Tillman -
WCWB nay si. uuuno Iinv u. ?... v
plan!" p
"We are not. of course. In the secrets I
of the politicians of South Carolina, c
but to an outsider It looks as If the
proposition for all factions of the De- J
mocracy to unite and send General y
Wade Hampton to the United States I
senate, as the successor to Senator Mc- j
Laurln, were a plan to shelve McLaurln,
and not to honor General Hamp- c
ton. Senator Tillman does not appear ^
as the father of the proposition, but It
would not be at all surprising If he ^
were the originator of it. If it did not "
originate with him, it doubtless has his I
approval. It would never have been <:
made. In all probability, unless he had T
been consulted In respect to It. *
Does this proposition mean that Senator
Tillman is a little apprehensive of ?
the result of an effort to "down" McLaurln?
There appears to be some I
ground for thinking so. It is our un- E
derstandlng that those who are behind 1
this proposition never had any great s
amount of love for General Hampton. ^
That being tiie case why should they j
come forward at this time with a prop- ^
osltlon to send him to the senate unless f
they have some motive for doing so 1
other than that which Is given to the ^
public? Questions like this are no C
doubt suggesting themselves to the 1
people of South Carolina.
But would General Hampton accept
the senatorshlp under the clrcumstan- j
ces? It would naturally be supposed, j
that his consent had been obtained be- >
fore the proposition was given to the \
public: but It Is doubtful If It had. As- I
sumlng that It had not, It Is by no ^
means certain that General Hampton ^
would accept the senatorshlp, coming
to him In the way proposed. The men j
making the proposition have never posed j
as his friends. It Is our recollection S
that It was Tillman and his followers i
who pushed General Hampton out of E
the senate a number of years ago. If ^
now they want to put him back, It
would seem It was not for the purpose ^
of giving him a chance to round out ^
h<o pnreer as a member of the senate. 1
If they admired him greatly and wished q
to honor him they would have left him 1
In the senate when he was there. The ^
outcome of this move on the political q
chess board of South Carolina will be
awaited with a great deal of interest." |
" * * A
The Persecution op Schley.?Albert q
Halstead. the Washington correspond- ^
ent of the Brooklyn Standard-Union, j
sends his paper the following of inter- I
est: *
It would not be surprising if, before I
long, some one should spring a boom '
for Rear Admiral Schley for president j
on the Democratic ticket, however
c
short-lived such a move might be. The j
popularity of Schley is unquestioned, q
and whatever may be the decision of 1
the court of inquiry, many people will
look upon him as the real naval hero at C
Santiago. But heroes do not always J
make good political candidates, as in j
the case of Admiral Dewey, ror example.
It would be hard to find an ob- j
servant person who believes that Ad- i*
miral Schley would seriously consider "V
the matter of being a candidate for e
president, one paramount condition be- C
ing the chaotic condition of the Democratic
party at present, and the extreme
uncertainty of Democratic sue- *
cess in the next presidential election, j,
Still, there are many enthusiastic j
Democrat who believe that in the person
of Schley they have found-a candidate
who might go a great way toward 1
uniting the party and harmonizing the I
various warring elements. They point ?
to the fact that the naval officer has p
no political record and could safely
iu.uu uu any piaiiuiui i.iiai mc fcmuratic
convention might adopt. They
urther Insist that there is no other en- G<
irely satisfactory Democratic possibilty
for president, and that Schley would
ie a safe compromise. Schley would te;
lardly give any encouragement to the ne
tse of his name in this connection. an
t ini
po
FORT MILL. ]
Mention was made some weeks ago Co
f the poems of James Hampton Lee, th
ormerly of Fort Mill, now of New th;
rork. Aside from their literary merit, ap
hese poems are possessed of local in- ,s
erest. especially the following p-ietl- ^
al history of a York county town. It
s entitled, "Of a Fort and Mill. If You m<
Vill," and Is "Dedicated with lnex- of
iresslble gratitude to my most consci- m
an
ntlous teacher, Prof. John A. Boyd, to
ga
;rV>/%*v> tirlll nlnrovo holnn or a ahflrA (\f
* 11UUI ? in ai n a j wwiwiiq u v
ny credit or honor which anything: I ?.
Wl
0 may ever command:
PROLOGUE.
fp(
!reeps Catawba river calmly
!rossing Carolina's land:? rCM
invite you now most warmly ca
)n Catawba's bajiks to stand; Wf
'o view with me where Indian nations Im
Vorked and wandered at their will; nu
Vhere now "grow the gay plantations" r
Vhich make famous far Fort Mill. "
tni
,'ome! in Fort Mill, Carolina, UV
Tls not long between the drinks;
^or she drinks?now don't malign her? m'
Vhat will help, not hurt, she thinks. '
1 "dispensary's" established ^
n the center of the town; no
ts front door is on the surface, m<
ind to go In means go down. ne
n the summer comes forth coolness, thi
n the winter issues heat;? ro)
i'ind there fun, but never fool'ness .
Cause there comes from forty feet tlr
Neath the neat and clean-swept pave- .
ment 1
Vater only!?Mother earth ro1
i'ree dispenses, no depravement '
?an invade her home and hearth: <}e
f sin should make monstrous visit, in
Twould be burled at Its birth!? re,
Speaking of this water, is It
Jot worth more than whisky's worth? w
sit
Carolina called her children If
Jp one day in *76;?
["old them that their home and birth- th
right, tii
donsters menaced: bade them fix ha
Round her castles, firm and frowning, no
forts from which to fiercely fight. ro
There will be a glorious crowning,
f the day is won, at night,"
bit
Said young Marion's Morion mother, ?
tnd he said, with hundreds more:
If you crown us, Carolina, pr
Ve will crown you too, before!"
wi
'o the swamo-fox. swift as sunshine,
Swept by British dogs of war:
^aughed while listening to their bark- 1?
ing. ge
Slyly scratched them with his paw,
bringing blood which brought on battle re;
)ft with Carolina then:?
Jsten!?how the brushwood rattle!
darion! and his marching ben! j
)own towards Cowpens, from her hill- ru
tops, er
Carolina sees the stir: co
/farlon's marches, Britons short-stops, to
Cnows her children care for her ne
w j
Ind her dozen sisters, giving th
111 their sons for liberty: f0]
Life Is not to us worth living, pr
Jnless we can live It free," th
laid she. and through revolution w'
lose up forts upon her hills: 88
forth they flred for constitution,
Vhlle to feed them moved the mills.? j
I i
th
'White's old mill" much meal was an
grinding mi
"or our fort's defenders' bread; rle
iushels boosted bullets; blinding 1
Hazes burst 'gainst coats of red! vli
Icarlet oft blood-red was turning!?
Though some guns were logs of pine,
alnted, their designer's earning 5?
fame yet?1899). jjjj
1111 and fort co-operation? on
farmers forcing sacks of corn of
,'o the mill for granulation, ml
Vhence the fort was fed each morn, mi
ialned such victory and glory
.'hat the folks for miles made will
'hey'd one city make; did so they, fr.
ind they christened It "Fort Mill." gQ
\y that fort that flamed with fury, mi
5y that old revolving mill; er
)idn't they name It right? Grand jury roi
lever found a truer bill!
sei
Ve'.ve the name and we're the people, ex
iy our fathers who are dead!
ind though some have chased the rj
steeple, sei
is you may perhaps have read, ju
'here are few of such who've wanted ar,
n some rare redeeming: trait:
len like Marion e'er undaunted, ?h
iwlft yet cry, "God save the State!'" t,r
nu
>eeds are done today diviner, sei
ly the faithful of Fort Mill, dll
'han was none by Carolina tr;
rears ago, when she said NIL hli
'o the Northmen and Secession, P?
Lnd the Act to Nullify,
.aw made, heading the procession, rr
'hat resolved to do or die. ,
'hey're the cream of Carolina? tr:
'he good people of Fort Mill? wi
md though some of some of them are lis
finer th!
'han ?he others, most have still vl<
llood Just like the "Grand old Rebel"
lad who fought a million foes;
ind they'll pay back double?treble r
'o the tramplers on their toes. '
ret their bravery when defending , ,
k.11 that's great, that is, that's good,
n the way of love unending "C
las not in one instance stood. wl
- - ? wl
?ong ana lovingly we nnger
Round this region so renowned; ta
i'or mementoes many a finger er
'lcks up pebbles from the ground. p0
See those bullets bruised and beaten, ti
luddled In that tiny hand?? 0
through men's hearts they ploughed;?
i'hey sweeten every furrow of the r0i
land:? sh
>lorlous land our soldiers camped on, 'n'
Vho were kind enough to kill, ev
Jnder men like Marion, Hampton, ]
fiercest foes of fair Fort Mill.
ih, the cream of Carolina wj
ire the folks of fair Fort Mill?
fought can break the kindred tie nor
Vaste my wishes that no 111 th<
Ivermore shall touch the cradle
)f my childhood's holy hopes; th
'ouch the love-land where I stayed till itl
Iwept from off its sunlit slopes. tir
lut my destiny's designer! th<
Jneontaminated still thi
Ceep the cream of Carolina _h
"ortitudinous Fort Mill.
ab
EPILOGUE.
frc
'hough I'm nevermore among you,
have well, sincerely sung you.? j0
low I reach the northern pole of?
>f my poem?and the whole of: *
'ort Mill holds the heart and soul of no
?James Hampton Lee. frc
>od Road* Are an Absolutely Necessary
Pre-Reqnlslte.
The Journal has before called the atntlon
of the farmers of Georgia to the
cesslty for good roads, and, in season
id out, has urged the wisdom of payer
greater attention to this most imrtant
matter.
But here Is a point brought out by
>1. A. W. Machen, superintendent of
e United States free delivery system,
at will appeal to every farmer who
predates the rural mall delivery. It
fully explained In an article in The
>ui8ville Post, which says:
rhe policy of the postofflce departmtwith
regard to the establishment
the service has changed. At first
ral free delivery was an experiment,
d the restrictions were not regarded
in place. But the system has passed
the permanent stage. Now no route
11 be put in pending the improvement
the roads. No route will be permitI
to open until all the roads upon the
ute are in good condition. The mall
rrier is not to be forced to make his
ly through mud hub deep and almost
passible, as In some cases during for?r
winters and wet seasons.
rhe policy of the department is to see
at the roads are good before free deery
of mail is granted to any comjnity.
rhe policy of the department, more
an that, is to see that those routes
w in operation, pending improveints
of roads by landowners, are not
glected by those who are pledged for
elr betterment. If it is found that
ads remain unimproved a reasonable
ne, the rural carrier will be called off
e route, and the dally mall service
II be abandoned on the neglected
ads.
rhe officers in charge of the rural free
livery system are as much interested
good raods as is the good roads buau
of the agricultural department at
ashlngton. Good roads are a neces:y
where the rural carrier must pass.
o /tAiintif /Iaao w At nnooaoo ?aa^ t?Art a
a. wuni/ uuco uvi j;vootog guvu ivauof
at county will In future have a hard
ne securing routes, and will have a
.rder time keeping routes that may
w be operating over poor roads. Poor
ads make the mall service very untlsfactory,
and It Is the tendency to
ame the service and the department
ther than to lay the blame at the
oper door.
The following letter was recently
ltten to the Hon. Geo. W. Steele, conessman
from the Eleventh district, of
dlana, from the Hon. A. W. Machen,
neral superintendent of the free de ery
system. It Is official and will be
ad with Interest:
.UK MACHBN'B LETTER.
"The temporary suspension of service
st' winter and spring on a number of
ral free delivery routes In the westn
states on account of the Impassible
ndltlon of the roads brought forcibly
the attention of the department the
cesslty of good roads in connection
;th the rural free delivery service. At
at time the local authorities were lnrmed
that unless the roads were 1moved
before the return of winter
ere would be danger of a permanent
thdrawal of the rural free delivery
rvlce. Reports show that the advice
the department has been heeded In
my Instances. In one locality, which
recall, favorable action was taken by
e township tnustee by appropriating
i amount of money for the improveint
of roads over which the rural car:r
travels.
'While the actual suspensions of serine
on account of Impassible roads
?re few comparatively speaking, there ,
ire a great many cases In which the
or condition of the roads made it very
Fficult to provide an efficient service
d In which the service was performed
ly by dint of perseverance on the part
the carrier, backed up by the deterInatlon
of the department to deliver
ill whenever It was possible. It Is
adlly seen that the condition of the
ads becomes a very Important conleration
In the establishment of rural
ia WV>Qro +V10 marl a Q ro
od a route 27 or 30 miles In length
ly be more easily served than anothroute
of 18 or 20 miles over poor
ads.
'In the first case more people are
rved, the service is performed more
peditiously and with n^uch more ease
the carrier and his horse. The car;r.
too. can establish a regularity of
rvice enabling the farmers to know
st about what time every day he will
rive in front of tlielr premises.
'In the second instance, with the
ort route over bad roads as much
ne is consumed in serving a smaller
mber of patrons, the regularity of the
rvice varies with the changing contions
of the roads, the work is more
king on both the letter carrier and
3 horse, and unsatisfactory to the
trons, especially when it becomes nessary
to suspend the service on acunt
of impassible portions of the
ate.
'Reports from all parts of the coun/
indicate clearly that the people are
iking up in order to obtain the estabhment
of rural free delivery, and in
Is way it is seen that the rural ser;e
becomes a great factor in the good
ids movement, which of late years
s been agitated in many of the proesslve
states. a. w. m."
rhe letter of Mr. Machen brings out
e policy of the postal department by
timation rather than by direct asserm.
Rural free delivery will go to
lere the people either have or are '
lling to provide good roads. It will
ke several years to spread tne aenvy
system Over the entire fairly well
pulated portions of the country,
lose portions which have at all times
at centaln times of the year such
ads which make the service expense,
will be denied the luxury of hav- \
S the mail drought to the house
ery day.
Daily the representatives in congress
e being more strongly Impressed
th this fact. When a good case Is
ide out in favor of a certain route,
e department acts upon the report of
e special agent, and "bad roads in
e spring" is certain to cause the peton
to be held up for a time or somenes
for good. It is understood that
e department will enforce a rule to
e effect that carriers report their inIlity
to cover a route on account of
e condition of the roads, it will be
olished and mail service be given
>m the village postofflce.?Atlanta
urnal.
it' The only way to be in fashion
wadays, is to be a little diffenent
>m everybody else.
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