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" " ISSUED SEM1-WEEELT. L.H. grist & SONS, Publishers, } %^amilg jltrosgagcr: jfor The promotion of the political, Social, Agricultural, and Commmial Interests off the jjjeople. {TERMaSiNolE0^YY?vE''cE\TV8ANCI!' ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1901. NO. 82. ** " " I-'?J -<-?? !.? I FREE RURAL DELIVERY. 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. ?.