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HENRY WATTERSON AS HE IS.
Ono Who Knows Him Well Writes
Intimately About Him.
The following intimate picture of
Uojiry Watterson was prepared by
one wflio knows well that prince of
editors and patriots:
When, many years ago, Honry Watterson,
then an unwilling member of
congress from Konuteky, stated, in
replying to a speech of "Pig Iron"
Kelly, of Pennsylvania, tihat at no
distant day from the ono on which
ho was speaking, iron would bo produced
in tho Southern States at a
cost not -exceeding $8 par ton, ho was
laughed at by his practical opponent,
and Ins statement was pooh-poohed
as that of a theorist and dreamer.
And yet all the world now knows
that shortly thereafter Mir. Walterson's
prediction was mora than literally
.fulfilled, and Mint Birmingham,
unrestrained, is now able to dictate
the price of that great commodity.
Mr. Watterson know that ho was
stating tho truth. He was, as Palrick
Ilonry advised tho youug lawyers
always to ho, sure of liis evidence.
Il? was personally aware of
tire fact that vast veins of workable
iron ore?cooking coal and 'suitable
limestone?constiluting all of the
(necessary ingredients for the manufacture
of iron, existed in immediate,
unparalleled proximity in certain localities
of the South. lie philosophically
understood tho character of
the people of this section and the
changes which wore rapidly taking
place as the result of the civil war
between the States?loading U3 to
become, in part, at least, manufacturers
of the raw material at our doors,
lie reasoned that wo were true
Americans, and that, favored as wo
'wore, we would not, could not, fail to
avail ourselves of such advantages,
and that the unprecedented would
certainly occur.
Mr. Kelly made I ho same mistake
about Mr. Wallorson that many others
make, lie is a theorist?another
name for thinker and perhaps lie is
a dreamer. but ho is something more
than both. Those who believe that
they know him fairly well think him
a brilliant editorial writer and a
forceful, eloquent speaker with an intimate
knowledge of National politics,
loving his follow man, especially
Kentuckians, jovially partaking
with lliem of daily portions of a
.hovera.uo. a product of Kenutcky,
which gives Cue' Slate celebrity.
This estimate is partly true, but appreciative
friends of his calibre who
have for years vnjoyed his intimate
friendship know that such a characterization
falls far short and is, in
pari, wholly untrue.
Mr. \V<alterson is a theorist be-!
cause the greater part of his life
has been devoted to a study and high
appreciation of the writings of the
sagos and thinkers of tho world?
men who have outlined, in ono way
and another, plans for the amelioration
of our ills and the general betterment
of mankind. Endowed with
groat naturu'l aibiility, reinforced by
.> energetic study and thought, ho has
/ ibeen able, to firmly lay hold of the
*'ts salient, practical features of good in
1 those and to perceive and discard the
> impracticable and untrue. If he is a
\ dreamer, as many of our greatest
t mien haw been, it is beoanso he has
* always bolieved that the good proposed
by these writers and thinkers
eould be achieved in time, by an uplifting
to a full realization of tlrair
value and the ]x>ssibility of bringing
about their fulfillment.
His act ice life began at the seat of
government at tho opening of tho
givat struggle between the States of
the Union. The end of the intervening
forty-seven years finds him just
as active, in the fullest possession of
undimined mental and physical vigor
?in fact, with a mind greatly enriched
by hard study and experiences
more important and varied, perhaps,
than those of any puibtlic man who
can bo named, for it is not otlice but
principles which interest and concern
us, Itcfore, his active career began
lie had thoroughly mastered a philosophic
knowledge of his country's
history and fully appreciated the
trend of affairs, lie knew personally
the leaders of thought, understood
clearly the contending views, took an
active part in the great struggle these
brought on, and has since maintained
a most intimate connection with public
affairs, having acquaintance of a
close, personal nature with friends
and opponents who influenced thought
and action. On many notable occasions
he has himself been in the front,
more often, however, the truest
friend and adviser of others who
wore fight ing for I he adoption or
maintenance of principles for which
v * he contended.
No has steadily and powerfully
contended for the personal liberty of
the citizen, for the enactment of that
legislation which would secure this
i: \
and give to all the rightful returns
for their labor. Ilo has always, with
equal ardor, insisted upon strict obedience
to enacted laws as the only safe
mean's for the preservation of liberty
and good government, lie has time
ami again on platforms in every State
in the union eloquently and convincingly
demonstrated Uio true superiority
of morals over wealth and before
the same largo audiences has
held up for the emulation of all citizens
the lives and careers of those
who had best served their country.
Me has never failed in his graver utterances
to be most punctilious in
stating l'a'cts, and those who attacked
the correctness of these, historical or
otherwise, evemtually admitted themselves
mistaken or were fairly convicted
of being themselves in error.
This arose, in part, from the extraordinary
opportunities he has enjoys
ed of getting at the real faefs, but
more especially from a fixed belief
with him that truth is the only impregnable
basis on which to stand.
Whatever the subject, his arguments,
based on truth, have always been
characterized by earnestness and ability,
followed by conviction to unprejudiced
minds.
lie could not, of course, be the
man lie is without a strong sense of
humor and a wide range of imagination,
and without doubt be lias often
skilfully employed these faculties in
waging some of the wars in -which lie
lias at times engaged, but it is a
serious mistake to give undue weight
to these or the effect of their use in
forming an estimate of his character,
lie has, throughout his career, been 1
singularly free from sordid motives I
or desire for personal aggrandize- i
incut, beyond, of course, the pardonable
desire to have the principles he
advocated triumph. 11 is frequent re- |
I'usal of high office and his rigid
adherence to his belief in the right at
the imminent risk of overwhelming j
personal loss effectually negatives all
charges to th.? contrary and forces a
magnanimous belief in his sincerity. * (
Mr. Walterson entertains the pro- ,
foundest respect for religion, but he |
also lias an intimate knowledge of Jhe j
weakness id' human nature, lie him- |
self clings to and earnestly strives to |
instil into the ntiuds and hearts of all ^
who come under his influence a be
lief in and steady adherence to the
main principles?virtue and truth
and all that their possession implies,
lie does not regard himself, nor I j
should he be regarded by liberal i 1
minds, as out of line if he happens to
differ with acknowledged devout ;
ones as to the most practical and ]
feasible means of bringing all into 1
: desired conformity. TPe. tdlinks life :
has its charms, and that a broadspirited.
cheerful life is by no moans
inconsistent with one of uprightness
and strictest honor in all dealings,
lie will, indeed, be a discoverer who
lays bare any evidence of crookedness
in his personal or public life.
True, he may. on fit occasion, take
wine, but that he has the habit of
drinking the stronger beverage of bis
Stale, as newspaper paragraphers are
given to alleging, bis robuest health
and present romwrkoble vigor of mind
and very unusual bodily activity distinctly
disprove. No one who beholds
him can, for a moment, give credence,
to any contrary statement. Tt is impossible
for an appreciative person to
spend an Jiour with him without feeling
a distinct gain in intellectual
pleasure or serious profit of some
kind.
His life so far covers the most interesting
period of the nation's history.
He has, as stated, known personally
nearly every public character,
particularly those who have impressed
themselves on their times. TTis
acquaintances and frie.nds have not
been confined to statesmen, politicians
and editors. There has. in
fact, been no author of distinction,
no scientist of prominence, no artist
of merit, no actor of note, no musician
of genius on our country's stage
within the period named with whom
he has not conversed on congenial
subjects of moment and interest.
With many of these he has maintained
friendly, with others intimate, relations.
TTe gave in the friendly exchange
as much as 'no received.
Conversation on such topics between
those able to give, as well as
receive, information and instruction,
when reported in the actual words
used, possesses to a reader so much
more of interest than the ordinary
writing that a biography in this
form is of all reading the most entertaining.
For this, among other
reasons, we are accustomed to praise
Hoswell's life of Johnson as the model.
We are all prone to somewhat exaggerate
the virtues of those of past
aire*. sometimes to the detriment of j
those of eminent merit among us.
Kacli age should appreciate what it '
lias and preserve it in some form for
those of the succeeding. With this |
*
feeling I have often regretted that
some Bos well could not have been by
on these occasions and recorded for
ns in a true and lively way what was
said. The period covered, the manifold
matters of extreme mterest discussed
by masters in the art, the accurate
views expressed, would have
given us not only a readaible book,
but a very entertaining "brief"
chronicle of our times.
WILD HORSES.
By Thousands They are Overrunning
Government Forests Of Nevada
And Other States.
Now York Tribune.
Wild horses (by the thousands are
overrunning the government National
Forests of Nevada and neighboring
States, and the authorities in Washington
are heweiged with petitions
from stockmen and farmers begging
them to put a stop (o the nuisance. A
recent dispatch from Reno conveyed
the intelligence Hint there are fifteen
thousand of the untamed beasts upon
the Tioynbe. Toquiua and Monitor
I "rest reserves in Tjaudnr count v
alone, and that orders have been re-1
reived by the forest rangers to begin >
a systematic war of extermination upon
them. This dispatch, although
(twisted as in J arts, does not exaggerate
the number of horses now suppos- ,
ed to be roaming at large in the districts
mentioned. As a matter of probable
truth there are a good many
more than fifteen thousand wild
horses in Nevada and I lie neighboring
States, and every herd is a pest to
I he owners of vegetation and domeslie
stock.
The part of (he tfeuo telegram
which is not (rue is that relating to
I he orders sent from Washington. I
Wither (he forest rangers nor anv '
"(her employees of (he government j
have been (old (o destiny (he horses, I
;uid unless they do receive such or-J
ilers (hey will confine (heir energies
I<) fencing crops from the trespassing
mimals or rounding I hem up when
hey appear and threaten damage loj1
h>' range. Indeed, if half the stories !
>rouglif to (he capital are true, all j
he rangers in Uncle Sam's -servicer
von Id have little chance of destroying
the big herds that ;ire roaming j1
>ver (he Western States.
Within (he last few years llievh
iave increased to such an extent (hat '
n many localities (hey are classed as;'
'varmints," with wolves, wildcats!
"id grizzlies, and every man's rifle |
is turned against them. No fence is
strong enough to stop these horses,
II nd when (hey appear in force thev
have been known to knock down and i
kill cows and calves. After each visitation
I roin a herd (he ranchman is I
likely (o mourn the loss ol' his domes- I
tie horses, and it requires only a few '
days' association with their new companions
for the best broken animals
to become as wild as (heir noma.lic
comrades.
A study ol I he wild horse problem
brings lo light many interesting facts
about the animals. The legislature
of Nevada, it seems, passed a law
many years ago specifically allowing
hunters to shoot wild horses and to
sell their hides for what (hey could
gel in the open market. The law opened
the way to a new and unusual industry,
a-nd many men foun.l the killing
of wild horses very profitable. Besides
the work was exciting and gave
the business the added zeal of sport.
As time went, on and (he business
of killing these "outlaws" (as the
wild horses were often termed) on the
langes assumed greater and greater
proportions, stockmen found that Unprofessional
bunders were, in manv
cases, abusing their rights and were
killing branded and shod horses. This
put an end to t.Jve business, for on
complaint of the stockmen (he Nevada
legislature promptly repealed the 1
law. It is estimated that 15,000 animals
were killed during (lie time that
the law was i,n force. I his figure
gave (he basis for last week's story.
The report, however, had good basis
of fact, for (he wild horse question
'has grown to be as serious in the last
few \ ears as it was w hen the Nevada
legislature was forced to enact the
old law. The United Slides forest,
service has not given orders for the
killing of a single horse because it
has no right to do so. The forest, officers
of the Nevada national forests
realize bow had conditions are, and
will do anything to assist the stockmen
to put down live nuisance.
Any one who finally discovers an
effective method to settle this problem
will have done a great service for flu
stockmen of every S(ale west of the
Missouri River. As an old and experienced
stockman, now in (he cmploy
of 1 nele Sam, said of Ibis wild
horse problem: "Theoretically if
seems a very simple mailer to handle,
but practically it is quite the re
verso." On the ranges of many of th?*
national forests ilia supervisors have
been at their wits' ends for several
years trying to devise a method to
meet tho difficulty. Apparently an
entirely satisfactory method" can not
he found because of the inadequate
estray laws now enforced in the different
States. Under tire circumstances,
the following .plan has been
recommended to meet the conditions
in the national forests:
"If the presence of the horses is
seriously damaging t<he national forest
range and public sentiment favors
such action, the supervisor may,
lupon petition of a majority of the
permittees of a grazing district, allow
the horses to he gathered and disposed"
of according to tdie State or territorial
laws. In such cases the forest
service will, upon recommendation
from the supervisor, co-operate in
the const met lorn of corrals or fences
for the purpose of capturing the
horses.
".Forest officers may drive unpermitted
horses from the national forests
jit any time, hut if the owners of
the horses are known ami ownership
acknowledged the owner should he
allowed to adjust I he mailer hy paying
the grazing fee. If he refuses to
apply for a permit, then a trespass
charge should he brought against him
and the case conducted according to
instruct ions.
"I nhrainded horses may he handled
according to the Stale est ray laws,
but lores! officers can not he allowed
to gather snob horses for the purpose
ol using or selling them, nor cati they
be allowed to collect any remuneration
from any person for corralling
unclaimed horses. The policy of tire
forest service will he, therefore, to
co-operate with the stockmen of Ihc
State or territorial authorities when
they lake the initiative in disposing
ol wild horses in the national forests,
bin the present laws and regulations
do not admit of independent action
by the forest service.
I'lie wild horse problem is only one
ol the many which stockmen have to
contend with which the government
is trying in one way or another to
;ol\e on lire ranges of Ihc national
forests. Predatory animals, such as
ivolves. coyotes, mountain lions and1
rtildcates, do thouands of dollars'
kvorth of damage to slock each year
in all parts of the country. On some
ranges forest ollicers have to contend
with rustlers, who sometimes succeed
in stealing tlie great part of Ihc stock
which the predatory animals do not
kill. Poisonous plants are another
nuisance which give the stockmen
considerable troubl,-* in many parts of
lire eounlrv.
("nele Sam lias always shown a dispositiun
in co-<iperale with the stockmen
in combating Ihcsp nuisances; in
fact, lie is doing better than merely
meeting the stockmen half way in flin
work. On many of Ihc national forest
ranges for flic last year rangers
and guards have been assigned" to the
work of hunting and trapping, wit-h
the sole aim of killing off the animals
that prey upon stock. The work has
met with marked succc-ss, and hundreds
of wolves and coyotes have succumbed
to the bullets and the posion
of the hunters. Each animal killed
means a decided saving to the sheep
industry, for it is estimated that one
wolf averages about $1,000 damage
<?ach year.
Forest officers are co-operating with
the sfoc.k associations to stop the
stealing of livestock and run the.
rustlers out of the country. The war
on poisonous plants has been carried
on for more than a year by the forest
service, in co-operation with the
bureau of plant industry, and, while
the investigations have just been begun.
if is already seen that their
growth can be checked in many
States. ' ' ,
If it is possible to check the wild
horse nuisance as easily as the other :
troubles which have bothered the
stock interests, both the stockmen and
lores! ollicers will find the western
ranges rid of another serious drawback
which helps to retard progress
in the business.
SECRET MISSIVES.
Ovid, in his "Art of hove," leaches
young women to deceive their guardians
by writing their love letters with
new milk and to make the writing appear
by rubbing coal dust over th?s
paper. Any thick and viscous fluid,
such as the glutinous awT colorless
juices ol plants, aided by any colored
.powder, will answer the purpose
equally well. A quill pen should bv
used.
The most common method is to pen
an epistle in ordinary ink. interlined
with I he inv/isible words, which
doubtless has given rise to the expression,
"reading between the lines''
MENT I
ft OF NEWBERRY, S. C. I
aniincr at the close of bus- S
9th, 1908.
ICES
$335,541 29 I
9,713 06 9
3,116 93
52,708 19
401,079 47 I
$ 50,000 00 I
paid) 48,958 32 I
1,247 00 '
1,236 24 -f
$ 1,202 71
.... 298,435 20-299,637 91 ?
$401,079 47 I]
O. B. MAYER, Vice-Pres. ;1
L, Cashier. ^
Our Savings Department.
hoes, Clothing, everyup-to-date
Dry Goods i
lew and up-to-times.
ison's goods, all direct ^
anager Lonnie Black, ?]
city with a well ex- P)j
nd getting the vest in ]4
i us, men, women and ^
Store open the 1 9th
k&Son, j
Prosperity, S. C.
y, s. c.
o receive your money,
Bank, a Convenient
lg Bank, we want you
d satisfy yourself and |
Dount with us. 9
si Time Deposits. i
M. L. Spearman,
Cashier.
W. B. Wallace,
Ass't Cashier,
ier, Atty.
aper it turned blue, and tire letters
liowed in violet lines. The explanaiont
:.j that note paper contains
tarch, which under pressure becomes
hydrajnid?" and turns blue in the
>dine fumes. It is best to write on
hard surface, say a pane of glass. *
ulphuric acid gas will make the
rriling disappear again and it can bo
evived a second time.
One of tire simplest secrct writings,
owever, to which Professor Gross of ?
'ermany calls attention as being us(1
in prisons, is the following:
Take a sheet of common writing paer,
moisten it well with clear water
nd lay it on a hard, smooth surace,
snob as glass, tin, stone, etc. Af!*r
removing carefully all air bubbles
rom the sheet place upon it another 1
v.v sheet of equal size and write upn
it your communication with a
harp pointed pencil or a simple piece
f pointed hard wood. Then destroy
lie dry paper upon which the writing '
as been done and allow the wet pa
er to dry by exposing it to the air,
ut not to the heat of fire or the
lame of a lamp. When dry not a
race of the writing wdl! be visible. j
hit on moistening the sheet again
rith clear water and holding it
gainst the light the writing can be
cad in a clear transparency. It disppears
again after drying in the air
nd may be reproduced by moisten- J
ig, a great number of times. Should
lie sheets be too much heated, how- '
ver, tli<-? writing will disappear, nevr
to reappear again.?Chicago Heord-3Terald.
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Overdrafts
Furniture and Fixtures
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Undivided profits (less expenses
Dividends (unpaid)
Cashier's Checks
Deposits, Banks
Deposits, Individual
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4 per cent. Interest Paid in
Dry Goods, Notions, S]
thing that belongs to an
store* Every article r
No old stock, no last sea
from New York. Our m
spent two weeks in thai
perienced man buying a
market. All come to see
children, we can fit all.
for the first.
etc.
Next to Bank.
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Newberr
In looking for a Bankt
v ou want to find a Safe
Bank, an Accommodatir
to consider this Bank an
come in and open an ac<
We Pay Interest oi
J. D. Davenport.
President.
Edw. R. Hipp,
V. President.
G. B. Cronr
in order to discover the true meaning I p
i>f fi communication. letters written si
with a solution of gold, silver, copper, t:
lin or mercury dissolved in aqua for- si
(is, or simpler still, of iron or lead in "
vinegar, with water added until the i<
liquor does not stain the white paper, a
will remain invisible for two or three fi
months if kept in the dark, but on u
exposure for some hours to the open r
air will gradually acquire color or
will do so instantly on being held be- h
fore the fire. Each of these solutions G
Lrives its own .peculiar color to the c
writing?gold a deep violet, silver
slate, and lead and copper brown. ip
There is a vast number of other a
solutions that become visible on ex- f
posure to heat or when having a t<
heated iron /passed over them. The ex- f
plana!ion is that the matter is read- d
ily burned to a sort of charcoal. Sim- o
plest among these are lemon juice s
and milk, but the one that produces o
the best results is made by dissolving |]
a scruple of sal ammoniac in two b
ounces of water. p
Several years ago l'rofcssor Bray- 1>
lants of the University of Ixmvian f
discovered a method in which no ink ti
at all was required to convey a socrot
message, lie laid several sheets y
of note paper on each other and a
wrote on the uppermost with a pen- r
cilt then selected one of tire under a,
sheets on which no marks of writing a
were visible. On exposing this sheet ii
!i> the vapor of iodine for a few f
minutes il turned yellowish, and the e
writing appeared of a violet Drown e
color. On further moistening the c