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petting Reminiscences Retold of Romantic Timet of Travel Over Western Stage Coach Lines ? -? ? i ??lub women of Wyoming who (,Jy marked the old stag? trail , ryraiui? with a granite shaft who put l?PO?*OK mpn ot oa the California trafl ulong jiorih 1'latte, ?t Casper, \begauv pvement which in all probabilUy be taken up in other stute# ei>?d by the wtage coaches in y day#. ^ rapid obliteration of some of olU #tage trail# ha* made it Iffttlvc to hasten the work of itlflcation. Old stage driver* t been culled upon to identify ,y of the points of interest und location of stag? station# along various trail#, say# the New It Tribune. At Jule#burg, Col., old #tatlon where Jule# and e had their combat, a fight that . resulted in the loss of Jule#' ha# been identified and will preserved. It ha# been propos to have the government set a Independence rock, on the Cal ila trail In Wyoming, a# a na al monument. This rock was a ou#' stopping place in early day#, 1b covered with the name# of isandu of early-day transoonti tii tourists, scratched deep into granite. ' ? - plde# the main trails across the ? that had much to do with ing the West, but w^ose course soon be lost - if some means is taken to mark them. The old iky Hill stage trail across Kan and Eastern Colorado to Den is practically wiped out, owing the settlement of the plain#, bis old trail penetrated t&e ?t of the hostile Indian oountry was the scene of many exciting pntures in the '60'#, but even old Smoky Hill .drlVers have dif ft cutty In tracing the route today. The same it true of the aeveral j route* to Dead wood, eve# foot of which lit replete with historic Inter- 1 MX. . Tlie main' llmi of stages across the continent was' several times shifted on account of Indian depre dations. The moat sweeping change wan made In 1802, when "Ben" Hoi laday, the genlua of the overland stage business, moved the line several hundred rollep south and ef fected the change without rulssing a mail or delaying a passenger. The old line followed the North Wat*,# and the Sweetwater, over South pans, and the u#w road led .by way of Julesburp to Deuver, north from Denver to* Fort Lupton, thence acroa the Laramie plains. In Southern Wy oming, and then due west through Brldger pane, where the old trail wag Joined and the journey contin ued to Salt Lake. Most of the stage stations and other buildings erected along these old stage trails fell into ruin long ago, but there are a few structures! worth preserving. The easiest way of Identification la by the natural monument* marking most of the trails. Chief among these Is Inde pendence rock, which Is said to have been named by the celebrated ex plorer Capt. Bonneville on account i ? . " of Its solitary aspeot, rising, aa It does, Independent of all other rocks In the vicinity. Fremont and other explorer* mention the rock many times. When the tide of California gold- seekers began' flowing across the country the rock was a favorite camping place. As early as 1847 immigrants gathered at the rook to celebrate the Fourth of July, it be ing .on record that oil the Fourth LANGS' S GROCERY Telephone Number 2 Bellshaw Creamery Butter Fresh Eggs and Country Produce. LANGS' a GROCERY "WHERE QUALITY COUNTS" Phone 2. < Camden, S. C. ? i ' i i : ? * Silent- -Speedy LEASURE and COMFORT Combined 1 .Qmi you '"Zl+.i'. 7 ,? picture a more delightful vacation than this? to always lave ah M-M 'MOTORC Y CLE at your door ready to take rou out into th?i country or off to the Seashore. No ^ai ng for cart ofHhrains and you regulate your speed OT > to 50 nrtiles an hour. M-M Motorcycles are the easiest io run ? the easiest to control and the safest to riae. : FOUR MODELS I BATTERY OR BOSCH I ?15 IX $225 4 to S Horsepower | M**i?eto Cbntrol | ?200 ? Send for Our New. Illustrated A Motorcycle, tour Through the Gntofte State" ?.?u California *?d Oregon Immigrants < r^.i there to celebrate Inde pendence day. Old wagon huba worn loaded with powder and placed In the crevices of the rock, producing explosions that Bounded like the work ot a battery. of artillery. Many of thos^ who died on the way across the continent wore bar i?d li^ the vicinity, of Independence rock, k\id their epitaphs can still be read on the grauite. Probably the moat impressive funeral held there wa? In 1862. On July 4 of that year a large number of immigrants badgathered there for a celebra tion when a train came in bearing the body of a young man who hkd been accidentally killed while clean ing his rifle that morning, The' celebration wan deferred, and in the afternoon a Masonic funeral was held for the young emigrant, who was burled at the foot of the great rock. Ufln. Hremont waa among thpse who carved their names on independence rock, as were many of the old trappers and fur traders. On this account, as well an on ac count of the prominence of Inde pendence , rock ae a utopping place in the atage coach days, it hat* been proposed to have the rock set aalde as a national monument, un der the act of Cougress giving the president power to (segregate such places of interest in the public do main. The first stages in the West were operated by Hockaday & Liggett to carry mail and express and passen gers to Western ^rmy posts. Jn 1861 the buBlneBB was extended, the company running semi-monthly be tween St, Joseph, Mo., and Salt Lake, the round trip occupying 42 days. Horses were changed at Ft. Kearney, Ft. Laramie, Ft. Hall and Salt Lake. The, driver fed his ani mals by simply turning them Out on the prairie tV graze. Matters assumed a more business like aspect whetftVin 1858, the stage business was purchased by Hussell, Majors & Waddell, who had made a fortune freighting on the Santa Fe trail. The new proprietors built stations every 10 or 15 miles between Atchison and Salt Lake and ran stages every day. They changed horses at each station and made the 1,200- miles' In 10 days. The line was supplied with Concord coaches and the animals used were Kentucky nhlles. . This lino con nected with "Ben" Holaday's line from Salt Lake to San FranciBco. Owing to the depredations of In diana, Russell, Majors & Waddell became financially involved. Alex ander Mnjoi'B, the prime mover In the firm, was idolized by hla thou sands, of employees. Hie was ojt a deeply religljtHHrtiiTir of mind and would tolerate: no whlsl^ey drinking ?or profanity among his men. To abuse a horsq or mule was equiva lent to asking for ohe's dismissal. It- Was largely Majors' foresight that gave the country the "pony express which made such a notable refcord in? carrying dispatches across the coun try before the dfeys of the tele graph. "Ben" Holladay. ;who succeeded Russell, Majors & Waddell in opera ting the eastern division of the overland stage line, was a remark able character. He knew the val ue of advertising and he started in to, break transportation reoords on the trail. He - offered prizes to his stage dr.iv6rs.for fast trips. The equipment wa$ of the .finest. Many thousands of dollars were spent in securing the best horses and mules. Freight trains were kept busy haul . lng grain and other sujpplles to the numerous stations. There were re pair shops at division headquarters, and also traveling blacksmith shops which were kept going from one end of the line to the other. ? It was impossible ? for traffic to be de layed more than a few hours at a i time. Generally the coaches rolled into the home stations, which were 60 miles apart,, with the regularity I of modem railroad trains. All the equipment, even to the col^hlng of the men, was especially manufactur ed for Holladay. When Holladay traveled it was In ! the finest stage coach that money | could buy. This coacfr was suSp^nd ed on coil springs instead of on the customary straps of the ordina f ry Concord. It was equipped with a bed? a reading table and "all the comforts of home." Only the best and most daring drivers mounted tp;the box, and to fail to break the speed record when Holladay was "inside" !wair. a disgrace. a Holladay demanded results along his stage line, and he cared noth ing about any raah's past/7, so fong as he "delivered the .goods." This was evidenced in the case of tho notorious desperado, Joseph A., or "Jack" Blade* who was appointed division superintendent, first with headquarters at Fort Laramie and later at Virginia Dale, when the (route was moved south. Slade's di vision wa 0 from Virginia Dale to Julesburg, and it was the most dan gerous part of the transcontinental -- - * ? 'fL ~ " - ? trip, ps the route w?? Infested with Indians aud outlaw*. Blade had orders to clMn up the division and be started in with a vengeance. He soon had the In dla?? terrorised. If a report cams In tleit Indian v had driven off the stock at a ataiion Blade was Boon on hand. Ho would take the tru|l after the Indian* aud would shoot down every redskin he met. He ?lew aeveral outlaws who held tip coaches, and In a ahort time he had his division running as smoothly ;is any other division on the road. Blade hud a record of 21 m??n killed wken Mark Twain mot him on the way to Nevada, and this record was materially Increased af tor 4he humorist's trip across the continent. Julesburg, at the eastern end of Blade's division, was an important stopping l>olut. This waa named for a French trapper, Jules Rent. Blade's quarrel with Jules is a western classic und hus been told many times, with variations. It hus been dented that after killing Jules, Blade cut off the trapper's ears. When drunk, was In the habits of pulling one of Jifles' withered pars from his pocket, and, throwing It on the bar, demanding that the bar tender "change that." Blade's ap? petite for drink eventually grew so atrong that even Holladay had to withdraw his support, and eventu ally the "bad man" waB discharged from the service of the stage com pany, going to Virginia City, Mont., where be was lynched by vigilantes. While the southwestern qtage linea were operated In no auch a systematic and elaborate manner as the muin line across the continent, there are many historic stuge sta tions, along the Santa Fe trail and It* tributaries which are worthy of preservation. Most of these struc tures In the Southwest, like the his toric "Fonda," at the end of the Santa Fe trail, in the city of Santa Fe, are of adobe, a material which is capable of withstanding the rav ages of time much bettor than the wooden structures which were erect ed along the mldcontinent lines. There are enough stations still left, however, to mark all the routes across the continent, but the worty can not be delayed lon'g, or Jhe op portunity will be gone forever. Not Hur<l For Polly. The late Ned Harrigan, of Harrl gan and Hart fame, was a great Bto ry-teller, and liked nothing better than to gather a congenial lot about him In some rathskeller and exiterlain them. Bays the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. His "parrot story 1h one of the beat. * "An Irishman by the name of Burke ran a bird and goldfish store in the Bowery and was notecl for his wit and the f^nny things he taught his parrots to Bay. One day a man came in who stuttered very badly and says to Burke: "I w*-W-want t-to-o b-buy a p-p-p ar-r-otf," " 'All rolght, sir,' says Burke, 'I have a folne bl-r-d hero for twlnty dollars. -;? " ; . " 'C-a-an he t-t-a-alk?' asked the 'man. ? " 'Well, be gorry,' says Burke, '!f he culdn't talk better than ye can I'd cut his d ? head, off.' " CITATION. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. By W. L. McDowell, Esq., Probate Judge. Whpg?as, ''Holland H. Harris made suit lp\,ine to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Robert Quails. > These a re therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and, creditors of the said Robert Quails, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Camden, S. C., on May 25th next, after publication thereof, at 11 o' clock in the forenoon, to show cause if any they have, why the said Ad ministration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 10th day of May, A. D. 1912. W. L, McDowell, Judge of Probate for Kershaw County. Published in the Camden Chroni cle on the 17th and 24th days of May, 1912. FINAL DIHCHAKGK. Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday, June 17, 1912, the undersigned, as Executor of the Estate of H. Baum will make his final return as such Executor and apply to the Probate Conrt of Kershaw County for Let ters Dismissory. Q. H. Baumt< Executor. Camden, S. C., May 16, 1912. > FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby gjven that one mon|h from this date, on Monday, June 17, 1912, the undersigned as Executor of the Estate of MrB. Eva H. Baum, wiirmake his final return as such Executor and apply to the Probate Court of . Kershaw County for Letters DismiBsory. Q. H. Baum, Executor. Camden, S. C., May 16, 1912; ipr r?~ Apt Misquotation. The minister was Attempting to car Yery tough fowl at the din ner. As he was trying to separate one of the joint* It slid out of the dish to! the crUier side of the table. He calm ly picked it up and gravely said: "Wh$t Ood hath joined together let no men put asunder." ? Ladles' Home Joum*l. A wealth of pretty designs of every variety is carried at this store. Design means a lot in jewelry. No matter how heavy or rich looking the gold unless it has artistic appearance it looks common and vulgar. ' We have made a Special selection of solid gold jewelry, suitable for Commencement Gifts- Call in and let us show you. G L. BLACKWELL, Jeweler and Optician. Camden, S. C. ' i - ?* " V . . x ' J ? ? - I<X)UT I V V VOUIiHKliK uKiilnnt dt?a?t&r by taking out n fire in?urance policy with uh. Then tho proverbial bnjj of gold 1b yourH If your houao 1h foo'l for flames. Do you realize that, the premium** payable on" fire Jn hu ranee pollcleu are ho low thiat lt'? almOat a Joke? One can In Hure 1i1h bouHehOlcl furniture for. sevoral years for a few dollara about enough to buy a pair of hIjoch. H'h a crime then not to be InHured. C. I\ UttBOOE & CO. Heal KMate and Fire Insurance. BLANEY HUB & BUGGY CO. ~ ? ... .? -1? ? '' " s' '?<? j-* - Blaney, S. C. /? ' - Vs' . j V ? V v ? r **'?** ? *. Buggies, Wagons and Harness. ? ' ' ' , ' ' " ? ? ' flfr V < '? ' ? ? 'U Z ? ? ' - *? V '* * /"v. * ? 4". ?" > -,???*. * Full Line of Farming Implements 11 " ? 1 ? "9 . ? ; ? " r ? L "" ' ? . ? ' ?' 1 ? ? ? S'" - v V ' v'. ? V ' Ti'* ? < ? - ; ' . } * *? and Hardware of all Kinds. / " V % We wish to thank the public for the very liberal patronage given us in the past and* solicit a contin uance of it in the future. , v ? ?? 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