University of South Carolina Libraries
TO GOLDEN WEST] Adventurous Spirits of the World Turned in '49. i Lives and Souls Counted for Little hi the Frantic Rush for the Yellow i Metal ? Thousands Died ' _ i en Route. On Dec. 8, 1S48, the first deposit of j California gold was made in the j United States mint by David Carter. What a date! Gold had been discovered in California, and the earth trembled under the march .westward. Around the days of '49 In the > Golden state on the blue Pacific, says the Kansas City Journal, an American playwright constructed a drama of felling power, "The Girl of the Golden West." It is a picture of the rough and terrible days of that frantic epoch, " where men lost their souls and their lives in the pursuit of the yellow metal. California was admitted as a state into the Union in 1850. In '49, 40,000 immigrants arrived in California overland and by way of the isthmus of Panama. It was in a little pioneer fort of Oapt Sutter's, formerly an officer of the Swiss Guard of Charles X of France, that the announcement was made that shook the world in 1848, and produced scenes of unparalleled excitement Prom every part of the globe came the gold seekers, from Chile, Peru, from ancient Cathay, from the Sandwich Islands, from England, France and \ Russia. Says Capt Sutter of that memorable morning in 1848: "I was sitting in my tiny fort when Mr. Mar snail, wno was digging a mm race tu Coloma, on the American river, burst Into my presence. He was white as ashes and greatly excited. .1 glanced at my rifle to see if it was in its place, for in those days we lived in perpetual expectation of attack from Indians. No! Marshall flung on the table a handful of scales of pure virgin gold. I was thunderstruck. He explained how he had found it along the left bank of the stream." A pioneer tells the story of the fearv fnl gold-dust fever. "Two years after the discovery of gold on the American river by Marshall, I, like thousands of others, got the 'gold fever/ and I got it / bad. To this land of gold promise J . came the bravest and best men of the older states. They were the daring spirits of the old home, who, ill-content to vegetate amid the scenes of their birth, took heart of hope, ^nd through * "* fo. weexs ana muuuis vx yciu &?v, *?i N tigue tolled across the waterless and savage-peopled wastes to the land afar. They lit their campfires of buffalo chips and sagebrush and tossed in un* easy dreams at night with their guns for pillows. The reveille that woke" them was often the crack at rifles in the hands of the savages. For days, weeks and months they thirsted and hungered amid the alkali deserts and the rocky canyons, and when they reached the land of promise there was little left them but their splendid manhood, brains and brawn. "The prairie schooners from Missouri and Arkansas, drawn principally by oxen or mules, formed a continuous line of march by every route leading to the south pass of the Rocky mountains. _ * i* The late Dr. Stlllman, who conducted a hospital at Sacramento in \ '48 and '50, estimated that, in seeking tiie 'golden fleece,' in less than one year 10,000 young men who had started with cheers and song were sleeping beneath the wild flowers." During the year 1848 $10,000,000 in I gold was extracted from the mines, | principally from the Yuba, Feather I and the American rivers, and from the gulches connected therewith; the rocaI er, the shovel, the prospecting pan and I the crevice knife being the only ma chinery employed. Over $40,000,000 i, was obtained in '49. From 1848 .to 1870 $1,000,000,000 was the gold ontpnt of the state of California. Throughout the first three years of the mining excitement every article of trade had to be imported. "Si compre oro aqni" (gold dust bought here) should be the legend of ; California. And Daddy Took the Hint Miriam Field is not quite nine. Also, she is very polite; of that there can be no possible doubt. A favorite uncle is visiting the family and Miriam wishes him to spend all his time with her. Uncle Roger and Dad were discussing politics after dinner, a day or two ago, about the time Dad is In the habit of bringing in enough coal to last for another twenty-four i. hours. Miriam hung around her uncle, I r tried to catch Dad's eye, stood first 1 on one foot, then on the other, and at 1 last at a lull in the conversation her ?* "Dsddv. don't von rTVlVX nao ? ? v > w have to bring In any coal today?" k China Gets Back Pavilion. The beautiful pavilion on the TarW tar city wall above Chienmen gate In Peking has been returned to Chinese custody. In the mutiny of the troops in Peking early in 1912, after Yuan Shih-kai had assumed the presidency, , f the commanders of the foreign legaL tion guards in the capital decided that, wL as a military measure, the pavilion h should be occupied by foreign troops. The American legation guard has occupied it ever since. Both Welcome. "A wedding is not half a wedding I withoa. the presence of friends," says [ an exchange. Yon can also spell it I "presents." I ^liiiiitmiiiimnuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiuiiimiiiiimiiiiiuiumuiiiiuinHiiiinHiwiwunomwmiiuimutiiitiwiwwuutuiiitittiiiHiiiiiiii'^ | REAL ESTATE BOUHGT AND SOLD j f If you wish to buy or sell | Real Estate See ^ * r*rrnn o vr A n Of? UAK 1LK, LAK1LK NLAIVOL | LAWYERS BAMBERG, S. C. | *+ * + wwwwvwvw ** * * Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y t t ? A funny thing happened Jt4 |> the other night, i The man in the moon saw .1 v Y Y' a brilliant light, 4t4 Like midnight turned to r 1 ? <! noon-dav bright. Y T T T Y i,:?umni W!W V isaia ne IU miiiseii, >* uat Y a wonderful light; ? ^ ! I wonder what makes the <! 4t4 world so bright ? ^ And the earth replied, <|> X " Tis Delco-Light." X : : "1 f T V V X T _ f A Local Dealer A *|* Faulkner Electric Service Co., & V Bamberg, S. O. V A^A A^A A4A A^k A. .i^k A. A. .A VVVVVvVWWWWVVWWWW^r > EspeciallMade for Us; Especially Priced for You Y i New Welworth Blouses $3 f T T T MY Y Y ' ' ' ' 4 <a> (L^ns^^xL// ' & i ' TfesgKoK ; ^Sr* y i Y Especially made for Us; Especially priced for You V *? Y THESE Blouses were made up especially for us ^ and about 2500 other good stores in as many cit- & A ies. Such large scale making explains in part the A ? reason for such surpassingly good values. ? A In these Welworth Blouses we receive the identi- Y ^m cay Styles on the same day they are first shown in A A the Style Centers of the Country, and because of A A the cooperative manner in which they are made ^ y and sold, we are always enabled to sell them at the *<? ? identical price. A The new models that were just received have A A the smartness that appeals to the fashionable wo- V Y man; the quality that apeals to the practical; and ? that excellence of workmanship that appeals to evA eryone.* They are the kind of Blouses that you will A A derive much pleasure from owning and wearing. A ? A | A A I The frequency with which the new Wei A worth models are received and the ra- A -? pidity with which they sell is your as- A A surance of always getting the late and A A wanted styles. This is a point that is A A well to keep in mind when sales of out A of season merchandise are prevalent. A Y ' Y Y % Y Quantities Are Limited and no More of the Same X A Styles Will be Obtainable. A Y T Y SOLD HERE ONLY V x % La Verne Thomas & Co. J; A BAMBERG, S. C. A A A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A, A^A A^Ai I $40,000.0 I f RM Bj Our deposits have increased B A ^anization of this Bank, and we ( B A the next 60 davs. Get in line and IX Money rates are higher than have V gladly give our depositors 5 P? prefer to borrow at home rather V OUR STA V ^ As of April J X ASSETS V R- E- and Fixtures IV account $ 2.900.00 Bills receivable 128,000.00 V Cash on hand and in V banks ' 35,250.00 . Total $166,150.00 jy We Give Sen If Enterpri _ *?. BAMBE] I XW. A. KLAUBER, DR. ROB! I President Vice-P I X DIREC' Y Aaron Rice, J. D. Cope] H Y Dr. Geo. F. Hair, C. J. S. Brc jg Y Dr. J. B. Black, W. E. Fre H Dr. Robt. Black, G. A. Duel B X WE PAT 5 PER C. B WATCH a^a. a?a al |ta a^aa*^a a^a a^a a?a a+a a?a a^a a4a a+a a?a a^a a^a | Horses a f WE HAVE A FULL STOCK < % MULES. OUR STOCK IS SEI A MEMBER OF OUB FIRM, AN f THE JONES BROS.' GUAR I WHAT THAT MEANS. WHI % MULE, DON'T FAIL TO COME TAKE PLEASURE IN SHOWI T WAYS IN GOOD CONDIT] 4 SOUND AND SOLD SOUND. I Buggies, Wag % WE HAVE A SPLENDID LI f HARNESS, LAP ROBES, WHI X _ BER OF STYLES IN BUGGII X CAN SUIT YOU. WE HAN f HICLES TO BE HAD, AND 0 X RIGHT. COME TO SEE US; Y? x . I Bought Right i I t I Jones % BAMBE] 0Increaee i | about $40,000.00 since the reor- ^ I expect them to double up within A m get 5 Per Cent for your money. A 9 1 been seen for years, and we will ?i> 8 r Cent, on their Savings, as we V 8 than from northern Banks. ^ 8 TEMENT y I I 3+Vi "Frkllnwc SI LLf tl-l -LVX1* ' M W SHI ?? |l LIABILITIES ^ I :f Capital $ 30,000.00 X I if| Surplus and profits 8,150.00 8 Deposits 128,000.00 ^ .8 Total $166,150.00 I x 11 <7 77 V ^ )ice= <Jry Lis || se Bank | I j RG. S. C. jL H resident Cashier A If TORS: A S land, B. C. Cram, H ' >oker, W. D. Coleman, Y ? se, F. B. McCraelrin, V j 9 rer, W. A. Klauber. j 9 ENT. ON SAVINGS. X H US GROW. A 9 I ' : t 13 l6k. A^A A^A A^A A^A ' VVwWVVVT. nd MulesI 1 Iplll gjl| D EACH ANIMAL SOLD HAS * I ANTEE?AND YOU- KNOW IN YOU NEED A HORSE OR X TO OUR STABLES. WE WILL X NG YOU. OUR STOCK IS AL [ON?THEY ARE BOUGHT X ions, Harness | NE OF BUGGIES, WAGONS, ? PS, ETC. WE HAVE A NUM- Y SS AND HARNESS, AND WE X DLE ONLY THE BEST VE- i ttt* -nTiTrtTro A DP A T YT7 A VQ UA rAlUJClO AAJJ ilJUTTAJkO A OU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME X ' X ' ! and Sold Right 1 Bros. I EtG, S. C. *