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ESTABLISHED 1885. Nt imRRY, S. C., THRSDAY MA 1891 PRICE 5 A YEAR THE DUTCH PORK. BY DR. 0. B. MAYER, SR. %o ,. NO 3. a at thy conmand, ArLU the crumbled halb, shall rise; Lo! as on Evan's bank we st,and. The past returns-the present flies. CADYoW CASTLE. Before the year 1730, the whole cen tral area of South Carolina was occu pied by Indians. Mills, in his Statit tics of South Carolina, speaking of Orangeburg, says on page656-'57, "The .white inhabitant who settled in next-on of country, was named ling. His occupation, it is At the b t ofa trader. He lo CMX n ot whites took place. At~tbis period a considerable colony of prem Germans arrived, and settled in several "T parts of the district. From the third I can year of their settlement, they had the form c benefit of religious instruction from by thr the Rev. John Gisendanner." his vet [Very probably this is the same name by the as Geisenhainer, sometimes Geiselbart, correct who preached in Dutch Fork, before pass the days of Parson Waller.] throu "One of his children, born in 1742, is they st still alive, [in 1S26, the date of publica- stoops tion of Mills' Statistics]. The first child palm s that he christened, born in 1736, is also at his f alive, [in 1826,-87 years old]. This (as Sul reverend gentleman continued to bffi- spectf ciate among the emigrants for twenty grunt < years after their settlement in Orange- to a lai burg; and his register is exact. Three of whi or four individuals had previously set- graspei tled at the Cowpens, northwesterly of (Sumrn the low country white settlements. langua These and the Cherokee and Catawba with t Indians were all the inhabitants who manor had proceeded the Germans. In 1769, gives a another colony of Germans settled here, purple which with one of Irish, much in- patteri creased the population. The district sukky [i. e. Orangeburg7 originally embraced curate all the country from Savannah river to the wl Santee; and from Charlestou and Beau- with t fort districts to Edgetield, including suckin the Dutch Fork;- " away t This quotation from Mills indicates had ni the way in which emigrants to the in-' neithei terior of South Carolina obtained titles in the to the lands on which they -desired to have k settle. When Henry Sterling applied, the las in 1704, for a grant to secure his rights eager r to certain lands in Orangeburg, the betwee person authorized by the King of En- Tungy gland to superintend such transactions same t with the settlers was Nathaniel John- lables, son, one of Proprietary Governors. had t] Fifteen years afterwards, a change took their place in the titles of these dignitaries. delicia After 1719 they were styled Royal blackb Governors,-having received their ap- so grea pointment directly from the crown, allayed instead of from the Lords Proprietors. coripa: Therefore, when John Adam Summer fail in came to the section of conutry now "Nevel called "The Dutch Fork," and drove senten1 into the ground the pine-knot-stake numbe -to designate the place of his future down i home, the person from whom he there; received the grant that confirmed They< him in his ownership was very proba- vine of bly the Royal Governor William Bull the bh 1737, or James Glen 1743. peachi I cannot refrain from making anoth- plumi er quotation from Mills on page 118, the wi - not only to fix the date when the stroyec Cherokee Indians had ceeded by treaty hail, at *to the King of England nearly all their berry, lands in South Carolina, but also to friends corroborate, by a beautiful incident, worm. the supposition of some learned anti- that Jm quz.rians that the North American In- sons tb dians are the continuous dispersion of Alas! the Ten Lost Tribes of Isreal,-having anywh crossed over to America at Behring'a mistak staits. The transmission of an event Noah to posterity by impressing it upon the ark opi -'mind of a very yor.ng boy, so that ter tast when he becomes an old man he may muscat hand it down to some one of the next of thmej generation for the perpetuation of his- ing to1 torical knowledge, results among the with *Indians, very likely, from the lingering month: -of an ancient Israelitish custom. (See the ma~ Exodus, xiii: 14, and Deuteronomy, rinle fil xxxii: 7. a'md wm "When Governor Glen"-so writes Tungy. Mil:s-"met the~Cherokee warriors in the fir their own country, and held a treaty buffalo with them, after he had finished his gan tc *speech, Chulocheulla arose, and in an- sward swer spoke to the following effect- he was 'What I now speak our father the great Summi king should hear. We are brothers to done, the people of Carolina; one house from t] covers us all.' Then taking a boy by tainin the hand he presented him to the Gov- sively, ernor, saying, 'We, our wives, and our -enou children, are all children of the great a high King George; I have brought this child, unused that when he grows up, he may re- the shrn Smember our agreement on this day, is not e *and tell it to the next generation, that Suimm it may be known for ever.' Then open - be*fore ing his bag of earth [see 2 Kings v: 17), as ide. and laying the same at the governor's drinkit feet, he said: 'We freely surrender a upon a part of our lands to the great king. old-tirr The French want our possessions, but down we will defend them;, while one of our stowin nation still remains alive.' Then de- Adam livering the governor a s'ring of -wam- in utte: - um, in confirmation of what he said, poor-w he added: 'My speech is at an end; it is is to be the voice of the Cherokee nation. I dians, hope the governor will send it to the within king, that it may be kept forever.'" called Mills' Statisic.s ofSouthCaZrolinla, page Ist rong 11$. lion mn In regard to John Adam Summer, it s;uppos cannot be far from the truth to state John that, after staking off his lands so as to rigues have established points for description, from a be applied to the Royal Governor spectt (James Glen, with scoreely any doubt) -mitted and obtained the grant which made Penns; him "Lord of all he surmeed" with peared u.- his m bulvne for anunter's chain, and days a clear sun for his compass. I ha, beer able to find in any chro conisulted the limits fixed for eu the greed of first settlers. Fror remembered fact that Ebting Piester soon joiued the solitary p! and bought farms from him; it i dent that John Adatu Suuimer, Z very first grab, took imore land th needed. That his heart yielded and more readily to the coaxii covetousness, appears in his won< sagacity for locating mill-seats every infant community the first and common necessity must resio the absence of mills. At least, thi the case before the steam-engine whistled to attratet the attenti( nrress. As-therefore, addition d-ly made to ~ms minmer went forth er courses to spy out E feasible for the erection s. wmy fancy gains the su Cy. . ie past returns-Ilie present fles." see the tall, wiry, square-set f John Adam Summer followed .espell-bound Cherokees bearing ,etable Gunter's chain, and often ir natura!, intuitive perception ing the aberrations of his con the sun. They creep along h the tangled forest. Look! em to grow thirsty. Summer to dip up in the hollow of his owe water from a brook purling eet. See! Wooly-dokky- doolah :mer pronounced his name) re illy puts aside his hand, with a f disapprobation, and points to -ge tree covered with vines, one ch running along the trunk is I by Kitchy-witchy-wakkee ier never could pronounce any ge correctly but German) who, be stateliness of a lord of the about to ring for refreshments, quick and strong pull, and a shower of muscadines comes ng down upon th'em. Tungy shuguree (possibly the most ac y pronounced of all) instructs ite man how to regale himself his refreshment of nature. by z the delicious juice and spitting he pulp and the hulls. Summer ver tasted fruit so delectable, in Pennsylvania nor away over Fatherland; and he would not nown when to leave of, had not t museadine on its way to his nouth been gently struck from n his thumb and fore-finger by -sukky-shuguree, who at the ime muttered in gruff monosyl "Enough is enough!" Already iese savage men enlightened ivilized visitor regarding the s persimmon and the luscious rry; and his satisfaction is now , with his thirst so pleasantly 1, that be inquires of his wild aions, if these native fruits ever their yielding. The reply is, efail." Trhey then tell, in their bious u tterances, how one of their r once visited the country far a Orangeburg. White people were -had been there, long time. ~ut down persimmon tree and muscadine; and had dug away ckberry bush to make place for ree, apple tree, pear tree, and ree. No go. Nature went on r-path against them, and de their fruits with the frost, the id the worm. Muscaidine, black and persimmon, though, are with the trost, the hail, and the They never break over the line arks off and separates their sea e one from the other. I may as well mention here as ere else the sad result of a great e Summer made-the same that Wae wvhen he came out from the m dry laud1. A year or more af ing the musky sweetness of the' line, he expressed many gallons ice, and let it ferment accord ~he principles of making wine, hich he was familiar. Six s afterwards, in the early spring, lign spirit lurking in the saccha id bad become disembodied, s ready to sting like an adder. -sukkyshuguree, himself, was st victim, After drinking six -horns of the new liquor, he be hop and dance about on the n a very unseemly way. When about tonfll his seventh horn, er saw the wrong he himself had and pushed the savage away e rudely made clay vessel con the liquor,saying to him persua "Tungysukky-shuguree, stop! g is enough!" The savage made leap, and brandishing, his long scalping knife screamed above illness of a war-whoop, "Enough nough, but too much is enough!" er was too brave,.a man to quail this danger. He merely stood ud Tungy-sukky-shuguree after 2g his tenth buffalo-horn sank grassy bank,-tried to sing an te Indian love song, but broke ith an idiotic chuckle, and be ;a warlike leer upon John Summier he fell upon the earth r helplessness, just as the whip ill began hcr lonesome song. It hoped that very few of the In living in those remote times the borders of what is now Dutch Fork, x'ell victims to drink. Romantic as the concep ay be considered, I cling to the ition that the contemporaries of dam Summer among the abo of Saxa G3otha were restrained ny degrading conduct by the re hey had for the message trans to thenm from the old chief in ylvania; and they had all disap from that settlement before the whn whiskey hard begun to e not trickle from so many undying r nicles in so many distilleries. rbing Returning to my foresters see a the mill-seats, I again direct attenti< and them after tbey had allayed their I I oueer They move on through bramble ti evi et and cane-brake,-for the whole L bis of the country is covered with an he peavines and young tender cane. wore denly Summer halts, listens inte ir of at a distant roaring sound, as tll Ierful it might be a water-fall, and. lool In the improv!sed Gunter's :t great Kitchy-Witchy-Wakkee shakes le in head, and his guttural response ma s was easily conveyed in a literal translat ever "Wind make noise in pine tree-to ,n of wait-you see." The civilized mait mainsstill;-the roaring sound d -- hen to silence. C more they move on. They aE st reach an elevated point which includes a view more extensive than usual; Now, they all hear a sound that cannot be mistaken. It is the continuous roar I of water rolling over rocks. "Co-hees!" 1 grunt the Indians. Ah, Summer has I heard this sound before, but he has ( never visited the locality that occa- i sions it. Thither they wend their way. t The first mill of which I have any t recollection is the one still standing on the Lexington bank of Broad River, about three-quarters of a mile below Cohees shoals, and a mile above Peak. How far beyond my recollection its .existence reaches I cannot say, but t there cannot be much question that t John Adam Summer, the first, took t possession of this mill-seat, although it way be that his oldest son, John Adam Summer, the second, erected upon it the first mill. Half a mile up the riv- I er and close to its bank on the same I side can be seen to-day a miU-race e thirty or forty yards long. It was dug r out apparently with considerable la- t bor; though it never was completed. I Perhaps it was abandoned upon dis- e covering that the site lower down C where the present mill still stands, was N more advantageous. On the streams I now known as Crim's and Cannon's 9 creeks were mills in operation up to t the last half century,-until, in fact, t steam enabled men to put mills upon t the tops of hills. Nearly all these en- i terprises, growing out of the proverb- I ial principle, that necessity is the t mother of invention, can be traced 3 back to the energy of the original Sum mer family. Thus, however visionary t my narrative may appear to be, in 4 some of its parts, nevertheless it may 1 e t received as correct, in the absence of 8 known facts, since in this case fiction 0 or truth has lead to the same well- I known results. The disappearance of. the Indians from the territory of Dutch Fork must ' have been very speedy. A few wan- t dering bands of half-breeds, years ago, I used to go through the land amusing t the children by shooting with arrows at dimes place in split sticks; but they t have entirely disappeared. I must be lieve that at the beginning of this cen tury(1800)-now, nearly a hundred t years ago-there were none remaining ~ in permanent encampment between Broad River and the Saluda. Wan- L dering companies of various tribes were a passing, now and then, through the c Saxa Gotha region and remaining a ~ few weeks among the farmers, up to a lI date within the remembrance of my s grandmother. In the old house-yet ~ standing-where she died and I was C born, there was an Indian bow which t I often saw and handled. It was left C there by an Indian with whom all the I household of the by-60ne ce.ntury had C been well acquainted. This bow was fully six feet long. It was made of black locust wood, as it was thought, and was of such toughness that no white man was able to bend it, but only slightly. .At each extremity was a short prolongation left for the attach- ~ ment of the rawhide bow-string. How valuable often is such a simple relic, not only in directing the thought to the condition and . manners of our boyhood's home, so fast relaxing their' hold upon the memory, but~ precious, uoreover, as a support for the appreci ation of literary beauties. When I ~ came tothe age at which I began to ' admire pictures in rhyme of stirring events, and my heart beat wildly as I. read these lines in the Lord of the' Isles, describing the commencement of the Battle of Bannockburn, Earl Gilbert waved his truncheon high, Just as the Northern ranks arose, Signal for England's archery To halt and bend their bows. this old primitive weapon enabled me - by its inflexible toughness to realize the impossibility of bending, while on the march, everi such as its kind ;--but the archer must halt for that purpose. Also when I came to the lines, ?'hen stept each yeoman forth a pace, Glanced at the intervening space, And raised his left hand high ; To the right ear the cords they bring At once ten thousand, bow-strings ring, Ten thousand arrows fly! This old Indian bow aided me in re-3 calling the terrible turmoil resultingi from the twang of ten thousand such .1 bowstrings, and the rattle of ten thou-1 sand clothyard arrows against iront corslets and bull-hide targets mingling with the Highland slogan and the English yell ;-but the talisman is gone; and my regret- is great that through frequent and long absences from my boyhood's home I suffered this valuable relic to make its escape into the quiet of forgetfulness. No collision between these Indians and the first~ settlers in the Dutch Fork was ever heard of. The friend ship and confidence shown by one par ty for the other was truly wonderful, considering the horrible massacres that took place, nearly about the some time, in various other parts of the country,1 such as Georgia, Alabama and territo ia furthe west:. The enchantment1 )rms by which Summer was supposed I cinate the Indians and control thi king his will-in fact, "to put spells m to them," has been satisfactorilyexi iirst. ed. The message sent ahead of hi lick- the old chief may have had much j face in that direction; but I believe th( wild cause of this influence resided it Bud- kind-hearted fairness that al LJy characterized these old-time peop ugh the .lutch Fork, as far back as wt :s at know anything of their condutw ain. wards neighbors and strangers, in his ness and in hospitality. So gent y be were they,-so importuuate in pre ion: their kindness upon guests, that p;- reputation for loving care of wayf i re- reached farbeyond their borders. vim- brotherly behaviour, no doubt, ince armed any incipient inclination th might have started in the barbs ". tures of these savages towards acreing ' e white intruders: and iaps the instrue ' hey received he civilized race in agrieu gre an he use of improved implements ave aroused in their natural selfishn xpectations of subsequent and increas ng benefits to result from the preserv.. ion of friendly relations between ,hemselves and the new-comiers. Vhat Does The Allanc-t Purpose to Do? [National Economist.] The Alliance makes its own declara ion of purposes. They are clear, dis inct, and no one need be mistaken as o their meaning. Its purposes are not o break up either the Democratic or tepublican parties, but to teach them he necessity of going back to the peo ile once more for men and measures. 't aims to present the needed reforms in conomic conditions in such a clear, easonable and truthful manner that hey cannot be ignored or longer de ,yed. It seeks not the destruction of ither political party, but to reform and ontrol them in the interest of the vhole people. It aims to take the elitics of the people out of the hands f the political bosses, great and small, D rid it of the incubus of dishonest and ricky politicians whose sole purpose is o perpetuate their own existence. It these political bosses and chronic oliticians that will, in the end, over brow present political organizations, ecause they will not be able to rule hem under Alliance influence to serve bir selfish ends. The elements of estruction are at present almost en irely confined to the old parties them elves, and consist of those who are pposed to any and all reforms and are ighting -against a- purer-and- bette overnment. Thes& are the factors that ill destroy both the old parties if per aitted to exist much longer, and not he Alliance which seeks better laws, appier conditions, and "equal rights all and special privileges to none." f the politican would forever destroy e Alliance let him make such laws as rill be a lasting benefit to the people. f he would end this agitation that now breatens, let him remove the cause for uch agitation. The purpose of the Liance is to better present conditions, lot from the statute books unjust laws ,nd restore the government to that ondition where honesty and integrity re the necessary requirement of all agislators. This purpose will be per svered in, will be contested for upon 11 occasions, and defended under all ircumstances, until they have become be law of the land and the inheritance f the people. Let no one mistake that aud, deception, political chicanery, r any other unfair method, will block ts progress or change its course. N.airrison Yielded to Hogg. [From the Austin Statesman.] While Gov. Hogg was with Presi ent Harrison in his car at Palestine he President received a telegram from he Acting Secretary of War request ng the President to grant permission o the soldiers of the Republic of Mex o to enter the territory of Texas in niform and bearing their side arms at they might represent their Gov rument in the reception tendered him t El Paso. The President showed the message o the Governor, and he, ever vigilant a the interests of his State, de ied the right of any one to admit sol iers within the borders of Texas other han the Governor of the State him ielf. A good natured discussion fol wed. The Republican President !ielded to the States rights arguments f the Democratic Governor, and Gov. Iogg telegraphed the desired per nission. Some Strange Misnomers. Much of the Russia leather comes rom Connecticut, Bordeaux wine rm California. Italian marble fromI entucky, French lace from Ne fork, and Spanish mackerel from the; few Jersey coast. Dr. Pierce'u _Go len Medical Discovery comes from uffalo, N. Y., but there is notbi.ng in ts name to criticise for it is trulyI ~olden in value, as thousands gladly estify. Consumption is averted by its ise, and it has wrought many posi ive cures. It corrects torpid liver and idneys, purifies the blood, banishes lyspepsia and scrofula rewews the ease of life, and tones t'p the system is nothing else will do. What is more, t is guranteed to do all this., or the yrice is refunded. Superfluous Even as Bric-a-Brac. [From the Oil City Blizzard.) In the world's stock of abstract junk here are many worn-out welcomes. Rheumatism is caused by an acid in be blood ; therefore, external treat nent affords no permaneint relief. To diminate the poison and make a borough cure of the disease. nothing lse is so efficient as Ayer's Sarsaparilla. jive it a trial. Price S1. Worth S-> a ,tla. o fas.- A TRIP TO NEW ERRY. ni to -- u pol Editor MLen.a Tells About Or V .P and .Bountiful Hospitality. >lam i mi by LFroui the Johnston Monito ower Our senior spent two days in true berry last week, to say that the the d-ays of exceeding great joy i Ways would be expressing it in the r le of possible form commensurate wi canl actual facts of the case. Indeo to- person who could not enjoy busi- among the hospitable people ol rws berry is like the person with "no in his soul," fit only for "treason, their egem and spoils." This we t irers would be true under ordinary ci This stance, though in our case we a: dis- ling to concede-for the thought i that equal pleasure-that much of the rous ness shown us-self and better as- was as "the parents of our chi per- Rev. and Mrs. G. A. Wright, fo ran deuce was not wanting to shoi in they hold a very warm place in I ight fections of the good people of Nt rv not only those of his own de ation but or - h'odenominati well. And while we k is a personal matter and perv 3hould have remained private, we yet trust it is a pardonable p-de that in luces us to make public allusion to it .s above. Newberry isan old town. Evidences >f antiquity are to be seen on all sides, while ample evidence is also visible hat the town is keeping pace with the march of modern improvement. Un "ortunately the streets are narrow and must remain so, but there are many pretty residences of modern style, and in the business part of the village Lhere .e many fine stores filled with large and elegant stocks of goods. AIany country people were on the 5treets and in the stores, indicating a large trade even at this usually dull ieason. Newberry has drawn considerably apon Edgefield County in making up er citizenship, and since our visit here this fact does not surprise us, 'or she has, as the Irshman says, "such i winnin' way wi-ther." Among the Edgefield Newberrians whom we had .he pleasure of meeting we mention-J. V. Culbreath, Esq., -a leading member )f the Newberry.bar, J. Hart Blease and ,amily and Mr. Douglas Davenport. Sr. Culbreath was spokesman for the itizens at the feception given to Edi -r Wallace on his return from George wn, in honor of his election to the Presidency of the Press Association, d the manner in which he dis ,harged the trust shows that he is still i master of that Edgefield eloquence which gained him distinction on the ccasion of his first pleading at the ewberry bar, an account of which ap peared in the Monitor several years go. And friend Blease, though con aed to his house with rheumatism, is still blessed with the old-time use of his tongue. And by its use his com panionship is always pleasurable. We vish him a speedy recovery. Mr. Davenport is one of the leading nerchants and is evidently popular md prosperous- If we were to tell the ils on this side of the river all that we saw and heard while in Newberry here might be weeping and wailing; possibly scratching and hair-pulling. So we will not tell them how, behind abe dashing "Queen," in a dashing buggy, beside a dashing Newberrian, he may be seen almost any evening ashing along the shady avenues, "happy as the day is long." No ; we will not tell it. But we must thank him for the opportunity his kindness afTorded us of dashing along these ave nues, taking in the entire town and its uburbs and of testifying to the excel lent road qualities of the dashing "Queen." Long live Douglas. May his shekels increase and his shadow never grow less. The p,ress of Newberry is an honor to the town and the State-the Herald and News, by Aull and Houseal, and the Observer, by Wallace and Kinard. Both offices are well equipped for the business and their respective papers are evidently prospering. They de serve success. A pk:.sant incident of our visit to Newbe:ry was a visit to the McCaugh rin dairy farm. It is located about af a mile from the village proper, on a commanding eminence, and is a model in neatness and cpmpletenesr. It is under the management of Mr. Si las McCaughrin, who is young, hand some and intelligent, and, withal, a gentleman and a scholar. The visiting party consisted of the writer and his better half, Rev, and Mrs. G. A. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leavell and their daughter Miss Hattie, and the courteous manager spared no pains t~ make the visit interesting and in tructive. He showed the mrodus op .randi of the dairy business, the most remarkable feature of which is the ma chine for extracting the cream from the warm milk, just drawn from the cows. We cannot describe the ma. chine, but we know it does the work, does it rapidly and thoroughly. The cream pours forth from one pipe, the creamless milk from another. It is a wonderful machine. They milk about tirty cows and were just through milking when we arrived, about .5 p. m. A bout half of the milk is sent to towu to supply regular customers, the other half the cream is taken from and made into butter, which is' also sold tc customers. A dry well with a temper ature of 604 degrees puts t be butter in a firm condition for marketing. The visiting party were treated to a de lightful drink of fresh buttermilk, which ras greatly~ enjoy ed. We have said the' this dairy farm is a model for "m~ eeness." We muist be permit ted .o retract that statemient, thing is lacking; Mr. McCaughri rogret-s bachelor! The homeward journey was w r.] incident wortiy of note. So gI: Ne-went! New y were Survey or the Situatiou. o him sildest [Greeuville News.] th the We really would like to know d the this vorld is eowing to. New jo t visit istic and political eccentricitie New- capers are deveioping every music Everybody and every:agin strat- Carolina seem to have gone in eeve free fight. reum- It was only a short time ag< e wil- Keitt, Stokei and Donaldsoo ffords tangled in a brisk little scuffle. kind- Talbert and The Greenville New balt- a bout which was with astoni den," abruptness switched off into a r evi- royal with Talbert, The State v that Stokes and the Cotton Plant , he af- performers. Only last week Til wber- and Talbert took their corners nomi- shied their castors into the rin 1s as parent,y preparing for a scrap t finish. Next Irby was jumpE ren. Nw f a ad~twer friend in rens. -o de Register and the Cotton Plant, which were apparently sworn allies, are at it. All this time there has been the liveliest kind of a rough and tumble, scratch, gouge and wrestle permanent ly in progress in Charleston. Donny brook fair is nothing to it. Every body is chunking everybody else and the rule appears to be "go-as-you please." It is a four ring circus, a six handed prize fight and an old time muster ground scrimmage rolled into one. To cap the climax the wo men seem to have determined to take a hand and two ladies have opened an animated discussion in the.Columbia newspapers on the L -rits of Gen erals Johnston and Beauregard and the propriety of a prayer offered by the Rev. Mr. Chreitzberg. Other ladies are exchanging feminine opin ions and criticisms in The News and Courier. There seems to be a new maa in, too -a new and mysterious man. He de velops in the Columbia Register as an editorial writer pounding the Cotton Plant and speaks of his having been in the forefront of battle and under gone an appailling quantity of abuse. Whether the editorial ranks-it would hardly be appropriate to speak of a "fraternity" jv,t uow-have been re inforced by Congressman Shell, Sen atorirby or Governor Tillman we are not informed. This is a record break ing year and we may be prepared for anything. Be it remembered that this is an "off" year and a close season for office hunting and yet all this exciting and bewildering and head whirling busi ness is in progress. How we will be and what knd of a hurrah we will have when the campaign actuaDly.be gins defies any sane or sober imnagina tion to compass. We have remarked sever4l tim4es that there is going to be a barrel of run before the present circus collapses and moves on. We have already had the barrel and more of it is coming-by the hogshead full. Baby McKee's Break. [From the Phil;.delphia Record.1 WASrINGToN, May 3.-A telegram went out from this city on Saturday that caused .a gleam of satisfaction to spread over the Presidential face on the Pacific coast. It was to the effect that Benjamin Hatrison McKee, who had been left in charge of the Government while the rest of the family went swinging aroung the circle, had donned pants. In the exuberance of his delight the favorite grandson of the President ptrutted all over~ the building, calling upon everybody ro take notice of his manly appearance. All would have gone well had it not been for the fact that the youngster met the wife of a Cabinet Minist er in L.he East P?arlor, who had several young ladies with her. Young McKee called out to the lady in a loud voice : "Do you wear pants ? I do." There were blushes, a slight scream, and Baby McKee was rushed off'to the conservatory. A Charita'ole Texas Minister. SAx ANToY10, April:2..-The death in Victoria, Tex., to-day of the Rev. J. W. Neil, pastor of the First Presbyte rian Church of San Antonio, removes from the religious circles of this clRy a remarkable character. For ten years past not a gambler or a fallen woman has died in San A ntonio but Mr. Neil preached the sermon at the grave. When no carriage was furnished he went on footthrough the mud or dust. He never asked a cent for his serm ons, and always spoke of the dead man or woman as his dear brother or sister. Some of his gatherings in the cem tery, where desparodo elbowed courte san, have become historic. His con gregation proper is composed of very wealthy and prominet people. A Love Song In M Flat. "My modest, matchless Madeline ! Mark my melodious midnight moans; Much may my melting music mean My modulated monotones." This young man stayed out too late, serenading his lady love. He caught a cold which developed into catarrh, but he cured it with Dr. sage's Catarrh Remedy, a soverign specific for chronic cases, "Cold in the Head," Catarrhal Headaehe. It corrects the tainted breath, stops the ofTensive discharges, heals the irritated throat and nose, leaving the head clear, and smell and taste unimpaired. It costs but 50 cents, and the proprietors offer in good faith $0 f:;r an e e the annot cure. 11 Is a T he Most Socceieful Cot!on Mi : the South-Railroad and Mill Prf ithout 31mnber of the Lesi0latur. an% id we Mayor. [Special t,) The State.] GRETNVILL:, S. C., Ma. S.-C P. Hamm ett d ied here at 8 o'cloc morning. He was the most sue< what man in the South auml was one arnal- formost citizens of this city. E san president of the Pied mont and Ca day. down mills. He organized the South nioutcompany at a time wb( for a cotton mills were not paying, an( the first year of its operation it > that It is now one of the largest inils were South, and operates nearly Then spindles. The capital stock has s had been increased and the capacity, shing mill twice doubled. battle Col. Hammett was elected t and Legislature from this county an s the re-elected in 1868. The Republicau mad CarpEt-baggers were then in coni and the State. He refused re-electic ap- third time because he did Dot w o the mingle with thuse in power, ev d on the short time during the meetij Lau- the Legislature. 7 h Tn 1866 he was elected presid the Ca'dmir V iville Rai The road was owned by a stocna.. pany of South Carolinians. It was in bad condition, financially and every way. The stockholders wanted a man whom they had confidence in. -They elected Col. Hammett, and under his management the road developed won derfully; order was brought out of chaos, and the fiLancial condition was improved. At tne end of four years he declined re-election. - Col. Hammett was mayor of thiscity in 1872 and 1873. The cause of his death was conges tion (f the kidneys. He had been ill three weeks. He was born in this county December 3), 182. and from a farm rose to a p,sition of eminence and responsibility. He was one of the com missioners from this State to the World's Fair. DESOLATED BY ERUPTIONS. rifteen New Craters Destroy Many Homes and Ruin a Wide Area in Chill. PAxA.A, April 26.-Regarding the eruptions in the Lunahuana district of Chti, the Lima Opinion Nacional has published the following letter dated Marci 30 : "This beaut1ful valley has experi enced a topographical change, and I may now call a desert that which was formely a delightful spot. Fifteen craters have been continally at work since Sunday, the 23d, throwing ru* masses of mad, which, in its precipi tate descent and with the monstrous strength of the current, is carrying ruin in all directions and sweeping houses before it, -ogether with their in habitants and the cattle, vineyards, farms. and irrigation works. All the ron north and south of here have b.e: converted into ditches through which water is'continuually pouring, and d- i communication between Can ete and Ch incha is interrupted, while the bridge across the river has been swept away. Hundreds of families have been left without hornes and are camping out on the hillsides, the only clothes tney have being those in which they escaped. They are preparing to cross the ravines, as the floods may sweep down upon them -at any mo ment.''" WICKED LIGHT'NING RODS. Trial of a Church Member for Guarding Against Thunderbolts. AMERICUS5, GA., May 5.-There are people here who think they have some knowledge of what the Divine will is, and Mr. J. J. D)ukes has drawn their thunder by putting a lightning rod upon his new $10,0:0U residence just completed. He is a member of the Hardshell Baptist Church, and his brothers in the faith charge him with resisting God's will in thus protecting his earthly mansion against the fiery blts that are launched forth when the heavens are rent by storm. The whole congregation, beaded by their pastor, called upon Mr. Dukes one night las' week and labored to con vince him that he should not -:esist the will of God by a vain device to keep off such electric bolts as he mnight send that way. Failing to- move him, charges were preferred against him of having resisted the Divine will, and the trial is in progress. It will result in the expulsion of the offender. Why a Girl Can't Throw a Stone. LWVashington Post.] The difference bxe,en a girls throwing and a boy's is substantially this: The boy crooks his elbow and reaches back with the upper part of his arm about at right angles with his body and the forearm at 45 degrees. The direct act of throwing is accom plished by bringing the arm back with a sort of snap, working every joint from shoulder to wrist. The girl throws with her whole arm rigid, the boy with his whole arm re laxed. Whby this marked and unmis takable diff'erence exists may be ex pla ined by the fact that the clavicle or colar bone in the female anatomy is some inches longer end set some de grees lower down than in the mas euline frame. The long, crooked, awk ward bone interferes with the full and free use of the arm, This is the reason why a girl cannot throw a stone. NAl humors of the scalp, tetter sores, and dandruff cured, and falling hair checked ; hence, baldness prevented by uig Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer. Wan in 'Coiunty Chairman Cxth art T-wektr4 the dent, : . . d: Coc. aS. C,M:nG i l. H. of a enviz:?on i -,v the k thijs reply -f W. J. - : of .essfuli hein- a- iw - e was day. Tlie goverii.,r': lettcr w%a; con mper- cerning the resignation of Probate Pied- Judge Pearson, and in it Private Se n the cretary Bean says: "The governor di from rects me to request you, as ebairman of paid. the democratic party of Richland Coun in the ty (if you regard yourself as such) to 50,00) take the steps necessary to provide for twice a primary election by which the demo f the cracy may elect their candidate for the office." o the This afternooo Mr. Cathcart penned i was the following endorsement across the s and back of the letter and returned it to rol of Mr. Bean: n the "OFrEICE CHM'N DEir. PARTY oF - ish to, "RicHLAND COUNTY, !a for "CoLUMBrA, S. C., May 6th, 1991. gs of "Respectfully returned to Mr. James P. Bean. 'private secretary,' with the nt of request that he inform 'the governor,(if road. be regards himself as such) that I know d ies devolved upon me as county chairman. democratic pa Richland County, a LA self to the business of my office. gest that he do likewiqe. "Respectfully, ''WM. J. CATHCART, "County chairman democracy Rich land County." The governor has not received Mr. Cathcart's letter as he is at Clemson college. AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT. [Ed- xreenville News.] The reply of County Chairman Cath cart, of Richland, to Govc-norTill man's note will not be approved by many thinking people. Te governor's note was notcourteousin tone, although it is easy to see that it might have been - dictated hastily and without any inten tion of giving offence. The best rebuke of it would have been given by careful courtesy in the reply. Aside from that. Governor Tillmn. is the governor of South Carolina. The office he holds entitles him to respect ful treatment, in personal intercourseat least, by every citizen. Mr. Catheart?s response can do no possible good and may do some Lnn. Thi incident is anu unfortunate one and will be generally egretted. [GOVERNOR TILLUAN'S ZEASON. LTTfe State 9th.1 A few days ago in ordering an elec tion and primary Governor Tilman wrote County Chairman Cathcart a letter addressing him as county chair-. man: "if you consider yourselfassuch" Mr. Cathcart wrote a dignified endorse ment on the back, paying the governor in his own coin and sending the whole back to him. Governor Tillman was out of the city at the time but he re turned last evening and was immedi 'tely approached by The State repre sentative. In reply to a question he said he would not reply to Chairman - Cathcart.. He said, however, when asked for his opinion: "I don't care to say anything in re - gard to the matterexcept that I notided Mr. Cathcart of my having ordered an election just as I do all other county chairman when a vacancy occurs. Having heard that he. voted against - the regular Democratic nominees at the last election I did not know whether he considered himself a' Democrat or not. That is the reason I placed the - clause referred to in the letter. As to the nature of Mr. Cathcart's reply I don't care to stay anything or make any comn ment whatever." This was read to the 'Governor andi by bim pronounced correct. The Waterbury7 Watch Sprig sad the Mole. - [From the Atlanta Constitution.] -~ A few Sundays ago I met a venerable ~ gentleman, well known for his precise ness and exactness in relating any occurrence. Said he, showing me.a Waterbury watch: "I dropped this watch in the stable of one of my mules last fall while feeding him, and did not miss it untHl the next morning. AIn' stantly-thought where it was, but knew in reason, as the mule was of a nervous temperament, that my watch was stamped to pieces, so I was in no hurry to look it up. "About daylight I went out, and' what do you reckon I found? "Well, sir, sure enough the mule had stamped the watch to pieces, and In that way got the enormous spring usually put in these kind of watches loose, and, sir, the stable was full of watch springs and Isaw no mule. "Crowded him out through aerack," saidI. - "No, no. In its antics after it got ot . of the case, it cut my mule into sausage meat, and piled his fragments in the . corners, the spring having assumed a - globular shape." "Well, you not only lost a valuable mule, but a good timekeeper also." "No. Whben I opened the stable door the watch spring rushed out like It was going to stampede something, and as it expanded ini the open space and settled I managed to get hold of one end of it and wound it around my well windlass and s.ecured it, then went to the stable, found rmy battered watch esse; atad brought them to town to Jeweller> Fncher, who 'said -he -ould put.itga godruning orde"r for'1,O, andI h~4b' is til eein gatia