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ETBIHD1865._ NEWBERRY S. C., THURSD AY MAV4 81 _ THE DUTCH FORK. BY DR. 0. 1". MAYER, SR. NO 3. at thy (omman., Again the eruzub!ed halls shall rise: Lo! as on Evan's bank we stand, The past returns-the present flies. CAVYow CASTLE. Before the year 1730, the whole cen ti-al area of South Carolina was occu pied by Indians. Mills, in his Stath ties of South Carolina, speaking of Orangeburg, says on page 656-'57, "The first white inhabitant who settled in this sec.tion of country, was named Henry Sterling. His occupation, it is supposed, was that of a trader. He lo cated himself on Lyon's creek, in the year 1704; and obtained a grant for a tract of land at present in the posses sion of Col. Russel P. McCord. . "It was riot until 1735, that any con siderable accession of whites took place. At this per;od a considerable colony of Germans arrived, and settled in several parts of the district. From the third year of their settlement, they had the benefit of religious instruction from the Rev. John Gisendanner." [Very probably this is the same name as Geisenhainer, sometimes Geiselbart, who preached in Dutch Fork, before the days of Parson Waller.] "One of his children, born in 1742, is still alive, [in 1S26, the date of publica tion of Mills' Statistics]. The first child that he christened, born in 1736, is also alive, [in 1S26,-87 years old]. This reverend gentleman continued to offi eMlcate amon- the emigrants for twen ty years after their settlement in Orange burg; and his register is exact. Three or four individuals had previously set tled at the Cowpens, northwesterly of the low country white settlements. These and the Cherokee and Catawba Indians were all the inhabitants who had proceeded the Germans. In 1769, another colony of Germans settled here, which with one of Irish, much in creased the population. The district [i. e. Orangeburgl originally embraced all the country from Savannah river to Santee; and from Cbarleston and Beau fort districts to Edgetield, including the Dutch Fork;-" This qu->tation from Mills indicates the way in which emigrants to the in terior of South Carolina obtained titles to the lands on which they desired to settle. When Henry Sterling applied, in 1704, for a grant to secure his rights to certain lands in Orangeburg, the person authorized by the King of En gland to superintend such transactions with the settlers was Nathaniel John son, one of Proprietary Governors. Fifteen years afterwards, a change took place in the titles of these dignitaries. After 1719 they were styled Royal Governors,-bavin.. received their ap pointment directly from the crown, instead of from the Lords Proprietors. Therefore, when John Adam Summer came to the section of conutry now called "The Dutch Fork," and drove into the ground. the pine-knot-stake I, to designate the place of his future home, the .person from whom he received the grant that confirmed him in his ownership was very proba bly the Royal Governor William Bull 1737, or James Glen 1743. I cannot refrain from making anoth er quotation from Mills on page 118, not only to fix the date when the to the King of England nearly all their lands in Sout.h Carolina, but also to corrborae, y a eautfulincident, th upoiio.f oelearned an:i quarians thtteNorth American In 7 dians are the continuous dispersion of 9 the Ten Lost Tribes oV Isreal,-having crossed over to America at Behring's straits. The transmission of an event to posterity by imp~ressing it upon the mind of a very young boy, so that when he becomes an old man he may hand it down to some one of the next generation for the perpetuation of -bis torical knowledge, results among the Indians, very likely, from the lingering S of an ancient Israelitish custom. (See * Exodus, xiii: 14, and Deuteronomy, xxxii: 7.) "When Governor Glen"-so writes Mills-"met the Cherokee warriors in their own country, and held a treaty speech, Chuloculla arose, and in an swer spoke to the following effect. 'What I now speak our father the great king should hear. We are brothers to the people of C'arolina; one houe covers us.all.' Then taking a boy by the hand he presented him to the G4ov ernor, saying, 'We, our wives, and our children, are all children of the great KigGeorge; I have brought this child, that when he grows up, he may re member our agreement on this day, and tell it to the next generation, that it may be known for ever.' Then open ing his bag of earth [see 2 Kings v: 17.], and laying the same at the governor's feet, he said: 'We freely surrender a part of our lands to the great king. The French v-ant our possessionis, but - we will defend them, while one of our nation still remains alive.' Then de livering the governor a s'ring of wamn ptim, in con firmnation of what he said, lie added: 'My speech is at an end; it is the voice of the Cherokee nation. I hope the governor will send it to the r king, that it may be kept forever.'" .Mills' S'tatistics of &uhCarolina, page 118. In regard to John Adam Summer, it cannot be far from the truth to state that, after staking off his lands so as to hav~e established points for description, lie applied to the Royal Governor (James Glen, with scarcely any doubt) and obtained the grant which made him "Lord of all he surveyed'' with hi bullis-vine for a Gunter's chain, and a clear sun for his compass. I have not been able to rind in any chronicles conulted the limits fixed for curbing the greed of first settlers. From the remembered fact that Ebting and Piester soon joined the solitary pioneer and bought farnis from him; it is evi dent that John Adam Summer, at his very irst grab, took more land than he needed. That his heart yielded more and more readily to the coaxing of covetousness, appears in his wonderful sagacity for locating mill-seats. In every infant community the first grea; and common necessity must reside in the absence of mills. At least, this was the case before the steam-engine ever whistled to attratet the attention of progress. As, therefore, addition after addition wr.s rapidly made to his young colony, Summer went forth upon all the water courses to spy out the points most feasible for the erection of mills. Now, my fancy gains the su premacy. "The past eturns-the present lies." I can see. tie tall, wiry, square-set form of John Adam Summer followed by threespell-bound Cherokees bearing his vegetable G unter's chaiu, and often by their natral, intuitive perception correcting the aberrations of his con pass-the sun. They creep along through the tangled forest. Look! they seem to grow thirsty. Summer stoops to dip up in the h'ollow of his palm some water from a brook purling at his feet. See! Wooly-dokky- doolah (as Summer )ronounced his name) re spectfully puts aside his hand, with a grunt of disapprobation, and points to to a large tree covered with vines, one of which rurning along the trunk is E grasped by Kitchy-witeby-wakkee (Summer never could pronounce any language correctly but German) who, with tbe stateliness of a lord of the manor about to ring for refreshments, gives a quick and strong pull, and a purple shower of muscadines comes pattering down upon them. Tungy sukky-shuguree (possibly the most ac curately pronounced of all) instructs e the white man bow to regale himself t with this refreshment of nature. by 8 sucking the delicious juice and spitting t away the pulp and the hulls. Summer t had never tasted fruit so delectable, i nither in Pennsylvania nor away over r in the Fatherland; and he would not I have known when to leave off, had not r the last muscadine on its way to his r eager mouth been gently struck from s between his-tbumb and fore-finger bv r Tungy-sukky-shuguree, who at the a same time muttered in gruff monosyl- c lables, "Enough is enough!" Already I had these savage men enlightened their civilized visitor regarding the f delicious persimmon and the luscious 1 blackberry; and his satisfaction is now d so great, with his thirst so pleasantly u allayed. that he inquires of his wild t companions, if these native fruits ever a fail in their yielding. The reply is, V "Never fail." They then tell, in their 1I sententious u tterances, how one of their t number once visited the country far y down in Orangeburg. White people were i there ;--had been there, long time. I They cut down persimmon tree and d vine of nmuscadine; and had dug away r: the blackberry bush to make place for E peach tree, apple tree, pear tree, and fi plum tree. No go. Nature went on d the war-path against t hem, and de- g stroyed their fruits with the frost, the s hail, and the worm. Muscadine, black- t berry, and persimmon, though, are I friends with the frost, the hail, and the t worm. They never break over the line I that marks off and separates their sea- I sons the one from the other. f Alas! I may as well mention here asb any where else the sad result of a great a mistake Summer made-the same that * Noah made when he came out from the 0 ark upon dry lantd. A year or more af-1 a ter tasting the musky sweetness of the'D muscadine, h e expressed many gallons of thbe juice, and let it ferment accord- r ing to the principles of making wine, t with which he was familiar. Six b months afterwards, in the early spring, I the malign spirit lurking in the saccha- a rine fhid had become disembodied, a n-d was ready to sting like an adder. ic Tungy-sukky-shuguree, himself, was a the first victim, A fter drinking six .e buflalo-horns of the new liquor, he be- - D gan to hop and dance about on the I sward in a very unseemly way. When t: he wvas about to fill his seventh horn, Sununer saw the wrong he himself had done, and pushed the savage away from the rudely made clay vessel con- t1 taining the liquor,saying to him persua- b sively, "Tungy-sukky-shuguree, stop! t --enough is enough!" The savage made t a high leap, and brandishing his long t unused scalping knife screamed above a the shrillness of a war- whoop, "Enough is not enough, but too much is enough!" Summer was too brave a man to quail before this danger. He merely stood aside, and Tungy-sukky-shuguree after drinking his tenth buffalo-horn sank '1 uipon a grassy bank,-tried to sing an c old-time Indian love song, but broke If down with an idiotio chuckle, and be- b stowing a warlike leer upon John s; Adam Summer he fell upon the earth c in utter helplessness, just as the whip- V poor-will began her lonesome song. It ~ is to be hoped that very few of the In- g dians, living in those remote times t within the borders of what is now f called Dutch Fork, fell victims to t strong drink. Romantic as the concep tion may be considered, I cling to the supposition that the contemporaries of a John Adam Summer among the abo- I rignes of Saxa Gotha were restrained 5 from any degrading conduct by there- t spect they had for the message trans- C mitted to them from the old chief in t Pennsylvania; and they had all disap peared from that settlement before the ~ days when whiskey had hegun to r trickle from so many undying worms in so many distilleries. Returning to my foresters seeking mill-seats, I again direct attention to tbeni after they bad allayed their t hirst. They move on through bramble thick et and -ane-brake,-for the whole face of the country is covered with wild peavines and young tender cane. Sud denly Summer halts, listens intently at a distant roaring sound, as though it might be a water-fall, and looks at the improvised Gunteis chain. Kitchy-Witchy-Wakkee shakes his head, and his guttural response may be easily conveyed in a literal translation: "Wind make noise in pine tree-top; wait-you see." The civilized man re mains still ;-the roaring sound dwin dIes to a sigh ;-then to silence. Once more they move on. They at length reach an elevated point which includes i view more exte:isive than usua!. gow, they all hear a sound that cannot :)e mistaken. It is the continuous roar y water rolling over rocks. "Co-hees!' ,runt the Indians. Ah, Summer has ,eard this sound before, but he has .ever visited the locality that occa ions it. Thither they wend their way. The first mill of which I have any 'ecollection is the one still standing on he Lexington bank of Broad River, Lbout three-quarters of a mile below ;ohees shoals, and a mile above Peak. .low far beyond my recollection .its xistence reaches I cannot say, but here cannot be much question that rohn Adam Summer, the first, took )ossession of this mill-seat, although it nay be that his oldest son, John Adam ummer, the second, erected upon it he first mill. Half a mile up the riv r and close to its bank on the same ide can be seen to-day a mill-race hirty or forty yards long. It was dug ut apparently with considerable ]a >or; though it never was completed. lerhaps it was abandoned upon dis overing that the site lower down, rhere the present mill still stands, was aore advantageous. On the streams ow known as Crim's and Cannon's reeks were mills in operation up to be last half century,-until,. in fact, team enabled men to put mills upon be tops of hills. Nearly all these en erprises, growing out of the proverb il principle, that necessity is the 3other of invention, can be traced ack to the energy of theoriginal Sum aer family. Thus, however visionary iy narrative may appear to be, in ame of its parts, nevertheless it may I e sceived as correct, in the absence of nown facts, since in '*Iis case fiction r truth has lead to the samhe well nown results. The disappearance of the Indians -om the territory of Dutch Fork must ave been very speedy. A few wan ering bands of half-breeds, years ago, sed to go through the land amusing be children by shooting with arrows t dimes place in split sticks; but they ave entirely disappeared.- I must be eve that at the beginning of this cen ary(l800)-now, nearly a hundred ears ago-there were none remaining 1 permanent encampment between troad River and the Saluda. Wan ering companies of various tribes were assing, now and then, through the axa Gotha region and remaining a ~w weeks among the farmers, up to a ate within the remembrance of my randmother. In the old house-yet banding-where she died and I was orn, there was an Indian bow which often saw and handled. It was left bere by an Indian with whom all the ousehold of the by-gone century had een well acquainted. This bow was ally six feet long. It was made of lack locust wood, as it was thought, nd was of such toughness that no -hite man was able to bend it, but nly slightly. At each extremity was short prolongation left for the attach ient of the rawhide bow-string. How valuable often is such a simple ~lie, not only in directing tbe thought > the condition and manners of our oyhood's home, so fast relaxing their old upon the memory, but precious, ioreover, as a support for the appreci ion of literary beauties. When I tine to the age at which I began to dmire pictures in rhyme of stirring. vents, and my heart oeat ~wildly as I ~ad these linles in the Lord of the tIes, desc-ibing the commencement of. 2e Basttle 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. 2us old primitive weapon enabled me y its inflexible toughness to realize se impossibility of bending, while on 'te march, even such as its kind ;-but 2e archer must halt for that purpose. iso when I came to the lines, Then 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 ! 'his old Indian bow aided me in re dlling the terrible turmoil resulting omn the twang of ten thousand such owstrings, and the rattle of ten thou md clothyard arrows against iron >rslets and bull-hide targets mingling ith the Highland slogan and the :nglish yell ;-but the talisman is one; and my regret is great that ar'uugh frequent and long absences -om my boyhood's home I suffered 2is valuable relic to make its escape 2to the quiet of forgetfulness. No collision between these Indians nd the first settlers in the Dutch 'ork was ever heard of. The frienC bip and confidence shown by one par y for the other was truly wonderful, onsidering the horrible massacres that >ok place, nearly about the some time, 2 various other parts of the country, uch as Georgia, Alabama and territo by which Summer was supposed to fas cinate the Indians and control them t his will--in fact, "to put spells opoi them," has been satisiactorilyexplain ed. The message sent ahead of him :1.3 the old chief may have had much powe in that direction; but I believe the trui cause of this influence resided in th kind-hearted fairness that alway; cbaracterized these old-time people o the .utch F6rk, as far I-ack as we car know anything of their conduct to wards neighbors and strangers, in busi ness and in hospitality. So generous were they,-so importunate in pressing their kindness upon guests, that their reputation for loving care of wayfarers reached farlbeyond their borders. This brotherly behaviour, no doubt, dis armed any incipient inclination that might have started in the barbarous natures of these savages towards' mas sacreing the white intruders: and per haps the instruction'they received from the civilized race in agriculture and in the use of improved implements might have aroused in their natural selfish ness expectations of subsequent and iuera ss ing benefits to result from the preserv, - tion of friendly relations between themselves and the new-coners. What Does The Aliance Purpose to Do? [National Economist.] The Alliance makes its own declara tion of purposes. They are clear, dis tinct, and no one need be mistaken as to their meaning. Its purposes are not to break up either the Democratic or Republican parties, but to teach them the necessity of going back to the peo ple once more for men and measures. It aims to present the needed reforms in economic conditions in such a clear, reasonable and truthful manner that they cannot be ignored or longer de layed. It seeks not the destruction of either political party, but to reform and control them in the interest of the whole people. It aims to take the politics of the people out of the hands of the political bosses, great and small, to rid it of the incubusof di7zi;nest and tricky politicians whose sole purpose is to perpetuate their own existence. It is these political bosses and chronic politicians that will, in the end, over throw present political organizations, because they will not be able to rule them under Alliance influence to serve th'eir selfish ends. The elements of destruction are at present almost en tirely confined to the old parties them selves, and consist of those who are opposed to any and all reforms and are fighting against a purer and better government. These are the factors that will destroy both the old parties if per mitted to exist much longer, and not the Alliance which seeks better laws, happier conditions, and "equal rights to all and special privileges to none." If the politican would forever destroy the Alliance let him make such laws as will be a lasting benefit to the people. If he would end this ngitation that now threatens, let him remove the cause for such agitation. T.he purpose of the Alliance is to better present conditions, blot from the statute books unjust laws and restore the government to that condition where honesty and integrity are the necessary requi'rement of all legislators. This purposc will be per severed in, will be contestcd for upon all occasions, and defended under all circumstances, until they have become the law of the land and the inheritance of the people. Let no one mistake that fraud, deception, political chica'nery, or any other unfair method, will block its progress or change its course. Harrison Yfelded to Hogg. [From the Austin Statesman.] While Gov. Hogg was with Presi dent Harrison in his car at Palestine the President received a telegram from the Acting Secretary of War request ing the President to grant permission to the soldiers of the Republic of Mex ico to enter the territory of Texas in uniform and bearing their side arms that they might represent their Gov ernment in the reception tendered him at El Paso. The President showed the message to the Governor, and he, ever vigilant in the interests of his State, de nied the right of any one to admit sol diers within the borders of Texas other than the Governor of the State him helf. A good natured discussion fol lowed. The Republican President yielded to the States rights arguments of the Democratic Governor, and Gov. Hogg telegraphed the desired per mission. . Some Strange Mlenomers. Much of the Russia leather comes from Connecticut, Bordeaux wine from California. Italian marble from Kentucky, French lace from New York, and Spanish mackerel from the New Jersey coast. Dr. Pierce'a Gol den Medical Discovery comes . from Buff'alo, N. Y., but there is nothing in its name to criticise for it is truly golden in value, as thousands gladly testify. Consumption is averted by its use, and it has wrought many posi tive cures. It corrects torpid liver and kidneys, purifies the blood, banishes dyspepsia and scrofula rewews the lease of life, and tones up thme system as nothing else will do. WVhat is more, it is guranteed to do all thbis, or the price is refunded. supernluous Even as BrIc-a-Brac. IFrom the Oil City Blizzard.) In the world's stock of abstr.act junk there are many worn-out welcomes. Rheumatism is caused by an acid in the blood ; therefore,'external treat ment 'affords no permanent relief. To eliminate the poison and make a thorough cure of the disease, nothing else is so efficient as Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Give it a trial. Price $1, Worth $5 a - TIF TO NEW BERRY. Editor McLenna Tells About Onr Pro_re,ss and Boontiful Hospitality. LFrou the Job: .con Monitor.] Our senior spent two days in New berry last week, to say that they were days of exceeding great joy to him would be expressing it in the mildest possible form commensurate with the actual facts of the case. Indeed the person who could not enjoy a visit among the hospitable people of New berry is like the person with "no music in his soul," fit only for "treason, strat egem and spoils." This we believe would be true under ordinary circum stance, though in odr case we are wil ling to concede-for the thought affords e4ual pleasure-that much of the kind ness shown us-self and better halt was as "the parents of our childen," Rev. and Mrs. G. A. Wright, for evi dence was not wanting to show that they hold a very warm place in the af fections of the good people of Newber ry not only those of his own denomi nation but of other denominations as well. And while we know that this is a personal matter and perhaps should have remained private, we yet trust it is a pardonable pride that in duces us to make public allusion to it as above. New berry is an old town. Eviiences of antiquity are to be seen on all sides, while ample evidence is also visible that the town is keeping pace with the march of modern improvement. Un fortunately 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 there are many fine stores filled with large and elegant stocks of goods. Many country people were on the streets and in the stores, indicating a large trade even at this usually dull season. Newberry has drawn considerably upon Edgefield County in making up her citizenship, and since our visit there this fact does not surprise us, far she has, as the Irshman says, "such a winnin' way wid her." Among the Edgefield Newberrians whom we had the pleasure of meeting we mention J. Y. Culbreath, Esq., a leading member of the Newberry bar, J. Hart Blease and family and Mr. Douglas Davenport. Mr. Culbreath was spokesnan for the citizens at the reception gi'. en to Ed' t-ir Wallace on his return from George town, in honor of his election to the Presidency of the Press Association, and the manner. in which he dis .harged the trust shows that he is still a master of that Edgefield eloquence which gained him distinction on the occasion of his first pleading at the Newberry bar, an account of which ap peared in the Monitor several years ago. Ani friend Blease, though con fined to his house with rheumatism, is still blessed with the old-time use of his tongue. And by its use his com panionship is alw ays pleasurable. We wish him a speedy recovery. Mr. Davenport is one of the leading merchants and is evidently popular and prosperous. If we were to tell the girls on this side of the river all that we saw and heard while in Newberry there might be weeping and wailing; possibly scratching and hair-pulling. So we will not tell them how, behind the dashing "Queen," in a dashing buggy, beside a dashing New berrian, he-may be seen almost any evening dashing 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 afforded us of d.ahing along these ave nues, taking in the entire town and its suburbs 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 press 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 pleasant incident of our visit to Newberry was a visit to the McCaugh rin dairy farm. It is located about half a mile from the village pr:>per, on a commanding eminence, and is a model in neatness and completeness. 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 to make the visit interesting and in structive. He showed the mrodus op erandi 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 thirty cows and were just through, milking wheni we arrived, about 5 p. m. A bout,,half of the milk is sent to town to supply regular customers, the other half thbe cream is taken from and made into butter, which is also sold to customers. A dry well with a tempier ature of 601 degrees puts the butter in a firm condition for marketing. The visiting party were treated to a de lightful drink of fresh buttermilk, which was greatly enjoyed. We have said that this dairy farm is a model for "completeness." We must be permit-, ted !o retract that statement. Une thing is lacking; Mr. McCaughrin is a bachelor! The homeward journey was without incident worthy of note. So glad we went! Nurvey ot the Situation. [Greenville News.] We really would like to know what this .vorld is coming to. New journal istic and political eccentricities and capers are developing every day. Everybody and everything in South Carolina seem to have gone in for a free fight. It was only a short time ago that Keitt, Stoke, and Donaldsov were tangled in a brisk little scuffle. Then Talbert and The Greenville News had a bout which was with astonishing abruptness switched oft into a battle royal with Ta.bert, The State and Stokes and the Cotton Plant a the performers. Only ,ast week Tillma and Talbert took their corners and shied their castors into the ring, ap parently preparing for a scrap to the finish. Next Irby was jumped on fiercely by a former friend in Lau rens. Now of a sudden the Columbia 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 umble, scratch, gouge and wrestle permanent ly in progress in Charleston. Donny brook fair is nothing to it. Every body is chL-iking 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 rol!ed 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 merits 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 man 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 appropriace to speak of a "fraternity" just now-have been re inforced by Congressman Shell, Sen ator Irby 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 kind of a hurrah we will have when the campaign actually be gins defies any sane or sober imagina tion to compass. We have remarked several times that there is going to be a barrel of fun 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 Philadelphia Record.1 WASHINGTON, 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 Harrison 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 strutted all over the building, calling upon everybody to take notice of his manly appearance. All wvould have gone well had it not been for the fact that the youngster met the wife of a Cabinet Minister in the East- Parlor, who had several young ladies with her. Young McKe 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 Charitable Texas Minister. SAN ANToNro, April %..-Thme death in Victoria, Tex., to-day of the Rev. J. WV. Neil, pastor of the First Presbyte rian Church of San Antonio, removes from the religious circles of this city a remarkable character. For ten years past not a gambler or a fallen woman as died in San Anutonio but Mr. Neil preached the sermon at the grave. When no carriage was furnished he went on foot through the mud or dust. He never asked a cent for his sermons, 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 eases, "Cold in the Head," Catarrhal Headaebe. It corrects the tainted breath, stops the offensive discharges, eals 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 wtIL. n. r. ylto..x.. I ur u T.ie Most Sucessful Cotton Mill Man i the South-Railroad and Aill President, Member of the Legislature and Mayor. [Spe:ial to The State.] GaRETNVILI, S. C., May S.-Col. H Hammett died here at S o'clock tht morning. He was the most sucj:--7u man in the South and was one of th formost citizens of this city. He wa president of the Pied mont and Camper down mills. He organized the Pied mont company at a time when th cotton mills were not paying, and fron the first year of it- operation it paid It is now one of the largest miils in th( South, and operates nearly 50,00 spindles. The capital stock has twic( been iL.reased and the capacity of thc mill twice doubled. Col. Hammett was elected to th Legislature from this county and waE re-elected in 1868. The Republicans an< Carpc t-baggers w-re then in control o the State. He refused re-election the third time because he did not wish t< mingle with those in power, even for the short time during the meetings o the Legislature. In 1866 he was elected president 01 the Columbia and Greenville Railroad. The road was owned by a stock com pany of South Carolinians. It was it bad coneition, financially and every way. The stockholders wanted a mat whom they had confidence in. They elected Col. H.ammett, and under hi: management the road developed won derfully; order was brought out of chaos, and the financial condition was improved. At tne end of four years be declined re-election. Col. Hammett was mayorof thiscity in 1872 and 1873. Th cause of his death was conges tion oZ the kidneys. He had been ill three weeks. He was born in this county December 31, 1822. and from a farm rose to a position of eminence and responsibility. He was one of the coni missioners from this State to the World's Fair. DESOLATED BY ERUPTIONS. Fifteen New Craters Destroy Many Homes and Rain a Wide Area in Chill. PANAMA, April 26.-Regarding the eruptions in the Lunahuana district of Chili, the Lima 'Opinion Nacional has published the following letter dated March 30: "This beautiful 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 out masses of mud, 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, together with their in abitants and the cattle, vineyards, farms, and irrigation works. All the roads north and south of here have een converted sinto ditches through which water is:continuu ally pouring, and all communication between Can ete and Chinc~ha is interrupted, while the -bridge across the river has been swept away. Hundreds of families ave been left without homes and are amping out on the hillsides, the only lothes they have being those in which hey escaped. They are preparing to ross the ravines, as the floods may weep down upon them at any mro ment." WICKED LIGHTNING RODS. rrial of a Church 7iemnber for Guarding Against Thunderbolts. A3MERICUS, GA., May 5.-There are eople here whio think they have some nowledge of what the Di' ine will is, and Mr. J. J.:'Dukes has drawn their hunder by putting a lightning rod pon his new 810,0.0 residence just ompleted. He is a member of the Eardsbell Be.ptist Church, and his rothers in the faith charge him with esisting God"s will in thus protecting hs earthly mansion against the fiery >>lts that are launched forth when the eavens are rent by storm. The whole congregation, headed by heir pastor, called upon Mr. Dukes me night last week and labored to con ince him that he should not -:esist the vill of God by a vain device to keep off uch elec-tric bolts as he might send hat way. Failing to move him, harges were preferred against him of aving resisted the Divine will, and he trial is in progress. It will result in the expulsion of tbe offender. Why a Girl Can't Throw a Stone. [Washington Post.] The dlifference between a girl's trowing and a boy's is sut-stantially his: The boy crooks his elbow and eaches back with the upper part of his arm about at right angles with his ody and the forearm at 45 degrees. The direct act of throwing is accom lished by bringing the arm back with sort of snap, working every joint rom shoulder to wrist. The girl throws with her w-hole arm rigid, the boy with his whole arm re axed. Why this marked and unmih akable difference exists may be ex la ined by the fact t hat the clavicle or -llar bone in the female anatomy is oe inches longer and set somed ~rees lower down than in the mas ulIne trame. The long, crooked, awk ard bone interferes with the full and free use of the arm, This is the reason why a girl cainot throw a stone. EAll humors of the scalp, tetter sores. md' dandrut~ cured, and falling hair hecked ; hence, bald ness prevented by cing Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair HERiL'S ANOTHERI ROW. m County Chairman Cathcart Tackles tl:e Governor. [Spec.ial to Greenville News.) CotrarI A.S. C., May ..ething of a Senlsation is create< h1rCe by the - reply of& W. J. Catheart, chairman of I tle Rh-b(wrala:: y. De-:o,rar-y. to a Ietttr sent lihii yvbe over;omr yes'er day. The governr's letter was con . cerning the resignation of Probate . Judge Pearson, and in it Private Se cretary Bean says: "The governor di rects me to request you, as chairman of the democratic party of Richland Coun ty (if you regard yourself as such) to take the steps necessary to provide for a primary election by which the demo cracy may elect their candidate for the office." This afternoon Mr. Catheart penned the following endorsement acro,z the back of the letter and returned it to Mr. Bean: "OFEICE CHx'N DE3i. PARTY OF "RICHLAND COUNTY. "COLUX:1A, S. C., May 6th,.1891. "Respectfully returned to Mr. James P. Bean. 'private ecretary,' with the r.request that i:e inform 'the governor,(If be regards himself as such) that Iknow the duties devolved upon me as county chairman of the democratic party of Richland County, and will confine my self -, the business of my office. I sug gest that he do likewise. "Respectfully, "WX. J. CATHCART, "County chairman democracy Rich land County." The governor has not received Mr. Cathcart's letter as he is at Clemson .ollege. AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT. [Editorial Greenville News.4 The reply of County Chairman 'ath cart, of Ricbland, to Governor Till man's note will not be approved by many thinking people. Thegovernor's note was not courteous in tone, althbough it is easy to see that it might havc been dictated hastily and without any lnten tion of giving offence. The best rebuke of it would have been given by careful courtesy in the reply. - Aside from that. Governor TiIman is the governor of South Carolina. The office he holds entitles him to respect ful treatment, in personal intercourse at least, by every citizen. Mr. Cathcart's response can do no possible good and may do some harm. The incident is an' unfortunate one and will be generally regretted. [GOVERNOR TILLMAN'S REASON. LThe State 9th.1 A few days ago in ordering an elec tion and primary Governor Tillman wrote County Chairman, Cathcart a letter addressing him as county chair- - man: "Ifyou consider yourself assuch." Mr. Catheart 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 ately approached by The State repre- - sentative. In reply to a question he said be would not reply to Chairman Cath cart. He said, however, when asked for his opinion:I "I don't care to say anything in re gard to the matter except that I notified . 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 reguljar 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 Iclause referred to in the letter. As to the nature of Mr. Cathcart's reply I don't care to say anything or make any corn ment w hatever." This was read to the Governor and by him pronounced correct. The Waterbury Watch Spring and the - [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 until the next morning. I in 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 I saw no mule. "Crowded him out through a crack," said I. "No, no. In its antics after it got out of the case, it cut my mule into sausage meat, and piled his fragments in the corners, the spr'ng having ass'umed a globular shape." "Well, you not only lost a v-aluable mule, but a good timekeeper also." "No. W ben I opened the stable door the watch spring rushed out like it was going to stampede something, and as it expanded in the open space and settled I managed to get hold of one end of it and wound it around my well wrindlass and secu red it, then went to the stable, found my battered watch case, and broughit themi to town to Jeweller Fineber, who said- he would put it in good runinmgorde~r for $1.5'). and her