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ESTABLISHED 186 NEWBERRY, S. C., TUURSDAY, MAY 21, 1891. PRICE $1.50 A YEAA THE DUTCH PORK. BY DiR. 0. B. MAYER, SB. NO. 4. at thy comman,', Again the crambled halls shall rise; Lo! as on Evan's bank we stand, The past returns-the present iies. CADYoW CASTLE. Once more. I receive help from Mills' Statistics, on page 180. When Charies, the Second, was restored to the throne of England, in 1660, he, a few years after his restoration, granted s in South Carolina, ob om .the Indians, to ely, Edward, Earl Duke of Albe ven; John Ashley; four of these men is perpet uated in the names of certain places in South Carolina, as it can be easily per ceived. They resided most of their time in England; and sent to Charles ton their agents, under_ the titles of Proprietary Governors, whose duties were to sell tracts of land to the settlers, securing their ownership to the same by proper writings, and as the chief executive officers to manage the affairs of the new province. This state of things lasted about forty nine years, when "the Lords Proprietors relin quished their rights-and interest in the government and soil of the province to the king." This was in 1719, and the King of England at that time was George 1. From this period to the be ginning of the Revolutionary War the agents for contiuuing these business transactions between the crown and the rapidly accumulating settlers,-as well as for governing the affairs of the established citizens, were known as the Royal Governors. As far back as the times oftheProprietary-Governors near the close, however, of their administra - tion,-the settlers had been demanding supplies of cattle for the purpose of breeding. The Proprietors objected to this,-having already expended L18, 000 (nearly $90,000) for that purpose, and were desirous that the settlers should begin to depend upon their own R" exertions. They therefore gave as a reason for refusing the demand, "that they wished to encourage planters, but not graziers." The face of the country between the Saluda and Broad River presented originally very much the same appear ance all the way 'through a distance c f about forty miles, beginning at the line between Newberry County and Laurens County. In O'Neall's Annals, theface of the country is most graphi cally described by one Samuel Kelly who is remembered to have said n 1762 that, "In the spring of the year it was the most beautiful scene his eyes ever beheld. The open woods presente~d no obstruction to the view. The hills and vales were covered with pea-vi :ie and maiden cane; the former,in blocrn made it look like a garden.'51 Suetrpr-o ductions growing withoute cultivation naturally directed the attintion of first tltlers to grazing. There are no longer ces of the wik} sweet pea ap even in patcIges, as is the case rniden cete," which can yet nu in considerable exte nt, -- y up the hillsides. tthrough such 3ich ge to raise, cattle weculd ve retarded the develop eagricultural treasures hid r the roots of the oaks, the ,and the poplars. It was the middie'of the reign of George hen John Adam Summer selected is future homestead the spot al ady described,-located not far from the Saduda mountiana. Nearly fifty years before his arrival, the settlers in the lower part of the State had been re fused, as has been stated, the supplies of cattle necessary to their pursuit of the pastoral occupation to which the luxuriant native grasses were so invit ing; and under the impossibility of being graziers and the alternative of b2coming farmers, the onslaught upon r the forests had begun in full vigor. There can be no doubt that the set tlement of Germans between the Saluda and Broad River grew very fast. It was not long after the current of immi gration was started in that direction, before one neighbor could visit another along a short foot-path, and the curling smoke could be seen from cottage to cottage. To procure meat was a matter of sport. Only a few hours stroll, in the way of amusement, was required fo)r supplying a household with veni son for a week, and the deer's forehead with his antlers attached was nailed above every door; at the same time that the buckskin breeches formed part of the paternal Sund-ay suit. Bread, however, was the great desideratum. Therefore the soil must be laid bare for' tillage, and thus the blacksmith--the modern Tubal cain-became "a man of < might :" "By~ the fierce red light of his turr-.ce bright, '1'he strokes of his hiammier runr And he lifted high his braw-ny hand On the iron glowing clear," to shape the keen-edged axe. Now the-< forests begrin to ring with the strokes thlat fell their stoutest trees, whose trunks the wooden maul and the iron I wedge rend into rails for inclosing the you ng clearing, while the air growse dim with the smoke that rises from the burning of the crackling brush heaps;t -and thus the first field in the Dutch Fork is established. ?he originof the sweat in which man ixist eat his bread is complex. It begins away back with the first wound the axe inflicts upon< the oak;jand passes through various stales of toil from the planting to the I for tae labor that is to bedew the fa( with the tokens of the curse; but befoi that can take place the craft of Tubs Caiu must again be called into requis tion, and the hammer of the neighbo hoo: blacksmith rings upon the anvi as 1.e fashions the rugged ploughsbar Then soon the plough-boy's whistle i heard in the field, as likewise, at nighl fall, the lowing of the milk-cow follow ing to the milking shed. "He that wi have a cake out of the wheat must tarr the grinding"; but, lo! Summer is read, with his mills. I was once made acquainted with th fact that the distinctive manners an cu,3toms of the inhabitants of differen sections in European countries remai: the same for century after century Thus, at the present date, a peasant o Burgundy can be as e distinguish ~h icardy, as 1 cou e two hundred years ag< on account of adherenc to pecularities of character and rai men long established. Now, this is the cas more or less all over the world; and ha been through all time. It require 1 more than a half century to chang notably the characteristic habits of people. Therefore, the ways of thi Dutch Fork families were very nine the same in 1826, as they were in 1750 and as I am not satisfied with th, meagerness of detail just given concern ing their agricultural beginnings, an< have a bright recollection of the stati "f their industry sixty years ago, shall venture to describe a choppinl and log-rolling by assembled neighbor when I was a boy eight or ten year old,-believing that such a descriptior will answer for a similar gathering a the time when John Adam Summer the First, was in the zenith of his suc cess. It was in the year 1826-'2S. One o' the most prosperous farmers in the Dutch Fork had two fields separated b3 about fifteen acres of primitive forest His desire was to have these two field united by the removal of the woodlani -thus throwing all into one large in closure containing in all fully fort3 acres. Accordingly, a negro boy o1 proper age and intelligence was sent tc all the nearest neighbors, inviting ther to repair with axes and bandspikes tc his "massa's" on the next Monday, soon in the morning, to assist in cut ting down the woods in the gin-housc field, and rolling the logs into heaps. At the same time he bore a message from his "Missus" for all "de young wimmins to come later on in de day, bringin' dare cards wid 'em to card rolls out o' cotton for spinnia' arter wards; and dare mammies muss come along to, for insistence in cookin' of de dinner; and dare was gwine to be 'muse ment tel fur in de night." The appointed morning came on, sparkling with sun shine and frost; for it was in the first week of January. At the first break of day, four light-wood stumps, at nearly qual distances from one another were set ablaze to give light and warmth to the neighbors when they should arrive t the plane of labor. A stout jug of corn whiskey, made bitter by the liberal in sertion of springs of double tansy, stood entrally in the woods at the roots of a wide-spreading dogwood selected to re :ain for a shade-tree uder which to est for a lit tle while whben the heat of he coining summer seasons might be oo oppressive. This whiskey was pre ared w ith tansy as a stomach ic for iving edge to their appetites for the reakfast which was to be brought to hem, just as the sun should rise above he tree tops over towvards the Cohees shoals. Nowv, the axe-men begin tc ake their appearance. The morning as scarcely begun to throw forward er crimson streamers, when their stal wnrt figures emerge from the darkness nto the ruddy light afforded by the urning lightwood stumps. One by ne at first and then in groups they ome. Each one strikes his axe into he trunk of a doomed tree, goes to the tire to take a short warm, and to the jug o take a long swig, and then, with the ivariable preparation of the palms of heir Lands, they grasp the axe-handles nd begin the work of the day, though in somewhat desultory manner,-not yet n the vigorous methodic eff'ort that is ; animate them under the inspection )f the sun. -Now, while the breakfast is being >repared, I will venture upon a digres on. In the days of which I am now ~vritng every farmer was boastfully roudl of the qualities of his axe. No oll ins' razor-edged, con vexed ,su rfaced xes were then to be seen. The neigh orhood blacksmiths kindly competed with one another in giving points of ~xcellence to the implements they sent orth from their shops. At a working f some road or other I once listened o a conversation substantially the ~ame as the following: "Sam, who made your axe?" "Why,Sumnmers'York,"replied Sam; 'who made yourni?" "John Setzler made mine," said the ther, "and a better axe never jerked ~hips out of a tree." "That's mighty true," remarked an ~ther, coining up at the miomnent. "You ee, John Setzler is the grandson of the )ld witch-gunsmith, who could put pells upon folks." "Bless your hearts, people," said a urth party who heard what had been aid, "John aint the man as would take dvantge of sic-h a gift. I have hearn f guns wvhat wouldn't go off when the rigger was pulled, if the witch what )ut the spell on the gun warn't willin'. Eou all knows, Doctor Schmitt has rickently done that at schootin' atches; but never have I know'd one f John Setzler's axes ever failin' to mink into the tree it was aim'd at, no natter who was agin it." ie have you got to say 'bout your axe?" -e This was.addressed to a small well .l set man, five feet five inches high, wit: i- coal-black hair and a sparkling eye. r- "Fellers," began Mike,-(Mike is stiI 1, alive, bless him, clos- upon eighty year . of age now, and as solid and as hones s as "the American Eagle on a silver ba sis.") "Fellers, dese here axes you've bir i talkin' 'bout may very well suit yot y men up here in de oak-woods; but je y go down in de piney-woods, and mnak a lick at a well-season'd pine knot, an< e de aidge of your axe will crumple u] d like as ef it was made out'n pe-uter t Gentlemen, ef you wants a axe wat kii a chop off de horns of de d-" "Whist! Mike none of your perfani f ty." - "Well," resumed . yhow d< -am Bush. ; you a axe and temper it hisself, ef yot e wants pertection agin Satan." t "Well, well, Mike, ' cried all the by e standers in a bantering way, "let's se4 s you try your tool upon this here lot s what the Capting has ordered us ti e split into splinters to git it out o' the a way, 'cause it has been lyin' here s trespassin' on the rights o' the road fo a the last five year. Now let in, an< let's see." a Mike advanced, and, after bidding - the company scatter and give hin I elbow-room, he aimed a swinging blov e at the offensive log and his axe flew of [ the helve,-thus causing a great out ; burst of laughter among his compan 3 ions. 3 "Why, that won't do to make the Devil flee from you," exclaimed Sam t "'Tain't the fault of Adam Bush,' cried Mike. "It's mine, owin' to the bunglin' way I put the helve in." "Listen to me, men," began a s var thy giant who had been resting a little while from his labor; it's not so mucl in the axe, arter all, but in the arm what swings it. Look'e here." Say ing which he exposed an arm almost I as hairy as Esau's, and muscles moving under his skin like piston-rods. Here the overseer of the road, who had been listening to the conversation, took part in it. He was a man of wide observa tion and sound thinking. "Boys," said he, "you haven't got to the bottom of the thing yet. God may give a man a strovger arm than Jake here has got, and Setzler may make for him his very best axe, but if he hasn't got the will to work, why, it's just putting good gifts into the hands of good-for-nothingness. The Devil take a lazy man, say I." "But, Capting," enquired -one, "did you ever yit disciver a lazy man in de Detch Fork?" "Not yet," replied the Captain; "but I'm afraid the time is coming. There is too much whiskey flowing and there is too much -." -Lo! here comes the procession of trays on the heads of several negroes bringing the breakfast. The axes are left sticking in the trees into which they had been chopped at the moment when the procession app:eared. A loud hallo greets the morning meal; and gathering around the yet glowing lightwood stumps they spend one jolly hour in doing justice to the generous repast; and leaving prostrate on its side with stopper lost and nothing oozing from its mouth the jag that whilom contained the tansy bitters, they rush back to their work with readier wills and stronger arms. Now they are all present, and they organize themselves for systematic labor. In groups of four skilled axe-men they surround the largest oaks, and then commence those sounds so splendidly expressed by Pope in the celebrated lines: Loud sounds the axe redoubling strokes on strokes, On all sides round the forest hurls her oaks Headlong. Deep echoing groan the thickets b:o, -n, The~n, rustling, crackling, crashing, thunder down. Often have I listened to such glorious sounds; and early in life fostered an admiration for the above lines. See how four sturdy men surround an oak, a yard in diameter, two feet above the ground, and after examining as to where the preponderance of limbs will probably incline it to fall they direct their strokes upon it,-one, two, three, four;-one, two, three, four, in mod erato time, until they see the mighty monarch totter, Then rustling, crackling, crashing, thunder down. The length of ten feet of the fallen oak is cut off to be split into rails at the proprietor's leisure. Perhaps n second, and often a third cut of ten feet is left for that purppse, while the other parts are rolled into heaps to be burned with the brush-heaps. In the early hours of the day, after setting the household in order for their day's absence, the cheerful dames, mounted upon the trusty family horse with their than k'e bags dangling from the long horn of the side saddle, and followed by their laughing daughters riding the gayt r animals of the farm, are rapidly approaching the proprietor's house. Some few are coming along the road that skirts the clearing, and per haps one may be heard accosting her "old man"'with the words: "Now Apra ham, don't you overdo yourself to-day wid liftin of dem logs." Listea at his reply: "Neffer mind, Eva Kratel, PIl take care of myself. Do you jess see apout havin me a goot dinner, and Il pe readty to eat my share of it." Look at that young fellow stealing away to the road and beckoning to a damsel beam ing with a blue, pellucid eye. Says he: "Polly, do you know~ that Henry Sch 2ider is here to-day? Now, don't let him turn you agin me to-night." "Why, Fritz," she answers, "do you think I hain't get' no sense?" There upo .Fritz atens back to his axe and NEWBERRY AT OQ.r Progress a:L ur "eso:2rces 5' t ' EWBERRY is the County Seat of Newberry Cour V(ty, S. C., and has a population of 3,500. It is 4 miles west of Columbia and is connected with th 1 Capital by two Railroads, operated under distinct an 1 independent control. Being in the hill country of th s State, the visitor from the "low-country" is impresse with its undulating situation scarcely less than he i charmed by the freshness and buoyancy of the air. 1 birdseye view of the Town, mantled in its spring-tim verdure, affords a joyous fascination to the lover c nature. Notwithstanding the loveliness of her valleys as well as the picturesqueness of her natural environ ments, Newberry boasts not of these more than of he superior geographical position. the intelligence and re finement of her people, the energy and alertness of he merchants, the learning and eloquence of her profes s1il <u z . I HE Newberry Cotton Mhl, located in the Towr with its 11,000 spindles givesteady employment t 400 operatives. This is a home enterprise. Th Mill is ably managed by experienced and kind-hearte< officers. The operatives are genteel and law-abiding have their own house of worship, and in all essential, are good citizens of the community. It is the intentioi of the stockholders to double the capacity of the Mill a an early date. The Newberry Cotton Seed Oil Mill and Fertilize: Company, recently. established, isp paying enterprise, i under good management, and turns out a high gradi fertilizer, in addition to the oil and meal. Passing allusion only can be made to other indr;tries all prosperous, such as Planing Mills, Saw Mills, Buggi and Wagon Factory, Ginnery, &c. Newberry is noted for her hospitality to strangers, tc whom a cordial welcome is -er extended. The Town of Newberry is synonymous with busines: activity and prosperity. The merchants are progressivE and rank high in the commercial world for integrity ani stability. Newberry draws trade from several counties and by reason of its central position is a popular marke for the cotton planter living within a radius of twent3 miles from the Town. The business of the Town las1 year was about $2,000,000. - Iewbe*Fnj Goiap?tj, HE history of Newberry is interwoven with the his tory of the South. Her sons and her daughter, who have gone forth in the world have added lustrE and renown to the places of their adoption.. The County was established as such in the year of grace 1784, hav ing been part of that territory comprising certain uppez counties of South Carolina, described as the "classic ground of the American Revolution." Her people havE been known for more than a centary for their bravery, their devotion to duty, for their thrift and energy. ThE early settlers of her historic dales were innred to hard ships and perils and to the "narrow affairs of home," bare recital of which in these piping times of peace and plenty, would fill one- with thrilling- emotions. Doubt. less 'we may find in these privations the causes of the stuidiness, the resolution, the stability of character, whic: is nowhere more conspicuous than in the people of New. berry County. The Scotch-Irish who settled a part of this county exhibit traits, such as tenacity to principle, love of truth and absolute fearlessness, that has ever and everywhere marked them as the best of any country. Besides, there are those of German extraction whose un yielding energy and good'husbandry is the distinguish. ing characteristic of the Teutonic race. SHE soil of Newberry is not inferior in point of fer tility to that of any part of South Carolina. The bottom lands contain a large percentage of alluvial deposits, making fertilizers almost unnecessary in the handles it with a vigor altogether ui-| The scene is viv usual with him. 'mind's eye; and I So the day's work has been started the present tense. on its .course. The axe's stroke re- place glows with b sounds continuously amidst the crash "old man" sits at of falling trees and the whoop of tri- hearth and the " umphant labor. other; while some: Meanwhile, at the ho,use the girls, and female, exten with the inimitable red lips and rosy leaving a vacancy cheeks that result only from the free the large chamber play of untrammeled respiratory organs, all day been enga; range themselves around in the largest work. Now the apartment, and ply their cards with long-forgotten rust that quick, grating sound which is no'thrust aside by the longer heard in these days, and remem- nalities of cotillion! beredl only by a few old people who, as my recollection of: if beckoned by it, follow after toward joyments are pleas the realms of silence. How merrily viction of their I ringing is the tell-tale laugh in answer begin with the pla; to the playful insinuation. How un- pleased?"-waving ceasingly do the heaps of cotton rolls chief for gently er increase, and how gently are they lifted Next, perhaps, is I up to be carefully laid away in barrels round the rosemar' for future spinning by the family on the morning"; nor coming rainy days and bright winter game of forfeits d evenings. Out in the yard under the question "fine or st wide-reaching white oak is heard the that very fellow loud hammering connected with the already mentioned construction of the dinner-table forty forfeit might requit yards long with space for eighty plates Felder, is, througi and elbow-room enough for the guests Polly and Fritz Vc to "help themselves and feel at homne." to look up the chin Savory odors of baking meats spread fool look at your t over the premises, and the evidences of: and I am another.' chicken-pies, custards, and rice pud- play which at this dings are overwhelming. "tel fur in de night Thus tlie day passed on. A bout youthfulness of old three o'clock, the axe-men looked second childhood about them, and found that all the feelings chastened t trees in the gin-house field which had takes of manhood, greeted them in the early morning now member the thrill lay prostrate on the ground, except the heart, of only ten ye spreading dogwood reserved for'a short ' I watched with del but refreshing rest in the midday heat ten passing from ti ofapproachingsummerseasons. When that night, and lik everything was ready at the house, the accompanying pot dinner-horn was sounded; and all manner of it. A ci: work being ended, the axes and the centre of the root cards were laid aside, and the guests marches a processi< prepared themselves to surround the maidens. The you table groaning under a profusion of leading couple begit delicacies and substantials for which high soprano tones: not one cent was required to be ex pended.Adb'---nCoe This, all this was in the oldendrn-igigo Time, long ago, when such a thing as a lock was un-Thsifolwdb known in glorious Dutch Fork; and snigi ep u littl els butsuga, cofee, nd te Hdi 'it t tis atnd't mintiv hak f Trke Rd. he tsom w-uth, promse o th nego bo, i delvern dO h'no-rin cm. the messae of hisisaissufoldotwderey was gine t be 'usemet furinto ginTh ticke, roug ittle esoo besganr,t cffie,nt, terhne d rosi-fr the emeg at he"iss tablt, d ere vnihs THE CENTENNIAL. The Pamspb.let Read. 'y Ther.a:z.c1s. growing of Indian maize. This is also nearly if not 7 quite true of -;r. upland portion of Newberry (ounty, e better known as Dutch Fork, named in honor of the 3 Germans who have done so much in the development of e the resources of their adopted home. The County is i freely watered by bold streams, tributaries to the Broad s on the East and Saluda on the West. L All the cereals ;row luxuriantly upon Newberry soil, e but cotton is the aain staple, which under favorable con f ditions, average one-half to one bale to the acre. The , prudent and wide-awake farmer reaps ample returns for - the expenditure of his labor and the exercise of wisdom r and foresight: here, as everywhere, labor conquers all things and difficulties disappear And vanish under the r magic touch of perseverance and pluck. - It is well to mention that grape culture succeeds well in Newberry, and those who are spending time and talents in the development of this industry, are amply repaid for their labor and investment. The Delawa:e, o t',e fruit, reaches - high degree of per o fection in this latitude. e Newberry abounds in granite of a s " .r or quality, i and while the industry has not been develop opportunity for money-making in this line is nowhere more favorable. Already it is sought after, and has been I employed in near and remote places in the construction t of private and public buildings. ?Iimate. W HILE Newberrv cannot be said to be the Nice of America, still the percentage of diseases and death is not more, if indeed not less than some portions of South Carolina. The climate is mild and genial. The county is subject to no epidemics. Here, hale old age, of which Cicero writes so exultantly, and of which many hoary headed residents testify, is attained by that exercise of prudence and observance of the laws of health, without which nowhere is longevity enjoyed. C1?e 1ew papeIs. HE Press of Newberry is under able editorial con trol, and abreast with modern journalism. The tone is high, sensationalism and vulgarity too often found in the popular journals, being eschewed and con demned. HE Schools of Newberry are flourishing. They are maintained by public funds and private subscrip tion. Newberry College, under the care of the Lutheran Church, is well attended. The President and Professors are men of scholarship and learning. The graduates of Newberry College are filling their respective spheres in life with credit to their alma mater. There are matric ulates at the College each year from several States. The Graded Schools of Newberry, with an enrollment of 650. are doing excellent work in the cause of educa tion, and the citizens appreciate their graded schools more than all else. The schools of the County are well supported. Newberry is heartily enlisted in the cause of education and gives ready support to all measures looking to the intellectual advancement of the people. EWBERRY is blessed with churches, the denomi nations being Presbyterian, Methodist, Lutheran, Baptist, Associate Reformed and Episcopal. The financial support of the churches is good. All in all Newberry is most desirable as a place of residence, the "welcome all," being extended with equal sincerity to artisan, to farmer, or professional man. There is room for everybody. Here is open-handed hospitality. Columbia Centennial, 18.91. idly present in my BITTEN W.i A MAD GOOSE. must describe it in -- The spacious fire- The Wife of a Michagani Farmer Under eat ad liht. he jTreatment at the Pastuer Instituite. one corner of the [New York Sun.) yld woman" at the Dr. Paul Gibier of the Pastuer Insti sear neighbors, male tute is treating a woman from Corun I the circle, though na, Michigan, who has a badly lacer toward the center of ated finger. Her husband, a well-to where the girls had do farmer, owned a large dog, which ged in their merry iabout three months ago was bitten by mirth begins. The a strolling mongrel which was un ic plays have been doubtedly rabid, and in turn inserted more elegant car- his teeth in the fiesh of a goose, a pig, Sand waltzes; but and several cows. The pig and cows ~hese antiquated en- died of hydrophobia, as ascertained by ant under the con- a veterinary surgeon after an analysis iarmlessness. They~ of their brains. TFhe goose soon evinced i of "Pleased or dis- signs of sickness, and refused to eat. a knotted handker- The woman did not know the goose (forcing compliance. had been bitten, and thinking that eard "Here we go something had stuck in the goose's rbush, so early in throat, inserted her finger to remove do they discard the the obstacle, when the goose closed its epending upon the teeth upon her finger. perfine?" in which She arrived yesterday and went to Henry Schneider, the Institute, where she received three ,hoping that his inoculations. This will be repeated *e him to kiss Polly for several days. a plot matured by - llmeer, condemned A dry, hacking cough keeps the bron ney and cry, "Fool, chial tuhbes in a state of constant irrita rother; you're one tion, which, if not speedily removed, There is one more may lead to bronchitis. No prompter . . .renmedy can be had than Ayer's Cher time is continued ry Peetoral, which ~s both an anodyne " In the reversed and expectorant. age that precedes - I look back, with A nemarkabte Re~cora, y regret for the mis- (Augusta News.1 Ind innocently re- Mr. T. K. Oglesby, in one of his let rhich animated my ters to the Montgomery Advertiser, rs throbbing, while said "the only woman on record who ight the kiss so of- was the wife of a governor, sister of a teory into practice, governor, the niece of a governor and twise admired the the aunt and foster mother of a gov try. This is the ernor was a Southern woman." In air is placed in the his pamphlet he gives the name of this ~ n; and around it woman as Mrs. Richard Manning of I m of swains and South Carolina. ng woman of the -- is to sing in clear, How a Beautiful Flower was Y~amed. C An old legend tells of two lover-s, 5 walking by the river Rhine. The lady hail:, and b'it's co-oid begged her suitor to pluck a little pale the 1an -hand-lord a blue flower, growing on the bank -n der. doing so, he fell into the water, and theyoug mn jwas drowned : but, while sinking, he y the oungmanthrew the flower to her, and cried: .a Stones, as he places "Forget me not !"' Thousands of worn- b s head: en will never forget what Dr. Pierce's .o our head, keep your Favorite Proscription has done for a themi. It is prepared specially to cure n t kiss, and 'twill do those diseases from which they alone P suffer, and often in silence, rather than c * * consult a physician-as - periodic~al p cuti o-rcn pains, weak back, prolapsus, and all ti curtm o reentuterine troubles. Purely vegetable, c< my eyes; and the and guaranteed to give satisfaction in jp every case, or money refunded. v < . THE CENTER OF POPULATION. N,arked by a Monument of Limestone Located Twenty Miles East of Co. luimbus, Ind. LSpecial to the New York Press.] COLUMBUS, Iid., May 10.-The un veiling of the monument at the center of population of the United States, twenty miles east of this city, to-day at 2 p. m. was an important event, and will go into history as the second of th': kind in the century, the first being in 1810 and the place twenty-three miles west of Washirzton city, in the District of Columbia, which yet re mains a flat stone on which was then cut, "Center of Population." The monument erected to-day was of oblitic limestone taken from Bedford (Ind.) quarries, weighs four tons, is fifteen feet high and bears the inscription, "Center of Population of the United States." In 1700 the center of population was about twenty-three miles east of Balti more. During the decade from 1790 to 1800 it appears to have moved al ut due west to a point about eigh , west of the same city. The teen mi d westward and next decade t about slightly southward to a f rty miles northwest by west Washington. The southward move ment during this period appears to have-been due to the annexation of the Territory of Lousiana, which con tained quite extensive settlements. From 1810 to 182G it moved westward and again slightly southward to a point about sixteen miles north of Woodstock, Va. The second south ward movement appears to have been due to the extension of settlement in 3 Mississippi, Alabama and Eastern Georgia. From 1820 to 1830 it moved still westward and southward to a point about nineteen miles south west of Moorfield, in the present State of West Virginia. This is the most I decided southward movement that it i has made during any decade. It ap. C pears to have been due in part to the I addition of Florida territory, and in a part to the great extension of settle- e ments in Louisiana, Mississppi and Arkansas, or generally, it may be said, in the Southwest, but slightly changed it direction northward, reaching a point sisteen miles south of Clarksburg, W. Va. During this decade settlemLnt had made decided advances in the prairie States and is the southern por- 1 tions of Michigan and Wisconsin, the i balance of increased settlement evi- e dently being in favor of the North west. From 1840 to 1850 it moved west- s ward and slightly southward -again, t reaching a point about twenty-three i miles southeast of Parkersburg, W. Va. I the change of direction southward be- r ing largely due to the annexation of r Texas. From 1950 to 1860 it moved a westward and slightly northward, c reaching point twenty miles south of n Chillicothe, Ohio. From 1860 to 1870 b it moved westward and sharply north- c ward, reaching a point about forty- t: eight miles east by north of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1880 the center of population had returned southward to nearly the same latitude which it had in 1880. This southward movement was due n only in part to an imperfect enumera- f< tion at the South in 1870. During the decade between 1870 and 1880 the Southern States made a large positive increase both from natural growth and a from immigration south ward. .a During the past decade the center of|f9 opulation has moved northw ard into ractically the same latitude which itg ccupied in 1870. It has moved west si forty-eight miles, being less by tent miles than its movement during the receding decade ; six miles greater 01o han the movement between 1860 qnd | 870, and slightly less than the average "~ estward movement since the first ensus its present position being in w atitude :39 deg. 11 minutes 59 seconds |w nd longitude 8.5 degres 32 minutes .53| ~ econds. Ameriean Bible Society. NEW YORK, May 13.--The Ameri- ~ an Bible Society ce:ebrated its seven- to y-fifth anniversary to-day. Of the tr ixty delegates who were present at the bi >rganization of the society seventy five ears ago, but one is living He wast resent at the meeting to-night in M hickeing Hall and pronouced the c enediction.tr Dyspepsia causes depraved blood, th bvich, in time, affects every organ a 4 nd function of the body. As a reme- th y for these troubles, nothing can ap- fe( roach Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It vital- fa, es the blood, strengthens the stomn- fa ebh, and corrects all disorders of the of ver and kidneys. pr wi th' Id(ans Alarmed at La Grippe. SPRAGCE, Wash., May 12.-The In ans in Okanogar County are in a ate of consternation owing to the revalance of Ia grippe. One hundred D. - more have died. The Indians are oving out rapidly for Idaho andoc her parts, carrying all their posses-ca ons with them. - viv A Hundred Years to Come. Wouldn't you like to-live until the wo ear A. D.:.>000, just to see the people o d the world generally? Who knowsOV t you might, if you observe the laws health, and keep the Stomach, Liver d Bowels in full action. The best edicine known for this is Dr. Pierce's easant Pellets. They are small, sugar- 1 ated granules, but powerful to cure; rduce no nausea or griping; easy to rec ke, and a sure cure for biliousness, bit ntipation, headache, and diseases wit oduced by an inactive liver. A con sna ~nient vest-pocket -"nedy.al COOSAW AGAIN AT WORK. 1Ining Rock But Not Paying the State a Cent. [Greenville News, 14th.] A private telegram received here resterday brought news that the Coo iaw Mining company is again at work, "r iaving resumed operations yesterday norning. It has moved its whole )lant and force to the creeks owned by he Pacific Guano company. These reeks are not navigable waters, but Lre believed to be rich in rock of a good luality. The Coosaw company, it is tated pays the Pacific company a lollar a ton for the rock mined in the ?acific territory and will do business n its new field as bor:nerly. Those who are in position to know ay that this move will enable the Coo aw company to hold ince fort indefin tely aid will avoid the need for re novng its plant to Florida, which was >eing seriously considered. Coosaw's t riends are now in high spirits, as the iew arrangement keeps the company a the market and saves it from serious Oss. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. 'he Supreme Lodge in Stssion In Now Orleans. NEW .-i e pre ae Lodge Knights of Honor at to-day's ession heard the reports of the officers, vhich show that there are 2,573 work ug lodges with a membership of 137:1 00 Knights of Honor in good standing. 'he benefit fund has a balanceof on and of $138,000,aud paid out during the ear to widows and orphans $3,533,000. he general receipts for the year mounted to $97,000 and there is a bal nee of $51,000 still due to this account. MEET IN CHARLESTON?EXT YEAR CHARLESTON-, May 15.-Charleston as been selected as the place for the olding of the next annual national onvention of the Knights of Honor, ' vhe meeting will be held in May; 1891, nd will include representatives from very State in the Union. WILL NOT RESIGN. lie Auditor of Marion County rsiasee to Vacate His Ofmc. - [Special to the Begisterl MARION, May 14.-General Ellerbe's tter to Auditor L. H. Little, asking im to resign has caused much con ient here. The stock of -thp Marion - anks. was returned at $1.35, and was ut down to 95 by the board of asses )rs. When the return was made to ae Comptroller General he ordered the ,uditor to increase it to $1.45. Mr. ,ittle refused to do this and the Attor ey General then wrote, asking him to asr' his office. This Mr. Little has Iso : -fused to do. He has retained unsel, and says he will only be re ioved after all legal resistance has een made. The banks have also de ided to resist any attempt to increase eir assessment. AL. Oregon Farnmer Wants a Wife. BROCKroN, Mass., May 11.-Post iaster -Hollywoo'd has received the >llowing letter : H&ALE, Ore., A pril 263, 1891. Postmaster, sir, if you will be so kind >send me some na.mes of your women, would like to correspond with good 2d respectful women that would like good home in the West. I have a .rm, horses, cattle, fruit, and Henes :ous, well fearneshed. I live on the4 >unty road leadin' to tidewater and a s~ ate many stop w ith me for meals and a all night. I need a good long wife nt.plain talk. 1 want a lady bout 35 -4 years old weight 150 Heithy a oman of good carrecter. I don't like egun women. Tha are not raised to ork. Now, friend, if you will pick e out a good one that is ofgood dis sion and have her send to me her >tograf and help me to gain her I ill nak a nice preasant. I want a oman that had not bin miared, rite on. Respectful yours, Wizard Edison's Vision. CHICAGO, May 12.-Thomas A. Edi n, the electrical wizard, arrived here -day. When asked if he had an elec cal novelty in store for the Colm-. in Exposition, he said : Well, I have a thing in view, but e details are yet somewhat hazy. ' intention is to have such a happy mbination of photography and elec city that a man can sit in bis own. rlor and see depicted upon a curtain e forms of the players in opera upon listant stage and hear the voices of a singers. When the system is per ted, which will be in time for the r, each lit tle muscle of the singer's e will be seen to work, every color bis or her attire will be exactly re x.uced, and the stride and positions I be as natural as and very like ase of the live characters." sudden Death of MIrs. D. Blenmaan. [Special to The State.] YA L HA LLA, S. C., May 14.-Mrs. Biemann, widow of the late Hon. Biemann, dropped dead to-day at I ock. Cause, apoplexy. The stroke ae on while she was sitting by the side of her sick daughter. She sur ed her husband only two months. i. Biemann was a most lovable man, and her death has east a gloomn r our entire community. Subscribers Paying Up. [ From the Ellijay Courier.] uring the last few week we have ~ived at this office a wild white rab~ a fout-foot moutain ,rattlesnakMz i nine rattfes, a box of smalfgreen~ kes,:nuerous boxes offfo'weninD -