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-- -. - ----~.. . .- - . . . ETBLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C.. THURSDAY, MAY2118. ______________EA THE DUTCH FORK. H t BY Dn. 0. D. MAYER, SR. NO.4. at thy comlna,, Again the crumbled halls shall rise; Lo! as on Evan's bank we stand, The past returns-the present flies. 1 CADYoW CASTLE. f Once more. I receive help from i Mills' Statistics, on page 180. When i Charles, the Second, was restored to t the throne of England, in 1660, he, a. few years after his restoration, granted all the lands in South Carolina, ob- f tained by treaty from the Indians, to C eight noblemen, namely, Edward, Earl s of Clarendon; George, Duke of Albe- t marl; William, Lord Craven; Jobn Lord Berkeley; Anthony, Lord Ashley; 1 Sir George Carteret; Sir William Berke- e ly; and Sir John Colleton. They were I known as Lords Proprietors. The a memory of four of these men is Derpet- t uated in the names of certain places in I South Carolina, as it can be easily per- n ceived. They resided most of their b time in England; and sent to Charles- n ton their agenfs, under the titles of i Proprietary Governors, whose duties 1 were to sell tracts of land to the settlers, I securing their ownership to the same t by proper writings, and as the chief a executive officers to manage the affairs n of the new province. This state of iF things lasted about forty nine years, when "the Lords Proprietors relin- o quished their rights and interest in the s government and soil of the province to a the king." This was in 1719, and the v King of England at that time was 0 George 1. From this period to the be- V ginning of the Revolutionary War the t agents for continuing these business t transactions between the crown and C the rapidly accumulating settlers,-as well as for governing the affairs of the t established citizens, were known as the I Royal Governors. As far backas the a times oftheProprietary-Governors near 1 the close, however, of their administra- u tion,-the settlers had been demanding - supplies of cattle for the purpose of c breeding. The Proprietors objected to a this,-havidg already expended r18,- p 000 (nearly $90,000) for that purpose,- a and were desirous that the settlers t< should begin to depend upon their own h exertions. They therefore gave as a s< reason for refusing the demand, "that Lj they wished to encourage planters, but i not graziers." The face of the country between the fi Saluda and Broad River presented % originally very much the same appear- b ance all the way through a distance of r< about forty miles, beginning at the K line between Newberry County and a: Laurens County. In O'Neall's Annals, d the face of the country is most graphi- n cally described by one Samuel Kelly n who is remembered to have said in si 1762 that, "In the spring of the year it w was the most beautiful scene his eyes d ever beheld. The open woods presented e< no obstructir to the view. The hills sa and vales were covered with pea-vine tl and maiden cane; the former in bloom a made it look like a garden." Such pro- w ductions growing without cultivation si naturally directed the attention of first c< sattlers to grazing. There are no longer sa any traces of the wild sweet pea ap- n pearing even in patches, as is the case r< with the "maiden cane," which can yet t. be found often in considerable extent, t< sometimes halfway up the liillsides. p This inducement through such rich g natural pasturage to raise. cattle would b probably have retarded the develop- t, ment of the agricultural treasures hid- tl tden under the roots of the oaks, the si hickories, and the poplars. It was n about the middle of the reign of George Ih II, when John Adam Summer selected jh for his future homestead the spot al- a ready described,-located not far from it the Saluda mountiau. Nearly fifty Ib years before his arrival, the settlers in 1o the lower part of the State had been re- c< fused, as has been stated, the supplies ti of cattle necessary to their pursuit of fi the pastoral occupation to which the t< luxuriant native grasses were so invit- it ing; and under the impossibility of t' being graziers and the alternative of a b2coming farmers, the onslaught upon a the forests had begun in full vigor. ij There can be no doubt that the set- t tlement of Germans between the Saludao an4d Broad River grew very fast. It' was not long after the current of immi- p gration was started in that direction, si before one neighbor could visit another w~ along a short foot-path, and the curling p smoke could be seen from cottage to C cottage. To procure meat was a matter a: of sport. Only a few hours stroll, in b the way of amusement, was required a for supplying a household with veni- e son for a week, and the deer's forehead f< with his antlers attached was nailed o above every door; at the same time that t< the buckskin breeches formed part of s the paternal Sauday suit. Bread, however, was the great desideratum. Therefore the soil mrust be laid bare for tillage, and thus the blacksmith-the modern Tubal cain--became "a man of o might:" c ' 'Bv the fierce red light of his furnaca bright, '1'he strokes of his hammier rung ; And he lifted highi his brawny hand on the iron glowing clear,"s to shape the keen-edged axe. Now the o for"sts begin *:o ring with the strokes s that fell their stoutest trees, whose trunks the wvooden maul and the iron f< wedge rendl into rails for inclosing the s: young clearing, while the air grows a dim with the smoke thbat rises from the o -burning.of the crackling brush heaps; ti -and thus the first field in the Dutch p Fork is established. The origini of the 3 sweat in which mant must eat his bread fl is complex. It begins away back with r the first wound the axe infiets upon o the oak; and passes through various s stages of toil from the planting to the n rteas Here now the field is ready or the labor that is to belew the face ha vith the tokens of the curse; but before hat can take place the craft of Tubal sel ain must again be called into requisi- c; ion, and the hammer of the neighbor 2ood blacksmith rings upon the anvil, ali s he fashions the rugged ploughshare. of Chen soon the plougb-boy's whistle is as teard in the field, as likewise, at night- sis all, the lowing of the niilk-cow follow ng to the milking shed. "He that will tal iave a cake out of the wheat must tarry m he grinding"; but, lo!Summer is ready go vith his mills. a 1 I was once made acquainted with the de act that the distinctive manners and lik ustoms of the inhabitants of different Ge ections in European countries remain ch he same for century after century. bus, at the present date, a peasant of ty. 3urgundy can be as easily distinguish d from one of Picardy, as it could yo ave been done two hundred years ago; yo ud this was on account of adherence wS pecularities of character and raiment. yug established. Now, this is the case sta iore or less all over the world; and has yo een through' all time. It requires wi iore than a half century to change spl otably the characteristic habits of a wa eople. Therefore, the ways of the tre )utch Fork families were very much thi be same in 1826, as they were in 1750; let nd as I am not satisfied with the ieagerness of detail just given concern- thi g their agricultural beginnings, and ell: ave a bright recollection of the state at f their industry sixty years ago, I thi ball venture to describe a chopping bu ud log-rolling by assembled neighbors ior Then I was a boy eight or ten years Id,-believing that such a description De ill answer for a similar gathering at be time when John Adam Summer, cri be First, was in the zenith of his suc- bu ess. It was in the year 1S26-'28. Oue of th be most prosperous farmers in the wl )utch Fork had two fields separated by in bout fifteen acres of primitive forest. wl [is desire was to have these two fields inc nited by the removal of the woodland as -thus throwing all int" one large in- un losure containing in all fully forty th< cres. Accordingly, a negro boy of lisi roper age and intelligence was sent to in 1 the nearest neighbors, inviting them tio > repair with axes and handspikes to is "nassa's" on the next Monday, to )on in the morning, to assist in cut- ma ng down the woods in the gin-house Ja eld, and rolling the logs into heaps. mf .t the same, time he bore a message he om his "Missus" for all "de young it's immins to come later on in de day, ha: ringin' dare cards wid''em to card De )lls out o' cotton for spinnin' arter ards; and dare mammies muss come yo1 Long to, for insistence in cookin' of de de inner; and dare was gwine to be 'muse tent tel fur in de night." fhe appointed I'r torning came on, spari'ing with sun- is I iine and frost; for it was in the first is I eek of January. At the first break of - ay, four light-wood stumps, at nearly tra lual distances from one another were bri t ablaze to give light and warmth to lef ie neighbors when they should arrive the the place of labor. A stout jug of corn wI hiskey, made bitter by the liberal in- ha ~rtion of springs of double tansy, stood gal mtrally in the woods at-the roots of a lig -e-spreading dogwood selected to re- ho ta for a shade-tree under which to rel st for a little while when the heat of sid ie comning summer seasons might be 00: yo oppressive. This whiskey was pre- wi ared with tansy as a stomachic for th iving edge to their appetites for the re reakfast which was to be brought to th iem, just as the sun should rise above th 1e tree tops over towards the Cohee3 gr ioals. Now, the axe-men begin to sul take their appearance. The morning co: as scarcely begun to throw forward ex er crimson streamers, when their stal- lii art figures emerge from the darkness L ito the ruddy light afforded by the urning lightwood stumps. One by He ne at first and then in groups they yme. Each one strikes his axe into i trunk of a doomed tree, goes to the re to take a short warm, and to the jug soi take a long swig, and then, with the ad: ivariable preparation of the palms of ho eir hands, they grasp the axe-handles a ad begin the work of the day, though in gr< somewhat desultory mnanner,-not yet wI ithe vigorous methodic effort that is pr< anmate them under the inspection th< f the sun. for -Now, while the breakfast is being era repared, I will venture upon a digres- m< on. In the days of which I am now .Thi riting every farmer was boastfully roud of the qualities of his axe. No Tib ollins' razor-edged, convexed,surfaced is< es were then to be seen. The neigh- pr< orhood blacksnaiths kindly competed ani ith one another in giving points of for scellence to the implements they sent are )rth from their shops. At a working thi f some road or other I once listened I > a conversation substantially the set tine as the following: da: "Sam, who made your axe?" m "Why,Sum mers'York, "replied Sam; wi who made yourn?" th' "John Setzler made mine," said the fol her, "aud a better axe never jerked rid ips out of a tree." are "That's mighty true," remarked an- hoi her, coming up at the moment. "You roa se, John Setz.ler is the grandson of the haj Ed witch-gunsmith, who could put "oi pel's Iponl folks." hal "b>less you:: hearts, people," said a w-i urth party who heard what had been rej tid, "John aint the man as would take tali cvantage of sich a gift. I have hearn ap< guns what wouldn't go off when the pe: igger wvas pulled, if the witch what the ut the spell on the gun warn't willin'-.o lou all knows, Doctor Schmitt has in ickently done that at schootin'- "p atches; but never have I know'd one Sc] f John Setzler's axes ever failin' to let ink into the tree it was aim'd at, no a atter who was agin it."th ve you got to say 'bout your axe? This was.addressed to a small we b man, five feet five inches high, wi al-black hair and a sparkling eye. "Fellers," began Mike,-(Mike is s ve, bless him, close upon eighty yee age now, and as solid and as hon "the American Eagle on a silver 1 'Fellero, dese here axes you've t kin' 'bout mhy very well suit y in up here in de oak-woods; but down in de piney-woods, and ma ick at a well-season'd pine knot, a aidge of your axe will crumple .e as ef it was made out'n pe-ut utlemen, ef you wants a axe wat lk op off de horns of de d-" 'Whist! Mike none of your perfa 'Well," resumed Mike, "anyhow u jess git old Adam Bush to ma u a axe and temper it hisself, ef y Luts pertection agin Satan." 'Wel!, well, Mike,' cried all the t ,nders in.a bantering way, "let's s u try your tool upon this here 1 iat the Capting has ordered us it into splinters to git it out o' t ,y, 'cause it has been lyin' here spassin' on the rights o' the road I a last five year. Now let in, at 's see." . ike advanced, and, after biddi: a company scatter and give hi ow-room, be aimed a swinging blk the offensive log and his axe flew < a helve,-thus causing a great ou rst of laughter among his compa Is. 'Why, that won't do to make t ,vil flee from you," exclaimed Sai 'Tain't the fault of Adam Bush ed Mike. "It's mine, owin' to t uglin' way I put the helve in." 'Listen to me, men," began a s xa y giant who had been resting a lit1 iile from his labor; it's not so mu( the axe, arter all, but in the ar tat swings it. Look'e here." Sa which he exposed an arm almo hairy as Esau's, and muscles movir der his skin like piston-rods. He overseer of the road, who had be< :ening to the conversation, took pa it. He was a mp.a of wide observ n and sound thinking. 'Boys," said he, "you haven't g the bottom of the thing yet. G< Ly give a man a sirenger arm the ke here has got, and Setzler m; Lke for him his very best axe, but hasn't got the will to work, wb ijust putting good gifts into ti ads of good-for-nothingness. T vil take a lazy man, say I" 'But, Capting," enquired one, "d i ever yit disciver a lazy man Detch Fork?" 'Not yet," replied the Capain; "b a afraid the.time is coming. The ;oo much whiskey flowing and the oo much --." -Lo! here comes the procession ys on the heads of several negrc nging the breakfast. The axes s I sticking in the trees into whi y had been chopped at the mome en the procession app:eared. A lo llo greets the morning meal; a: thering .around the yet glowi htwood stumps they spend one jo ur in doing justice to the generc >ast; and leaving prostrate on e with stopper lost and nothi r.ing from its mouth the jug tU ilom contained the tansy bitte y rush back to their work wi dier wills and stronger arms. N< ey are all pr'esent, and they organ emselves for systematic labor. >ups of four skilled axe-men th rround the largest oaks, and th nmence tho'se sounds so splendic pressed by Pope in the celebret tes: d sountfs the axe, redoubling strokes strokes, all sides round the forest hurls her os adlona. Deep echoing groan the thick brown. en, rustling, crackling, crashing, thuni down. )ften have I listened to such gloric mnds; and early in life fostered miration for the above lines. E w four sturd.y men surround an oi rard in diamieter, two feet above t und, and after examining as iere the preponderance of limbs n bably incline it to fall they dir< ir strokes upon it,-one, two, thi ir;--one, two, three, four, in m< ito time, until they see the migh march totter, an rustling, crackling, crashing, thun< down. e length of ten feet of the fallen o ~ut off to be split into rails at t prietor's leisure. Perhaps a secor d often a third cut of ten feet is le that purpose, while the other pa: rolled into heaps to be burned wi brush-heaps. n the early hours of the day, afi ting the household in order.for t.h y's absence, the cheerful dam4 mnted upon the trusty family hoi th their thank'e bags dangling fro long horn of the side saddle, ai [owed by their laughing daughte ing the gayer animals of the farn rapidly approaching the proprieto: ase. Some few are coming along t: d that skirts the clearing, and p4 ps one may be heard accosting b d mnanowith the words: "Now Api i, don't you overdo yourself to-da liftin of demt logs." Listen at I 4y: "Nefler mind, Eva Kratel, I te care of myself. Do you jess .5 >ut havin me a goot dinner, and I readty to eat my share of it." Look t young fellow stealing away to t d and beckoning to a damsel bear with a blue, pellucid eye. Says I oly, do you know that Hen aneider is here to-day? Now, dor him turn you agin me to-night 7y, Fritz," she answers, "do y' nk I hain't got no sense?" Thei on Fritz hastens backr to hisax a - NEWBERRY AT th Oar "Progress a.:id O .i- esoa.rces :ill t ) EWBERRY is the County Seat of Newberry Con ty, S. C., and has a population of 3.500. It is* miles west of Columbia and is connected with t: in Capital by two Railroads, operated under distinct ai Du independent control. Being in the hill country of t] State, the visitor from the "low-country" is impressi ke with its undulating situation scarcely less than he 2d charmed by the freshness and buoyancy of the air. birdseve view of the Town, mantled in its spring-tin ur. verdure, affords a joyous fascination to the lover in nature. Notwithstanding the loveliness of her valley as well as the picturesqueness of her natural enviro: - ments, Newberry boasts not of these more than of h superior geographical position, the intelligence and r do finement of her people, the energy and alertness of h ke merchants, the learning and eloquence of her prof sional citizens. uSln1FeSS. 3~ HE Newberry Cotton Milli, located in the Tow ee with its 11,000 spindles give steady employment 400 operatives. This is a home enterprise. T] to Mill is ably managed by experienced and kind-heart( be officers. The operatives are genteel and law-abidin a have their own house of worship, and in all essentia or are good citizens of the community. It is the intentic id of the stockholders to double the capacity of the Mill an early date. Ig M The Newberry Cotton Seed Oil Mill and Fertiliz w Company, recently established, is a paying enterprise, under good management, and turns out a high grai fertilizer, in addition to the oil and meal. n. Passing allusion only can be made to other industrie all prosperous, such as Planing Mills, Saw Mills, Buga 3e and Wagon Factory, Ginnery, &c. D. Newberry is noted for her hospitality to strangers, I " whom a cordial welcome is ever extended. ,e The Town of Newberry is synonymous with busine activity and prosperity. The merchants are progressia ,r. and rank high in the commercial world for integrity ar le stability. Newberry draws trade from several countie h and by reason of its central position is a popular mark m for the cotton planter living within a radius of tweni y miles from the Town. The business of the Town la st year was about $2,000,000. 'g ew berr~j G ~uttq. m 6HE history of Newberry is interwoven with the hi rt tory of the South. Her sons and her daughte: a- who have gone forth in the world have added lust and renown to the places of their adoption. The Couni ot was established as such in the year of grace 1784; ha >d ing been part of that territory comprising certain uppE Ln counties of South Carolina, described as the "cl,as Ly ground of the American Revolution." Her people hai ir been known for more than a centary for their braver; y, their devotion to duty, for their thrift and energy. Ti ie early settlers of her historic dales were innred to har< ie ships and perils and to the "narrow affairs of home," bare recital of which in these piping times of peace at id plenty, would fill one with thrilling emotions. Doub in less we may find in these privations the causes of. ti sturdiness, the resolution, the stability of character, whi< at is nowhere more conspicuous than in the people of NeN re berry County. The Scotch-Irish who settled a part i re this county exhibit traits, such as tenacity to principl love of truth and absolute fearlessness, that has ever at of everywhere marked them as the best of any countr es Besides, there are those of German extraction whose ui re yielding energy and good- husbandry is the distinguis :b ing characteristic of the Teutonic race. "* ch il. id ~HE soil of Newberry is not inferior in point of fe otility to that of any part of South Carolina. TI lybottom lands contain a large percentage of alluvi US deposits, making fertilizers almost unnecessary in i oghandles it with a vigor altogether un- The scene is v at usual with him. mind's eye; and: ~' So the day's work has been started! the present tens th on its course. Tbe axe's stroke re-I place glows with souds ontnuoslyamistthe crash "odman" sits a of falling trees and the whoop of tri- hearth and the Inumphant labor. other; while some ey Meanwhile, at the house the girls, and female, exte enwith the inimitable red lips and rosy leaving a vacanc; lycheeks that result only from the free the large chambE ed play of untrammeled respiratory organs, all day been eng range themselves around in the largest work. Now the onl apartment, and ply their cards with long-forgotten ru ks that quick, grating sound which is no thrust aside by ti Slonger heard in these days, and remem- nalities of cotillic ler bered only by a few old people who, as my recollection c if beckoned by it, follow after toward jroyments are pie us the realms of silence. How merrily viction of their mringing is -the tell-tale.jaugh in answer begin with the pl ee to the playful insinuation. How un- pleased?"--wavii k,ceasingly do the heaps of cotton rolls chief for gently bincrease, and how gently are they lIfted Next, perhaps, is to up to be carefully laid away in barrels round the rosemi ifor future spinning by the family on the morning"; D< Ct coming rainy days and bright winter game of forfeits ~'evenings. Out in the yard under the question "fine or wide-reaching white oak is heard the. that very fellow ty loud hammering connected with the already mention erconstruction of the dinner-table forty forfeit might regt eyards long with space for eighty plates Felder, is, throu and elbow-room enough for the guests Polly and Fritz 3 be to "help thems~elves and feel at home." 1to look up the ch: d, Savory odors of baking meats spread fool look at your aft over the premises, and the evidences of and I am anothei -ts chicken-pies, custards, and rice pud- play which at th th diugs are overwhelming. "tel fur in de nigi Thus the day passed on. A bout iyouthfulness of o three o'clock, the axe-men looked i second childhoot er about them, and found that all the feelings chastene< sir trees in the gin-house field which had takes of mianhood ~' greeted them in the early morning now member the thril se lay prostrate on the ground, except the heart, of only ten:a m spreading dogwood reserved for'a short fI watched with d ibut refreshing rest in te midday heat ten passing from rs ofapproachingsummerseasons. When that night, and I ~' everything was ready at the hous'-, the accomnpanyilg i s dinner-horn was sounded; and all manner of it. A ie work being ended, the axes and the centre of the rt r- cards were laid aside, and thbe guests marches a proces er prepared themselves to surround the maidens. They a- table groaning under a profusion of leading couple be L delicacies and substantials for which high soprano ton not one cent was req1uired to be ex- 11,hi an,and hi pended. strmAn-uh Io This, all this was in the olden Adnrinigig o '11 Time, long ago, at when such a thing as a lock was un - This is followed ie known in glorious Dutch Fork; and singing in deep, b a- when there was outlay of money for a hat on his partn e: little else but sugar, coffee, and the di- H'it's put this hat o: minutive bakof Turkey Red. The htak war-rum, ~tpromise of the negro boy, in delivering you no bar-rum. n" the message of his "mnissus" "dat dere * * >uwas nrwine to be 'musemient fur into de The thick, roul e.night," soon began its fulfilment, after change drops befc id the enjoyment at the table. -< wn vanishes. THE CENTENNIAL. -The Pa phlet Reaz ny Thoz.sa:.ds a- growing of Indian maize. This is also nearly if nol I7 quite true of an upland portion of Newberry County ie better known as Dutch Fork, named in honor of the id Germans who have done so much in the development of ie the resources of their adopted home. The County i; ad freely watered by bold streams, tributaries to the Broad is on the East and Saluda on the West. A All the cereals grow luxuriantly upon Newberry soil, ie but cotton is the main staple, which under favorable con f ditions, average one-half to one bale to the acre. The s, prudent and wide-awake farmer reaps ample returns fo2 2- the expenditure of his labor and the exercise of wisdom :r and foresight: here, as everywhere, labor conquers all e- things and difficulties disappear and vanish under the er magic touch of perseverance and pluck. s- 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 Delaware, a, most luscious of the fruit, reaches a high degree of per to fection in this latitude. 1e Newberry abounds in granite of a superior quality, d and while the industry has not been developed, the , opportuhity for money-making in this line is nowhere Ls more favorable. Already it is sought after, and has been n employed in near and remote places in the construction it of private and public buildings. limate. is .""HILE Newberry cannot be id to be the Nice le '.A. of America, still the percentag' of diseases and death is not more, if indeed not less than some s, portions of South Carolina. The climate is mild and -y genial. The county is subject to no epidemics. Here, hale old age, of which Cicero writes so exultantly, and o of which many hoary headed residents testify, is attained by that exercise of prudence and observance of the laws ;s of health. without which nowhere is longevity enjoyed. s, t HE Press of Newberry is under able editorial con trol. and abreast with modern journalism... The t tone is high, sensationalism and vulgarity too often found in the popular journals, being eschewed and con demned. s HE Schools of Newberry are flourishing. They are 'e maintained by public funds and private subscrip y tion. Newberry College, under the care of the Lutheran ,r Church, is well attended. The President and Professors are men of scholarship and learning. The graduates of *e Newberry College are filling their respective spheres in life with credit to their alma mater. There are matric e ulates at the College each year from several States. . The Graded Schools of Newberry, with an enrollment a af 030, are doing excellent work in the cause of educa .d tion, and the citizens appreciate their graded schools 6. more than-all else. The schools of the County are well 1e supported. Newberry is heartily enlisted is the came h of education and gives ready support to all measures . looking to the intellectual advancement of the people. ), 0, iPeheS. d EWBERRY is blessed with churches, the denomi nations being Presbyterian, Methodist, Lutheran, Baptist, Associate Reformed and Episcopal. The fL nancial 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 Ssincerity to artisan, to farmer, or professional man. rThere is room for everybody. Here is open-handed ilhospitality. LO Columbia Centennial, 18.91. ividly present in my BITTEN BY A MAD GOOSE. [must describe it in e. The spacious fire- The Wife of a Michagan Farmer Under heat and light. The Treatment at the Pastuer Institute. tone corner of the - [New York Sun.] "old woman" at the IDr. Paul Gibier of the Pastuer Insti Snear neighbors, male tute is treating a woman from Corun ad the circle, though na, Michigan, who has a badly lacer ir toward the center of ated finger. Her husband, a well-to *r where the girls had do farmer, owned a large dog, which 'aged in their merry about three months ago was bitten by mirth begins. The a strolling mongrel which was un stic p)lays have been doubtedly rabid, and in turn inserted ie more elegant car-i his teeth ini the flesh of a goose, a pig, ns and waltzes; but and several cows. The pig and cows f these antiquated en- died of hydrophobia, as a.certained by asant under the con- -a veterinary surgeon after an analysis harmlessness. 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[Special to the New York Press.] COLUMBUS, Ind., 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 eveat, and will go into history as the second of the kind in the century, the first being in 1810 and the place twenty-three miles west of Washington city, in the District of Columbia, which yet re mains a flat stone on which was then cu, "Center of Population." The monument erected to-day was of oblitic limestone ta!. : from Bedford (Ind.) quarries. weighs four tons, is fifteen feet hirh and bears the inscription, "Center of Population of the United States." In 1700 the center of population was Y bout twenty-three miles east of Balti more. During the decade from 1790 to 1800 it appears to have moved al most due west to a point about eigh teen miles west of the same city. The next decade it moved westward and slightly southward to a point about fqrty miles northwest by west from 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 Mississippi, Alabama and Eastern Georgia. From 1820 to 1830 it moved. still westward snd southward to a point about nineteen miles south west of Moorfield, in the present State of West Virginia. This is the most decided southward movement that it has made during any decade. It ap pears to have been due in part to the addition of Florida territory, and in part to the great extension of settle ments in Louisiana, Mississppi and Arkansas, or generally, it may be said, in the Southwest, but slightly changed it direction northward, reaching a point sixteen miles south of Clarksburg, W. Va. During this decade settlement had made decided advances in the prairie States and is the southern por tions of Michigan and Wisconsin, the balance of increased settlement evi dently being in favor of -the North west. From 1840 to 1850 it moved west ward and slightly southward again, reaching a point about twenty-three miles southeast of Parkersburg, W. Va. the change of direction southward be ing largely due to the annexation of Texas. From 1950 to 1860 it moved westward and slightly northward, reachi.ng point twenty miles south of Chiilicothe, Ohio. From 1860 to 1870 it moved westward and sharply north ward, reaching a point about forty eight miles east by north of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1880 the center of popuTation - had returned southward to nearly the same latitude which it had in ~1860. This southward movement was due only in part to an imperfect enumiera 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 from immigration south ward. During the past decade the center of population has moved northward into practically the same latitude which it occupied in 1870. It has moved west forty-eight miles, being less by ten miles than its movement during the preceding decade ; six miles greater than the movement between 1860 and 1870, and slightly less -than the average westward movement since the first census its present position being ir. katitude 39~ deg. IT minutes 59 seconds and longitude 85 degres 32 minutes 53 seconds. American Bible Society. NEw YORK, May 13.-The Ameri can Bible Society ce'ebrated its seven ty-fifth anniversary to-day. Of the sixty delegates who were present at the organization of the society seventy five years ago, but one is living. He was present at the meeting to-night in Chickering Hall and pronouiced the benediction. Dyspepsia causes depraved blood, which, in time, affects every organ and function of the body. As a reme dy for these troubles, nothing can ap pr'oach Ayer's Sarsaparilia. It vital izes the blood, strengthens the stoin ach, and corrects all disorders of the liver and kidneys. Indians Alarmed at La Grippe. SPRAGUE, Wash., May 12.-The In dians in Okanogar County are in a state of consternation owing to the prevalance of Ia grippe. One hundred or more have died. The Indians are moving out rapidly for Idaho and other parts, carrying all their posses sions with therm. A Hundred Years to Corne. Wouldn't you like to live until the year A. D. 2000, just to see the people and the world generally? Who knows but youi.mnight, if you observe the laws of health, and keep the Stomach, Liver and Bowels in full action. The best medicine known for this is Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They are small, sugar coated granules, but powerful to cure; produce no nausea or griping; easy to take, and a sure cure for biliousness, constipation, headache, and diseases produced by an inactive liver. A con venient vest-pocket 'nedy. COOSAW AGAIN AT WORK. Mining Rock But Not Paying the StateF Cent. [Greenville News, 14th.] A private telegram received here yesterday brought news that the Coo saw Mining company is again at work, having resumed operations yesterday morning. It has moved its whole pLant and force to the creeks owned by the Pacific Guano company. These creeks are not navigable we.ters, but ar believed to be rich in rock of a good - quality. The Coosaw conipeny, it is stated pays the Pacific company a dollar a ton for the rock mined in the Pacific territory and will do business in its new field as formerly. Those who are in position to know say that this move will enable the Coo saw company to hold the fort indefin itely and will avoid the need for re moving its pl nt to Florida, which was being seriously considered. Coosaw's friends are now in high spirits, as the new arrangement keeps the company in the market and saves it from serious loss. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. The Supreme Lodge in Stssion in Now Orleans. YEW ORLEANS, May 13.-The Supre me Lodge Knights of Honor at to-day's session heard the reports of the officers, which show that there are 2,573 work ing lodges with a membership of 137, 000 Knights of Honor in goodstanding. The benefit fund has a balanceof on hand of $138,000,and paid out duringthe year to widows and orphans $3,533,000. The general receipts for the year - amounted to $97,000 and there is a bal ance of $51,000 s':il1 due to this account. MEET IN CHARLESTON NEXT YEAIR CHARLESTON, May 15.-Charleston has been selected as the place for the holding of the next annual national convention of the Knights of Honor. The meeting will be held in May, 1891, and will include representatives from every State in the Union. WILL NOT RESIGN. The Auditor of Marion County Resfuses to Vacate His Office. [Special to the Begister] MARION, May 14.-General Ellerbe's letter to Auditor L. H. Little, asking him to resign has caused much com ment here. The stock of the Ma on banks was returned at $135, ad-wM cut down to 95 by the board of ases sors. When the return was made to ,., the Comptroller General he ordered the Auditor to increase it to $1.45. Mr. Little refused to do this and the Attor ney General then wrote, asking him to resign his office. This Mr. Little has also refused to do. He has retained counsel, and says he will only be e moved after all legal resistance has been made. The banks have also de cided to resist any attempt to increase their assessment. Ar. Oregon Farmer Wants a. Wife. - BROCKTON, Mass., May II.-Post- - master Hollywood has regeived the following letter : HALE, Ore., April 26, 1891. Postmaster, sir, if you will be so kind to send me some names of your women I would like to correspond with good and respectful women that would-like a good home in the West. I havea a farm, horses, cattle, fruit, and Henes Hous, well fearneshed. I live on the. county road leadin' to tidewater and a grate many stop with me for meals and sta all night. I need a good long wife that plain talk. 1 want a lady bout 35 or 40 years old weight 150 Heltby a woman of good carrecter. I don't 'ike oregun women- Tha are not raised to work. Now, friend, if you will pick me out a good one that is ofgood dis posion and have her send to me her potograf and help me to gain her I will mak a nice Dressant. I want a woman that bad 'not bin mared, rite soon. Respectful yours, Wizard.Edison's Vision. - CHICAGo, May 12.-Thomas A. Edi son, the electrical wizard, arrived here * to-day. When asked if he had an elec trical novelty in store for the Colum bian Exposition, he said : "Well, I have a thing in view, but the details are yet. somewhat hazy. My intention is to have such a happy combination of photography and elec tricity that a man can sit in bis. own parlor and see depicted upon a curtain the forms of the players in opera.upon a distant stage and hear the v J.ces of the singers. When the system is per fected, which will be in time for the fair, each lit tle muscle of the singer's face will be seen to work, every color of his or her attire will be exactly re produced, and the stride and positions will be as natural as and very like those of the live characters." Sudden Death of Mrs. D. Biemaan. [Special to The State.] WA L HALLA, S. C., May 14.-Mrs. D..Biemann, widow of-the late Hon. D. Biemiann, dropped dead to-day at 1 o'clock. Cause, apoplexy. The stroke -ame on while she was sitting by the bedside of her sick daughter. She sur vived her husband only two months. Mrs. Biemann was a most lovable woman, and her death has east agloom >ver our entire community.I Subscribers Paying Up. [From the Elli.iay Courier.] During the last few weeks we have received at this office a wild white rab bit, a fout-foot miountain rattlesnake with nine rattles, a box of small green mnakes,:numnerous.boxes of fiowers, andK~ ? live kitten.