The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-15
sEwAToR DIETRICH BIEMANN.
A German Pioneer I'm South Carolina
What yndustry and Energy may
Achieve-yvalhalIa- REM
fniscences OF Its Growth.
TRANSLATED for THE NEWS from the Cincinnati
Deutsche Pioneer.]

TRANSLATED for The NEWS from the Cincinnati
Deutsche Pioneer.l
Merits can neither be measured by results
nor BY the influence which man may exercise
upon his immediate surroundings, nor oy the
esteem bestowed by his grateful 1eIoW,cinaens. @ ~ @
The trials and difficulties which he had to over
come, and the opposition he had to encounterin
the combat OF life, should be taken into consider.
alton. While we certainly shall not Wltnnold on"
homage from the man who was bern under thc
and birth has had every means anorded nam ior
thorough education and culture, our admiration
Ia due in much greater degree to the man who,
by himself, alone, without any extraneous ASSIST,
.,-; md under unfavorable circumstances, mas
achieved an acknowledged position and exercised
= sSenencent influence upon his fellow citizens.
prom this standpoint should be yiewso toe o- sao-
lest of the present biographical sSetcn,. Senator
TGetrch Biemann, Of Walhalla, Oconee county.
8 q Ee has achieved for himself an honorable
and enyiable position, and this, too, upon PAIN
with oweIs the saeaIer saeav Years sag wef
not iIlumined by the sunshine Of fortune. Ae was
born in 1915, In Thedinghausen, IN the Ducoy OF
Brunswick. his parents, honest aHnooga pOoa'
ven able to gtye him but very Limited eauca.
tionS After ie left school he was aporenuced 10 o
butcher, but young Dietrich had llitie taste Ior
this pursuit. he was desirous OF seeing tne
and paeSet shp unnng
that time from Bremen to the United s1ates: Inc
:harsh and unjust treatment, however, Wnica nc
received at the hands OF the .tyrannlcai anu
the vessel upon its arrival IN Baltimore
in 1913, and not finding suitable employ
ment in that city, he came to Cnarlestnn,
where he met friends VINO assisted and enaoeo
him to 20 into business. few years afterwards.
when General ]. A. WAGNER founded German
society for the purpose OF establishing pniely
German town in the mountains OF sousn CarOna, .,,
Mr. Bienann became one OF Its members: Win
capital OF $4,000. The society purchases, IN WnaI
was then Pckens District. tract OF ~ OoO acres,
and in 1S40 General WAGNER Qor many years
president OF the society," made the hrst cus inso
the pine tree which waste mark the centre or the
future town. Where at that time stood notnlDg
but yerdant forests. now fiourshes the German
Wa1halla OF 1900 souls, and tae present terminus
OF the. blue Ridge Railroad. II has steadily grown
In commerce. and during the past year shippe'i NO
less than COCO bales Of cotton. The country
sfound Is one of,the 1nest and most saluorious III
America-the Italy OF the New World--in res.
pecr to climate. water and soil. The htile
town has q brilliant future, although most
Of its industrial resources still lie dormant
Splendid wine and excellent fruit are pro
soil returns rich crop or grain. hops tnere
grow wild tn great luxurlance. barley teid.
last summer, yielded elghty-eight bushels per
acre What temptation for speculative discl.
pie of,Gambrni to choose Waln ala for his abode,
especially as It Is still without brewery, and
mustquenc its thirst with imported beer.
Mr.. Biemann moved to this place in 1850, and
built the first house, the Walhalla Hotel, with
eight rooms. General WAGNER and q few Ger
man builders we're the first guests, but the town
grew 80 rapidly, that Mr.. Biemann soon found
himself obliged to enlarge his house, and to-day
it contains forty.two comfortable rooms. and lie
seldom seats less than fifty guests at his table.
Ar: Biemann also carries on large general mer
camille business. besides conducting large farm
In the Y cinity Of the tOwn.
: Possessing foresight. and being prudent and
frugal and assisted by his industrial and indefat-
igable wife, we need not be surprised that his
wealth increased visibly year BY year. He Is now
rch but his riches are the fruit OF hard labor and
honest industry. 1t need not be said thai he Is
generous and lends helping hand when he has
reason to believe assistance will be well bestowed.
he is public. spirited, and never shrnSs from max
hg even the largest sacrifices when called upon
Tor work Of public utility. As an instance, he
is said to have contributed $1,000 10 the Lutheran
college eituat ed in that town.
IL Is no wonder that under these circumstances
his German fe felow-ctizcn', as well as native
Americans living in the vicinity. have ever delight.
ed In bestowing upon him offices Of trust and
honor. With his clear and farseeing common
sense, and his dislnterested benevolence he has
become the head Of the German population Of
Oconee County. and they did not Know how to
honor him more worthlly than ny electing him to
the ONCE Of senator. He has also long been the
president Of the German Lutheran corporation OF
sWalhaDa.