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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-17

Headquarters South Carolina Diyi-
sion, United Sons Of Confederate
Veterans
Anderson, S. c., Sept. 4, 1897.
General Orders No. s: The COM
manding officer desires to congratu-
late the division on tho outcome of
the meeting held at Greenville on
the 25th Of August, ultimo. Despite
the fact that but a short notice had
been given Of this meeting, and in
spite Of the fact that several Of the
camps had but just been organized,
there were fourteen camps repre-
sented by delegates, and there were
present from camps and unattached
large number OF Sons of Veterans.
The delegaes were apparently deep
ly impressed with the honor and
dignity of our cause; the personnel
of the Delegates was admirable and
the intelligent interest displayed, in
all the proceedings was marked.
That the meeting has resulted in
good to the Order has been made
manifest by the fact that since it
was held there have been organized
two vigorous camps, at Pendleton
and Seneca, and several more are in
process Of formation. Gen. Smyth,
commander-in- chief, was present,
and it goes without saying that his
wise counsel and his experience went
far to make the meeting successful
and interesting.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Major General
Of division, NJ. L. Bonham; briga-
dier general 1st brigade, F. H. Mo-
Master; brigadior general I'd brigade,
G. A. Durham; brigadior general Sd
brigade, f. T. Capers.
The next annual meeting will be
held in Charleston at the time of the
meeting of the Veterans, The ad-
vantage Of thus meeting with these
old heroes will be fully understood
and appreciated by those of us who
were at the meeting in Greenville.
At this meeting the Sons OF Vete-
rams were pledged to raise the sum
Of $3.50 to aid the old Veterans to
rear monument to the women OF
the Confederacy. This will neccessi.
tate contribution from each camp
Of $40, but camps are not restricted
to this amount. This sum can be
raised by camps in the way most
convenient to them. When the
amount has been contributed lot il
be sent to the adjutant general oil
this divisioIl, who will forward it to
the persons having the matter in
hand. 1t is felt that it is wholly
necessaryto urge upon the chivalric
Sons of tho Veterans OF South Caro-
lima the sacred nature of the duty Of
thus doing honor to the memory o.
the self-sacriticing women of the
South.
The division staff will remain az
at present constituted until furthe
orders,
BY order M. L. Bonham, Com
manding Division.
Official: H. FL. Watkins Adjutan
General.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-17

State Constitution, will be passed. L
40 PSI mean to say by this, however,
thst l shall vote for such law, as l
have not fully made up my mind
as to what is best. to be done.
ARTHUR KIBLER.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-17
Take JOHlNSON'S
CHILL q FEVER
TONIC aaaasaa~~
SONS OF VETERANs.

A General Order Issued by Con. Nj. l.. Bon
ham, Commander this Division.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-17
CHEAPER vHISKEY.

Board of Control Reduces the Grade of Xxx
A Big Order.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17
Stop! Women, ,

And consider that in addressing Mrs.
Pinkham you are confding your private
Ills to a woman-a woman whose ex-
perience in treating woman's diseases
is greater than that of any living ply
sician, male or female.
You can talk freely to woman when
1t is revolving to relate your private
troubles to a man; besides, a man does
not understand, simply because he isa
man.
MRS. PINKHAM'S STANDING
INVITATION.
Women suffering from any form of
female weakness areinvited topromptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. ALI letters are re-
ceived, opened, read, and answered by
women only. A woman can freely
talk of her private illness to a woman.
Thus has been established. the eternal
confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and
the women of America which has never
been broken. Out of the vast volume
of experience which she has to draw
from, it is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge that
will help your case. She asks nothing
in return except your good will, and
her advice has relieved thousands.
Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very
foolish if she does not take advantage
of this generous offer of assistance.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17

were no forests near at hand from
which lumber could be made. But they
went to work under the direction Of a
masterful leader, turning the waters of
a canyon stream upon the hard alkaline
soil and stalking the last of their stock
of potatoes ON the venture. The result
Of this desperate beginning is seen in
the Utah Of to-day.
Utah of Today.
This latest Of American States con-
tains nearly 100000 people on the occa-
sion of it's fiftieth anniversary. or
these less than one-third Live in large
towns, Salt Lake City, the metropolis
and capital, containing about 10000,
and Ogden it's cheerful rival, about 1O,-
600. More than two-thirds of the total
population is dispersed in mining
camps, ON the stock range and over a
myriad of farms.
While Utah owes much Of it's present
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17

farms range from three to twenty acres
the smallest of any State in the
Union. They are universally devoted
to diversified agriculture, and thus rem
der their unmortgaged proprietors alb
solutely self-sustaining.
In another important respect these
farms differ from those elsewhere.
Their owners do not live, as a rule,
upon the farm acreage, but in villages
or home centers. These are located at
central points in bodies of 5000 to 1O,-
600 acres. The farmers have their
homes on acre lots in these villages,
getting from this small area many of
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17
Present Decision.

If, instead Of being Influenced by a
hazy and underlined feeling, we bring
clear thought to bear upon it, we shall
find that the only supreme and final
test Of conduct must ever be the convic-
tons which we hold at the time.
Not whether any other person or the
whole world approve or disapprove, nor
even whether we may or may not con-
tinue in future years to maintain them
ourselves, must be our question, but
whether at the present moment we be-
lieve in our mmost heart that such a
course is the true and right one to pur-
sue.
If this be not our guide-if any other
voice, opposing that Of conscience, be
obeyed-then we act in defiance of our
own moral sense, which is plainly the
swapping Of character.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17

Report comes from Carryville, CAL,
to the effect that II. u. Osborne, late OF
the Express of Los Angeles but now
special correspondent of the Examiner
for the Trinity gold fields, has bought a
mine for $4,000 and bonded another prop.
erty for s5O,OCO.
The Armagosa, which is located
seventy-fve miles north of Daggett, is
an interesting mine. 1t has been work
ed for over half century. In the Office
of the company are old implements that
were found in the mine when it was
recently reopened There are also some
large chunks of ore, showing free gold
in liberal quantities.
jamestown and the surrounding
country is excited ON account of the
rich strike in the Tanzy mines, operated
under lease by Colby and Beckwith.
The mine is located on the mother lode,
near Sonora. The workmen struck a
pocket, and in ten hours they had taken
$31 900 in gold from the pocket, and
there is said to be much more to follow.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17
THE MORMON TABERNACLE.

far end of Prince George County, on
the Introduction Of a friend of mine
and his, who said as he wasn't good
for anything else, perhaps he might
be made handy in store. I took him,
just to be accommodating, Of course,
and promised to give him a chance to
rise.
He was about 10 years old, and wrote
poetry between times, so I put him to
sweeping out as starter. He gould
sweep we'll enough, and after week
1 put him to doing the chores, and ad-
vised him to study the stock while he
was resting.
After about six weeks of this kind of
training concluded he knew enough
to take charge of my scrap counter,
which was a counter where I put all
my old stuff about every sixty days,
with the most Of 1t marked in big fig
ures and with the additional informa-
ton to those looking for bargains that
there would be 10 off for cash.
Trade was lively the morning put
him at it, and he was doing as we'll, If
not better, than the more experienced
clerks, for noticed several people get
ting around his way and getting out
pretty quick with what they had
bought. I didn't think much about the
why's and wherefores until the young
fellow came to me at the desk with
suit of clothes in his hands to ask me to
explain something. The suit bore a
large white card inscribed with big
black "$8."
II don't quite understand this" says
he. ''The others sold were marked
$10.75, $11.5O, $11.98, $12 and S12.48,
and it was easy enough to calculate
what 10 off would be and sell them for
IS cents, $3.50, $1.9s, 50 and $24S, but
I'll be doggoned if I see how you're go
ing to throw $40 off Of an So suit, un-
less you want to give the customer 81,
and I reckon you amt that liberal,
even at the scrap counter, are you?"
1t mighty near gave me spasm, that
did, concluded the gentleman, and 1
put another clerk at my discount coun-
ter p. d. q.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17
UTAH'S BIG JUBILEE.
RECENTLY CELEBRATED HER
SEMI-CENTENNIAL
Fifty.Years Ago Brigham Young, the
Mormon Prophet, Led His People
Into the "Promised Land" and Laid
the Foundat tion of a State.
Founding a State.

The people Of the State of Utah re-
Gently completed their big celebration
of the semi-centennial anniversary Of
the arrival of Brigham Young and his
band of 1,160 pioneers in the valley of
the Great Salt Lake. Almost full
week was required to fittingly observe
the great empire building work Of Brig
ham Young.
1t was on July "a, 1S47, that the pio-
neers emerged from the rugged defile
now known as Emigration Canyon >ud
faced a broad and sunny valley, which
sloped gently to the shores of an in
land sea. On the east, the Wasatch
Mountains, and on the south and west
the Oquirrh range made grim walls
about the desert When the pilgrims
had proceeded little further they saw
large fresh lake a few miles to the
south, emptying it's surplus waters into
the inland sea through a slender river.
These odd conditions suggested strik-
Ing comparison to Brigham Young, who
felt that he was Moses leading a new
tribe of Israel to new promised land.
The fresh lake was the sea of Tiberias,
the salt one the Dead Sea, the river
was, of course, the Jordan. This, then.
was the new Palestine; and here the
leader and his followers would build a
new Jerusalem. Advancing a few miles
into the valley, and halting near the
banks Of a roaring brook, Brigham
Young struck his staff upon the ground
and exclaimed: "Here we will rear our
temple in holiness to the Lordv'
The small party of emigrants who
ended their tiresOme and dangerous pill
grimage In the Utah desert fifty years
ago gave but the slightest promise of
founding an enduring State. They
had come to an arid land, and possessed
neither canals nor the slightest knowl-
edge of the art of irrigation They had
but a scanty store of provisions, and
thousand miles Of deserts and noun
tains lay between them and amy base
Of supplies. They had no shelter save
that offered by the canvas coverings
Of their crowded wagons, and there
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17

prosperity to its mines, and will be
even more deeply indebted to this item
of it's resources in the future, the broad
foundation Of it's economic life Is in Its
irrigated soil. There are some remark
able facts to be recorded about It's 49,
816 farms. In the first place, 1884 Of
them are absolutely free of all incum-
brance. The average size Of these
farms is twenty-seven acres, but as
some large ranches are included in this
estimate, the figure given for the aver
age is rather too high. The typical
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17

There is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced it local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment
pronounced it incuroble. Science has
proven catarrh to be a constitutional dis
ease, and therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufac-
tured by f. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is the only constitutional cure on the mar
ket. 1t is taken internally in doses from 10
the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address.
f. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17

him Of strong support among the mem
bers of the church, not even when he
vigorously attacked the leaders for
"using the Livery Of heaven to serve the
devil in," as he once did In the heat of
the campaign. The first Representative
chosen to Congress, G. e. Allen, had
been for years powerful and uncom-
promising opponent Of the church. But
he was elected with the aid of Mormon
votes. The twelve apostles are divided
between the two great parties. The
division which has come after forty
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17

the things they consume, ard having
the social advantages Of town life to a
considerable degree. The church is
also the dance hall, and in the remotest
hamlet there is a Sunday night dance
led by. the bishop. These social ar
rangements have contributed much to
the contentment of the farming popu-
lation. There has been less tempta-
ton for the boys and girls to leave the
soil and go to the large towns than
elsewhere. The people Live under such
conditions that neither panics, strikes
nor wars could seriously menace their
three meals a day.
The MOrmonS are admittedly the
founders Of irrigation among Anglo
Saxons. Until they made their first
rude canal from City Greek ON that
July day, in 1847, men Of their race had
never dealt seriously with this indus
try. AS the pioneers enjoyed practi-
cal equality in the matter Of property,
their irrigation works were necessarily
built by means of cooperative labor.
Every man performed his share of the
work and received his proportion of
stock in the company which owned the
canal. 1t was nearly forty years after
the first settlement was made before
costly works were built by outside cap
ital, and the innovation was not re-
garded with favor by the Mormons. In
Utah the stores, factories and banks
are owned very generally by joint stock
companies, consisting of multitudes Of
small shareOwners.
The Mormon Church.
After a half century the Mormon
church is still dominant facter in the
life of Utah. In numbers and in wealth
1t Is, of course, a far greater church
than it was fifty years ago. The prac-
tice of polygamy, suspended by formal
edict in 1890, is now thing of the past,
speaking in broad terms. But the doc
trine is still religiously held among the
tenets Of the church. It is doubtless
sincerely believed in by the majority of
the people, and is usually mere vigor-
ously defended by the women than by
the men. There are occasional arrests
under the Edmunds-Tucker law, but
there seems no reason to doubt the
good faith of the church in discounte-
nancing the practice.
The older generation Of Mormons
rule the church, but the younger gen.
Grafton rule the State. The Governor,
the two Senators and one Representa-
tive are natives and Of Mormon parent
age, though Senator Rawlins is said to
be an apostate. Contrary to general ex-
pectations, this fact has not deprived
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17
CHEAP IRRIGATION.

The Hercules Gas Engine Works Of San
Francisco, CAL, the largest builders of gas,
gasoline and oil engines ON the Coast, are
making extensive preparations for the
seasons business.
They are filling several orders for largo
irrigating plants and as this line of their
business increases each season, it Is safe to
preciating the advantages of irrigation with
water pumped by this cheap power.
The Hercules Works are at present build.
ing an so II. P. engine for Geo. r. Packer,
Colusa, which will raise 60O0 gallons per
minute from the river and distribute it over
his land. This will be the largest gasoline
pumping plant in existence.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17
TAPE WORMS AEl7E EHRElEFP TfPH

HEAD complete, in from II minutes to two
hours by ''SLOCUM'S TAPE WORM
SPECIF1C," requiring no previous or af-
ter treatment, such as fasting, starving,
dieting, and the taking of nauseous and
poisonous drugs causing no pain, sickness,
discomfort or bad after effects. No loss of
time, meals or detention from business.
This remedy has NEVER failed. CURE
GUARANTEED. Over 5000 cases sue
cessfully treated since 1888. Write for free
kSLOCUM SPECIFIC CO.,
Auditorium bid. Spokane, Wash.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17
A Congressman's Horseshoes.

Congressman Russell, of Connecti-
cut, has something like bushel Of
horseshoes which he has picked up.
Six or eight fine specimens ornament
or disfigure his apartments at the Ham
ilton in Washington, and the remainder
Of the bushel, except few, are stored
in an old box at his home in Killingly.
The few which are especially reserved
from the collection in the box are
hanging on the port waist oar which
Russell used to pull winning stroke
with in the old cared crew Of Yale
College in '73.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17
Lives on Insects.

There is a quaint plant which grows
In pea bogs. 1t has large flowers, with
an odd umbrella-like shield in the cor
ner. The leaves are generally about
half full of rain water, i'm which many
insects are drowned Some naturalists
say that the flower lives ON the drowned
insects
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17

We can afford to say:
Get every sort Of ScAz-
Hng's Best tea of your
grocer, and get your money
back on what you don't
like"
Your tea trade for the
rest Of your life is worth the
risk and besides, there is
no risk.
ASchling & Company
San Francisco 4T
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17
HE WAS A BRILLIANT CLERK.

How a Virginia Prodigy Gave a 1G
Per Cent. Discount.
I once had promising bud of genius
in my store down On the James River,
said a VirgiDian to reporter. l keep
a general store there, and this bud, that
promised to bloom into seven kinds Of
a loo loo flower, came to me from the
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17
UncrOwned Rulers.

There are many reigning sovereigns
at the present time who have never
taken the trouble to be crowned.
Among them may be mentioned the
German Emperor, the King Of Italy,
the King Of Spain, the Queen of Hol-
land, the King Of Bavaria, the King Of
SaXony.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17

years of political solidarity appears to
be genuine, and the people carry on
their discussions with the prouarbial
zeal of new converts.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17
Venom inhaled with the Air.

And imbibed with the water of malarious
locality, has still certain antidote Expert
ence sanctions confidence in Hostetter's Sto-
mach Bitters as. a preventive of this scourge.
All over this continent and in the tropics it
and an eradicant of intermittent and remit
tent fevers, and other forms of miasma- born
disease. Nor is it less effective for kidney
troubles, constipation, rheumatism and ner-
vousness.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17

Mamma said,the small boy, as the aged
and heavily -wrinkled elephant numbered by
mamma, guess teat ELEPHANT needs BLOWN,
up"
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17

It is proposed to reopen the famous
Cinnabar quicksilver mines, back of
Santa Barbara. They have been closed
for twenty years.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17

I shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption far and .wide.-Mrs. Mulligan,
Plumstead, Kent, England, Nov. 8, 1895.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17
PURE FOOD

Toboggan Maple Syrup is absolutely pure and
rich in flavor. Recommended by Physicians.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17

We do not admire everything Cupid
does, but there Is no denying his good
taste and sense in dressing
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17
PURE FOOD

Tea Garden Drips is pure sugar product.
The sweetest and best favored table syrup ever
made.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-17

Fishmonger Ito thrifty house e-wife. .)-Fish is
dear, mum. Hiss a-gettin very scarce in con-
sckence o. these ere aqueriume.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-09
HUGE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
Harp Made in an Open Lot-Why IT
Was COnstructel,

Harp Made in an Open Lot-Why IT
Was Constructed,
The most gigantic harp ever con-
structed, as far as the record goes, was
that made by Veritan, the provost of
Burlli, near Basel, Switzerland, in 1887.
says the St. Louis Republic. That was
long while ago, but the fame of NJ.
Veritan's gigantic harp was such that
it is still occasionally mentioned by
writers on the rare and the wonderful.
just as the sea serpent. bloody rain.
live mastodon, etc, are. Nj. Neritan's
colossal musical instrument was 320
feet in length, and, on that account,
was constructed in an open lot instead
of in harp factory. 1t was most sim
pie in construction, consisting of Is
wires strung tightly between two poles.
These wires were of different sizes, the
largest being one-siXth of an inch in
diameter and the smallest one-twelfth
of an inch. They were stretched north
and south and inclined in such man.
ner as to form an angle of from 20 to
so degrees with the horizon. This queer
instrument was not intended as an eX
aggerated toy, but was constructed for
the express purpose of foretelling
changes in the weather, which were
calculated by Prof. Veritan according
to the different tones the instrument
made when the wind was blowing
through it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-09
CALIFORNIA POWER SCHEME.
To Transmit Electricity Over Seven
tY-EiYe Miles.

To Transmit Electricity Over Seven
ty-Five Miles.
A corporation to be known as the
Southern California Power company
has been organized with capital stock
of $1,0O0,000. The principal stoclthold-
ere are Henry Fisher, of Pittsburgh.
Pa, and II. II. Sinclair, president and
manager of the Redlands Electric Light
& Power company. The purpose of the
company is to develop power from the
Santa Ana river by taking water at the
Junction of Bear creek and Santa Ana
river and carrying it in cement ditch
and tunnels about four miles, thus Sc
curing a fall of 1000 to 1,10o feet. The
power will be transmitted by pole line
rs miles long to Los Angeles. 1t will be
the longest line and the highest voltage
100000 volts) in use in the world. Tee
line will run through San Bernardino,
Pomona, Ontario and Pasadena, and will
be able to supply all power needed in
these towns. 1t is proposed to deliver
power into Los Angeles by January /,
1898.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-09
WORLDS BEST THIN ARMoR.
Remarkable Plates mt Indian Head
That Shot Could Not Crack.

Remarkable Plates mt Indian Head
That Shot Could Not Crack.
The navy department is securing a
constant improvement in the quality
of it's armor plate, says the Washington
Post. A test made at Indian Head the
other day demonstrated that it now
possesses the best thin arnor, at least,
in the whole world. A four-inch plate
representing some of the side armor
of the battle ship Kearsarge, that was
we'll up on the bows, was fired at with
five-inch gun. Not long ago a shot
was calculated as able completely to
penetrate an armor plate of one and
one-half times us thick as it's caliber
In other words. u tlve-inch shot would
penetrate a plate seven and one-half
inches thick.
This four-inch plate, however, not
only kept the shot out, but it smashed
1T up, and the only mark left on the
plate was slight dishing in the center,
not more than half an inch deep. This
passed the plate. Then another shot
was taken. at it to ascertain the power
required to perforate the plate. This
was accomplished only by giving the
shot the high velocity of 1855 feet per
second and even then the plate was not
cracked.