The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-05

:Ar uHA picEmg III" col,oN. Tho lar
der is generally Well supplied and
Western smoke houses furnish little
meat for the sturdy yoemanry of that
territory.
The Fork Rayaged by Sherman.
No eagle ever swooped down upon
his prey with a hungrier determina-
ton to devour and destroy, than did
Sherman when he cast mis- eyes upon
the flesh pots of the Dutch Fork. y
There was not a Yankee or Northern
svnpathizer within those confines
during the civil war, and this fact,
doubtless, whetted his appetite and
intensified the venom of this inhu-
man military monster. The cruel and
beastly ravages upon that quiet and
industrious people still rest heavily
upon their memories and make the
name of Sherman a hiss and a by
word in the land. With their property
ruthlessly torn from them and de-
stroyed they were left almost pen
niless, but with their accustomed en-
ergy and economy everybody went to
work with renewed fortitude to re-
place their fortunes, and that spirit,
with a few exceptions, still pervades
the people.
The foreclosure of a real estate
mortgage is a rarity, and the white
man who signs lien on his crop for
advances is not only without stand
ing, agriculturally and financially, but
socially, as we'll.
Chapman, in his annals of New
berry," says that the early Dutch For
kers had no doctors, nor did they need
any. They are still scarce and theic
sweep extends over mile limits in Or
der to secure comfortable stipend.
They practice mainly on horseback,
with the ancient saddle-bags, and
stand we'll up in the profession. They
are all graduates OF the Charleston
! Mcdica! college-one being a first
homer man in that time-honored insti-
tuition. Their pay is good, but the
! fees are small.
/ There Is not an automobile in "The
Dutch To1k'' and roads, rocks and
hills preclude the possibility f uti!i7-
.re tie conveniences of tn,> moGccn
/ iuXury.
't;ood People and Much Bre*c..
Curious wayfarers are still Impress
ed with the sight of the old Dutch
ovens" in many back yard where the
. finest mixed bread and biscuits in the
world are made. In these huge ov-
ems, built upon solid foundation OF
brick and mortar, about four feet
above the ground, large lightwood
! fires are built until the interior is
thoroughly heated. The Goals, ashes
and remaining chunks are then drawn
out and the huge loaves of bread
dough snugly ensconced in baking
pans, are inserted. The biscuits,
large and oval, are frequently placed
in clean oak leaves, which are said to
impart a delicious flavor. The front
door is then closed and the necessary
heat is regulated by an aperture in the
back of the oven. No mariner is bet
ter posted upon the signs and signals
of approaching storms upon the tenn
pestuous waves than are these good
Dutch wives, upon the progress the
bread and biscuits are making, and
the required heat needed. They are
Justly noted as. the best cooks in the
country. DR.. Bernheim, in his excel
lent book on German Settlements
says that the Indians spoke of one
place as "The Dutch Fork, where
there are good people and much
bread" Shut off from the outside
world until 1890, when the first pas
senger train of the Columbia, New
berry and Laurens railroad passed
through, this country is now being
most rapidly developed. The bonds
for this railroad were foated upon
three townships Of "The Dutch Fork"
to secure their portion of the money.
Justly, or unjustly, there was a suspl-
cion that these bonds were unfairly
saddled upon the people and the eX-
ira 7-mill tax levy, as a result or
these bonds, has been thorn in the
sides of those people. They were bit
terly fought in the courts and knocked
out, but the legislature, with the all
powerful 'Validating Act riveted
them again upon the public.
! The Dutch Forkers are debt-pay-
ing and a taN-hating people SQulrm-