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A Land of "Good People aid Miicli Bread' Where Patriotism iand Love of Hone are Strong. (By T. H. Dreher.) The triangle formed by the Broad and Saluda rivers (which converge at Columbia) and the line dividing Lex ington and Newberry counties, as the base. is popularly known as "The Dutch Fork." The recital of a few facts bearing upoan this region, of 140 square miles. will. it is believed, prove interesting to the idie Sunday reader and reveal a few unique features, probably unusua-l. in the annals of the State.- Hedged off, as it was, from the outside world, for upwards of a cen tury, without railroad or telephone lines, and inhabited by a quiet, indus trious and unobstrusive citizenship,. little was known or written ab.out it until recent years. Like the waters of the Gulf Stream "the wandering summer of the sea" it has retained its distinct individual ity to a degree almost inconceivable, in an age of shifting scenes and diverse conditions. Its population is almost, as peculiarly Germanic, in origin and tastes, today as it was one hundred years ago. To philosophize over the effects of this lack of heterogeneous racial elements does not fall within Ithe purview of this letter. There is hardly a name in this "Fork" which does not betray its origin, but her peo ple are proud to trace their ancestral lineage 'back in a. straight line to the wooded forests of Germany, along the beautiful Rhine, where the intrepid. Arivistus made his bold, daring but bootless stand, in battle, against the Roman conqueror, Julius Caesar. They are of the same Palantinate stock, whose people were driven from their peaceful and happy homes by the cruel' and blood-thirsty Louis XIV, duringI "The War of the Spanish Succession," and- who sought, by the aid of the good Queen Anne of England, an asy lum in the New World, where they could worship their God -according to .the dictates of their own judgment and conscience.' - German's Proud History. The hard experiences of these refu gees across the' broad . Atlantic, in search of their new homes, need not, be recorded here. Many landed in' Charleston, some of whom *wended. their way up the State -along the banks of the Edisto, Congaree, Board* and Saluda rivers, where they hero ically felled the forests, amidst almost nsuperable obstacles and difficulties, in order. to meet the necessities of a precarious existence. History has never been prodigal in giving these. people their true place in the picture, but they have made good, just the same, and added much .to the com mercial, educational, social and reli gious development of the Common-' Wealth. Let him who is disposed to ignore and hide-*his. German, parentage, re member th 's branch of the great - - y played a mighty part axa of the world's history, sr the fall of the Roman Em ..~largely shaped the destiny of m dern European civilization. Let him 'remember thg.t Gutenberg, a Ger man, and Koster, a Hollander, preced-' ed Caxton, pf England, with printing by 36 years; that, a German . monk, Berthold Schwartz, invented gun powder, and that John Reuchlen, a' German, and Desiderius Erasmus, a Hollander,' were most instrumental in introducing the study of Greek into European universities. Such is the blood which fiows in the veins of practically every man, wo man and child in "Thie Dutch Fork of. Lexington county," and they are' proud to claim it. The same patriotic love and devotion for home and its traditions which characterized their ancestors when ruthlessly driven from their firesides, is still a ruling characteristic of their progenitors.. Thus it was that, when a movement was set on foot to connect "The Dutch' Fork" with Richland county last year, the sentiment of its people was so pronounced against in that the matter' Swas never put to a vote. A White Nan's Country. The old "Dutch Fork" is pre-emin ently a white man's country. The ne gro is a negligible quality-num'eri-. cally and otherwise. With barely: more than a third of its territory, and no town of any consequence, its white voting strength exceeds the whole of' Calhoun county, and has a white rural' population of about 8,000. A farm 'exceeding six, and less than. two, ploughis, is a rarity. The tradi tional agricultural ox is unknown. A strong soil, but iAugh and some-' what difficult of cultivation, requires close application and economical ma agement for. success. Nobody is' wealthy, but paupers are practically' unknown. The whites do most of their work, and the notion-fals to the core-that manual labor is undigni fed, finds no countenance there. The observant traveller no'tes the fact that pretty white girls, with gloves on their hands and the glow of health on. thei chs, are frequently seen hoe r'irunrally we'll sutppi'd :2'1 W,-st-ern smoke houses furnish litie meat for the sturdy yoemanry of that territory. The Fork Ravaged by Sherman. No eagle ever swooped down' upon his prey with a hungrier determina tion to devour and destroy, than did Sherman when he cast his eyes upon the flesh pots of the "Dutch Fork." There was not a Yankee or Northern sympathizer 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 a lien on his crop for dvances is not only without stand [ng, agriculturally and financially, but gocially, as well. Chapman, in his "Annals of New Derry," says that the early Dutch For kers had'no doctors, nOr did they need any. They are still scarce and their weep extends over mile limits in or er to secure a* comfortable stipend. rhey practice mainly on horsaback, with the ancient saddle-bags, and: and well up in the profession. They are all graduates of the Charleston fdica! college-one being a first lonor man in that time-honored insti tution. Their pay is good, but thr lees are small. There is not an automobile in "The Dntch Foik" and roads, rocks and tills prec?ude the possibility ,f utili7 s the conveniences of ti, inodornr lxury. Vw(Mod People and Much Brxc. Curious wayfarers are still impress ed with the sight of the old "Dutch vens" in many a back yard where the inest mixed bread and biscuits in the world are made. In these huge ov ans, built upon a solid foundation of brick and mortar, about four feet above the ground, iarge lightwood ires are built until the interior is thoroughly heated. The coals, ashes and remaining chunks are then drawn ut and the huge loaves of bread :ough snugly ensconced in baking pans, are inserted. The biscuits, arge and oval, are frequently placed [n 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 tha tem pestuous waves than are these good Dutch wives, upon 'the progress the bread and biscuits are making, and the required -heat nvaded. They are .ustly noted as.the best cooks in the zountry. Dr. Bernheim, in his excel ent 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 unitil 1890, when the* first pas senger train -of the- Columbia, New erry and Laurens railroad passed through, this country is now being most rapidly developed. The bonds~ for this railroad were floated upon three townships of "The Dutch Fork" to secure their portion of the money. Justly, or unjustly, there was a suspi ion that these bonds were unfairly saddled upon the people and the ex tra 7-mill tax levy, as a result of tiese bonds, has been a 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," rivet:ed them again upon the public. The Dutch Forkers are a debt-pay-. ing and a tax-hating people. Squirm in~ undar this railroad 7-mill burden, 2 effect has ramified in varied di rections. It has figured in the defeat of additional levies for school pur poses. It largely influenced these free, liberty-loving and sturdy Ger mans to cast a three to one ballot against prohibition during the recent whiskey election. What the schools have lacked in fa cilities and modern conveniences by this stalking horse of increased taxa tion has been largely counterbalanced by Dutch grit, industry and economy. From the loins of this territory, and from the humble school houses tucked away in the bushes, frequently have gone forth many youths who have ac qaitted themselves handsomely in college and reflected credit upon their old homes. A congressman, two con suls to foreign courts, leading educa tors, prominent professional and business men over the country are all proud, like McGregor, of their native heath. . The Weberdtes. noaminationally, the followers of xcaltia. in nce and numbers. Save thf Methodists, there is no other Christian church in those domains There is said to be not a single ropre sentative of the Episcopal, Presbyte rian, Unitarian, Catholic or Seceder I church throughout "The Dutch Fork." I Some years ago a Lutheran carried hisb family into the Methodist church, and from thence he joined the Baptist min istry, but could not induce his kin dred bayo.nd the Methodist lines. He is the only Baptist, so far as knowil, but there may be others. Her thirteen Lutheran churches, now working harmoniously and suc cessfully under a common banner did not attain this enviable station with out severe trials and ordeals. During the last half of the eighteenth century, when the early Lutheran settlers of this region were, for long intervais, without shepherds to lead the lost sheep of Isreal along the straight iud narrow path, there sprang up a pecu-, liar heretical sect known as the "Web-,. erites." They operated mainly in se- 5 cret conclaves- near Kenerly's (now E Lorick's Ferry,) Saluda river, over which Emily Geiger passed when on her dangerous and patriotic journey. I bearing a message of vast import-nce from Gen. Greene, in Newberry to Gen. Sumter, on the Wateree river. According to Dr. Hazelius, in his, great book, "The American Lutheran Church," the leader of this sect, Jacob Weber, had a pal by the name of Pet- j er Schmidt. Weber styled himself "the 'God." while Schmidt was the "Christ." Web er's wife was "the Virgin Mary," and a miserable wretch whose name is not' given was doomed to act as "his Sa tanic majesty." "The latter was plac ed in a bed, covered with pillows, on which some seated themselves, while others stamped with their feet on the bed until life became extinct." These misguided creatures were arrested, carried to Charleston and tried. Web er was -axecuted on the gallows, What became of the others has never been known, as neither they nor any of their kindred, have ever again set foot on the soil of Lexington county. I The Schism of 1819.' E As an anti-climax to this episode, was the great schism in the Lutheran E church in 1819, which severed that great denomination in twain and rock ed it to its very foundations. The theological thunders of the leading giants soon reverberated- over the ills and dales of the old Dutch Fork, afid there were fiery lieutenants there* to espouse 'the cause of either side. But, like two estranged brothers, who have shaken the glad hand over the chasm of unfertunate differences, so these two great branches .of the Luth eran church buried their disputes in manly, ministerial style and are now carrying out their divine mission in a more sincere, brotherly and Christian spirit than before. -They meet in a united Synod, and 9 ministers are called indiscriminately to whatever fields need their minis trations. Redundancy. - The news writers have not yeti learned that the expression, "A rich farmer," his become just as redund ant as "An old veteran."-St. Louis Times. FOR YOUR HAIR . Here Are Facts We Want Tou to Prove at Our Risk. Marvelous as it may seem, Rexall "93" Hair Tonic has grown hair on heads that were once bald. Of course it is understod that in none of these cases were the hair roots dead nor had* the scalp taken on a glazed, shiny ap- r pearance. When the roots of the hair are e- 1 tirely dead and the pores of the scalp t are glazed over, we do not believe that ] anything can restore hair growth. -1 When Rexall "93" Hair Tonic will do as above stated, it is not strange:a that we have such great faith in it and t that we claim it will prevent baldness 1 when used in time. It acts scientifi cally, destroying the germs which are usually responsible for baldness. It penetrates to the~ roots of the hair, sti mulating and nourishing them. It is a most pleasant toilet necessity, is delicately perfumed and will not gum nor permanently stain the hair. We want you to get a bottle of Rex all "93"4Hair Tonic and use it as di rected. If it does not relieve scalp irritation, remove dandruff, prevent the hair from falling out and promote an increased growth of hair and in every way give entire satisfaction, simply come back and tell us and without question or formality we .will - hand back to you every penny you~ w.id us for it. We lend our endorsement to Rexall "93" Hair Tonic and sell it on this< guarantee, because we believe it is the best hair tonic ever discovered. It 1 comes in two sizes, prices 50 cents , and $1.00. Remember you caa obtain it only at our store, Th-e Rexall Store. Gilder & Wees, Newberry, S. C.t CHURCH DIRECTOR. A * * * * * * * * * * * Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Zev. Edw. Fulenwider, pastor 'reaching every Sunday at 11 a. M. sunday school at 5 p. m. J. B. Hunter, uperintendent. St. Luke's Episcopal Church, J. F. Caldwell, lay reader-Lay reading very Sunday at 11 a. m. Sunday chool at 10 o'clock. J. F. J. Caldwell. uperintendent. Associate Reformed Presbyterian .hurch (with6ut a pastor). Pulpit sup died at stated time.s. Sunday school .t 9.45 a. m. E. C. Jones, superintend nt. Aveleigh Presbyterian Church, Rev. E. James, pastor-Preaching every unday at 11 a. m. Sunday school at p. m. Rev. J. E. James, ruperintend nt. Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church, tev. J. D. Shealy, pastor.-Preach ag every first, second and thrird Sun ay at 11 a. m., and every first, third ,nd fourth Sunday at 8 p. m. Sunday chool every Sunday morning at 10 'clock. J. D. Kinard, superintendent. Preaching at Mollohon every second unday night at 8 o'clock and every urth Sunday morning at 11. First Baptist" Church of Newberry, tev.'G. A. Wright, pastor-Preaching very Sunday at 11 a. m. Sunday chool at 5 p. m. W. H. Hunt, super atendent. West End Baptist church, Rev. J. R. reene, pastor-Preaching every Sun ay night at 8 o'cfock and every )unday morning at 11 o'clock. Sun Lay school every Sunday at 10 a. M. . Y. Jones, superintendent. Central Methodist Church, Rev. M. I 2. Banks, .pastor-Preaching every ( unday at 11 a. m. Sunday school at p. m. Jas. F. Epting, superintend nt. O'Neall Street Methodist Church, rev. W. C. Kelley, pastor-Preaching1 very firs+, second and fourth Sundlay t 11 a. in., and every second, third andi ourth Sunday at 8 p. m. Sunday i chool 9.45. W. C. Bouknight, su.per atendent. Preaching at Mollohon every first sunday night at 8 o'clock and every hird Sunday morning at 11. ~Sunday ( choocl at 9.45. F. H. Jones, superin-j endent. i4 Beth Eden Pastorate. Service at Colony on second and ourth Sundays 'at 11 a. in. Sunday ~chol at 10 a. mn. T. J. Wicker, super-; ntendent. Beth Eden, first Sunday' Sa. mn., and third Sunday at 4 p. in.: sunday school on first Sunday 10 a. n., third Sunday 3 p. m. J. C. Craps, superintendent. St. James on-~ third sunday at 1,0.30 a. mn.. and first Sun- I lay 4 p. mn. Sunday school every sunday afternoon. Sidney J. Mayer, ~uperintendent. Jas. D. Kinard, pastor. It Saved at Death's Door. Thle door of death seemed ready to ~pen for' Murray W. Ayers, of Tran it Bridge, N. Y., when his life was conderfully saved. "I was in a treadful condition," he writes, "my kin was almost yellow; -eyes sunk-' m; tongue coated; emaciated from osing 40 pounds, growing weaker aily. 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