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/ IM. T. Bacas. ThesJ.Adau < EDITORS. fidffefialdi s. C., Aofraat 20,1881 For the Advertiser I Trip to fieiiettsfllle. EDITORS ADVXBTIBBR : Descript writing is something new to me, 8 _j^vejnieg?T?ng8 aa to my pftvinj s?ccess in that Une, notwitbstandi /your flattering allusion to my "ni ble pen." I will undertake, ho we v a short account of. our trip to Soi Carolina's banner County-agrien 1 rally speaking-and tell some of 1 many pleasant and funny things sc , , while there and on the road. Ye readers will, I trust, overlook a shortcomings, end not increase my gret that Mr, Bacon was not one our party. I have on one or two i casions recently had my admirati _. poweifujjyjBxoited by his desoripti of wt?at I sow. If he cannot "adc tint to the rose and e'en paint t lily," just a little, he comes as near as any on? I ever met; and his c scriptive powere are certainly ink table. The delegates to the Joint Suma . Meeting at Bennetteville, from o Agricultural Society, Col. O. F. Chei ham, Dr. W. E. Prescott and mys? armed with our credentials and o rail-road paseee, left Trenton on Mc day evening, Aug. 3rd, a little nfl sunset. Those free passes, by t - way, were oar most important 1 longings, judging by the care tak hf each of ns to pot them in our ino breast pockets, safely enclosed in e velopes. And your readers who ha never ridden on the oars on a fr pase, can only imagine the satisf? tion attending snch traveling. It really delightful, I tell yon. And t pleasure of not having to pay is s han ced by the soothing conscionanc of being a somebody, a man of en o a j importance to obtain one of those co eted bits of tinted paper. They si "open confessions are good for tl soul, " and I shall not pretend to dei that that free pass was a most pie? arable addition to what has prow one of the most pleasant trips I ev took. The recent copious rains, which v found had fallen along our enti route, made the atmosphere cool ai pleasant; and the absence of dusfci: creased oar satisfaction. Altogeth we commenced our journey mid most agreeable auspices. Oar coach, waa almost empty on tl seats conaequently' elar??. A" RT number of delegates from the n country were on board, and wo fi into oar places as part of the me agtrie very naturally and quiet! after sundry introductions to Ooloo this'and General that. There we no Misters, and very few Majors Captains aboard I The troth is, fro the way military titles were bandit about, one would have thought v were aboard of a train during wi times, and very near the army al. tba A stranger could have scarcely r trained from peering under the linc dusters for a sight of the staru ac bars, so mach rank was called to mini Now I myself have a handle to m name, to which I have grown anea tomed, and while I care little for til title, I am proud of the company have the honor to oommand. S: though I scarcely noticed the in tri auction by Col. 0. to Col. H. as " M Tillman," the repetition of the " Mr. in the numer?os introductions wbic followed that night and the next da3 . caused me a deal of mortificatioi Bare waa I, the Captain of a ree Company, a crack one at that, coo stantly addressed as Miste)- by Gen erais without brigades and Colonel who never had a regiment, who smile* paiionieiegly on this nobody fron Edgefield, while they showed ver plainly they felt their own import ance, and that they would hav< been heroes had an opportunity eve: offered. Of coarse there were jomi bona fide old Confederate ofiken along, bat they were not very many Shorn of my title, my own feelingi can only be likened to those of a pea cock which baa lost his tail, and which not knowing it, commences to strut A backward glance, however, thowi his bright plumage gone, and hu has tens to hide his diminished head it the nearest thicket Cheathair. had started me off wrong ; and I wont tc and returned from Marlborough at plain Mister. And I confess it wac very pleasant to hear bluff old Jobo Hoper sing oat " How are you, Oap tain Ben ?" as I got off at Trentan on my return ; and I resolved if I ever weil with "Os" on another exped? tion among strangers, to permit no more each cashiering. We reached Florence at half-past one o'clock that night, and had to lie over till six nexC morning. There waa hat one hotel woi thy the name in the place, and this was soon filled to overflowing by those who knew where tcrfiod it, so that we who were ignorant of its whereabouts, and of oar long detention here, after slowly filing oat oae door on to the pla .form and learning the situation, as s owly filed in again at the other door, com pelled to make the best of such small comfort as can be wrong from trying to deep on a.car seat. Those seats were, hard, and the arms angular, an* cushioned wood, and we resigned our selves to oar fate io all the different neck-breaking, back-bending attitudes usual on auch occasions. But ?with the exception1 of two snorers, who kept up a lively competition in that line, in the front end of the car, few pf os $ot more Utan a short oap. The occasional snorts with which tl musioians of the night enlivened tl performances, were our only son of merriment, and we had some hea laughs at their expense, of whi however, they were bliss fully ignon At dawn we sought a place to wa and then looked ont to see what e of a town we were stranded in. Fl ence is the worst scattered; most lo some looking town, I ever was in. is in a dreary, sandy, level count and While occupying an area eq almost to that of the city of Augut has only two thousand inhabitai There are extensive R. R. Shops he I was told, and most of the in hal ants are in one way or another e ployed by the Railroads. I saw si oral church steeples in the distan bnt no fine residences. By invitation, all the delegates board the Cheraw and Darling! train, which we boarded at Floret at six o'clock, were to stop over til o'clock that evening, and take in t floral and fruit fair at Darlington H. We reached this place abc eight. We-or rather some of t generals and colonels-seemed to < peet a committee to meet and esc< na to the hotel ; but there had be a bitch in the arrangements somehc and no committee appeared. Wh we got to the hotel, mine host, ai his vassals were "struck all of a bea by such an inundation of hung farmers-so called. He had had notice of our coming, and break ft was to be prepared ab initio. Ab, then.and there waa hurrying to ai fro, And gathering frowns and signs of emp ness." The hotel folk did the hurry ir and Oheatbam and Prescott did th* share of the frowning. Neither hi had anything to eat since dinner t! day before, and both are good trenc ermen. Their feelings can better imagined than described I I rare ever eat any supper, and it being little beyond my usual breakfast tim I felt more amused at the woful plig of my fellow travelers than grieve for my own condition. But when tl grand rush was made aa the breakfa was announced, I was no laggan and being old hands at the busine. we Edgefield fofljfr- let those anxioi to secure a eeat^ake the first that c fared near the dining room doc Then we marched straight on down the table nearest the kitchen doo knowing that it waa easier to intercq a waiter than to get him to pass I fifty other scowling, hungry men t wait on us ; and waiters were not too many. Tbere bad been a wag* made by our Edgefield Gol. and D as to\which would eat most, and i1T0 i flflfljfljn i I kspc oloee co?t One thing is bertain though ; that h tel man Jost money on those tw And those unfortunates who were la to get into the dining room, return? with a hungry glare in their ey< Having tasted of Darlington's he pitality, the grangers and farmers, 8 except myself, who remained at tl hotel to do some writing, went to tl fair grounds, on the outskirts'of tl village, and, so they told me, had very pleasant time, and a nice pion dinner. After admiring the frui they ate it up ; and a game of bas ball helped to amuse them till Irai time, naif past three. Darlington i a very pretty village, with man; beautiful residences and fine shad trees. Tho new cotton factory, buil of brick and run by steam, adds t the thrifty, business like appearanc of the place; and the surroundin country is fine farming land. The evening train from Florene brought nearly all the rest of the dele gales who were coming, and whe; our crowd got on at the fair grounds the three coaches had about all tba] could seat. A committee ot reoeptioi had come down from Bennettsville with printed slips on which the nairn of every delegate, and the home aa signed him, was put; they passet through the coaches, adding any nev nameB, and telling each man where he was to get off and who would take charge of him. Society Hill is the sta' tion nearest to Bennettsville, and about half of us got oil' there. Bul the Pee Dee River had to be crossed here on a flat, and this being a tedi* ons job, with so many vehicles, the rest went on to Cheraw, sixteen miles from Bennettsville, where there is a good bridge over the stream. Much to our regret, Dr. Prescott had been assigned to a separate home, and our trio was thus separated. We reached Cheraw about G P. M., and Mr. J. H. Mclaurin, a most promising and ge nial young lawyer, who was to take charge of us, was there with a carri* age and spanking pair of sorrels, to meet ns. Young Mr. McKerall, of the Cotton Plant, did the introducing, and accompanied us in the oarriage, and our host soon had us whirling over the smooth lovel road towards our destination. As the depot is on the outskirts of the town, and the road to the bridge over the Pee Dee did not lead through it, Cheraw, the scene of the misguided and ill-fated Bogan Cash's notoriety, must remain undeecribed. On our return, we were shown the residence, fronting the rail road at Cash's Depot, where his fa ther had lived, and where he was born and reared, among the black jacks, forming a beautiful grove, in front of the house, which stands on a high, candy ridge, the tomb ereoted to his memory by his passionate but ! grand old father, was pointed out. One could not ask a more lovely rest ing place. Beneath the sobbing pines, and under the very trees where his childish footsteps had strayed, he lies. H'a life was short, and bis end was bloody. Like Duncan, "After life's fitful fev< : he sleeps well." And though both he and his father cannot be called blameless, or are even excusable for many things, there are many in South Carolina who re gard the father as the victim of cir cumstances, and the son as a victim to the newspapers and his name. Whether they were not "more sinned against than sinning," ia left to the Great Judge, when they shall meet I their...accusers face to fane in the 1 "world beyond the stars." t The brisk ride th.-on g h the cool I evening air, over splendid roads, was ? so/exhilarating and refreshing that r when we reached home, every vest )f fatigue had disappeared. I m< the home of oar host of coarse; 1 a vea before we reached it, his ge klity ead evidont solicitude for i 3omfort, made us feel ai ease, s ?bat we were goiug.io- a home and : a house. And so indeed it prov Daring our stay beneath hia roof, I McLaurin and his moat amiable a intelligent wife left'nothing unsaid undone to nake ua feel at home, a anjoy ourselves. Our only regret leaving was that our stay had b< too brief ; and "time's effacing ? gera" will never obliterate the reine brance of their kindness and hos? tality. As we drove along, before it gr too dark to see, there was much got natured banter and joking. We H some bumble-bee renters' cotton, e^ in the Pee Dee bottoms, and laughi it thia, we lepeatedsome of Lt.-Gi Sheppard's yarns to show the kind Bolton, corn and peas we expected find in Marlboro. .Ga r Pee Dee frieu began to crawfish et once, especia on the pea question, but we reasaui them by saying we would not ex pi too much. I shall say nothing abc the crops or the farming in Marlbo inasmuch as the Edgefield delega have been requested to make a wr ten report at the next meeting of o Agricultural Society, in which th will eatkfy all curiosity on that seo and give the people of the ont county the benefit of what they s and learned. Bennetts?.Ile ie a beautiful lit village, of about five hundred inhf itants, with many nice and some ve fine residences. Everything abc the place is es neat as a pin, and e^ rything possible has been done to i crease the healthfulness of a situati naturally sickly. A large creek ru olose by, with a large swamp oppos the town, .which is located on a li binn0 immediately on the bank of t stream. All-grass and weeds are ke down, and the trees as high as t feet, and nearly all the fencing, wc whitewashed, adding much to t holiday appearance of the villa; The people are proud of themselv and their town and county-as w they may be. And in view of th< liberality, their intelligence, their pi gressive spirit, their sociability, a: above all their kingly hospitality, fraise of which every delegate whe heard express himself, was loud a profase, they are the equals, and some respects the superiors, of a: commnnity I ever visited. They h. pat their best foot foremost evident! bat then any one could see that t other was not a club foot. In accounting for some of their r culiarities and excellences, I know no other hypothesis upon which bale an explanation, than that th are almost entirely of Scotch descer I surmised this from the number Mes. and other Scotch names I hear and my host told me it was a histc ical faot that all this country w originally settled by emigrants fro Scotland. I have always admir the North Britons since 1 read win a boy the "Scottish Chiefs" and W verly Novels; and I take off my h to their descendants in Eastern Sou to tell your ?readers a home-how every man who want to leave Friday morning, gave 1 name to the committee, and it m made the duty of some one man call for them at their homes at o'clook and see them all off on the hac end carriages, and how they did How one maa assigned to our ha waa not up when called for, and p left. How on our return from t -lower end of town, after two gent! men, all of our peate, five in numb* being already full, and th.ee cn o of them, there was an audible gro aa we saw our belated passenger wa: ing for us on the corner, with 1 gripsack in hand. How a little ma whose nome 1 ne>er learned, crawl? back off the seat by the driver, ai edged in between Col. C. aad myee How our Georgia friend-he liv near Savannah aud was the on Georgia delegate, tho' a Virginian 1 birth-to our surprise nimbly moun ed without help to the vacant plac How some one asked the driver if h front axle was strong, and anothi wanted to know as he neared tl bridge over the creek, if the sleepe: were.sound. How our friend-a se< ond but enlarged edition of Danit Lambert-who took our jokes in goc pert, was dubbed at once "Big John -Bill Arp'a Big John, who bored th hole in the dashboard and tied tb ox's tail ia a knot, as he was runnin from the Yankees in 1864. How w all soon grew acquainted, and iearne each others names and honors ; an joke, repartee and laughter began t pass around. How our fat trien proved a veritable Falstaff, a "ma of infinite jest and humor," andcauE ed us all to dodge and laugh too whe he took the driver's whip and touche up our leaders ; we were driving fou horses. How he then stood up an< cracked the whip with all the grac and ease of old Sam Weller himself remarking that he had, when a boy often walked four miles to meet th? stage and drive it home. How w laughed till our sides ached at his ri dioulous stories, and begged him ti stop. How he mixed in with his dis coarse incidents and anecdotes of wa times;' when he served on Stuart' staff; and then talked about farming in all its aspects with the fluency o a professor. How we lound that h< had been every where, and tried eve ry thing, from raising cottou to dairy ing, and from running drays to truck farming, at which he bad stuck. How as he talked on, his character unfold ed, and we grew to respect and ad mire the man, and Baw that this "huge hill of flesh," about which he was not at all sensitive, had a capacious brain above it, and a soul commensurate with its bulk. That ride will long be remembered by all who were along, and it had a fitting finale. When al most in sight of the Pee Dee Bridge, our four horse team overtook several hacks and buggies, some of which had left before us, hut most of them had passed us soon after leaving Bennetts ville. They were driving one aud two horses, whioh were then fresh but now winded. Smelling some fun, "Big John," tipping our driver a inerter, told him to pass them all. Jehu gathered up his lines and crack I went his whip above the heads of the leaders. "Touch up 'Ninety* there," laid Big John. This was one of the wheelers, whose name he had chang id, and " thereby hangs a tale," a Boat laughable tale at that. Dex* rerouely plied with the lash, our team vas soon at a sweeping trot and then iroke into a gallop. We soon over hauled those in rear, and pasted them, liter a spasmodic effort at resistance, ipping our bats as we went by, and eying we only wanted to get lo Che aw, a mile distent, and ask the con I jj dudor to wait for them. ODO only offered much resistance. ?I driver, aa we approached, whip|? his horses to a run, and the race co tinued for a quarter of a mile, bi four to two waa odds too great, ar as we slowly overhauled and passe them at a sweeping gallop, there we: cheers and laughter all along the ros in our rear. Even our balked con Petitors in the last Hack joining ii when Maj. Kyala stood up, and gi' ing a last yell at "Ninety," saie M Gentlemen, you can't blame a titi fellow like me for having his funjan getting out of the duet." But I must stop. B. E. T. Our South American forre spoin cace. Itlaranhoa, Peruauibiicu, B?hii Kio, Janeiro. STEAMSHIP ADVANCE, IN FRON OF Rio JANEIRO, July 17, '85. Dear A doer User : A week ago I bad you an unceremonious adieu at Pan on the Amsznn, as the Consul, retun ing to tb.H United States, was w?itin to take charge of my letter, Froi Para we steamed down the river, an were soo o once more upon the bosoi of the broad Atlantic, where wo too an easterly course for several jdayi but keeping in sight of a sandy an apparently sterile coast. Our high! were illumined by the bright. South ern Cross to our right, now risine big in the hoavens under the beiutifi constellation of Sagittarius-the gr?? Dipper balancing on the left-an the North Star faut sinking beneat the horizon. The cqnatorial>?a^mo? phere was tempered by balmy breezsi and at all times a light woolen drer was comfortable, often a shawl net essary, as the Bwift trude winds swej: over the vessel. The great watei are wonderfully beautiful here, varj ing vividly from every shade o? bin to every shade of green-and er livened often by high leaping porpois? and curious round jelly fish. But grew weary of it, and though not set sick, was sick of the sea. So mud so that I joyfully joined the party gc ing ashore at Maranboa. This cit stands on an eminence 400 feet abov the sea, and had once 36,000 peopl and an important commerce. Th ravages of yellow fever and sma Sos, however, have materially rt uced both population and trade. A Maranboa again we found the accom modating street cars, drawn by stun! ed mules. The better class ot' peopl here seemed to be a great improve ment upon thone of Para. j As w traversed the streets of Maranboa, i was Sunday, but I noticed the storei well stocked with varieties, wlere opei while moBt of the many jbhurche were closed. Proceeding through town far in! the suburbs, we found some ver handsome residences-of ffnzed, vii negated tiles. While peeing ove the front gates of one of taja finest, pretty and graceful SenoraJappears on a balcony and invited ni to entei Alter welcoming us with riiospitabl geaturce, che disappeared, iW return ed quickly bringing hor/huaban< who spoke holli English a?d Frenci r'prnTtrMr.F. .I1*^"18 amiwealthj I tropical .plants, up throuMBM|-i J balcony, into a large s(H_ i brightly painted walls, tparlerres i ) and many fine engraving a bros 5 wine and water-were hand?lpn, wit J quaint earthen gobluts, by a d iloon young negress in a dcrullele p. Her : ton gown, short waisted a la Jo, in ver ; and many beads and carrig fan tasti J host thoo conducted naflBhink col fruitery and back yard-j^^Hephiiu of cocoas, bananas, sapodmgs. Th ? grapes, pineapples, breadirough hi i india rubber trees. The htwildernes ed us with fruit and raro fijillas, figf i bade us a graceful adieu w fruit am ni licent parrot perched on hostess load I These are people of tho cowers, ant i class; indeed the gentlen/ith a mag bleraan-a viscount. Thnrshoulder i sodu had the charms of decry highes ty, and rested us, as it weuan is a no< monotony of the cea. s little cpi We find real eqnatorialided novel sipid, lacking in flavor. Ie, from tl.t well-marked seasons, I ?ms cause. Vegetation here ; fruits in? and frosts are unknown..'he want of seasons are wet and dry.?ino, is the now; but etill, even in thapver dios, red clay-there seemed tc^The two tie dust. Indeed this red It is dry try, with paling fences an? country groes, reminded me of ot be but lit middle counties. clay coun But again we "go dowd many ne in ships," and again steir Carolina wardly. The next saliei our voyage is the roundi to the Bea St. Roque, from which poiir out east American Atlantic coast st event in ly into the South West. Img of Cape after rounding Cape St. at the South find ourselves before Perneante rapid ed by the nativep, St. Yoje-fe^hours count of dangerous coral Rcque, we bay, the Captain awaitecmbuco, call remarkable coral reef, jsef. On ac wall of masonry, rises ai reefs in the face of the waters, and e,*ff-pilot. A mile out to sea. At tljike a solid there is a lighthouse andiove the sur harbor was full of shipka litend.s a half of the world, indicating9 extremity eign trade. Thu city na fort. The largest and most importom all parts coast, with a population * large for Its si ie, however, is low ai one of the In fact yellow fever preant on this time. But nevertheless wi of 125,000. and saw Peruambnco iud unhealthy, piominentaspect' OneJrails all the churches-Maguifica to A went ashore, -I found very interests moat of its in bas reliefs of saints ' ile principal events of the Roman Cati the Saints" It is almost too gaudy, ag. It is rich highly colored picturesand historic of tho Virgin-and tho olic Church, fusion of artificial flowiwever, with like imago of the crucifiand images the sepulchre, watched greatest pro so realist.c as to be absolrs. A life ing. I observed severatd Christ in in priestly robes. We co/ Mary, was one of ttiABe in a sort of itely appall- : guese, Spanish.and Freni negro men 1 him quite intelligent, iverped with ' houses here are haudsoiixed Portu- ' any city we have yet HA and found ' gardens of bright Bra?ie private < are supreaiely char mi Ar than in * gigantic cacti lOO^feetB; and the < beauts of^burden arlTl?u (lowers c and very* small mules Hklmagine t The oxen di aw carts haft I The while tho millen and honMfat oxen burdons Raddle hag ff?l horses. C huge baakuts of fruits uH[y laden, d to two hale? ol' colton, Balar their side. The inhab tauts JPn- from 81 prove in appearance anHtagotables a as wo travel I'm thor SoJHou either g uambuco we arc joined BBntly im- tl gentleman, who is a dflH^ligcnce h National Ausombly no\fljVAt Per- T Rio. Unpleasant hi Adieu to Pernambuc^H^of the fr m ?i at ti .- - ~M Ok ai J?HS??B?? K pc on the bosom of the deep sea. This time we steer out into waters of the darkest blue, indicative of great depth, and quite ont of sight of land. A merciful Providence has brought un Bafely through thus far, and real* izing God's hand-great and good more than at any period of my life, I lay me down in my narrow berth in peace and trust. On the 4th of July, our national holiday, at 6 o'clock in the morning, while hundreds of church bella were chiming musically for early mass, Bahia, tho second city of the great Brazilian empire, shone before our wave weary oyes in all its superb beauty. The lovely bay of All Saints, like a rippling lake, lay before us, thickly dotted with shipping .Of every clime. The greater part of this bay's semicircle is occupied by the old Por tuguese city of San Salvador, called, in these present timea, Bahia, which meana bay. Viewod from the water, it is of magnificent proportions, and picturesque indeed. It ie divided into two distinct parta. The tipper half stands upon a well-wooded elevation, reached from the lower half by steep crooked streets, and also by meana of a gigantic modern elevator. Upon thia elevator you pay 4 cents a lift. Here was another novel and pleasant episode. Going up from a dirty busi ness city below, to an elegant and airy city above, in an elevalorl The lower city ia devoted to business and the lower classes. Its characteristics are stores, wharves, immense ware houses, and a bad ly paved, dirty street, 4 miles long, extending the whole length. Ia the upper city ate hun dreds of elegant residences, govern ment buildings, colleges, convents, j churches and promenades. Bahia contains 220,000 inhabitants. Among other public works, we looked at a monument to John VI, first royal gov ernor of Brazil. The churches and conventa ere enormously costly. Ilere we got delicious seedless oranges-a specialty of the place. Another specialty is the use of the old-fash ioned sedan chair-in lieu of car riages, many of the streets being steep, crooked and almost impassable. I took a turn in a sedan chair, and tried to imagine myself a belle of the time of Queen Anne and George 1st. The Bahian negress is also pictur esque. She wears a costume like a sen ator of ancient Rome-a toga. At Bahia, the fear of yellow fever again hurried our movements ; and again, as at Para, I looked with long ing eyes at the great and handsome opera house, brilliantly illumined on account of some extra performance. Not only French, but often first class Italian troupes, come here. But we must not spend a night in the midst of yellow fever. Consequently we again tread that mo* otonoua gang plank, and are soon "rocked in the. cradle of the deep." Between Bahia and Rio we draw a veil-because the mouotony of sea life is uninteresting alike to narrator and reader. On the 15th July we descry banka of beautiful blue and green moun tains, which denote an early arrival at a haven of refit--Bio Janeiro, the capital of the great western empire where we need have no serious fear f yellow, fever, and where, after a To regret at having toaepa rate so anon from the pleasant pas Bengera, of various nationalities, with whom we have been brought into such clone fellowship of late. Our ship's commander, Capt. Beers, his daughter, and her accomplished friend from Brooklyn, Misa Risk, have contributed vastly to the \ leaaure of a voyage which has seemed more like a pleasure trip than a journey of G.0?0 milea. Our life on tho Advance. baa been ono of luxury and happi ness. But now we-round the rocky pi o mon tory of Cape Frio, and will aoon euler the Bay of Rio Janeiro. Here we rest several days before Bailing southward to Monti video. And do yon not think that thia magnificent imperial city deserves a sep?rale and distinct letter in the ADVERTISER? R. C. B. l ol. lt. M. Mitchell on Ibe Augusta. Udgelield and Newberry Nar row-Gauge. On Friday last, a reporter of the Augusta ( hror ide sought an inter view with Col. R. M. Mitchell con cerning the proposed new narrow gauge road. Col. Mitchell said : The Augusta, Edgefield and New berry Narrow-Gauge Railroad will be started on private subscriptions, as was the Augusta and Sandersville, but with ten thousand more chances ol being rapidly completed. A greater amount of money will be subscribed to build it than to any similar enter prise in either Georgia or South Caro lina for twenty years, The people of Edgefield and Newberry are en thusiastic. Senator Callison, Vice* President of the Board, ie already in the field canvassing the country ten miles on either side of the pro posed lice. The incorporatore took $8,000 of the stock before leaving the room in which the meeting was held in Edgefield. The amount was large ly augmented before Senator Callison left the town, and it is confidently believed that $100,000 will be sub scribed between the Savannah and Saluda rivers, $50,000 in Newberry, sity and county, and Augusta will be tsked to invest her quota. Two hun Ired thousand dollars should be easily obtained from these sources, and as ihe estimated cost of the road com pleted and finely equipped is only ?100,000, you can readily Bee lhere viii be half stock and half bonds, or inly a fixed annual charge of $14, )00 for interest if the bonds are made ' per cent. When do you propose to break dirt? You are rather fast. When Edge [eld has subscribed the $100,000 iromised, the company organized by ta stockholders, and Augusta's quota f Block taken. I do not believe in luilding another road for Augusta's dvantage unless her people will show >y their subscriptions they deserve he effort iu (heir behalf. It ia a one ided game when Augusta reaps most f the i enefits without aiding-the oust ruction of roads built in her in st est. What should Augusta do? lier citizana should subscribo $100, 00 to the Edgefield railroad in ten ays' time. The little city of Co imbus has recently taken fl50,000 ock in the Georgia Midland railroad, ad certainly tho larger city of Au nata should subscribe two-thirds mt sum to build a road which will ? greatly more advantageous to her immercially VH&he Midland will ? to Columbi? gfoected Augusta om competJH ftj^iideraville 9?09?fl ^Jgibaon a de de pot of the other railroad terminating there, thuB rendering Savaunah pow erless to compete with Augusta for freights unless ahe paid for hauling products hy wagon between the ter mini. But I.do not promise to be so careful of Augusta's interest at New berry unless her people show by their nubsciiptiona they deserve BP ch care. I am an Augusta man-an humble worker with the few individuals whose motto ia: "All for Augusta," but it is discouraging to strive to aid Au guata commercially and have her citizens sit idly by aud attempt noth ing for themselves. Will subscription books be opened soon in Augusta for the Elgefiald road ? Yes, and a good investment will be offered, good in tv/o ways : every dol lar in the stock will sell for par in a year alter the road is completed, and 25,000 bales of cotton beside other products will come to Augusta, which could not be otherwise secured. If you gentlemenof thc quill would give to the material advancement of Au gusta half the thought and apace yon gratuitously accord to base ball, your work might result in the building of a new and surprisingly enterprising and wealthy city at the head ol' navi gation onlh . S vannah. Suppose you try it, Augusta and Mi? 1'roposed Narrow Gauge Road. Of the proposed narrow guage road from Augusta via Edgefield to New berry, the Augusta Chronicle speaks editorially thus : Augusta should emulate Edgehcld and Newberry in aiding thin work, which is mainly for her benefit. Our people have had the most intimate relations with Edgefield, which has been aptly compared to an empire within itself, and moro of a Georgia than South Carolina province. Our people have intermarried there and exchanged commodities for many years, and they have helped each other in times of da-nger as well :B times of prosperity. Now, when a steel band is about to unite them more closely and profitably, substantial evidence is asked of the fraternity known to exist sentimentally. We believe that it will not be asked vain ly although times are hard and money difficult to get. But there are always some enterprising reople in every community, and thf/ are cot lacking here. At any rate, a test will be made and, We trust, that it will be re sponded to with f ?acrity. Col. Mitchell hr. worked wonders with the Augusta, Gibson and San dersville Road. Nobody questions, for a moment, his ability to carry through that daring undertaking. Already his rails are 30 miles away and advancing hourly toward the ter minal point westwaid. Because of the talent, energy and executive genius so successfully displayed in one direction, the people of South Carolina, neighboring lons, have per feet confidence in him. They mani fest their trust by their work*. They havo summoned him lo build the road they need, and they have ac companied the honor with the cash. HemllpTove worthy of their couti* deifl ttteaa? --. \? constructed. ??n^H ?redlich is l> ! lionirlnwe ol' advantage, should dc her part in making assurance doubly sure. Col. Mitchell tells na thal his whole soul is interested in Augusta's wei fare. Because tho people believe in bin practical good sense and honesty, they will for their own good, as well as the good of others, rally to hisBup port. _ State of South Carolina EDGEFIELD COUN1Y, In Common rican. F. E. Rinehart, John Rinehart, Forme ll? Lake, Sarah Caughman, Jemima Corloy, Esther Corloy, S naen Lang ford, Catherine Snellgrove, John Rine hart, jr , Angeline Roilenbnugh, Per dida Miller, Folder Rinehart, Eu genia Rinehart, Harriot Etheredge, Laura Corloy, Ella Rinehart, Sophro nia Rinehart, Caroline Shoaly, Lados ca Rinehart, Sophronia Swygert, Har riet P. Colley, Matt Long, Jackson Long, William Long, Sarah Corleyand Amanda Whittle, Y. F. Rinehart ami Ladora Rinehart, Plaintiffs, against Wesley Rinehart, Sebastian Rinohart, Davis A. Wise, Rosa Millor, Jos. Long John Long, ('burlen Long, Frederick Rinehart, William Rinehart, John S. Corley, Pick. Rinehart, Barna Millor aud Elijah G. Burchfield, Dolts.-Sum mons for Relief. (Complaint not served. To the Defendants, Wesley Rinohart, So bast?an liinehart, Davis A. Wiso, Rosa Miller, Josepn Long, John long, Chas. Long, Frederick Rinehart, William Rinehart, John S. Corley, Pickens Rinehart, Elijah G. Burchfield and Bar na Miller, abliont Defendants. OU are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is filed in tho office of the Clerk of Court, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said com ?laint on the subscriber at his office, at dgefieldC. H., 8. C., withiu twenty days after the service hereof, oxclusive of the day of such service; and if you fall to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plain ti tl's in this ac tion will apply to tho Court for the rollef demanded in the complaint. Dated Edgefield S. C., Aug. 10, 1885. J L. ADDISON, Plaintiffs' A Wy. To thc absent Defendants above named. You will take notice, that the <;om elalnt and summons in this cause has een filed in the office of tho Clork of Court of Common Pleas for eiid County. [L.s.] D. R. DURISOE, Clk. C. CP. J. L. ADDISON, Pla i nt igy AI lu. Aug. 12. 1885-CUSC_ State of South Carolina COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD, In Common Picas. D. P. Jones, Plaintiff, against Charles Jones, Mary Newman, Sarah Blaken ship, Lotty Guise] breath, Nancy S. Joues, Emma L. Jones, Maggio M. Jones and Charles C.Jones, and otb ors, Defendants.-Summon* fur Relic/. (Complaint not served.) To the Defendants, Charles Jones, Mary Newman, Sarah Blakouship, Letty Guizelbreath, Nancy S. Jones, Emma L Jones, Maggie M. Jones, Charles C. Jones, aud others, whose names aro unknown. 57"OU are hereby summoned and ro ? quired to answer tho complaint in his action, of which a copy is filed In he ofilco of tho Clork of tho Court ll Common Pleas, and to serven copy r.f 'our answer to thc said complaint on tht ubscrlber at his otilen, at Edgeliehl C. I., S. C., within twenty days after tho ervlco hereof, exclusivo of tho day of neb .service : and if you fail tn answer lie complaint within the lime aforesaid, lio plaintill'in this notion will apply lo lie Court for tho relier demanded in tho ??nplaint. Dated: Edgefield, H. C., Aug. 10, IHK5. J. 1 A Di ?ISON, Piaint i?'s Alt'ff. b thc absent D?faillants. Yon will take notice fhaUAcomplaint ml summons in tlii^^^HL hus been led in the oilic^^H Rrk of tim oort of Common ^.s.] D. R. binamos? J. L Plaintiff-Ks A tl'i/, Aug. 12, 1895.-QUIG ' '?_ fill and Giu Gearing, Mill Rocks, &c, for Sale? ?A VING discontinued my mill, I of fer for salo cheap, a good setofMill ocks, Mill and Gin Gearing, Gin Jasad ress, Aa. BENNETT HOLLAND. Aug. 19, 'a5.-371_ milli! WU INKY HABITBwai" Hill Uli '""?<> without pulu. BOOK r IUIfloiJ)^r"t'?ull4r* ??m FREE. " i Mil I. P. K. W00U.E7, li: D., AtUnU.Qfc. - AT - The rush continuos to be tremendous for thc last of our Ladies', Gents' and Children's Low--^"irtered SUMMER SHOES, hui .ortho next two weeks we will offer the remainder of these goods at a tremotidoiis sacrifi?e to make room for tho Largest Stock of Fall Goods that has over hoon brought to the Southern market What's the Use of Wasting a Dollar When You Can Save It! ??ig Prices will not do in these times, whoireven the wealthy cannot afford to waste their money ; and the poor require double , duty of every dollar and every penny. 40c worth $1 25. Ladies' Kid Opera Slippers at 49ai worth $1 25. This ia the great est bargain in the house. 9c wort? 25c. Lidies' Toilet Slippers at 9c; worth 26c. This is not half the c wt. 75c worin $1 CO. Men's CMII Ties. We do not propose to continue these prices long. $1 25. ! Men's Calf Strap Ties sewed, at $125. Thin i-hoe is strictly first class in ?-very respect? Only 75c. Gau!.?' A Calf Congress Standard SCI-HW nt 75c. Never sold beforo for lessihan $1.25. . ?l oo. fients' B Calf/ Congress at $1.00, * worth $1 09c. Worth $1 25. Ladies' Im?ia Kid Button at G0c.; worth $1 25 in any house in the South. 75c Worth $1 25. Ladies' Grain Button Boots at 75c; worth $1 25. Thin shoe is un doubtedly a great bargain. 65c. Worth $? 00. Ladies' Kid Polish Boots at 05c; wot th $1 00. Thjs in a gn at catch, and you should see them. $1 00 Worth $2 00. L-idies' Kid Button Boola, worked button hole, box toe, at $1 00; worth $2 00. Lead than manufactur?is' cjMit. $1 50 worlIt $2 50. Ladies' Curacoa Kid Button Boot, worked bntJLoj^Jiole. ,j?xtoo? at. j $1 50vW,r warrant-f?T -^ruoi'iuunuj . ? We will sell you a Straw Hanworth ? Straw Hat for 25c. Something-very Nobby worth $1 25 for 50c., an*will sell you our best M.iiiilia Hits worth $3.00 for $1.75. THE FAMOUS! 740 BROAD STREET. Augusta, (la., Aug. 11, 1885.-50 fie Augusta Cotton Gin Go., Mann/a. fares THE AUGUSTA U0TT0X (?IN. For Fine Sample. Clean Seed, Fast Work, Fine Finish and Su perior Mechanism, litis (-in is not Surpassed. Plantere ot Edgefield should remember it is made CIOB to th^ra, wl.ere broken parts and repairs can be furnished promptly and at small cost. We REPAIR CoMon GJna of any make in the best manner. EXCHANGE NEW FOR OLD GINS on fair terms. Have an assortment of SECOND-HANDED Cotton Gins, of various make9, overhauled and in perfect order, for sale at extremely low figures in fact bargains. We sell AMES ENGINES, BIRDS A LL ENGINES, LIDDELL BROS.' COTTON PRESSES, SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, &c, and the best TRACTION ENGINE made in the United States. It will travel anywhere. For Circulars and Term*, address, O. M. STONE. Manager, Office No. 7, Warren Block. AJUSTA, ?A. -:o: AUOUSTA, ?A., Juno 20th, 1884. Mr. O. M. STONE, Mannaor Augusta Cotton Oin Co. Dear Sir-At your request, wo have seen tested tho "Augusta Cotton Oin," manufactured by tho Augusta Colton Gin Company. Tho first toft was matte will? Seed Cotton, vory loo fy and slighty sandy. The tint produced was very cloan ami beautifully ginned. Tho second test was with a low, inferior grado of Stained Cot ton and very sr.ndy. Tho lint produced was perfectly clean, and would soil in any market as Clean Stains. After such a satisfactory test, we do not hesitate to recom mend this Gin to planters in every section as hoing tho bust we havo soon. Very icspeci Jollys - J. J. DOIIOHTY, of J. J. Doughty <fc Co., Cotton buyors. JO. D. KELLEY, Cotton Ruyer. W. A. GAKRKTT, of Garrett A Latimer, Cotton Factors. CITAS F. BAKETT, of J. M. Burdell & Co, Cotton Factors. J. K. EVANS, Cotton Shipper. GEO. W. CRANE, Cotton Factor and Buyer. .TKO. P. RORERTS, of Wm. S. Roberts ?fe Son, Cotton Factors. ItKRNARD FRANKLIN, Cotton Broker. J. C. MODRNNALD, Cotton Broker. J A MKS TORIN, of Phinizy ?fe Co., Cotton Factors. N. L. Wi LT. ET, of Pearce, Willoi A Ballard, Cotton FKctors. J. J. Russell, of H. F. & J. J. Russell, Cotton Buyers. HOWARD B. DICKSON, of Dickson Bros., Colton Buyers. F. COCIIN, Superintendent Augusta Factory. . CITAS. ESTES, President John P. King Mauufacturing Co. G KO. T. JACKSON, President Enterprise Factory. MCCORMICK, S. C., Moy Cth, 1885. Mr. O. M. STONE, Manager, Augusta Ga Dear Sir-During Ibo fall of 188-11 gi unod about 450 bales cotton with tho 60 SAW AUGUSTA COTTON GIN, using for power a fi Horse Birdsall Engine. I usually ginned 450 lbs. lint cotton an hour. Tho gin cleans tho seed perfectly, and the lint trom it sold lasi season in Augusta at ? to Jo. per pound above the lint from other gius in my section. My patrons were woll pleased with my work. The gin is now almost in por feet order. Yours truly, WALTER TALBEBT. AUOUSTA, GA , December 23rd, 1884. Mr. O. M. STONE, Manager Augusta Cotton Gin Co. Dear Sir- During tho past season I have ginnod 400 halos cotton on Ibo fiOSaw Augusta (tin. It cleans tho seed perfectly, makes an unusually linn sample and a splendid (urn on!. My gin has not failed to make a yield nf over ono pound lint Lo 3 pounds seed. My usual timo of ginning a halo of cotton is from 40 to (50 min utes. I can recoin mond tho Augusta Colton Gin to the public COG Mr. J. IT. Oogbtirn, of Cogbnrn it Stovons, also states tiuKI ibo enlim season, y ??Wed moro lint from seed colton than any j In's section. This result was not obtained from ono plantation many plantation*, si nco he used it as a traveling ginnory willi a BirdsS? Hughie. Tho splendid yield was ?lue solely tn the Augusta Cotton G Iron th ??ad caused short crops, and therefore tho staple could not have [.optimally good. iff. M. STONE, Mau/iger. NEAR ITAMRTTBO, S. C., January 2911 V.r. O. M. STONE, Manager Augusta Cotton Gin (Jo. / Dear Sir-During tho past ginning season wo used ono of your GO-SaWy' Augusta lotion Gins, with a U-horse power Amos Eugine. Wo usually ginnod Abale of cotton in 45 minutes. The soot) was always perfectly cleaned, and the turn out as ?nodI na could be expooled from any gin. Tho sample was very fine. The gin is rory strong aud well mudo, and has given perfect satisfaction both to o urabi vos and latrons. Tho 32-inch mill, built for us by tho A_ugusta Cotton Gin Co., makes excellent noaLuud works well. Wo grind s iHishojdttMkour wlion rocks aro in order. v, HUDSON ?fe SONS. Ar. O. M. STONE, Managor Augusta. ? Door Sir-Tho attachment whiqjf I an Augusta Gin, causes tho gin vitii it It gives uie pleasure to| rho ute plauters. Yours ' >., GA^ January 23d, 1885^ nally makii ?lt