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,c messenger. i^ntdtd ut ' he ;misiIttlicv us 2n<l-olass maltoi I .1AMKS s. rr.KKIX, I Em t o k a n d r k o i' k i r. t o ii . TUESDAY, lYhi"iu:.v I. sl* usc111i'yion $2 01!" V.I:i:t t lis tin* In (?i-n. 1 [fmh-ison'j, lepe.jj, as f??rwanh (1 l?v our excellent Atlanta correspondent, T?Ir. K. 15. Mock, there is u statement that tolls, in brief hut comprehensive shape, what nil* tho Southern farmer more than anything else. It i< not the tiirift" so much, nor yet the I'Vdcral taxation, l?ut a vicious credit ; vst.Mii that produces the most tremendous usury of modern limes. We arc ioM that for corn and hacon the farmers of Georgia who bought on time paid for such supplies 42 per cent, on the one and 84.8 per ci'ivt. on the other, :it four months, being equivalent respectively to 12G and 104 per cent, per annum. The people of Georgia can feed themselves if they choose. They can raise sufficient corn not only for h >mc cdn sumption, but for merit production. It is a patent fact that, for sonic reason or other, chiefly because of the cotton craze presumably, they keep their corn-cribs and sinoke-liouses largely at the West, and so, not only allow million*; of dollars to be sent out of the State that ought to remain there, but submit to a credit and commission charge that realizes Mr. Stephen's graphic description of how there is annually an inevitable sizing and seizing of the farmer's pile by the factor, who "allows just enough hide to remain on his mule to make another crop." Nor can the agricultural people help being poor when trading on terms that mean .bankruptcy from the start. If our fanners do not live within themselves reasonably but continue, us a rule, to pay exactions that wculd beggar any people, they cannot hope to prosper. As far as possible, they should feed themselves. As far as possiole, they should pract'ce thrift und frugality, avoiding debt as a devil. It is not thtpurchase of corn alone, nor bacon alone from abroad that keeps the farmer poor. There are many other things, chiefly mules and horses, in the same category. .Our planters, as a rule, accumulate nothing because they send their surplus wealth production Fast nnd West, by intermediary channels. The day those leaks are stopped and what supplies are imperatively heeded are procured on a .cash basis, there will he an awaKening una ;i boom 111 me noutiu rn agriculture .quite as substantial, more so perhaps, thrui in the mining re-rions of Alabama. A few (Itvs ago, we conversed with a girntlemun of varied accomplishments, .who has taken hi~h rank piofussiouully and diplomatically. lie sighed for a cotton phir.lution and said: "Yon will he surprised at this statement, but 1 am a seienth e farmer and love the life of an agriculturist. There is money in cotton planting, little as you may think so.*' A ! . i r a t a. __.i t ! i <yuericu lurmor as 10 way ne oia not realize his desire, (lie answer came promptly thus: "To be successful as a farmer one must have capital and buy for cash whatever may he needed. Credit an i commission, as practiced at the South, mean ruin to the planter in the ond. If ready money bo Aladdin's lamp, the want of it is not only payment of the pound of Hi'sh, but stubbing: to the heart Farmers at the South who are in want or crippled, are either the victim of usury or fuUc syntems of culture, or both." I ' somebody devise a protective policy and carry it into execution whereby the farmers of Georgia could feed and equip themselves and other residents of the Stale. there would he no special clamor against the tariff" or even Federal taxation for pensions. A.s it is, the payment of enormous interest and commissions is what principally ails the farmer, as CJeneral Henderson demonstrates.?Attyuxta Chronicle. Itnlsc Your Horses. Mulct) and Cowb at Homo. With so many available crops supplo.monted by an unlimited suply of cotton seed and a mild, genial climate superadded, why should not Southern farmers raise more stock? Why should a mule or horse ever be brought from the north side of the Ohio river? Why should hundreds of tons of butter and oloomargaiine from tbe North be sold in the touth every yoar? Why work ourselves to raise cotton to buy horses, mules, bacon, flour, lard, meal glucose or starch syrup when overy one of theso except the glucose, which can be supplanted by sorgham syrup, can bo raised at home " without the slightest difficulty? Why play into the hands of middlemen, railroads, hanks, speculators, etc.. to say .nothing of thu dependence upon the I? IIMTJ?????CMWT1W II ~ : unsteady, unreliable laborers in our inidsl? Von say cotton is always saleble, always briujrs cash So does (irst class iiuttrr, s?> ?ioe.s a ?;oo?! inulu or hoisu. It'rsoy butter limls riady s ilo simply.beoausi: it i.-i good hntti t. Tin* owners of ?i'*h sloch make butter in a l?n^in?'ss? like \wn ; th<-v have :roo 1 milk-houses and piojier arrnojeui :?- lor cooling ami ko< snug :.n lis: w.n -r power or some other mechanical device for churning. They ;o not li.se patience in cool weather ami j.our Iimi untor in tin1 elm in: they know ?.hnt slow churning makes tho most and ' si butter. They know that laj'ge feeds ! cotton seed spoil busier, and ther "oed something else. If all our farmers handled their milk and butter in lik< inanror, Northern butter vonld soon l?o driven out of the market, in tho olden time, tho little surplus hotter on out farms was regarded as a trill", and little attention given it. Hence, wo have (alien into careless ways and methods?let i:k change them. Let every farmer arrange to make butter for market?handle it properly, make its quality good and its appearance attractive n..d ho will always Hud ready sale at good price.? 5<> i: tk cm C u 11 i >'t; (or. TIio Schools of the State. Col. -I. II. Iticv, State Superintendent of Education. is ali<mt to h?-^in a tour of inspection through ilie Shite, visiting the lower counties during tin* winter and up-eountrv in Mie spring and sum mc?r. His object is not only to see tin* county school officials and teachers an J inform himself as to their work, hut to roach the people anil interest them in the work <.?1" the public school system lie says that this will prevent him from staying in Columbia as long ns he might otherwise do, but that most of the year he is only needed here when some specinl matter comes up, ;is the eh-rk ol the office attends to .the clerical part of the .work. Last Wednesday Superintendent Kh-e inspected the public schools of Columbia, and in the evening went 10 Charleston. where he will spend several days visiting the schools. Before the close of the week he will visit Berkley county. On Monday of next week he will go to Hampton and spend several days, and on the Wednesday following to Bouufort, whore he will also remain two or three days. On tl.o succeeding Monday he will go to Colleton. His purpose is t<-> spend about three days in each county. Appointments will he made for him by tiie Representatives of the several counties in the Legislature, except iii Beaufort county, s\ lu re Col. Win Elliott ami other gentlemen will arrange where he shall go. 11 y Mav he expects to conelude his visits to the counties below Columbia. KMTAi'KtXAl, N<>Ti;W. The new Slate Superintendent of Education is now appointing county boards of exainineis all over the State. A check for $1,000 from the i'eahody fund was to-ilay sent to Charleston, making $4LOOU specially donated from the fund this year to the schools of that city in recognition of the educational .effort 4here and in aid of the losses by the earthquake. It will be remembered that this year South Carolina gets from the l'oabody fund a sum greater than is apportioned to any other Southern State. The Chancellor of the Normal Rranch of the University of Tennessee, a department supported b; the I'eabody fund, at^d now having nine sholarships held by South Carolinians, is anxious to commemorate the day?February 7? on which Mr. I'eabody, twenty years ago, wrote his lirst letter dedicating the now famous fund to educational advancement. The Superintendents of Education of the several States, aided by the fund, have been requested to contribute reports stating what had been accomplished in their States by the use of the fund. Superintendent Rice has already written his report.?JSTews and Courier. Athens, Ga., Jan. 21.?[Special.]? The engineering corps of the G., C. & X. railroad, numbering about eighteen men. started out this morning under Engineer It. C. McCalla. They are thoroughly fitted up with every requisite for camp life agd the finest instruments necessarv for field work, and will make ra^id progress toward Atlanta, which is their objective point. They will be employed for some days in surveying the approaches to the city before^ starting regularly upon their route.?' Aiigmiu u/ironic(e. The Verdict Unniiimons. W. D. Suit, Prnjrjrist, Himms, Ind testifies: "I can recommend Elcctric Bitters as the very beat remedy. Every bottle sold has given rolief in every case Onenmn took six bottles, and was cured of Rheumatism of 10 yeaiV stnnr.inp " Abraham Hare. drnjf>ri-tl^I{. 15ville, Ohio, aflirms: best selling medicine ) heve ever handled in m v 20 vers' experience, is Electric Hitters." Thousands of others have added their testimony so tliut the verdict is unanimous that Electric hitters do cure ?ll diseases of the Liver, kidnev*. or l>|>?od. Only a half dollar n Lx?t !< .it. T.C. Drugstore. ???OP?? M?j? ? I RM? Furimui's Compost. Tho Stmt hern (..'ulfivat' r >.;i vos tin- . foliowiii" foriniilii for i!ii< ' . " ' I li7.cr in the cotton flutes: * The matcrhls oi Fulmar's cnnui'^l j arc havnvard m mun , cotton seed. arid i phosphate and kvin't. The pr?pt>i i'khis ! are thirty 'mis'm-1 ; SM,h i?t* tin* liist two.; l(JO pounds ol phosphate and 1I(!0 pojiuls ! J kainit. 'I*m>\ he intimately mixed j at first, or put in alte;mi1e 1 >yeis of cotton seed, phosphate and kainit, ami j immure, and so on. The whole to ho j moistened, arid the mixie.jr, in tin? latter j case, effected hy cu?tiii? down the mass j clear through from top to bottom. You . could add to .1 heap from time to time, ! nsin^ always the same proportions. hut | ii is usual to make up all of a^iven heap at one time. If the heap is made in pens, as it should he, with Deruondicular sides and at least four feet high, and the compost covered on top with a layer of rirli earth six inches thick, there is no necessity for a roof, rain, unless very j excessive, will not more than keep the 1 mass as moist as it should. The com- j post should be put tip at least three \ecks before it is t<? be applied; it is usually done six to eight weeks in advance. J'ucUirn's Arnica Salve. The i-'?l ve in 5lie world for Cut'- l'.rui- | scs, Sore*, I lcn>, Sail K hen in, Ki'*? r Sored Tettur, Chape>l Hands, Chilblains Corns, ans all Skin fcrit)>tio;is, and po.>ilivo!y enrvs l'ilcs, I or on t?ny reqnireu. it is guaiatilecd io <rivo dati.stnn or money refunded. l'riwe. 25 cuius |>er box. For sale by JAS.&. BAILIE & SONS, I ZDDS^IilEIEiS IIET C<H'j>cts, Oil I'Jlths, fyiiidotv Citrtrfiu <nul S?unlr.-i. WALL PA!'Kits, DOIIPLIIS A XI) PA DO ICS, | Hearth Rugs, Doer Stflats 714 IillO.ll> ST HE IT, AUGUSTA, GA1 | cO>3?&T | ______ Cheap Creeds, Imi Credit Played Oat. j rpiIOSK wishinp to jret I he worth of thoir ; 1 A. money, tor this year, will find it io their | j advnnti.jro to trade at this well-known estah-! i*hment, as no pains will he snared to Keep ] j on hands Finest (trades and Qualities of nil UlU.S ? ! n i.il'*r?, llliAA t'lOAHS and TOHACCOS. You who pay Cash arc specially invited nnt! }ju rantoed to receive kin?l ami prompt! attention, together with host goods. Ocntlemcn cim at imv tinto find ptciiAant j amusement in a jrunie of UILLlAUi/S or: FOOL, at a reasonable charge. . | Hespec* full v, P. CUMINSSAiS, 'SO tr SOLE l-KOl'KIRTOK. theoTmab v T , Georgia and South Carolina Gra A large selection of M AltHLK and GRAXIT TER1NG d DELIVERY. M?W>WDBMftEJWWaiaWtt?'rtaMWUi. nHTTf.v^Tnrr TV FALMKITO j THOMAS Mc&ETI IjW'largest S A LOON" in the np-conntry, do jfigtonciuents. The half is not mentioned'in Hi jjfQ for full trade. The Palmetto House is well.? Foreign and Domestic the best the market affords. He has got LIQU( Rye and Corn, Irish Apple Peach, California, ai "Poi'tex*, 1 11 0 ran cheerfiillv rcc?<inni"?d his goods to I drinks with nil the'DKLICIOL H lJlCA'KKAOK! j DRINKS. His speciality is a large stock of I1 ififtTittfrcim'R Rp.snrt Ni niul you wiil not forgot ??iiin . A. G-ooq Lino of Toba.cc-> anc Spoci MOTIOES Tax-Payers. Tin- Auditor will boat the following iiIuicn at She lime M|???trifor tliu purpose of receiving TAX RETURNS of all RHALand l'KRSONA L PROPERTY on band on the first day of January, 1887, as well as all Transfer* of Real Kstalc made since last return. All taxpayers who neglect or refuse to make returns will he subject to the penall\ prescribed by 1 iw. Auditor's oflice at Abbeville Co\u t House, will be open to receive reluiii> from the first day of January lo ihe 20th dsiy of Febuary, 1887. Ninety-Six?10th, 11th anil 13th of January, 1887. j (I reenwood?13th, 14th ami 15th of | January, 1887. I l!odg<?s?17th and 18th of January. 1887. Donahlsvillo?19th and 20th of January. 1887. Due West?'J 1st and 22nd of January, 1887. j Yerdery?24:Ii unci 25? h of January J 1887. I llradley?2'nh and 27th of January, ! 1887. j Troy?28th and 2!)th of January, 1887 JlcConuiek?31st Jainuary, and 1 -;t of Felmiitry, 1887. liordeaux?2d r.f February. 1887. \Vi!!iiijr!on?3d of February, 1HH7. Jit. Canned?lih and 5th of February, j 1887. Hesters? f?i.h and 8th of February, j 1887. j Lutiiuers?0?'.; an-! 10'h of February, !1887. Lowndosvillo?11th and 12th o' Feb[ ruarv, 18H7. i Mountain Yiow?13th of February. 1887. I Antrcvil'e?15th and HUh of February, 1887. Oilgal?17th of of February, 1887. Codur Springs?18th of February. 1887. A. W. JONES, Auditor. Tie Anonsta Earlier Shop, M. S. Polier, Proprietor, Jl.X ri-iir of NKW IfOTKI.. I'mfcsstmiul Hair Dressing : it?l i"??y shaving. Ottioe Hours, from 7 a. in to V p. m. J. L SIMPSON, AGENT FOP Fralsy Quilting Frame. rpiIK only thoroughly practical invention & for making QU'LTS and COMFORT ABLES on tItc* Sewing Machine. Works equally well on all tlie dirt'erent makes of Machines, and dm-s all muuiu-rot Quilting. OnI ' takes two hours to make a Comfortable, and three to four hours to make a Quilt. Will make Quilts ami Comfortables of any size. With this QUILTING KUAME quilt-I ing is done with less elfin t on the part of the | operator than anv other sewing within the j range of the Sewing Machine. It wotks like a charm. Examine it, and see for yourself. No family Sewing Machine is commie without 1 this attachment. Itetail price onlv ?7.aU Jan., 2t?,'tW. if J. L. SiM 1'SON* | ro?.? '^rvy>r.ar>fiH'woiUK?itwmnoa? j iK WALTER'S il Pjaiisti! Wfi?h I u yiuiiiiu v(uiiLU) i si, HEAR LOWER MARKET, ..TJC3-TJ STA, G-A..: Worls, 'Domestic e::& Iffiporisd. Vt Low Prices. nite Monumenis A SPECIALTY. K WORK always on hind, ready for LKT ' jsALOON! 'I8AN, Proprietor n't intend tn dnpe his customers by false nde throe Abbeville papers. lie is well prcpnritocked with everything in the line of ) Wines and Liquors, )ItS nine years old. Good old and Scotch Whiskies, TJ-vio-w J.V.A L' 1C11V/U JJiailUlC!"*, ^le and Fresh Lager Be^r. the public for MEDICINAL II HE, mixed nnd 3 of the Mcnfion. Also COOL, TEMPERATE DUE GOODS. Call nt the ). 4 Washington street, THOMAS McGETTiGAN. 1 Cigars. Buchveiser Beer a ality.. i .ui?jPLi ! m??q?riwra WHITE BRt \ HE now prepared t<? show I lie most attraetive and tli Fall mni Wliit they lmve over nll'eied TIIK attention of buyers is rexpeelinllv (-;;lie<i tn i'u< wliieli (liis ??.!/ known 1.(if.se is mnv c:i8Tyin<j DKKSS COOnS. DOMESTIC <JOO|?S, TAW.fi LINKXj*. WATKIM'KMOKS. 1.AD1KS rNDKRWKAU. (Mil I.IMIKN'S I'NP LACKS. I-;MiJK:?11i!IIt{J-:C l.O V I I, NKKTS, i: i*(is, \i' They curry tlio larpest stuck of Rsa&y Mails ClsLMsg etpJ to be fonnd in tin* county. They keep constant I v on tine shoes, made by ZKWII.KK iiUOTHKKS, of I'liila Shoes which are so justly c-'lebrated, and which liavo s durability. In mldition to the above they ofi'er all kinds of N'i Caps. Saddlerv. ('rockery, (ilnss-ware, (iroeeries, Pro' It' you want ( heap poods, reliable ponds, and pretty "W HITE ILook Jm "VtfMur IIavi;t?r recently returned from the \urlhern ami at t rsict i vv stuck. wo nr^k our Iricnds it it < t tin1 j nld full and ennijivle lines of nlinnst c\ery!h!rp need ladies with l)KKSS (iOODS in I'rucadt s :iik! I'iaii ' HI.AI'K VASIIMKlfKS'" ia i|ua!i?y ami prices are hams, Table l.im tisiti Hlraohed, lirnw n, am7 Turkey ! to match. Damask ami I!m k T< l>e Hit's ami t!i ll-iiJH'v.jfin ami >heet;ns:s, Ti? kinj::i in Single and In, W'nite and tied F'.AN N l\ I.S, Vw illeil ami Plain; Whil Ti e ren'k men have been specially ear HATS, CLOTf / We have tin I'jvtticsi, I.urise.st ami t'heavest 1< Patterns that has I i?>> *.>????>:! t to A 1>1? v"!I ? in y, stock of HKA1)V:MADK <1 DilliXIJ. we ?> ? re; a?-t take orders and give yon .t Tailor-I'ti.df Suit ; tiil.or.i Fit and s'vle guaranteed. Our limit* and Sluice were to durability as well as style,:?mi we l>uar.ii.ee st as f? anywhere or from anyone. Saddles, Harness, Whips, lb-idles, Hreechi.'ig , Spring-Seat Saddle always in stock. Nor hare wc stocked tirocery House will show by it* stocks of heav Harlev, ?Vc., and the tasteful array of Shelf Goods A simple reference to our complete stock of Hai th s time. jr-iTCome uml sec us and we will do von W. Joel 8in BAY & TAN1 ( ? , . ^ / / )\ ' \ V / I \ n v \.t. X/ i . \ .ST.? - IIKALQCAKTEKS Csrriries, Wagons, Coacli ^^4%^ rti m-? - juuiUii'ji-, sauc! i-meuo: * V 'I ho Finest x?iul TVIopf V?r5r<l Assor! nicp' JJron^lu to t !i<! City, at Tidings of ('or:;for To iIti?. i? who bofiS v.TPMolu'd nml jerked >' now nfit-r yob the most delightful vehicle, w ii S35.00 Try oik* and save your health. Evrrv man who ??' hontri hnvcone, as the jirice is within the roach ?>f all. DAY & TANNAMJj, .-OJirrtr.. fOtMIUK. AT GOOBYEA mnm if UilJLlfl VJ.JL1UJJ J.UJJ. CAN ALWAYS HI' FOUND A FULL LINK OKADKS OF OI'F.N AND T At Lowi it 1'hicks tlinn itt nnv otlitT house this side of order, are Lighter Hnnninjr and Better Finished t sold as Standard Vehicles, lint 1 have just C Family Carriages, Phaetons Also another shipment of I hose Fixic Open .a orders, hy the be.-i manufacturers North and East. Nc of these vehicles hut the best materials, and in Quality any others now in the market. In stock a Full Line of & Art v> A 1 tlliU J ALL GRADER, which I will offer at LOWER PUlCEf in the history of the business Milburn, Studebakcr t sizes. Oak and Hemlock Solo Leather, Calf Skins, S Materials, Harness Leather, licit Lacinjr of superior t AI so a full line of Guns, Shells, I'owder, Shot, Table and Pocket Cutlc Axes. linos, ricks and Mattocks, I itch roiks, Mio' lU-ains, (irind Stone?, Iuikcs, 1'addocks, Carpenter ' Doors and Hlinds, Fitrm and Clinrcli Hells, wPch I am AT THK OLD STAND. * p<f| 0())MiMi*c Onorjria Hailroail Mank.> UU 704 UUOAD STHKKT. S Su I . >THEKS~ < lilusl t'XI ? !? 1V?- still k uf ,BY goods liirgc line of RED F I.ANN El. WHITE FLANNKL.v, EI1WEAK, <5ENTS' I N!'ERWEA R HOSIERY, CAR I'ETS, A c Ecets and Shoes 11:i:i.1 a 1 si ! ;*< :ismi; titu lit fit' I Ti-i >< sue nuinu /.filler n> .4U]K'i i?r in j?-?i:il oj' Jit, s?tvi? ninl DTIONS, II All 1>\V A UK, HATS r.nU visions Ac. y noils, call on zbt^OTX-T:E:R,S, Interests. 3l;i:*kcts, whore tvc {mm-lmscd h lnr<ro is- to *i w us ii cull iimi *> x si til i nc our od for vonit'ort. We will iiilrivst the ii Ks'lirics. I'rom <?' , ei'iiit* viji. Our (icr.<lfllv in tlic li'iiii ('si 1 icos, <>it pf< <1 D.iiiiiisks. v. it Ii Napkins > nil iNilu-s i;isit Towi'Iinn s. Hlesicht <' .mil Hrmtn olile W'iillli A n:o>t f oj. j.li to lino of t fiui * oioi'i'tJ UJiAN KKTi!, Ac. (. d fur in the r.electioti of IING, &c. >t or Cassimkhks is J-i it and I'ants ais. 1 ii siiiditmil itiiinr ni'll-srli'clfd ?1 from :: beautiful lint* of SatnpleH (o tJn? >s?n?i* n>st of rc?<l\-wa<lt? jjooJs. 1 In ujriit w .tli s]n ci;il eniv, with an t-ve il! value foi ilif money as can be had nod Collars. Tlie jrenuine Kentucky forgotten Hit iiiii< r man, ns our trei; '< Itaeon, Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Oat? tllVAIlK AMI Cl'TTI.KRY milht Sll tttve a ??oou. lith & Son. ^ A HILL "jgL, Ciirn^ > -f , y / FOR Material!!, Saddlery, :s, Selling, of* ChiWron's Carriages ;ilt J'riccs. t s;r<d Joy boot bv s<?-enllr(l mm) rails. AVo b I' 1 Ml:?T wluols aid l?> whs ii horse, or wishes t<? trstin ? eolt Augusts, Ua. uTto.'s 0S1TDRY OFMKPIUM AND CIIKAI'KR or ISUGGIKS Cincinnati. Tliis work is all ma<lo to .han the class of work pen trail j received a Full Line of Fine nnJ P rr l%wi /?-v i, auu uauiiUlCl?.v>_) np Tor Himioies, made upon fijecinl >thinp being used ir (lie construction , Style and Finish arc unequalled by Harness, ? than have ever before been known ind Standard Plantation Wagons. nil hoe Finding*, Carriage and Vnir'Ti (iialitv, liuhber and Leather licitinp. ARB. i v, Plow Points for all makes, Nails, k'cls, Sondes, Steelyards and Sen hi Tools, Files Hinge's, Window Sash, nfl'.iriniv i>l t /?> ? jo. ? a> nvii l.ai V A?U 1'BIUKS. ODYEAR & CO., ccc*M?r to It. |I. MAY & CO.