The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, July 15, 1885, Image 4

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/ lilrtliriin AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. The Xitrogen of the L.egamino&s8. Prof. Atwater has recently published a series of experiments to prove that certain leguminous plants grown in land, and furnished with "a known quantity of nitrogen, contain a much larger quantity of that substance in their produce "that can be accounted for by that contained in the seed, soil and solution; and as the amount of combined nitrogen in the air is very small, he concludes that the plants have obtained this excess from the free nitrogen of the atmosphere. I do not propose to raise any question either in regard to the accuracy of Prof. Atwater's experiments or the conclusions he draws from them, hot rather to found my remarks upon the assumption of their being true. Let us suppose that Prof. At waters experiments had been tried by himself 40 years ago, or let us say by M. Boossinsrauit, or ourselves, with asimilar rerult, and the view that certain plants could obtain their supply of nitrogen from the atmosphere had in consequence bee geeerally accepted. A little more than forty years ago, mineral manures came largely into use in this country, and although their as a manure for grain crops was complete from the first, their success when applied to other crops was so decided that it might have led people to accept without hesitation the r?, suits of the experiments as establishing the atmospheric source of the nitrogen. The large increase, both of root crops which followed the application of mineral phosphates, and oflegaumious rrnns where ntaster or salts of DOtash were applied, appeared to leave nothing to be desired. Tbe exhausting cerals required a supply of nitrogen, and the broad leaved foots and leguminous crops were there to ccilect it from the atmosphere; while it remained for M. Ville to make ths discovery that for these plants to obtain a full atmospheric supply, the soil must be furnished with just enough nitrogen to enable them to develop their long leaves. "-^2 / In the course of time, however, would have been found that howeves| liberal might be the supply of miner##] manure, the crops were not so large ia^| they had previously been, and that^j for some reason the pot experiments were not alttogether in agreement with the field results. With regard to mangels?one of the said to be a large collector of atmos-l pheric nitrogen. I think we have fur* nished an exceedingly strong evidtu<je=: that, with an abundance of minerals*, and a limited supply of nitrogen, their power of obtaining that substance from the atmosphere is very small. Thg evidence in regard to the legumi-: nous plants is of a totally dinerent character. - "Granting that the experiments of Prof. Atwater are absolutely correct, it chjes not help us very much in overcoming the- difficulties we have to contend against in our own investigations. So little do we hope for aid from the atmosphere, that we have recently been directing our attention almost entirely to the subsoil, where our investigations have been made tQ a depth which a few years ago would have been considered quite unnecessary. In onr chemical ionrnal for June will be found some of the results of these deep diggings, which are exceedingly curious, and at the same time not easy to explain. In the same field, and adjoining the experiments devoted to legaminons plants, is an acre of land which has received so manure for SO yearn, aad: grown wheat alternately with tallow during the whole of that period. The crop has declined greyly* and the soils showe, by analysis, a considerable reduction, in its fertililitv. We do not apply mineral manure to this wheat, as we know that there is an abundance of minerals iu the soil, and that if our object were to increase the crop, it conld be attained with certainty by means of an application of nitrogen. C Qh some of the leguminous plants adjoining the wheat, mineral manures produce very greatly increased crops. This soil had also received no nitrogen for 30 year# or more. Both the soil which had grown wheat alternately with' fallow, and that which had grown the leguminous crops, showed, by analysis of the first nine inches from the surface, a considerable redaction in the total nitrogen. . , The soils selected for analysis were: 1. Fhe lallow part part of the wheat soil; 2. The soil that daring (he previous year had grown white clover which" had died off; 3. A soil from which a fairly luxuriant crop of wiuter vejches had just been aarried away. The soils were sampled in July. Two holes were taken in each experiment, which were analzed separate!v, and J.1 :i? -fii.. tue soiid ui me iwy wcic uua^u together, and again aualvzed. Twelve samples of soil," each 9 inches deep, were taken, extending down to 10S inches. These, in one or two instances, reached the chalk. The snbsoii varied a good deal, bat generally consisted ot a raw yellow clay, mixed with flint stones. Oar analysis were confined principally to the nitroge in the torm of 5 nitric acid, and we selected?1. Wheat land nnder fallow, which had every facility for nitrification, and on this there waa no crop to take up the nitric acid formed, where the rainfal in the spring and summer was not sufficient to carry it away; 2. The soil wmcn naa grown war' ciover me previous year, and had not since been oisturbed"; 3. The rwo plats. which grown rather luxuriant vetch crops, the sampling following almost immediately after the removal of the crop. ] Under these very different circumstances, the total amount of nitrogen as nitric acid in the fallow wheat land, amounted to between 50 and 60 pounds per acre to the depth of 9 feet, while the first 18 inches from the surface contained more than the remaining 90. After the first IS inches, the amount of nitrogen as nitric acid varied from one ' J- - v. r? - u_?:i toiour jjuuiius xu eauu o juuuct ui wu, The soxi from which the crops of vetches had just beeu removed contained rather more nitrogen as nitric acid than the wheat soil down to the dephth of 108 inches, bat the distribution was very different, as while on the wheat land the bulk of the nitrogen was near the surface, in these plats there was more nitrogen in the lower than in the Tipper 54. inches. In one plat at 3 feet, and in the other at 9 inches lower do am, the amount of nitrogen as nitric acid began to in-' crease, ana instead or cacn y mcnes containing 1, 2 or 3 pounds of nitrogen . as nitric acid per acre?a3 was the case on the wheat land?here in each 9 inches we foand 5 to 6 pounds of nitrogen per acre. The vetch crop removed about 150 lbs. of nitrogen per acre, and it is jast within the range of the roots that the nitrogen as nitric acid is so small. The land where the clover was grown in the previous year contained more than twice as much nitrogen as nitric acid, as either the fallow or the vefch plats, and farther, it contained more in the first eighteen inches of soil than the wheat "soil contained down to 108 inches. White clover is a shallowrooted plant, and the bulk of the roots would be left within eighteen inches of the surface. In the next ten samples, each of nine inches in depth, the nitro vancu yut ? -uv. v pounds per acre in each nine inches of soil, the last of all being oue of the highest?Si pounds. How are we to explain these results? i ... !We have first a fallow, from which, duriu^ the previous year, a wheat crop . had been removed. On this land there was a considerable amount of nitrogen i as nitric acid, near the surface?eviI dently dne to stirring of the soil?and j but little below. The previous wheat i crop might have removed about 20 j pounds of nitrogen per acre. The white clover grown the same year as the wheat, mast have removed considerably more than this amount of nitrogen, and yet we find that at every depth, there is much more nitrogen as nitric acid in the clover soil thau there is where the wheat was grown. The vetch crop jnst before the soil was sampled, had carried off considerably more than 100 pounds of nitrogen, and yet we find in this soil as much nitrogen as nitric acid, as in the fallow soil. Directly or indirectly, the leguminous plants are evidently connected with the large amount of nitric acid formed. To trace the source of this nitrogen of the leguminosae to the atmosphere would relieve us from some of our difficulties, but not or all. Thts theoryfails just when we require its aid all the more, from the stock of nitrogen having diminished in consequence of the . continued use of mineral manures. \ Upon portions of this field where no nitrogenous manures have been ap- . plied for more than thirty years, we have now growing most luxuriant crops of lucern, sanfoiu and vetches. The white clover is also very good, but the Bokhara clover?which for a certain time had been very luxuriant? has now apparently run its course, at all events on its own plats, although it might very likely succeed upon any of the plats where shallow-rooted plants had failed. The question which forces itself upon us is therefore this: Is it not only a matter of time as to when all leguminous plants supplied with mineral manures alone will faii? We have red clover still growing luxurio nfl?"5C5ir a wnl i orvi 1 of fVvo oil/l AtiUj vU p iiuu tu&u ot/ii at ^-iiu of tbirty.-thfee years. .Would any one veuture to .assert .that this growth wonjd. have fceen Jjept up if the soil had not beea exceedingly rich in nitrogen? -Poor jyuQnr^bsoils.are,, each ^apewcheVia depth contains,between a^D. poands and -2,000 pounds of MkOj^E to the acre. A deep-rooted .plane;has a distinct advaafc^.oyer a ^^i^rrooted plant, if only it can If of the material at its disposal.^" '^Whether leguminous plants ta:-;c yp organic nitrogen, or whether nitrincation;in the soil, are ^nt pjresent form part : el'acre :Wi^n Jhe^reach of sorae J^^K-^Miwooted plants, we somehow feel -that more interest is attached to researches under ground Chan those connected with the atmosphere. -Sir J. B. Luwes in Country Gentleman. THE CROPS OF THE STATE. Report of tho Agricultural Department for ? tbe 1st of July. The State Department of Agricultare furnishes the following informatiou regarding the condition of the growing crop July 1, derived from the reports of its. township correspondents: COTTON. The returns on the 1st of May indicated a decrease of one per cent, in the" cotton area of the State below that of 1884. The reports July 1, giving i actual estimated acreage, increased the ! area one per cent, over the May re! turns, making it the same as last pear. I This estimate, however, is baced upon f the comparative statements by per| centages and not upon a calculation of | actual acreage by counties, and as a majority of the counties rejwrt an , increase it is very proDaoie turn wnen the area has been ascertained by the i latter method that the resnlls will show " I a larger area than in 1884. - The weather daring the month has been generally favorable for the growth and development of the plaut, although complaints are made both of too mnch rain and a lack of rain in localities. The grass grew so rapidly after the rains in May and Juue that the "stands" of cotton were injured in removing it. It is generally stated by the correspondents that crop is two weeks later and usual, and the plant is consequently smaller then in average seasons, but is growing well, and developing finely; is? rigorous and. has a good color. There^are exceptions to these reports however, as in Aiken county, where a correspondent states that the plant is small and has au nnhealthv appear? <'vu__ " i il. 3uce, auu 10 uiuer lucauucs wiicre HIC correspondents' pay 'that it Is tarnlng yellow from the effects of excessive rains and supposed exhaustion of fertilizers. The great majority of the reports were very favorable nofcwith- . .standing tbe injuries mentioned, and the condition of the crop is better than at any time for several year at the same period. The condition i? reported at 96 In upper and lower Carolina, and 95 in middle Carolina, an.averagc for the State of 96against 95 July first, 1884, and 94on the first of Jure, 1885. CORN. . The corn crop is generally reported in very fine condition. Some bottom lands have been overflowed and crops on these lands damaged, and birds and woroi3 have beeu destructive in places, > but such injuries have not beeu extensive enough to. affect the general crop, being confined to limited" areas. The early planted corn is wall advanced, and a few more good seasons in July will make this part of the corn safe for a full average yield. The condition is reported in n'pper Carolina at 101, middle Carolina 99, lower Carolina 100; average for tbe State 100, against 96 in July, 188-1, and 97 on the 1st June. This is the highest condition reported at this d3te in five years, excent in 1882, when it was returned at 104. 11ICE. An improvement is reported in the condition of rice since the first of June. The lower counties report the condition at 97, and the condition of upland rice is reported at 91. The counties of Yi < > i. it ni i a.' n.11. ) ijeanrorc, x>erseiey, ^nanestou, utmeton and Georgetown cultivated about two-thirds of the entire ricc area of the State, and the condition of the crop in these counties is reported at 97. OTHER CROPS. The condition of sorghum is reported at 9(5, sugar cane 96, sweet potatoes 100, Irish potatoes 99, and garden products 100. The correspondents report that a much larger area than usual is being planted in peas and other forage crops, much of the wheat and oat stubble having been sowed down in these crops. A Good 3I&D7 Failures. During the year 1883 there were 10,568 failures in business in the United States and Canada. Some of these were big concerns, and some were very small. Failure is sorrowful business to any man, especially if it is his health that fails. A great many times 30,568 people fail in health in the course of a year. Many of them might Ka f?rtrra/7 fKtttf WAtlM dl-A ^ATTn^fl Ottltu Ai fcUUT n vuiu M*av u w j Iron Bitters, the great family medicine and restorer of wasted health. * ?The corner stone of the new Camden Opera House was laid on the 7th, Past Grand Master J. D. Kennedy laying the stone. ^ *---VA- ---C' t.vvrniv/i tv t. a fppvc Quick a^d- Deadly Revenge ateted Oat to a Negro for an Assault on a White Woman. -( Fro*)* the. -6' re-eh cille JVeicx, July- S.) : Ageutlewan who returned- here on Monday night from a ride into Laurensin pur?aitofBob Griffin, a white man accused of stealing a watch, "brought arrange and horrifying story. He stated that while riding in the road in JLianceus county on Monday morning, he came suddenly on the dead body of a negro man, which on exami-; nation he found to be perforated with ! DUiiec noies. xi reprssenuaiye 01 me JVews investigated the matter yestor-1 day afternoon and leanied the follow-1 ing: 4'The negro's name was Charles j Williams. fie appeared in the Highland Home section of Laurens two or three weeks ago, and has been working about there ever since. He has caused some anxiety among the people, especially the ladies, by frequently parading the public roads with a pistol in his hand. He was a largo, burley man, of unprepossessing appearance. On- Friday morning at about 3 o'clock a young lady who lives near Highland Ht>me was "awakened by some one standing by her bed with * a hand on her. She inquired who it was and Vitrharflnnnn Mm infrn lligu H l>UU XilbL U' der.lay flat.ou the floor as if to hide, but finding that the lady continued to call tor beTp fled, leaving the house by .adoor he had broken open to enter. The J&dy5s brother, who was away from home with a threshing- machine, -v^as Rent for early next morning, and hasteaedhome. He and others examined the tracks of the invader and found theui to fit shoes worn by WilTiairvs (who was arrested in the neighborhood,) in size, shape and other^ respects. Williams was much confused" when arrested, and told two stories of where, he liad spent the previous night, "both af srhich were found to be false. When taken "before the young lady whose room had been entered,' WilUotnff ti?Qr KTT iiamo rrcwiivciufv/i^ iuuuuu^m ur as her assailant. -A magistrate was sent for and the evidence was heard. It was decided to commit the prisoner to jail to await, triaVand-he was piit in charge of jtwo deputies to be taken to Laurens. As they were on their way they were suddenly halted at a branch between Yergin's and Crisp's by fifteen or twenty unmasked men, who opened fire on Williams with various firearms, riddling his body and head and killing him almost instantly. His body was left fn the road to await the arrival of the coroner. When Williams's valise was examined four locks of hair from the heads of white women were found in it. Typhoid Fever. I am sixty-seven years old, and have lived in this (Hall) county all my life. Up to twenty-eight years ago i was regarded as the strongest man in the neighborhood?the most robust in health. In November, 1856, I had a long and serious spell of typhoid fever. It left me emaciated and a cripple in my right leg. At times that limb was swollen an enormons size, being twice as large as its natnral condition, and inflamed aud angry in appearance. From my knee down small sores came, and at the ankle a large ulcer came, which discharged poisonous matter. My whole system became infected. The doctors would patch me up for awhile, but the ulcer would never heal. The mercury and potash with which they dosed me brought on rheumatism and dyspepsia. I was an object of pity to all ray friends. Some thought that the oniv hope to save life was amputation. I continued to grow worse, and for three years I have not worn a shoe. Hope had almost left for me. Swift's Specific was sdigested, and I commenced its use at once. From the very first I began to feel better. I have" taken thirty-six bottles, and the shadows which had darkened my life for twenty-eight years have all been dissipated. The effect of the medicine is wonderful udeed. To-day I am able to attend to all my' farming-.interests, and walk from one to fivS miles per day. I am satisfied that the disease is entirely broken up, and henceforth I am to be free from those terrible apprehensions aud suffering1 which formerly made my Jife miserable.. Swift's Specific has done more good for rae in one year than ail the drug- store medicine prescribed by physicians in' twenty-eight years, ancl I most cherfully bear this testimony of its merits. WM. R. Rsed. Gainesville, Hall Coun:y, Ga. February 28, 1385. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. * A Freak of Lightning. A singular freak of lightning: occurred near Stockholm, Sussex county, N. J., on Monday afternoon. During 4-Un?w7Ai?fr% )\oll a4' rvnccincr bllO IU U V/i. Ill V between the chimney and a tall tree, only a foot or two distant, without touching either, entered the window of the house of a man named Shoonmaker and bounded across the room, burning a track iu the carpet wherever it touched. Then it divided into two forks, one striking a clock on the wall, shivering it to atoms, and glancing aside it passed out of another window, breaking three panes of glass. It ploughed along the ground for abont 250 feet, leaving an irregular furrough, and then entered tbe ground and disappeared. The second fork tore its way out through the wall and vanished into the ground. Several persons were in the reom at the time. Mrs. Shooninaker, who was holding her baby in her arms, was the only person injured. She was stunnea ana remained msen-. sible for a few moments. The baby was not injured. A Little Gold- Was Spent. Mr. Z. A. Clark, of Atlanta, Ga., in speaking of $480.00 in gold, desires to say to the readers of this paper, that the whole of the above amount was spent in a fruitless effort in lindiny relief from a terrible .Blood Poison affecting his body, limbs and nose?presenting ugly running ulcers.. lie is now sound and well, having been cured by the most speedy and wonderful remedy | ever before known, and any interested party who may need a Blood Purifier will team from liiui that three bottles of B. B. B restored his appetite, healed all ulcers, relieved bis kidneys, and added twenty-one pounds to his weight in thirty days. * ?The President last week appointed sir cadets at large to West Point. Among them is E. M. Cleary, who is a son of a business man of Washington. He personally presented his request to the President for appointment, and impressed him so favorably that he determined to grant his petition. There is not a sine-le mner 011 file in recommendation of this appointment. ?The north-bound passenger train on the Virginia Midland Railway and the fast mail train, south bound, collided because of an open switch, one mile beyond Lynchburg at two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Both engines were wrecked and several coaches damaged. A number of passengers were slightly hurt, but none seriously. ?A sad accident happened lately in Mr. Jacob Knight's family. He lives near Jefferson, across the Kershaw line. While his ten-vear-old son was handling a gan it was accidentally fired, and the load entered the body of his thirteen-year-old daughter killing her. V MM????mmm?ilMWiiiMiiii GEIOJRaL NEWS ITEMS. Facts of Interest, Gathered from Various Quarters. ?The Georgia Legislature met last | week. ... ?Paris has undertaken to drive the j swarms of beggars from her streets. ?Of the 517 students at the University ot California, 219 intend to practice law. ?Mrs. Merrick, wife of the late j R. T. Merrick, died at Washington on | Thursday afternoon. ?It is stated that unless action be i taken by .September 1 Egypt will be I completely bankrupt. ?General Grant continues about as usual. The latest accounts, however, seem rather unfavorable than otherwise. ?A revolution is reported to have broken out in Venezuela. The troops are said to have gone over to the insurgents. ?A Kentucky politician was sent to jail on Tuesday for improperly approaching the judge on behalf of a prisoner. T7 1.1 i.^ XiUl UJqililKU &UU0K3 UUUUQUU ! felt in the Vale of Cashmere at intervals of three days. On the 4th inst., a severe shock tvas felt at Serinagur. ?Legal proceedings for the determination of the mental condition of John McCullougb, the actor, have at length been takeu by his wife in Philadelphia. ?Governor Lowry, of Mississippi, has commuted the death sentence of Thos. Hnghes, convicted ot mnrder in Monroe county, to imprisonment for life. ?A Wilmington*, Del., dispatch says that Mrs. Bayard, wife of the Secretary of State, is pronounced in a very critical condition. Her recoveey is almost hopeless. ' ?The cholera continues in Spain, without abatement either in cases or in deaths. There are eases at Madrid? notwithstanding the indignant denials oi tne city ioiks. ?Secretary Manning says that neither First Auditor Chenowith nor Appointment Cierk Higgins has been requested to resign, reports to the contrary notwithstanding. ?The owners of 50,000 Texas cattle stopped on the borders of tho Colorado by an armed force in the pay of a rival cattle interest, have applied to the United States commissioner for relief. ?Governor Alger has vetoed the Michigan bill abolishing the contract labor system in prisons, after having recommended it in his message. A similar bill failed to pass in Illinois. ?The fever in Plymoath, Penn., is fnsf riisannf?arino\ The number of sick now being cared for is 163. Daring the past week fire new cases were admitted to the hospital and thirty-eight recovered. * ,* *. u ?Jeremiah 0. Bartholow, a wellknown citizen of St. Louis, committed suicide in bed last week. He was attacked by an insane son about a year ago and never fully recovered from his j injuries. ?Light attendauce and comparatively uninteresting races were the characteristics of Monmouth Park last week. The winners were Richmond, Electric, Wanda, Miss Woodford, Executor and Westwind. ?Dr. Leonard, the Prohibition candidate for Governor of Ohio, thinks the Prohibition party will at bh early date cause the disintegration of the Republican party and place the Democrats in a hopeless minority. ?J. L. Hickman, who two years ago Arvn AAA t . r . * ^ mil away wiuj o-':,wv i>ciuii?jiii? tunic Catholic Knights, of America, of which order he was grand treasurer, has returned dead broke, and seeking a compromise, to his home in Grafton, W. Va. He will be prosecuted. ?The President last week appointed Joseph L. Morgan, of South Carolina, to be Secretary of Legation of the' United States toMexico. Mr.. Morgan has been a resident of Mexico for some time and speaks the language of the country. ' . ?In Walton county, Ga., last week, Henry Crawford shot and killed Col.. Gordon. The men were substantial farmers.. They had fallen out about a fence line aud when Gordon attempted to run it.Crawford stopped It with his shotgun. The slayer has-escaped. : ?Fred Schlintzen, proprietor of the American House at Lemont, 111., was found dead in the-, hotel last Friday with a bullet wound in his head. Public opinion is divided as to whether he was murdered or committed sui ci?3e. ?Miss Kate W. Gentry, a lady twentv-cight years of age, committed suicide at Richmond, Va., on Thursday by hanging herself from the top of a door frame" with the window-sash cord. Hgr mind bad beeu unsettled for several weeks. ?The Secretary of War has directed Lieutenant General Sheridan to take immediate steps towards the concentration of all the troops, that they may be available in case of Indiau disturb-* ances in the West. It is reported to the War Department that the Indian troubles grow more threatening. ?The Rev. M. D. Turner, a Methodist minister, who lives at Lawrenceville. Ga., committed suicide at Stone Mountain, G-a., last week by taking strychnine. He wrote a letter to his wife saving she was not to blame, bnt that he had lost faith and hope for this world and that which was to con?. ?It is said that the Chinese are introducing their national oatb-boond organisations iuto the United States. An enterprising reporter has discovered that the proclamations of the Yee Hang, the most feared of all secret alliances, arc being scattered throughout Philadelphia. ?A cvcloue, accompanied bv terrific lightning, thunder and rain", struck Walerbnry, Vt., last Friday. Thecovered wooden bridge, 212 feet long, across the Winooski River, was com-, pletely destroyed. Loss $5,000. Barns, chimneys, trees and the spire of the Methodist Church in the village were blown down. An elm tree four feet in diameter, was torn up by the root*. ?The sum of $191,832 voted by Congress iu 1879 to place marble headstones over the graves of soldiers and sailors who fell in the civil war wnerever mey may ue ouriea, is exhausted. It was the unexpended balance of the million dollars voted in 187S for headstones over soldiers and sailors buried in the national cemeteries. ?E. Rosenthal, a prosperous young | Jewish merchant of Corvallis, Oregon, was cow hided on Sunday night by Mrs. Kline and Mr. Kline, his motherin-law and father-in-law, because he would not marry the sister of his deceased wife. lie thereupon wrote a note saying they had driven him to his death, and blew out his brains with a revolver. ?The Austrian minister was the first caller the President had on Monday, and from the fact that the two gentlemen held a lengthy conference in the library it was stated that Minister Keiley's case was nnder consideration. Baron Schaefer was non-committal when questioned concerning his interview with the President, but it is nnr?m*sfr*r>f? that: fhft TTnifp^ Qfufpc will not consent under any circumstances to recall its representative to Austria. - - THE 3TEYTS OF THE STATE. Some of tlie Latest Sayinjrs and Doings in Sunth Carolina. ?The Baptist Church at Spartanburg is being covered with sheet iron. ?There are 6G4 liens on record in the OJ- rk's office, Lexington, amounting to $30,854.14. Tho onnnol l'oniiinn /if* /"Vimiinnv B, Sixth S. C. Cavalry, Confederate veterans, will be held at Edgefield C. H., on the 25th instant. ?There are 1,550 liens on record this year in Mai ion county aggregating $165,000, which is about twenty per cent, less than last year. ?Mary An ir Williams, a colored girl, lost her life in Aiken county last week while attempting to kindle afire with kerosene. ?The Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad is now graded to within five miles of Hendersonville, and 250 men are at work on the last section. ?The National Bank of Sumter, after running eighteen months, declared a dividend of over seventeen per cent. Its net profits were $8,901.64. TU. "li XT \\T OT1.1 ? XliC ituy. i? . uituiuiiuo uxu family, of Samter, have gone to their country home iu Richland coantv, where they will spend their vacation. ?A party of fishermen from Newberry went down to Freshley's, on Broad liirer, on the 2nd and thcv caught about three hundred pounds of fish. ?A colored woman named McKnight was found murdered in the upper part of Charleston on Thursday morning. Four colored men have been arrested on suspicion. ?Up to July 1st, there were filed in the. Clerk's office in Lancaster 1,600 liens. Of these, 1,335 were for sup.vo 1 ? 1??I IJUCSj ?00 IUI ICIlt UL iauu} anu 4 1VI hire of work animals. The liens for supplies alone aggregate ?138,000. ?A convention of the Methodist Sunday schools of Lexington circuit will be held at Red Bank Factory on the 29th instant. A basket picnic will be given, and a cordial invitation has been extended to friends of other.de* nominations. ?The Peabody Teachers' Institute will meet in Atlanta on July 27, and continue for four weeks. Dr. James H. Carlisle, president of Wofford College, will deliver several lectures before the' institute duriug the first week fit August. ?Mr. A. Meyers, of Laucaster, has left at the Ledger office the limb of a apple-tree three feet long, taken from the Bouden place on the Catawba River, which contains seventy well developed apples. The tree, it is thought, will yield fifty bushels. ?Captain D. D. Moore, of Rock Hill, died on the 2*d, aged 67. He served in the VVhyte Guards, the Fifth C. S. Infantry and Company K, Fifth S. C. Cavalry, during the "war. lie was a Mason, and at tlie time of his dea*h Grand Recorder of the Grand Council. ?Mr. H. L. Hill, a bachelor of the Duntonsville section of Edgefield county, has adopted a plan ot firing three salutes with a cannon every time a child .is born in his neighborhood. He began this the first of the year and already it is said he has spent a bale of cotton for powder. ?B. P. Chalfield, proprietor of Highland Park Hotel, Aiken, has purchased Dr. Bardeen?s diary farm near that place aud will make it a model establishment. Mr. Chatfield esteems a cross of Jerseys or Holsteins on*our native cattle dealer betters than thoroughbred cattle. ? The reunion of Company F, Palmetto Sharp Shooters, will occur at Captain -John Gr. Abie's mills, Lexington connty, on'Friday, the 31st July. Colonel James A. Hovt, of Greenville, and the Senator and* Representatives of the connty, are expected to deliver addresses. ?N. C. Cnshman, of Aiken, while crossing a ditch, had his leg encircled by a rattlesnake four and a half feet Jong, which made several attempts to fix his fangs in his leg, but his pauts saved him. The snake had , eleven rattles. Mr. Cushman succeeded in shaking it off and then killed it. . ?Dr. C. Lee, of Spartanburg, has received a letter asking for a picture of Colonel John M. Dean. Some; company out West is getting up a panoramic view of the battle of Fhiloh and they desire his picture as one of the prominent figures. He was killed iu this battle at the head of his regiment Anyone having such a picture will confer a favor by sending it to Dr. Lee. ?Rock Hill Herald:' "Glowing reports of the crop prospects continue to come froui every section of this couuty. Cotton was never more promising and the corn crop is finer than for a number of years. Tbe gra?s has been pretty generally overcome, and with continued favorable seasons, our farmers will receive a splendid return the coming fall for their labors.1'" ?The Anderson oil mill aud fertilizer manufactory has been organized with the following officers: President, J. A. Brock; secretary and treasurer, B. Frand " Manldin; superintendent, J. H. Townsend; directors, D.. S. Maxwell, Dr. W. H. Nardiu, J. E. People's, E. B. Murray, W. \V. Humphreys and W. S. Ligon. The company will manufactnre cotton seed meal and fertilizers of a high grade. The company starts with flattering prospects. ?Mr. Hsnry J. Hendrix, of Hollow Creek sends the Lexington Dupatcd the following long female names of that locality: Barbara Balgoro Chickasaw Cherokee Chocktaw Tennessee SDrinkle: and Harriet Ann Cassandra Dishic Bowie Jackie Litba Hanover Adams. Mr. H. C. Bailey sends the following" lonjr maie name; Benjamin BathurstT Ben bow William HenryJeremiah Andrew Jackson 7 Singo Simon Peter George'Washington Johnson. ?Mr. W. JET. Dicfcert says he lias working nnder hitrii m the Newberry Cotton Mills yard, three living cariosities. One is a man 49 years of age, who has never taken a drop of anykind of medicine in his life, not even a dose of qninine; another is a man 35 years of age who never rode 011 horseback in his life, and says there is not a ten-dollar bill bright "enough to get hiui on the gentlest one in town; and the third, and greatest is a negro who says he never carrid an umbrella over hiui to keep the sun off. ?On the Pottsville and Mahoney Railroad in Fottsville, Fa., on Friday morning by the caving in of a cut which was being evacuated, Joseph Becker, of Yorkville, boss of a gang, and four Italian laborers were buried under fifty tons of earth. Becker and one Italian was instantly killed; another Italian had a leg broken, and the remaining two were badly cut and bruised. ?Two arrests for unlawful cohabitation were made in bait Lake City last week?Robert Swain and Robert Morris, both poor men and each with three wives and large herds of child ren. swain's poiygaimms wucagaiu , evidence freely, saying they were his j wives and he the father of their children. Both defendants were j placed under bonds to await the action I of the grand jury. - . , - irmr- i I ii.Ti-i-rTinn n Honors to Sonthern Soidiers. The Montgomery Gre\Ts. of Alabama, who secnred the second prize at the Philadelphia encampment, arrived in /v** Thm?c/1or nvAninfr nn ?? \J?t HiUiCUlM v?. their way home, and were /eceived by the Washington Ltelit In fad try, headed by the Marine Band, and escorted to the armory. There was a handsome display of fireworks all along the line of march. The Greys had been in New York and Brooklyn during the past two days, and were elegantly entertained by the 7th and 23d Regiments. On Friday afternoon the Greys gave an exhibition drill on the lawn south of the Executive Mansion, which drew an immense crowd. The visitors wore taken to Mount Vernon and other points of interest. ?The convention of delegates of agricultural colleges called by Agritural Commissioner Colman met at Washington last week. South Carolina was not represented. Among, the j-i ?. / >?..,? -\ir tv,k.?a.. UtJlligcilCS were JL iui. 11 . iy?n?ut? of North Carolina, State chemist and director of fhe agricultural experimental station, and Gen S. D. Lee, president of the State Agricultural College of Mississippi. ?The Marine Hospital service reports that the rumored case of yellow fever in New Orleans has been investigated and found to be a genuine case. As no evidence of its having been imported can be discovered, considerable anxiety is occasioned by its appearance at this time. The patient at last reports, however, was convalescent. ?The Pall Mall Gazette has produced a tremendous sensation, not only in London but all over England, by its disclosures of the immoralities of men high up in society. - It is charged, in particular, that young women are - i a taken irom men* nomes, on amerem pretexts, for humoral purposes?the parties who take them being- paid by those who use the wome.i. Pnbiic sentiment overwhelmingly, sustains Pall Mall, but the authorities are trying to suppress the papers. A WOMAN. [ broni the Atlanta Constitution.] "My name Is Mary Chapman, and I live at the" corner of Williams and Cox streets, Atlanta. I have been a dreadful sufferer from scrofula and running, eating scrofu1/1I1C -nlr.urv fnr tiv vom-C HavA hp#?ll wait 1VUO Ax"- ~ . w ed upon during the time by seven Atlanta physicians, but they failed"to cure me. I also used various advertised remedies without the least benefit. While being thus treated, I grew worse ail the time. Scrofulous swellings on both sides of my neck?which became running, eating sores, affecting my throat, mouth and nose. The eating sores on my neck were a nir.ss of corruption almost down to the bones. My throat became so much affected thfet I could scarcely swallow, my f.sod lodging in a portion of my throat. I "lost my appetite entirely, lost my flesh, and was reduced to CO pounds weight?being h mere skeleton. My whole system became terribly ]K>isoned and in a fearful condition. Jn this condition I commenced the use of li. B. k\, and found great relief in the first bottle. ' When I had used five bottles my health had so much improved that the ulcers were " " ? ? -l !? ?? mi* o r*. ?Ai: IICUJL'W, tiic swelling ?uw^mru, ?nv cvppetite returned, my skin became active, my strength' returned, and 1 gained 44 pounds of flesh. I am now healthy, fat and hearty, and aiu able <o do as much work as any woman, and feel as happy as a lark." > KIDNEY COMPLAINT For over six years I have been a terrible sufferer from a troublesome kidney complaint for the relief of which I have 'spent over $230 without benefit, and most noted so-called remedies proving failures. Tlie use of one single bottle of B. B. B. has been marvelous, giving more relief than all other treatment combined. It is a quick cure, while others, if they cure at all, are in the distant future. C. II. ROBERTS, .Inne24 Atlanta. Water Works. TUTTS PILLS 25 YEARS IN USE. Tfco Greategt?&edieal Triumph of tha Age! SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. liOss of appetite, Bowels costive, Pain in tbe head, with a dnll sensation in the back port. Fain trader the shoulder* . blade* Fullnecs after eating with adi*- ] tn?llmiH?ii tw PTPiflnn nf hnitr nr tnlnJ. j Irritability temper, Low spirits* with a feeling of having neglected some duty, Weariness, Dizziness, Flattering at the Heart. Dots before the eyes* Headache over the right eye, Restlessness, with fitffcl dreams. Highly colored Urine, and CONSTIPATION. TUTT'S FILLS are especially adapted to such cases, one dose effects such a change offeeling as to astonish the sufferer. They Increase the Appetite .and cms* tha body to Take oa Flesb^thos the system Is nourished, and by their Tonic Action on the Digestive Oraaa0,BegularStools*re produced. Price 2Ac. 44HmvaySU3f.T. TUTT'S EXTRACT SMSiPMILU Renovates Jhe body, makes healthy flesh, * strengthens the weak, repairs the wastes of the system with pure blood and hard muscle; tones the nervous svstem, invigorates the brain, and imparts toe vigor of manhood. $l7"Sold by druggists. OFFICE 44 MnrraySt., New York. IN tho complaint concerning our cook*, which never seem to lessen as tne j years go by, but on the contrary seems to swell in volume, we wonder that it has not occurred to many of those who find the complaint unavoidable that they have one way of remedying matters a good deal in their own' hands. An active half hour, three times a day, with a "HOME COMFORT" WROUGHT IRON COOKING RANGE in the kitchen, is all that is required to prepare the. most substantial meal without fatigue. These celebrated Ranges are sold only from wagons by our authorized salesmen, now making headquarters at Winnsboro, S. C. Yours trulv, WROUGHT IRON RANGE CO., ' May 19-oiu St. Louis, Mo. Good P*y for Ayrnt*. $100 to 8200 per mo. made aellinc onrSrand >'etv History. Famous and Dcciilre Hatlio>ofthclTorld Write to J.C. acCnrdj dlCo., Philadelphia, Pa. nn|D|| WHISKTHABITS cured 19 WIIB ira#?Ul bomc without pain. Book Lfis ?lJlwS0f particulars sent Free. if.WOOLLiCY,iL!>., Atlanta,Oa. Zasrtouse. A certain cnre. Not expensive. Thr* months' treatment In one package. Good for Cold Jo tie Head, Headache. Dizziness, Hay Fever, <?c. \21&y cents. By *1) Drugglsta, or by mail. ? S. T. HAZELTTNE, Warren, Pa, v u i i? irrrn nir -rr~i ' ?rr nYSPEPSlA Is a. daaxerona as well as distressing complaint. If y.ncr'fvrteti. it by jmrutirmj* antritioD and dft* pressingthe toco of the ejttua, to prepare the way for B&pid Decline. ? BR&SRsa 8J11 liPJl la la i ?the i BEST TONIC. ? Quickly and completely Cores Dyspepsia in all itsfonns. Hccj-iburn, Belching. Tasting the Food, <kc. U enriches and pmiiiee the blood, stimulates the appetite, and aids the assimilation of food. Sxv. J. T. K063ITEB, he honored pastor of the First ReJormed Church. Baltimore, Md.. says: "Having used Brown's Iron Bitters for Dyspepsia and Indirection. I take great pleasure in recommending it highly. Abo consider it a splendid tonio and hmgorator, and ?ery strengthening." Genuine has above trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. Made only by BBOWaPCHEMICAL CO- BALTIMORE. MB. Ladies' Hiss Boor?useful and attractive, containing lizt of prizes for recipes, information about coins, etc., given away by all dealers in medicine, or mailed to any address on receipt of 2c. stamp. FOUND. FOR LADIES ONLY. A REMEDY endorsed by the best Physicians and Drusrsrists at its home. A REMEDY thatMr. C. W. O'Neill, Goodwater, Ala., says raised bis wife from an invalid's bed, and be believes saved ' her life. y r A REMEDY of whicfya prominent Atlanta merchant said: "I would have given $500 as soon as I would a nickel for what two J bottles of your medicine did for my daughter." A REMEDY in regard to which S. J. Cas. seM's, M. D , Druggist, Thomasviile, Ga., savs: "I can recall instances in which it afforded relief after all the usuxd remedies had failed." A REMEDY about which Dr. R. R. Ferrell, LaGrange, Ga., writes: "Ihave\ised for the last twenty years the medicine vou &re putting up and consider it the best combination ever gotten together for the disease for which it is recommended. A REMEDY about which Dr. Joel Brabam, Afciitnui, s>iuu; a. iimoc guimmii/qui < /?> rectye, and have no hesitation in advising its use, and confidently recommend it."A REMEDY which the Rev. H. B. John son, near Marietta, G-a., says he has used in his family with the "utmost satifaction" and recommended it to three families "who found it to be just what it is recommended.'* A REMEDY of which Pemberton, Iverson & Dennison say: "We have been selling it for many years, with constantly increasing sales. The article is a staple with us, and one of absolute merit." A REMEDY of which Lamar, Rankin & Lamar say: "We sold 50 gross in four months, and never sold it in any place but what it was wanted again." A REMEDTljy which Dr: Baugh, of LaGrange, Ga., says; "I cured, one of the most obstinate cases of Vicarious Mej>stuuatiox that ever came within my knowledge, with a few bottles," ! A REMEDY of which Dr. J. C. IIass, of JTotasulga, Ala., says: "I am fully convinced that it is unrivaled for that class of diseases which it claims to cure." A REMEDY about which Major John C. Whitner, of Atlanta, well and favorably known all over the United States as a General Insurance Agent, says: "I used this remedy before the war, on a large plantation on a great number of cases, alwayti with absolute szux&us."_ A REMEDY about which Mr. T. W. Strange, of Cartersville,: Ga., certifies that one bottle cured two members of his family of menstrual irregularity of many years standing. This <*reat Eemedy is -n t il TiTtir a t m *n i _x JDraoneias J.DM ft hr. negTiiarar?. Send for Treatise on the Health aud Happiness of Woman, mailed free. Bradfield Begclator Co., Box 25. Atlanta, 6a. \ ? . Meitai Motel. 'health asd pleasure resort. The All Healing .Mineral Springs, Gastox County, N'orth Carolina. 1TTE TAKE PLEASURE IN ANY v nouncing to our friends and the public that the NEW HOTEL buildings are novr open for the accommodation of guests. The buildings are larger, more onhc+'in+iol Viot+or orraTKT/i/l iinrl (THAN THOSE D^TR5YED~BY~FIRE LAST SEASOX, > where a good dry atmosphere can be liad, overlooking the springs and valley, which will prove a benefit to the invalid and pleasure seeker. The accommodations and comfort^ will be found superior to those offered heretofore and will compare favorably with other _ firstclass resorts. The waters of the All "Healing Mineral Springs are well kuown to cure Dyspepsia and all diseases of the digestive organs, Gravel, Diabetes and Kidney affeetions, Scrofulous ani Syphilitic complaints, White Swelling and skin diseases generally. All persons afflicted with I-uhg troubles, find great relief here from the Climate and the Use of the Waters. The Springs are beautifully * loeafc*ii. on j the Richmond and Danville liaiiroadhi the Piedmont Belt of mountains, and at the base of Crowder's Mountain, bein^ four miles east of King's .Mountain, six miles West of Gastonia, and two miles south of the Atlanta and Charlotte liailroa-f known as the Richmond and Danville Line.. AIL persons wishing to find a peasant and comfortable place, in which to pass a fpw weeks for health or pleasure, can do no better than to give the climate and waters of AH Heating Mineral Springs a trial. r'-iMtl lo f ^ af/1 ' i"UI uc^biuitmiaia, vu*-uia:^ mvwt; address. COZZENS & THOMAS, 4u. HivAi.JNO 1*. 0. Gaston Comity, NWUi Carolina. June 6 B char roffiv i Female Institute. Session" begins September 2nd, j 1885, closes June 2nd,lttVJ. .. Unsurpassed in the thoroughness and high standard of its Literary, Music and Art Departments. Pnr Catalogues aunlv to I:E\V W. R. ATKINSON, Charlotte, X. C. P. S.?Persons receiving catalogues will take notice that the session begins a week sooner than announced in the catalogue. July8i,2m THE CHURCHMAN. FORTY-FIRST YEAR,?1885. The Religious Weekly of the Prot*?taut Kpitfcopal Church. A magazine or Ecclesiastical intelligence, devotional and general reading, aad the J^rgcst' and most influential weekly in the Protestant Episcopal Church. in the Xews Department the energy of The Churchman is well known, and Its organization is very complete for procuring news 1 winch It gives with remarkable promptness. The Magazine Department alone contains in a year sufficient reading matter to mate more than five 12mo hooks of 500 cages eacti. Its Book Reviews are a prominent feature. Literary. Art and Scientific Xotes are carefully prepared by specialists. Its European Correspondents are persons of eminent-ability. The Children's Department Is Illustrated and specially edited for th; children. S3JS0 a year In advance, post paid. Three" doilars to Clergymen, single copies tea cents.! 31. H. 3IA1IORY <fc CO., 47 Lafayette Place, Jew Yorfc Apl2L6m ^ 'v' " ' v-V- : 1.. . . ... NTJW ADV?KTISE3EEX| J 11 HAIR BALSAM I The best, cleanest and most economical hair B dressing. Xtv. r falls to restore the youtMul . '_ fl color to gray hair. Tills elegant dressing is MI prererred by those who have used It, to any similar article, on account or Its superior cleanliness and purity. It contains materials ' only tliat are beneficial to the scalp and lialr. . Farter's Torn, A Pure Family Medicine That Never TnMviVatoc JkUW iUVUil/vOt It you are wasting away from age. dissipation i or any disease or weakness and require a stlm- J> ulant take PARKER'S TONIC at once. It will invigorate and Oulld you up from the first dose tout will never intoxicate. It hie ?'.ved liun- *t~ dreds of lives, It may save yours. . * HISCOX & CO., 163 William Street, New York. , -v 50c, and $1 sizes, Rt all dealers in medicine. ' -t Great saving in buying dollar sjze. < ?;? . - m HEALTHIlffER. M Are you falling, try Wells' Healtli Jienewer, & pure, cieau, wuuicaamc < . TOISTIC, ' j9 For Brain, Nerves, Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, Lungs, . ?' An unequalled lnvlgorant. Cures Dyspepsia, n Headache, Fever, Ague. Chills, Debility /*? dud W6flfal688? Nice to take, true merit, unequalled lor ^ Torpid Liver and Nignt Sweats, Nervous Weak- . ness. Malaria, Leanness, sexual Decline. Si.uo >? per toottlc, six ior $5.00, at Druggists.. The Wonderful Success in Consumption, 109 Bronchitis, Asthma, Spitting of Blood, Sore or Tight Chest, Weak Lungs, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Loss of Voice. Catarrhal Throat Affections, Chronic Hacking. Irritating and Trouble- - / some Coughs. i E.S. WELLS, Jersey City, N. J., U. S. A. Junefttuw ; - THE | SokisMa Mssic Hesse ;. > . *,r WILL SAVE YOU TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. BY BUY-;' > . v. INGr ' ' ' . iA?i . OF THEM. a EVERY INSTRUMENT WARRANTED/ . . ^ 0~ T\r*T tttrtn'nrv a m a \ttt r\T> JU?j1jL V JLiOTjL/ l^JL X LI?il Ul VXt, / STEAMBOAT LANDING IN THE STATE. $ o o \ WRITE FOR TERMS AND PRICES 4** 'o?:?O ' SPECIAL TERMS FOR SHORT TIME f:' * SALES. V Respecifulijv r^M COLUMBIA MUSIC HOUSE, N. W. TRUMP, Manager, 12H MA TV STRT.F.T. COLUMBIA. S. C, 'A Local agents in Fairfield County: J. 0. BOAG, Wiansboro. A. A. MORRIS, Ridgeway. Charlotte. Columbia SCHEDULE IN EFFEC^S?foS^ ?Eastern Standard Time. GOING NORTH. 1? SO. 53, MAIL A2vD EXP BESS. Leave Augusta. .V 9.05 a. m. Leave W. C. &. A Junction 1.12 p. in.'; Arrive at Columbia 1.22 p. m, jbWB Leave Columbia..-?- i .1.32p. m. Leave KillWn's 1-58 p. m. ... ;<4|H Leave Blytbewood 2.13 p. m v Leave Ridgeway .2.34 p. m. , ^ Leave'"Simpson's . 2.47 p. m. *. * Le^Ve Winnsboro .3.02 p. m. ' Leave White Oak 3.22 pi xn. ' m a. Leave Woodward's 3.43 p.m. Leave Blackstock .3.50 p. m. 'W Leave Cornwall's 3.58 p.m. Leave Chester .4.17 p. m. C ; Leave Lewis' > .... -4.32 p. in.' 1 Leave Smith's .* ?4.40 p. ym. ; ij Leave Bock HHL 5.01 p; to. Leave Fort Mill 5.20 Leave Pineville. ?,5.40 p.m. \t. Arrive at Charlotte 6.10 p. m." * . Arrive at States vilte .9.35 p. m. ; No. 19, Way Freight, Passenger Coach Attached, l)aily, except Sundays. Leave Columbia 1.55 p.m. y. ; Leave Winnsboro. 5.25 p. m. ^ Leave Chester.......*? 8.20 p. m. v) Arrive at Charlotte. 12.45 al m. _ , /</\rvr/< cAi'wrT - V mi uvJL.>wowy in. * M SO. 52, MAIE A3TD EXI'KESS. . ud Leave StatesviHe 1.45 a. m. Leave Charlotte .1.00 p. in. qH Leave Pinevitle . .... .1.27 p. ia. ? Leave Fort 31111 1.44p. in. \ Leave Rock Hill . .2.02 p. ix. , Leave Smith's 2.22 p. m. 4 ?' Leave Lewis' ."2.30 p m. Leave Chester 2.44 p. m. ,r Leave Cornwall's ;?3.03 p. in. . LeaveBiackstock..' . .3.12 p. m. Leave Woodward's .....' . .3.18 p. m. t ~ r\.-1- > oa ? ? iiW>c ?? uiwruuA p. ue? . * ? Leave Winr.sboro . .3.48 p. in. . Leave Simpson's. ~'C. 4.03 p: tn. ' Leave Kidgeway 4.1G ps.111. ,'f^] LeivoBlythewood .4.32 p. in. 1 Leave KiJlian's .. :'^4.49>p. in %* Arrive at Colombia.?........ .5.15 p. a*. ' ' ; Leave Columbia... 5.25p. m. / Leave W. C. & A.'Junction......5.57 p. m. Arrive at Augusta .9.38 p. m. No. 20, Way Freight, Passenger Coach Attached, DaiJy; except SujkI^Vs. j Leave Charlotte ,9.45-p. jn. ^ ^ Leave Chester 1.50 a. ra. j I T^>ave Winnsboro .5.25 a. m. . j- 1 Arrive at Columbia . s.20 a. m. ^ j Connection is now made at Chester (by 1 trains 52 and 53) for Lancaster and inter- a^Bj mediate points on C. & C. K It, and for ' all pointe on.C. & L. K. B. as far as New- J 3L SLAITGITTEE, G. P. A. * . J$L G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. , D. CARDWILL, A. G. P. A. \M KING'S JJODHTAIN ^8 Hixa-H: SCHCOL, /, KING'S M.OUSTAIX, X. C. Jgjj A Mathematical and Classical School < V0 with a complete BUSINESS COLLEGE jfB2S attached. The largest male board hi g jmk school in Western North Carolina. Milltary plan, except fn its Business Department. One hundred and forty students ^ last year?over ninety boarded. "Its gradtt- . ates m Bookkeeping lill lucrative nositityBr I in every Southern State. One mrndi?l*? t A dollars) will cover ail expense of full course 1 gJM in Business College. Two hundred dollars will eover all expense for ten months in regular departments, and furnish both " {dress and fatigue suite of uniform. M Next session opens 24th August, 1885. W I Send for Catalogue to. W. T. K. BELL, A.M., 1 July9i,2m Principal. ATTE\TIOJf, ll1 ABMEBS!' '. 1 v a W E offer you the celebrated Peterkin fl Cotton Seed at ?L50 per bushel. It -will - 'JB give forty per cent of lint, and equal the yield in seed cotton of any other variety, We are agents for the Deering Binders. Reapers and Mowers, the Thomas Rake, .. fl Corbin and Acme Harrows, Farquhar Cotton Planters, Iron Age Cultivators, Saw . Mills, Engines, Gins, Presses, Plows, Etc. -jfl Repairs for Champion and Buckeye Machines and for Watt Plows. Write to us. Mk McMASTER & GIBBES, MariLGm Columbia, S. C. .. > /_ ' IHj a "JjflJ