The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, March 14, 1888, Image 2

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BBS?'*. - - > > ' THE NEWS AM) HERALD. WTN'NSSOKO, S. C. t< F. Jf. BRICK, ) j- PftOPRIETOKS. e y. LtJLrjLZ, I v P. X. KRICE, : : : : Editor. S: WEDSES8AT, MARCH 14, : : 1S8S. ; a The Rational Convention meets on j jj Jane 5, which will necessitate the ! 9 holding of the State Convention some ; . time in May to elect delegates. This j u time would be rather eariy to nomi- ; ^ nate State officers, so it is probable i ^ Hot ivrn rftnVMifions will have to be ? V ' j iI held. k mm* 11 .1 , The waj s. and means commitice s have reported a bill taking off the *n taxes on maim fact tired tobacco aud j tl cigars. If the bill passes two million p dollars will be taken off tobacco and c five million dollars more by other changes, such as the change in the tax on distillation from fru't, which here after will be free. TnosE Territories which have been j( i ?>rr thfi door of the Union for I j; so long a time will have to wait at 5 least until after the Presidential elec- a tion, for neither the Democrats or Republicans will hardly risk the un- * 'certaintv of their vote. Colorado was 7 ad on it ted in 1876, and had she not ' been Tildeirs majority would have : . been undisputed. j Q It has been suggested by an ex- ? ? change that the convicts in the penitentiary be- employed to work the roads i.i the State. The suggestion , Kppms to be a srood one. The present 0 plan of calling out the people to work ? . the roads is very unsatisfactory if one 1 may judge by the condition of the * roads in the State, and if any feasible plan of improving thein by convict * labor is devised we think it should be ( adopted. Judge Wallace has been calling ] the attention of grand juries to the ' t fact- deplorable as it is?that the : s obligations of an oath are wofully j . disregarded in our Courts. Not only j t t the liberty of the citizen, but title to | ^ - property depends upon the moral j . character of witnesses. The penalty ; ^ 1 against false swearing sfcouUi be vig- i , oron?Iv enforced, but in the end pnb- j 0 1_ ~, lie sentiment is the surest remedy j against the evil. We have bee:* appointed by Mr.; J. A. Poleikin, of Orangeburg conn- j = tv, sole agent for Fairfield for the ^ sale of his work on cotton culture. s " Mr. Feterkin needs no introduction to 1 fjrmP!? csf Fairfield, his name * having been for several years conpled 0 with probably the best variety ot col- P . tou evor produced, and wliich has ' been extensively cultivated, not only c in this county, but in all the cotton 1 State?. The name of Peterkiu, like 3 ; . that of Dickson, bas become insepa-1 1 ' * rably connected with cotton planting-, ^ * and, like Dickson, Mr. Peterkin is 'i authority on that agricultural product, j The price places the books within the j11 ?? ' reach of all, and all interested should j ' have a copy. Read the advertisement j1! ? :"1 ""'oj rn cvnr snbsftrib- ! OpCUim I aigo vubi uu ' crs. s< Our issue of to-day contains a com- 0 mnnicaiion from Mr. J. M. Stewart, ^ in which he approves the scheme of a ' organizing prize clubs. Mr. Stewart n . is a progressive, practical and sncces- f( - fnl farmer, and what he says is cnti- (i tied to the consideration of his brother ^ agriculturists. ine oujeoc m mvj ^ prize clnbs is to stimulate our farmers i ^ to the Habit of keeping an accaratc tj -account of the costs and details attend- p ing the working and growing of the t] crop, and as far as possible convert ^ each farm in the county into an experi- j j x-1 ? Tn o 1! Knc>?r>ce P1lt.fi F- I ^ mtTJiui aianuu. m mi c - prises, bavin? in view the making of s, / money, a certain amount of book- c keeping is absolutely necessary to sue- p cess, and the person who undertakes a to conduet a business without record- 3 ing his daily or weekly transactions a - may be considered a failure before he | >6 starts. What would be thought of a j merchant who did not keep books and consequently could not tell the cost of running his business; if there is such an one is he successful? Those en- S gaged in tilling the soil, of all others, 2 * . ?- ! c should keep book?, since it taices meiu at least one year to correct any mis- I v takes they may have made. How ; ^ many farmers can tell how mnch per j 1 pound their last cotton crop cost them, or at what point they can cut L] ;> off expenses to bring1 that cost lower, ^ "We will be glad to receive the views ^ of other farmers in regard to the or- ^ . ganization of prize clubs.' Mr. Stewart > also mentions the advantage to be de- i s rived from the publication by success- j ' ful farmers of their experiences and I a methods, and alludes in this connec- j ^ j tion to the articles of Dr. J. M. Glenn j 1 now appearing in the columns of this j J' ; paper. We know that we have farm- * ers in Fairfield whose experience will . be of great value to others and we P extend to them the use of our col' c umns. i _ The State Convention. j j, *The proposition has been made by T some of the State press that the State 8 Convention be held in some-point jn P the np-country instead "of Colombia. v It matters little where such a convention is held from a political point of | l vlew,but considerations of convenience i c and accessibility make tbe holding of *' ' the Convention away from Columbia vimpracticable. Columbia, from its P oronorrftnhiPAl nosition. is the most z , j. advantageous point, being the most ? central and most easily accessible s from all parts of the State of any ^ other city. No good reason has been ^ brought forward to wan-ant such an innovation, and unless there is we . . think such meetings should be held in ^ the capital city. v : Bucklen's Arnica Salve. , i The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, *' / Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheura, Fever c Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Y Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and pesi: tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It c orr>ar5int??Ad to crive perfect satisfaction, Ii or?money refunded. Price 2o cents per ; box. For sale bv Mcilaster, Brice & SetctiD. " | TurinHill, .mill i ? ?ai???i?? JXepublicans .Reviving. The Republican Executive Commitje met in Columbia on Tuesday to lap out a plan for the forthcoming lection. They decided to hold a conention in Columbia ou May I. They ay they do not intend to make a ontest for State office?, but will direct it *i ii meir i:uyi :6 iu iuc t imuKimai ???v? | ,'ongressional contests. The Eepub-! can party has been dead so long in I outh Carolina that this late kick will j e a surprise. Their only object is to i lake political capital tor Northern j tepublicans by denouncing our elec- i ion laws and to pose as martyrs in ; ot beit.g allowed to vote. This game as been worked too often without i uccess, nor do we anticipate any j lore success in -this instance than here ha? been in the past. The Re- j ublican party is a verv harmless ani- \ - * i Dal in this State. Political Pot ISoiiins. Candidates are not only announcing bemselvcs for county offices, but hose aspiring higher are beginning to it their desires be known. It is beeved that Solicitor D. It. Duncan, of ipartaubarg, will be a candidate gainst Congressman Perry in this istrict. If this be true his office will 'G vacant, and accordingly the candiafes ai-e beginning to materialize nite rapidly as follows: Col. K. C. Watts and N. J. Holmes, f Laurens, Col. H. Farley, of Sparinbarg, David Johnson, Jr., of Inlon, snd L. O. Schumpcrt, of Newberry. .Col. Jas. L. Orr having expressed a ieferminstion not to be a candidate gain for the solicitorship the followntr gentlemen are willing to perform be duties of the office: Capt. Geo. E. 'lince, of Anderson, Capt. W. C. IcGowan, of Abbeville, Col. II. A. ;hiid, of" Pickens, and the Hon. M. F. Insel, of Greenville. Solicitor Newton, of Marlboro, and ?resslev Barron, of Clarendon, want o stand in Congressman Dargan's bees. lion. D. S. Henderson, of liken, it is said, will give Congressnan Tillman n Ing for Congressional lonors. This completes the list so lar as iea> d from. There has as yet been 10 mention of candidates for State ffices. Xew South. The new "Southern Situation" is ;iving some of our Republican conemporaries a great ileal of unnecesary concern. There is nothing new n seeing a Southern man arise from be ashes ot his adversity and strike at in new fields of enterprise and rosperity. From the moment the 'New South" got rid of the Kepublian carpet baggers, who knocked at he front door of the desolated homes ^nd got out of the buck door with all lat was left, the ''Southern Situation' as continued to improve daily. But ' be New South, mindful no longer of ae gallant soldiers jwho overran her ; ti times of war, will never forget the tcpablican scamps who despoiled her ! :i times of .peace, and would do so gain did she lay any stress upon their aft words and fair promises. The reconstruction or "renaissance" f the South, which these Republican nmhncrs are beginning to prate bout, proceeds gently from the nat- J ral cause of a gallant people's search J Dr something to do, and finding it, I oirg it with their might. The Star is aware that the South is ecoming solid again. Solid in indnsrv, thrift and patriotism. Solid in tie enjoyment of a renewed proserity. Solid in the homes, the schools,! be factories and the railroads she is -tl/K.A.r T.QQtro hoi* alrtnp thfin. VOll JUVUT V AAV* v?*v ? ^ _ iepublican harpies, in her new-found nergies. She wants neither your oft-soap nor your hard-tack. You an never bind her to your rock of 'rotection. That has too long proved stumbling block to ail the people, 'he Xorth and South together are bout to blow it to atoms.?iV. T. )tar. . TIaw. tlvAnf TJ.Jo V JI1VW A The News and Herald is always lad to note ai:y evidence of enler rise in Wiunsboro. When the Couui] bought a tract of land for a park re were inclined to favor it as an evience of the progressive spirit that he present Council is imbued with. Bat, in the recent disastrous fires hat tve have been subject to, the uestion naturally arises are we preared to indulge in the luxury of a ark? "Winusboro has been remarkaIv free from the visitations of detructive fires, notwithstanding a arge portion of her business houyes fiords a ready subject for the flames* ?hese facts then naturally lead one to hink that the money invested in a se'ess luxury might have been placed o a better advantageIt is conceeded that our water supilv is entirely insufficient for the pro ection of the town. "We need more isrern^aud we need them badly. It 5 unjust to make taxpayers pay axes which go in a measure to >rotect "their property, and not be ;iveii the advantages of a water?supiy. The great item at present is rater?more ci&terns, and these more quitable distributed. It costs more o bnild cisterns and it costs money to my park?. Not desiring in the least o criticise the Council, wc*ask which j > of more importance, cisterns or a j iai k? We would like to see the citi- i ens of this town have a desirable j ark in which they could enjoy them-1 elves with sport and other exercises, j ut the question arises, can we in- j nlge in a park while our houses are a danger? Our suggestion is, therefore, that lie park be sold and the mo;iey i:> ested 111 cisterns. There are more ouses in town thafc will go sooner or iter unless our water supply is inreased. We do not wish to find fault riih anybody, and our efficient Counil in particular, but we think in the sht of recent events our suggestion rill be received wifii due consideraion. I OVR FLO RID J. LETTER. St. Augustine,Fla., March 7.? In the very heart of this ancient city Stands one of the greatest architectural works of the age?the Hotel Ponce de Leon. The structure is in the style of the early Spanish Renaissance, which was strongly influenced by the Moorish spirit. It faces the south, and is surrounded by courts and gardens full of fountains and tropical flowers. Around the whole is a concrete wall broken into occasional reen tering haif circles, and rising into huge pillars from which swing heavy [ V^LiUllJ? \J 1 *4 UHUjUU J. iiU liwvvi was not built bat was moulded *of concrete, formed of coguina shell; cemeut and sand. It is of a light gray, which contrasts well with the dull red of the terra cotta trimmings.. The gateway is of* concrete trimmed with terra cotta and light yellow stucco; i assing through this we find ourselves in the main court, surrounded on three sides by the arcades of the hotel. In the centre of this court is a huge fountain, whose numerous jets arc formed by spouting frogs and turtles. Electric lights of many colors light the fountain and make a hundred rainbows through the fine spray. Around is a truly tropical growth of palmettoes, palms, magnolias, Spanish bayonets and roses. L11 the fourth side of the court, and jusl before the gateway, is the entrance to the hotel?a broad, low arch formed of eleven terra cotta shields. On each is an artistic letter, the whole making the words?Ponce de Leon. Chains of mermaids and cherubs support these, and around the whole is a brilliant mosaic. The doors are of massive oak and beautifully graduated spindles of brass protect lio-hts Onr>.r> within these doors a gorgeous scene meets our eyes. "We are in the midst of oaken columns ana vari-colored marbles. This is the rotunda, and diagonal at its base and rising into a cylindrical form. From a mosaic floor, of a clear, bold, Pompeiian pattern, there rise eight massive columns of carvea oak, eacK formed of four beautiful female figures. These cariatydes, so slenderly and gracefully formed, bear on their up-raised hands the weight of the rotunda dome. Standing in the centre and looking up ve see "through four stories rich in color. Around the first of these staud eight figures of wonderfully artistic conception. Four of these represent earth, air, water and fire. Earth pours down on us great horns of plenty. Two lordly eagles hover over the shoulders of delicately formed Air. Water done in a subdued marine tint fondles the heads of two great sea monsters, while Fire, in a flame-colored robe, stands between two salamanders. Alternating with these are allegorical conceptions of Conquest resting after victory, with a sheathed sword on her knee; Discovery sitting, one hand on a rudder, the other holding aloft a globe; Adventure going forth witb a drawn sword seeking new worlds to j conquer, and Civilization, robed in I pure white, sits with an open book i upon her knee. Above are various ! designs of Spanish and Indian signifi | cance done in rich and harmonious ! colors. The next story is of pure I white stucco with ddicate tracings of j gold. Around the lop of the third j story twenty-four lmcJe boys with l laughing faces join bauds over niches ! where electric lights burn. Beyond I the rotunda, ar.d up eleven marble stairs, is the entrance to the diningroom. Just on the threshold we read in letters of antique mosaic? "Who'er has traveled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still"has found The warmest welcome at our Inn." The walls above and around are of Nuwidian marble. Passing under an arch of carved Verona marble we ! 1 il-? noL-nn i\f j SUtllU UII tut: u-nV/11 uvut Vi j the dining-room. The central part of j this immense room is ninety feet square, and is separated from its two t roundjpd wings, each projecting- forty feet cast and west, by rich oak columns. The columns take up the strains of the vaulted ceiling. In the penetrations between them the light comes in through richly stained glass windows and reveals the artistic decorations of the ceiliug. The general effect is cf a subdued yellow, the surface being broken only by delicate traceries in gold and silver, showing very little Goior until the penetrations are reached. In the interstices ou each side are life-size figures of.Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, full of life, movement and of wonderfully artistic conception. Between the seasons in the pendentine ceilings are Spanish coats-of-arms. Above are Spanish proverbs, all pertinent to the rtf clinincr nr nf hosnitalitv. CUUJVVV v/i L. _ On the north and south ends on a dull, green background are roguish, nude boys, either holding out to the guests below bunches of purple grapes or dipping with ladles from steaming chaldrons. Light blue and gold are the colors most used, and with the dull green of the. background they make a marvellously beautiful dado. Above are huge renaissance ships, showing the marine architecture in the time of Ponce de Leon. The distance from floor to ceiling is forty-five feet. The decorations in the semi-circular wings are in harmony with those of the central part. Here are the signs /-.p ill OTfifill Oil a base Of Vi WliV ^IVV*AMV - _ gola, the shields of the Spanish provinces, satyrs, fanns and various conventional designs in gold and silver. In the centre and what attracts our attention mcst is a legendary inscription, setting forth by symbols, names and dates the eventful history of St Augustine. Ships under full sail tell of early Spanish explorers; bare masts tell of shipwreck and disaster; elks' heads, arrows and skulls tell of Indian $ghts and massacres; daggers and the French fieur de-lis tell of revenge. The date 1763 and the Cross of StT George show that the San Augustin of the Spaniards has become the Saint Augustine of the English, and so on until the stars and stripes of 1821 teil us that ktJSan Augusfm EL siempre fie eindad" is neither Spanish nor English, but American. On the right of the dining-room, j *nri nlnncr the corridor from the ladies' ? 13 entrance 011 the side, are reading, writing and smoking rooms, barber shops, stock exchange, postofiice and ladies' billiard room. To the left of the dining-room and beyond the rotunda is the parlor?a room 104 l'ect lung and 53 feet wide. 1 It is divided by portieres and arches into five rooms." The predominating 1 color is ivory white, which we see in I ' the wood work, the stuccos and the |; arches. The celling decorations are on a ground of pale blue and show < groups of laughing cupids trailing < garlands of roses or flinging out deli- 1 catelv tinted scarfs. The mantels, 1 rising to the ceiling, are of onyx, and < in one of them is an immense clock 3 run by electricity. Beautiful pictures j ' adorn the walls and crystal chanlio-hi ud the whole. Around '! are private dining-rooms and recep- 1 tion rooms. Most of the sleeping apartments are on the upper floors, s In the rear of the hotel are artists' 3 studies furnished i:i burlap and snp- 1 ported by palmetto columns. The 1 hotel frith its lovely grounds is in the ' ?nanggaaaaaaaecma?accBawiiH jbi aca midst of live oats and orange groves. It was designed by Messrs. Carrere & Hastings, of New York, graduates of IJEcole dot Beaux Arts in .Paris, both of whom are still under thirtyyears of age. The artists were Messrs. Maynard & Hastings. The hotel is the magnificent result of these artists and architects working harmoniously together. It is a structure of which any city in the world would be proud, and as it stands it undoubtedly marks a new era iu the building of Inns. RESIDENT OF THE AXCIEXT CTTl*. THE FAB WEST. XrilVVlcri A/CdtTipUU" UI HIS ^uurucj to California. Messrs. Editors: In compliance with your personal request, I take pleasure in submitting a few reflections 011 the great West and the 90called land of floweis, California. To go West the first question to decide is what route we shall take. In going to the Pacific coast several present themselves, and from cities like Atlanta, Chicago and Kansas Citj the fVirp is thp samp hv par*.h rmifp. Wf> conducted to take the Southern Pacific, but had we to undertake again the journey we would take by all means the Santa Fe route. Our first stopping point was Atlanta, and its business activity, push and energy reminded us greatly of New York. It certainly is the leading Southern city, and bears no trace or vestige of the war. Real estate here has gone up amazingly, and while there we knew personally of one transaction on Peachtree street by which the owner in seven years realized on a house and lot $13,500. We predict a great and mighty future for this. city. After purchasing our ticket to San Francisco and return, we took a Pullman for New Orleans, and passed through Opelika, Montgomery and Mobile, reaching New Orleans early " rr*i -7-7 next-Gay. xniscny ib uiu, wmpaicu with Atlanta, aud its chief business street reminded us a great deal of Market street, Philadelphia. We crossed the muddy Mississippi with its queer looking steamers and took our seat (on the other side of the city) in a Putiwan, bound for the land of the setting sun. The road is single track all the way and its schedule time is about twenty miles, stopping at every fence corner, it seems. Its care of its passengers is as neglcctfnl as possible, and woe unto those who fail or who cannot take the Pall man cars. The meals are uncertain and very irregular, and the fare offered poor, and the time limited to twenty minutes. The great and mighty and extensive State of Texas, it took us two days aud nights to pass through, and surely she can be proud of such cities a3 Houston, Galveston, Dallas, San Antonio and El Paso. But do not be misled and think it a garden of Eden because were this State entirely cultivated so great is it in area that it is saiditcould produce all the cotton that is now raised in the world. El Paso is on the border of Mexico, and here tourists stop over Sundays to see bull fights. We were detained here on our return by poor connections, and saw the town and enjoyed (?) a treat, not a bull fight as you might surmise, but a sand storm from the desert, so we were quite glad to leave. After this point we jog along thisvery uninteresting country, deserts and wild wastes which grow tiresome and monotonous to the traveler. We finall;' reach Yuma, Arizona, noted for its delightful and salubrious climate. This would become a great rival to some celebrated places in California, but a tribe of vile, ugly Indians swarm around and take possession of every place, me iriue is Buppunc-a by the Government, hence so lazv and impudent. We here cross the Colorado River and enter the State of California, a vision of mighty hopes, wonderful possibilities, and untold aspirations tilling our minds. We push ahead until Colton is reached, where with a number of other passengers we are compelled to change cars. We all go to the Hotel and find to our dismay that we cannot be accommodated, hence compelled to Uc up all night? A - " 1 ? ?L! 11.. ?rvt? AHA certainiv a cumy rtrccftiuu wi who had expected to find Calfornia such an El Dorado and a veritable paradise. Next day, we get aboard a Santa Fe train and proceed to Riverside, San Barnardino conntv, of which city we will speak plainly, fally and unreservedly. Riverside contains about three hundred inhabitants, and is celebrated for its oranges, tUe Washington Navel being the most celebrated. The town proper is divided into lots of 2? acres, and it is sorely a pretty sight to see them with trees laden with oranges. The houses are adobe built - "> ? f,rr^ aua rumer swan, auu iai?i; vi b?Tv stories. This city has bad a wonderful boom in the past few years, I know of one instance where a 2? acre lot was purchased for $300 and afterwards sold in building lots to for over $35,000?a very lucky turn, but a rare one. About a mile out of town the lots are of 20 acres, and the price asked is $40,000; and, strange to say, so great is the number of visitors and excursionists, and rich Eastern people, these large prices are realized by its fortunate owners. Land with nothing on it is worth $1000 per acre, and cor ner lots away out of sight. X found the prices in the stores very, very high, and, indeed, "skinning" visitors is the game all the time. A n */v Kwin/* Anf hopf 1Q VPP\r X.1Q L J living V/U.W UV4VJ vw* ?V ? W.J poor in quality and has to be brought from Kansas City; chickens are a dollar a piece, and butter 60 cents a pound. Hence living at the hotel is expensive, and only the very rich can afford it. Boarding houses are likewise high, and sometimes a fellow has a lean time ofit The great rush to California is caused by two reasons. First, its climate, wonderful and marvelous, caused by the Pacific and the mountains, and second, by the extensive advertisement of the railroads and the n^/Mn'cinrMate We>. mnsr IkUY tiiVllU VAV.M4 v ! confess we never quite got acclimated, and we would advise any friends going there not to go in the fall or winter, because of the great crowd and untold inconveniences and miserable accommodations, but go in the spring and summer. It rained during our sojourn more than it did aii of the 12 months of the past year, and the "Northers" made the cold quite keen and we felt it considerably. We conversed with a great number of native residents (Americans we mean) for we could not speak with *77 an mn'nii qva its nf?nnle - Chinese Indians, Mexicans and Japanese. Our I conclusion leads us to the plain and explicit observation that California is oo place for a person of moderate means or a poor man. "Were one half 3f the amount expended here in buying up onr lands as would be necessary to purchase a small farm out West, the revenue would te thrice as jreat. There the variations of climate between 12 in. and 12 midnight are ?0 to 50 dogrccs; here our climate is approximately uniform. There water is* the great dssideratum, and its price high, and the soil needing irrigation; here streams and rain at all seasons! rhere the rich flourish and spread themselves like green bay trees; here ; the rich and poor walk together. There ! 110 social classes of society; here such' a custom and the people dictate. "R. B. Boylstox. COTTON SEED TEST. ARTICLE THREE. As the Peterkin cotton was attracting attention and being so highly re- ! commended by those who bad given it a trial and particularly for its great yield of lint (40 pounds from 100 of seed cotton) induced me to attempt an analysis of the subject. * As the Cook cotton ginned 36 pounds of lint when dry from 100 of seed cotton, led me to examine the seed, and I found them smaller in size than the common cotton planted, which inclined me to believe the increase in lint was owing to the smallness of the seed, and that it required more of the Cook in bulk to weigh a hundred pounds. On examination of the Peterkin seed as to size, I found them smaller than the Cook, and this at once explained the reason why it would gin 40 pounds of ; .lint from 100 of seed cotton, and the ) - - - i X. ~.:il ?t- I idea presemea 10 iuv mum, mu in produce as much seed cotton per acre as my hybrid? If I planted an acre with the Peterkin seed and it made 100 pounds, had it been planted with mine, j it would have made 1200 or more, and I as mv seed being the largest and hav- I iDg more pulp would make up some, probably, in their value for oil and as 3. fertilizer. I decided to test them as to-yield in 18SG with the following result: Having a very large garden and where the frnit trees had died and not being as rich as other parts, I had two rows prepared 4 feet apart and manured with cotton scect and Rob? ' 1 -Taa/1 /errT SOU'S COril UIJU CUllUll iuyu ^ IT Uivw a have found on repeated trials a good fertilizer) and planted one row with mine on the 25th of May, 2A feet in drill by measure. It rained and I had to postpone the piantingofthePeterkin until the 27th, in the same way. They came up at the same time, and in working was thinned to one stalk and topped about the 13th of August. I had 48 stalks of each, making a total of 96. It was* picked carefully at different times, weighed with draw scales and at the last picking in counting up I had 22? pounds of mine and .22$ of Peterkin. I sent back and had cracked bools picked sufficient to make the yield of each the same (22J pounds.) To sum up, this gives 45? pounds to the two rows and 48 stalks of eac'i, a total of 96, and to count tne yieiu per acre, rows 4 feet apart, gives 52, and and stalks, 2k 'in drill, 84, a total of 4368 stalks per acre. If 96 stalks give 45? pounds of cotton, 4,368 will give 2,047 pounds per acre. If the cotton had been planted about the first of May I think the yield would have been not Jess than 2,500 pounds as a goodly number of the late bolls did nor mature sufficiently to open. This test shows that the Peterkin made as much seed cotton per acre as mine, and as it will give 40 pouuds of lint from 100 of the seed cotton, and mine or the cotton generally planted, not above 33 j pounds at best; this test gives 143 I pounds of lint in favor of the Peterkin, j and at 10 cts., $14.30 more per acre, and it is reasonable to suppose it will make as much seed cotton per acre as mine or other kinds wherever planted, and the gain of 7 pounds of lint to the 100 of seed cotton from the general crop, is a ma'ter of no small consideration. It also shows the number of pounds of seed cotton that can be made from one acre planted as late as the 25th and 27th of May with 4,366 stalks, and that there is no necessity to have it crowded up with 3 or 4 times ] as many, to be supported by the _e mnnnw and rains I sireii^iu vi me wuj ? It also teaches as to improve oar lands by rotation of crops, rest and the application of manure sufficient to make a large yield off a few acres with less labor to cultivate it. J. sr. g. Wallaceville, S. C-, March 8, 1888. The Mardi Gras Day was Anticipated. On February 7, 1888, Tuesday (always Tuesday), at noon, the 213th Grand Monthly Drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery took place at New Orleons. The event had been anticipated, as the 14th, the second Tuesday in February, was Mardi Gras day, a legal holiday, 'strictly observed. It was under the sole management of Gen'ls. G. T. Beanregard, of La., and Jubal A. Early, of Va. No. 71,575 drew the first capital prize of 150,000. It was sold in fractional tenths at $1 each, sent to M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans, La , held, one by Robt. Poutz. Frankfort, Mich., through Fir J; Eat'l Bank of Manistee, Mich.; one by Mrs. V. Gilly, Xo. 206 St. Philip St., New Orleans, La.; one by John C. Pohl, Michigan City, lnd., tliro-gh First Nat'l Bank there; one bv Geo. J. Johnson, Baraga, Mich., througli Wm. Coach, of Baraga; three-tenths to correspondents in San Francisco, Cal., paid through Louisi - ? ^ -*T ana Nat'i JtsanK 01 .aew uncaus: wiic uy the Aflslo-Califortiian Bank, Limited, of San Franeisco, Cal.; one by Matthew Steffens, Harrison St., Police Station. Chicago, 111., etc., etc. Ticket No. 42,412 drew the second capiral prize of ?50,000. Ticket No. 61,353 drew the third capital prize of. $20,000, also sold in tenths. Oneneldby L. Carter, Santa Clara, Cal.; one by John B. Truitt, Winchester, 111.; one by A. G. Drobish, Lincoln, 111.; one by L. F. Cooper, Cleveland, O.; one by Joe Declue. Bonne Terre, ilo.; one by C. H. Soudley, Abbeville, S. C.; One to theS. W. Nat'l Bank of Phila., Pa.; the rest went elsewhere. Tickets Nos. 13,648 and 25,477 each drew oue of the fourth two prizes of $10,000, sold in fractions, also scattered ererywhere. Auy information may be . had on application to M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans."about the 2l5th Grand Urowing on Tuesdfy, April 10. * Syrup of Figs Is Nature's own true laxative. It is the most easily taken, and the most effective remedy known to Cleanse the System when Bilious or Costive; to | dispel Headaches, Colds and Fevers; to Cn.re Habitual Constipation, Indigestion, etc. Manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal. * TRY GILDER'S PILLS For tlie Liver. ? McMAsTER, BRICE & KETCHIN. I THE UK Y IS * STILL THE! COIgf t GROESCHEL & CO. HAS OPENED A COMBINATION STORE, WHERE YOU WILL FIND BACON", ] ileal, Flour, Grits, Lard, Oil, ' Sugar, Coffee, Starch, Salmon, Mackerel, Lye, Axle Grease, Baking Powder, Soap, Pickles, Corned Beef, Pickled Beef, Sar'iinp<3 (Ticrars. Tobacco. Pines. Paner. . Envelopes, Pens, Ink, Pencil's, Blacking j Brushes, Brooms, Cakes; Candy, Spier, i Pepper, Cloves, Nutmeg, BolognaSausage and Magnolia Hams. OUR LTQUOR 7)EPARTMEXT ^ Is stocked with the oldest and finest Corn ^ and Eye Whiskies, Wiaes, Brandies, &c. d OUR RESTAUR AX T f Is always open, where you can get the best of tne season. Come to see us. apn-Rsnrm,* .no. ) HP WAS fiRP.ITIY HiRTAifFN ilk nnu uiil^ i ^.3 miuiniikii, A Maryland Chemist licckoned Withoat His Host. ' I live in the midst of the malarial districts of Maryland, near the city of Washington, and ani exposed to all the dangerous influences of the impure air and water of that region. Being naturally of a strong constitution, I had frequently boasted that no chills and fever or other malarious complaint would ever trout le me. This was my experience and the condition in which I found myself six months ago. I first n otioeel that I did not feel so sprightly ;inci vigorous as was my wont to do. I felt tired and pnprvatf>H ^nnn T n ntirf/t a dictinrt and distressing back : che would ma?;e its appearance in th^ afternoon, increasing in severity if the exercise was more than usually i iolent. Then a stretchy feeling with profuse gaping made its appearance. Then my head, always clear as a bell, would feel heavy and I began to have headaches. The cold stage was marked with chattering of the teeth, se- re re rigors passed over me, and no am ount of clothing could keep me warm. The chill was succeeded in turn by t he fever, in which I seemed to be bum: n?r up, the congestion in my head pr< >d;iced a violent A m _ . 4.1? A . . t .* I > \ .t M /4 ? 4 paill Hi nil' iiUiUvi: [JUi iaijml iiuu a neated sensation of the e.y- i&ds, with an indescribable aei.ing of ; he- Bovver limbs. Nausea and vanning occurred with severe retchings. ai.:i v. feea the paroxysms passed off I was tl. crotgWy prostrated by a weakness tl lat -was felt in every part of me. I drugged myself with quinine, and obtained some 'relief. Eitray respite was of brief duration, j was now so much reduced :har L conic/ h'aj *dlv walk or stand upright. My (lise: ise soon culminated in ;i < ont:in::ec in; Jarial fever which kept use dosely cor fined for about a week. I bee ime* exc eedingly depressed and : iancholy.. so much so that I lost interest in my wc rk. and, indeed, scarcely cared whrit happened to me. During all this time, it mu: ;t be understood that 1 did not ne glee i medical treatment. All th-; n:;ost powerful remedies were tried, sue h as liquid arsenate of potash, valer'iante of iron, mercury, bromide of pcttassrjm, chloride of bismuth, chinoid; x>c. ?_:hinchonidia, quinine and sevvrr I -ethers. All this I did under the ad\ io& of eminent physicians. It was while I was in . trms deplorable condition that the ci aims made for Kaskine, the new quia! ne, as a specific for malaria, were first brought to mv attention. 1 knew not hing of its value to justify my having an y confidence in it, but as everything el e had failed I deemed it my duty to t ty it, so I began its use, and its prompt 'a.nd radical effects were of the nature c>f a revelation to me. Many people may think the statement scarcely crec EMe, but it is a fact that after only a ft v. days' use of Kaskine all the ieudim symptoms in my case were decide .dEy abated or ceased altogether; rind it: a few weeks from the time I took i lirst dose I was cured. This was about the f ist: of January, and since then I have > xperienced no recurrence of the ma!: a?;ii symptoms in any form. A reir.ee1 r of such exceptional virtue for tI'c -acre of malaria ought to be commend si and universally made known. 1 h&ve therefore ur?ed' it udoh the att antion of mv 0 __ X- ? J friends, several of whor 1 have used, it with like good results i a every casej and it is with the gre: ifcest pleasure and sincerity that I conn aendXaskine to sufferers from malaria (everywhere. Respectfully yours, J. D.} Assistant Chemist Maryland Agr. rail rural College, f P. S.?Should any on< i wish to address me as to the prenui KL'ness of the above letter, I will i.heei felly respond.' Other letters of a si:n fcer character from prominent indivi fetials, which stamp Kaskine as a re. mzedy of uir. doubted merit, will be s est on application Price $1.00, o r .-six bottles, $5.00. Sold by Druggis ts, -or sent by mail on receipt of j rice. ^ The Kaskine Ccmpan jr, -54 "Warren St., New York, and 35. ^arxbgdon Road, London. _ A . ffci J2. " STOVES. COOKING & HEATIN G ST0 Y.ES ALWAYS OX HA ND, a LSO, TINWARE, EOLIiOW-WAj iE, aL Jars, Flower-Pots, and g.eneral hoi iselold furnishing goods. 5T0YES, TINWARE, &C., REPAIR ED All work guaranteed first class. Evi ;ryhingai prices to suit the tim es. When in town give me a ca .11. One d oor lorth of P. Landecker & Br< >.'s. W. W. KETCH ES", Agt.. Successor to J. ,H. Gumming! kTnW 5f vnn want. th#? ? loct. "Mftfthr ne. X ~ -write to" J. CHESTS! JT'keYII <L, nd be will take you the DomEssn n?z2. ? lie only Machine that will } ast a lifetirn e. warrant every Machine. ] )on't buy b eore you see the . DOMESTIC . 1 I t costs you nothing to see and try it. I j rill take it to your house i;i you wiil a d ress J. CHESTNUT ReYILL. At Harden House, Win) jsboro, S. C. FeblGAT WHOLES/ tLE. Paper Bags and Wrapping Paper. icMASTEE, BRICE i 5 KETCHES ' CAPITAL PKIZE, $150,000. " We lo hereby certify that we supervise thejirrangementsfor all the Monthly and Quarterly Drawings of The Louisiana State Lottery Company, ana in person manage and control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, fairness and in good faith toward all ;parties, and we autliorize the Company to use this certificate, with the fac-sim of our signatures attached, in its advertisements." Commissioners. We the undersigned Banks and Banters will pay all Prizes drawn in The Louisiana State Lotteries which may be presented at our counters. K, M. WAX.3ISLET, Pres. Lou'na Sat. Bk. PIERRE LANAUX, Pres. State \a?. Bk. A. BALDWIN. Pres.New Orleans Nat. IJk. CARL KOHX, Pres. Union National Bk. I , SPRECEDENXED ATTRACTION! U OVEK HALF.A MILLION DISTRIBUTED. Lonisiana State Lottery Company. Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years by the Legislature for Educational and Charitable piuj>oses?with a capital of ?1,000,-000?to which a reserve fund of over ?550,000 has since been added. Dy an overwhelming popular vcte its franchise was made a part of the present State Constitution adopted December 2nd, A. D.1879. The only Lottery ever voted on and endorscdly the peopte of any State. It never scales or postpones. Its Grand Single Number Drawings take place Monthly, and the Grand Quarterly Drawings regularly every three months (March, June, September and December). ASPLEXDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIX A FORTUNE. FOUKTH GKAND DRAWING. CLASS D, IN TELE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 188S?215th Monthly Drawing. CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000. ^"NOTICE.?Tickets are TEX DOLLAIIS ONLY. Halves, $5. Fifths, 52/ Tenths, 51. LIST OF PRIZES. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF 5150,000. .5150,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 50,000.. 50,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20,000.. 20,000 2 LARGE PRIZES OF 10,000.. 20,000 4 LARGE PRIZES OF 5,000.. 20,000 20 PRIZES OF -1,000.. 20,000 50 do 500.. 25,000 100 do 300.. 30,000 2U0 do 200.. 40,000 500 do .100.. 50,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 100 Approxi't'n Prizes of $300.. $30,000 100 do do 200.. 20,000 100 do do 100.. 10,000 1,000 Terminal do 50.. 50,000 2.179 Prizes, amounting to $535,000 Application lor rates to Clubs should be made only to the office ol the Company in New Orleans. For further Information write clearly, giving full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express Money Orcers, or New York Exchange In ordinary letter. Currency by Express (at our expense) addressed M. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La., or M. A. DAUPHIN. Washington, D. C. Address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La. REMEMBERS^ E2S&S and Early, who are In chargc of the drawings. Is a guarantee or absolute ra'rness an-j Integrity. t hat the chances are all equal, and that no one can possibly divine what numbers will 2l Prl7.ft EE3IEMBEE that the payment or all Prizes is Ul'AKAXTEED BY FOEK XATIOXAL BASKS or New Orleans, and the Tickets are signed by the President or an Institution, whose chartered rights are recognized Id lhe highest Courts, therefore, beware or any imitations or anonymous schemes. Winnslinrn ffain COMPANY. IN STOCK. Q NICE SI DE-BAR TOP BUGGIES, 0 hung on Brew?rer and Tiraken Springs. Q OPEN SIDE-BAR BUGGIES, 0 Brewster, Timkun and American Queeir Spring's. 1 CANOPY-TOP JUMP SEAT. I BUGGY-TOP JUMP SEAT. Q INGLE AND DOUBLE HARkj_ ncss. ICE EMBROIDERED DUSTERS. fie WiassboEQ Wagsa Wc are willing-to place along side any other make. We warrant them, and ask purchasers to give us at least an equal chance. We still handle the LONG-HANDLE PLOW STOCK, best in market. MATTHEWS & CUMMINGS, Proprietors. "EECEI7ED ! ANOTHER SUPPLY OF THOSE 1 fine Tmnorted Irish Potatoes for table use. Also, Early Rose and Barbank Potatoes. ? ALSO, Thurber s 34 and 41 Coffees. Choice Green Coffees. Fall Cream Cheese. Raisins for table ase. Citron and Currants. Mince Meat and Cranberries. Tomatoes, and Okra and Tomatoes. Canned Corn, Peas and Beans. Snccotash and Grated Pineapple. Hard-Head Cabbage. With good many other Shelf FancyGroceries, all of which will be sold at the lowest price for cash at S- S. WOLFE'S. B Ja If ?, sraH^DOGB L' X ERS? S GUIDE, containing oiorod plstca, y I Ttt-iSaS easravins* of different breed*. I toBfcCTfc price* thcraroworti, and w5i?re to 3 ?jS@fia&? baythaca. Direction* IcrTraining:ffl Dogs and BroedingFarrets. MsiodW for 15 Cants. AJsoCata of DogW |^gySB? Fsrclahiag Goods oC mH kai<k.^ 1 Than send foe Practical POUJL- JJ*Aa K 2 TRY BOOK. lOOpasrca; be**- USSgfld i A tiftil colored plate; angraTlnga SWBBay ? fe of nearly all kinds of fowls; deacnp- K f tioo? of the broods; bow to aaponiee; /jgyBK [j K pirns for poultry hoosos; icSorraatiow /ar^*'KV ? ! ! B *Hmt:inmnalnnL and wacro to buy E8SCBB H I i 'f P-,r? ? at 11 f ; 5 per aHTing. Scot fa* 15 CMta.V^lw ? | N'PB>jTOiHi^??aw?H 1 M so, yea seed tbe BOOK OF CAGE ft VS& BLRDS. IWpun. l&O IllwU tgja tnUioms. B?MahT ??Ior*4 pUte. ff gjSy YrwtmT.t?aabrooctogat?Jtt3PdsOeaa K ' tT plMSB* 8Bdr^ Damn | 5 tO aadflmrcwa. flovtolnMakiMcfl ? aaaAviesy. AllabootPairota. PziMsaCt! { jKKeS mfl kiads okxlx, mom, ?*o. Mwgort Icr 20 S7^ 15 VeB?T^^5? Bwate, 40 Cta. ? i I > ASSOCIATED FANCtee^ Eg f f 23? ? ?** 5EIS A JwtielaeBnroaa cotfcos* ?ay be gftw IPTH j w ?WMB ;,k: -,.x ' '' THE WIXNSBORO BAR. H. A. GAILLARD, ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW, WINNSBOEO, S. C. ^ 1 *<, Officeup-stairs over J. M. Beaty & Sro.'s store. A7 s7 DOUGLASS, | attorney and counsellor at law, I No. 6 Law Range, WINXSBOKft, S. C. ^ Practices in tbe State and United States Courts. ' H. N. Obear. w. C. riox. OBEAK & RXON, attorneys and counsellors at law, Nos. 7 and 9 East Washington bi. wisxsrojto, s. c. Offices same as occupied by tbe late Col James H Kion. OS3HXD W. BCCHANM, J ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, No. 7 Law Range, WINNSBORO, S. C. * Practices in ail United States and State Courts. Special attention to corporation and insurance law. J E. McDonald, C. A. Douglass Solicitor Sixth Circuit. Mcdonald & douglass, \ ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW Nos. 3 and i Law Range, WINNSBORO, S. C. in nil th*> State and United States Courts. ; J] E. B. Ragsdale. G. W. Ragsdale EAGSDAIiE & RAGSDAIiE, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, No. 2 Law Range, WINNSBOBO, S. C. ? W. L. McDONALD, ATTORNEY AND.COUNSELLOR AT LAW, ' No. 5 Law Range, WINNSBORO, S. C. JAS. GLENX McCAXTS, " ATTORSTEY-AT-LAW, Xo.l LAW KAifGE, WIXXSBOKO, S. C. ^"Practices in the Stale and United States Courts. - 1 OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENT * Executive Department, ) offrce of Comptroller General, > Columbia, S. C., January 3, 1888. ) [Circular No. 2?First Series.] The following Act is published for the information of the County Auditors and Treasurers, t<? wit: AN ACT to Allow Unimproved Lands Which Have Not Been on the Tax Books Since 1675 to be Listed Without Penalty. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate j and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly,- and by the authority of " tiie same, That in all cases where unimproved land which has not been upon the tax books since the fiscal year commencing . Novembrr l, 1875, and which are not on the forfeited list, shall at any time before the 1st day of October, 1888, be returned to * the County Auditor for taxation, the said Auditor be, and he is hereby, instructed to assess the same and to enter it upon the dupiicate of tfie fiscal year commencing No ember lr 1887, with the simple taxes of that year. Sec. 2. That all such lands as may be returned to the Auditor for taxation between the first day of October, 1888, and the ; first day of October, 1S89., shall be assessed and charged with the simple taxes of the two fiscal j'ears commencing respectively on the first day of November, 1887, and the first day of November, 1SSS. Sec. 3. That as scon as practicable after the passage of this Act the Comptroller General is directed to furnish a copy of the same to each Auditor in the State, and the Auditors are required to publish the same { in each of their County papers once a week for three months during the year 1888, and for the same period of time during the year 1889; and the cost of such publication"shall be pa .d. by the County TreasIifa-r unrm <vf t}la rvmrtrv fvnt)_ J UAVA) Ujyvil UUV WiVV* v* ???v VWM MVJ missioners, out of the ordinary County tax last collected. * '3 Apnroved Dhcember 19,1887. J. S. VERIER, Comptroller General. In accordance with the provisions of the abo7e Act I hereby . publish it for the information of all interested. I. NT. WITHERS, A. F. C. Janl9-law3m . - * SALE ' ' ' .-rl A EEBST* &.m A ?MP raw ft * 4* ' ' >~s. k 4:?.r-^ i-vr. - ! T l?iK*2$^S?a* t ^W^rw0s~h& i fCST ABB1VED. In addition to stock on hand, TWENTY NICE YOtfNG KENTUCKY MULES, from three to five years old?all broke.?r Also, twenty head of Heavy Turpentine and Log Mules. I also have a few nice SADDLE AND HARNESS HORSES, * which I will sell cheap for cash or on time nntil fall, with satisfactory paper. All stock guaranteed as represented or money refunded. I will also exchange young males g forolaenes. It will pay the farmers , 4 i/\ AAH am A/\A A! AAI< 1 . llrt KnwrtMA* I Uaii aiiu ocu LLi v sluck uciutc uu.} ^ 1. WILLIFOKD," rv 4 WIXX.SBORO. b. C. >r i ARBUCKLE8' same on a package of COF7SS te a guarantee of excellenceARIOSA J | 007TZE Is kept in all first-class | stores from the Atlantic to theFaotfo. COFFEE Is *?*er good when exposed to f&s afe Alvrays buy this brand in hermetioally A seal?* OXE POTOD PACXAGMfc. 4 "II ' " J DON'T PUT IT OFF. \ LL parties running gins or raill maxjL ahinery will find it advantageous to " a bring tlieir gins or mills in now and have A them repaired before the busy season commences. Give us plenty of time and oe ready Icr the vrorK season. Feb25tlx4 J. M. ELLIOTT. - ~ " ..'mmWiiM