The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, August 27, 1890, Image 2

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il.' spf-v fhHiyemfiiH.! PUBLISHED EVERT WEDXESDA* | -BY* iNewo - and - Herald -Co. TERMS, IA ADVANCE: l?3r. .... SI.SO Si Ifcuntte*, .... .75 YV. 'J. WUUUii w, i > filitors. J .VS. DAVIS, ) AQ VERTISIXG RATES. CASH: ?j>u? dollar a square for tbw first iuser?u and fifty uvats for each subsequent u?:*rtiou Special rates for c-ontract advertiser*. Mirria?? aud death uuticrs frte. ltegular rates c-jar^ed fur obituaries. Orders for -J?>b Work solicited. VVINNSBORO, 5. U Wednesday August 27. : : : 1890! FOR GOVERNOR : JOHN BR ATTON i Tiik late?S..<*?iiaiiites place the corn crop rlkj United $t*tc? at 1.000,000,-! -?r~ OX), while the crop of '89 ?'ai 2 000,000,000. a diff-reiice in fav ?r of '89 of' twei?t\-tiv? |*-r c*-nt. This will in-1 create the cost to consumers ?omethii>v like 00.000,000, which r? picse?t? at/1 iucr?.?:?? in to !he -ellers of 1 A nearly that *uu>tiui. Tnw Vttnufiiti-luiYra' llccurd sav* i "within the la*t mouth we have leariard ; ol ttp\y*rd> of OMJ.OOO ot English ! cirj-i ih?t.Jba> b*? i?<HVrcd (or invest-. tuvul* hi a great umnt Southern enter* inclulib^ 4owii building iMiirttw-ji' The 7*tit** paper predicts that ||ie aj.-g'ivgi:** investment* of ' Cuyli?fc tnoiie> in S-u:lifru enterprises durigg ihe.n?3tx~?ix ju >nths .uill astoui-h thr r*?m?tr>.. - Tbt-ie is no country in J lie H.?rld which *!?-.? liner opportnni ie-lor iuvr m^-t than our*, and our iiei^rhbcr' aero-* the water are 1 (legitime to reahzc ix. No agricultural product cau eoiu^are wi'h cotton, rot' which we have aluwst a iuouopniy, and our clituate is suitable tor tue growth of ull the corrals. The iron enterprise* of the South are crowding the turn aces of Pennsylvania out of the luirket a3d the manufacture of !al?rirft has bfc<>me already a* profi a h!e ?u tLe South as an v where cW. Nothing can .retard Southern progress, and the future of rhfs wet ion of the United States is foil uf hope and promt*?. Which la KvsHlar. whether inUtegUe. BE 1 d p^^H8BBM|BH^fflBregiilarity of the - * rr" - *?* i~ State UonvcHiiou. ine owt ie. uu mc ether leg entirely. The County Convention of Fairfield met to do a certain tiling and did it. The State Convention was called to ^rform a specific act and went w^tirely beyond its jurisdiction and did something else. It is not for an irregular body to assume to nw"i the of finv other. U|?V? VMV m- - Mtriet Cuatraettoa Oar Mfegnard. Strict construction is the fuudamen?-~\ tal principle of Democracy. We can . understand hew a Radical convention, composed of Quays and Hoars and Blaira and Chandlers would brush a?'de all constitutional limitations and declare that a Convention is supreme and that the majority must rule to suit its own sweet will: But how BemovU?ra IC l)AVAn/) Ciai? UIII 21V1U 9UV1I tv VVJ | the comprehension of a student of party hiitory. It is extremely unsafe for Southern Democrats to h?ld such tenets. Tliey are playing into the hands of tlieir loose constructionist at the Xorth, who on looking- on all sides for justification in passing the force bill and other unconstitutional measures devised to crush this section politically. The utterauces of some of the Tillmanit? onrans and statesmen must ?ive great pleasure to the New York Tribune, and Henry Cabal Lodge, and other higher law boomers, who believe that a majority can do anything. Vmlitatlraal LlnitstlMi* If grave matters arc to be decided . by mer? force of numbers law is overthrown and the foundation of government is undermined, fo alt coustitu tibial governments the constitution is intended to preserve the right* of numbers and to lay down a chart by which and by which alone the cofcrse of government is to be directed. If very member in Congress should vote for an unconstitutional measure it would "Stiff Tioi bejrorth the paper it is written on. It would one and it could be put into operation only by the brute force of a despotism. If every member of the State Legislature should vot? forabill,forinstance, impairing the validity of a contract or making an establishment of religion such action would be vain. A political party also is bound by a constitution and by traditious or unwritten laws. A majority however large can no more override these than can Congress the United States constitution. Furthermore if the Legislature should call a State Convention for the sole and exnress purpose of arranging the State debt, does anyone dare say that this Convention could go en and . adopt a new constitution throughout? The idea is preposterous. Now in what way is a party convention superior in form to a State Convention? Snnnftco fniintr (!onvMition ?- - called to elect delegates to Columbia, had gone on and nominated a full county ticket, does any one hold that this action would have been binding on the party? Hardly. The analogy it perfect. "What right then had the August Convention to foist an entirely sew constitution and Executive Committee o* the Democracy of South Carolina? That is the pertinent question, and it must be answered satisfactorily before the Democracy of Fairfield will recognize any alleged decision of the State Convention as to the Status of Fairfield County. Let the State Convention clear its own Skirt* before passing judgment on j ******* ^utmtioM ,\a?wrped. , ? ? !' Mrxxn(. Editors: Iti jvmt article head-1 e,'? "It is Still Chairman Gaillard,"! you fay, "the count) orj^aiiixniuu ic-; , uuins iti statu quo, As a matter of t'uct thp State Convention did not pa-s on ii<?; i? jraJity ot itic respective orguiiz itious in this mnnty?ilidn't even i undertake to do it." I tliall not at- , tempt to follow \ou, hnt will at once Mifnui? these quefc'is?n?: Can an illegal C >nnty Convention i send u It gal delegation to the State Convention? Did not one of the minority reports -r - cnh. : oi^ me commiree on cmiciiuau , . mit "ihat both the Democratic organi- j ' zation* in said county (Fairfield) are hereby declared illegal; and therefore a reorganization of the Democratic party in fraid county is ordered?" This was it.definitely postponed. i Wa? not the Lyles delegation seated? j Should-not the majority rule? If dm, nit In conteuipla>ion to run two tickets at the general election in this j coil my and "split tlus purl\ ? ' The gravity of the Mtu ttioti demand* ! Serious and candid ultentiou. JJayse McMelkin. j M<iiiti(?llo. S. ('.. 22t?d July, 1890. | We plmll answer the questions in the order in which they are propounded: ' mu an illegal County Conventioh 1 send a Jejja! delegation to the State Convention"? No; and then-lore we hold thut.the Tillman delegation should not huve been seated. i 4,I>i l nut one of the minority reports of the committee on credentials j submit, "that both the Democratic j < organ Z-iUoiis in said county (^airueiuj j are hereby declared illegal; and therefore a reorgan Zition of the Democratic party in <a"d county is ordered"? \V , l?ui the Convention r?j cled it; ami though it bad adopted this report it Mould not have bound any one, tor ! Mich a q.-H-st ion is. l?e\ oiicl the juri>dic' lion ot ibe Convention. | **VVa- not i he L>les delegation St rated"? Yr>. * 3UVUIU inn wie ninj ?i in line . Ye=, *hen it does so by prescribed 1 law. "It not, is it in contemplation to rau I ufo ticket* ht the general election in thi- c.)utit\ ami '*plit the party'*'? We hare not sufficient knowledge or in;orni?t:ou to know how many tickets will be rmi. Apparently Rattled. We cannot exactly understand the * x? _ ry ?ii . pu?mon oi me u-rreimue ..?ttr.v. rut otiw nt le*j?t it to be rattled. , Eve.* -Mice the capture ot iue Au^u-t Convention by Tillman was assured it ha? br^h doubtful whether to throw up the ?poii;e or throw up \<x cap lor a turtlier tight. The Xem and Courier \ stringihened iu .backbone not long a?o, .*nd liu- Amm w an hilariou* ?ver^^L^jjOj^fiP^entiun. Now since ^M^^feventim has met, although it ailiuiU ih#t the adoption ot a new Con*MtutH?n aitl the at tempi ed overthrow ot the Executive Committee < wa* Mil wroug, it declares, a9 did Mr. 1 Toots when Florence Duuibey rejected him, Alii'* of tw cosi-queuce". We tru?t it will not follow Mr. T?ots into I this dwual ?l*>u?h of despond over the | era-hi"? of his noblest aspiration. The fact is that the adoption of a ('oi)Riiiu ion is the most solemn act that hiht party or any government is now called on to perform. Men may come and go, bat the Constitution Is the charter that forms ?hi fundamental contract. Much bi tter would it have been to have noun: a!id a wuoic state tickrl, to Lave ei?~n,j?-d the basis of r*pte?eut&tion in the ?U!e Convention, to have done an) thing eUe than tamper .?<ritli the Constitution. The August Convention was a "legal U?d>" it is true, but will any other Convention ba*ed on the new Constitution be a legal bod) ? There's the rtfb. Yet the Greenville Xeais says, "Oh! it# t?f no coii>equence." We cannot admit any x. ? if ;n 8UUI1 11 i'VU?vv/i tii <7 ??m cbniiM | any tmch extirpation of power (hex will stand anything. When 'he Northern D?-inoctats declared the [>o>t beilutn amendments unconstitutional because parsed irregularly, were they "bolteri*' and "kicker#"? When the Democratic party protiOHticed against the civil rights bill were they bolters and kicker*? They were called libels and bourbon* and fill s4?rf?s of hard norm's bv a vindistive and unscrupulous majority, but the Supreme Court of the United States said they were right. It hat come to be the fashion :o acquiesce iu any measure that a majority sees tit to pass. That is why Federal and State politics have been debased. It is time fur patriots t? call a halt. Toey need not run a State ticket in order w Judd a factious majority to account. But thero it no occasion for tamely submitting. A.g*iu the Xeir<s seems to think the Tilluiauite* did no more than the Straightouu w#t Id have dune to them had appofttiniSj afforded. Wo do uot belibve this, and challenge proof. The Straight?uLs have been strictly couaervaive *11 along. More aggressive method* might have been crowned wiih uticces*, bat they preferred to do what was right and proper rather thau gain au advantage by (akiug a twist or going outside of regular party methods. I'l- A' ..nfi.Wnn.la 1 IIC C(W ao uiuviiuiiaig ?i? | threatening that the up-country can he relied up?n to heap up majorities sufficient to overcome any defection in the low-country. How does the AVir* know that there is disaffection confined to tbe taw-country? or that if *ucb ffm tbe case that the up-couutiy could oveicomfc the low-country? In | 1876 had the lo^-country Democrats folded their ha,uq* the up country vote would lave been now here. E?l<;efiehl claims to bare been the banner county iu tbe Hampton campaign. Yet a | reference lo the vote will show that Fairfield made a&im proportionally larg?', and, with Edgefield, exceeded every other county. Bratton and Woodward, ai?d their friends who are not ?ood enough Democrats to sit in a Democratic Convention now, made a | recor\ which yielded nothing to that | of Butler and Gary, ilagood in Bare- J well who wa* recently forced ontof< his club had au array of colored red j oK!?to <Kat list )i*rot* Iimii I'nnallcw^ J tuiliv (U?I> Sach fboli?b talk abont the np eoun- J i .. -" . ... , . ' try and low-countrv will 'lo more to biiL'g about, a split '.ban even th-: revolutionary proceedings of the August Uoiivention. The JVerirx has done capital work in this ciinpai^n. It >hould gather itsell t??gvt!ier :tgain and take a jmt view of the filiation. CAfr. M'JiEEKiX REPLIES TO MR. | KAGSDALE. Mex&rt. Editors: In an article in ?.-v D.M,i<1|aMvc. tour issue, iz msi., .ui.jwjjuait;*..-, ;,The Tillmauites having belted, or withdrawn as they prefer to phrase it, now ask, with a cheek the like of Khich no mortal man has ever seen before, who is to blame for it." In hii opinion then, it is impossible for a withdrawing' or as he prefers to phrase it, a bolting party ever to be in the right. A reckless position surely for one to take whose party o;* faction lias so frequently and persistently resorted to it " -? n'i.?+ rvi ill ijus campaign, irmi nm.^ -wv~. Haskell and his confreres, who withdrew from the late State Convention, think of it? I imagine the gentleman, after sober, second thought, will agree that it is extreme, and clearly to the advantage of his own faction, that it is not perfectly tenable. Assuming this, I venture to reiterate my invitation to a candid and intelligent public to pronounce judgment as to the right, or the wrong of the withdrawal of the Tilhnanites from the Uourt nouse ou ujc zu msi. jlik-ji attention is directed t? this: That the undisputed fuels mentioned by me in a previous article arc kindly permitted by Mr. llagsdale to stand undisputed, and still constitute a suffiL-ient, and the only true basis on which to rest a correct verdict, for Mr. Ragsdale's reference to Article 4 of the constitution is either a mere diversion* or he labors under an error in supposing* the Tillmanites condemned ii.? /\4-' Vvft/.nfirn IIIC U1UCI VI 111*? ju.vv/cuufv VVM144..WW requiring the rolls of the clubs to be furnished it, for examination and comparison with ea h other. They did not condemn, but approved it. He says, "It is a matter within the knowledge of every well informed man that questions of general parliamentary practice must be subordinated to the constitution of every n-prescntatice body." Somewhat obscure, I submit; but does the gentleman mean that Article 4 or indeed any other article of the constitution confers on the Executive Committee, or a committee appointed by it, the right to a seat in the County Convention; or the right to submit a report in the face of vigorous protest? If this is his position and he expects his readers to endorse it, he assuredly entertains quite an indifferent opinion of their intelligence. T nresumc therefore that such are not his position and expectation; but if I not, then lie can have adverted to 'Art. 4 of the constitution only to obtain a basis for a cloud of words wherewith to divert,4iit?^4^B^ffifr* and4il\5?}?*r-rTic~Tssue so clt^^^>resented by my statement of ununited facts. Mr. RagsJale objects to my.assertion that the Tillmanites were prepared in +lm tr? hmsh flsirlo. MS mfti'ft . 11\^ V.U11I VHWV1I VV ?-?? J ? ? ? chaft', certain parts of the report of the sub-committee, ami pointing out certain alleged facilities for their accomplishment of this feat, adds: ''Reasonable men do not run from that which may be brushed aside as mere chaff." llold; not so fast, Mr. Ragsdale. The Tillmanites did not run from any thing of the kind. They "withdrew from the Court Ilouse because the chairman ruled the report of the sub-committee to be in order and could be received as information. From this there could be no appeal. The Tillmanites were pursuaded the chairman would not revoke it, both because of painful humiliation h3 would thus suffer, and because the A"f Villi MO* VlOAl'AllcIv 1VO VX UiV i defended its constitutionality. An effectual barrier therefore to further proceedings was thus erected. The TillmaniUs had to submit to this wrong, or retire. The ruling manifestly violated all parliamentary rules. It was wrong ptr sc, regardless of any ulterior baneful influence it may have exercised over the pending reorganization. Let it be clearly understood; the Tillmanitcs did not run from evils to comc, but from evils nivsftiit, and starimr them in the face. f must decline to participate in a speculation as to what would or would not have been done had the Tillmanitcs remained, or even a? to whether or not the chairman would have acted impartially in the appointment of a committee" on credentials, as suggested by Mr. Ilagsdale. "That tabulated statement," after having undergone a pyrotechnic of words, I am gratified to observe still remains "statu quo." The lily the* wood Club, "the good old Democratic Club," is placid iu the Tillman column because of numerous testimonials going to pr*?ve grtve irregularities, perpetrated at the rcorganizition of the club, inuring to the amis. These are both oral and written, and arc doubtless still accessible, but not at my hand now. Candor required- of Mr. Kagsdale the statement that I marked this club as contested. But he asks for a reason for the faith that, is in inc. I propose as follows: Let Presidents Dunn and Campbell call a meeting of their respective c!ubs at the same hour and near the same place. The clubs will each select one of it* own members, who i3 familiar with the people in the snrroundin# cuuntry. These two, with Dr.. \V. E. Aiken, if lie can * * ? -3 * ? A IK I 1 I OAllCtlh^f A O UC IIIUUUCU IV avi) * ?? WiwvMiuv coi.insiiiee, iti whose presence the rolls will be called. The two members of the committee appointed by the clubs will point ont to the Doctor those who do not belong to the BIy the wood pre cinct as their names arc called. This test to be satisfactory will require a full attendance of the members. But this condition being complied with, the Doctor will be in a position, alter hearing the rolls called and the responses of the members, to decide which is the true Blythewood Club, the Dunn or the Campbell club, or whether Dotn snouiu oe recogmzeu, and also their relative strength. I am willing, and I believe the Tillmanites may safely abide his decision if he and his faction will do so. Is this a sufficient reason for the faith that is in me? Mr. Ragsdule ask>: "Who told him (me) that Greenbrier No. ? and Horeb No. 2 are contested?'' They are contested on the general ground that the formation of a new club by the per mission of the Executive Committee may be revised by the County Convention, and this of course involves confirmation or rejection, but in reference to these clubs there is a speciil ground of contest based on the affidavit of a responsible citizen that a legal quorum of ?he committee were not present when permission was granted for their formation. "It was" says Mr. Iiagsdale, "Mr. McMeekiu, a lonesome thinker, (wliatt* tins mav mean^ a man of much ingenuity, it will be remembere I, who several years ago discovered from tLe mastv pages of Webster that priceless word 'oligarchy' A word that Las done duty "from the mountains to the sea. A word that forms ^ the entire stock in trade of that lean, lank, \ ^ -JB bilious squad of political cavalryknown as 'the coat tail risers.' A regiment that Wuiild chaige h?1 with corn stalks for a few canteens and havosack*." I inn>t disclaim the h<>n<>r <.f being the di-co\vr ??t "that priceless word" ougamiy. i nave an impression 11 was h familiar word in Greece some twenty o<ld cenLiries back, ile will pardon tlie expression of the modest pride and atille^lio'.s felt by me for liis unimpeachable tesriuiom that the articles written by me several \cars ago are not all together of an ephemeral character. I will remind him that the felicitous application of "that priceless word oligarchy" to the prevailing conditions received the cordial endorsement of one whos-e authority may pre vail Willi 1J1IU. X 1II3C1 L ail CAll UV/l from a later published in The News and Herald, Aptil 14th 188G, in which was also published a private letter written by nie and addressed to the gentleman whose name appears below. This is the extract: "I hope that he (meaning imsell) will be mollified when I say that I considered it so much better than the article in course of preparation by me, that I concluded to substitute and endorsed it at one**?' (Signed) T. \V* Woodward. lie referred to a letter that was chirflv concerning ".hat priceless l< That priceless word that has done duty In.in the mountains to the sea" and fniim>d "the entire Stock in trade ot "The Coat tail RideiV sectns to have been endued wi:h innyie virtues, since "Unit lean, iank, biious squad ha* >wullen to tueh propuitions thai although armed with alleged weapons too inllamable fur an as-ault on so icunu a place, nevertheless has a lair prospect of earning everything bel'oie it ami capturing th>se >ame "few canteens aul haversacks." What kind of a squad tnu>t that be thatjthis "loan, Sank, bilious jqnan" ha* overcome? IIayne McMkkkix. MonMedio, S. <J , Angu-t, 18, 1890. *;i;oiu;j: tki'itt. Not Quite uj> to Mr. Doty on SO Acres, J!ut HLs Farm Shows What 135 rounds of Knerjjy and Intensive Farming "Will Do. He Started Poor and is Now "Worth S20.000. [The Atlanta Journal.] There is inspiration in a well-worked Georgia farm. inspiration, information Mini an iinportaut lesson to all who ta it. It it an object ks>on which beats ?ll the essa>s that have ever been reud and all the boooks that have ever heen written on the jrreat question of agiiculture. During the recent agricultural convention in LuGran^e?a little city noted for its many and varied attractions?more attention was given to the farm of George \V. Truitt than to every other interesting f'eatuie of that interesting town. >v no 11 men win gu six nine? iu see u piece of cotton rather than go a lew lionOred yards to >ee a lovely flower garden or an unique .factory, their action is at once a testimonial of their ^-^ctical ideas a?id compliment to ttie farm which they visit. George Truitt's fany_4W#'~of_more ,l>LU}JiWiii^^jr^faT^nan that entire <;ouveution?and a better an " more harmonious convention was never held in this part of the world. My assertion will oe substantiated by the hundreds of delegates who visited this firm and went away determined to duplica'.e what they had seen. An old gentleman from Texas said he had never seen cotton the like of that; a Louisi an i man said it gave him good i.ca> to carry back to his people; an Alabamian said that the famous black belt of his State had never equalled it. George \V. Truitt, known as the famous Gcorg'a cotton grower aiitl propagator ot improved cotton seed, liws isi Troup County, six miles from L-iG ratine. lie is a middle-aged, medium sized man?weighing about 140 pounds, 135 being energy. In appioaching his home the lirst thing I noticed was that his barn was much larger than his house-a mighty good t-ign, I can tell von. His dwelling contains four rooms and wide piazzas front and back. It is a nosey looking, white painted building, with fresh, pretty vines clambering over the piazza. The walk leading from the ?aie 10 llie sieps is Wiupicicit tu?cn;u by an arch of cedars which are so perfectly intertwined tbat^-ihcy seem Jo begin growing in the air and to grow downward into the ground on each side of the walk. Beautiful circular walks in the yard, fl >wer beds formed in various figures, wiih humming birds flittering here mid there?exhibited a guiding hand fairer than that of any man. Magnificent orchards containing ~ Mill) oil fill* 11 U lid KJ1 KSKIIIV 1 iUiw nituio umi ait mv attendant conveniences of a country home were prominently visible. The barn is two and a half stories high, 55 by 35, with a rock cemcnteu foundation. It contains enough last year's corn to la>t the plantation till Christmas?and stacks of many kinds of forage. Oats, sorghum, millet and the like, are cut up by a machine in the second story and dropped down into troughs to suit I he appetite of tbe mules or horses. There is a well in the barn and water is pumped directly into troughs which are fixed to 6crv"e ???1' iti tlio cftililo fff Afr caou aiuuiai in n?v wimviv* L * * *'* * Truitt would train one or the horses to water the others his arrangements would be perfect.] The horses walk out ol the rear staDle door into a fresh Bermuda pasture. An excellent steam ginnery, a neat machine shop in which all the plantation machines arc kept, a good blacksmith shop, several well-built tenement houses?all iu a lovely oak jrrove sodded with Beimuda gra.%?help to complele the picture of this model farmer's home. At the Ia3t Piedmont Exposition Mr. Truitt received one of the first prizes form f>vhiliits Airs. Trnitt wsig awarded several prizes for ladies' exhibits. Some of the futy kiuds of wine, and the many varieties of canned goods, etc, arc still here to add to {lie pleasure of this household and the comfort of its guest?. From two graded Jersey cows Mrs. Truitt has sold this year 200 pounds of butter. She has sold enough eggs and chickens to run a small farm. But to the farm proper: Mr. Tiuitt sa}s he is going to make 100 bales of cotton on SO acres worked bv two mules. And thes? 80 acres were the principal attraction 5o the Convention delegates, and not one of them denied the fairne>s of Mr. Truitt's estimate. The land is gray, with clay subsoil. Several years ago it was painfully poor. It has been built up by high fertilization and good working. Last year it was planted in oats. It was well broken with a cutaway harrow in December. It was broken twice in January with a harrow, the second ploughing being squarely across the first. Then the rows were laid off. four and a half feet wide, with *a scooter, followed by a Johnson wing. On forty acres fifty bushels of cotton seed were broadcast to the acre, and <5 nnnnrl? nf Sonti/s acid put in the drill. On the other forty acres five hundred pounds of Gossipum to the acre were put in the drill and list furrows. The cotton is thirty inches apart in the drill. Most of it was chopped out by running a xl. !..i? ^ I \y f lli\ tllll'l > IJICII uiivv/uj avivoo iu'v rows- Tliis gives the rows a beautiful regularity, and enables them to be ploughed in two diametrically opposite directions. (Think about this, it's a tniglity good scheme.) The cotton was topped about the 10th of July. N-. Highest of all in Leavening Power. rx * > i ABSOUU i It was ploughed live times and. Jioed twice. Mr. Truitt uses level culture. He breaks the land deen. cultivates flat and very shallow*. His laiuls are all well terraced and a home-made system of underground drainage?compounded out of a ditch, some logs and a plentiful supply of mother earth?is frequently used. By these precautions cotton is now growing as high as your head where, a few years ago. gullevs would hide all the animals in Grant Park. Mr. Truitt says this land is 100 per cent better than it was six years ago. The cotton is called Truitt's premium prolific. The seed has been selected by sending rareful hands over the fields to pick out the finest bolls. This plan has been carried out so persistently that now a small boiled shilk cannot be found. Forty average bolls of this cotton will make a pound. More than three hundred bolls were counted 011 one stalk. W'c found bolls which measured seven and a half inches round one way and nine inches around the other?looking very much like a green turkey egg. There were some single stalks seven feet tall, nine feet in diameter, shading sixty-live square feet of ground. This cotton looked like a swamp, and at a distance appeared too thick for entrance. A short man would get lost in it; a iini/l u/nnlil nat vent nvo ill it :it. all; an incredulous man would never believe it was there unless lie saw it; a wise man (if he were a farmer) would go to work and see if he couldn't grow cotton just like it. NW(r'went over the land where, a few years ago, Mr. Truitt gathered fifteen bales from five acres, and when reached the one acre 011 which he raised 2,200 pounds of lint, Ave decided that the ground was holy, and built thereon a monument of rocks to the best yield of cotton that the world has seen. The cotton on this land the present season had to be planted ovfcr in May; therefore it will hardly make over two and a half bales to the acre. The two mules who cultivated these eighty acres are beautiful dark hays; one weighing 9o0 pounds, the other nzfi WUJgllllJg [JUllllU?. Can't George Truitt raise anything but cotton, do you ask ? I have already said that he had corn enough to last till Christmas. Last year with tl^ 1,902 pounds of lijjile l[csIj^liejua(j^B . of corn and 1,200 bushels of oats, quantities of other produce, the crop yielding him $1,250 above all expenses. This year he has ten acres in corn which will make 500 bushels. The land was kept in fine condition till May 15 by a cutaway harrow pulled by oxen. Then the corn was planted. It was strong bottom land. It has taken these two mules le?s than four days to give it all the ploughing necessary. The corn is of the red cob variety. Mr. Truitt has twelve bi?r Guinea hogs, which have been raised on buttermilk, and will net him above 2,000 pounds of meat. On his two-mule farm lie employs five hands and pays them $10 a month each. As good a farmer as he is cannot put up with a sorry hand. lie has three tenants who will make, altogether, fifty bales of cotton and plenty of corn. They used ten tons of guano. George W. Truitt started to farming even with the world. lie has dug about $20,000 above the necessities of a living out of the ground and he stands to-oay as an example 10 jus country and State worthy of the closest imitation. Sister Jennie Didn't Rhyme. Ruskin refused to commend llossettrs poem "Sister Jennie" to Thackwl./vni +1?A InffAM A/1 ifAi' A"P f]?A ura V J ? UCIl tll^ U tic iauiui vi. uig Corn hill Magazine, because ' guinea'-* did not properly rliyme with Jennie. That may be so" in their literary field, but when it comes to the domain of usefulness no authority, whatever its eminence, but would "have found a delicious jingle between "success'- and Dr. Westmoreland's "Calisaya Tonic." The very way in which it so firmly establishes itself in every home is eloquent of its virtues as a home medicine. To its care-worn man and enervated woman instructively turn. It is pre-eminently the boon that medical research has conferred on a beseeching world. It furnishes instant relief for a torpid liver, dyspepsia, chronic headache and loss of appetite, /l/Vhiltfv <in/l cnrimis Tilnnd ;mrJ gvuuai uvwmtj M"*V4 VV"VM,J v*v'vv% """ malarial poison. It is a "dead shot" against chills and fevers. For sale by al druggist. "Wholesale by McMaster, Brice & Ketchin. * CENSUS REPORT. CManufacturers' Record.) The preliminary census report gives flio rvinnlfllinn i.f tlif> SnilthfM'H StaJPS as follows: 18S0. 1890. Alabama 1,262,500 1,520,000 Arkansas 802,525 1, ISO,000 Florida 269,493 396.000 Georgia 1,542,180 1,840,00C Kentucky 1,648.600 1,870,000 Louisiana 9:39,946 1,115,000 Maryland 934,943 1,400,000 ' Mississippi 1,131,597 1,265,000 North Carolina... 1,309,750 1,640,000 South Carolina... 995,577 1,187,000 Virginia 1, .012,565 1,700,000 West Virginia... GIS,457 774,000 Tennessee 1,542,35J 1,800,000 Texas 1,591,749 2,175,000 10,192,339 19,864,000 lSlood Poison j Is very liable to follow lontact of the ! hand' or face with what is known as j poison ivy, especially in hot weather | or if the body is perspiring freely. The trouble may subside for a time, only to appear in aggravated form when oppoitunity oiler*. The great purifving powers of Hood's Sarsaparilla thoroughly eradicate every trace i of poison from the blood. as ilie cures | i* has accompli.-hed conclu>iveIy show. J It also cures scrofttia, sait rhtnm and all other affections arising from impure or poisoned blood. * FOR. DYSriSJPSIA l'? Brown's Iron Bittern Fhysicians recommend it. All dealers keep it. $1.00 per bottle. Oaiuiae his trade-mark and crosscd red lines on wrapper A. D. HOLLER, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR and Manufacturer of WINNSBOEO, S. C. ISTPlans and specifications for dwellings, factories and store-houses furnished at reasonable rates. l-2fxly 1 ?U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 18S9. I Baking I Powder TELY PURE * T\TTT^i?rniMnx?,n\Tmii I Aft>V AU V Uiifrl I^C. JJLH.iYAdr^E'Hi M BHpNESS A HEAD RAISES CURED>r I 1Kb M% 9* fcX's INVISIBLE TUItJJJU EAI USr mmm wot B CUSHIONS. "Whispers heard. ComfarUble. Saemifal whrrvill S?B?<l!e? f&I). SoMkyF. HISCOX# #alZi Br>clway, 5cw Verlu Write ft** bo?k of prooi JTU22. 1^ PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM '"**? Cleanses and beautifies the hair, gsja I'ro:iifitc3 a luxuriant growth. wB?" ye?cr Fails to Eestore Gray 5?5^Ag^"*Bsi Hair to its Youtifal Color. 'Affmm Cures scalp diseases 4 hair lallic?. ^7? 30c. and S I.W at Dnigguta fl ^nnfTJTB l> Parker's Ginger Tonic. It cures the wurst Cough, Wealc Lungs, Debility, Indigestion, Pain,Take ju time.iucti. HINDERCORWS. Tin only sure cure for Com*. Stops ailpain. 15c. at Dru^ysts, or HL3COX & CO., Y. i JakeraE^S^OTo^PLAsiERS I ) They cnrc Rhenrnatiwra, Kidney PainsJ (Backache, Pleurisy and all lameness# j brought on bj expoaure or over-exertion.? Quick Relief from! pain,inEist on having Groevenor's I | BELI^^-SICPLASTER^^^^ J Wit/4 i* %? v.. BEtW ! back-cloth, for there is bo plaster, WcAjwgM liniment, or lotion that has I such complete mastery over I ALL ACHES AND PAINS. Dr. Groavenor'a -Bell-Cap-Ric Planter* j are Purely Vegetable and Harmless. Relieve | instantly and never fail to core. SAFE, QUICK AND SUEE. Sold by druggists or mailed on receipt of 25c. GROSVENOR & RICHARDS, Boston. Mass. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY or FAIRFIELD COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. i Ploinfiff smni/iat. OiK. sandra il. Kabb, Edwin. Itabb, as Trustee of the estate of said Cassandra JI. lUbb, and II. Vonguc Milling, as Sheriff ef Fairfieid County, Defendants. ?Summons. For liciief. Complaint not Served. To the Defendants above nam. d : YOU A1IE IIEIiEBY summoned and required t) answer the Complaint in this action, which is tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Couit of'Common Pleas f?r the said County and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscnbejs, at iheir office, >o <> Law l.ange, Winusboro, South Carolina, I in twenty nays aitrjkSue-Agroiyc-vmror? gxchisj^ op rfTr" dr. y of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff, in this action wiil apply to the Court for the relief demanded in tile Complaint. Dated 1 !t!i Jti'v, A 1). 1X1K). A. S. ,t W D. DOUGLASS, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To tlu; Defendants Cass.imlra II. Itabb and Edwin J. Uab'.). as Trustee of the estate of said Cassandra H. Kabb : Take notice that the Complaint and Summons in ti.is action, of which Summons the foregoing is a copy, were filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County, in the State of South Carolina. on* the eleventh day of July, A. I). layy. . . u ?> *\? r./MT/M (1.1. ) A. vV CC H. I/. l^VHTL/aoo, i'laintiff's Attorneys. 7-l5xGt Wmnsboro, S. C. SHERIFF'S SALE. Sale of Real Estate lor Delimj >en* Taxes fo: the Fiscal Years commencing November 1, 188 >, 1887 and 1888, under so Act of the General Assemby, 1887, Page 8<>i, No. 42!), approved December 24, tflS87, entitled "An Act in Relation to Forfeited Lands, Delinquent Lands and Collection of Taxes. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, t Coxxty of Fairfield. ^ j[ BY virtue of executions issued to me by tire County Treasurer of Fairfield County for the fiscal yeais 1S8G, 1887 and 1888, dated respectively, February 1,1888, JanuirylT, 1839, and February Hi, 1890, I in accordance with the above entitled Act, I have levi' cl on anil will sell on Monday, 1st day of tepten.ber, 18'JO, in fiont of the Court" House ;rt Winnsboro, S C., at 11 o'clock A. M. the fol owing desciibed lots, pieces or parts of land in Fairfield County, S. C.: Towssmr, Xo 4. Oakland. Mary T. lioulware, fiscal jear 18X8. 21<; acres. Wateree Township, Xo. 5. John Quar es, fiscal year 1888, 240 acres. Beau Creek, No. 0. Estate Samuel Pea}, fiscal yeass 1880, 1887,1888, 42 acres. D. E. Perry, fiscal years 1887 and 18SS, 48 acres and 1 building. Jevkixsvili.e, Xo. 11. Dr. Jolm Wallace, useai year ww, ;,iw acres and 14 buildings. Jackson Creek, No. 12. W. S. Montieth, liscal year 1*88, 280 acres and 5 buildings. mt. Ziox, No. 14. >1. F. McDona'd, liscal year 1388, 1 lot 3 building, Zion St. School District, No. 17. Estate Jemima Cook, fiscal year 188", :>25 ?cres. School District, No. 18. Weston C. Dookman, fiscal years 188(1, 1SS7 and 1888. 82 acre.-. Terms?Cash. | II. Y. MILLING, A lirrn^f- 4 1X0.1. S. F. C. -J SHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of an execution to me directed, I ill offer for sale before the Court House ?loor in Winnsboro, S. <J., on the FIRST MONDAY IX SEPTEMBER nexVwithin the legal horns of sale, to the highest 4iidder, for cash, iliti fohowingdescribcd property, to wit All thac certain tract ot' land, lying and situate oil Little River, in the Coiin'y and State aforesaid, containing SIX HUNDRED .VXD SEVENTY-THREE AND ONE-FOURTH ACRES, more or less, and bonnded bv lands of J W. P. Gibson; JLUtie let ei", aim lanus ui I Mrs. E. F. Lyles an<i others, ai.d having j such special shapes and marks <is are represented by a plat of resurvey made j by W. B. ElKen, and dated the 4th of ^November, 1S7<;, lmown as the "Home I Place " ; Levied upon as the propel ty of Stephen j Gibson, deceased, at the suit of TIios. P. ' Younginer r.<. IIayr:e McMeekin, asExecui tor eff Stephen Gibson, deceased, and : Iiobt. JI. Jennings as Administrator of ! Henry A. Gibscn, deceased. II. V. MILLING, i Sheriff's Office, S. F. ! Winnsboro, S. C., 1 August. 8, ISI'O. i H-'J-Jt I 3I0XEY TO .LOAM. : \TTE are prepared to negotiate loans on | T T long time in sums of $.100 and up: wards en improved farms. Parties having lands to sell will do well j to address us. For full information address ALSTOX & PATTOX, 1." Law Range, Columbia, S C., Or X. W. BROOKEK, Esq., i 2-26x6ai Ridge Spring, S. C. INSURANCE NOTICE. i i rpOE undersigned, representing rue [ JL Knoxville and other Insurance <;<>?:; panies, is prepared to take risks on dweJ' ings, cotton, merchandise, gin-houses, etc. A share of the patronage of the citizen ; of the county and town issolicited. 9 12 " W II. KERR, A^ent 1 AXXO UN CEMENTS. FOR REPRESENTATIVE. The many friends of the Hon. T. S. BK1CE recogn'z'n" his worth and qualification nominate him for the lower uouse of the General Assembly, s-uhject to the action of the Democratic party. * MASY FRIbNDS. Messrs. Editors: Please announce that I am a candidate for a seat in the Flouse of Representatives, subject to the Deiuo cratic primary election. * JNu. D, IIARRISOX. I desire to announce that I am a candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives. subject to the action of the Democratic primary. * THUS. B. McKLVSTRY. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the Democratic nomination to the House of Representatives, and pledge my self to abide the actio:) of the Democratic primaries. * JAMES \Y. II AN Ail AN. FOR COUNTY AUDITOU. I her?*by announce myself as a candidate for the offic? of Auditor for Fairfield e.\ni>Hnn of the Dem ocratic primaries. * J B. CROSBY". I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to tlie office of County Audicor, subject to the action of the Democratic party. ; * ' , I. X. WITHERS. FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. I hereby offer myst-if as a candidate for rw.olp^f.ioii to the nittire lit' School OUIUliS sioner, sul>j ct to tlu- < of the Demo; cratic primary. * H. !.. DUKE. I hereby hiiwuirv myself a candidate far the ofiice of &ein??l 4..uiiJiui>M??i.er, sublect to the a tion ?ii tie L)e:uo;r.ttie primaries. * JO:SN U()YD. FOU i.ol* N'n' COMUISS ovtk. -j We her by n miliar.- Mr iX *A. i OTT?U7 A o'p .... .. ... .? ! OILltrtftl iis (I iiMHim.iw i'i it-rim j to the office of County (J 'Ubiii-??1oner, s??. j jt*ct to th.? a ti?>n of t'lf iJr.mx-rutic j>n- j mary. ' * Many Friends . I lK-r?-l?y miout.ce mys.?if a caml.dat fur rv-<'>Vti.?*i t-i : li-' offi.v c?t' County C<>mnii>s ?? ? r, Mil-j.- t to th?* action of the Democratic psimarii-s * S OA M1UAUT, SB. Lhereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of County Commissioner, subject 11 the action of the Democratic orimarirS. * * JOHN IIOLLIS. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of County Commissioner, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. * A. S. WHITENEK, FOR JUIIY COMMISSIONER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Jury Cummioionef, subject to the action of the Democratic part)'. * D. II AAV LEY ROBERTSON. Editor*: Mease announce that I am a'candidate for re-election t> the office of JuMgto"?missioner, subject to the actim^^^^BBemocratic nrimaries. hH M 11 eu-bj announce myself a candidate for ie-fl<ctioi? to ilie office of Jud?;e of Probate, subject to the action of the Democratic part v. * " i. A. IlINXANT. SL'PEliYlSOROF REGISTRATION. I hereby announce myself a candidate lor reappointment to the office ?*f Supervisor of ttegfet ration, .-ubject to the action of the Dnuoeratic primaries. * J AMISS PAGAN. FUR CoUN l'V TRE \MJRKR. I hsreby aunounce myself a candidate for the nomination .?f County Treasurer, subject to the action of lie Democratic primaries. * J. L W ARDLAW. r^a" nm s; W INNSBOKO IffAfiftM . WfWQ rffluuii ff uiiivu JS A' HOME ENTERPRISE AND does as good work as the northern sh^p.?. What you spend with this establishment remains at home. It you want Buggies, Carriages, Wagon*, Road Carts, Hardware, Oils Paints, I'ocket * and Table Cutlery, Varnishes, Water Colors, Whips, Leather, and first-class Blacksmithing done, Tlie Wiinsljoro Wason life can 6urely accommodate you. Repairing of all kinds done at "oar shop?. We employ competent workmen and guarantee satisfaction.! J U.ST llECEIVED. We have just received a beantiml stock of Summer Lap Robes, which will be sold"cheap Josh Berry Grain Cradle, Damascus Chilled Turn Plow, Buckeye Mower, Buggy Umbrella?. Sole Agent fur the aboye Cradle, Plow and Mower. FOR SALE. ONEG HOUSE POWER GEISEK En iine. ONE 60 SAW ELLIOIT GIN AND Browii Condenser. All portable. S ^ fi. ONE BLUE GRASS 'SULKY Plow. The above tfill be sold low and ' terms accommodating 10 good party. U. G, BESP1RTES, F. H. McMASTER/ ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, COLUMBIA, S. All le#il business attended to promptly. ?Job work done with neatness and dispatch at this office. nrTpP INSTITUTir 1 uiluJj RALEIGH, N. C. THE 54t!i yearof this old school, i's l8:h j-ear at Ilaleigh, begins September :>, 1890. Eighteen officers and teaehers. Thorough. - Complete. Good Fare. Terms moderate. The best is always ih? cneap* est. Send for catalogue. J AS. DINWIDDIE, M. A , of University of Virginia, Principal. 7-24tf Patrick Military Institute, ANDERSONS. C, * XJEXT SESSION BEGINS SEPTEM11 ber 17. Beautiful and he ilthy location. Full corps competent instructors. Terms reasonable Apply for catalogue. COL. J')UX K. l'A I'lIICK, 8-12fx2w v Principa'. UniveKity oi Soath Carolina, AT COLUMBIA, S. C. Graduate course, t nder-graduate courses for degrees?3 literary and <5 scientific. Also shorter and elective courses. Professional courses in Law, Pharmacy, Vett-rinery Sc ience, and Pedagogics. "Xine well / equipped laboratories. 4 shops and model room: new infirmary. Tuition f-e, $40 per session; oth.-r fe^s, ?20 (intlu-liug in(innary fee, eowiing medical alrendVuee, liiedicitns. ete ). Table ImmmI S;o t-> $12.. ? per month. Kooiusrent free. Total expe?-M?s. includ: ; ing file!, lights, washing, books, etc, Y about Siso. Tuition f<?e remitted to st-idects certi yinc their inability t ? pay it. Session opens first Tuesd.iy i:i October. Entrance examinations held the preceding week. y J. M, McBRYDE, P^i h nt. 7-i)fxtiSl(Jctl.-> Mill Cilltp, T>UJ? WttiST; S. C. OPENS OCTOBER Gtb. 'puis i NWI'ITUTI'*N I:\TKKS upon' I i s Fift\-s?-ron.J year. Tii>- regular College c*i:rrii uluai is adhered t... The University system is hot attempt *d. There are five Professors and a Tutor. '11: total expenses for nine months need not ?-xeeed $1&>. The moral and religious influences of the Institution are most wholesome. For further information apply forcatalo?ue to _ W. 31. liKiti;, 1'resnienr, 7-15td Due West. S 0. Die West Female College. Located in one of the Ko>t iicaithfr.i towns in ili-i Piedmont country. | Commufi'y roed for its refinement and good nioials. lV?;?r?s:dve and experienced j t> achers in everv depar nient. Excellent advantages are. affo-drd a low rates. E-.i-. rolled last year 182 pupil-. Next ses-i.m begins on Sl'ndav. <>i.i Oe???l) r. Sen 1 to; [ga aio?:m* a: tin e. . II. K, HON XErt, v we-rn :c pai. Due Wes , Abbe, iiIt* C.>., S CM mvbsm ceyjjh MECJr LEX BURG COUNTY. X^H SEPTEMBER 11, 1890, to ME M Til h M ASTK 11*6 COURSE, ^ THE BACHELOR'S 'X)Utt? TIIE St; 1K XC E (.01T KS fifl ECLECTIC COlII^fJM BL'SINE-SCOUM Studies in English, in .*? ifuce and i^H Biblt- ar? jrivfii due prominence. For a Cataioyuf addif&t il?e Piv-Mdcn*,^^? lCEV. -J. B.SUEvi:Kl.\ D, >>. *LL. ?, V 7-2:?ld -AND- ' GRADED SCHOOL, WINNSBORO, S. C. W TT Wi+foowvnr _ _* Prooi^^nf. I I V? ( UJ iTivuUAvnj ? ab AvwAVivuvi | TIIE NEXT SESSION BFGIXS SEP- J tember 1, 1890, and will close June 19, 1891. This Institution offers to the people of the County a rare opportunity of educating fl their children at a low cost. It is equipped M with a full corps of experienced and faith* 9 ful teachers. Thorough instruction is given in all those brauches of study required by law to be pursued in the public M schools. The Collegiate course is designed to meet the wants, not omy of those pupils m preparing for College or the University. V but also of those who wish to complete their education h?*e. W RATES OF TUITION. * 1 Common School Count. Free to all pupils in School District, No. 14. ! Pupils from other School Districts, per month. COLLEGIATE COURSE. . - 5 ) A(l rkiil' tMA UlgUCl l^U^llOU XJl aii". iJ'.O - - V-?VV ^V4 ?uw? Scientific Branches - - - ?2.50 i>er mo. Classical Branches - - - 00 per mo. Rich higher course embraces all beto it. Contingent Fee fifty cen s per term, payable at entrance of pupil. All other fees to be paid mouthly in advance on first day of each sehool mouth. ' BH Board can be obtained at $10 to ?12 pec /jH month. flH For Catalogue, etc., apply to the Presi- -JH dent or any member of Board of Trustees. : .S J. C. CALDWELL, ? J. A. BRICE, J. 31. BEATY, T. K. ELLIOTT. J..E. McDOXALI>. DuBOSE EGLESTOX, M 7-22flxtiib5fL^^^^ , Trustee. ^ MCALLISTER'S I Mcckiafi liri Fooii 1 Bc^s?/3c? ONE BARREt^^M D R A ' stcvesHHI COOKING & HEATIKM ALWAYS ON llAgk tca T>rvw? i>p nil AHUOVi L ?> ^XIVi.1) 'Jflj I Jars. Flower-Po^i^B hold furnishing goo^B STOVES. All workjJ thing at pui| Whenjfl northern)