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The Press and Banner. .Abbeville, S- C. Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1875. ? i ? THE ANDERSON FAIR. y j.' A Great- Success. j large Crowd?The Governor's Speech. Abbeville's RepresentatloD. The Anderson Fair was quite a success in every respect. The amount, variety, and excellence of the articles on exhibition would have done credit to any County in the Union. All the de' partnients were fully and creditably represented by excellent ?pecimens, and the people present were such 'as the prosperous County of Anderson tnight well be proud of. We accepted the courtesy of a ticket from the efficient secretary, Ool. Jas. A. Hoyt, on Wednesday, and put in an appearance on Thursday and Friday, and were de lighted with all we saw. We think {he ^ people of Anderson County may tfell be pleased with this exhibition, anil we would invite them to compete witbpAbbeville at tlae Suite Fair next yeek, where, if we mistake not, Ablipvilie will put ker best foot, foremost. 2 GOV. -CHAMBEKLAIX'S SPEEM. On Friday Governor ChumtJerlain, made a most excellent speech,$ which j was attentively listened to and well re-1 oeived. He spoke words of encourage-1 ment and congratulation, and urged a; continued and more determined etf'ort to develop this County and State, which he deemed the most highly favored spot of ground on the continent, f OU2tS THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. / He said our soil would produce anything and everything that could be' .grown in the great States of JSew York and Ohio; that our lands were cheap, and our climate salubrious; that the "Western farmer grew rich slowly, audi struggled against ail the inconveniences! of a new country, aud encountered the! malaria, iu order to raise a large and ! J uuwieldly crop of doubtful demand, % while we, in addition to all tlies^ crops, grow the best marketable article in the world, upon which the money could be realized as soon as the staple was in | hand. He thought this the garden spot j p, -of the world, and thought that tlie next j tor*>nf.ir voopc vcmiM lw? inurkiiii liv Hwi greatest strides towards material pros-J perity, good goxernmeut, and in ouri .advancement and success in the liberal j airts and sciences. EDUCATION". He dwelt fully upon the importance of educating the farmer. THE FENCE LAW. , He thought the health, seasons and -cropsof this country demanded acbange in tlxe feuce law. We need thetimberj to purify the air and absorb malaria, and j Jo produce rains. We will, lie thinks, meed much of the timber now standing! for manufacturing purposes. OUR WATER POWER. He said that much of the water which now runs idly down our streams would soon be utilized in the running of ma-1 -chinery and factories. He urged thej farmers to PLOW DEEP. He knew whereof ho spoke when he! urged this. He was raised on a farm, J .and knew something of the practical; working of a farm, and Advocated the; use of improved agricultural implements, and thought we should not use! tue same old style of implements that! our grandfathers used. The Governori -sjKtke cheerfully of THE FUTURE, in regard to our taxes and our govern-j \ meut. He thought that the.taxes could ; i/j . in: reduced at least one-third, and, believed the day for corruption in high! places had nearly passed. ABBEVILLE'S REPRESENTATIVES AT j THE FAIR. Lowndesville had a full delegation of ! * the good people of that section, among! .whom were Captain James T. Barnes, i A 7 L3 V T> 1 . A i* 1 A/r. I\. J. OptXT, J. D. lUWCIt > , A. v. JjHtimer, B. C. Kay, H. Baskin, Thus. Young, Laurence G'linkscales, Henry Johnson, \V. A. T. Oliver, Bruce Barnes, DeWitt Barnes, John B. Allen, John Loraax, Miss Annie Tucker, Newton Tucker, Thomas (Minkscales, IS. H. Brooks, Lewis, Miss Clara Kennedy. L. D. Kennedy., James T. Baskins, jr. Honea Path also sent the following delegation, among others, to represent that section: Messrs. Charles MeCullough, George M. Grier, Thomas Brock. Robert Shirley, Henry Cooley, Millard Hint, C. E. Harper and lady, Thomas j >1. Bran van, Richard Hobertson. The following good people were from Donaldsville: J. R. C. Dunn, B. F. Smith, liobert Smith, James Sheffield, William Rowland, James Rowland, Mrs. J. C. Caldwell and others. Hodges' Depot is never behind, and sent a creditable number of her citizens, j among whom we remember to havej seen Captain J. N. Cochran, Mr. T. J. Kllis, Dr. Finley, Mr. W. T. Pace. Abbeville had there on this occasion j * a cumber of her citizens. Besides others, we noticed A. B. Hamblin, J. C. Hamblin, S. Erwin, S. S Martin, J. C. Martin, and W. B. Martin. Messrs. Martin Erwin and B. A. Bell spoke for Antreville. The Fair would not have been a sue \TCK> WUUUUt lUUjUl XV* rv. U1IU1U, wi Niliety-Six, who rendered efficient service ou some of the committees. Mrs. Col. Miller, of Ninety Six was also present. No better man was at the Fair than Cokeabury's representative in the person of Colonel F. A. Connor, whose education and attainments always com-1 inand respect. Mr. Walter L. Miller, formerly a citizen of Due West, but now of Williamaton, was a worthy representative of the latter towu. The Spartanburg Herald was represented by Mr. Daniels, who is a member of the Spartanburg band, which i furnished the best of music to an appreciative audience. During our visit ..to Anderson we called at the office of the Intelligencer and found the proprietors both at home. We also called at the Sun office, but did i not see the editor, Mr. Belcher. Mr. A. O. Langston did the honors of the office. Senator Eaton's Speech.?We are indebted to our townsman Major Os-I borne for a copy of the lute able speech j of Senator Eaton, of Connecticut, late-i ly delivered at Hartford, in* favor of a J specie currency. The Senator is an old: auquaiutance of the Major, and \va>: once a resident of Columbia, S. C., where he was once a merchant's clerk. He has since risen to an enviable position in the National Councils, and carries with him still those chwished principles of the States Kighr^I>emocracy which he learned in hid? Carolina home. We would be pleasen to publish the speech but its length forbids this. O f II Prill aT f a /!?*?/?/)? \/ti?^wifu-ua^uivu iiiciiu vj iiiv u/oo/1villc Daily JSews thinks we meant a re-' flection on his Sunday paper in our notice last week. In tins he i3 much mistaken. We meant no such thing, and to prove that we appreciate the Sunday department refer him to what we said! , of that department a few weeks ago.1 Everybody knows that a Sunday morn-, ing's paper is printed Saturday night. Here's a bumper to the proprietor and to the SuDday editor, with the wish that; Greenville's greatest benefactor?the daily?may long live and prosper. Many of our farmers keep too many mules or horses. We sometimes notice three shadows to an old wagon. One good mule or horse could pull morel than the whole lot, ' The Scarcity of Money. ? The J Firi Athens Daily Georgian asks, "Why isjllawtl money scarce?" We can answer for,several Abbeville County: Because we have!anioun thrown away hundreds of thousands of; was bu dollars in buying, at enormous prices, I act of ; what we ought to raise on our farms. We Because we have squandered hundreds had fn of thousands of dollars in buying.and hi worthless guauos to ruin our lanIs, and j near A ! at the same time neglecting to prepare Mr. fertilizers at our own lots, that would five ba permanently enrich our soil. Because I was bu since the war we have thrown away gux, 'above all amounts paid back, more than I 4 [six hundred thousand dollars on 1'fe [insurance. Because we have thrown| away immense amounts in purchasing j vj~ ~ ft worthless lightning rods, useless well nieuts pumps, trilling maps and poor pictures, jot)ene(j at ten times their value. Because thou- j j ^ rea f.ands of our people neglect to sow oatsL *t. c enough to" feed their stock. Because' thousands of our planters send to thej Poli great North-West for all their flour. iyou an Because wc all send to Cincinnati for j prospe: nvillions of pounds of bacon.. Because the ma j we pay the Western stock raisers hun- key at dreds of thousands of dollars for mules, should I instead of raising them on our farms, We 1 ! which could be done at a comparatively j)as ' trifling cost. Because we buy more! w00(ij than we sell. Let us buy less and we i good hi j will have an abundance of currency, a. I We haven't currency, because we send j 1)Uire | it away. ^ ' Poor Sumtkr.?The Sumter Watch\man last week makes the following au-j \ Inouncement: ciosea. "Wa lvoi'n wlnacoH In cor* in oil 1* midst. |s'OCS5. and in our sanctum, Mr. J. H. Miller, Mi:. General Agent, at Augusta, and Col. J. at Nev F. Treutlen, of the tiun of Hagood <fc stolen | [ Treutlaud, of Columbia, General Agents forts t< for the State of the Southern Life 1ij.su- came n ranee Company. These gentlemen R have visited Sumter for the purpose of ' ; establishing a local Board for the transaction of business within the limits of * Sumter County. We are pleased to , know that these efforts have been sue- ' eessful, and that an influential Board Tiie has been or will be organized, each our mi member of the same becoming a policy After n holder of the Company." made h When Sumter County loses six bun- ,? dred thousand dollars by investing in . j\ . this Serbonian bog, as Abbeville has . done, the* Watchman will have less rea- >,. . sou to congratulate itself on the success of this enterprise than he now thinks. We 1 Our county has almost become bank- arc to f. rupt in contributing so largely to build on nex up insurance companies. Our people they m who have become too poor to pay their annual premiums, have had over six rejUi ' hundred thousand dollars confiscated rr' -j by insurance companies since the war. Poor Sumter. 0,1 txn Thei Old Relics.?M r. H. W. Lawson Sll wa? has a number of old relics, and among raiJKjnthe number a beautiful pipe in the shape ' 1 of a head of an Indian Chief with his Mns, crown, carved from a pine knot which a fii'st < was taken from the bottom log of the wantol foundation of Fort Pickens. This Fort at the 1 was built of logs by the Indians in the qur year 17(5(5, and wae occupied by the red ancj skills for a long time. It was in frootia prem of this fort that an uncle of our towns-1 a.t Lhe man, Mr. James Shilnto, was burnt by ; these savages in 17t>7. Another relict Don which he lias is a piece of timber which to the wan taken from the carriage of the first Abbevi cannon that was shot by the Confeder- it 011 tli ates in their effort to establish a South- Rem] ern Confederacy. As everybody remembers ilie lirst shot was directed 7neetin from Fort Moultrie at the United js iioed Stales man-of-war, the "Star of the West," while attempting to furnish The supplies to the United States troops, good ti then quartered in Fort Sumter under fences; (Jeu. Anderson. , lie road Wknt Furtiikk and Did "Worse.? much t Mr. W. 'J1, l'ace, who lives near Hodges' thinks Depot, is the owner of one of the finest bond, trotters in Abbeville County and per- The haps as good as there is in the State, and ejors thinking there would be nothing at Ab- sea'rch ( bevilie to compete with his horse took it to the Greenville Fair where he ex- < Dr. peeled to see aiiy number of horses injuret .,11 t'l.n M I. nff/Oflfti I 4 I Will till VM UiC HWIIU. iUli I UV C ' had Iitth' to say as to the speed of his Rem: horse, but souie of his friends quietly wjji *fe let the secret out, and he could neither months pet to show his horse ar the Fair as a trotter, or get a race from any of the The horse jockeys. They were scared off well's d and Mr. Pace brought his horse back abeauti without an exhibition. Last week, Vf,r\ thinking not to be outdone, he took his ton {]?r horse to the Anderson Fair, but there in tiv.f. met with the same luck. g Pe^rsor Come and Pay.?Subscribers who ,i_v aa! are indebted to us, are urged to calJ at our office and pay their arrearages. We Sow: are in need of the money. We have or mule waited patiently on them, and now last unl that their cotton is marketable, we Wish to be paid. If you don't owe but a dol- j0st*thc lar, come and pay it. In this call we njav jje are no respector of persons. The amounts due us generally are email, The and ail the small sums added together on Col. will relieve us materially. Come along much it and Hquare up, one and al!. Mrs. ~~ ... (jren a] A Good Citizen Wronged.?Judge on avis Cooke at the lust Court discriminated jjr against a respectable citizen, Maj. J. L. portabl White, in his sentence. The negro j|j Kjr Austin Davis, was convicted of assault and battery and Maj. J. L. White of assault only. The Judge arbitrarily Man, o sentenced both to imprisonment for ^n' thirty days. The negro's offence was Whe much greater than the white man's, ]abor a and the punishment much lass. If this reason < be justice, we are in a deplorable condition. 1 Total best ve: od this Extends to the Country?the Zkbka Stockings.?On yesterday j Mr. 1 there was a buggy from the country, the dru standing in front of a certain dry goodf> Greene store, aud as the young man assisted I'urf the young lady into the buggy, we houses noticed she wore striped Blockings.? liext v< Charlotte Observer. _ Stir The wretch! .No "? gives li 1 old hor: Mr. James H. Britt. of AVideman'p, xfxi was in town on Jast Monday. He is fVw. fKuaiJO UI1C VI tlic UVM UICU ill LUC V'UUUlJ I UJLJU i K never buys corn, wheat, oats or bacon. He nev^r used guanos until this year, Mks. ami he will never do so again. HejGowan makes his land rich by the use of home ern tou fertilizers, and always pays for his pa- Xoni per in advance and, as a consequence, ^ sleeps with the printers'blessing. patch The Bkoken Monument.?The way a s handsome monument at Long Cane reads. Cemetery, erected by the late Hon. j. _ Foster Marshall to the memory of his . friend, Frederick W. Selleck, the noble lars ai> son of Abbeville, who lirst raised the! 'ee(1* Palmetto Flagon the walls of Mexico, The has been broken and now lies a wreck. I the esti Shouldn't it be restored to its original position? , j waked On Saturday last a shutter blew off a' of our office and fell some distance from i Pro"t a the house, and came near falling on aj Evki good man who had just subscribed for must s< the Pr'cus and Banner. When the 6hutter struck the ground Mr' Swearin- ion gin's horse which was hitched to a bug- grows I gy, took fright but did no damage. The Thr team of mules near bv turned around : nhnnt. I so quickly that the driver fell flat on thegrouud. ' b ^ ought 1 We ask attention to the fact that we , will commence the publication of a new 'aown r .serial story in a few weeks. Everybody I To n: I should subscribe in time to get the lirst patch f i number.?. Don't forget this. The story r? . [is a very exciting one, and will run'f '! through some fifteen or eighteen numj bers. The story is worth the subscrip- Proi tioiil town o Last week we announced the death of MR* Mr. Joel S. Anderson of this County. Jt l&ge on should have been Joel W. Anderson, of j)B Laurens. We trust our friend Joel S.; ston or may yet live for many years. I i MR. Sow barley, 'Day, i.?The large barn of Col. D. 0. lorn's, near Due West, containing 1 hundred bushels of corn, a large t of forage and other articles, irned on last Friday night, the an incendiary. learn that Mr. George Cromer ?ur thousand bundles of fodder s barn burnt one night last week bbeville. Charles Alien's gin house and lesof cotton, near Lowndesville, rnedoue niirht last week. bay.?The Presbyterian church osed in the morning in eonse: of the absence of the Pastor, lit Mr. Pearson preached. Rev. ratt was tilling other appointand the Baptist Ci\urch was not I. The Episcopalians listened to ding* Rev. Mr. Mood preached Methodists. tics are of small consequence to d f. "What we want is material rity. Any country is good for n who has money. Let the dartend to politics, but you and I sow barley, wheat and oats. [earn that Mr. George B. Sondley rchased an interest in the Orccn\civ Era. We wish him much ick in his new enterprise, and >r the Xew Era a liberal patroR. W. Cannon has sold out the der of his stock of good to Capt. Williams, and his store is now IwiMPii ?finii to lvsuini! hu J. W. Gkekxe arrested a negro v* Market on Friday last with .joods. The negro in making ef) escape shot Mr. Greene and ear killing him. W. F. Pearson at Due West i copy of Rev* j?alph Erskiue'a is and sonnets. Any one having will confer a favor on Jiim by $ him the book. editor of the New Era laughs at sfortune in not being married, saking the efforts that we have e should lecture somebody else. Van Lawhon, formerly of He, died iu Augusta on Thurslast week, of dropsy. He was lown to many of our citizens. earn that the Abbeville minstrels five a performance at Due West t Friday night. We trust that ay be liberally patronized. T. 11. Zachary can furnish our with the mostexcellentpictures. 1 have some beautiful specimens ibition at the State Fair. IE was a great quantity of cotton Public Square on Sale Day, and 3 readily disposed of at prices ; from 11A to 12 cents. Robertson, at Anderson, keeps :lass hotel, and we advise all in f something good to eat to stop tVaverly House. friends Messrs. A. C. Latimer C. Kay, of Lowndesville. took ium on their pair of fine trotters \nderson Fair. T forget to send someumig nice Fair in Columbia next week. He is expected to do herself credmt occasion. f-'MBKR to sow largely of small I the darkey has to attend political next year, whether the cotton or not. "boys" about Lebanon had a me "on Sunday night, building ind moving logs across the pubI. Lain easier Ledger is fired of so all? about N. G. P. That paper we ought to look after the $2,U00 number of ^dowers and buckIjo went to the Anderson Fair in of wives will never be known. r. J. Mabry thinks well pumps he water and as* a consequence the health of those who use it, smber that one bushel of barley ed a cow and calf for three ?if the barley is sown now. work on Mr. Benjamin Barn I welling: progresses" It will be fui place'when finished. ' little corn was shipped to Beling the past year. The planters section had corn to sell. J. L. Martin and.Rev. W. F. i preached at Bethiitou last Friturday and Sunday. an acre of barley for each horse on the farm, and that acre will il your oats come in. the roosters about town have (ir tails. The missing feathers seen on the streets. painting which has been done , J. 8. Cothran's premises has uproved his place. .l. B. Calhoun, her two chilnd Miss Bessie Norwood are olF jit to Pendleton. W. W. Sprouse has bought a e steam engine and gin, and 1 for the public. hpflj* snms iokee on Mr. W. T). f this County, about liis trip to derson Fair. at is a good crop, costs but little nd conies at the very hardest of the year. ke a premium next year on the irling, sow barley for it to feed winter. Thos. M. Dundy has gone into g business with Dr Taggart at ood. tE is a rumor that more boarding are to be opened in Abbeville ?ar. an can succeed at farming who en prices for corn to feed lean r year farmers who buy corn and will haul them home by the ay. Gen. McGowan and Miss Mohave returned from their Northr. lan wiio expects to pay jus (leois ; jrd to uegleet to have a barley 7itr for1 hitchin. hear," is the sign on a fence at Honea Path LEY is worth one* hundred dolacre to those who have stock to editor of the New Era advocates iblishmentof the whippingpost. earthquake on Monday night many who were asleep. ere of ground will pay as good a that sown in barley. jv man v*ho wants nice fat horses nv a patch of barley. s'G barley is the best tntng that lor cows and calves. wells have been pumped dry lodges' Depot. poor man who is badly in debt i.o sow wheat. Hudoens, at Honea Path, Is >n well pumps. lake the best butter sow a barley 'or your cows. ave the best chickens sow barley ni to feed on. Blake, of Greenwood, was in n Monday. j?. w estfield was at tne vni Sale Day. Baskin's took dinner at the Ali Monday. J as. Munday wae in town Sale ?MM?M???MMMPOt Buying Stolen Cotton.?Judg Mackey has passed an order directed t the foreman of the Grand Jury of Lan caster County, directing him to "notif, the keepers of country stores in th county of Lancaster, that if any persoi shall buy or receive at his store any cot ton at night, whether from the lawfu owner or otherwise, such person shal be indicted for a nuisance, and, on con viction, shall be sentenced to a term c iiiiurijnnmpiit in the nenitentiorv." Shock of an Earthquake. ? Tb shock of an earthquake was very sen sibly felt in our town on Monday night at about 10:30 P. M. In tbe printinj office of tbe PrcsR and Bunner, ther was a shaking of the building, arattlinj of the glass, and a considerable oscilla tion of suspended lamps. The sbocl was very generally felt, but continue! but a few seconds. Mr. A. P. Shirley,of Honea Path is one of the best and most peosperou men of the county. He reads the Pres and Banner, raises his own corn am wheat, and sows oats. Mr. S. has on of the finest cotton gins and presses ii the State?both ruh by water power One experienced hand can pack fort; bales of cotton in a day. Last Sunday, just before the exercise were closed in'ttie church at Cokes bury a messenger ran to the door of th 1. 1 1 4,u? 4. T\C..o Time ciiuruii nun iiiiijiMiiict'ii milt 1'iin. Mahon's house was on fire. Every bod; ran and rendered immediate assistance and we are glad to hear that but littl damage was done. The fire orieinatei from a spark which blew under th house. Nkw Port Office.?"We learn that: new post office has been established a the store of Mr. W. P. Wideman, t be known as Bold Branch. This i good news for the County papers. Th /Vcss and Banner would be glad t< have a good list of subscribers at Bol< Branch. Last Sunday an interesting thre days' meeting closed at Lebanon, unde the ministrations of Rev. J. F. Gibert Six new members were received into church fellowship, arid a new zeal wa awakened in the hearts of those whi had previously made a declaration o their religious faith. Although we have erased man; "dead beats," our list of subscribers i larger now than before we cut off de linquents. We regret to part with an; familiar name on our books, but we ar compelled to have the money if we cou tinue to send the Press and Banner. Mrs. B. W. Barnwell and chil dren, of our town, will leave by trail on to-morrow, to be absent for severa months on a visit to relatives in Florida A prosperous journey and a safe retun to them. Mr. Juxe Haddon is the happies ^.1 llin irliihn T-Tp W51S VPStPrdft' IlJrtli W.J U.v, j . the recipient of favors from one of th prettiest divinities iu America. Th boys are talking of sitting up witl him. This evening is "All Halloween," or as it is more familiarly called, "Jlallov EveNight." It is not observed in thi section of the country, nor much in air other, except New York and the Leb anon neighborhood.? Union Herald Oct, 31. Tiie Trustees of the De La How school will meet at Lethe on next Fri clay, to elect a Steward' and a Teache for the ensuing year. We learn tha several candidates have put in petitions Don't neglect to subscribe for th Press and Banner in time to get tin first chapter of the serial story, "Tlv Parisian Detective," which we wil publish in a week or two. M'avv nnw names are constantlv be ing added to our subscription book We express our thanks for the man; manifestations of favor which ou friends have shown. Bear it in mind that no man cai erive lien prices for corn to feed a leai horse to plow cotton, and then pay al his debts in the Fall. Too many havi tried it. _ The communication of our friend ProgresB, on tne tence law, uas ueeu it ceived, and shall appear next week. Subscribe now to pet the first chap ters of that very thrilling and excidnj story, the "Parissian Detective." There was a destructive fire lasi week in Virginia City, Nevada, destroy ing eight millions of property. We return our thanks to manv friendi for their kind letters giving the newi of the different sections. The Silver Cornet Band have orderec their instruments, and we learn tha Hwnr i 1 \r AYnOP^prl Three new members were receive( into the Methodist Church at this placi on Sunday. See advertisements of the Sale o much valuable property in this paper Don't neglect to send something t< the Fair in Columbia next week. We may write something on fire in surance in a week or two. Dr. Miller, of Due West, a ttendei the sales on Monday. Mr. Martin, "from the creek," wa in town last week. Rev. It. A. Fair is on a visit to hi friends in Abbeville. The farmers of this County are stil sowing oats. This is Court and Fair Week at Wal halla. We had au orderly crowd on Saleday Funeral of General Pickett.The funeral obsequies of General George R fnnlr fit Richmond oil thi ?.. * .w..vw I " ? T 24tli ult., and the demonslation was in deed worthy of that gallant soldier The entire populace of Richmond, to gether with thousands of visitors fron other points, wore out 'en masse. Th< streets along which the procession wen in many cases, so crowded with specta tors that the movements of the line wer greatly impeded. Many private house were tastefully draped in morning am flags at different 'points half-masted The remains were conveyed to Holly wood Cemetery, where they were inter red with appropriate ceremonies. It i estimated lliat not less than forty thou sand people witnessed the procession and that there were about live thousani in the line. New Light ox tiie Usury Law ?Our Stale laws on usury have receive* a sii wive uviii a ju^i ivuuviv,' in the Supreme Court tlint will pructi cally render them ineffective and inop erative in the future; for all that is nov necessary in order to remove a contrac for the loan of money from the opera tion of these laws is to have the trans action done through some one of tin national banks^/^ will thus fall unde the protection v?i the act of Congress fo the incorporation and regulation o those institutions, and that act is so lib eral on the point arrived at by our usur laws that it scarcely opposes an imped intent to those transactions. One wh< had borrowed money at a usurious rati failed to pay his debt and was sued, bu he defended his failure to pay by an ap peal to the Usury law, which declare: that such a loan shall forfeit the sun loaned. That defence was sustained bj the Court of Appeals as in accordauci with the State law, but an action ot the same case, under the Banking law has just been finally determined in tm United States Supreme Court. A: opinion is now pretty well determinec that all usury laws are the result of er roneous financial notions, there can hi no regret at this retmlt.?Ar. Y. Herald ? e Thick and Thin Sowing of Wheat o ? i- [Read before Pleasant Grove Grang y No. 201 by J. W. liiggs, and requeste e by the Grange to be published iu th q Western-Independent.] An article by an English farmer pr< il sents a large number of facts, obtaine II by an extensive correspondence wit - fanners in England who have teste if the thick and thin sowing of wheat dm ing a series of years. The testimony i so strong in favor of thin sowing that i e appears wonderful that English farmei - have not adopted them generally. The requisitions are that the land ? shall be in the best of cultivation, th e seed of the oesc cnaracier, ana tne van ? ety pure; also that it be planted so as t - give each seed one footsqare of soil. ] < appears that from experiments that th 1 more grains the fewer the ears to eac grain per acre, liy special culture c small spots, a crop at the rate of 10 > bushels per acre has been produced, an 9 another of 162 bushels per aero." Th | general yield is t stated to be at leas J double by thin sowing. By thin sow e iug it must be understood that but ou 1 seed was dropped in a place. There i ' an excellent recommendation that ever y farmer ha\e a plot of ground set apai to secure pure seed. In this case th ?.-.I nnlv l?o ftplppfpd huh nnrt Q butru lliunv IIWV VUIJ , fully picked over by hand, rejecting a ' defctive or imperfect grains, and retain ; ing only those which by their fullnes |! show their healthy, vigorous constitL " tion. Another plan is to select tli ' finest heads of the variety desired froi j the fields before cutting. If farmei will not do this for themselves,, the should purchase from those who mak a speciality of raising seed grain. ,Th a writer predicts the increased dcpenc t ence of England upon foreign .countrk 0 for the stall'of life, if some such impro\ s ed system of raising wheat is not pursi e ed. If England is failing in this regarc ) where do we stand, when our crops d j not average half as much as those c England? A paper written by J. J. Mechi of Ti{ e tree, England, says that the thick sow r ing of grain is a great national calamity that more crops fail to yield well fror n too much seed sown than from too littl s manure. r> Lei pig, the celebrated German agri f cultural chemist, justly says that th greatest enemy to a wheat pldn^; is ar other wheat plant from the very obviou 7 reason that both require the same food s small heads and kernals, and weak fial - by straw are the natural consequences t Y this competition. For several years h e tried one bushel of wheat per acr - agaiust two bushels per acre, both drili eu. The difference in favor of the on bushel per acre was equal to a rent c $7.50 per acre. i From the Southern Cultivator. 1 . Facts and Conclusions?Or is Guano t / Blessing. e The People Drunk?Will They Eve e Get Sober? Editor Southern Cultivator: As the preacher said, I propose mah ing a few indirect remarks upon m text. ? After the war the guano fire broke ou ' at first in a few isolated spots; but i ' continued to spread, until finally, '? streaehed out its arms like seas an grasped"!?] all the shore." e The great desideratum, or philosc . pher's stone the agriculturist had no* r discovered! Something to supply th t deficiency connected with free Jaboi ; Something to restore our old fields t their virgin fertility. Something to ro] e out the cotton bags, and roll in th * greenbacks, and restore the losses oca e rtioned by the ravages of war. Somt 1 thing to enable parents to send thei daughters to High Schools and thei sons to Colleges. Something to enabl the country to endow Colleges, and th ; churches to spread the gospel to earth1 * remotest bounds. Something that woul r enable us to fill Sambo's pockets wit greenbacks wiih which to buy his wbi< 1 key and tobacco and make him contenl , ed and happy. Something that woul { make it no longer necessary to underg 2 the labor and t?il of making homo mu nure. The latter was called insoluble costly, weak, trashy and inconvenient , while guano was said to be concetura - ed, strong, soluble, and ready to be as simulated by plants, and convenienl so it rolled up and. down our Railroad - iu neat 200 pound sacks; and one o J thein was considered worth half a cow pen full of ordinary ' home made ma , nure. But we have discovered that "all i not gold that glitters." First. We increased the number ( 3 cotton bales; but unfortunately in so dc 8 ing, decreased the price of the great sts pie; and the result was, many bales, bi little money! and after the guano .wj I paid for, none. t Second. Guano was offered to us fo cash, or credit, or cotton at a stipulate) price to be delivered in the fall?0, ho\ J accomodating!?'The temptation to g 3 in debt was irresistible, and often at th end of the year, on account of drought f or the low price of cotton, it took ou last red cent to pay the guano bill; an our wives the next year had to trot t 3 some country store with a basket of egg to get our sugar and coffee! Third* We required Sambo no longe - to make manure?a tremendous misfoi tune?so after he laid by the crop b , frolicked round with a pipe in his moutt II or took cats and eels out of the wet. Ii wiuter he had nothing to do, but t Fj build a good lightwood-knot fire, an with a pipe in in his mouth andanothe darkey in the corner, talk politics or dis 5 cu9s the last raccoon hunt. Fourth. The guano made large cot 1 ton stalks which put forth powerfu roots comparatively, in every direction These roots soon found and devoure - what little plant food wits outside of th drill. Therefore, after several years, th cotton roots had nothing to feed upoi but the guano in the drill; as soon a that was exhausted, or a little drougb - occurredj the cotton was withered an ? blasted?and then came the cry from e thousand tongues: "guano wont pa^ - and it kills the land!'" Fifth and last. Guano has causei . many bitter regrets and unhappy disap i pointinents. It has gobbled up all th r? monev that we could make on low-pri< [> ed cotton. It has caused a vast amouu . of idleness, and the neglect of makin e home manure, which is almost infinite s ly superior to it. It has worn out a vas I amount of laud where vegetable matt* . was not supplied. It has made us an - our country poorer than we ever wer before ; ami bids fair to drive our laboi sjcrs to the virgin lauds of the West, c - tlie rich bottoms of the Mississippi ri\ , er. Finally, it has made us clothe th j | world's back at our owu expense !?An lias spread over our once bright land th dark pall of bankruptcy and despair ! MISCELLANEOUS KEMAKS. i Guanoed cotton at its best, has a dark I thick, unnatural, unhealthy lookin - green color ; showing that theic is soim - thing in its status not in harmony wit v j the laws of nature; hence, it caves i II under the pressure of a short drougni - It grows very rapidly for a short tim< - j and though it throws oft' many root? eltlielatterclo not Keep pace wun in r size of the stalk, and are mostly con r|gregated along the drill; hence a fei fi hot days and scalding winds cut shor -j its progress. Guanoed cotton is so del in icate and unnatural in its nature, tha - it requires seasons almost perfect. :> Lastly. Will guanoed pay|? Not in th a way we have been wont to manage il tiA little used in conjunction with plent, -jofvegitable matter, I think will d s very well. Whiskey is a grea i i evil in the land: a stupendous curs i j that .beggars all description! Yet if i u I were used in small quantities judicious i' ly, or in harmony with the laws of na , j ture, it would prove a great blessiug. 2 The Southern people have been drunl si upon guano; they must wake up, reform 11 sign the pledge; and hereafter, use it on - ly medicinally, if they wish to make it si blessing JAS. H, OLIPHANT. Stellaville, Ga., August, 1875. \ Consigneps. ^ < B B Norrell, Jas Hauson, Jsa C Care lisle, J F Osborne, W G Wooling, T R Zachary, N E Johnson, Joseph New, j. John Darraujjh, Coke D Mann, Mrs 8 (j McGowan, Mrs J S Cothran, Cowan & h Lyon, J L Simpson, C Cornwall, Gary ,i & Burns. r. Freight.?W & E, S C Link, A Bes quest, J S Hammond, Miss Ida Allen. C. V. HAMMOND, Ag't. 3 - 1 -=3 8 Market Reports. e [- t'UKKCCTiy WJBEKJLY I3Y 0 BARN WTE LL & CO, * COTTON BROKERS ,e and dealers in h, GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Cotton, -. 11J to 12 Abbeville, Nov. 3. " Liverpool, November 1.?12 M.? ? Cotton?middling uplands 7; middling Orleans 7} ; sal?s 12,000. " 2 P. M.?Cotton to arrive 1-35 dearer ?s'ales middling upland, low middling clause,"shipped December or January, 1 per sail Gj, sales American 7,000. ' New York, November 1.?12 M.? Gold opened 1.16J; Cotton quiet; sales m 315?uplands 14; Orleans 14f. Fntures opened quiet and ftrni?November 13 7# : 16am G P. M.?Cotton quiet; sales 540, at " 13ial4}; consolidated net receipts 576. Baltimore, November 1.?Cotton dull ,s ?middling 13$; net receipts 289; gross 1,365; exports coastwise 800; sales 225 '; ^ spinners 75. p Charleston, November 1.?Cotton I_ steady?middling 12val3; net receipts " 4,741; exports coastwise 2,427: sales 1,500. Augusta, November 1:?Cotton firm > with good demand?middling 12^ ; net receipts 1,895; sales 1,627. >f n j. Marriages. 'J MARRIED, October 26th, 1875, Mr. n JAMEb H. TRAYNHAM, and Miss e MARY F. BROWN, both of Laurens, S. C., by Rev. J. B. Tray wick. L MARRIED, on the 28th October, by the Rev. Mr. Magee, Mr. E. H. POORE ? and Miss FLORA MITCHELL, of Belton. >- MARRIED, near Honea Path, ou the 28th October, by Rev. Mr. Elwell, Mr. e MILLARD WRIGHT and Miss e GENA BIGBY. I- ? ,ef HOTEL ARRIVALS. Alston House.?E A Mars, T L Calhoun, Calhoun's Mills; A Noble, Mrs W P Noble, Miss C Heminger, Miss Martha Heminger, Williugton;- J ^ J Oldinges, R H Venable, Louisville, Ky; J Boages Kennedy, Long Cane; James W fciampson, Greensboro, N C; W F Briltain, Frauk P Swazey, NY; !r Allen Brooks, Lowndesville; Hugh Wilson, jr, Anderson; Wm Lugdale, Baltimore; B L G'linkscale, J T Baskin, Mountain View; Rev It C Ligon, J H > Ligon, S C Link, Lebanon ; J R BJahe, y Greenwood; J M Pruitt, Mill way; J P Wideman, Dr A T YVideman, Long t, Cane; C G Haddon, R L Pratt, S J Dait vis, T F Haddon, B W Haddou, Dr J L it Miller, Due West; Messrs Emerson & d Murray, Ky; J McLaren, Atlanta; Thos A Cater and Lady, The Fork ; J M Mar) tin, "From the Creeek"; Messrs Hawv thorn & Dunn, Due West. 8 Wier's Hotel.?Col B Z Leitner, ' Camden; FA Arnold, Greenwood; Col . H H Harper, Harper's Ferry; Ansel 11 Swearingin, J C Swearingin, Moseley's e Ferry; J Harp Vance, Jno T Pace, l" Hodges' Depot; John Davis, Frank Henry, Jno T Hill, David Haddon, r County; A J Cliukscales, L C Clinkr scales, Monterey; F M Godbold, Cokes3 bury; H R Barmore, Donalds; S B Mce Clinton, Cedar Springs; Jas M Truitt, s Wideman's; W H Anderson, N Y; I M Ironmonger, Va; W H Royal, W H h Bristol, Atlanta; K Strouse, Philadelphia; A W S Linton, Baltimore; G H Beckman, Charleston; J T Johnson, " Edgefield. Abbeville hotel.?Kicnara urom> berg, Elberton, Ga; \V J Rogers, Atlanta, Ga; T N Tolbert, Boiitbville; Jas t- Martin, Warrenton; Miss Lou Buchan3. nan, C'apt J R Tarrant, W H Boyd, J i; Sanders, Greenwood; B A Armstrong, Is W A Wallingford, Harroldsburg, In,f diana; John Brooks, Warrenton; Thos -- Liuk, John Link, Linkville: M Hollingsworth, D Cumisky, G A Douglass, city; James Evans, Marshall's Mills; is M jjHanley, Greenfield; James Clark, It W Miller, Monterey; AIT Hutchison, )f Lowndesville; J .L Harmou, Winter) seat; F Hutchison, Phoenix; J V Young, i- County; J Floyd, Ninety Six; John it Lyon, Little Mountain; J VVWideman, ts Long Cane: B B McCrosty, Madersonville, Tenn. i ~sheriffs' sale~i te By L. J. .Wilson, Auctitwer.l * M. L. Bon ham, against [-Execution. -3 Sam'l B.4Cook. ) r vil'tu0 ?f an Execution to me .. If directod, I will sell at Abbeville e Court House, on Saleday in Decemi, ber, 1875, within the legal hours, the * following property, viz: d Four Mules and One Horse, r Also i'i 450 Acres of Land, i. d more or less, and bounded by lands of ? Mrs. Hearst, Fed Cooke, J. L. Sibert u Place, and others. Levied on as the a property of Sam'l B. Cook, at tho ^ r\P T . "D An U n rin lit Ollllf UI 1U.I OJt X/VlIUUUi( d a TERMS CASH. ' L. P. GUFFIN, rl S. A. C. ?- Sheriff's Offico, Abbeville, ) J Nov. 1, 1875, 30-5t f ? Sheriff's Sale. [f By L, J. Wilson, Auctioneer. .e Trustees Estate De La | ~ Howo, and others, j Execution, rl V8 e II. H. Harpor. d e QY virtuo of sundry Executions to P mo directed, I will sell at Abbeville Court House, on Saleday in JDe? uembor next, within tho legul hours, h 650 Acres, u t. more or less, bounded by lands of T. } M. Tucker, James Bruco and others, ' on Savannah .River. e ? ALSO t Tli? !F ?:r:ry, 'l known as ? Harper's Ferry, ? on Savannah River, levied on as the property of II H. Harper, at the ti suit of Trustees Do La Howe, and i- others. TERMS CASK. * L. P. GUFFIN. I- S. A. C. tt Sheriff's Office, | Nov. 1, 1875 30-5t I ' Sheriff's Sale.M By L. J. WILSON, Auctioneer. Tie State of South Carolii COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. IN COMMON PLEAS. George W. Williams & Co., against S. A. Allen, Executrix, George Allen, deceased, and others. Creditors Bill to Sell Land, Marsh Assets, <fc. #c. PURSUANT to an Order of Cou ih this case, 1 will sell at pub outcry at Abbeville U,.11., on Saledi in DECEMBER next,1 (6,) the valu ble REAL ESTATE of GEORG A, ALLEN, deceased, viz: No. 1. Ware's Shoal and Mill . Nine Acres. By plat of G. M. Mattison, May, 1 1865. Has on it now Flouring- ai Grist Mill. Good stand for a mill gin. Neighborhood good ai j healthy, extends entirely across, ei bracing the whole bed of the riv< and furnishes tho finest water pow ON THE SALUDA RIVER. 1 With a foundation of solid stone, wi abundance of water at all seasoi without any dam, this is believed jbe the Finest site for a Facto IN THE WHOLE SOUTH. No. 2. ; Mill Tract, First Part, 115 Acres, more or lee Balance of tract according to plat G. M. Mattison, Nov. 4, 1862. A1 [Crosses the bed of tbo Saluda Riv< jorabracing fio island of about twen 'acres, and bounded on all other sid by the "Ware ?hoa]s" tract aDd "m tract second part." No. 3. Mill Tract, Second Pai rtrt* * 1^? AX3L AUICU, XUUXC U1 XCDq, Crosses the bed of the river, includi upper.part of Ware's Shoals, boar ed by first part mill tract, James E lings worth, George Jones, and othe No. 4Taylor Tract, 50 Acres, more or less, within the corporate limits of Cok< bury, and bounded by lands of M Susan Waldrope, J. M. Graham, a others. | No. 5. House & Lot in Cokesbur 5 Acres, more or less, Eligible situation.?Dwelling House Good Lot?Out buildings and gard< Known as the "Allen Eosidence." rn*o"n no . a-cjiviuq ; CASH aa to one-half,. as to the oth ! half credit of twelve jnonths, inter< from day of sale, purchaser to gi bond and titles to be prepared a signed, but not delivered until t whole purchase money is paid. Pi chasers to pay for papers. L. P. GUFlflN, S. A. C. Sheriff's Office, ) Nov. 1,1875,30-5t j SHERIFF'S SALE.' By L. J. Wilson, Auctionec Stuart and Cooper) vs v Execution. E. M. Mounce. ) BY virtue of an Execution to 1 directed, I will sell at Abbevi Court Honse on Saleday in Decemb nextj within the legal hours, One Tract of Land, containiug 400 Acres, more or less, bounded by lands Peter Eykard, L. H .Eykard, Jac Eykard, and lands known aa M Mary Boozers', aud others. Levied on aa the property of E.! Mounce, at the suit of liebecca Stua and J. J. Cooper. TEEMS CASH. N L. P. GUFFIN, S. A. C. Sheriff's Office, Nov. 1, 1875 30-5t Sherifi's Sale. By L. JT. Wilson, Auctionee Thomas A. Sullivan against Andre J. Woodhearst. Judgmont for Foreclosure and Sa PURSUANT to an Order of Cou in this case, I will sell at Abt ville Conrt House, on Salediiy in $ vembor next, the valuableReal Esta of A. J. Woodhearst, to wit:? One Lot of Land, within the corporate limits of Abb villo, containing 2 Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Thomas Thor son and others. Also, that oth> parcel of land, containing 300 Acres, more or less, lying on the road leading from Abb ville to Calbonn's .Mills, and bound* by lands of J. F. Gibert and othei The abovo property is sold as tl property of A. J. Woodhearst, i the suit of T. A. Sullivan. TERMS CASH. L. P. G-UFFIX, S. A. C. Shoriff's Offico, Nov. 1, 1875 30-5t SHERIFF'S SALE, By L, J, Wilson, Auctioneer, ia, ?? Eliza A. Bell vs. Petition fo* Rebecca G.Jones, Rosa Partition, Hawthorn and others. Order to Sell Land of Sugar John* A. .son, deceased. PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OP Court of Probate in this case, 1 will sell at Abbeville Court House, on Saleday in December next, within the legal hours, the Valuable Real Estate of Sugar ay J. Johnson, deo'd, iai-E described as follows: 4 TRACT NO. 2, \ * g uuiiiaiuiiig 320 Acres, more qr less, ig I bounded by lands of Mrs. A. Jobn? son, Tracts No. 1 and Tract No. ?!j 3,'sold for partition between the heirs of J. G. Johnson, .deceased, m- ' TERMS. er * One-fifth cash, and the remainder on a credit of twelve months with th interest from the day of sale, secured is, by bond and mortgage to the Probate to Judge, *7 Purchaser to pay for all papers and recording of bond and mortgage. L. P. GUFFI3J, S. A. C, Sheriff '8 Office, Abbeville, ) Nov. 1, 1875, ,30-5t J IS. - . ? Sheriff's Sale. By L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer, ill Trustees ot the Estate of Pr. Jofop De La Howe, ' vs. Jessie Carlisle. Decree of Foreclosure <m$ Salf, id- fVURSTJANT to aD Order of Court ;il- y in this case, J will sell at pablie rs. outcry at Abbeville Court House, on Saieday in December ne^t, within the legal hours, tfee valuable Jtteai estate pi Jes* sie Carlisle, described as follows: , rs* od 160 Acres, more or Jtess, 'v. , , on head waters of ItfcCord's Cropk, boanded by lands of Wm. Sill, W. S. Robertson, and JSdward Nob}e, yand on which the defendant js now > living. v , TERMS CASH. ' >n. L. P. GUFFfN, Sheriff A. 0, Sheriff's Office, er Nov. 2,1875, 30-5t 3?t ve be Sheriff's Sale. ir" By L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer, Frances C. Lomax against Jlenry Ellison. _ Order to Fulfill Contracty fic. ,r, PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF Court in this case, I will sell at public outcry at Abbeville Court House, on 4 Saleday in December next, within the legal hours, the. ne . lie Valuable Beal Estate of aener ry H. Ellison, described as follows: HOUSE AND JiOT, of containing ob * * 8. One Acre, more or less, H. bounded by lots of L. J. Gruffin, trt Alex. Ramage, and is opposite the A, M. E. Church of said town.. TERMS CASH. L. P, GUFFIN, S. A- C, Sheriff's Office, Nov. 1, 1875 30-5t 1 - 1 , SHERIFF'S SALE. >w By L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer, James Taylor le. va ExecojLiott. ^ James Seawright. ,e DY virtue an Execution to me ^ o- JO directed, J wjll sell at Abbeville te Court House on Saleday in Decern- ^ ber next, within the legal hours, the following described property, to wit? ,e. 200 Acres of Land, -- 1 1 J.J 1 1 l? rnoru ur Jes?, uuuiiucu uy iuuud <j^ John Donnald, A. Shurley, Thomas Smith, and others. q' also or 22 Acres and Mill. bounded by lands of James Tayloj? and Mrs. Dunn. ?d also '8- 2 Old Mules, 30 at Lavied on as the property of Jas. iSeawright, at the syit oi James Taylor. l. p, guffixy, s. A. c, Sheriff's Office, Abbeville,) Nov. 1, 1875, 30-5t J