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The Press and Banner.' j Wednesday, Nov. 12,1879. The Columbia Mill Race. The Columbia Register last Saturday j gives much of its space to sonve remarks which we presume, from the heading were mount for a discussion of tlio merits of the Columbia mill-race. The latter pari of the article, seems more intelligible, and as far as we are able to interpret it, we agree with much that paper has said in the last column of its articlo. No one is more impressed than wo are with the advantages to be derivod from tho establish- j ment of Tactortes within our borders., But we want them built by private enterprise and not by taxation. Several years ago Mr. Hammett and other gentle-1 ? ..< fifKinrillo nrtmtlized a COmpanV I HICK V/* \Jitwvuv??tw W?D?. for the erection of a factory near G reonville. The citizens of that town subscribed liberally. Afterwards being still in need of further capital, Mr. llainmett came among our people, and the Jlcgiztvr's friends on Long Cane gave him twenty thousand dollars. So far they have had no reason to regret the investments If the Greenville Manufacturing Company could afford to give ten thousand dollars for water power in the woods, seven miles from the town, how much better could a Columbia Company ntford to build a factory if they can have theColumbia mill-race given to them, and we have no doubt the Legislature would transfer the right to this valuable waterpower to any corporation possessing capital on^i nntornrisfl to nut the machinery iWU ?uw vikav* ^ A in motion. Every property-holder in Columbia could afford to make liberal subscriptions with a reasonable hope of being reimbursed by dividends from his stock, as well as by the improvement in the value of his real estate. Several days ago that paper copied aa article from the Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist in which the great advantages of the Augusta canal were presented. All these statements we fully endorse, and the same would be equally true of the Columbia mill-race, if her monied men would stop talking about the State doing this and that, and put their own shoulders to the wheel. Augusta, as far as we are informed, dug her own canal, without State aid. Wo have no doubt theColumbia mill-race company could get the free use of as manj' convicts as they might want to complete the widening of the canal, or to build the dam across the river. Our friend speaks, rather contemptuously of 85,000, with! convict labor, being sufficient to build a dam across the river, "with labor on the spot, the rock all around, the timber and brick aud everything where it is want ed." There are many dams across the streams in this Country, and if any one of them has cost the half of $5,000 we have yet to hear of it. We still stick to i oar assertion that a dam can be put across the river at Columbia for an insignificant amount, when compared to the expense of opening the mill-race. Wc are much mistaken if it would require as much as $5,000 to make the best dam in the South, if the State in addition, would give the eoDvlct labor. One thing is very certain, if it is too hard a job, the manufacturing; company might find a place where the I river oould be more cheaply daramod. j All our neighbor's talk about increased valuation of taxable property will apply as well to a factory established anywhere else in the State. There is no difference in opinion as to the advantages of a factory. The mode of getting it is the subject in dispute. ~~ If we are not mistaken the Constitution would nrevent an investment of the State's money in such a project. ^ A Needed Law. Our exchanges h^ve suggested many changes Id the old laws of the State and have urged the euactment of various new ones. If we are in order, we would suggest the propriety of a law which would protect property-owners from trespass by bill-posters and advertisement-painters. About twice a year the unoffend-i ing citizens of this county have been annoyed by such impositions as having , their houses aad fences disfigured by the pasting of advertising bills or by th? the painting of advertisements. A year or so ago one of these unscrupulous persons painted words on the fence before one of onr churchas, which are not often heard in polite society, and a member of the congregation felt called upon to remove the plank before the church, on which was the vulgar painting. More recently one of these energetic advertis ers had the effrontery to paste his yellowbills on one of the stores in our public square and when ordered by the owner to remove them, coolly refused to do so, adding that the owner of the building might indict him, if he saw proper to do so. The trespasser in this instance knew the great difficulty in reaching him by law, and hence his insolence to the paity he had injnred. It seems strange to us if our Legislature can not enact such laws as will effectually prevent the recurrence of these annoying circumstances. Such laws, we are told, are already in existence in some of the States. The Homestead. Our neighbor the A nderson Intclligcncer has greatly excited the fears of the poor'debtor of Anderson County in reference to the Constitutional exemption guaranteed to them by the Constitution of the State, and the rich creditor has^ud the flattering unction to his soul that the year of jubilee has come. The Walhalla Cbwier, the Pickens Sentinel, the Newberry Herald, if we remember rightly, have each had labored articles on this subject, leaning to the Intelligencer's mistaken version of the matter, in sympathy for the poor debtor, and discussing the effect of an alleged decree of the Court. Sheriff DuPre received instructions the other day to proceed in certain cases as if those who had no land were not entitled to the homestead exemption injpersonalty, with the intimation that the Court had so decided, as the newspapers had alleged. Our Sheriff wrote the Clerk of the Supreme Court for a certified copy of the decision, and from the following letter it will be Been that no such decision has been rendered: Columbia, Nov. 8, 1879. J. F. C. DuPre, Sheriff?Dear Sir: The Court have rendered no such decision as you refer to. In the case of Duncan vs. Barrett, the Court decided that the Legislature, had no right to extend the exemption so as to embrace articles not specified in the Constitution. In tbe subsequent case of Spencer vs. Harman, the Coiut re-affirmed this. In that case, cotton, corn and bacon made by a man on rented premiees, were claimed, but not allowed, under tho decision in Dun- i can vs. Borrott. Yours trnlv. ALBERT M. BOOZER, Clerk. # ? ^ For Shame. If we are to take the various paragraphs in our exchanges In reference to the necessity of enforcing the^aw against ; adultery as meaning any thing, it would seem that there is little virtue in Sonth Carolina. The traditions of South Carolina have ever led us to believe that the citizens of the State in olden t|mes were k noted for their virtue aufl, refinement, but the newspapers of the present day would lead u> to a different conclusion as to the present generation. For shame! It is an ill bird that fouls Its own nest. Let this j detonation of our own people stop. mm-k - * I ; The Columbia MilMtace-Cftll a Spade | a Spade. What is a canal? That is the question. Is it "an artificial water-course for the passage of boats or vessels," as Webster lays ? Or is it a water-course for supplyj ing water-power to prospective factories ' in Columbia, as the Jtegistci' thinks? In familiar language, is it a mill-race ? Certainly the ditch dug at Columbia at so great expense to the State is only a mill-race. Will the Register please give lis a philological and practical answer? We shall be giad read it, if it is not longer than a col ;mn. It is always best ' to call a spado a spado, and hence* j forth we shall speak of the artificial wa- ! ter-courso at our capital as the Columbia i j mill-race. As a name, it lacks tho beauty J I of alliteration, but then it has the merit 1 ] I aC fliof ?o fry COV it. wiil bo I Vi V/UUVVVUDOO WU?V io vv ?UJ , - , I the correct term when the cotton-raills ' of the future are built. The Struggle in Charleston. < Charleston is greatly excited and fear- i fully divided over her approaching ] municipal elections, which take place i next month. Such a condition of affairs is to be regretted at any time, but at a < time like this, such division may be the | forerunner of defeat, aud a defeat now 1 may foreshadow qvil consequences to j the entire State. The whole country j anxiously watches the progress of events i in the grand old city, and the earnest ! wish of every true South Carolinian is, ' that the true and unadultered Democracy J may win in tho struggle. Tho Netvs 1 and Courier has done, and is doing, no- i bio aervice in a cause which is not only j Charleston's, but tho whole State's. The 1 up-country sends greetings and cheers ' to the brethren on tho coast, with pray- . ers for their success. We are one people aud whatever hurts Charleston hurts us. 1 I; The Greenville Dally Xews. i The Greenville Daily New* was soid j on Monday. Mr. P. H. fteily was the purchaser. Mr. Roily Will begin its J re-publication in a few days, when ; the country will find the Daily News as sprightly, wide-awake as it ever was j in its palmiest days. Greenville gives its , journals generous support, and deserves ( a first rate daily paper. Mr. Roily is the j m?? moL-n snph a r>j\nnr. Success to , Roily and the News. 1 Quid Nunc? , j Our readers and ourselves have missed : for two or three weeks the spi^y "Green- ' wood Notes and Comments," which our < Greenwood correspondent "Quid Nunc" j has contributed to our columns so regu- ? larly and faithfully for so long. We ask our valued correspondent, quid nunc? 1 Let us hear from him again next week ( and every week thereafter. I The Greenville Enterprise and Moun- j \taineer thinks the press of the State aio j premature in their discussion of Guber- ( natorial candidates. That paper thinks J agricultural subjects of more practical i benetit to the country, and intimates that it will in due time briug out a Greenville i horse that will win the race. J Captain Hoffman, Of the United States Revenue force, that * ? */v a of til Imiionc in WUllb uu a xaiu tv nwuiu abui wvmww ... . this county about a year ago, was arrested in Gree'nvillo last Monday and bound over by Commissioner Blythe, under charge of forgery. Tub Anderson Journal has the nack of saying good things. Last week that paper said : "The Laurensvlllc Herald gloats over the increase of business at that pluce and the receipt of a wagon load of cotton from Abbeville county." A WOMAN'S BLOODY DEED. She Cuts the Throats of Her Five Children?She Sets Her Own Clothingr on Fire and is Burned to Death ?A Recital to Make the Blood Bun Cold. Charlotte Observer, Ulfi irul. Mas. Aduras. with her husband and five children?three boys and two girls?lived 8 or ID miles below Laucaster rlllage. S. C., the husband and father, a former, working on the lands of Mr. A. J. Klbler. Near them lived , a neighbor, a Mr. Crensbaw, and last.Saturday night about twelve o'clock, the Crenshaws 1 were aroused from sleep by the cries of Mrs. Adams, who appeared at their door, begging , , for au axe but insisting that no light be brought. Going out, Mr. Crenshaw discover- < ed that the clothing was entirely burned irom < the body of the woman and tlmt she wassuf- < ferlng intensely from the Are which had en- , veloped her. He asked her where her baby | was, to which she replied "in heaven," and proposed to answer any other question on ) condition that she should be knocked In the . head. 1 Mrs. Adams was wrapped in a sheet and , carried thither. An hour and a half after be- j ing placed In her own bed, death kindly came to ner relief, and she passed away without a word to those around her concerning the terrible picture which was soon to be opened up to them. In a little shed room was encountered a i spectacle which, once looked upon, Is never j to be forgotten. In one bed lay all five of the . children, each weltering in its own blood, ] and all deud. All resting in natural posi lions, so much of repose was there in the t scene, and so little suggestive of violence of any kind, that the chance spectator would . have said they were enjoying natural sleep. , Tbe bodies were still warm, but the blood was f there to tell where the knife had been. In , every case the Jueular vein hnd been cut by <j some sharp instrument, and so painless was v tho death that not one child had moved. The \ eiuesi 01 ine cnuureu?ageu auoui 11 juura? had been slabbed In two placcs and the infant In three, but only upon the face of the eldest was there a scratch, nud except upon the necks, from which the life blood had run out, there was no sign of blood until the cover wan removed and the bodies turned over. There was no difficulty in finding a theory for the presence of these six corpses In the house. The mother, known by the neighbors to have been an utterly wretched woman, In a momout of sudden frenzy had taken the lives of her tive children and then set tire to her own clothing to finish her work. IIow well she did it has already been told. That she was insane when she did it does not admit of the slightest doubt. As to the cause of berlnsanlty tnereareconflictingstorles. The most generally accepted Is that of Jealousy, and this theory is all the moreplaustbleslnce there are no allegations lu the neighborhood of personal violence ou the|part of the husband. The husband and father was not at home nt the time of the occurrence. Itseemsthat her purpose of murder and suicide was notasudden freak but a premeditated purpose. DEATH OF A VENERABLE MAN. : Dr. Lovick Pierce Dies at His Home in Sparta, Ga., After a Long Life . of Great Usefulness. Aufftula Chronicle and Sentinel, Tuesday, 1HA. ' A telegram received in this city yesterday t morning announced tho death of the venera- ? blc Dr. Lovick Pierce, at his home In Sparta, t Georgia, on Sunday night. The Intelligence c will be received with the deepest regret, not 1 only by Methodists, by whom he was so be- . loved, but by the people of all denominations, i fn u'hnrn nic c/trvi tvnrbu intfu c?? n<all c known. s Dr. Pleroe was born In Halifax county. N. t C., March 24, 1785. and was, consequently, In c the ninety-sixth year of his age at the time of s his death. > McGowan?Aiken* j [Pickens Sentinel] The Keowee Courier some time since, In a very complimentary article, nominated Oon- 1 eral S. McGowau Tor Governor, but in iU last ? issue changes position aud announces him 1 for Congress from this District, Tho Courier t compliments Col. Aiken, but thinks he has ' been a little too extreme. In this we disagree r with the Courier. We have watched the course > of Col. Aiken pretty closcly and have yet to i see wherein he has failed to act upon true 1 Democratic principles, and what seems to us, the best intorest of the country. Wo do not know how he stands in Oconee, but can luform ouresteemed contemporary thatnelther Gen.JMcGowan nor any other man can beat Col. Aikeu In Piokens. He Is the only rep- g resentntlve from South Carolina who has had c the independence to stand up In the halls or c Congress and denounoe the Infamous out- i rages perpetrated by revenye officials in this f section. For this not only the good people of a the mountains, but all the people of the State t owe him a debt of gratitude, and they would g be ingrates If they did not recognize and pay t it. Besides this, he has taken more Interest g In his constituent* than any representative B we have had In Congress for many years. c Through bis exertions many new post routes f and post offices have been established, thus a affording our people mall facilities that they t could not have otherwise procured. He has r been kind and obliging, paying strict and { prompt attention to the request of the most humble of hlBcoostltuento. As to service and s devotion to the State through all her dark 1 boursof war and Radical plunder. Col. Aiken s stands second to none, ana as to ability and Industry, no man In this Congressional District Is his superior. While we personally like General McGowan, and would cheerful- a ly support him if nominated, we must say c that our preference is for Col. Aiken, aad we r hope to see him again our standard bearer for t Congress in 13S0. , r f Oapt. Lockwood's Story. THE COMMANDER OF THE CHAM- Tl PION HEARD FROM AT LAST. fie Claims that the Collision was In- ! evitable?He Apprises the Ladies of 1 their Damper, l>ut they arc too Badly Frightened to Escape---He Goes 05 Down with the Ship and is Rcscued 5 by the Sailors on a Life Raft. wo and Courier.) New* Vokk, November 9.?The following 4s roi the full statement of t'apt. Lock wood, with to regard to the disaster to the steamer Cham- lo\ oionc "We hud a remarkably quiet voyiafcc I iip to the time of the accident when we left yei Sew York the weather was foggy, but this ou cleared away before we were ten hours out. bu )n the morning of the collision I lefttny all room about Ave minutes past '$ and returned in) to the pilothouse for a few seconds. I had 20 imriuy m>L L?miv iu mj JW111 (^ikiu ????w * heard some one sing oat, "Salt ahead!** and soi 'Hard by!" I Jumped into the pilot-house, of nine the bell to stop the steamer aud then to ve back at full speed. I saw that a ship was syi coming down upon us and that a collision i was Inevitable. She wa* steering east north- roi wist. Wc were going south southwest, half th west. The ship hart full sail on and headed of right at us. W e w?re going Under steam, and lnj had lust set foretop sail. fcne struck us right we an the bows and oat head on starboard side, ok ind crushed right Into Us, staving In our pr whole bows. I was afraid that my vassel at would sink In Almost an instant and at once an ardered the first mate to go forward and see an what water, if any, the O/iampioii was making su but before he had time to return I found my rk 'hip was fast sinking. I then ordered the br second mato to get the boats In readiness, thut be Is to cut them loose from my ship, as it was ua tast going down. I also ordered film to have ha i life-raft cut Rtlrlft so that it might be ren- co Jered useful lo case the steamer wont down lei umlcr foot, a-s I was afraid sho would give us m! no warning. My next work was to warn the th lady passengers of their great danger. I rush- pa Dd into the cabin and-cried aloud: "Ladles, an ship is going down, you have not a moment th to spare! Never mind your clothing, but ad iome out at once!" I believe there were but w< three ladies there, but ot this I am not sure, th None of them came out, and the only re- hu sponse I received was loud screaming and fri halloing. They could have come out very ga .? ' - ' " 1 ' ? ? ?UAif Ka. J fill easnyil iney wunra, out 1 mi|>i>us<? came panic-stricken. My duty called me an away, and Iwasstlll In hopes that the women ?U had obeyed my summons, but unfortunately at T found afterwards they had not. I believe tei they were ull lost. There has been butone fe- sei male saved, and that is stewardess Catherine cl< Cross. on When the ship went down I was standing we by the main rigging, and near me stood a sh number of the crew. I said, 'Boys, save your- co Bclves aud don't mind me.' Kach of them 1 then took a life preserver and expressed their wl determination to stand by mo. Alter a few wc seconds I said, "Throw a life raft overboard. w( I'll come afterwards. Jump for your lives.' ho This wus rapidly done, and they left me. I tei was the last to leave the vessel, and went th down with her. I soon came to tho surface frc iicaln. This may seem strange, but Ills nev- let artheless the fact. I kept near the surface of Tb the water, and sol suppose did not experi- ne ence the suction of tho vessel while she was in going down. When I came to tho top of the vl< water I found myself close to the life-raft, on dli which I was pulled by those already there. I th have been commander of the Champion for ly the past thirteen years. Leonard, tho first of- ad liocr, wus in charge when the collision look or place. He ran forward the moment the crash on iKcurred.'and that was the last I saw of him. ha He was a tried and experienced seaman, and th liad sailed with me for over fourteen years, foi He was a man about-18 years of age. a resi- vl< icnt of Brooklyn, and leaves a wife and two soi shlldren. We were about thirty miles from ny land from Cape Henlopen, which bore fifteen pl< :>r sixteen miles E. N. E. of Five Fathom ibi Rank light. " th My room where I went Just before tbe col- tn Islon adjoined the pilot house. In fact you ba :ould almost step from one to the other. Tbe su Champion carried about five life boats and a mi life raft. I understand that four passengers all md two Bcaineu were picked up by a bark th tbut came along some time after the collision, th [ havp heard since that she wus a Norwegian, ea but that was all. None of us knew her name ne iranything about her beyond the fact that no she was evldcutly bound North. The Ludy tb Octavia. the ship that ran into us, saved nine mi lives. We saved the rest on the life raft, ex- co ;ept, of course, thoso who were picked up by hs the unknown bark. The night was a beauti- sci ful starlight one with a little moonlight. Is The capUIn says the ship was In about 14 er Tathoms of water at the time. The last I saw wi of the Churmiion'a wreck t he topmasts were be about two leet out of the water. I would dl rather uotjustat present, say anythlngabout ar who was to blame for the collision, but I hs think that tbe ship could have avoided it. re 8c SOME OTHER ACCOUNTS. ra P? What the Rescued Stewardess, Cath- dl arinc Cross, Says of her Escape. sa New York, November P.?Catherine Cross, vl stewardess of tbe steamer C/uvnpi&n and the ot only woman known to have ofecu saved, said la that she was awakened by the shock of the vl collision. Her sleeping npurtmeut wn? aft, er She rushed on deck, was swept into the sea th by a wave, and was rescued by tbe crow of w the Octavia. She heard that she was the third cc person picked up, and thought that she must ui have been In the water about three minutes, ea Richard Owiug's Account of the Nar ? #va? CP row ?scnpe ol uimseii ana uiners ji'rom the Forecastlc. ct. Richard Owing, a deck boy nineteen years bl old, belonging to Charleston, said that be Ke was asleep a(J the time In tbe forecastle, and to was awakened by the crash. A hole was stove g| In the Champion's starboard side, aDd through fe it he got out and climbed up the side of the a Oclavia. A man called Thompson, Charley, a |1( German, and McMann were asleep with him ie. In the forecnstlo. Thompson got Jammed in h? the broken wood work and tho boy helped Wl him to extricate himself. Thompson and Mc- xi Mann got aboard the Oclavia with him. Char- tb ley, the German, was caught in the broken tb wood work and called to them for God's sake w to help him, butasthesteamersank thewood bi work floated off hlni and he was also taken gi on board the Oclavia. Li The Champion went down bow foremost, di rhe boy continued : "We were all treated oo well on board the Oclavia. The people on her ?ald that all the fault lay with the steamer, da rhe hole stove In our port bow below the in water line was about two feet in diameter, re while there was a hole knocked in above the pj tvater about six feet In diameter. The now ue jn the starboard side was all smashed up. and th ;herc was a crack In it about eight feet long. i rho crew or twenty-four hands all told went va ,hree times In one of her bouts to rescue the da jassengers and crew of the Champion. It wm by bought for a time that the Octavia would go ofl town, and her three bouts were got In reaal- co aess but were not required." toi Death from Chloral. ^ [Camden Journal.] mi On laRt Friday evening at about 5 o'clock lgi Ur. Geo. W. Glenn was taken Into the back co oom of the store of Mr! O. C. Smith, sup- su )osed to be Intoxicated. At 8 o'clock, Mr. ai iobert Latta, Mr. Smith's clerk went to wake ed Gleen when It was discovered that he sic vas deud. Tt An Inquest was held Saturday morning, tei vhen It wa? learned from the evidence that In >n Friday evening Mr. Glenn had complalw- on id of feeling badly, and had sent to a drug ou itore for some chloral to quiet his nerves, sui Che testimony showed that 120 graius had pri >een sold him, and ns there was only 40 grains pa n the package which remained, he must as lave taken 80 grains. It was shertly after fin aklng this thathe appeared In the condition Su n which he was taken Into the back room, va Are give below the entire testimony of Dr. coi iaruchattho inquest, and we are glad that thi je has made It the occasion to give a warning be oncoming the carcless use of a dangerous ry Irng: "That from appearances of deceased, C ivhen I saw him.about9o'clock, corroborated Vi >y evidence given at the inquest, that out of be 20grains of chloral he took 80. This in ordi- Ini iary circumstances is not a fatal dose. Such cei k dose may prove fatal, if the patient is left st< ilono.and no effort made to meet the first In- de licationsof danger from chloral poisoning. I Ye lesirelttobe understood that the taking of pu ihloral in large quantities, without medical su idvice and supervision, is an exceedingly an iangerous proceeding, ana mat, no pernou ?? juvlng taken chloral should be without con- toj nant observation until he awakes from his an sleep." tr< Mr, Glenn was a native of Newberry Conn- an y, where bis father resides. His relatives of vere notified by telegraph of his death, and of >n Saturday night, Mr. Bass, of Newberry, wi ?me to Camden and took charge of tbo re- Be nains. They were carried to Newberry by OMonday's train for Interment. an wl .?> gt, The "People" and the "Party." ^ [Columbia Yeoman.] Co Under the above heading the Sumter TYue be Southron has an article on the subject of the tr< people" and the "party." We wrote an arti- clt :fe some time since on the same subject, ad- afl locating the same views, but we got such a flv asplng from the Marion Merchant and Far- pri ncr that we concluded to hold our peace for a pa ,lme. and await a more general expression of tal jplnlon by the Slate press; without any in- pit :entlon, however, of changing our views. The raj Abbeville Press and Banner came first to our tr? ellef, and now the True Sonthron boldly b& speaks out upon the same subject. We as- ar lerted that the people, the yeomen, the voters, un should rule, and the Merchant and t*armer tb< lenied the allegation and Joined issue. Itin- in listed that the "party" was supreme, and the foi people had nothing to do with it, and that ou oyaity to party took precedence over loyalty ser *> the StaUs. We had supposed that the peo- on >le made the party, and were, therefore,supe- th< ior to it, but it seems that in this we were wa nistaken. A man must sink his individual- rep ty anu muepenuence in "pariy,'' una uiiuw ?w. t to think and speak and act for him In all she nutter* pertaining to publlo policy and Suite spc ntere^ts. We thought that wm going a little . ?o far, and sulci sn, and for that we were call d to account. We shall still advocate the lght of tho masses to have a controlling "v mice In the management of the government "" mder which they live. unawed by tho party }*** ash and uninfluenced by party dictation. Jui Discussing: Candidates. or (Beaufort Cretccnt.) ^ As to who shall be the Chief Executive wll Jtandard-bearer of tho Stralghtout Demo- sur iratlo party to which we owe our very exist- to' inco, and for which the people will not ro- un ounce the right to enter their champions of< Or tho race, these are paramount questions, pei ind so nearly affecting tho future of the hum- of 1 ilest as well us the highest citizen in tho pre itato that wo arc free to express ourselves th( horoughly In ftivor of an unqualified exprcs- eie Ion from the people, a? to who these shall be, of] ind to abide their choice. But in order to se- iti sure an embodiment of the great principles up or which the campaign of 1870 was conceived vfc tnd fought through triumphantly, there must sup >e no forestalling of tho popular will, by tax tacked and coached delegates to cut and dried as Jonventlons. * urn To opposo this we are fledged, even If we it i hall be compelled to lead the people to an isr ndep.endenoe of their would-be masters, and : but t.Hko t.h? flhar.trlftK of their hitherto slavery.1 ten " I Bio; A Mr. Munro, of Laurens county was killed ^j'j .t Newberry last Friday by parties with the Bea ircuH. His pocket* were turned, and ho whs Th< obbed of ?25, a watch and a rlmr. A blow on jehe back of the head did the killing. No ar- . tiCi estt have been made. I uu THE RAILROAb CONVICTS, n. - spl li cc he Defence r>f the Greenwood and she Augusta Railroad Directors? oui Ho to the Convicts Have Been Cared For?The True Inward- wo ness <of the Penitentiary Investir I 7 at/ixnu to i Stockade No. 5., ") wo r GftBEjrwooto & Augusta Railroad, > mc EwskkikiA) County, a. C., Oct., '22,1879,1 ly To the PuWk:?Ho many horrible charges of me lelty anrl brutality towards the convicts at lie; irk on the Greenwood and Augusta railroad, an ve lately been published In the newspapers, ooi it the undersigned Board of Directors of said a fi id fcel it due to the public, to themselves and re* the employees of the road, to make the fol- i viug plain statement of facts: ml X Is sadly true that during the little over two ho rirs that the convicts have been at work on da r road, about half of those we had in charge die ve died, but It Is also true, that about half ot Usi their deaths occurred the five next succeed- we j months of the present year, dating from he April, 1879, when we received our last batch Jnl convicts from the Penitentiary and wc are Cit rry to have to add, that we now uelieve most D8 them died of scurvy, although undoubtedly 8U] ry many of the dead convicts likewise had \ pmlis and other chronic diseases. an Yt each of the stockades established on our w? *d every reasonable effort has been made by fle e board to provide for the comfort aud health 0f the convicts consistent with their safe-keep- m< ;. Every stockade has had a good spring or fU) ill of pure water. A large yard has been en- Vh jsed ror exercise of the sick; commodious wj ison pens have been erected, another separ- or< o structure for a hospital has been built, still er other cabin for commissary stores put up, no' other for a gunrd house, yet aonther for the rir perlntendant, besides two large teuts for va- qq, >us uses. A bountiful supply of bacon, corn Tr ead, peas and such other vegetables as couia bad In the neighborhood have been the us- K0, i diet of the well convicts, but they have also go d potatoes, onions, augur, molasses, turnips. j,a llards, etc., by the barrel or wagon load, and m< nons by the box, while flour, rice, chickens, j Ilk and other deli <acles have been furnished be e sick In large quantities, both by the com- tjj, ny and by tne neighboring citizens. Many jQl d many a box of tobacco has been served to t|c e well convicts aDd whiskey has been freely ie, ministered to the sick ones.especially since ^ > ascertained, on 'he 19th d.iy or August last, w< at they had scurvy, Blnce which time they WI .vealso been supplied liberally with ripe W1 jit, vegetables, fresh meats, pure apple vine- a ( r, potatoes, &c. Particular care and at- ju atlon have also been given to the cooking ro. d a regular diploma Ir.ed practising phy- ?e :ian has been employed to attend to the sick each stockade. Cleanliness of person, quar- -11. rs, night-tubs, etc., hns been studiously ot>rved. An abundance of medicine, shoes, of lining, blankets, etc., have always been kept < buna, except once or twice in summer when Vg ; have been a little short of clothing, and ? oes, but during the present year each or our le, nvlcts has had three cults of clothes. i.a rbe convicts may have been pressed some- er lat hard at times to flnlsh particular Jobs of so >rk, but ordinarily they have not oeou over- ln >rked and have oltener worked less than ten hB urs a day than they have worked the full de a hours. As a rule they have never had less ^ an an hour for dinner and rest in winter, and w> >m two to four hours in summer according to " igth ol the da?*. or the heat of the weather. , ie superintendent, overseers and guards have .J ver abuse i the convict# habitually or even particular instances toour collective or lndl- "" iual knowledge, and some one or more of the pn rectors,whoresideatshortintervalKallalong e line of road have almost daily andfrequent- , several times a day, either visited the stock e wnere mo convicus wurt) Kept ioj iuo uw on the railroad where they were at work. No e but the superintendent or head overyear ' s been permitted to inflict punishment and t>. ey only with a strap, and if scars are to be md on the heads or persons of uny of thecou;ts we have had in charge (as Is allege 1 by ", me of the newspapers,) we unqualifiedly de' that they have been inflicted by our em- , " jyees. except, perhaps. In one or two instances '" an attempt to revolt or escape. Yet, al- , ough sucl\ has been our general treatment, fr. e sickness and mortality as before slated, jos been very great, especially during last mmer and spring. That scurvy was the :>st fatal disease hardly admits of duub'. and " , though we bad the best medical attention in " e neighborhood of each stockade and al ough numerous country physicians visited r? ch of the Stockades No. if, 4 and 5, wnere , ariy all the deaihsjhave occurrcd.yet we were it informed of the presence of scurvy until c JKth August last, when it was discovered in ost of the convicts by a medical committee "j! nslsting of Drs. J. C. Maxwell, (.1. M. Burk.Iter and N. G. Merrlwether. That It was jy urvy which produced most of the mortality ~ proven by the fact that as soon as the prisonr were treated and dieted for scurvy, i lierc rr is almost an instantaneous change for the itter and only one death has occurred from F eease at tills stockade during the last mor.th id only two other deuths as we are informed ? tVH happened among the twenty-flve convicts ~ -.Y. . ...i 1. ? fllo 9?th g* turneu uy us iu tuc pcuncuwui j ?> v??v ?... . iptemi er, nearly all which twenty-five were ,1 pidiy convalescing at the time of their de- {? irture for Columbia. "j The scurvy of course was greatly aggravated jrlng the past summer hy the uimost univer1 and protracted drought in this p*rt of the 01 ate, preventing us from supplyjng the concts with the fresh vegetables they would have J";1 herwIse received. On the 8th day of April v' stour company received seventy-five coucts from the penitentiary toilho'u any menical ?' aminationby our turgeon and that many of "j ose convicts as we are Informed wereaflllcted ?: 1th syphilis, dropsy, general debility or other institutional disease*, which rendered them jf* jilt for grading a railroad and mado them =' isy victims for the ravages of disease. Al- J; iougn our written contract called for seventy- J" re "able bodied" convicts, yet we received ? ven under fifteen yiara of age and others ivlng syphilis, epilepsy, etc. We do not , mrge that those convicts were the picked in- u' illds of the penitentiary, but It Is not reason- *' e that the most able-bodied or healthy were j, lected by the overseers in the penitentiary, be seat to us, particularly when wo were so ad to get any, that we took a'l who were of- ?) rred without inspection or examination. 111 mong them were undoubtedly several who id been returned to the penitentiary as wortn- a tx by other lessees. If we or our employees .. ive been guilty of a wanton abuse of our irust y e have taken a strange way of exhibiting it. , ' le late investigation which has been had by e penitentiary authorities into the causes of . e mortality among the convlc s on our road 3) is set on foot by our Presldeut, Gen. P. II. adley and at our owd expense. This the , iperlntendent of the Penitentiary. G n. T. J. {?' pscomb, admits In his report to the Board of at rectors of the Penitentiary, giving an ac unt of bis flret visit to our stockade on tne ~ st of August last. In that eport,which bears ,te 2nd of September, 1H79, he says he cam* to OI specl our convicts, Iti consequenceof "having uelved a letter from Gen. P. H. Bradley. esldent of G. A A. R. R., stating that a great ?' al of mortality and sickness existed among ,n e convicts leased to that company." . rhe Surgeon of the Penitent iary, Dr. Trerent, never visited our convicts until the 25th y of August, when he was ordered to do so Superintendent Lipscomb, yet both of these leers, If we are correctly Informed, had been mmanded by an order of .he Board of Dlrecrsoftne Penitentiary as l&r back as the 22nd April lost to visit every convlctcamp In the ite. Why did the Superintendent and Buron of th e Penitentiary si umber over d Ischarg< this duty so lonfe? They could not plead lornnceo the fearful mortality among our nvlcts, because regularly every month the perlntendentof our road, J. J. Cahill, made eport to Gen. Lipscomb of time lost, or workby each convict us well as of the list of the :k or dead since his last monthly report, le superintendent and Surgeon of the Penlatlary ought to beand doubtle s are skilled the best methods to treat convicts at work railroads and if either of them had visited r road In the spring or early summer bis tgestlons would gladly have been put Into itctlee, perhap, to the benelit of the convicts, rtlcularly if It had been Impressed upon us It has been since, that all prisoners long coned are predisposed to scurvy. When at last perinterdent Lipscomb and Surgeon Trezent. did make reports on our treatment of nvicts, those reports contained such charges ?t our company was summoned to appear ^ fore the Board of Directors of the Penlteutla- ^ to answer th< so charges. w )n the 18th day of September our President, c! ce President and Superintendent did appear c' fore that Board and made, a thorough show- v i in written answers and by numerous J' rtiflcates of gentlemen and ladies near the '> >ckade and line of our railroad that the bur- o n of the charges was without foundation, n it as the substance of those charges has been " bllsbed in the newspaper, we respectfully ^ hmit that It would be but fair to publish the & Kwer to the charges also. Let all the charg<* ? d all the answers therefore gq to the world fl jether and we do not fear being acquitted of 11 y intentional guilt or gross negligence in our {' iatraent of the convicts. Fair play Is a Jewel " d both sides ought to be heard. As a result D the investigation by the Board of Directors o the penitentiary on the 18th of September it *J is agreed by anu beiween the Penitentiary 11 laraand by our Board through'its President, a neral Bradley, that Dr. Pope, hospital stew- 11 3 of the penitentiary, and Dr. T. J. McKlo. n 10 had been the surgeon in charge of railroad JJ sckade No. 4; shou'a make a thorough exnniitlon of all the convicts on our road, both B :k and well and order such of them back to J lumbiaas they deemed advisable, because of 11 lug unfit to work on the road, or for better n jatment in the permanent hospital in the a y than our temporary hospital on the road c orded. Those physicians selected twenty- ft e convicts to be Uiub returned and they were n nmptly returned at the expense of the com- c ny, although several able bodied ones were n ten from work on the railroad without comlining of being sick at all. Several others jidly convalescing on the sick list under atment for scurvy and who would soon have en ready for labor on the road in opinion of a lumber of physicians including two of the ^ derslgned, who saw them the day before p sy started for Columbia, were also Included tl the twenty-flve before mentioned, while 0 ir or five obviously feeble ones were left on h - !.? ?/)(. nf ?ViAao 4twonfu fluo nAnvlnifi it to Columbia died on the road nnd another a e shortly after anlvlng In Columbia, but If 8, sy were too feeble to be removed thither. It ,< s no fault of our company as Dr. Pope, who a >resented the penitentiary, when remon- r atedwith, said carry them, no matter If they n" >uld die on the road, he would take the re- h mslblllty. p Lfter carrying out the wishes ol the Board of fiJ rectors of the Penitentiary we hoped our " ubles were oevr and that we should be per- Jv tted to proceed with our road prosperously, J.c eclally as appropriate treatment for scurry rc i not only improved the health and strength the remaining convicts but their spirits also. J1' 3ge then of our surprise when on the 6th day {1 October Superintendent Lipscomb and Dr. lc M.Taylor, of Columbia, turned up at the w ckario. Inspected the same and the convicts tfiout giving any notice to our President, . geoh or superintendent, or saying a word as {y tnelr object. We never know their purpose til General Bradley received on the l5th day October last a copy of a resolution of the iHerniary board passed at a special meeting v{ ,he boara when only members were J11 "sent, ordering us to Immediately return all J? i remaining convicts at work for ub exce t Uf ht In conformity with the recommendation 3,' Dr. Tayior, dated flth lnsiant. From all this rould seem that there was a desire to break cl our railroad entirely and have all the conts returned to the penitentiary either to be p* >P'irted in idlonexs at the exp*e?se < f the th payers r r to cut a canal and build factories well as operate them lor the benefit of Col- { J1 bia at the expense of the rent of the State, true the Greenwood and Augusta. Railroad 0li >n the extreme western verge of the State, J" ; It is an important link in the railroad sys I of the Slate as it will be a practical exten? , II of the Port Royal railroad especially when , npleted toHpaftanburg and also to Anderson t. wl'! be in time and connect our greatest port, uort Royal, with the great Northwest, j Blj before all the people in western Carolina are J" ply concerned in its early completion, par- Mi llarly the counties of Beaufort, Colleton, mpton, Barnwell, Aiken, Edgefield, Ac. dc w that we have no serious sickness among convictsanil that thoy are nil working endldly except four or five feeble ones unountably lert us. It seems hard that we >uld have to quit work at this Juncture when : grading Is nearly completed and when our Iroad taxes have Just begun to be collected every township along the line from Greenod to Fury's Forry. f the road Is to bo suspended as will be the te temporarily at least If all the convicts are be taken away except eight, for It Is mockery offer to leave us only eight with which to rk, then our taxpayers will also become deiraltEed in all probability and thereby greatembarrass us, but doubtless the three city sdlcal experts from the capital and their al? lntt-nded our work should be suspended d our railroad taxes, too. if possible. Yet ivlsts or no convicts our road shall not prove allure and our stockholders and friends may t a-sured of this. f wo or our agents have abused our trust in streatlng the convicts, the tilatc has our ivvy aud valid bond upon which to sue for mages. Besides, she has he law and can Inst and punish us. We have her consent to 3 the convicts by act of the Legislature and alRO have her contract In writing through r officer and agent to the same effect and we x>nd to stand upon our legal rights, until her the legislature repeals tne act grautlng the labor or until the courts shall order us to rrender t'ie convloUt. 4 \ e are the more resolved on tms course, bease a medical committee, consisting of three ill-known and skillful physicians of EdgeId, to wit: Hon. H. A. Whaw, now a member the legislature, E. M. Burkhalter and O. 8. :rrlwctber, have this day reported after careinvestlgution, that the health of all our con;ts has much Improved of late, and that the lole of them are capable of performing the Jlnary labor required of the ordinary labor?except six who are resting in the yard? t one in the hosplijal and only one death dulg the lost month, from heart disease, of a nvict formerly injured on the Edgefleld and enton railroad, whence he was returned to e penitentiary as wormiess, du' was aeeuicu i oa enough to be sent to our road. Wc feel nfident that the harrowing experience we | ve acquired will prevent us ever navlng any jre scurvy among our convicts. :n reference to the grave ch rges which have en preferred against either usorouragents In e public prints, we suy boldly once and all, that we invite Impartial lnve^tiga. in by the courts or by a committee of the jlslature. Our self-respect as men, to say noIn&c of our prlUe of character as citizens, )uld have prevented us from Intentionally onglng or permitting tue convicts to be onged. Moreover, we have had and still have leep, direct, personal and pecuniary Interest treating the convicts well, so as to get our ad oomplet?d. For these reasons a Just or nerous inan would think the terrible sickness d mortality among them had sufficiently stressed our feelings and embarrassed our enrprlsc without ulso making us the recipients wholesale and undeserved abuse. More convicts died In the penitentiary last ar than died on the Ureenwood and Augusta ilroad, and about as many died in the pen 1r.tiary last year as have died on our road. We ve also been reliably Informed that the genii symptoms of the disease which has proven fatal to the convicts on both the railroad and the penitentiary during the two last years ve been identically the same?general blllty,eruptions nnd dropsies of the lower eximltles, alternating with chronic diarrhoea, llch are attendant symptoms of .scurvy, acrdlng to all the medical books. tfow, as the health of the convicts In the pen ntiary this year has been exceptionally *ood d as the health of our couvlcts has been etched, especially I hat of the last lot of sevty-tive we received without medical exatnl,tlon In April last, thepubllccan draw 1 sown ference as to how tne mortality ceased so ddenly in the penitentiary and why It broke t in ainrmlnirfv on our road immediately uf "WiirdSt a'hen bo many convicts died In the penlteniry last year, no clamor was raised In any arter concerning It, but when only about the me number have died this year on our road, d died too of diseases contracted in all probllity to a large extent In the penitentiary, or thejatls before being sent to us, a greut hue d cry Is heard alKover the land. }ur company got Its first hundred convicts >in the penitentiary on the&th ofMeptembcr, 7, and as our own surgeons examined each e before rece'vlng him, they were for the rwt part a very healthy lot of laborers, among :iom only six deaths occurred, even when untlng several who were killed for trying to cape during the first eight months thut we id them, say up to May. 1878. But after we obtaiued a secoud lot of fl ty nvlcts on the2nd of May, 1878, the sickness id mortality among them soon developed at a lrful rate and whm we got still a third bat/*h forty more, December the Gtb, 1878, the morlity again swelled to an undue proportion, owever, It is but the simple truth that when e received the second and third batches of nvlcts above mentioned, Mr. Parniele, the en superintendent oi the penitentiary, strentusly objected to our taking them, became as : said most of them were badly diseased and mild die on our hands. We unfortunately lied to heed his counsel in our eagerness to it lubor of any sort. They have died as he prectedthey would in ureal numbers, but the st lotofseventy-flve received irora Superlnndent Lipscomb on the 7th of April,187U,have ed at a fur more appalling rate, considering e time we have had them, than any of the her lots. In August, 1878, Superintendent Parmele vised our stockade No. 3 at a time when there us nearly as much sickness and as many ?o?ho nmnni? the convicts as there were at ockade No. 5 iu August. 1S70, wtien Superinndenl Lipscomb visited It utour request. Ku;rlntendeut Parmele ilgbly praised the genal plan of our stockade us well us of our muniment of the prisoners, both sick and well, .ylng we were d ilug a better part by the con cts In our temporary country quarters than 3 could do for them In tho permanent ?juar rs of tbo penitentiary. Although our stoclcle No. 6 In its appointments unit discipline is most a dupllcute of .Stockade No. 3 which eliced the warm encomiums of Superintendent urmele In 1878. yet Superint ndent Lipscomb as not satlslled with anything he saw ut :ockadeNo 5 in 1879. In submitting this statement of facts to the abllc, we claim that if mistakes have been ade they were unlntent onul. 2. That convicts have always been well fed, id generally well clrthed. a. That the secretary's minutes show that the rectors have issued every order and used all le vigilance to prevent cruelty, hardship or (humanity. 4. That the mortality was due largely to preoub condition of oonvictt, and to disease bejuci the pale of medicine. . That the convicts have heen attended by lyslcians who are the peers of any in the ate. B. That the hospital treatment was as good as >uld be given to manacled p< lsoners, and iual to that recolved by the ordinary laborer the country. As a large number of newspapers lound space publish severe attacks on our management convicts, we hope their sense of Justice will duce them to publish this response. P. H. Bradley, President, G. D. Tillman. Vice-Presid't, A. M. AIKEN, Secretary, K. W. LITE8, tlT 17 TJn.nrn W . xv. DrvAUiJb 11 A. B. Kennedy, R. H. Middleton, Jesse stone, W L. Parks, Jos. Merkiwbtiter, E. M. BURKIIalter, G. W. Nixon, J. D. Neel, J. C. Maxwell, B. Reynolds, Jr., J. N. Dendy, S. B. Hodges, J. T. Parks, J. L. Presley, T. F.^Riley. An Atlanta Book. We have been favored by Dr. J. H. Logan, L. M? M. D., with a copy of his HtudeiH's Innual of Cbeml co-Physics. Dr. Logan Is rell known In Georgia as a prominent physi-. Ian and a professor !n the Atlanta medical allege. The art of writing text-books has adanced more wlthlu the last ten years than 1 any past decade. Learned men are learnigthe Important truth that to be an Instructr It Is not alone sufficient to know. There lustbe another art which we may term auxlary to actual knowledge In any department. len may know volumes and yet not oe ante 5 impart one Iota of information, while otlirs give forth their knowledge as pure and esu as the water Tom the fountain. We iust congratulate Dr. Logan on his success i presenting the research and originality of I." book In such an adaptable form. It is a ook which literally teaches itself. A student an take It and follow Its gradual steps until e stands in the very centre of those mysteies over which modern science is puzzled nd the great minds of the day are disturbed nd anxious. As an example of the clearess of the work we quote only one question nd its answer. On the tlrst page is asked, What Is science?" Answer?Seience is dlested. classified knowledge of the properties tructure and elementary principles of hlngs. Here we have In two lines, what light have been spread over a page to less dvantage. and soon through the book. It Is lear, simple and strong. It is progressive nd conservative at once. Aggressive, but ever radical. Dr. Logan studied long and irefully on his work, and wo trust his labors lay meet the reward they merit. True. Several of the Jurors yesterday, when exmined on the voir dire, answered that they ad formed opinions from reading thefnewsaper report of the testimony taken before IP Coroner, but afterwards said that their Dlnlon was not so fixed that they would not e able to render a true verdict accordingto ic evidence. Judge Uackey held that such n opinion would not disqualify them, and lid : "The press at the present day practical: forms the library of the peoplo. Its utternces circulate through every vein and artey of society. And it would be setting a prelium upon Ignorance to declare that a mere ypothetical opinion upon a transaction rerirteil bv the Dress would disqualify one from ttlng as a Juryman. And after a juror lias eclared that lie has no bias or prejudice It ouldbeagainst publicpoliey toexclude him ir a mere hypothetical opinion of this kind, ir, to carry out the rule, we would have to sclude all the readers of newspapers, and ley, In this day, form the great mass of the itelllgent and educated public, and would ave only the unlettered and Incapable from bom to draw our Juries."?Register. We spent a short but very pleasant visit to bbevllle last week, stopping at the welltiown and Justly popular Alston House kept 7 the Misses Cater, There was a large number ' visitors In town In attendance upon the I junty Fair, which on Friday was made adtlonally attractive by the presence of Senar Wade Hampton. The Fair Itself was unsually successful, the various exhibits being ilte creditable though not very extensive. io association succeeded in raising a saiuent amount of money to pny all expenses id liquidate a considerable debt that had !en hanging over them, so that hereafter ey will be In better circumstances to hold ch successive Fair. A walking match and e awarding of promlums followed, and the tlr was over. we spent the evening with ir Journalistic friends and left on Saturday ornlng, entertaining mnnr pleasant reembrancoH of Abbeville.?Anderson Journal. The Republicans have carried New York, dw Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, nssnchuBetts, Illinois. Minnesota, Wlsconi afid Nebraska with Increased majorities, ille tho Democrats have alono carried firylnnd and Mississippi. In the Virginia I :al election the Rc-adJustcrs of the State ! bt won the day. SUGAR CANE CULTURE. ? What Kind of Cane to Plant to I Produce tke Greatest Yield?Interesting Facts for the Farmeri CoKESBtmT, 8. 0., November 8, 1879. ri To the Editors of the Medium: [ During the existence of the Rural Carolinian I continually advised.our farmers to grow sorghum cane as the most profitable crop they could cultivate. For a few years after the war much of it was grown aud many failures made at manufacturing good syrups, Then for a few years its cultivation almost entirely ceased in South JA Carolina. Latterly some attention has been paid this invaluable plant, and trusting that I may en- _ courage a still more extended cultivation of it, I submit a few thoughts that may be interesting at least to your farmer readers. First, the seed of every variety of the sorghum aro excellent food for ail kinds of stock, and ' when ground make a fair substitute for buckwheat flour. The meal is superior for fattening hogs, and makes a batter bread by no means unpalatable. Second, the fodder if properly cured is better food than corn fodder. Stripped from the stalk and laid on the bed without hand-tieing for two days, and then tied into small bundles and , left for two days longer on the bod to become 1 thoroughly dry, is the most palatable and nutn- K tious distender I have ever rod to stock. ? Third, the begasee, or mashed cane is an ex- a cellent mulch, and if run through the stables adds much value to the mannre pile. Fourth, tho skimmings from the' pans make i excellent vinegar and good alcohol. | Fifth, the syrups, if properly made> is equal to I the best in market, ana every variety of sorghum I cane can be mode to produce sugar." * It will thus be seeu, that nothing pertaining to | this crop need bo lost, and that every portion fo ; the plant can be utilized. During the lant Hammer and fall I manufactured into synip several crops for my neighbors and though this viqjs generally a disastrous year in many respects, all the late plantings of cane were very remunerative. In one patch of three acres, which yielded SOO gallons of delicious syrup, I , discovered five kinds of cane?the Sorgho, or j black top Chinese; the Imphee or red top; the " Oomseana; the Early Amber; and the Mastodon, Being desirous of knowing the difference In value between these canes, 1 cut the best sample of f each kind I could find, and sent them to the Commissioner of Agriculture and requested an ' analysis, with a view to publishing pro bono pub- a lico his report, that the farmers here and elsewhere might be advised whether it would be profitable to plant this or that cane. An interesting correspondence followed, the gist of which I , herewith submit for publication. The sample of Mastodon cane sent the Department measured 17 feet long. I subsequently ; found a cane in the patch measuring IS feet. The others were large specimens of their respec- , tive kinds. The analysis sent in reply to my request was aa follows: . 03 33 *0: -O -0' -O s 0.2? 3 ~? 3 ?$2 ac1 , ? ^ E.ft CEa cSo ' r* ra 3J o ? 5T 2 ? ? c ? V^Hr?3r jf ? ? "j I I -_J?. _ J Mastodon, Tops 1071 14.25 1.36 Mastodon, ButlS 1UH 40.0 HJU 6.77 lmphee 1008 60.7 0.89 9.12 Black Tops 1(M 4U 1^..X 4.49 , Oom?eaua 1077 44.4 14.39 2.20 The Early Amber stalk was so small that it did not yield juice enough to test the experiment. The chemist writes me whea sending the analysis, "you will observe the marked difference ] in tops aud butts of the Mastodon; also the very great difference between the lmphee and others in sucroso or crystalizable sugar, owing I think to the comparative immaturity of the cane. This analysis corroborates my former experiments with 219 specimens of cane that I have examined this fall." In reply to this report I wrote and aakod, which he considered the most valuable of these varieties of cane ? He answered, "there is practically very little choice between them. About as much syrup or sugar can b?) made from ten tonsof one kind of cane as from another, but whichever cane you plant, it is of the extremest importance that it be worked up at the proper time. Obviously it is more profitable to grow a cano that would give 20 tons to the acre than one tbat would only give five or ten. The early amber is, perhaps, a favorite caue became it matures aud yields lucratively as far north as Minnesota." In another portion of this reply, the chemist says: "I find that in every kind of cane the amount of glucoso or uncryBtalizable sugar is very lar^e early in the season, and at that time r the amount of sucroso or sugar is very small. As the season advances the former diminishes and the latter increases. The minimum of glncose, however, is not rendered exactly when the maximum of sucrose appears, but practicallv it is nearly so. And at that particular time there is no trouble in making good sugar from any kind of cane. Indeed I mad* good sugar from the juice of the mastodon stalk you sent me. T wrntn nr-nin n_nkiiifr whifih nn.no I tihnnld nlant | to derive the greater net yield. The chemist replied, "I would plant that cane ! that would give mCthe greatest weight of cane j from an acre, for the amount of sugar or syrup i you obtain will dej>end very nearly upon the ! amount of cane you work up, provided it is workj ed up at the proper time. The exhaustion of the i soil will depend almost exactly upon the amount of cane taken from the land, out by returning i the begasse to the soil through the mannre heap, the exhaustion will be slight. Sugar, you know, is composed wholly of atmospherio constituents and does not come from the soil." I again replied to this letter and asked what was the '"proper time" for working up the cane, . and submitted my reason for preferring one time to another. The chemist replied, "the proper time for making syrup is when the aggregate of boih kinds of sugar?sucrose and glucose?is at its maximum; while for making sugar the proper time will be when the amount of sucrose is at its , maximum, and the amount of glucose at its minimum. For practical purposes these times may be one in the development of tne plant, and that is as soon as 'ull maturity is secured as ! evidenced by the perfect hardening of the seed in the first head, and the full development of heads from shoots starting from the upper joints of the stalks. I also find that the different varieties maintain this condition of -maximum for several weeks, and that there is abundant time for working up the crops. Nothing is gained and there is great risk in cutting any length of timo before grinding. Of bourse the tempo return will Iiava much tn do with it. If it were I very cold, no injury would reMult; otherwise the cane might bo injured. I think your plan of stripping, topping, cutting and grinding m rapid HUCceHuiun, the proper one." Much more was written by the agricultural chemist at Washington, which I doubt net, would be interesting reading for tho^armers of South Carolina, but I have already spun out my article to too great a length, and will conclude it with the following letter written me by the Commissioner of Agriculture from Chicago on the 23rd October: My Dear Col:?Appreciating the interest you take in all matters pertainiug to the advancement of ajjriculture, and knowing that you will be glad to learn of anything new in the manufacture of sugar, 1 take pleasure in acquainting you with the result* of a recent trip made through the West innpecting the sugar boiling establishments of that nection. From information thus obtained and from trustworthy report*, I am enabled to state that we are now making sugar in many places in the Mississippi valley from Texa* to northern Minnesota. I have found successful operations everywhere. At Crystal Lake, III.,, is the largest mill which is being managed by Messrs. Russell A Co., and they now have ready for shipment to tnis market a car load of first class sugar and will have another car load ready within a few days, beside having more in sight and ready for the contrifugal; and all this obtained under adverse circumstances. The stalks IIUII1 WU1UU IU1M WUN IUUUU ?C1D I1U iUligUl, BUU, perhaps, not so large as thoso I saw growing on your son's place; but they were full of pure saccharine juice, as were those grown in South Carolina. Surely the question of the production of our own sug'ar is settled beyond any donbt Your friend and fellow-worker in the agricultural harness. Wir. G. LeDcc, Com. of Agr. Apologizing for monopolizing ho much of your valuable space, I am Very truly, D. Wyatt Aiken. P. 8. I am almost convinced, that if the Early Amber cane were planted in March it would ripen with favorable seasons early in July, and with ordinary seasons the stubblo would produce a second crop as heavy, if not heavier than the I til'st. I took 100 gallons of syrup off an acre of Early Amber cane in 1878, and upon frost fall the second crop had matured, but I allowed it , to die on the land to prevent taxing that acre too severely, and thoso seed were planted late in April. D, W. A. The Watehee Dhidoe Cloned,?On Inst Saturday evening, lust it short while after old Sol had cone to bed, the lust null was driven into the big Elephant which spans the beautiful Wateree. In other words, the Wateree bridge was nailed close, so us not to ndinlt the passage of any one from or?e side of the river to the other. Tho structure Is liable to fall nt any moment, and it is a good thing that It has been closcd.?Kershaw (Jcwtte. j Navioation of Bhoad Riveh.?-We were pleased to meet In our town last nionday Mr. J. Pi Carson, who, under orders from Gen. Gilmore, U, H. A., It} preparing to make a survey of Hroud River, with a view to making It navigable for light uralt steamboats. This Is 1 a work in which the people of this section J should feel a deep Interest. Ho is now seeking Information upon the agricultural, mineral and all other resources of all this region of Country. If Broad River can be made , navigable for steamboats there is no estima- : ting the advantages It would give to the peo- \ pic of thlasectlou of country.? Union Times. ' Changing Hands.?Two of the most beau- o tlful and desirable homes In oar town have t lately changed hands. Col. H.- W. Addison c has sold his place, In Buncombe, to Col. W. H. Folk; while Mr. W. E. Lynch bus become the owner of the W. W. Adams place on tho back street, the old Slmklns home of Edgefield's earliest days. Both of these purchasers are young and handsome bachelors. But who knows what God has In store for tliern 1?Edgefield County, Remember, ProfessorTlce says that a show-> er of stars exceeding in brilliancy that which occurred forty odd years ago will take place on the night of the 13th of November, Young men will take notice. This will afford a rare opportunity far visiting. i Ah the Sands of thi. Ska !?Eight candl- J dates for the Senate. Thirteen for Sheriff, Sixty for County Commissioner; And seven or eight hiindred/or the Legislature I This is what wehcar?Engc/icld AdvertiserThe total value of all tho pergonal and real n property In Newberry Counly, is over$;J,500,- I u00.?Newberry News. The Anderson Intelligencer pays that Gen. McGowan is largely the favorite for Governor in Anderson County. ill CLOAKS! | J| , ! "'HE Ladles of the county will find a splen. did assortment of Cloaks at White Bro's. ANY person In need of an article In this ne. would do well to call and examine their Ocr. 15, 1879. ROSENBERG RETURNED. . ? / A ND NOW HAS ns good a STOCK of all \ kinds of goods asevercame to Abbeville [Is stock now being complete in all of Its deartmentfl, he takes the liberty of asking very one to come and Inspect bis GOODS nd be convinced where hut hi OANBEHAD, The largest and best selected stock of t Jbieady-Made CLOTHING, rHIS SIDE CHARLESTON. .t prices that can't be beaten in the State Boots & Shoes JY THE THOUSANDS and at LOW TOW 'RICES. Entire satisfaction guaranteed. P. ROSENBERG, Sept. 10,1879, tf I A NEW SUPPLY OF PAPER AND ENVELOPES, at reducc<3 prices. Edwin Parker. Oct. 1, 1879, tf White Bro's., II/OULD respectfully ask the attention ol wV Buyers to their : SPLENDID STOCK OP Hats, and Ready-Made Clothing, ALSO, Beady-Made Shirts, LaraW an! UnanRflriei October 1, 1879. Don't Forget jpO look for Black Casimeres and Alpacas -ATWHITE BROTHERS, Oct. 15, 1879. . Red Clover Seed. LITCERN SEED, ORCHARD GRASS SEE] for sale by Dr. E. Parker. Oct 7. 1870. MILB'JHM WAGONS The Best in the Market! Lintel Draft M Best Finis J. W. ROBERTSON, fj ASJt??t rccelve<l a car load of these eel X( oniieu WHSU11H, wmtu nu in v/iioiup > low pries. All sizes?from one to four bore He also has bnircles and harness. October J5, 1870, 8m. ENTERPRISE GROCERY No. 5, Washington Street, Is Here You Will Find Cloic FLOUR, MEAL GRITS, RICE, Aim i n UUhl-tt, MJliAH, TOBACCO, CIGAES, SOAP, SALT, B4CON. LARD, CRACKERS and CANDY. A Well Selected Stock 0 CANNED GOODS ALL of which will be sold low for CASH. Kd-Top of Marliot paid for country product Respectfully. J. R. MORRIS, Theo. Markwalter, MARBLE WORKS, Broad Street, near Lower Market Auocsta, Ga, 0 g"EEPS on hand and furnishes toorder Monuments, Tombstones md Marble Work In general. A large selec Ion ready for lettering and delivery at shor IUn.-oi.iil l.nn.li.n/,1! r\T Hair ilr.clirnc li he most modern styles Monument furolflhei :heaper than ever before in this market nm if the best workmanship, similar to that o he Con federate Soldiers' Monumentrecentlj Tected by me In this flity. March $6,1871). SILVEE SOAP. -ATEdwin Parker's Aug. 27, 1S79. o VERIALA'S ARCANUM. [70R Bentitlfylng the Complexion, Remove! L" i-rpcKics, rimpies, nimuurn, iun, uni [Ides (he Marks of Small Pox, at Edwin Parker, sept. 34, 1879, tr Marshall P. DeBruhl Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. 11. S. C. Vlyr . y-? -0-.?. . ' *?** .* J-??*r-?vv ' -A5Dj^RE OPENING THEIR FALL AND WINTER STOCK MR, TEMPLETON has Just returned from the NORTHERN MARKETS where be hat purchased a ulce STOCK OF MERCHANDISE. .1 comprising all lines. Lav Dress (Ms, 121-2 Cents Call early and get something choice In CLOAKS & ALPACAS, DOLMAN'S AT $7. CLOAKS AS LOW AS 52 Sept 17, 1379. tf TRY HOME FIRST. CONGAREE 11WU Columbia. S. C. inn , PROPRIETOR. REDUCED PRICES:. VERTICAL CANE MILLS List of 3?rice?p 2 Rollers, 10 inches diameter,~...485 00 2 " 12 " " 46 00 2 " 14 " ...... 55 00 8 " 10 " ..... 00 00 3 " 12 " ? 70 00 0 " . 14 44 ..... 80 00 > Abovepricescompletewlth Frame Wltho Frame,10 lesson each Mill HORIZONTAL?3 Boiler Mi for Stoam or Water Power, ?50. M Your Orta for Cane Mills AND flrmn TToftlo MJ JL UJkl AAVVVAV TO B. B. SMITH, Agent. J*. Elurz, D Agent for Abbeville County. 1-?HE celebrated SINCLAIR CUTTER, S SIX and EIGHT. These Machines are tinlvornallly acknov edged to be the best manufactured, for ci ting Hay, Straw, Fodder, Corn Stalks, Suit Cane, etc., and for Strentrth and Durablli have no equal. 350 FIRST PREMIUM GOLD MEDALS at the World's Fair of Pn Is, London and Moscow, besides thousands testimonials from largo stock raisers, live; stables and farmers. Samples to bo seen at Kura <fc Bruce's Bor Shoe and Harness Establishment, Abbcvll] Court House, So. Co. Dec 25. 1878, PAINTS IN OIL White Lead, lu 1 6c 2 ft cans, Chrome Green 1 lb cans. Chrome Yellow 1 ft cans, Venetian Red I ft cam. Turkey Umber 1 ft cans, Raw Umber 1 1b cans. Drop Black 1 ft cans, Prupslan Blue I <t ^ lb cans, Vandyke Brown 1 ft cans, Venetian Red, dry, ' Spanish Brown, dry, Chrome Green, dry, at Edwi?i Parker's Sept., 10, 1879. FL\E MILL IJOHiUi! II AS J I) ST HAD HIS MILL ON CA n houn'sCreek, elglit miles wesioi ado vllle Court House, put in line repair by 01 of tlie best mill Wright's in the country. VVil a new bolting clotb, a line new water whe and Improved machinery of every kind, I cannot fall to please all who may favor hi f with tbeir patronage. All he asks la a fa trial; when he wlliguarantee satisfaction : both quantity and quality of yield. July 2. Ih79. tf ' TOOTH PREPERATION. ) v RIGHT'S Cbeckerbery Paste. Wright's Charcoal Paste. Frangipanno Tooth Powder. ? West India Tooth Wash. ALSO, Pouclne Soap, Sand Soap. s Hand Sopollo Soap. JuJnper Tar and Glycerine Soap. Edwin Park6r. Sept, 17,1879, tf State of South Carolim Edgefield County, , IN COMMON PLEAS. Thomas E. Byrd, Administrator, Tlalnti against Mary A. Byrd. Charles L. Byr Wm. M. Byrd, George E. Dorn and othei Defendants; Complaint to Sell I.and to pay Debts. TJ Y Virtue of an order from Hon. T. J. Mac / JJ ey. Circuit Jud|e, to me dJree'ed in th j cause, I will sell on Monday the lOtli day 'tj November next at 1'2 o'clock M. at the plant [i tloii recently owned by the late Wm.M. Byr a and George 10. Dorn on Hard Labor Creek I J Abbeville County. The interest being on ' half of said tract of land, which the said Wr ? M. Byrd, deceased, otrhed at the time of h death, in said land, containing Four Hundred and Ninety Three Acres. more or less, adjoining lands of Danl< Thomas, It. W. Seymoure. Thomas Watsoi and others. Terms of sale: The costs of suit and on< half of the purchase money to be paid In cas j the balance on a credit of one year, with in | terest from day of sale; on credit portion to b 4 secured by bond and a mortgage of the pren I! ises. Papers extra to be paid for bythe pui I chaser. J. F. C. DuPRE, C? A. /I o. a, v/* . Oct. 15, 1879, If ELSIE'S BAKING POWBEI -AT? Edwin Parker. J Oct. 1,1579, tf 1 Ik' ; ' ..*. v \m Notice to Tretspaiserf. HUNTING, fishing Hod pawing through oar land* In Smitbvllle Township are hereby forbidden. The law will be enforced against those disregarding this notion. H. G. KLUGH, ,-fy _ J. A. KELLAR, G. W. COLLINS, / B. M. MARTIN. October 7,1879. ZEPHYR WORSTED ALL COLORS, Card Board, Mottoes, Splints for Wall PockeU, <&?., In large Assortment and very cheap at the EMPORIUM OF FASHIONS. Oct 8,1879, tf SCALES! SCALES!SCALE!! % t PANIC PRICES, f WOULD say tomyflsrinlngfHends that! 1 have acoepted the agenoy ror toe CHICAGO 8CALE COMPANY and will bo pleated . to Alltheir order* fccwiyjUiiii*. Jp tJUiH Un?. This Company makes a first-class Seals J50 per cent, lower than any other first-class Company. Every Scale warranted to giv? satisfaction or money refunded. , r have erected one of these Scales In rear of Dr. Parker's Drug store, ana urn prepared to weigh any kindof&rm product, and will consider It a favor to receive the patronage of my brother formers. I have a first-class "NEW SCALE," and u I will ftWe my personal attention, I hope to ' please both Buyer and Seller. - JAMES 8. wnam. Octg.lCT.tf Mrs. Sassard 11/HOSE tine taste and ability a?* Milliner Vf Is well known to the lAales of Abbeville and surrounding oountry is still ttr be found al the EMPORIUM- OF FASHIONS, and being better prepared this season than ever to offer extra inducements to her nnmer' ous friends and customers In search of stylish and cheap Hats and Bonnets, would respectfully solicit ?look before purchasing elsewhore. guaranteeing perfect saUsfrotloo. Oct ii, 1879, tf ... J Emporium ? ? of Fashions. * ?OUR? FALL AND ? mm m VLi* ? . S 4 i? comprising all the latest novel ties in Millinery, dress goods, Ladies* Cloaks, Drew Trimming*, Trimming Bilks, Rufilings.Scarfs Corsets, Zephyr Shawls Jewelry. Kid Gloves and everything tor lbs Ladles' is now complete in every department and prices guaranteed at lowoitcash figures, , . -AT THEEMPORIUM OF FASHIONS. Oct 6.1878, tf : . NOTICE 11 to # * Debtors James F. Malry, Dec'i ALL persons Indebted to the Estate of Dr. JAMES F. MABRY, deceased, either by note or account are requested to come for. ward and pay the fame at an early day to the undersigned or tolny agent Dr. J. W. KELLER. Those neglecting to heed this notice will find their notes and accounts In the hands of an Attorney for collection, as fur? ' ther indulgence wllMgtbe^glven.^^ Administratrix. Oct \ 1879. V a PI1VB PHflTHMIPK I III! 1 UUIUil l|D " W 8. ALEXANDER With on experience ~ V? of fire years Jo Photograph In*. has opened a GALLERY on the Alston Hon** lot, where he has completed bis arran??m nts for making Photographs, In all the various styles. Copying ana enlarging Is one of n f ? specialties. Life size portraits made lfde? sired. 1 take pleasure in showing my ne 1' mens, and respectfully invite the public to call and see thetn.* All wbo wish work done will do well to call early all Hill remain here but a short time, W. S. ALEXANDER. . Sept 17,1S?0, tf FURNITURE ' wtniuiK * 11 illlftj IIW11XL'? At Anderson, S. C, s G. P. TOLLY, I ' ' ? ry >t, A IfNOtttTCfcp TO THE ABflfitlLLlJ Le, A Public that ho keeps constantly ati band , nt ANDERSON, 8. C. The largest STOCK _ OP FURNITURE kept In the up-ttrautry, wh'.ch he Is prepared to sell cheaper than GREENVILLE, AUGUSTA, or CHARLESTON. As a proof of this, I mention a few1 prices below, which are not intended as "catch-pennies" but are JOy Regular Prlccs/ Other articles will be found to be proportion' ntcly low. Good Hard Wood and Cottage Bedsteads, with Slats and Cnstors complete; $2.25 and upwards; Flue Solid Walnut Bed' steads, Head Board 6 feet 6 lfiche# high, at 30,75) Dress BUreaus( I flotation Walnut with large Glass S7.A0 and upwards Solid Walnut Bureaus K Marble Tap. Drop Handles, 113.00/ Kitchen safe* two Doocs aqdWDrawer. $4,50 upwards; Lane heavy Cfenraack ana Seat arm Rocking Cnalrs, 82,60, Srune Cane Bach and Seat, 81,89/ Cane seat Chain per hair dozen 85.00 and upwards, Washstands with drawer and Towel end 81.25 and upwards. limitation Walnut suits consisting of SolidJFIeOd Board French Bedsteads, Dress Bureau, wash stand/Table, 4 cane seat Chain and one/looking Choir at 810,60, SOLID WALNUT CHAMBER 8U1TB, Consisting of French Be<rat**d 0 "" feet 5 inches high, Dress Bureau, Wasmrtknd/ . Table. Four Cane seat Chain and Bn?e Arnr Cane Seat and Back Rock ing Chair 882,50, and1 everything elseIn prodortlon. , Parlor Furniture of all styles oheaber than' any where else, call and see me. ail am de^ Hcti tA ho TTniiprsnM hv KAir Hnilnd. I i rfdur; D?POT STREET. Lr Anderson, 8. C, e- Sffpt: IT, 1879, 10 j. ii i 'ii un.?i eeaa? el Atlanta k Charlotte Air-Line Railroad CHANGE OP SCHEDULE.if On and After June 28th trains wHI run on In this rood as follows: Day Pauenger Train._ (EASTWARD.) Arrive at Seneca. 9 12a. m.-Leave.:.- 9 13a.m.(WESTWAKD.) Arrive at Seneca- 5 15p. m.-Leave*. 6 18 p.m.* jS'iuhl Patten get Traitis (EASTWARD.) Arrive at Seneca.. V 01 p.m.-Leaver. 9 02p.m., (WESTWARD.) Arrive at Seneca., tt 34a.m.-Leave... 6 35 a. m.Local Freiuht Traiit.(EASTWARD.) Arrive at Seneca- 5 06n. m.-Leave... 5-38 p.m. i (WESTWARD.) Arrive at Seneca- 7 05a. m.-Le*ve.~ 7- 10 a. m._ Through Freight Train. (WESTWARD.) } Arrive at Seneca- 1 55 a. m,-Leave... 1 55 a. m. DAY Passenger TRAIN. (EASTWARD.) Arrl vc at Greenvi lie 10 45 a. nr.-Leave W47a. m. (WESTWARD.) Arriveat Greenville i 30 p. n?.-Leave 2<42p. m. Night Pamshokb- Train.- h (EASTWARD.) _ ArrlveatGreenvill?rl043p.m'-Leavo 1045p.m. ft. /WESTWARD:) ArrlveatGreenvHle 4 3a a. mi-Leave 442a. m. ijocai. Freight Train.(EASTWARD.) Arrive at Greenville 7 3t<a.iB:-Lcavtf830 a. m. (WESTWARD.) k- Arrlveat Greenville 3 54p. m.-Leave 4 20p.m. Id Tukough FKKJGHT TKAI>\ of (WESTWARD.) a- Arriveat Greenvlllo 1083j>.fl%:-Leave 1045p.m. Connecting at Atlanta for4 all liolntt We?t n and South went. c* Connecting at Charlotte for all Eaatern J* points. 18 Through Tickets on saH a?Jflainor*l!le,8cneca City. Greenville a?<? Spartanburg to all points East and West. G. J. FOKEACRE. General Manager. " W.J.HousToN.Genera'.'PassengeratidTicket Agent. Notice. .. THE Notes and Aceouritaof Mdseley, Leh j Roy & Co. and J. B. Moseley A Cdi are in i- my hands for collection artd mim'be nettled e by the 15th of November, nejttl parties Ini. debted look to your interest.' J, B. MOSELEY. Oct 15,1S79, tf The Latest Variety of Note Paper w*th Envelopei, I T)IN AFORE paper and envelopes. Colors? JL Sea Foam Pink, and Pencil Bloom, for/ sale by E. PASSES. Oct. is, lew (