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gnr w r wrnmam fhe Press and B??nncr.1 I5>- IIu<jli Wilson. . l Wednesday, May 9, 18S3. j IgllMl ? !. IIUBJH WIH II ! Tnnik Lino to Chicago. A correspondent to tlie Xchs ft ml (,'ouricr of the 5th instan^, after noticing tin-[ meeting at this place of the executive i mittec* of tlio Chicago, Cumberland: <inp and Carolina Kail road ail.I giving an ?woura>;ing account of this grand pro-j jeet, has I ho following: j "The matter of principal interest to this j community is the location of the li:'eaud! the depot at this point. The old charter; j erpiired that thev should he within olio half tnihi of the Court House* and tin*j #!iInscription* in tint town were mailt" on --- that condition. Three routes are underj consideration: One directly through the; town, one l?etwoon a half and three-qiiar i its of a mile, and the other a mi!.* and a quarter from town. The first won id be exceedingly expensive, the second le-s; expensive, and tho third comparatively cheap." Which of the'se three routes will be adopted? It is natural to suppose, it' the ttiatter is left entirely to the company, ^ ho expect to construct the road, that tho last mentioned route will bo adopted as it is the cheapest. The question thonizis is not for the Hail road Company, but for: the people of our town to decide. If they wish the road to run in a mile or two of town and for this place to loose all the' benefits that would be derived from the j load running through the town, then let' them remain in their state of su-; jiine inactivity. We will in a few years see Abbeville bearing tho same re-; ia'.ionship to its depot that C'?kcsbury does to 1 ladies,and our j>eoplo will before] tnauy years, as Cokesbury dc.es now, fclatnonr for a road to run through its; very eontre, it will never do for such to, the case. Abbeville could never prosper with a depot town in a mile and a half j of it. We have heard the argument about the town building to the road but think the doctrine is as false as it is pernicious i to our interests. In the first place, if our town is to grow on account of the mad, is , it not to be expected that tho growth will <*ominenee at the depot of the road and not in the town,and in tho second place] what reasons have wo to suppose thai the growth will he in the direction of the. .>ml iir.t in t ht> oimosite direction. Why not thou have the line located through the town, where the town itself ?? c?m receive all the benefits that the road ; whall bring? I Let our people he up and doing. They i should never sulfa r tho line to l?e located contrary to the provisions of the original eharttr, which required it to be in one. Iioll' mile of the Court House. Those who are placing dilTicul'ies in tho way by refusing the right of way are blind to their own interestand arc placing a direct obstacle in our march to prosperity. The permanent location of the road has coininonced rtt Aiken and no doubt in a low days the engineeung corps will reach this; place. We sugsre*t that a meeting of the citizens be called to discuss this mat- j ler and be prepared to meet the corps' vith such proposals and inducements as' *vill insure us a lire through the town. Eu Route for Host on. Much has been said of late against the; action of the State Board of Agriculture; in refusing to take steps to secure South Carolina representation at the Boston Ex- j position. But the severest criticism we have yet seen was the action lately j taken by the Columbia Board of Trade, j In the very city where tho Agricultural I JJoard holds its meetings, a iuuvviu?u was set on foot lo secure us the ilcsircd j representation by private subscriptions.; A lively meeting was hold on the 2nd iti stant and resolutions were parsed by the! Hoard of Trade of Columbia appropria-j ting ?000, to this project and calling upon "the rest of the State to do its part. We; hope to see this commendable example! followed by all sections of the State and.' ?>outh Carolina, in spite of the action of; the Board of Agriculture, handsomely; represented in Boston. We understand that the County Com-j missioncrs propose to enforce, strictly, J the act pertaining to drainage in this! County. Wo had hoped that it would j meet their views of their duty in the! premises to postpone this work until the! summer. But they think otherwise. SoJ wo advise our friends to look after the I logs and other obstructions In the streams j1 flowing through their premises. There,' is no wiser luw in general effects, than j this,on the Statute books, Butwesug-j jtest to our Representatives in the Cener-! ol Assembly that it would suit the eonve- j ??i/mno r\f nil aceoiimlish the! same result, if the time of clearing out | J lho strCaiVJs, were changed from .March j to July and August. i \ I + ? Noti:fc<>r.s petitions aro before thej< County Ccihtais&ioners fur the opening of;: now roads. We understand that the; Boftrd will po to Stony Point ouedny next] | week to settle the question of a new road 1 from Boyd's Mill to Greenwood. Two or three routes are under advisement, I The Kniron of the Frets ami Banner] is absent this week, and Capt. M. L. Bonham and L. \V. Smith, Esq., have charge of the paper in his absence. All the arti-; > -cles contained in this issue aro to bo as-, fc ! ?-ribed to their.. j; r* j j A Tragedy of the Recent Slorin. ji The wreck of a h.unc and the loss of lif.-, mi ', account of which wo take from the AUnutu fi)H3littUion, occurred on the night of tin- great ! ?? Storm: On last Sunday night, some time between j twelve and two o'clock, in Hesird count v.! Georgia, at HillaliiiliHlciiH) crcck, about kix r.il'es northwest of Franklin.at Mend's mi IS I happened one of most t- rrible n< 1 <iis tressing calamities that was everoursa'l task to chronicle. Mr. IS .1. Hoop, who was living! On the property of his father-in-law. Mr. Itob- j e; t Mcnell, and for want of a better locution i for building, near the iniJ!, had erected his1 <twelllitu ond store house on a little plat of| ground Just helow the mill dam between thej' race ana the creek. Mr. H .1. I?n.i fumi- | ly. consisting of a wife and tlree childrenone an infant of but a few Weeks, together | * with a little n??io eirl acting ns nurse. inu<!e i nt? the number that constituted the household. But there whs still another on that la ! til night to meet the fearful doom * hat lay Just before hi in, and that was Mr. Thomas I Itoop, of this county, who w.ts spending: the night with his brother. Away in the jwihII hours of the night th'-v were aroused ' from their quiet slumbers by the pelting rain j and fearful ra.e of tint midnight storm; the deep roar ot thunder aud the vivid Hash ofi lightning, made then) conscious of the awful danger that surrounded them, and no doubt, j to their astonishment, the water was already fccveral inches deep in both the dwelling and | store houses,and rising at a fearful rate. The j labt words that Mr. H. J. Hoop recollects of ; tt.onL-inL' to his brother Thomas, was while they were atntxllntf In the yard, in front of' the house. He told his bro'her to take care 01! himself, and he would try and save his fiuni- j fy. He then hurried to the window, and the! * vaterwas t?y thia time, waist deep, and did t all he could to extricate his wife and children [ from the impending danger. Hut with thai > nobleand unselfish love that only a mother) run feel she refused to to unless her precious j little ones could b?* taken at the s.'?mo time, preferring to perisii with them rather th?n i leave them to the merciless fury of the ratting Waters. A few more minutes persuasion M ilh his poor sick wife, who was not aide to helpi herself, and all was lo*t. The dam above the holts'? Ruve way and its tremendous volume of; water came with all the force and terror of a j hilghiy avalanche, sweeping everything be- L fore it. So vestige of dwclli'.c.- store, or </utbulid-| logs was left to mark the spot where once i dwelt this happy family. Mr. Itoop, lieins an experienced swimmer, followed on after his house for more than a title, until it struck a I large tree and v/ent to pieces and hop-- ended J in despair. Perched upon an oVerhantrlni.' i1 limb he remained there until the morning 11 light hud streaked the eastern skies and j I friends bad hastened to his aid. lint now i rome-* the sequel of the story, and a sad one it; I is: all were h?t hut Mr. B.J. Koop, and who'! was saved as almost by a mlrcle The receding waters whose furies had been spent in dealing'1 out death and destruction, revealed to those j' present on that occasion a scene that can he j J better imagined than described. The loss of! properly in thiscouniy by last Sunday flight's11 storm will amount to more than filly thou-1' ?and dollars, but fortunatelv there were no i1 other lives lost. ' I' |? The Canal. j A Columbia correspondent of the Xeu-bcrrj/ j Observer, under date of May 1. has this to say < * of the way wotk Is progresMngun the canal: j | "from uervttin to vtei^yr s nui nmijr* Fite the work is prog rosing as well us could ! 1 he expected, with the luhornl command. 0111 bourse skilled labor would accomplish a grout 11 <ieul more. Narrow gauge railroads run hitii- 1 er and thither, on mnd and over trestles;'? dump cars, lonivd with serviceable clay and : I granite for bnilding Uio banks or walls of the ! canal, ure In constant motion, besides a large 11 number of wheelbarrows; Immense walls of > granite for waste ways are being erected ;j c drilling and blasting are going on. and evenlc the carponter is not idle. It takes a larueju humbcr of laborers to keep all this work mov-l r inc. and. stretched as it is over half a mile of I c , ' - territory in length, it does not make much of j a show of progress to those who do not eon-1 c . " eider all things, and wbo want to see the ca- t naland the factories grow up like Jack the|t Oinnt-ktiler's bean stalk. To others the work t is satisfactorily progressive, and the begin-jc ning being the hardest part, It will not be | ji i long before a good showing will be made to i ? the eye of the crn-st critical Sunday afternoon 11 canal walker. When the legislature meets iu , t .November they will see the wisdom of rneir! i wjjpioprlutiun, as there i? niil.ioiis in it." i t Mor.-srr . jw?U c-w?c^u?ffAUAi ... . -... ^ Double Homicide. THE KILLING OF PHILIP WILLIS AND JAMES (J ADS DEN, COLORED, DY CIIAMLES WALLACE, WHITE. Full c*:irlloiilar-t of the rrarftil Deer ?The E.;:-a;>r- <:T the Jlstrderrr?Th^i Finding at the Coroner's Inquests?1 Not >Vlil>k**y? I?i:J a Disregard of tinLaw Forbidding the Carrying of Concealed Weapons the Uad;c:?>ie;l Cause of the Crime. rShtlmvlt; l>?xt.\ ! Saturday nit'ht hero, like in mosl places) where it 11 in!ifr.<< of people me employed, is J!?? bu>y |c:'iulol ' In* week. ami Islin time win 1i ' nit! s.orcs are mostly crowded with Iii<: work- j inn people. both while and colored. who hi; Ihis time In.v in their supplies (or tin* ensuing ' week. Such v.'u< tin' fjtsi- lust Sal'ii day even-; iug.at half-past s o'clock, when a tragedy oe* fiirrni nt tli.- t;v;iit part ol' I he store occupied l>y Mr. .1. i .'NVill, on Scv?.ni h i< < !, In (his i town. Til-.1 store was < rowded. the proprietor ! and his assistants were engaged hehiinl 'hej counters. no quarrelling whai -ver bad been j heard sullicit ill !o atlraet ati> ntior. above the 01 dilijtry murmur of the crowd, scarcely any 1 drinking had liecn indulged in, am' certainly i none whatever b\ i lie two colored monWh?j were Hlterv.ards family wound: d, when tin* I sound of three <|ii.ek reports wcie heard, :}nd , the cries of wounded men went <nii upon thej eomparniUely quiet air So quick \v:vs tiiej deadly uorlr accomplished (hat ere the par-! tialiy pan.ly/.t d by?titndcrr. awoke to a re-J i.iizalion ?>1 the deadly effect of the shotsIho| erimiiii'l had vanished into lliestrert and dis-j apnea ml from the scene of his direful \vork.| The pariiculars appear to be tlntl shortly i.ftcr s o'clock a young man by liie name of Charles Wallace, who has been an employee ' at the railroad workshops for a short lime, previous, waikfi into Mr. cl'S'eiU's store and through to the barroom, where he. in com-) pany wiih a fri ml, look a glass of beer, an I; turned and went (litongh the establishment ut least as far as tlie>loor. Win n at or near. I he street door, he trod on the foot ofl'hilip; Willis, cob'iv*!. who made some remark about it. and Wallace was In urd by tbo-eju^t.arotiinl ; to say."I hii* yosir pardon.' Wiiils said sunn- j thing further, and Wallace replied, "l>idn'l ; ] beg votir pardon ? Ain't you satislied with i tluil The language used appeared net to have he' n ho liy ?>r boisterously spoken, and lit'le at'.cition was paid to their business j ""Ill Im-IJUK K re; Oil III ll,|-|M>li'l l"lll'i liir I attention of every one in tin" store io the) fiint whence t!.? sound came. Hcfore any-j tiling could be done, with great rapidity. the; pistol was di-clro-gcd a sceond and a third' lint'*. The lirsi shut struck the unfortunate: Willis in the client, ni'Mr the throat. The ' second cave Sherman (ireeli. colored, who' was Kmn.ii.' on Hi- counter having a dime changed. a se dp woimd on 11?' very lop ol tiie j head, passed til'ou/h a box of fancy biscuits.; scattering I Ic d iss, and dropped a! the plate ! of Mr. K I' oye, a clerk in the stoic, who j was nt ifie moment eating his supper at tliej rear of the front store. The third shot struck! the other fatally wounded eo'oied man,James tiadsden, in ill- hack near the loins, and j passed through the body to the front of the stomach. tiadsden was at the counter mak* j ina purchases when the lirst shot was fired. at:d v.a< seeking refuge behind the counter ; win n wounded. Willis, with Ills hand to his throat, rushed i<? the drug store ol l'r. S. I!. J Thompson, where, with a cry of drspair, he tell upon the stoop. The* doctor saw at aj glance that his ease was hopeless. In the; meantime Cadsden ii til heeu brought to t he | stoic for treatment The doctor prohed the, wound, extracted ihc hall, i-ave the victim something to alleviate his pain, and recoin-J inendi d hel'C taken to h is iionie just outside j of town. While the physician was atlmiuis-. tering to (iadsih n, Willis !?y on the stoop in . In the agonies of death, and succumbed io the j wound Just a half hour after receiving the: 'atai shut. It is the custom of the Town Marsha! t<?! make his rosie.ds in the evening, and he had a short lime before Ictt the scene cf the kill-1 ing where everything was ipiict and orderly, j He was "lulckl.v buck when he heard 'he cries, lint Wal ace. ih" man who was afterwards iiictl11as itic" pariy wm> aiei m?n>- nn shoot iim. was known to so few persons by name that. no positive information could at j the moment be-had wliicli would warrtnt I lie J Marshal to arrest anyonecvon 011 suspicion As si.on as itracticible after the ?l?*:tlli of WiiMs Satunlay nisht. Trial Justice I,a'ison,| learning that tin- < 'onnty Coroner was up at; Sheldon net ins as ('oroiier. ]>r<icepded to enrol i a Jury urim;xu>l to investigate the case as fol-1 lows: I?. \V. Tindall. foreman ; 1'. X. Shall. J. J. | VNelll, II. I,. < tdiorno, W. p. t'.iniphcll. \V. A. j S<">rec.v, T. i i. Jor.es, Jake i'.rown. A. Z. West. T. ]>. Thomson. J. J. Flowers, S. 1*. Keels, Stephen James f'lnrles (iadd. Several witness s wore examined. and the i evidence coIlcctUely went to show that the | shooting had heen done hy a young white man who carried a tin horn in his hand, htit no evidence up to this time was civet) sufficiently char to identify theunilly pally hy name. At anont hnlf-|>asi o'clock, it bavin:;' appeared to the jury that the testimony ofj John I.yons was indispens:dde, a warrant was i issued 'for his arrest hy the acting Coroner, j The constable returned short I v afterwards and j reported th.it Ik* bad not good reasons ha ving j been eiveti by hltn for such non-arrest', arrest-j ixl Lyons. The jury *.vas then unavoidably adjourned to meet tit 7 o'clock Sunday inom-! lm:. A little after the hour named the jury! met and heard the testimony of Mr. I.yons, j which went to show that t'buries Wallace was j the man who had the tin horn in hi* hand the niuht before. At the conclusion of the testimony. the jury rendered the subjoined i vcrdlct: ' i"ti:if the cniil Ptiilln Willis c.iuic to bis death caused by a gunshot wound in thetho-j rax Inflicted hy one Cliatlio Wallace, on the | 2->tli day of April. It*s3, in the Town of Port i Iloyal." ! The Trial .TuMice iinmedialely forwarded the information of the findings of the jury of iiioncst to thepropcr authorities at tin- county |' seat; hat not until 4 p. to. of that day, Sun-! day, wa? lie enabled to telegraph to t lie vari-1 ous places \\ here il was thought likely tliecscapeil murderer mipht he apprehended, owing: to the fart that. l!;e teipgrnjdi ofltce?. a' .such! places were closed until such hour. PurlngP Min day morning. deputy sheriffs Taylor and : .Melian came dov* n from lieaufort and. with a ;; posse, instituted a thorough search for the : fugitive. T'pon their failure to discover any j' trace of his whereabouts, they returned to the 1 Conn house. 1 later in iho day on Sunday, Justice Ladson,!' heln; informed that the case of James (>ads-t tion nas hopeless,and that the dying man ilesiied to make an anie-morted statement, pro-)1 eeeded to his pice of re-idence and look the' same down. This .statement, if anything, i' points more strongly to the identitvof the J' gul! tympany than ilieevldence of any of the wltnrs-es I if-fore the liuiuislllon. Thedylng'l declaration was forwarded to lieaufort, and ' Is, in siilotaecC, about as follows: '! have!' no hoj?c of iivinv. On last Saturday evening. *1 I was iii Mr. < >'Neiil's store, in J'ott Koyal.'1 ?l;out half-past s o'clock, when a young man 1 in passing hy Philip Willis, stepped on his( foul, l'liiiip Widis said : 'Mind how you no 1 ' siasliing through here.' The young' while i! man then walked hack r.p lo Philip Willis p r. nd said: 'f beg your pai don.' Willis then :' said: 'Well, my fool ain't wood.* The young! white man then said: 'Well. C?d d?ri you. J' I've nsked your pardon: ain't you satisfied?' I1 Willis replied: 'Yes. I am satisfied; don't j' follow me ii[>.' The white man then said to|! Willis: 'ti-d d-n you, hush up! I've got]' tMioi)-:)! of you.' Willis lenli'-d : '<!?d d?n .' white 111:1 : t li*-n : "Well. (J?d <1?11 you. |' !'!1 make you hush up pretty d?11 <|Uick,'atid I>111 his han?l iit liis liip pocket ami drew cut :t' pistol jnul lired ill. Willis. I start'd t?? iu 11 l?o-{ hlixt Mr. O Neiil's counter. hut was sli.it in 1 tin' luiolt. The hall was taken out of 11:0 later hy )?r. Thompson, at his store, The voting) white man lired aKuin, making three times. 1 I do not know the young man's nam.', bill j have seen him often iu l'ort Royal. There! was a ud: youn-4 white man in company with | tile mat: who shot mo, but whose name I do; hot know, lie stepped out on tlie porch an if waiting for the voiiiil- white man to eoniotuil. i he young white man, while lie was tiring, j he'd a Mssall tin horn in his left hand, llej whs a little ahovi* the average height, stout, fair complex ion, : samly-eolorcd mustache, iiiui wore a <iai k suit of clothes. I had no words with the young white man who shot me' it all. lie appeared to be perfectly sober. I i was .-?iber ; dui not drink anything that even- j ins. Sunday night (iadsden died after:.'! hours! i>f It e most intense wintering. on Monday j Justice La?l<-o:i impaiinclt-d the following I jury and Held an in<|ii>'stoti his body: .1. A. Torre it, foreman ; <!eo, S. Harrison, 1 John Strickh-y, March PeSaussure, West ] Murphy, Wm. Archer. <>uy i'.rown. A. 11 West, .1. S. (Slant, iian Adams, .loe. iJrown, ' John Jones, llob I'cjryand l'.utler Lee. ITPliy IllUCil HI"' Sail.C CVMleUCC was ' ; brotr.-ht forward r.s in the previous case, anil ' tin* following verdict was rendered: j -flint tlic s;ii< 1 .lames (iiulsiU'ii "lied near' l'tirt. Royal mi the evening ?il Hit: -i!?:h day ol'i ' A;>riI, A. L). ls.S.:,and that said death wasciius-l cJ by a pistol shut wound, and that said pistol | shol wound was indicted on I In* person ol' the James Cadsdcu tiv ot.e t'harles Wallace, in | the Town ol l'urt Hoyal, on the evening of! tlii*'JS!h oj' April, A. 1>. 1 Monday morning several officers were s"nt: in various direeiic.t.s in search of the missing i man, hut ni> to last account* nothing was j known of his whereabouts. Wallace is deMTibcd jis a sioutly-liuill young man, with j f ir complexion, al'out. ii lect K inches in j height, and won- a light sandy-coloied inus-j tache, liiiil about 5J2 years of are. I'hc last j .- en of i111 1 was jnsl alter the shouting, when ! he was seen running up I lie railroad track towards tlie workshops. It is supposed he i i left low n immcdiaiely. No ellorts will he: > spared to capture him and bring him to trial., i '1 m: IIEAK. The two yonng colored men who were klllc.l I were well thought of in the community, he- 1 cause 11icy were unusually industrious, (juict : and orderly. They had just la-en paid oil a ' lllile while before the occurrence, and were,! j as is usual, buying their week's supplies.!' They were conspicuous hccaose of their:' sobriety, and, like the accus< d, have not been ! known as the men who "would b< called,' driiik.ng men, if addicted to the habit at all,; uiiil in fact oik: of litem tllil mil drink at all. Phil Willis \va< only 22 \<".ms of t?jn?, was horn, at Almedu, llatnpinn County. ami laul been vvorkiiiu as a laborer on tlic dock nero lor! some time, .lames Gadsden Was iihout 2ii years of at:e, was a native of this county ami Wlisalsoa lahoier. Wo have been more than particular in ae- j1 (lU.iintinir ourselves with all the Ihcls connected with the shootim; b?eamv or tu?r! gurbled reports which have boen published in j some of the city pajeis. The Tragedy of Satnrdaj. 1'alml-tfo Post. I Tlio shoo! I m; of man l>y Ills follow man is|< to be depivc-iteJ in a civilized community be j i the provocation what il n?:.y. Hut even more i I horrible is it to see innocent blood shed i without any provocation whatever, as ap-jl litars to have tieen the case in litis town, on j< Saturday iiifrht, v. hen Charles Wallace slew f fames Gadsden with a pistol shot, 'that he j f may have had words with i'hllip Willis, 1 whom he also slew, was n.? excuse for his (lis 1 i ihari;inu bis weapon into the midst of a mini-1 < t>er of unarmed. Inolleissivc people en?a^ed!> in transacting their icgitimaic busine-s. >o;i excuse can lie found lor the act; no initi^a-i :iii^ circumstances can be addressed to excuse t .be wanton recklessness which In a mouieutjt leprived two men of their li.'c, Inflic'ed a < .vound upon uthird, aud endangered the ex-j i fll ii.s4iiv. To our mind. this crime is only another }< ilmc-klng illustration of Hie evil ] rai t;ce of 11 ranyii'ti concealed woa| oils. Ilud Ibis scaler- j t y mon* tIt;:n boy b.'en hiw-abidin.,', and, as I ,ucK; una) Hied with a deadly pistol, it is un- ; e casonahle to suppose that 3ueh_ a terrible j}rageily would have occun^d. Wallace was if sot properly spe.tkiutj a citizen ol the town, j I, laving been here but a short time, and Itisiii I lie to thejjood people of the town to say that j b lis d.-ed is coMleinncd on every side. | I The colored people who compose a consider- j ii ible proportion oi our community, with only j n 1 few exceptions, are hard working, imlu.tri- ] h him and superior to many of their race in l >ther sections in regard t> traotableness and in experience extending over ye;?rs makes us enuer to them the meed of praise eminently lue them for their generally well-behaved de- s >ort!iient in a se.iporitown Into which queer b sustoiners often drift. Much credit is due j r hem for the manner in which they conducted j ti liemselvcs on Saturday nljjht niter theperpe-! tl ration of such a crime as few men could be-! 1 iome acquainted with without feelings ofjp ;roat bitterness ; ?nd since then they have j V icted as becomes good citizens who feel that e< here Is a law In tuo land which will not see I > he blood of Innocent men go unavenged, and j ti mder which every ett'orl will be made to d iriiig to punlshmcut that one who has set all j ft '//."rri *jc? tv a * ?ar c .w I law a* dd'as oo l>,v tin* carr.vir.ji '' i* p<)?:<'<"?1< (1 j \v<>:i|Hin. it: >t, Willi an It tiiiiiiv.'t'nl linn, (n- i fi iits!*"I npiia a il! || a'.icr nrdinanrr t.l'<i<n.l it..tl 'linn--ih:il 11! ("kiln: lilt* lilc ul" UIIJ'.'C'-! p:i!I'dand i:11?>; 1 c-it?Iii>tr citizens. TEX YEAItS IX WALL STIJEET. j Klih mid I'low <>I the Tide ?f Sprcii Snirjc t'Kiious F'kcJs l?;r' the ( em-nil Header. | J'fiHl rj.'.. ] Tlin' tlioercat iiiovtMiiris's uf ,-|?OP,.:!:iti"ii in Wall stn oi i.i c based ml f 11? amoatil i?l* wlva', ciirii ?>a*l coU.i.ii liarvcsti i| in 'iic!i v. ar is a ' liter which III" lus.j* tri y til ii.u sj :ii>i'V l\ a!?'f-; never ivi?>:-!'i/.c, and !:( r with iiiei-eilaliy j wilt"! it i> i.s-ertcd. Su. h ( [ ci'ticNiii i- natti- _ lal. (or ll.e Mirl.ie" m<?\ eincii!* aft- nil tSm-cln! . i.v llic leading (i;-t'i'al'ir?. nial il n ;lie?.r alie.e | which the iivctnac (ii'Si-rvcr set s. It Is only wlnn we extend din- view ?>wr :i scries oil years, and compare tin* 11-0 nr fall of prices! with the nhniiiiatice or !a'lure ft' the crops, | t hat we si c how e!ov ly -peculation is allied to! amicilitlliV. I ! 1:!t it is'so allied ns:.\ lie slioWn I hy 11 logical formula, thus: The sp.c ks dealt : in on the stock IvNciiaiiL'e are almost wholly) those of tniliou I companies; the |.rice of a spelt is appro.umutely ascertained hy lie-' dividends it pays; the dividends ale paid from t lie 11 jitSic; aii'l t lie traffic of nil i lie urea t , raiIro.nl sysietiis of untry is the mov melit of agricultural product* from the fields ot the ureal centres ol distribution, in the in- j terior or on tin-eoa-t. wit h t!:e return move-, mcnl of the ^<hn|s purchased from tin- |>roceeds of the -ate ol' those products. Thi< ; -oamJs like a sti iii': of 11 i:i:-:tns, yet while the truisms may he recoetii/eil th.^ir logical const.':| Helices are Very yeiicially overlooked. ('radical i."i|iia in lance' -.villi l.usiiic-s in j Wall?.I reel soon discovers to any one capable ( of liiscei nnient thai the few real leaders 1 here j are mm of exceptional stamp, very ilitier-'iit j from the mere tan.hle:s tiny areoftcii supposeil to I.e. They, however, cannot control the cieat movement- of speculation; the most 11)111 they can do is to initiate, cheek, or ] lead t hem. All I lie wealth ol the Van der hills. j thc(<oiih!s and the Kecnes combined could , nut have turned the downward movement of: prices from Ito 1 -77. Prices in that period I showed all the suijwce inwulni'Sties the.vj have ever shown : there were daily ami week- . ly tluctnations which made or marred the fortune! of swarms of small venturers in the speculative anna; there weie hear movo-j ments and hull movcim-uts a visum Irom spe- j ciiti circumstances, just as there were before 1 and tiave heen since; noverthe'e-s, the main j movement was steadily downward. The litisim-ss done on the Kxehanue was ^ridna'ly,1 shrink in;;, the nuiuher of customers for the brokers was slowlv iliinipii-hiii'j. th" rent of; I...'Ill I iHt.ili. tlw valoe of SI .-Its I on the l !nl I in-:, mi; il at last 11 wasaii utter stagnation in Wall street, uldch j was aluiot j I:i t v I - There was li* >1 so , inu/h business ?l-in oik? day on the Kx-; chance, hi t'in.sc dreary Mines, as is now ilniie ill loss than one hour 01' an ordinarily busy j day. Tlii' prices of securities weiv at. the very ! lowest point, lor railroad after lailroail ceased lo earn dividends or interest, and receiverships were t he oi?h:r of 'lit' day. There were) non-dl\ Idcnd paying stocks whi -h have since ' sold between thirty and forty, which were then quoted Ait two and three, and I lien disap pent" (I from the dealings altogether; while' d: vidend-payiiisr securities, which liave since j r! en to one hundred and twenty-live anil one j h. lidred and fltly-live. were then tainted from j v/ vniy-livf in par. The panic of 1*7.1 would ; :iot alone account for tii's ion;?aiid severe dc-1 prc-sion. It was the scries of disastrous crop years which followed it ; when (he impoverished South raised seaniy crops of ciilton.aml I the grasshopper devoured the wheat of the. Northern fanner. With wheal at s'J per bus!)-J (I on (lie New York Produce Kxeli'ince, there; was nothing 1-ft of surplus earnings lor in-, vesinient. The grasshopper was a burden in j I tie land. In devouring the substance of the. Wcs:.--rii farmer he cat up llu: income of the j broker on Wall street. From IsTT until issi the tide flowed the olh- 1 or way. Aseachyiar brought lis larger ami business increased, rents wore raised, Wall! street hceamc active and populous reiain. I 1'rlces were on the rise. with the same l!i>t-tit-; atioiis as when in the previous period (hey 1 ha'l trone down, yet the groat movement of; speculation went <>u until it culliuiitleil in a wild excess which would infdiiidy hav?? re- ( produced the panicof I*?T"5 had not thoassris.-i-! nation ol' 1 i<!< 111 Carliehl sjiveti Hie nation i a shock to Its very centre. That event j chanced the whole temper <f the pti'dio. To ' reckless coiilidence in one moment | gloom and distrust. Tin- wild career of spocu-i lation was checked miilwav, and it was well it was so. For the eiiotmous crops of tl'.e' year lv:>i had heen followed t>y a partial fail-j lire of the wheat crop, and when the pistol' shot of the assassin startled the people a, urought uas dry in*; up the corn crop. They I refused to see it; the immense erops of the J previous three years seemed to have made' tlicni think that' posterity, each year iiifroas!n;r. was assured forever, startled t.y the as-1 sassinntion, people opened their eyes and saw. | The winter wheat crop a partial failure; tin1 j corn crop a total failure, and the spring wheat I eroj) also short; while the previoits winteri had tic-ii one of almost unprecedented length | and severity, most destructive to railroad j property?these were the events of t he year issl. From July of tiiat year to .Inly ol last year prices on the stock Kxchange move I downward, though the wealth and tettiusof! Mr. (iouhl and Mr. Yandcrhiti. with their liu-i meroiis following. were united in one prolong- j ed etlort to stein the decline. The winter and > the drought were stronger than all of them to U< ther. nor would it have heen diflereiit. had; everv npcMsiiCir in u mi mh'im. mii?*(i uiiiimmi with t>ifin. ]t was mil tinli) I:?^l July, whi'ii I the assurance of an immense wheat crop liad J triven fresh confidence to the country, that J Wail street attain saw a rise in the price ??l stocks, supported by free buying from the! L'tvat outside plliil'.c. There lias been very little money made by anybody in Wall .street I since tnat movement exhausted itself, which I it did in about two months. ?* +A* > ADVANTAGES OF SMALL FARMS, j Home Interest Ingr Statistics for Agri- j cultural Communities. (Uurliiuitou JI'iirl;c:;r, Small farms are tin* except ion in the I'nited ! States, but are the rule in the countries in Kn-1 rope, where lu-rieuit ire has readied its highest state of prosperity. We had over four million farms in this country in ISM), acI'ordint; to the census, f mi we had only 1HS "_'l I ] that were less than ten acres each, and yet it is i uiihoritativrlv asserted that an average acre t nf cucumbers <ir cabbime in New York or Pennsylvania is worth over ;hi) net prutlt to ' I he owner, and it is s:tid on quite as good an fruit (the* vinos and lives hcimr ch-ht years 1 ')1 it) is worth a clean profit offltw lo - JVi. The j hest peach orchards of I tela ware ami New j Jersey lire worlli a go.id deal more, and land i [ilnnled in berries or elierries, or l?o|h. often , rieid i'Sti loj'ltl.) an acre. A farm. I here fore, if t?'ii acres, ouiohilly cultivated, nifty he de- 1 landed on to liberally support a larce family hihI leave n surplus for "ha.id times" or old j ijie or sickness. some statistics from New York state nll'ord Ihe last, lllusi ral ion of what may heilonchy ' mall farm in ;r. Most of Ihe la rms in I lie Mate ire small, runui njj fioin ten aero lo two htm-: [li ed, hut thcavcra'ueis under tifly. 'I lie total o! i land Is cultivated in farms in 1*7!.', was j In tour.il tiumh'Ts is.iain ik'n) acres.! mil the farms .'{77,'m'J in number, The! lotitl prodnel. of ihe is."?;i>,'itM? acres in small: firms In New York were valued at jl7S,ftV>.- i it'.). Hut the Oilier elates < Illinois, with Lit.-! Kiti.OflO acres cultivated) produced more than New Yoik. The ncreimc cultivated in Illinois nas per cent. more than in New York, hut i the value of products was only l.'t per cent. I more. This is the diHcivnce hot wen larjeaml, mull farms. While the Illinois farms a\ora?e irore than sixty acres the New York farms run below liity. New York is not a great ;rain Slate, hut il product s one-seventii of all lie hay of the eountiy, ami that means a ( Meat dairy business which i? nioieprolltaiilcj hail grass farming. New York produced iuj I?i7!i almost exactly one-seventh of all the hut-' er math* in Ihe t'nlted Mates ami nearly one hi I'd of all the cheese. The total value ol'i 'mil produced in all the Slates in IS7II is stated itllclally at ;.j'i,s7ii.r>l. New York's share of; his total w?< IS,l(H,70l. or oiie-slxth. The J whole hop crop ?>t the United States in is:<ij ,vas ill .'ITS |omuls ; New York -I.i'i'.'s,(;:;i ounds, or ahont so per cent, of the whole. 1I I he had such a hop crop last year.it brought j icr farmers half as much clear prollt as all! Iowa's wheat crop, lint while our wheat' ie'ds covered .'I.OiX.iHHl acres. New York's hop j "armcrs tlid not cover more than II.iimi acres, in less than HH.mmi acres, the small farms of] New Yoik pri.tliiced .'i-i.til!,t;!?i hiishels of po- j afoes, valued at J-V0".u!|l>. 1'rohahly thepo-, latoe Ileitis ditl not average more than an acre j ind a half each, hut Ihe eiear prollt was I tjual to nine or ten acres ol wheat In lliej states where larjje wheal tiehls are the rule, i, \inl yet il has heen ahunduutly deiuoiisirat-' <I that small farms, piauled in fruit trees,! reaelahles, vines, hemes or raising grapes,; nem :i much !: itr*-r | !*< tit to iln: lannnrs in iIiis \Vo<ici !i country than Jarnis of like size 1 in Xew Yuri;. - ? i SAFETY ON THE CARS. I How a Model Railroad Is Moving: t<? Secure Comfort and Safety lor Travelers?Some Remarkable lis-/ U'lltiOlla. \f/t'irlottr Jourunl.] I The Klclimonil and l?sinvil1?* Kalinin*)' .vlileh is now one <>t the lu-st r<(iii|>|.<il roaus ontli ol I'.aU imoiv, is cuiiiciniilitliiiL; !iii l iier iii|>i'ovciiiiMils lor the safely :in<i conH'oi't ol'; irnvi-lfrs, anil when !.h"y have mcihv.1 nil tlii'j ,>roposc<i 1 m pi o vcmcn t s, n \v111 in? tne 11mx11*i railroad of the countiy. "1'ln; track is now' ni l with sleel rail* all the w;i,v lo Uicliuioiid. 111< 1 |'crlcet safety sigaal lamps :;nard every ?\vit?,!i l.oanl along tin- cut Ire !in?* ni ikln - 1 liavci and trallic more safe than ii was .siv ral years ago. As :<:i evidence ot t lie usefulness Hint leiiahility of these s.ifcty signal sw ileiti s, ' it is state.l tint since tlicy were put up not a :: single accident by open or misplaced switches has occurred any where along the line, w h> u ?i I'm met ly such accidents weie of fivi|Ucnt ?.c- i eurrence. For tin; comfort of tiavelers this tummcr, and for all the tnmns to come, tintrains on tiiis road are to In* equipped with a late invention for arresting the smoke and dust. II is claimed thai the invention is a positive Vueec<s. The ' i smoke and dust arc caught hy some novel arrangement of pipes ami carried along under threat's; escaping from under the platform of the rear car. When tiiis iiiventioii ispt.tin pl'ltclicid use on the Kichmolid and I lull 11 lie. i the sight of the old smoky, dusty, red-eyed : set of travelers will he sadly thi.*sed hv Hie; hotel porters and others whose hahit it'ls to i meet them at the truins. Though collisions are less fre<|iient on the i Richmond and Danville than on most any; I wilier roads en tori n^ hem. yet the authorities i i ire making tl.e road douhlv safe from col-II lislons and have two inventions tinder con-l iidi-ration. One is the lelegiaph pole signal,' Liie invention ot an Atlanta man, and the' >tl>er is a rail road clock invented hy a I'enn.ylvanian. In the case of the former, the engineer of any moving train can tell al exactly iVhnt spot a train coming ahead to meet him j night he, whether half a mile or titty mihs lislant. hy merely glancing at the poles. The j ;ignal I'nie clock is invented to indicate the nterveniim time between trains, it is lo he I iiounled similar to tiie danger signals and i lie engineer can readily tell hy glancing al I he dial lw?w time has elapsed since the pre- . I itding train pulsed that point. The cluck is I muie to run regular and show the hourjtist i ilie iin ordinary lime piece, but. mi ingenious ? lev Ice connecting the rail and cfocu work 11 iirows the minute hand hack lo I- when a i rain passes hy Ilie signal, Then the :niiiute t land moves on mound until the next train I mnes along, when it. drops burl: to 12ugain. i should any train not l>e followed by another I or ui hour or longer period, then the minute ^ i;tii11 will pause a; lifty-live minutes anil i<- r nain there until u passing train throws il j lack to 1-, when it Klaris on as bclore. The ' mrpose of Inning the hands lo stoj)at (illy- | ive minutes is lo show that at hast that . nucli time has elapsed since a Main has gone , y, which is suliicleut to lmliiutc a clear | rack. I There is, says the Xcu-bcrr,i/ Observer, n deep (] Ignilicanee in one of the resolutions adopted | y the Irish League in Chicago last ween; the -s (. solution referring to free trade. Ths paiiy'" intdeclares in the next campaign for protec-i Ion of American industries will capture tlie 1 h rlsh vote; and the importance of this ,'s tip- v reel a ted when it is remembered that New n 'ork Is the pivotal State, and that the Irish a rintrol New York City, and to a large degree c lew York .Slate. The fact is free trade doc- h rlnesaro fast becoming obsolete. The true'a octrine, South as well as North, ip, a turltf l< >r revenue, with Incidental protection. j v Augusta and Knoxville. Tin: n::r,T vr.virs business. .V. SplfwHi] Showing f.)r Now I'oail ?'ii;;' !>{' Pr(\s5i!<>if! Vcnhvy. :' "i/'miclv ini'l C'.'u'i >n.:li .i ] OFr:n?<>rTin-: Ari:?\sr.\ am> Kmo. vim k i It.w >.?:<'.* i> ' '< ny, Ana'tTA. A| ri! I ' ? ) To Till; KtoCIJ !! >! ilKitS?I l'<* IiIMII ii.'-!!l "J? ( hi i'-wi!ii n icpori ( !')!.< n>:.'!i!ioii mi.I?i i<-iiof your nm<l fur I In* Ij;isii csycur ciiuinir March :>!sl i: 1 *. !>uiin4 that |icri<Kl :1 i" Itnve h-m I'lctvgu.l t.i tiio ao'.niil. of c->l<s!ilit-1i?iii. llir> <l!l!i;.vi:t i!cm?. ii| whl'-iiai'j.c if in si 11 fi>.? til lu'ivjo amicxiM!. T!iii? ainoir.if. si'S'ii il to wiiat had lii'i'ii previously i-N|>fii<l?'tt i-'nstiuc tIon anil ?-(|ii||H!!<>lil, to Wit : VT.M i !0. ?:ivi's as lift !o!;il cost of 1 In* t'ouipatiJ s pro|iri ly. iiii'iii'ilti^ cars e!iyiin-s, r-a! osi:itt\ ant SaValillali rivi-r hi iilyc, *ivf *>'. 'icius Im*r null' :nr the seventy niih-s of n a.I huili. I lie l"iiii<!s arisiir.' iio'ii tin' tali's "i first mortgage IhiihIs ?.l II.coiupat y v>erc* ex - ! 11,iin ,,r 11: 1 i > J? . I !;|v] -pur,.; the r.iad ihroiigh to i itvn wo-mI. ami thotirsi ol -Ii.ly. Isvj, losiml tin- <-oiiipa!)y Willi a ll"a! l:^ I lull'lit cdlless u! * > l.'oti made upas fttli "i" :>UK>11 ; I ix.rrowed lo pay lialancf mi rails $ll,f?ri I'""!' ; : >< It) I j t lloJToWod tn |i;iy Juiy ii f?*rost u:> This has ijt cii a sfiiircc oi" mtS'iis' eisiharnissdiciil In the ni:ii;av. iiii iil during the |i:i?l year. Tin* < ar:'iii'_'s <>i the mail for the year have l.oon? Knuii I'li-iyli! Klolii |';(sm ISi.'CT il Kr-.in ,\!a:| ami K.vpre-s... -J.-Vi:! 11??l?l.?: :i !S The expenses fur conditotin;; the hti.-iiic>.< lia\r liocli : !'i;r C.in.rii!,' Trnnsporlali"M ." { K?.r Motive i'tiivor l'l.T:!' I'.ii Maintenanceo)' Way.. 27,1'!" Fur Alainieiisinoc <>1 (.'sirs.. ? ' i!7?rA 179 .* ' .Vol. f5.-:,?,.VS!i !?.; The ox|?c!i>i s i<:i* J-'i |?-r eon'. of tin- rnmas?rite profit <<f the loisijic-s '{-"> per oeni.. of '* itir-|i Micro lias I urn applied toward* Ihe Heating ii)(!ci11' (1111".:s i?i' ihc company, ihe sum of sj'.'.'s'il ".!), III.- balance lo wit, >7,<i-!s haviiij; gone into e mist metion. Appended hereto wiil lie f iinn! statement fiiuii tht> auditor's d.-partrncnt. giving the earninrsjtml expenses tor each health in Ihe past your. Also, g?:ioia! balance sheet ol the eiitnpaiiy, ;in>I oM.crstatoiiionts of Interest lo I he -took inilijers. ' '"he physical oori'lllion of (lie road has lieon improved. AII of i ho cuts, whore the foundalion was had. have hcon wldone.laiid drained, and I he larger part of Hie; rosul-hed well ditched. ami liii: troiles liiiilt ol Inferior timbers. !il!< <1. The past winter was a very trying ono on a new road. I' was found necessary lo keep a la r.'o force on the ditching train the greater pari of ihe season, causing some increase in espouses for maintenance of way during v"'??-'?iist:i!ii1iiiir. however. the had weather and till- (illM'qut'lil. dillleulti?*s ??!" I<# ? !?ii?ir lli<' traek i-roperly lined iii>, tin' road has heen oj cnilcd the j?.?sl your without a siii'.'le itwideiit. As is generally liiiiiirn, 11io company *.va unable t'> meet hip inletcvl on lis bonded i|<-l?l 'aMii'ir duo in January las). Temporary reJif-r from tin* embarrassment is had hy the pnrehave of the matured eoujions b.\ parties friendly (oilie road. Ii is important,however, that a rran ire-men Is shou'd lie made at the earlie-t praeiicniile lime t?> pay oil I his lialiility as well us lo in?el those accruing on lli? lirsl of .Inly nest, TIio management believes thai after that lime the next earnings of Hip road will hes'illleienI to meet. promptly, thuintere>1 charges of the company. More tlian two-thirds of the grading has liO' H done on the Ureen Wood. Laurens and spnrtanburg Haiiroad. Nothing. in the opinion of the management, is of sueli vital importance I') your company as the rarly coinI'letion and operation of iliis line through to Sp ,v|ijnhiirsr. The increase of business that woiie.l poino to your road from this source would more than double iis prc-en? earnin-.'sand j?u? its future heyoud roniingeiioy. i'e?pecll'iilly stihuiiUed on liehalf of I lie mati;.gcmc;il hy K. R Vi i:i>i:i:v, i'lpsideiit. _ Statement of earnings and expenses for the IJ IIIOI1 i I i-S, lll'.llll^ .IIMICII .>17.1, .... Kaniitics. I'ronjSils 20 Mail 1VM II Pstisoiltfcr 22.S93 11?SOI,<;(!!? 4S Expenses. 0>s><l noting Transportation Sl-\T't2 -VI .Motive I'liwi r |:!.T'..".t :; ? A1:iiutoiof Way... 'Si.lM <>.Mriiiiti-iiiuuc of Curs SS7 07?SiHI7!> 52 Nets ? :<?,.>'!I :<!! Slatenieui of Camillas nml Fx|u-nse.s. I'nr ' (< ',1 month ilnriny twelve aioaihs, cmlinp *>!-t March, l.?>1: Karninas. Kxpenses April S ::,*? >; s:? i 1.770 K! May I.l'VI ::s ."i.iifcl tjy .1 une ",>,0'1 !H r,.(i.k| 21 July *?!) A tiirusl ."..MS 'JI l,7.;S7s Si-pHMillior (j!) Octol.er 1 ?'.|!Mi O.-V'll 71 Xovetiii>cr >!i i.nan oi l>< C liilii-r Will 7! l.Vs| !U January s,s(i;i us oj.i; f-j l-Vliniary V5o :;i 5.Ml 17 Mareli M,||7 15 "i/STH ;5 oi;:i is son, 179 ">2 Statement ;>T Expenditures on Construction from 1st April, 1N3 J, to 1st April, S(W:). I.abor and provisions .? 5(5 '0 Xt \v depot buildings I.S17 <il * i .'i'IlllL' ; >,? i?? Trnrk... li.il.V) 7J Iti-.-lii of way : !W Water stations 2 >1 ;iW'ooil :is i Material, nil ju.iJ t::11?>\v... 7* I?i Clos- Ill t.'i'.J 17 Ir.tn :K',Hi7 irj Itii'.iriit house (*i fjirs !,! 0. (i't K<-i>airs (in No. " and No. :{ ] ,">7il 07 Turn lablcal (iivcmvooil.. C!t; 17 fl!.j,IS") NS I .ess for sales mulcts, enrts, ivc. !,71!i ' r.;s For this tiin't t a'ui on coiisiru.:lo:> up to Jsl April, Kv.' "?77,S!(i 00 Total post- of voa<l ami ?'<|ii!ptiicnt .VI IJalpiKC SSi<M?t, Augusta nnd Knoxv 1110 IJnilro.uI, for Year Lulling 1st April, Ims:> : Assets: IN.iiil nml equipment ? CM,"..''-'! 5't Krai i-stale* S.Ki'J :W i>u?' iVo:n Agents and individuals li'! liurfrom i'i?ninT(iiitfro:uli?. S!2 i!l interest (in l"in ?!iii. 151 liiseonnt mi bond* (il,'j""i *)J Iti'ii'lexpense ?*.?,IT! ."JI l.ciiil cApiMiso and iucilU'iitnls l.-'MS li jys.cfK is ^-11,'jr.ii 71 I,i;i liiiitic?. rapital stock. (Hi First mortenste lionds (,") iiliis payidde lL'.iloll CHI IJnml earninjjs liill.iioo mi Acci ui'il In it-rest coupon:) till| :ii<l 22,<M (111 [Hit* Agents anil Individuals 4Ji 7(i line |?:iy roll for MiiiT.li 4,KM 80 I >110 cnliii'-i-! 1 ii- roads -J!<S> lili l'roilt innl lo.-s 2K 7-"? ?l':i'i.ii.-,!l 71 F. \\\ Scwikl:i, Auditor. preserving pretty faces. 3Iucli Miirm Done tho Complexion by the Improper L:so of Powders. [ .Xricurk A ilvrrtis'T.\ The desire to I in prove 1110 appearance or preserve Iter Inanity is implanted in every woman's heart. Nothing can Isaid n:::iiiist I lie cle?ire : il is perfectly legitimate. lEut very much eaii be Raid nyain-i Use methods widely seized upon to reach iln; wished tor end. A moderate use of simple toilet powder tor the hath.or us*'il lij-l:tl> on the lace, is not injurious lo the skin ; it has a pleasant feelin.'.and takes iihiiv I lie j_lo-sy look from some tares; init chall; and paste that are too freipiciitly nK"d yive the skin an iimialnrul and painty appearance, and when the !' >!;y nf using ruttgu on I lie cliei k- is added a pretty lace is vulgarized. Many ladies have an imlcliealt- manner of i'owderia^ in public, and il you aiea careful (lb-el V'T >1111 will frci|Ui III ly sec ;i y otiiig woman on heat or Irani or a walling room lake cut a handkerchief with powder in one eonirr and deli' en.lely r!ia!k Iter lace, very ofien het'ore men wliiiiirc neur l?y. One of the most Ix aiililul Idondes I ever saw erne lrael' d I lie haliit <if powdering to excess. Her natural complexion was e\i|iiisit" and she liad no tied oi' urtiiicial aid, hut she thouuht il added to her uppratuiiee anil so she powdered to sueh an extent that every one nolli-ed il and viive her no credit for what nature had really done for her. A proper care of health and d'et will add the most oi anything to one's appearance, and the laws of health are entirety opposed to tilling the pores ol llic skill With chalk and paint that air l'ici|iii litIy rroinposeil ol' poisonous ingredients which are not only dangerous tail vulvar. Mr. liiihonchi-re's advice to ladies to wash their (Urcs in very ho! water il they wish a hi untiful skin and no wrinkles, has been w 111 * I \ read and adopted hy many women, l iie complexion, tierause it is one of tin- fust Hal loiemosl altrlhules of feminine hi auty,; is more lumpen d will:, more subjected to every conceivable style of trcut'iieut than the rare of Ihe tuiir, teeth, cye-hrows, la-lie-, nails and hands would amount to altogether, I il summed up in one. Such various treat- i inents of the skill often lesult III doing it more hai in tIi.iii ti ud. Washing in hot water Is uiidoui<|ed!y very hcnclhial for the skin in ] certain cases, tint with all due rc*pecl to Mr. I nhotiehere II is not to he rei-oiiiiiiended ' uui veisally. 1; is sell-evident I list t each type reipnres a tnaimeut particularly adapted to lis own needs, a ml women must excrcl.se i heir own judgment in such mailers, and slutlv what soi l of skill I hey really have. Il Is not well lo use a.itch si ii|i, notwilii-j Miuidinx some women preach anoiher gospel in reference to this ; hut if you havi: :i very fresh, toii'-'h i-kin you may he aide to si,mil' l'rei|i|ent |;i I h i 't'l u if s for a lew \eais 1111(1 ini nuine vim i)wo yonr fie?hni-ss of eolorinj; tu tliut, lint you will soon si c tli?>fully. AIKEN IiOO.MING. j Commendable Action ol" the Town Council Yi'Dtcriliiy. (.1 ii'juxta Ctii'iiiiiflc itmI (\m.ititiitiinuiUst.\ j Aikiin, s. May-I.?The Town Council tins passed u resolution approprlatlnu not iiinri: lluin Sil.iKM for iln-opi ning; 0111 < ) cerlain si reels and the jmti-1oi len notes of and to lie donated t i tin' Carolina, (.'umber-' and <iu|> stml ( liii-M^o liailroad Company, tti;l on w 11ii'li their car shops are to In- erect-. il. Aiken wll! then tic the southern tenni-; his of tlic new l'o ul. The Couni'll also e.xe-j :ulid to the ro.nl :t de< d ol right of way 1,rough any of the streets ihc company may ! ? i|iuie. 'i he headquarters of the roail are lo :ated at Colinnhia, Willi (lenciiil Johnson Itigood, president; A. I/.* ainphi-ll,s( cretar.v ; i A'. J. Kirlt, chief engineer, and .lames Aid-, ieh, treasurer. Thk Haii.!:oai> l!itiiif;t-:.?Willi character- j slic energy liie Kiilimond and i?anville< oin- ' lan.v has commenced the const I uetion ol an-; ither h'idge across theCaluwha in place of: he one leociniy ws?sm u iiwiij oy uic ircsm-i.: t Is to lie I>11 111 upon Hie same plan as the' irst, willi 11 few ulteiations, which will make j I more substantial. A inrso poll ion of the; ild timber lias been secured, ami the calcula-! ion Is 1c? have the work completed iu about) Ix wedi*.?Luiu:u?ter Ledger. A German in Greenville obtained the re-;' -use of a woman fiom jail, wlio, JI ,ns rhurscd w ith a decidedly unsavory. ] ilsdeniciinor. upon coudltlnn that lie would , toneetnkaher before the Justice who had | omniiUcd her and be united to her iifwed- < ick. The man's mime is Auyust liattmare, ' nd the woman was mimed Jane Hosey be- . ire tlie matrimonial knot was tied. Tlieyj rent away Apparently happy. j i " V - v?.iVJ5?p( rntrrmiMM I IM I I ll W Wl II1 m\ *1^3*1 u^ttmrn i What Farm Products Can a Farmer liny Cheaper Than lift Can Raise? I.!iiicrimi Farmer.) A largely attended nicotine of the ! J>eor ("reek Fanners' Club was hold at j Alland:ilo. I Ins reside nee of Mr. It.; Harris Aroller, Saturday, April 21st, j and . !?) Interest inn discussion was had,' j lor a ivporl of which we an.- indebted! to lho -Euis. ]J. Harris A roller said if Ihe c|iios-| (ion was aiiru.-d to a lino point thcoon! elusion would he that a farmer can buy; no' llil)^' ilS CIH'ao as in: run mioi- 11. 11 j lias boon said I hut a farmer ohm hiiyi telover sved cheaper I li.-im In* can raise ! i I. ilecan c-iit hm(I save leu acres in a; {day and if it only produces enough to j Isow, he will save from ?i'!) to .s/iO. i I Sometimes it turns nut a monicd crop.! jSome farmers say it does not pay toj ! rai-e hogs, hut when a farmer has a i lot of small ho;;snnd fattens them, he has all (lie pork he needs and some to sell am! does not feel (he cost of fatj feninit them. Many farmers do not I have a strawberry bed or other fruits, | 1 for instance and when I hey buy them! j.thcy are that much money out. It! I does not pay to raise eolts for profit, 'hut money can lie saved by raisin#all that are needed on (he farm. Some; j farmers buy butler, but no mo'iiber of: ithe ehib would contend that it pays! 'bettor to huy tliiin produce it on lite farm. Thomas Tjocharv.?Many farmers; 'make money by ?jra/inj; cattle, but ifi ja small farmer would put. his whole; | plaee in jrrass and try pasturing and ij>T;!zin;r, ):<* would starve to death.; Some farmers can profitably raise corn ' and buy hay. They can then winter; '-lock and make manure, which, with ! some other fertilizer, would keep their) land up. It will not pay 011 all farms! 'am! every year te raise timothy aitdj elovor seed. If those crops are good I it would pay to save them, but hoi I would not make a business of .saving' them every year. i (teo. J. Finney.?It depends oncir-j ; cum-tanees whether a farmer sliould; ' ! ' \* I...iv.,.,. i?_t ;t ,,.,.,,1,1 j nilMT HI' I"ltv. l I'ili i/chml u^hi ; have paid him bull or to buy nil li is j breadstuff's than to raise a crop of, 'wheat. A farmer, however, should I try lo raise all the crops he needs, i ! Some of them mi^ht fail, but of oth-i I crs he would have a portion lo sell. { j As a rule a farmer will find it cheaper' I lo raise wlial he needs than lo buy it.: ! 1 lis experience with raising colts was, | not a happy one, and the same wiih | oxen. It is better lo raise the latter i than lo buy them, if you havusulu-j cient work to break them. i Win. Webster. ?I f forced to vote on ' ! the (piestion he would vote that it is' I cheaper to raise Ihan to buy. At the] same time there are certain Ihinjrsj I which a farmer can buy cheaper than : 1 lie can raise, from a hoise to asparagus j on his table. If a farmer makes a! t specially of a certain crop and it fails,! ! lie runs a risk of total loss, whereas he j | rarely loses roots, wheat, hay and corn | | all t he same season. -\ farmer is some-J times compelled lo buy clover and] ! timoihy seed, or seed oais. lie knew | 1 of two fanners who raise horses and , I have sold S?.JI'iO worth of colts. It is little expense lo plant an orchard and j | fruit trees, but. the cost would be srreat i I to bnv as much fruit as we mijrht | raise. ; John Thames said it is <jnprolitnbIe ! j to a small fanner to raise colls, lie is i likely to soon In-come overstocked, nnd j sometimes out of (5 to 7 head can hardly find a pair of horses that will work j ri^hl. On large farms, where coliraising is made a business. it will pay : handsomely. It is better, he thought, ! to raise cattle and buy horses. He had ' frequently raised calves which, when (raising three years old, were sold at j $8!I a head. It. John Rogers' custom is to raise jeverything he needs?clover, timothy and oilier seeds and crops, and he i finds it pays, it requires no addition-J a 1 force to save clover seed. There is j not a great deal of difference in the pioiitof raising any kink of stock or, crops, and while some prefer one kind | | to another, it is better to have some of each. He was not much in favor of ; raising horses, and would rather raise [ four cattle than one colt. | Johns H. .lanney thought it liost for ja farmer to raise everything he needs, j j It may not pay to raise some things to I I sell. For instance it may not pay to 1 raise colts to sell, but it pays to raise for your own use. He had raised scv-i en colls in as many years, and never; ' had a bad one. By raising what you need you do not have to put your i hand into your pocket and takeout | wiimI in nam lor farmers id gei. aij ; the South cotton used to lie the king' i of the crops, awl farmers were not prosperous. Now Southern fanners i raise n little grain, have some to hell ! and are getting rich. John Moores thought the definition 1 of the subject was whether we should ' follow mixed husbandry or form some; particular crop, lie favored mixed, ; husbandry for this region, which is ; adopted lo raising almost everything, | and in some of which we can raise as' large crops as anywhere in the l.Tniied ; :States. We should raise everything! | we need at home. We can find sale! for all. in an average of ten years all crops pay alike. ! Mr. Archer suggested that many mules are used, yet he only knew of, i one young mule. j Mr. Monies believed it would pnyj farmers to do their work with mures! : and raise mules. There is morcmon-! <>v iii ilrii in eanninir. To raise collsa' ! farmer should bo provided with a shed [ and an acre or two of land, to prevent: j them from interfering with other! | stock. (Jeo. L. Van Dibbersnid that lie hesitated to air his ill-digcsled opinions) before so many well-known experts.} Hi* farming was in a small way. If; they wanted to know how to save sal-; sily seed or grow raspberries, he might j throw some light 011 the subject. He; did not think it would pay to raise: mules exeept from well-bred mares, j !One member bad remarked that lie j always bought his horses from neigh- j ! bors. He had had some experience in ' I that direction and the only satisfae-J tion he had ever had was when lie j bought from a jockey in ISaltimore.! | lie finds it economical to raise hisi . own garden seeds. It takes very lit-! tie Iime and trouble and the seeds are! belter and more reliable than any you i Can buy. | S. A. Williams said lie was well sat. islied from observation that those far-j mcrssueeccd best who raise everything ! they need. Those who do so live more ! I com fortably and with less trouble.. 1 iiit'ir iUMiii^y iu in) il m-jn-im^ njiwiij i their disposition and willingness to' i give 21 tt en lion to their business. Some; men have; time ami disposition to look j 'after colt.-:. If they have not they will not liml colt-raising a success. In Marshall's district a great many, mules li.'.ve been raised, for ten years' past, and as a result, farmers being; } heller supplied, mules will not bring; the high prices there that they do in other parts of the county. I Otho S. Lee agreed with others thati farmers should not buy anything they Can raise. A farmer's capital is his: : farm, and if he turns his entire atten- i : tion to one particular branch of farm-l nig, it will take all ho can make to{ buy what he needs. Farmers should ! raise every year a colt or two, sutii* cieut to keep up their farm stock. Thev should also raise hogs, poultry and calves. A calf at 3 years old wiil be worth ? ;!), and you do not miss what it cats. Wherever a lamier can ; .save a cent lie should do it. James Lee difl'ered almost entirely' with those who had spoken. A great i many things, he thought, were cheaper to huv than to raise. In his case lie could buy almost everything mentioned cheaper thr.n he could raise it. A farmer must have a specialty to bo successful, lie may miss it occasion-1* ally, but in a series of 10 years he will make money. He had found it more,." profitable to buy eaitle, graze them, ! keep I hem a year and sell ihcni tluiu I to raise calves. The average crop of. i elovorseed is not over one bushel to i the acre, and the amount ofstuH'cut < oil' to gel that bushel of seed inipov- i erisle s the hind a great deal, ami will only sow -J or "> acres. j < Tlios. A. llays said it pavs to raise I lifiilit: ..ill..... ..".II I*. . * I W|?.T \ I Hi VI iw SM7II |i)| IJ It?111 Ul" IU Cllll- I 1 sttme, either animal or vegetable. It I (loos not generally pay to raise horses, t because we have not the riiiht kind of t stock. It will pay to raiseShoii Horn I cattle, but not scrub stock. It will not i pay {generally to raise clovcrsecd. I Alex. F. llnvshnd no doubt it would d pay to raise some kinds of entile, i iMoveiseed can be bought cheaper than i you can raise it. but perhaps you gel I' more weeds iu buying it. ; h (ioo. E. Silver believed (hat farmers n can better aflbrd to raise than to buy! everything they use, because they: haye a home market. Some things] we are forced lo raise, such as small! fruits and vegetables, and we should;'1 raise them even if it costs more K than tha market price to do it. }Iei*"> could not aflbrd lo raise oxen, on uc-ij* uuiiiit ui iin? uiiic required 10 oreaK | 11 them. In raising colts a farmer isi" likely to keep more than he needs, and i they hecome consumers instead of pro- H lucers. It may pay to raise some. 11 While they may cost as much as it 'A would to buy thcin, we do not miss the! 01 noncy as much. It will not paytoicf % if 11^ ~ % rai.se Jersey Hull calves, but it does pay J lo raise Short Horns. A diversity in s fanning is the only t rue and profitable j method in this section. .Benjamin Silver, Jr., thought that location, condition of the farm, and h man's own disposition, go to decide i he question. Some make money on a certain crop, while others lose. He believed in a specially in farmings-;in ?>ther business. There is no money in raising cidts or seeds. A colt at4 years old will have cost say ?240, and there is great risk in breaking it. A farmer had better buy I he smaller seeds. We won Id be better otl if we never sowed wheat but we are compelled to sow it to set our land in grass. Harry Wilson said it depended upon the condition of a man's farm what I he should raise and what he should 1 1 ' -I .. . . 1 .? r.. 1 if" ! f nlii'O i*o navel Uliy. 11 IliiMiui mi 11 u ui'i to raise some small .-cods, hut cloverseed, although it docs not always pay, will in an average of 10 years. It is advisable to raise young stock. It is only from the increase of their stock, that sonic farmers can make anything. A. M. Fill ford said In* had come to tile meeting of (he opinion that there was nothing a man could not raise cheaper than he could buv, and was ol the same opinion still. The club also, seemed to he strongly of this opinion. The subject should not be looked at from thostaud-point of what some do, but of what can be done it proper attention is given. As to clover seed, he believed that when the rotation of crops brings it around, it pays better to save than to buy. He thought raising colts ought to be made to pay. Here in Harford, we don't raise the right kind of colts as work horses. If we don't gel a trotter we get an unsalable horse. We have stock mares of good breeding and size, which if crossed with the lVrcheroii, would give us larger and more serviceable farm horses. Instead of waiting 4 or 5 years to break them, they could lie put to light work when 2A years old. At o years, if sufficiently matured, they would bring a good price. Judge Walters said if called upon to vote, he would vote willi the majority, th;il it pays better to raise Ihan to buy. There are certain things, however, the labor of producing which, in the small quantity needed, is almost as m eat as the labor of producing a larger quantity, and it therefore pays better to buy than to laise them. If a farmer only needs one bushel of clover seed, it don't pay to save it. If he has a Held of 20acres, it will pay him. lie thought certain garden seeds, of which but a small quantity is needed, can he bought.cheaper than they can be raised. It does not pay to raise a bushel or two of timothy seed. The hay is worth more than the seed. Uuckwheat will pay in some localities?the liuekwheat patch, for instance?but it would not pay Deer ('reek farmers. If a farmer can raise something he can sell for more than it costs to buy something he wants, it pays better to buy than to raise the latter. If a man raises an acre of wheat, for instance, and from that acre can buy n* much buckwheat as hecould raise on 10 acres, it is cheaper to raise wheat and buy buckwheat-. Hrecding horses interferes with ordinary farm work, but it is different with cows. It is always I profitable to raise calves of good stock. lie bad heard fanners say it is cheaper to buy corn and wheat than to raise | I i It'll I. II Sl> WlllTi: in i in; iiiimhj hi jcome from to litiy tlicni ? Where j raising anything is in the line of reg! 11 lar farming business it is generally |cheaper to raise than to buy it. Win. Miinnikhnysen thought the I answer to the question depended upon I how a man is sitilatcd. A few tilings, (garden seeds, for example, can he bought cheaper and better than they can lie raised. Saving grass seed defended entirely upon whether we have !a crop or not. If we leave a good crop I it is better to save it and to sell thesurp!us. ft pays to raise young stock it we have the right kind. It Is not profitable to raise the males of.Jersey stock but both males and females of Shorthorn stock should be raised. If we had a breed of heavy horses they would at three years bring three times as much a# our present stock. It is little expense and trouble to raise a lit lie colt. Dr. W. S. Archer thought a farmer should try to raise a majority of lliitus he needs, hut every farmer should have a specialty. .Some farmers can succeed better with one thing and some with-anolher. He was of the 'million Hi-il ! fTDss nf FVivlieron with the stock of hoises now in tin* county, would make {rood farm horses. They should ho dropped in November and fed frrain as soon as they will eat it. He thought saving seeds and other things often consumes a great deal of time, which could he spent to more advantage in some oilier way. It pays a farmeito have a specialty?some of horses some of cattle and some even of buckwheat. ' Leghorn Fowls. 'J'o those who desire a supply of eggs only, no poultry is so suitable as the Leghorn, white, brown or black, all prodigious layers of well shaped eggs. The dark colored varieties will lie Inst to keep in or near a city or manufacturing town, their plumage soiling less easily than that of the white sort. The while Leghorn lays a much larger egg than I he others. All lay the -ame number of eggs, and if cared for well are the best of winter layers, but if not they fall behind the Asiatics in severe cold seasons. I do not mean that the Leghorn requires pampering in winter, but they need a nice weather tight place to roost in, and a shelter facing the South or East to run in during tlie day, with a nice dust heap in ..."...11 i..,,,., 1.1 WHICH l" It'll. ?^l> "inn it uuiiu* in?; to winter in which U walled one hoard thick ul! rotni'l, battened, and with u-large sash in the east side. They thus get about one or two hours only of sun iu depth of winter. I have an ample supply of eggs from twenty hens. My feed is wheat screening, meat, table-scraps, and cabbage leaves and celery tops for green food, water put into the drinking vessel warm once a day, and a box of broken oyster shells kept always supplied. This last I find invaluable as an aid to digestion. Only in stormy or very cold wcither do 1 keep my birds in. * As Leghorns are non-sitters, a few birds of another sort should be kept. Choose for this such as lay dark color* d e-rys, and thus when selecting eirgs for halehingit is easy to avoid having mongrel chickens. Leghorns at ten to twelve weeks old make excellent broilers, but for a roast at any age they are not a success, and cannot, therefore, he recommended to those who desire both eggs and ehiekens for the table, but for eiiL's on I v they are the very best. This I do hut hesitate tosay after twenty years' experience with almost every hreed of domestic fowl,and notwithstanding that 1 admire some other varieties more for appearance and as fanciers' pels. I>nt for eggs lirst, last and all the lime, keep the comely, If not strictly handsome Leghorn, and no disappointment will result.? Observer. Errors in Man n^rciiK nf. Many flagrant errors aru made by! ponltiymen when they fall into the j custom of keeping hens until they sire| too <dd for profit; perhaps in their days they were choice birds and good \ layers. A hen in any breed begins to! fall oll'in egg production as a rule after her second year, and hens kept by j market poulterers and farmers after! they are two years old are kept at ai loss. The best plan by far is to raise pul-j UMS (.*vi*r v vrar ui irjuiKT lik* om urn>. If this is neglected, disease will find ! . oilmen ia I harbor to riot in, for as sure ! is fatthe old liens will lie the first to! Miecunib to sickness and disease when ; he surrounding anil conditions are avorable for their perpetuation. Ihit! f the practice of keeping only pullets! s once followed we are sure no farmer j 11' tlKll'KlM pOUUd'Cl' Will UVtT UIIUIHMIll 1 The yomifr poulterer who hiifrs tin-: lelusioii (hat when lie starts in tliel owl litisiiicss with .voting fowls and' nakes it pay well (he lirsi ami possi- j >ly the second year, that the whole I hiii;* is settled, and lie has only to feed 1 he low Ik ami they will pi on forever!' ayiojj vgiis ami raising chiekcus, j nakcs a yrcat mistake, liens should! ie killed o/l' al'ter they pass their see-ji nid year and cense laying. He lb re ; nonltiiiK is tin- best time, for they are;1 n butter condition ami they will no oilier pay for their keeping ami must j e replaced l?y pullets.?J'ottffri/ Jour-' uL j Fattening: Cattle on t'otton Seed. j The Hon. Edward Atkinson, of I5os-ji 111, once said, "that if cotton would i row as well North as it docs in t lie I i outh, farmers could all'ord to prow it', >r I he seed alone." At first thought! liis seemed rather a wild theory, as lie Son t h had made but little money om the sale of cotton seed?at least le plantei had not. I>ut experiments inde in 1882 in Canada and at the | grieultural and Mechanical College * f Mississippi, showed that fat or meat! in be put ou a steer at a cost of two k . ^jcunt jrrgnariTrf - -r - W cents per pound. For instance, nsteer; weighing 706 pounds was put to fatten on the2rd of January, and fed on cook-1 ed cotton seed and hay for 52A days and gained 53JJO pounds, at a cost of Soo.1., or a fraction over two cents per; pound ; hut as no credit was given fori the manure, and sothehay waseharg! ed at $10 per ton, which is more than j itco.it on the farm in the South, thej | cost of each pound of fat was really lesS | than two cents. To put on the same amount of flesh in the Xortherr. States will cost now | about nine cents, if done during win-} terou dry foot!. For instance, J saw aj lot of SO!) pound steers put out to win-; ter last .September on these terms: The owner weighed the cattle to the'feeder j ] i?t Hi cenlH p??r pouuu, ami ouugaicd j himself to takethem hack next Juno at live cents per pound. Now, if these [ steers each gain 2>V) pounds, he will I have to pay as follows : An 800-pound steer, at 84 cents per pound, $2S. When <>n the 1st of June, if he weighed 1000 pounds, lie will have to pay for the j steer hack $5.1, or a profit of $25 for 2'JO j pounds of tlesli, or nearly ten cents per pound, while the same thing can be ; done in the South at a cost of two cents j ; per pound. In conversing with some farmers i who were present, they said the feeder, j could not make money at it.andsecnied to be amused when told them that | in the cotton Slates it could hedone for five cents per pound. The experi: incut made in Massachusetts showed II hat the steer gained live pounds per : day for52.1 days, consuming about tif leen ])ouuds of seed per day. There are in a baleof cotton weighing ioOO pounds 10DD pounds of seed. This, | if feed to a steer, will feed him 00 days I putting on H30 pounds of flesh. Now, i a thin steer weighing 8U0 pounds can ' bo bought for Si G, and when well-fat-1 j tened will i>e worth five cents per : pound, or S5G.50; and if the soil is extracted from the seed will pay about $7 j or $03.00, less first cost of steer, $10, ]sind $8.01) worth of hay, or a profit of | $44.50 for the seed from one bale of cotton, which is now worth net to plantI fi-cnhrmt S4ft. The manure is worth the cist of attention and labor. I hear everywhere of cotton-seed ! men I being adulterated. If the farmers would buy the oil-eakeand grind it ; themselves there would be no chance j to adulterate it. It {rocs from (lie oil! mills pure, and must be adulterated afi ter it leaves the oil-mills. I suppose the South will still make | cotton, and at present prices it will soon break the growers, and then there jwill be a world of cheap land to sell down in Dixie. After that the cotton j craze will beoverand a new leaf turnled. J. H. Mooiu:, I Arkansas, Ark, hi Gcrmantuw:i Tele: fjraph. The Woodland. * i No part of the farm is better worth j careful attention than the woodland, and, as a rule none is so much negleet'ed. Year by year lumber of all kinds | is hauler to lind, and higher in price i when found, and firewood, excepting j in the newest districts, is fast becomj ing a luxury, when on the farm. That this is true isowimr largely to the exjtravagance, wastefulness and carelessness with which the woodlar.d is treated. The farmer who bus a hillside or ! back lot covered with trees, is tobeen,I vied his possession, and, if he is wise j will bestow upon it care and attention, equal, at leant, to that given to the best of his arable land. As a source of fuel j supply a few acres of woodland may : be made to serve a farm for generations by proper atten I ion to selecting, and ' increase in value every year. Generally, when firewood is wanted, a certain !district is over, taking all that will finrn. ironil. bad or indifferent, and i the land is subsequently "cleared" and j put under crop, or stifle rod In grow up 'again, with hut little regard asto what 'grows or how it grows. A better way ; is to carefully select from the whole !area of woodhnd, such trees as from any cause are least adapted to any useful purpose excepting firewood, or having arrived at full majority, are a hind ran co to thegrftwih of Mime fine,thrift 3' I young, hard-wood sapling which may j stand near them. In addition to this, I trees left standing slftmM all ho care; fully and neatly trimmed of all branch| esas high as can be reached with an axe | from I he ground, taking pains to leave a nice smooth stub, cut as short as may j be. that it may readily heal over, and ! not injure the growth of the tree nor ! leave a bad spot in the timber when it I is cut for use at sonic future time. The ! brush may very advantageously he hauled out to the adjoining field, !spread in a thin layer over theground. land, when dry, burned. This will j prove an excellent and cheap wny of : giving I he land a dressing of potash. A littlocnroand tliotijriitniiness 111 con1 ncctioi) with the woodbind will be {blind very profitable.?Epiiomist. w Tl:e Cook of lite Future. (l'hitafr'lpnia Times.) Tim cook or the future will wear short hair mill bani:>, all coinhed and brushed the Ilrst : Minis each morning am] lie won't bea woman. Woman is an angH in her way. Kverybody kniiwi lliat in a majority ofca*e< her instincts ;an?l tastes arc liner and quicker than man's. 'Woman, it would seem, is particularly titled to do Rood cooking. lint things are not nlj ways wnut they seem, even wilTt women. It ! isan itffrepied truth that Jo a sensitive person the ijuali:y of the naturcof the cook is plainly pereept'ble in the mashed potatoes and tlie bi-etsieak. Some people have thought. indeed, that the special mood of ti.eeook at the time any given meal Is being prepared can he ! tasted in the food. Thai, i f course, is draw; ing matters pretty line; but there can tie no I ilount that a r?-r?;i? ?.! cook will gi-t rclincd ] nnais, if she has the provisions, and a coarse I cools coarse meals. IJlo.rJ tells evni at the gridiron and frying pan. ' All this bring so, tin- presumption touehin; the eoo!s of the future would seem to l>c in J favor of woman, lint Paul has intimated that i she ought not to wear short hair, not to speak of s hlftiled h air. wliicli Is certainly to be the idial aiTangeiiifiit tor the future cook. Then. tue.n-t./x.l I ? ?. nf I >?? ?ll H'AnlDM lll/i* nil fill* I ii;ttiii-jil hair iltey c n grow ami as much horse hair-as tlscy chii possibly carry. Fren'iently i li looks very nice. Ami if it be granted ihM women are to be only or mainly ornaments, I not cooks at all "events, no cultivated man ' on ? hi Io he meddling with ilielr cranial decoI rations, lie should either admire or keep 11] n let. i lint human hair Is one of the tomrhest ;things to masticate, worse than fl.?h bones to ! swallow and it dimply won't digest ill all. It ought never to be served at taMe. Iiut the ; cook that hurries into t lie kitchen in the ' morn in;.', with back hair in a Jumble or ti?ix laud with some hair banged and the rest not, ! but .struggling, can't have any proper control : over such ornament, and so It Is sure to get ! where it ought not. Certain sarcastic writers nave intimated that women could not moke ! ideal cooks because theie Is no science in j tl.em, and they never will do anything by j rule, or even make bread the same way twice in succession, but that is little better than 'slander. Perhaps women could rise to the I demands oflhe future kitchen intellectually. But those loose hairs are an abomination. ; Neighborly Acts in (ho South. ?St. Albans (IV.) Jfr.isenr/er.) ' In talking with the proprii tor of the Thorn ; u.srill:' Time-i this I >nUl that 1 woiid- i ; ered ttic re were no while harhers ill thesouth. j ; His iv|:ly was: "SouIhern people prefer to he i ishaved ity iicgroc.?. 1 can say to a negro, 'Go [ I hitcn i:p rny horse; ^o hlaek my iioois.' Ij [ wutili! not like to say this to a while nmti.j ' Jle svms t<> In-too niiich 011 an equality with J inc. We prefer to lie swerved l?y negroe*. We) I nnd'Ts'uiid lhi*iii; lliey understand ns." Jle ! said there was nunc rei'ii^nanee fell l>y tliej ! white- townr*I the hlaek* at the north than at I the sot:th, ami in this 1 think he was rlaht.! |Tlie same m niteinaii >aid: "We at ttiCMiuilii take pleasure in doing acts of genero.-ity to-1 I ward one another. If you were to ask a f.ir-j 1 iner for the use ol his horse and bujjjiy to riile ; ; a lew miles, lie wouid feel hurt it you ollered to pay hiin anything. A northern mini, :i > very honest man, came here for the henctil of I I his health, and finally bonuhta small planta-i lion near mine, one day he said to me, "I; think of irviiiL' inv li:iiI at mlsiutr a little cotton. I understand you have some very j tinI* pceil. and 1 would like to buy tltio?* or; tour bu?heis." (Ii was worth about a shilling: a bushel.) I said to liim, "(ioaint tuUe what; you like and welcome." The man went tinny j and purchasedof some one else. "These lit-j tli- acts ot kind lie* bet ween neighbors," laid he. "produce a happy social reeling, and drawpeople together." > ts> A (Jain for the Bench. [ Macs and Courier.] ; JuduG Cothran does not want to;?o to Cot:-' cress Horn the Third District. In a card published in the .\hbcril/f Mritittin he "most emphatically" says; "I have neither the desire | tor the posit ion Indicated, nor the vanity to i " believe that toy services as a mcmncr of ('on-, "gresscotild in anywise be indispensable to " the vvel'.ire ot the State." This will lie good | news to all aspirants for Congressional honors and tin* emoluments iu Third IMs'.rlct, for; Indue Coturan would certainly have been a very formidable candidate, luvil he consented toiillow his friends to present, his name to I lie idstrict ' onveiillon. Ilis ability, manliness and independence would inloru any otlicial f station, and ids disinclination to entcrthoj politicalaietis'. is ugain for the bench of South i i arolina. Our Cook Ilooin. [.llhnihi Constitution.] Somehow Anuusta surprises (ieomia oiva- : sionally by taking long strides to the front. , The latent agitation rivals what might be ex- | peeled in iloston. ami is no more than what | Augusta can readilv accomplish if she insists upon it. Cooks beiny scarce, there is no lit tler idea than toulve ttie girls such an edmalum as will make them nunc sell-reliant than their inotheis. I Whips. j | I-' you want a good Hiding, Hnggy or Wagon L Whip, call at the Cincinnati Repository. I TJJdS. HKCtiS. i April II, lss:{, tf j *r TT O 1 *.T V ' wew jxomu aewmg luacnme. < f \NK LKK1'?pricei""i. li is 17 |>cr cent' * L/ lower tIiiiii same kind or class can be!' tooghl In town, at 4 J. 1). ('HALMKits A CO. | i March II. IW!, If ij $3 For the Twin Spring j' rMI'KOVKD, and an excellent article. Only j * L one liijlit mattress necessary to make a! , omtortublc noiseless bed. l'or .-ale at .1. 1). CIIAI.MKKS & CO. i?Mat ch II. ISS't. |f 1 vammwg - hmi___illju The Place to Get What! You Want! CHRISTIAN&WILSON i ALWAYS ill store,a complete stock of FANCY GHOCKRJKS, CANNED! GOODS and CONFECTIONERIES of all kinds. Tlie b'st ami cheapest CI(rAUS amKfOBACf O. The FINEST; WINES ami LIQUORS. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey For medical purposes a specialty. Also,: Choice Liquors of any kind for medical purposes. Give u.s a call. Satisfaction guaranteed. CHRISTIAN & WILSON, I Abbeville, S. C.i _ Nov. 10.18S1, tf J Knox & Co.' -AGENTS I-ORMR, TOM YOUNG'S PURE CORN WHISKEY rpiIE best and purest CORN WHISX KEY brought to this market. June 22,1SS1, tf ed7reese, ABBEVILLE, S. C.. r) EPA IRK WATCHES, CkOCKS, AND t Jewelry In the best manner at the lowi est prices. litmg experience unil close applli cat Inn to business merit consideration from ! those liuvlif: work to he done in his line. He i keeps Jewelry and Silverware for sale. Feb. M, 1S83, 12m Special Notice | -TOi p s HAVING purchased a larger stock than our store is capable of holding and in order to supply tlio wants of our entire* custom, we have opened another j stores in one of C'othran's new buildings, | where goods of all kinds can be found at I the lowest prices Strictly for Cash. Resides the very immense stock al? ! ways found in our old stand, let all those in want of men's or bovs' CLOTHING, Boots, Shoes, Hats, TRUNKS, DOMESTICS # ?F ewelry, GROCERIES OR HARDWA.E, give ua a call and lie convinced that money can he saved by purchasing their Fall | and Winter .supplies from us, for we have ' bought our goods extremely low and expect to give the public the benelit. Sat! ibfaetion guaranteed to all. P. Rosenberg & Co. ! October 4, 1S82. Application for Charter Lowndesville Academy. | To M. G. Zeifllcr, Kiq., Clerk of Court of Com| moil 1'leua and (jencrul USenxioiu for Abbeville i County: DEAR SIK?We. the undersigned do respectfully petition you to crunt its n charter of Inrorporalion for the Lowndesville Academy, in it ml by the n:<rr.(;of the' Trustee* of the Lowtidesviilc Ac.idemy," with the I riylit to acquire mid hold r.'itl and peruana! I estate. \V. V. KENNEDY, i J. .1. KENNEI?Y, THEOP. HAKEK, J. H. MOSKUCY, J. It. LeROY. J. P. YOUNW. J. M. LATIMER, Trustees. April 11,1%1,-lt ? .i 0 . a a c? .S rt ^ ?> > _ ?o . J V O ^ A rH *i 0 o i ij 0 I ; -9 ? ?> 0 ? ? A & 0 T3 ? ? U S ? ? * h :o m v,H J ^ a 3 0 ? ?3 M_ g m a , I cd ,w H Hi ^ : ^3 .2 Tj k 5 a ? * i v)l 1 .52 ? * 8 IH *2 PH *1 ? |-g h; _ fj f?rt <M Cl . 8 rHI . ^ ? ? K r* CD ^.S ^ w j Q) O ? Ph S cT - P rt r u m ? (o ? r g o - ^ ? _ ^ ? w W p ^ ii ?< & ffi ? O ; ? 5 H ? ^ S ./> ? . O a> Q> ^ ^ > > jjj o eS ?w * > .,{3- a bn 0 rn 2 fl ^ ^ ; a s cc ? w ^ ^ .2. w ? .2 > & & 2 j W -d (D ! ? pi d cfi I 6 s s c ! LIME I LIME IS 'I'llF undersigned bogs leave to say to the 1 public flint lie keeps always on band a : B?<od supply of fresh and well burnt I.IMM at | his kiln in I.aurens county, at llieti. U'.Sul-; 11miii old kiln, I:: miles west of I.aurens Court | House, :t miles from Free bridge on Saluda. '.M ' mi!e> imrlh-east of Abbeville Court House, i which I will sell cheap for rash. i>eent? per b.ishel oi ?.") in r ton. Persons wishing UiiicJ ciin cet their orders filled at any time. I also i wiirrant It to tie as yood if not better, than ejin be cot elsewhere. 1.1 me is the best fertilizer ever used. I have teams and can deli ver I Lime at any desired place. Address J. D. MA ST Kits A CO., I] lirewerton, S. C. Sept. 27,1SS2, l.ru R M. Hadon & Co. !, HAVK cut an arehwa.v in the rear of their ; store and now occupy nil the space formerly occupied by Jas. A. Howie, with ample room, increased facilities, we will be much teller prepared to serve our friends this spring iluin ever." 11. >1. 11 AJiUuN A CO. l oi>. us. ISC!, tf he. , ij BO liKUSTKAD.S to hand thld week, 1 24 .MATTItESSKS, 24 IlL'IlEAl'S, 36 CIIAIIIS, I1 24SA,,,s. jS ill will be sold at low prices lor CASH. r. D. CHALMERS & CO,1 Mul'iLi it, l>k?, tf I dr.f.f.gar! HAS moved to Abbeville for the practice ofl medicine, nnd oilers tils profti??iouafl services to liie public. . < HI Im drtrlhi; the day mny be 1 c-ft flee of Col. Ktigene K. Gaiy or at the AfcrntjH residence of Judge ilcGouun, now occopIdH by J)r. Gary. -vjM Jan. 31,lSfcSl,12m ^ jrituRzl Boots and Shoes, Harl ness-and Tanyard. I BKtfT material used, fine workmen cinplnJ ed, custom work macfe promptly, and ivH tlie lowest bottom prices forcnxl), Hides alH n hj n uuu^u t?i me ui^uvnt mantel price IU cash or In exchange for leather or work. January 2?, liOjO, Jy. WM. II. PARKER \V. C. McGOWAN. PARKEB & McGOWAI ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, AHBEY1LLE, C. II., S. C. \\: ILL practice also In the Circuit Court** I ? the United States for South enroling' Jail 7, 1840. if 7 W. J ROGERS, Merchandise Broker, I Dealer in grain. flour, m^ai HAY. HKAN ANI) GROCERIES. A' i communications either by wire or mall at swerwl promptly. .1. D. ROGERS will nWi-n to ollicc business when I an) abitcnt. W. J. ROGERS. Jan. 10,1882, ly Buggy Cushions. JUST received a Job lot of Bujrey and Ca rlaae cushions, which will be sold ver low for cash at the ciscinnati repository. T. BEGGS, Agent. H Jar.. 17, J8S3. tf Silks and Satins. r.UIEln.gos1 stock of Silks, Satins, Ottomafl ... sl,,ks< Brocade ?llks, Figured 811kg. All colon* to ue found Qt wM ? u o, ,? ? K- M- HADDON & co.fl March 21,18.-3, tf M Baskets, Baskets, Ba^^H i X great varieties at. 1 ? . R SI. HADDON <fc (W March 21.18K3, tf Shoes, Shoes, Shoes. IADIRS rinc Shoes. Children's Fine Sho? j Ladles nnd Children's Slippers. i KT M. HADDON ?fc CO March 21,18S3. tf ^ Tinner Wanted. L a GOOD Journeyman Tinner can get a (Jo a by application to ; H. W. IAWSON <fc CO. Abbeville, S. C., Dec. 27,1882. A -CAR LOAD OF STAlAR COOKING STOVES TO arrive noxt week. Will be sold low ft cash or on time to responsible parties. A. J. SPROLES & BRO, frroonwa/iri 9 fi wtwunwui kj? v? Feb. 7,1883,3m Children Carriages.. RATTAN, new nnd -pretty styles. AIko, lot of Boys Wttirond?Iron an<J Wood, i J. D. CHALMERS & CO. March 11,1883, tf CELF-R AIMING Buckwheat at O CUNNINGHAM A TEMPLETON. March H, 1883, tf Just Received. OVER 100 BASKETS-I.nneh Baskets, ket Buckets, Salcnel Baskets, Key Ba kcts, Nursery Basket*. R. M. H ADDON A CO. Feb. 2S, 1SS3, tf IF you want a nice Spring Suit call on CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON. March 11,1S?3. tf y Paragon Axle Grease. 'THE best ,ln inn lit ct. Which I will u 1 cheap to dealers !>y the pat-knee. Reta price lOeeuts, or three for 25 cents at the Ai ton corner. TI10S. BEGG8. March 1-1,1883, tf cmciisrisrATi1 n riT^AnTma ni iuJUoIMl ABBEVILLE, S. cM TJERSONS WANTING B Jt WAGONS, BUGGIES. HARNESS, WHIPH. ' S HALTERS, r.UGGY CUSHIONS, H AXLE GREASE, l'LOW GEAR. Wi HIDING liRIDLES, IIAME STRINGS, Ac., Will do well to ciII before purchasing,'u H will not be undersold. B THOS. BE6GS. i March I I, 1883. tf i Administrator's Noticl * LL persons Indebted to tlio estate of R?^| /\ bin Jones, deceased, will make tayrne^B without delay. and those having demaiiH against said eatnte must preseut the mimejl me before the day of (settlement, April M. G. ZEIGLER.S C. C. P. and Adinmlstrntofll March 7,1SKI, tf Bj SCH00LCMIM&1 '|'HE subscriber will be In his office for tlfl 1 ptirp ?!?? or register!!)!; School Claims nfl Hie following days, namely? On HuardoyH 24th March, 11th April, 19th May,and ever? E. COWAN, I School Commissioner. March 7.18.-", tf D An Ordinancel Partaiflina to Intent Frail? Br it ordained by the towj Council of Abbeville, this the six teenth day of March, 1883, That if an person or persons shall within the tow bo guilty of any indecent practice < whatsoever kind, violative of the coin mon propriety of lifo, or any such act be ing a breach of common decency, ho o she may bo lined not less than five no more than twenty dollars. T*/i ?f Tlmf onv norflAl within the incorporate limits of Abbefl vi 11c, keeping a disorderly house, wherfl desolate and debauched persons assomb|M together, or gain their maintenance bjH prostitution, all inmates of such hoasefl or any persons frequenting such houseaH sliall he liable to a tine of live dollars awfl not exceeding twenty dollars, or bo imfl prisoned at the discretion of the CoundJM Bo it further ordained, That a room sliall he regarded as a house^^HH person frequenting said room shftll^^f lined live dollars and not exceeding twonfl ty dollars or be imprisoned at the discreH tion of the Council. H Done and ratified in Council Marclfl ICth, ISS3. 9 E. G. GRAYDON, 1 Tntpndnnt I A. W. Jones, fL.S.] " , Secretary. April 4, 18S3, 4t mrsTtaggart BK(;s lcnvo to inform her old customen that htie is Still in the Dress Making Business, iml hopes that they will nil patronize Iter. <'tilting and rlttini; done nt all times at the most leu-omibte lates. Satisfaction guarunred. She may be found at her residence iu N'civ Orleans. April 1, iss'l. tf [8MB III OX AXD FROM TUESDAY, APRIL 10, here will boon exhibition for anient SMITH t SON'S one of the handsomest and best soected assortments of MTT.TTWPRV flftHM iUlUUUI&IUi UUUV0 B ver brought to this market. They have do-1 or mined to make prictsos low as they caitH onsUtently with keeping good goods. If yoiiH Iwilre to luive your wants In thlsllne mujhjH iliid to very best advantage be certain to exi'H mine their stock. B CP. Joel Smith & Sonil April 1,1?S3, tf 1*1 J