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KFV fii8 Press and Banner. By Hugh Wilson. Wednesday, May 16, 1883. The Murder of \Tlllie I.yon. Dr. 17. T. I.yon, of our village, wa* notified last Wednesday morn in 5, by telegraph, of tho murder of his son William II. Lyon, in Bossier parish, rppositc Sliicvoport, Louisiana, Tho sad affair occurred on tlie preceding: cveninp, and .seems to have been a willful and unprovoked murder. It seems that Willicj was writing n letter to his mother when; ' lie was railed to U,o street to meet an tin- j cxpected death at tho hands of an as-j j-assin. That unfinished letter his lieen forwarded to his mother, which will be treasured as toe evidence ot ins devotion and affection for her in his lust moir.cnts, i The action of the incensed citizens of Rliroveport, in lynching his murderer is the host evidence of tho abseneo of any just muse forthe killing of Mr. Lyon. Full accounts of tho murder and of tho Ivncliinsf of the murderer may he found 1 n another part of the /Vt'.vs and Bunney as taken from theSlirevcport newspapers. Aiken's Speech. Colonel Aiken's recent speech at Green- j \illo appears elsewiiore in tho I'rrss and J?anner. Head it. Whether you aprec or not, his speeches always possess this; Virtue. They give no uncertain utter- j nnoe. Colonel Aiken speaks his mind i plainly, and strikes square out from t ho j shoulder. Our readers know that wo avej opposed to all this talk about what We must do with and for the ne^ro. We are of opinion that tho brother in black heeds to be let alone. If ho receives ex- j flctly the same treatment that his white j neighbor gets, and he then fails to work outfhis own salvation, we fay, let him ro to hades without further ceremony. Back Pay or Postmasters. We publish the full text of the Act of. Congress in reference to settling olrl j chums due o postmasters. Their atlen j tic n is directed t"> the same, and they or! tiieir representatives would do well to at-! tend to thfc matter at once. i ? I To Postmasters. A.N APT authorizing and directing! Tite postmaster general to itkad- ' just the salaries ok certain postmasters in accordance with the i provision of section eight ok Tit e j _> act ok june twelfth, eighteen ! hundred and sixty-six. lie it evaded by the.Senate ami Houseof j Representatives of the United States o f j America in Congress assembled. That the; Post master General be, and lie is hereby, j authorized and directed to realjnst the, salaries of all postmasters and late post- j masters of the third, fourth, and fifth j classes, under the classification provided; i'or in the act of July first, eighteen htm- j tired and sixty-four, whose salaries have) not heretofore been readjusted under the! terms of section eight of the act of June | twelfth, eighteen hundred ami sixty-six, j who made sworn returns of receipts and [ business for readjustment of salary to the( Postmaster General, the First Assistant Postmaster General, or t!>e Third Assist-, nnt Postmaster General, or who niadej quarterly returns in conformity to tlie j then existing laws and regulations, show-; ji)ir that the salary allowed was ion per centum le*s than if would have been upifln the basis of commissions under the net of eighteen hundred and rifty-foor; such : readjustments to he made in accordance' with the mode presented in section eight! of tho act of June twelfth, eighteen bun- i xired and sixty-six, and to date from tliei beginning of the quarter succeeding that in which such sworn returns of receipts and business, or quarterly returns, were made: Provided, That every readjustment of salary under this act shall be upon a written application signed by the postmaster or late postmaster or letril' representative entitled to said readjust-1 ment; and that each payment made shall | bo by warrant or check on the Treasurer; or some assistant treasurer of the United I States, made payable to (he order of said i applicant, ana for Awarded by mail to him j at tho post office within whoso delivery, -?- he resides, and which address shall be set firth in tho application above provided j for. I Approved, March 3, 1SS3. Action of Town Council Ani>ro!tria(iii? $2,500 for Purchase of Land to be Submitted to the Qualified Voters.[.1 iken Joxtrnal an * JRcvirw.] An extra meeting of thy Town Council \r.is' licifl May 4th. the object bclinr to submit to; the voters of the town the question whether! ?>r not they nrc willing to donate to the Una. Cumberland Gap and ( hit-ago rtailway a ; certain piece of land for the pntpo?e of V>eatins shops, etc.. thereon. A letter from Mr.' James AMrlch, the attorney of the road, was ! rend before Coum-ll aid rcc- lvcd ; ? lnforina-i tlon. The letter is as follows: AiKKN, S. ('.. April 7th. 1S8.1. To the Jfonorallc, the Toivn 0)'nicilr>/ Ai/cmr ! The President of the Carolina. tlitnherland ; Gap and Chicago Hallway Company directs me to Inform your honorable body that, lor! the pnr; ose of conducting and operating said railway in Hie town of Aiken, it will benee-j ;?<ssary to have the rtehl of way for its trucks' '.from a point ?l or near the northern limits 10' *a point at or near I he eastern limits of said j I an:. n'So, dlrcct"d to leanest of your; oono'fthle body, in order to accomplish the desired results, tl at said ratilway be allowed j to enter Union street, at or near the present. northern limits ol sabl town, thcnce down j andthroneh said street to a point at or near j Its lntets>-clion with I'ark avenue: tin n in Park avenue, from a point at or near the In-j temeetlon of the same with the a'orrsaid' Union street, down and through sa-d Park uv-i enue to the present extern limits of saidj town. If so much be necessary. ' Trusting that your honorable b->dy tv 111 lake peedy action la this matter. I am, ; Very respectfully, JAMKS AUiKKTI, Attorney for the C., C. <>. & ('. Ry. Co. j Warden .I. N Wit-faII then ottered the following preambes and resolutions which were j seconded by Warden I'hlillps: Be it resolved i>y the Intcndnnl and War-, Ol .1IIH-II Ml tl.-JV IIIUXU, ? ...* Whereas, the Town Council has granted the Tight <>r way lo theCarollna, Cumhcrland Gap 1 ami Chicago Railroad Company to construct! their truck through tlie streets of the ?-uid ! town: nn<i Whereas la order to carry out In rood faith : thceontract of thesai I to\vn in rc'tTPnc" toj said right of way. it Is necessary that the said [ Council shi'll open and extend to the north-1; em limits of said 'own. I'nion, Kctsiuiw and | Suin??-r stre.-ts; therefore, licit. lictolvcd ?>y the Intendant ami Wardens of Aiken In Council assembled. That the street j Committee he.ai.d th y are hereby, authorized and required to take the necoMiry steps ; to condemn the land in said streets heyond ! North Boundary street, and to open the said , Union. Kershaw and Sumter streets continuously. far as in the opinion of the street Committee may he necessary; t'-at reeo??lz- i lug the gie.it benefit that tlx* town would dc-, rive by securing the location of the work j shops of said railroad within the limits of] said town of Aiken. Now In order to secure i the location of said work shops; be It Resolved by the authority aforesaid. That it, be submitted to the voters of the said town of Aiken, at a special election to l.e held on the j l?th d>iy of May. ItWtf, lo determine whether! or r.ot ihe said town shall appropriate a sum j of money not exceeding S"2,.r>iKl. to be expended j Jn opening said streets, and In purchasing In j said town sufficient land, lor said company.' upon which to erect th"lr work shops. The land to he held by said company as long as their work shops shall remain upon the same, lint should said II. It. Co. at any time remove their shops, then said land to revert to said town. Be ii further retofved, That the Intendnnt do give ten days public notice of said election, and that 'he*manner of conducting said elec-1 tlon be the same as regular town elections of j Raid town. Those voting for said subscription shall have upon their tickets; "Subscription ?Yes": and those voting against the subserlp-[ w tlon shall have upon their tickets: "Subserip-1 tlon?No." After appointing the mnn;?gors mr mo spe-, cial election, there being no further business,: Council adjourned. ???? Saranr.ali Valley Railroad. At the annual meeting of the stockholder* i In theSavn mill) Valley Hailroad In I.owndesMile on Wednesday of iliis week nil the town-1 fchlps were duly represented and also all the j private stock except &>! shares. The convention wns organized by electing! fol. .7. W. Norrls, I'resldeut, and John E. Breazeale, Esq., Secretary. The reporls of the President and Treasurer j were rend and referred to appropriate com- j m it tees and afterward approved. In view of the probability that the grading! of tlie road would be completed hemic the i r.ext annual meetlmr of the stockholders a resolution was adopted authorizing the l'rest-i j dent and B turd of Directors to create a bond*! L eil debt of su<*h an amount as may be nec^s I nary to secure the completion and equipment' I of tt e road and to execute a first mortgage to j I secure the same. 1 The convention went Into an election or K officers for the ensuing year, when Col. Jmnesi M. I^ulmer declined to serve longer as Presl-J ? dent and nominated (Jen. W. W. Humphreys: M * for that office and he wns unanimously elected j by acclimation The Board of Directors was j 1 hen elected by ballot as follows: James M TAt liner. Dr. J. A. (Jll?eri. B. F. Whltuer. W. I f?. Watson, S. Meek ley. Rotit. H. M?.v, J. X. ; Brown, p. X. McCully. !?r. T. .1. Hester. The following resolution was adopted nnani-j mousl.v bya rising vole: R'tolved. That this convention desire* to tender to Col. James M. Latimer their thanks for the valuable service* which he has render-I od tfiatullou-lv for umrcthao three years as. Peesldent of the Savannah Valley Railroad ' Company. Pel;i|i one of the first and tin*! principal originator of the enterf rise. he has ! not suffered his zeal for the kUeee^s of the r?ad ! to abate from Its first Inception to the present time, making his own business a seeondarx object lie Justly deserves not only the thanks of the company, but t'ie gratitude of all who; will be benefitted in the completion of the enterprise. The friends of the enterprise feel very much encouraged as to the prospect of the road, as the desired amount of private subscription necessary to complete thegntdlnK of the road will probably be raised In time to resumej work during the present summer. The first meeting of the new Hoard of T>l-| rectors will be held In Anderson on next Frldav. 18th of May. when steps will be taken to urther the interests of the enterprise. To remove rtumps by the use of saltpetre Is to bore boles Into them and fill them with saltpetre. Insert plugs to keep out the water. Jntwoor three months after JIM the holes with coal oil. After Mj{Helent time bus been .flventheoll to diffuse itse'f set flrc to tlie tumps. Hn?l they will he entirely consumed. This Is the plan proposed by a Western esperltoeuter. L l-LMJ JLLIIJ I I L 111 ?I II I II If I II ? II The Bossier Homicide, j ARREST OF C. D. IICTCIIIXS TOR THE 31 UK I) Eli OF WILL U, LYON J IN COLD BLOOD. The Detuilft Even More Harrowing | Thnu at Flr*t Pttblished-?Thc Prtsi oner Removed to Shrcvepott for. Fear* of IIis Ueiug Lynched->KaV? ' inI of Will II. Lyon, the Young i " i j Murdered Wan ? The Murderer' I Lynched. |Shrcveport Dniijj Time*.] I We went over the river yesterday afterj noon to further investigate tlie homicide j <>f night before last, and became satisfied I that our report of yesterday was correct j in the main. If anything, it was even a | mote cold-li|rto?led murder, for younu Lyon was sitting on tlio shaft of a dray, i I when Hutchins. who was standing; over! i lii !> nulled hi* pi<tol and fired, the rani?' | the ball took showing this. It passed j | clear through the breast and was found in i 'the undershirt of the unfortunate man. I Hutehin.s* pistol must have been very j j close, as the lanpel of Lyon's eoat was! | powder burned. Lvon jumped from his} position on the dray, stepped upon tiiei I gallery of the store, which was a few J i yards distant, and just inside the store I ! door snatched a double-barrel shot gun. I I As he came out one barrel went oil' and j [the other he tired in the direction of Ilutchins, who was just entering a gate| ft short distance abovo the store, one ofj I the buckshot entering his (Ilutchins') | hip. Immediately after the last load was tired from the gun Lyon fell upon the j gallery and soon expired. j Shortly after the killing Dr. Neeson I took Lyon's pistol from his pot ket, artd found every chamber loaded. The unfortunate man evidently, under the excitement, forgot he had a pistol on his, person and made Ibr the shotgun, both shells in which were found exploded, when it was picked up beside his dead, body. IIUTCUINS AP.RF.STKr>. Night before last Peto Taylor, the colrr-, ed man w ho was an eye-witness to the j homicide, accompanied by SherilF Lake, Chief of Police Austin and others as aj posse, proceeded to tlie opposite sir Jo of: the river ami arrested 1>. llutcliiiis on j the charge of murder. After being arrested Iiutchins claimed that the shoot-1 ing was dune in self-defence. A guard j was placed over him for the night, and yesterday morning the necessary affidavit was made before Justice Prather, and i ho was placed in charge of Deputy Sheriff j Dcvereanx, of Mossier parish, who employed Mr. Willie Wjrnhish and others to i assist in guarding him, at Mr. James Fet-j terman'M bou-e, where he was confined to his bed on account of his wound. IirTCHIN'S HKCOMES ALAHMKI). Yesterday afternoon, while Mr. Wim-1 bish was sitting in the room, two men en- j tered whom he thought were friends of j Hutchitis, and lie asked them to be se.it-| ed. In a short time one of them said, "Hello, Mutch, how do you feel?" Hutch- , ins said he felt great pain, when the man j said, "D?n you, you talk soberer to-day than yesterday, when you wanted to kill me." The two men then mademovo-;| mcnts as if to draw their pistols, when I, Hutchitis called on Wim his!) for protec-; tion, and Wimbish threw his gun down i on the two men, telling them Iiutchins \vnh under arrest and could not ho harm ed. The men then withdrew, ami short- ! i lv afterward Dcputv Sheriff Devereaux, I feeling his prisoner would not hp safe dur- j J ing the It'ght, dispatched Wimbjsh to (J town lor Dr. A. R. llooth, 11 n t<rhi iim' phy-1 sieian, to see if ho eould tie moved to: Shrcveport for safe keeping. The con-1' sent of the Doctor beingo'-tainod, Hutch- 1j ins was brought over late last evening in j i a carriage ami placed in our jail. On his :< way to jail llntchins remarked to Chief; | Austin that hewassatislied the best place!' for him for the next few days wus in ottr , jail. RURIAL OF \VII,I, II. LYON. In accordance with a dispatch from his i mother, in Alibevillo, South Carolina, j Will 11. Lyon, the murdered man, wasjj buried about six o'clock hut evening in j the burial ground, his remains being fol- j< low oil bv a few friends. The unfortunate alVair has cast a gloom !j over the whole neighborhood, as young , Lyon was well thought of by all who; knew hint. ! _____ i Another Arconnt. < [.Vhrcvcport Daily Times ] Developments tins morning in regard j< to tho llufchins-Lyon shooting affair ] Tuesday evening, on the Bossier side of: j the river opposite Shreveport, put a! worso aspect upon tho face of the affair j i than appears from our notice of yester-i' day morning, and stamp the deed as a!' cold blooded murder. Seveial witnesses j! agree closely as to the details of the affair, j stating that just prior to the shooting;! Hutchins approached u negro man l>y liie;i narr.e of Sol Miller, at or near Bossier:' ferry landing, and after a few words com-1( menced to beat and abuso him, striking1, him several times over the bead with a,I pistol. This happened a short distance.1 below Belcher's store, in which Lyon was!1 sitting or standing. Lyon overheard I ] IIutc!ii:;s * ?y to the negro, "Vui or Lyon 11 one told a (J?n d ?n lie." Lyon replied, "I, I know I liavn't told a d?d lie*' HutchinsjJ said he would like to see Lyon, and the , latter walked with him aboutthirtv steps'; above Belcher's store, and setting down j ] on a dray, carrier! on a conversation in an I; undertone with Iiutchins, the latter!' standing lip in front of Lyon and between > | tho shafts of the dray. Lyon leaned a lit- j i lie inrwaru, wun nis nanus resting upon his knees. Whilst in these relative posi-! lions Hutehins suddenly presented a pis-; to] and lira J, tho ball striking Lyon in ' the breast, a little to tho left of the breast; bom;, ranging down ami passing through! the I twer part of the heart and out at the j back, above the waist. Lyon jumped to j his feet and ran back to the store, from ! which he procured a shotgun and fired at Hutehins, who was lleeing in thedlree-' tion of Jim Fetterman's store. One j buckshot took effect in the rear "of tho hip; j tlie second shot was fired up in the air asLyon was falling. After his last shot; Lvon fell and said, "M3' God, my God!'" I and expired immediately. Hntchins is1 very quarrelsome and overbearing, espe-j cjally when drinking, and had had several disputes or small quarrels with Lyon j previous to the killing, all of which, how-j ever, had been smoothed over. Eight or) ten 1 lays ago Hutchins threatened to kill , i Lyon, and had mane the same threat; against other parlies. Beyond this there lu.d been no serious trouble between the! parties. Lyon was said to bo a very! pea:*cublo and quiet man. j Win. Hutchins, who committed tho; rlfciwl t?vn-< !1 VITV Hiip)ivi:ihln rnmifnfinn 1 as a quarrelsome, overhearing hully, not! only in this sectimi, lull in other places, where he lias resided. Wo learned from > a reliable wilties that he had heard Hutch-j ins hoast of killing other men, and fioiuj another witness who knew InminSul-l phur Spring**, Texas, that he bore a had ! character, and had come to Texas from ! Indiana, where lie is reported to have] killed a man. Tlie affair bears a very i ugly aspeel. Hutch ins was taken in i charge hy deputy Sherill' Devereaux, of Bossier, yesterday and guarded through-; out the day. Late in the evening the, prisoner was brought to this city andj lodged in jail for safe keeping, as rescue ( by friends or attention from enemies were; possible. The prisoner's wound is serious, though not necessarily dangerous. ] As soon n* he can lie moved he will be' carried to Bollevuc for trial. i The Murderer Lynched. SHTtEVKPonT. LA.. MHV 14.?C. D. Hutchins, who murdered Will if. Lyon ! jit the ferry landing in Bossier Parish op-|i posite hereon last Tuesday night, while i being eonveycd to Bellevue Jail on Sun- i day morning was taken from the guards by 75 or 100 men and hanged in the ! woods." When he saw tho masked tnenii coming Hutchins pulled a huge dirk knife from hi* pocket and stabbed him-!1 self three timou near the heart. After! hanging him placards with the following jj inscriptions wero pinned to the bod}':! "There is a point where forbearance ceases to be a virtue. Fettemans (both of you)! never return. If you do you will follow j. this desperado and thiol." Tho two I Fettemans keep stores on tho opposite] side of tho river, and aro in s:)iuo way! mixed up with Ilutchins. Thousands of] <of>r>1r> t/>.flnv visited the nlncu where the: hanging occurred. Late last night the body was still hanging as tiie coroner, who Jives u long distance away, had not arrived. , Cheap Citizenship. i It Is very evident that citizenship Is too cheap in tiio United States. The sudden enfranchisement of nearly a million colored voters was bad enough, but there i was some excuse for that, and there is J some hope of working out of this diflicul-j1 tv l>y educating the negro and making jj him worthy of citizenship. The great j I danper that will threaten our country |1 one of these days, is the wholesale natu- j' ralization of the thousands of foreigners 1 that reach our shores every month. For the most part, these immigrants are igno-! rant, and in many cases depraved. They j, are altogether ignormtof the principles I which underlie the foundations of our I government. They transplant into our I: soil the seeds ol discontent and unbridled I j license. They encourage strikes and elnss I, animosities. They are foremost in all:; contest* between labor and capital.j i When our country was thinly populated I j and thcro was room lor everybody, tne immigrant was soon swallowed up and became as one ot us. Now they get together into communities, and often control tho ballot box. When we consider that several thousands of these foreigners land on our shores every month, the question becomes rather serious. A long- j er probation before citizenship to granted i would, to a certain extent, protect ns. I Let oor national legislators consider thisi question and make citizenship in this country worth something. ? Carolina Spartan. Abbeville hns helped our Cotton Mill nubscrlptlons totlie extent of 82,500. Mr. \V. C. McGowan takes 51.000 in slock ; Mr. W. C. Benet 81.000; and Mr. W. n. Parker 8000.? Xewbtrry Observer. # ' ' i !!! i !! | i ! ! h?it?i ?l?t~1 The Addresses On Monday. f Greenville Eatn-prisc unci Mountaineer.1 Co', s. s. <"tittendon of this County. nnd Col. I>. Wyatt Aiken, of Abbeville, addressed the Greenville A^ihuliural and Moeitftnieal Assoeiation )n the Court House on Monday Inst. The attendance of farmer.'' and ellizeng gi-iier;.liy was yoo.t. Capt. Mills Pie^hlent of the Association, Ilrst Introduced Col. Crittenden, who spoke for nearly an hour, and interested land entertained Ills audience. We have not the space to i:lve a *ynopsl* of It in this Issue, but will punish Jt entire next week. Col. Aiken followed, and we give below n brief outline of What he said. Although a iiimc skeleton we think olir readers will realize the main thoughts of his discourse. We are compelled to de'er until our nrxt issue Intended comments on each of these speeches. t'ol. Aiken said: Mt:. 1*i!ksii>i:st and Fki.t.ow Citizens?I labir nmler some embarrassment in :.pptarIng titfore you. and feel that I ran not speak to you as I ought. The exhibition of Jersey I'attle on yo.ir streets to-day Is far ahead of :iny 11;I??ir 1 have seen in South Carolina, and I feel humlded to try to speak to the fanners of Greenville County; and yet thev deserve i;b credit for this exluhltlon?only a few men dosueh as the President of your Atrrletilturnl Society and a few otheis. They deserve I lie fii-illi * llcv nri? mnkme mill: for t Iiim-! i 1 hi rvn nil.I buit'-r for the old folks, knocking down and kllilug out the coition stalks with clovcr ?who else does it ? ili- can harvest his two aeres of clover and with proceeds liny out any ten acres of your cotton. No men can I*ti 1 what it costs to make a pound of c'?tlo?. You can tell very near what yon will j?et for it. lie will harvest, his crop of clover in .May, and can say what it iswonhamlpfet.it. Notso with you for your cotton?after ten months of hard work in mukinglt at that. You can Fee this, and I beg yon to think of it. 1 do not know how to address you?for I have received much encouragement from what I have >cen in your midst?ami it Is very little generally that I do receive concern inn the agricultural interests of our country here at home,and it embarrasses me?in fact I fee", nonplussed. I met a. farmer to-day and n*k<*d him 'how he mid the farmers were getting along?if they were improving th'ir lands. Implements, ami doing well ? ' "First-rate." said he. "Are yon Inlying haeon ?" "Yes." So Ills everywhere,and that dees not suit me ?should raise more lions. Reminds me of a Republican I knew In Congress when I tirsl went there ; lie was always abusing llie South and loved to do It?especially South Carolina. He used to say to us in tits speeches, "If yon would go home mid tell your people to raise less hell nnd more pigs, it would tie better lor them." And so it would be better, if we would raise more pigs?at least his advice was good. Now. one niain object of my address to-day Is to get you to show an Interest in the Agricultural and Mechanical Society, to u''g".vou to collie toil. IIow many of you will do so?; Now you may come, look upon the exhibits of pins, cows, horses and other products and ! say. "Why. I have got a liner pljj or cow and j better products than that at home." Do you j lli'nk so? Well, bring it. You may have to change your mind, and see that you are mistaken. Come, all of you, see each other face to 'ace; talk about tliese anil kindred matters; it will brighten your intellect, expand your mind, do you good and learn yon much that will be greatly to your profit In learning of Undoing's of men elsewhere. I speak as a farmer to the farmers, nnd we should tall; not j only of what we raise as products lint of legls- j latlon? the doings of our public men. There | is not enough of this. The farmer Is not social enough. lie does not visit enou-rh, but slays! at home like an oyster In Ills shell. He Is not like those who live in town. He thinks he can not find the time, and sure enough It is so | sometimes ; lor If he visits, he must walk or the plow inusi stop ; if his wile wishes to visit It. is the "wrong time," audit isalwaysthc! wrong time with a farmer. People in town j not care tiovv he talks, looks, walks or dresses, | they can t?*H llioin ; mid it is beenuw thcv do | not visit enouirh or are not as social as they i are In town, where it is easier to !>e so? ial anil to visit,and therein nioreot It. There slicuhl he more of It in tlie country to rub off tills irrecimess (or whatever yon may call It) fori you arc all intelligent enough, equal to any set of people in I he world : and as to asking ijii<*stloits, I will put a tanner ajralnst anybody In the world. ANOTIILH MATTER IS TIIAT OF MENS. Glad to sm in city papers the other day that fewer Hens ure given in Greenville (.'ounty than ever before. Who made the statement'? A farmer? Is it so? I trust, so. Then success i> sine; with liens, it will not lie so. lie Is a slave who has a lien on his crop. It may not l>e a heavy lien or loo much, hut It Is inore than It is worth, because he does not raise pigs, clover and a variety of other products. Merchants are not to blame for liliili prices. As soon us a man asks for credit, he rxcltes suspicion as to his credit,and lie would not trust him out-doors or on anything; but [in the hook be 'jus nn account on that crop to he raised by ten months of sweat and toll by yon In order to pay it. Are you not his slave"? Is It just? Is It right? Another farmer? honest. energetic. Industrious?buys piods "" credit and does not ask for a lien. Merchants note this, and yet charge hi in the same priceto try and make up the money advanced on the lldis. Is it rii:ht ? Yet the i,ioii Law, and would have done perhaps years ago when tifst established. It wns a charity then?a curse now: ami he who gives a lien on Ills crop Is Kilcl as a slave an<l will never get out of ii. It costs more to make a crop with a lien. Yon iro first to one merchant unit $01 in his debt ; then yon go to another, avoiding the tlrst, who becomes your enemy. You do not care io sect or sneak with him, and yon know it. it Is human nature. The farmers of Ihlscountry i?re so crazy to get money to make crops with ?to borrow or raise It by liens?that the rtiaracter of t lie state ns such has gone abroad find legislation lias come in for the money lender. I-asl. year you could borrow at" per [ cut; now it i< 10 per cent. It-costs.'! per cent, more to inakea crop In 1Ss3 than It did in issii. Who loses by this? The man who toils lias to pay the dillcrence. You say we hurl to pay 10 per cent, at the liauk last year if we borrowed. No mutter, l'hehank official violated the law. and shame j !)ii him for so doing. I borrowed at seven per :ent. last year, and going to the same person now lie charges me ten per cent. Legislative Interference is to blame for It. Money is not i commodity to he so treated. It is for our L'ood. 'Ihe 15ih:o says, ''The love of money is Lhe root of all evil," and legislation should keep the use of it (as a value oi exchange) jown and not have tampered wli1; it so. Tue money holder now le:els at ten per cent. Interest. It is the com met of course; the merchant ha-' iopay more and you will have to hear the cost. Thrce-lonrths of our merchants have to borrow money to merchandise :>n ; they have to pay three per cent more lhan last year?and you help bear Hie cost. lie | [s no much benefactor as to pay three per cent, j more and yet sell bis wares as he did before, i l'his Usury law so tampered with by leglsla* lion Is a great evil. l)o you agree Willi me ?! -iotne do not. Well, wc can a :ree to disagree, j it. is one of the subjects you can talk about 1 ivhen you meet together and nee if It Is not so. | N'lne-tenihs of the people are interested In agriculture. J lie masses depend upon your jnneand muscle. As you often hear, they de- i pend upon your beautiful hands, "the horny hands of the sons ol toll." I nil uded to nii*- j ;hanlcs?there Is some liere. Well, there is noi statute legislation on the subject. We haven penitentiary?its very name sinrpests a pjuce [or confinement for punishment ol criminals ; I ?nd yet here legislation lias stepped in and Northern capital lias come In and have the use of i?) com lets for ten years to make shoes, cheaper than it can he done outside; 2'?0 more ["or ten years to make Mockinun, cheaper tlu:n they c.in be made outside. Who gets the bene- ] (it of thS? A burclnr, thief or one convicted >f manslaughter sent there Is put to wo:k. learns the trade?m?r?l? and character are | left out?beeouiesaskilled expert at the end ; >f his term and is turned out as a eenipetitor 1 if an honest, uprlcht individual- my boy per-! iap??who tins labored hard as an apprentice I ror five years under a master, and now has to j oinpete witli this ex-convict in the trade. Is; t right? Is such Just ??guilt and crime dueated into skill in a rascal, against honest iibor? I saw a boy In Rock ford, Illinois,! iuperintenditn; twelve stocking machines? nakln^ pair n week?al SI.CO a day; ills 10 trouble only to watch the machines; ai bread never breaks from first to last. So of a | miliar who troes to the Penltenilary?I like i o Inn e said the Legislature. same Ihinsi-anrt routes ont an export, when he had better be lacking stones on the public roads, which Aotilil soon solve that question now ti^lt:i 11 he public mind. Anil It Is the only way It \111 be solved. All know the way public oads are now working lsu farce?it Is a frolic oa man notified to work the roads. He leaves lotne half an hour by sun and rel urns nt the | iarne time: forty chews of tobacco, fifteen j ninutes work, a little pine brush and dirt lere there, and that is all. Take these con-j . lets out. of the penitentiary, put them to vork tnacacdnilzlng the roads, as 1 have seen lundnds doing lu New York and I'ennsylL'aniu, and It will be done. ANOTHKU sriiJI-CT [ wish tospeak upon. It. is a delicate one too, >'< t our duty as farmers to talk about it. In i [S7."5 we lived under earpet-baj{ rule. Sonic h i e remember what that was?noise have for-1 iotten It. We wore ground down by taxation, j VVb^rc we paid a dollar then. It is .In cents I now. No one hud money. If they did it was | lildden away?was n*t put In manufactures: ?r anything. To encourage industry and j rnanuni' tuies they werecxeinpt from taxation | lor ten years. 1 don't tldnk it is right. The i farmer, if he Invests in real estate or improves j lilr-- property in any way, has to pay for It; but if lie takes his money out. of all such and lulls It in manufactures ho does not?it is free ! it ml exempt from t:i xiit i?>n. Two things arc! -aid u> be inevitable?death <it.il taxation. 1'here art? line manufactories in Greenville County and I am jilal of It and I welcome j theni, but do not like them free from taxation.1 IMssaid tliat they briiii: In Northern capital i ?very well, we want that if the profits they j made were kept here, hut it coes hack North, j One of the prettiest villa;;?* In South Carolina is Piedmont, i'Ut not proud enough to exempt j il from taxation. Why should there he a dif-l fcience If my property is Invested in real' estate rather than spindled. It is said that! they enhance the value of real estate-ofj course. Why not exempt the improvements j wo make on real estate?land, houses, Jer-ey cattle, etc.?and fietcredit for il by exemption \ too? i Itavenowoid against, manufactories: ?would to (iod they were everywhere. Ills! said they Improve the community?How ? Takes the hoys and girls from the farms, under the roofs of their own homes, and! makes them the employees of others?not as i farmers or Kood wives for farmers. The! (ireatest argument is that It Introduce" i Northern capital?that Is not the law. The I law encouragcs I lie introduction of capital; from anywhere?home as well as lorelirn. I| venture the assertion that If the law had never i been passed, Piedmont would have been Pled-: moot to-day. Its President was working for | the charter before the law passed, and o!>- j taiixd the charter thirty days alter. I don't want manufactories to exist to the Injury of j the farmer. I believe in cxemptlnc: churches I una gravcynrus omy-nni even parsonages, n there be one. It is wild they are only exempt for ten jears, then tax tliein anil It will lip1 enough to pay all. flu you think so? It Ik r i mistake. There will be as heavy luxe* ton years hence as now. There will be a thousand things tobe taxed for. Ml-Ii salaried offlcers | public roads and expensive buildings. I want to see equal taxation upon all?income tax If we could have It. There are loo many monied j men, however, to ever have thai law passed.; [ never expect to see It again. These are! Irgltimatethings to talk uhout. If you should I Improve your stock, real estate, etc., and as! Piedmont no doubt will soon declare another j Handsome dividend, you should pay tax on ill of It. TWO MILI.S SCHOOL TAX. The Public School System Is a grand burning. Fanners are interested and should have < Getter law. What becomes of the funds?j 1'hey arc wasted, squandered, thrown away, j Who ?:ets the benefit? I>o our children?! Nook nt the school houses over the land. The I negroes have the most of them. I believe in ducat lug the noirro. hut It should be done by . I he white teachers who would teach morals j uid character, and not leave them out. I had j * colored hoy on my place who walked six i miles to school, and In time learned some-1 thing. I!e got a second made certificate to] leach school, forced an order on an old eoiorrd ncigoixir lor Illi} puuiiiin imhuii, inn I.iun i I l>aid I lie amount. (?!".) and It wns hushed. Uc, is still tenchim; and ,v?>ti cannot keep him From it. A beautiful follow to teach school is j lie not ? There was no conviction ofcrlinci j pun lilm. and yet If all the morality taught i) that school was compressed In a hydraulic j press it would not weigh a hall ounce, and ; lliat rascality will he developed Into a linn- I Ired live*, and is one etleet of the present ! lysteni. I.et them go to a white teacher and ! t they have nr. character and the heart Is not j richt, he Is a rascal. I don't care if he Is white is an angel or black asthe devil. This system ;Hect* us all. and we should take hold of it I ind make one adapted to us. and do away with this one brought from Massachusetts. It Is right and legitimate to talk about these things, and what Is better to get yon all together than a Fair. Rome excltementln the way of recreation that we all need. Take your wives and daughters with you. You ought to IIIMIII?? _?J_I l?l? ! stop the plow Iti their behalf. If there nre any who nerd recreation, they do. l'aek! horse* of burden und confining toil, they deserve this privilege, mid It wl'l ulve them a chance to learn something-. You may stay at j home on your farms until you are as ^ra.v a* a i' badger and never learn Anything. The majority or farmers are that Way, and know and | i care nothing of Improvements. Just the one I ! mule plow and hoe. and they urc Up top. Put ] ( 'an Unproved plow Into their hands, that runs j five furrows at a time, and t'lev are seared t<> (death and Know nothing ahoiit usingthom. j I had one. and was sitting on It plowing one day. and a neighbor |tt-sir,g called out: "Now,; Unload, if you had a Jug and an umbrella, j you'd ho fixed "-That was the thanks and!, mark of appreciation I U"t. Talk to one of j ( InlMtciiitr Ih'iinlIfulIv Ivrn iirrex In ten hour*. I ! hear one up here ran piow three acres in ten hours, ( an heat me and I am glatl of it. I,el l j I iim talk about these things, luipirt. them anil | I Use th^m. Who knows anyihing about a \ Cassndy Plow. I do not cvpect there are | three in tiic Slate. You can ride and plow , I four times as mueli with It. In northern Mis j sottrl I met an old South Carolinian?l.ellotle. ] I Ho had two children, and bad 20 acres in < I pasture; 2> acres occupied liy his hotiS?\s an<l j lot, ami cultivated over IiK) acres, lie and j hlsMHi, 10 years of a re. did all the plowing by , I two-horse plows, harrows, etc., ami he sold bis | I corn to a Texas beef driver, tor S'M'Xi. without j | havinir to gather It. lie made ?"> bushels when! ; I per acre from 10 acres. I saw another man ' ! who owned T.OtMi acres in Dakota of prairie f j land. He t-cedcd his land to wheat one day !, I with seed drllIsnud harrowed It in the next. |. I When ready for cutting a header cut. andjj I threw the heads Into a hopper and threshed I, and sacked bis 1-71,'HX) bushels, ready fori] | market?and done by machinery, contrast h i our farming with that of the Dakot i man. i; I There is the old Dickson sweep through the j long and cool days of early sprim; and fall. ; and the Ions iiot days -f summer?313 days tit j j I hard work in the year. The Dakota man does, ( I not work more than thirty days, and rides at that, and the machinery does his work. ; j Count the crops and the cost and see the dlf I ference. Tail; about I:?save labor, save time 't land save money. With farmers and their j wives I eon less there lias been much Improve, i j ment of late years ; yet take a hia-gy and get | (away from near town and go among the j i farmers and you will llml the woodpile on one ^ side of the road, house on the other, kitchen. < lot and outhouses 50 yaids away, spring or j well SHI yards off. Think of the amount of \ j water used and the value of time taken to tret | it. Economy is so little taught and less under- v st'?od that itissnid thai a Frenchman ami a | ! Yankee can live on what we throw away and | have plenty, and a white man can live on : h.vliat a negro wastes?they have no idea of J I economy and are so extravagant. If you , ; hire them you have to take time to instruct ; I thein, and who pays you for It? It Is not .valuable? and yet you gel no pay for it. Ii | 'ought to be paid for at in ihe North, where , I time is money. The ringing of a bell calls ( I laborers to work, and if one Is five minutes f ! late he Is not allowed to go to work for half an | | hour, and his time is docked for that much. t : Try that here and all would run off*, y.itlt , should be so. Let tlie farmer talk about it, , make It public Rcntiuient, and it will become ; so , Rut, Mr. President, I have talked too long. ; Let ine once more urge upon the farmer* the , necessity of taking sin Interest In these tlilnus. (let them to talk aliont and act upon them. And If anyof them think they have the hest pig. prettiest cow. or finest product of the Held and canlen. let lilrn tiring it to the Kiiir and h<dp make it a success, and see If any one can hc=tt htm In their exhibits. Let us Improve the morals of the land. I tell yon It Is needed. And may Heaven bless yon, Mr. President anil gent'emen, in all your efforts at Improvement of yourselves, your lands and stock, and In I everything, and may it all redound to your highest good. Thankin* y?>u for your attention and kindness In listening to mo, trusting prolit may result, I will clo.se. The Roads and Highways. The question ol Improving the roads of the [state has been brought into prominent discus-Ion by the recent letter of Senator Ttutler. f j The following letter from Senator Patter- | son of ("hosier, presents considerations which i [ will aid greatly In the solution of the uroblcm i which, sooner or later, the people of the State will liuve to meet: ('hksteu, s. c.\, May 1,1s?3. Hon. A. P. Jiutlrr, DkakSiu: There is no s ; question of public concern In the State, ex- S" c( pting. peiiiaps, taxes, that touches the Inter- | j est of more citizens than iliat of public high- 4 ways, and none that has received much less c consideration and calls more loudly for re- > f.ifm It U Inst, ftinsp fur reliiielnir on Ihcmirt ) <>!' the people <>f the .Slate that tliis subject has ' arrested the attention <ii' Senator M. ('. Ilutlrr. #> ! as appears from his letter to you of liith April ( ultimo. It Is Indeed one that, may worthily I command his earnest ftndy. If he ean ami i will propfi-e an acceptable schema that will 3 isecure to the State food public roads he will I accomplish a task that will do more to estab- '1 llsli and perpetuate his fame as a statesman i than all lie has heretofore done; and this I 'J say without intending to depreciate In the least the lu?tre of the civic crown he has worn and wears. Ills statue, erected at the expense of the State should stand at the frontdoor to our Capital to remind all who enter there that the people of South Carolina admire and / value more that statesmanship which Is productive of practical results than that of a ' more brilliant but less meritorious type " which cultivates and manipulates parties for i party ends. Cully Impressed as I am thai the road law < Is defectiw. anil as how administered is al- s most a total failure, especially In tin*shoal . water reKlonsol the State, there still lurks In my mind the suspicion that this failure is not ' so much the fault of the law as It is of the will ( and spirits of thi-citizens, whose self-Interest v as well as patriotism was expected to nerve ' them up to Its execution. * I In other words, if ihe County Commission- 1 'ers of every county were alive to Its linpor- : | tance of this subject, ?nd if competent, zeal ] ons earnest, men were made superintendents ? a ltd overseers, mid the citizens generally were | slrnnnus in demanding the enforcement of the law as It now Is, would not. onrptililic highways In one your be put In a condition superior to any we have heretofore enjoyed, I wlili tin-cheering prospect ofcontinued yearly I improvements till all would reach the perfection or turnpikes ? I Think of the vast resources of labor now | placed hy law at the eommand of those en* trusted witii this gieat Interest. Every able* bodied man between lfl and ">0 years of ag'\ with some exception. is made liable to road duty for twelve days In each year, if demanded. Chester couniy, with an area of HO square miles. C;in call ont not less than l.fCK) men. Put a day's work at ten hours and It amounts to 120 hours of labor for each hand perunnum. which votild make the labor for this- purpose In Chester county equivalent to the cons'ant. daily labor of lint bands for the whole year. Whatever, therefore, 1G0 bands kept continually at work for the whole year on the roads <.( (Chester county could accomplish should be accomplished by the resources now at ilie j command of those In charge of It* highways. It Is not putting it too stmnely to Kay that a faithful and intelligent application of this labor in this direction would in a few years so improve our roads and enhance the value of our land and Increase our population as to n ti-wuint f ri it i ftvollil irm. A larise majority 100 of those made liable to ] the assessment <if labor for road duty belong toneliisstli.it pay no other tax to the support of the State, hut. tinder the looseatid thriftless methods now pursued, this Invaluable re- | soun-c Is prodigally thrown away. Indeed It . seems that the listless Indifference of the peo- 1 pie to their own true benefit is eh liveable S with inueli, If not most, of the consequences i In this respect under whieh we daily sutler { and repine If it be true, then, that the tnUer- 1 able eondlt ion of v?nr highways is attributable t as much or more to the supine lndiifWence of f the citizens to the defect of the law, the first , and most potent factor to be Invoked in order 1 to seeure reformation is the people. How | shall this tie done? I suiri/esi (with much j | ditlldenee; that much may be a< eomplished i . In this line if the County Commissioners of 1 each county, and especially those counties (. situated In the shoal water reslon. call eon- , vention in the leisure season of the year (say .Inly or Auvu^t) of all superintendents imdi' overseers of highway, and of all other citizen* J. wishing to ansisi In the advancement of the . public pood, to meet and discuss the whole subject as to the proner location of roads, the I mode of distributing the labor on each section, I the ties! method of working and draining, the j best implements to he employed, the time most suitable for applying the labor, and such * nflu.r c-ii.'ii'Lic < iii.?.iUiiisas iniiflit be suj nested. \ Such a convention properly handled would ^ (II Is believed) (julckcn and give a new impetus to public. sentiment and demonstrate lo the people that the true way to advance their own interest is f> demand of I heir ollicers that all of tills lost labor shall he called out and applied. submittim; themselves cheerfully to the discharge of their shnie of ibis task. And i further, a fund of Information tui::ht. be obtained as to the number of tnilcs ot roads to be worked, their present condiI ion, the special dillicullics that may environ some sections. ( and the peculiar advantages of oihers, and oilier facts I hat Senator IHuIernow seeks from . your olllce, would be of infinite value to the ' Stale for future reference. ii It is due to myself to sav In conclusion that , I have been induced to address this letter to you not solely because ol my earnest desire * for the promotion of the central welfare of it the St-ite (which is a sufficient excuse) but .. specially because of very tre?|uent public utteiaeces on this subject In the lust primary 1 campaign in litis county. 1 With gieat respect. I am yours truly. . (tII.ES J. I'ATTEKSOX. il The Oltl Clock. J I I I The old clock croons on tho sun-kissed wall, | ' "Ick, tuck ! lick, tuck ! The merry second to minutes cull: 1 Tick, lock ! TIs nioru! r A matilen sits at. the mirror there. And smiles as she braids h"r uoldea hair; js Oh, hi tlic .II'! I hut her faco is fair! I Tick, took ! tick, lock ! ? Far over thesea the good ship I.rings I The lover of wnom the maiden sin^s; j From the orange tree the (ir.st leal springs ; Tlclt, tuck ! tick, lock ! II Tiieold clock lauehson the (lower-decked wall, Tick, tock ! tick, lock ! The rose wlnsied hours elude tiieir thrall; Tick, tock 1 'TIs noun ! ' The love's pride and his love are blest; The maiden Is folded to his breast; On her brow the holy l>lo>snm<< rot; 1 Tick, I03k ! tick tock ! I Oh, thrice long may the sweet bells chlmc * As eehoim: tills thro' lulu re time ! I Still to my heart beats dial measured rhyine, I i Tick, tock ! tick, tock! in The old clock moans on (he crumbling wall, Ti'*k, lock ! Ilek, tock ! * The dreary years Into eternity lall; t 'lick, tock! 'TIs night! The thread that yon spider draws with care Across Hie uleain 0! the mirror there SceiUH like the ghost of a uolden hair; Tick, teeIc ! lick, tock ! u I.. The sweet bolls chime fur those who nifty wed; i ' The herald-snow vrowns many n head. I v liut tree anil maiden anil love'are dead .1 Tick, lock ! lick, to-k ! I ' Uuv Caiii/jox, is Life, j A Warning to Limbless Confederate j <-1 Soldiers. j1 Comptroller-General Ktoney ha* ad(lre?srd a v elrcnlar In the following terms to every news-, n paper In the State: o Yo?l " 111 confer a favor on ine, and do a ser-> vice to many old soldiers. If you will he ^ood ' enough to yive notice thnmuh your paper thai: all claims for arilflclal limbs will be paid In I full at the very earliest possible periiMl, and ' that parties entitled to the same will receive, . notlcc from this ofllce as soon as there arejll fur.ds In the treasury for that purpose. j ti The records of this ollice being accessible to ! r any one wishing to examine lliein, certain ' . parlies have obtained a list of these claims, i / and have been ottering to purchase them from i o the holders at a heavy discount or to collect i-> them on commission, thus giving the linpres-, *. sion that they have facilities toi expediting n Ihelr payment This action Is absolutely c without, the authority or sanction 01 tnisoi-;., flee, it ml I I'urncNtly advise holders not to part; with their claims to any fluent, hut to deal (Jl-1 H redly with this office in their settlement. I; Ii ask that you will give this notice entirely in i_ the interest oi theso poor old veterans. j ^ More Business for the I'robalo Conrl.'r tti The Supreme Court of the State has decided . In the ease of Scriu-gs vs. Foot that the Fro- J> Date Court has Jurisdiction to sell land, at the o suit of-a creditor, to pay debts of a decedent t where the personal assets are insufficient. This- decision will throw a great deal more C business into the Probate Court, where es- a tates, especially If they are Insolvent, can he n settled up more expeditiously and at less cost T thau In the Circuit Court. 11 The Wheat Prospect VS REPORTED TO Tilt DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Litton?The Planting of 1 ho Staple Late?Other News From Washington About Political Persons and Tilings. [Chronicleand IXmstit nlionuli.it. \ Washington, May in.?Tlie May returns ni ivlio.it to the iJcpartmenlof Agriculture make ;iie condition, us compart d with the A i ivcrsi^i's, niiitcrinll.v lower in N> w York and Michigan, ami in Uliio and Illinois furl Iter injury was hintuht on hy the frosts crl/ in Ypril, and in the hiojv no:llwrit districts the >m1 damage hy tiie M.uc.'i fro.'/.in^ was nion I'uliy ilisi lo-ed a* the covering of snow and i< c lisupocari'd. 'J lie nveiage lor these ^>taU-s i-: Sew York 77 Michigan K2 f.liiio. li'J I l.lllols t/t) A further lo?s NsuUcreti hy the plowing up :>f laive nrc<s ill Ohio and Illinois, A iedu--:ion in Missoml from X! to 80 Is also reported. In Indiana tint condition averages 7">, and New Jersey reports 101?hoMi the same as in April. All t lii? remain Inn northern states iliow sin impiovemeut since I lie A|?rll report, is wi ll as tin? l'aeiiic cosist, un l neai ly ulI the -outhern .Slnles. In the latter two classes the ivenises are: Jonm-cticut. 00 I'cniisyivania Wi Delaware * "> Maryland 00 Virginia 0 Sintli Carolina !i'l Stititli Carolina 00 jcorgia 07 Alabama OS M issi?sl [>]>i 02 IVMH *7 Arkansas SI! I'ei i no-see West Virginia !;0 Kentucky >1 Kansas 01 '.ilifornia .*< Jnvon ....72 This is an Improvement of 1-i points in Callorninnud 17 in (iregon. 'J'lie itverage condition of winter wheat Is W/i against M) In A)i iI. A loss in arei from eplanilm; in the other crops may tic assumed to reiluce the prospect of April 1st. In I.<70 mil in iSS'i the ~eiier.il aveiaiic ivasoo : In 1:^81 I was Ss, and In |\S2it was 102; in .May of last fear. IiiO. In this former year* there were no Way returns. Two years ato the average dedined lit80 l:i July. Last- ear it inereascil toil 101 at theilrncofcimlmr. It should he understood that in Ihe departiiieni repoitsof?ondilon, 10-i means u medium growth with a lull tnml and a healthy piant. 'Hie Ohio ami IIinois reports compare with las: year's crops lius: Ohio |reporis for May 0J compared rtiih lasl year, and 02 compared with an i\ eraire crop. The spring wheat area will not. he complete III May l-">, and will he reported on June). I'he statistical ag- nt for liakoia makes a pro')ibie increase of :>0 per cent. The agent, (or Minnesota reported Ml percent, of lust year's irea already planted. An increase of 15 per sent, is reported in Washington Territory. It s not probable that the increase in tin; spring vhcat area will more than make good Ihe loss )! the whiter wheat- acreage, without regard 0 ihe spring wheat breadth. A dispatch Irom the London statistical igeiit. under the dale of April iS'h, reports au mprovemciit In Kuropean wheat prospects liiriim the last monlli. The seveiiiy of .March va? lollowed liy three weeks of dry weather, vhicli was succeeded by one week o' Invito atlng rain. The season Is still hack ward, and 1 hisflicr temperature Is needed The small ireuof spring sown wheat In Knglaml Is iliin tnd much of it will he displaced by bar ey. n France and (iermany rain it needed and a llglicr temperature necessary. Willi reduced icreago In Western Europeand some injury roni Iree7.lng in March, a reduced crop up ears to be Inevitable. In Austria and Hunary the prospect is favorable fur at least a ucdiuui crop. Cotton. Heturns of the progress of cotton planting how that work to be laterthun ns'ial iti every *iatr, unci Imlieate that on May the II.st 74 ier cent, of the propose#! urea whs plantcil. vlicn tin- usual proportion is ?.ahl to he St per lent, in Virginia ami North Carolina it was rery late. The percentage planted were : /iralnia 15 "Corl h Carolina :{ "? smith Carolina 75 ioortrln 75 Morula INS Uahaina . >3 .Iissis?ippl .' vj .ouisiaiiu *1 I'exas 75 Vrknnsas .'en lie-nee t7 Suggestions From Arkansas. I see in the March number of the Zultivator an inquiry for a tnac-liinc Ikit will cut cotton and corn stulUs. I'heie are several kinds intuit', mid nil t have seen dogood work. 1 am using me made in Illinois, that will cut all italks or weeds, when the ground is lry enough to plow. Any of thcagieullural manufacturers up North can 'urnish them. Tliey are easily conitructed, and any good country blacksmith can make one by using a round og, the length wanted, ami driving in ron pins upon which knives can he tolled. I have been using one for hree years and 1 sun satisfied it is vorth till I paid for it. The Southern farmers is much belind the age in the use of labor-saving ools. The Northern farmers make utiles and horses do much of their ivnrk, such work as the Southern faruer generally does hy haml. One of he improved implements is a large >lovv that can turn four acres each day ivith three horses, ami do much better yolk than can be done with one or wo horse plows. I hear of a machine .-ailed the screw pulverizer?that is aid pulverizes twenty acres of lam! ach day, and does it better than can ?c done with the plow. I also see Voni the certificates sent out by the nanufacturcrs that a good many of hem were sold in (Georgia, and I hink if the farmers who are using hem would give the public their opin* on of them it would be of service. 1'he Soul hern fanners must use more loive and less in a it power, if they vould succeed. What is the value of cotton seed, is .ovy being discussed in the papers. If lie experiments made in Canada and it the A. and M. College of AIissi>sip>i are correct, then more money can ?" ?l?o t-miil **f n loitti <tf' r?i(. JC llimiv IH'lli IIIVT OVVU wi u turn. ?? V"I on thuii llie lint mow brings, and tIn* )est of it is tlmt the fanner can makv in1 money during the winter months. The experiments were in feeding toiled cotton seed to cattle, and the rial proved that lat could he put on atlie at a cost of two cents per pound luring the winter months, while in he North to do the same thing with jrain would cost, about ten cents per mund. This tiling, if correctly retorted, will make the Cotton Stales lie best cattle and stuck country in the Jnion. For instance, suppose a farin-j t who makes ten bales of cotton vei^hing live hundred pounds each, viII purchase in the fall ten steers that iverage eight hundred pounds, which an be purchased for about $l(S.()0. I'he seed from each b-ile of cotton, villi plenty of hay, will feed tliecat-l le seventy-live days, and put on about lireehuudredaml sevenly-livepounds) ?f fat, making the steers weigh on I lie | irstof Match 1,175 pounds, worth now ive cents per pound, or $58.7o. And suppose the manure is worth asmuchj is the cost of the hay, which leaves a let profit of $42.75 for the seed. If the eed is fed to young cattle and they be nit to grass and grazed during the I ummcr it will pay even a larger prof-1 t. It is said that the oil from each on of seed is worth about thirteen! lolltirs, so if the oilcan be extracted j Hid the cake fed, then there will bei ibout six dollars more profit on tliei eed. This certainly would be better! ban putting the seed on the land as a nan lire?for the cattle would make as nueh manure as the seed would supily. There is no reason why the small' tinners of the .South cannot make! lock raising profitable, certainly j mich more so than seven cent cotlon. | see an article in the March number if the (Uiltimlor stating that "stock : aising is good for the health and nmr-j ils," and what the writer .says is the: inked truth. It brightens up nj nan, gives him good, honest fund to' at; and lie does not eat as acorre-i pondent of the Acw York Sun says of' lie eotton planter, "That he eats I lie i oarsest food ever consumed liy civil-J zed man." The "nil cotton" dwarfs a j nan's intellect, while to raise live! took and grain improves him. Try it, irother'farnicrs of Georgia, and see if he world is not brighter to you. .1. II. Mookic, South Bend, Arkansas. in Old "North State" Farmer's j Views. Just after the late war, I was a sub-1 criber to the Southern Cultivator for. lumber of years, and appreciated it: cry highly until I lost about six bun-' I red dollars by following the advice of; ue of your correspondents. If I ami nistaken the plan had the editor's in- j lorscnieiit, and I must confess that I lien became thoroughly disgusted k-ith all agricultural papers. On this ( count I have been without a paper; f that class for the past twelve years, J mil recent I v. when I concluded to try , our paper again. Now, as I have excited the curiosity! f your many readers, I will tell you 1 iow J lost the money. The plan was i> sow oats the last plowing of your! otton, which was the first week in iugust. I ?eeded down sixty acres f as good cotton laud as I had, ami iti November and December, up to the rst of January my piospect for an oat rop astonished the natives. The oats i'oijId hide a rabbit. I made arrangeicnts with the proprietors of several very stables to furnish them with ats. I expected to lay "Carter" in lie shade. During January and Febuary tiie oats remained about the ime?only they began to turn red' ist above the ground, with swarms f the Hessian fly all through them, n March and April there was a de- j ided change for the worse. In May lid June, as they began to head ut and ripen, they began to fall down, i succeeded iu getting a car load of worthless oats. I en3* worthless oats? I say worthless, for I fotiuil there wan no mill in them. No peculiarity of thereupon caused it. for oats in the neighborhood sowed at our usual time (first of November) were tine?so the early sowing caused the Hessian fly lo gel them by the throat ardsuck them lo death. The rei ts of the land at the then price of cotton would have paid me at least six hundred dollars. This s.iow.s what is a success in one section may prove a failure in another?so all the new ideas advance d should be tried cautiously. This statement will console your "Sweet potato yam" man. As you propose to reproduce the Dickson letters, I would caution your many readers, that his plan may prove a failure with many of them. His climate and his soil must he understood fully before his plan can be adopted with success. I not only have read his letters carefully, but have studied | litem, i auopiei; ois pum ?ji i'lnnuu^ peasin every third furrow, which I continued Ibr a mmihcr of years, llisj I celebrated sweep is almost a thing of! [ the past with many of our planters, i I His plan of handling ti great deal of) | litter, direct from the woods to the! I field, is splendid, hut I handled it aj j little differently, which I will cxi plain. In sowing my oatsaud wheat I lay I ! ofr lands twelve I'eet apart with a small [scooter; two lauds then arc plowed in together, making the water furrows ; twenty-four feet apart. At my leisure, 1 from time of sowing until planting time, I haul leaves ami straw from the woods, a good farm loud for two mules, divided so as to make nincsmall piles. These I have put along in the water furrows, twenty-four feet, apart. I manage to go over nil my oafs and wheat land, and scarcely miss the time. | I then let it remain in piles until alter harvest. I move out the grain as soon as it is dry. I then put in some extra hands, say three to a half row. one going ahead and pitching the straw and leaves to the right, fionf, left.and rear, then two follow and distribute iteveu-| Iv. It is astonishing to see how much | three hands can broadcast in that way inada.v. From tenth of July to first of August, when I find the laud a little too wet to plow in cotton or corn, and when some of my neighbors are try-1 ing to get up a dog fight at the cross- j road country places Iputallniy plows, to turning under thestubble and straw, i first sowing ahead of the plows a bush-j el of good sound peas per acre. The| I straw and leaves seem iouc u nmnurc for the peas. I have had the pea vines; so rank that I could scarcely walk I through them. I pick what peas I] want, and then turn in my hogs and mules (keeping my cows out), to eat) the balance of th? grain. I let it remain untouched by the plow until the; following February, when I cross plow: it deeply with the small wing of the] Dixie plow, to cut the straw and leaves j to pieces. The land then has the appearance of second year's new ground,! chug full of vegetable matter. I next I follow that land in cotton with thebestl results. To conclude and to give your readers j an idea of what we are doing in thej piny woods of the "Old North State," j I will add that we are making from fif- j teen to twenty bales of col ton to thei | plow, and plenty of everything else to | serve us, with the exception of bacon, j which some planters tind cheaper to buy than to raise for their laborers. S. M. Thomas. Laurinbwy, JST. C. Views of a Young Farmer. Will you permit a young and experienced fanner, through the columns] of \\m Southern Cultivator, In exchange views with some of your older audi i more exnerienced contributors, al though I work on a small scale, utidj my idras maybe very commonplace. I desire to see prosperity anions onrj farmers, so I will give yon a lew lines | as to my notions of farming. King: cotton still continues to sit on hisj tlnono, I lie "monarch of tuitions," etc. My notion about planting it on a small [scale, with clay land, Is to manure very highly only a few acres to the horse, say about ten, break it tip thoroughly llwict! or thrice with a turn plough, j harrow after each plowing, lay o(F the rows four feet apart, manure heavily in 'the drill with compost manure. I J think that leaf loam, stable manure j and cotton seed vastly superior to any i of the commercial fertilizers, and certainly much cheaper for our poverty stricken Southern farmers, although! where the land is liable to rust, I believe kaiuitas a preventive.should be used. Throw up a high bed and cover j ifltl, .1 Tli/.iii.n; vi mr1i> wPPtiotl I before thccottou comes upruii the harrow Willi the rows. When reatly to be chopped mil across it with tlie harrow, then bar it ofl' with turn plough and : fender; ufterchopping run the harrpw with the row again, then continue working with sweep or scraper till laid by. This mode of cultivation saves great expense in hoeing, and more isi made on ten acres with less work and' expense than twenty acres worked in I the old way. Our farmers will soon find that there is no money in cotton, with negro labor, unless worked as I have stated? | fewer acres to the horse and the using J of more home made fertilizers. When; | cotton is ploughed the last time then I I oats should besowed, which gives ttic*[ tf.% i* t !.???j| unnr fim* nrif-I 'imiiii i r>iuiMiiu iitim v? vi j ??? i ton, and oats are sown with littleor 110, expense, and the result is a largt r and j liner .yield of this grain. My motto is "less cotton and more oats." Ilegarding corn, I have only this to say:' j Do not plant your bottom laud tool early. Alter oals are cut, which is generally ahout the last of May, break; the laud thoroughly with a small' J wing plough, harrow well and lay oil"! i the rows six feet apart, corn three ftet [ in the drill, having manured with co?! ton seed and stable manure, throw two ! furrows on it with awing plough, then harrow. Just as it comes up harrow 1 again either across or with the row; I plough the middles out well with a wing plough when the second ploughing is ?iven. Sow oats and lay the corn by with a scrape or sweep. On a farm, whether large or small, [ the cultivation ol sweet potatoes suouiu, not lie neglected. No less tl mi twoi I acres of this crop should be planted. Besides supplying the family table! I nothing is so fattening for hogs ami' I young pigs, and they arc fnt belter food for cows than turnip's. With.sweet po-l taloes I have always been especially J [successful. The land must he thoi-l oughlv broken up in February and! | laid oil'in rows three and a half feet! apart, running twice in a row withaj long shovel plough. Fill the furrowj with pine straw. Throw two furrows; on it with a wing plough. Let it lie | until ready to set out the plants, then; bed il up and run over the bed with aj harrow. Alter planting thellrst work-j iug must be done with a Thomas liar-! row by running with the row; the next working plough out with a shovel; and then with a sweep until laid by. I '111 11 Mil IM'l'JUIIg W?. JMIUMWVO | all winter is to build a pen within a pen, leaving a space of six inches between j the two pens which should be well1 filled willi sawdust, letting the roof of j the outside pen be higher than that ofj the inside pen, which is packed with straw or saw du-t between the two roofs. Of course a small door must be j cut in both pens, having it well sealed; on each side to p'event the saw dust falling out. Lay a thick bt d of straw on I lie ground befoie pulling in the! potatoes. By this means a hundred j or more bushels may be preserved all winter. Edward J. Jonks, Ed;j<jidd C. II. S. C. Bermuda ft r ass nnil Judge Parks. I see in Ihelast liuniberof the?S'oi/Mc, n Cultivator you copy from the! Chnrlt stou |<S'. () i\7 ten and ('mirier l lie1 agrieultnral editor's comments on my! article, which appeared in the March j number of the Cultivator, in reference! to the origin of Bermuda grass. He says: "The impression conveyed to the reader is that Civ Bermuda grass was first introduced to this country through Judge l'arks about thirty-five years ago. Itisuo uncommon thing for such erroneous statements to get intoouragi ictilfural journals, and if not corrected i at once they become disseminated j through other papers, and gradually ] perpetuate themselves. Bermuda grass I, lias been in this country for a century!' oi- mni-o A laiwr I liu I wi*i ril I'ixri/iii /?fil the Southern Atlantic Stales i' is most ( generally known as 'joint grass," or < sonictinies "highland joint ijrass." to ] distinguish it from the "joint grass," , of the rice fiehls, but it is the same < thing as what is known as Bermuda |] grass from Virginia southward. When!' or by whom it wasfSrst introduced is ' perhaps not now known, but it was '( certainly hereon this coast region or older settled portions of this State and Georgia long before Judge Parks was born." I have no doubt the agricultural edi- \ tor of the Xcivx and Courier is confi- f dent that he has known real Bermuda 1 grass to have existed on the coast for a , "century or more." I will venture tlie* 1 belief (hat be could be deceived in ' detecting the difference between Ber-if muda and Wire grass were be sbowu a j f sanipleof each in its present ata^e of 1 growth. I will also venture the belief t hat perhaps he has never known tbe genuine Bermuda grass. Tlie simple fact that so few people know the difference between Bermuda and Wire grass actuated me to write the article; 1 for your March number, on the diffl'r- j ence between these grasses. I did notstate that Judge Parks was the/7r#no introduce Bermuda grass in the South, yet, at tbe same time, I have, no doubt that lie was the first to intm- ( dure it on Ibis side of the coast. At,* any rate. I can .substantiate the fact I! that he did introduCCit ill this Stale.! It is not surprising that a VViregrilss h editor, who has been taught to know ' "Wire" grass,as "joint gra?s," "high-'; | land joint grass,'* and Bermuda were i identical. If tlie editor of the Nc.U'8 \ and Courier will meet meat the Louisville Exposition during the month of August. I think I w-jll be able to convince him Ihnt helms never known genu ine Bermuda grass?hut has been laboring under the erroneous opinion that Wiregra<s was Bermuda grass as I will, by request of the General Man* : ager. ship to Louisville to be planted i on the Exposition ground", M>nie genn| ine Bermuda grass. I will take with tne when I go in August some Wire grass sod. which will settle by eorripari j son the qiifsti?th as to the difterencc between Wire and Bermuda grass. H. H. Panics. Newnan, Goi., April, 1883. ? Simple Remedies. I A correspondent of the Gcrmaninwn Te/cf/rnph says: "Fresh, clean lion's lard ruhfced three or four times on any kind of warts on horses or cattle, will remove them on three or lour applications. I have removed the warts time alter lime, and have never heen able to tiud the wart for the fourth application. If I should send the Latin name for lard and tell men to pay lifly cents to druggist for about two cents' worth of good lard this remedy would be oftener used." 1 A \Vcntcrn Rural Correspondent J says: I ?end you a receipt for a liniment that surpasses anything for taking out soreness, reducing swellings, j healing up sores and curing any man or beast that I ever saw. It heals any of the patent liniments made. Take linseed oil. one pint; kerosene'oil. one pint; turpentine, one pint. Apply as other liniments. This is not only the best but the cheapest liniment for far- , mers that I ever saw. If you have not got the linseed oil, melt clean hog's lard and use it in its place. Dr. Grange gives this plan for detecting heaves in a horse: It is well to let the animal have a little hay. lit some cases of heaves therw are various substances which nre given to allay the symptoms temporarily. When the bowels are empty the heaves are scarcely noticed. A pail of waier or three or four pounds of hay should be given. Then you examinethe larynx, < or organ of the voice. Sometimes the! J larynx do not op^n and shut as required when the animal is t^ihealthy, and the air goes through with a roaring and whistling sound. After testing its breathing apparatus, it Is well to throw a little hay upon the ground, in order to see whether the lips are sound. Sometimes they are paralyzed,and the j animal cannot gather its hay proper-i; ^ Not a New Discovery. Dr. Quinlan, of Dublin, has recently investigated the properties of the common mullein. This plant has long been used in Ireland as a domestic remedy for consumptive cough, and Dr. Quinlan has made a series of experiments with a view to determine if it really possesses the valuable properties attributed to it. He finds . that when boiled in milk the patient takes the decoction readily, and experiences a physiological want when it is omitted. Its power of checkiup phthisical looseness of the bowels anil the relief afforded to coughing were very marked, so that the patients took hardly any other cough mixture. In early etage it appears to haye a dis- 1 tinct power of increasing weight, lint i in advanced cases Dr. Quiiilan remarks i that he is not aware of anything (Suit ' will do this except koumiss. This is no new discovery, as the "Medicine Man" of the Cherokee Indians used a similar remedy mure i loin 50yearsnjjo. Dr. Walter A. Taylor, of Atlanta <>a., has successfully medicated sweet gum and mullein, and it is now a famous and widely used remedy for coughs, colds and consumption. Many good old farmers' wives have long used mullein in their families as a simple home remedy, hut Dr. Taylor was the tirsl to bring it into prominence as medicine for general use. The Dogs That Should be Killed. [Carolina Spartan.] A mad dog broke loose near E. H. Bubo's last week. It attacked a child of one of his tenants but did no! bite it very seriously. It then went to Mr. liobo's house and walked in and went under a sofa. Miss Emma Hobo, seeing him I here, attempted to run him out, not knowing he was mad. He came out and attacked her. She defended herself with chairs and dually beat bint off. As soon as lie got bis teeth disengaged from her dress, lie ran out of the-house. Her dress wiis torn to pieces. The dog then went from house to house in the neighborhood, sind severely bit Miss Allen, a daughter of C'hame Allen, near (Jlendale. We understand that an appeal was made lo Sylvester Kirby, the own er of the dog, to kill him before he became violent, hut hoping that he was not mad he spared him. That man is criminally negligent who will permit a dog, showing signs of madness, to run at large. When a strange Jog comes about a house and hides in some dark place it is a sure sign t hut lie is mad. Special pains should be taken to keep out of the way of such. Raising Stock. [Edyrfleld Chronicle.) We are giad to see that many of the fnrim.ru Iiml-o torm-il 11 it-i r >it ten t ion to raising colts. Young colls appear to be numerous this spring than ever before and we take it as an indication tiiat our people are in a much more prosperous condition than they have heen heretofore. There can he no doubt of the fact that. it pays well to rais< our own stock. It is true that it costs something to raise a colt, but the cost of raising one is very different from having to pay out $150 or $200 at onetime for a horse and besides they are better everyway; are tougher, more durable and better suited to our climate than a horse brought from the West. ity raising colts a farmer can always keep a young team, and gradually dispose <>?'his old stock. And there is never any danger of becom intj over-stocked becau.se there is always a demand for good horses and mules. Is Queen Victoria a Presbjterlan \ A correspondent of the Florida Hemhlsays: In making your statement in Saturday's Heraid thai "the Qiiffii ol Madagascar Is the on- " ly I'lesbyteiiaii potentate in the world." you ) surely forget old Scotland and her Queen. | * Foielgners have become so used lo calling , Queen Victoria "Queen of England" they lor-J get that she also reigns over Sent land, a scpa-1 rate kingdom,whl< !i has never lieencon<nieicd [ P After the union of the erownsof Knglnn I and j { Scotlanil, through I he marriage of the King of!'. Seotland with the Queen of England, ihej' rck'nlngSovereign became (lie temporal head ' of the estatillshed churches In both countries, i ,v The Episcopalian Church i* the established : church by law In England, that in Scotland . c being I'resbyterlan. so that Ihe Queen is in * the peculiar position of being at the same lime a member ol two chinches. It i>u cause . of considerable IcaloUvV III I-.ngland that ihe Queen when lesklli g in Scotland worships! publicly In tlio l'rcsbj terhui Church but she cannot do otherw Ise. The (U'lieial Assemblv ill I he ehureh is summoned ><y her command, and while she does not n t tend its del I bent-1 linns in peison. she is always re| resented! there by a "Lord IIIkIi Commissioner," who is! appointed by her and has an important part ! In pertorm both at the opening and dosing of I I the Assembly. Must ol? the leading divines ol * the Scottish established ehureh are especial-1 11 iy appointed "Queen's ( haplaius," and iireac h ["' before iier reiiulariy during licr slay at )ialm?-j " ral not Jialmimtlns Americans persls' iu pro- " noiiMcii'n it) by eomuiand, und Hie oiu highland parish of i 'ratlile has heeomu famous from the many aide mtihoiii wiilcli have been preaelied In the parish (I'resbyierlan) chinch Micro. l.o.ial Scots, therefore, c aim their Queen as a buna fide l'nsbj terlan. Rat Cnteliincr. Mr. I. E. Wood of Huntersvllle tells its that' linvltiK notl**f*d ft statement in tlu* Enler-\ 'trine ond Mountaineer about a man huv-! C Inclined a bairel with water and coverlite it j C with win at chatt. Iiy of which he had j m jiuiitit ii great many rat*, ho tried the expert J ment with a la rue pot, holding about tltt?cn gallons of water, tie tlxed Ills pot, plat-in.' it j ^ ii his ba i n. at tlrst about two o'clock In theal- ' lernoon, mill bv live o'clock hi* look "lit ele?- f ii rat-.au<l by miihIowii lie found ten, and next ! v Morning he took out forty-three more. After | ? Jils, varioussrnaH numbers wee taken oiit.iy igg legating III all III of the troublesome pests,! itlier iiuinbcrs have been taken out, but he las made no account ol tlietn. .Mr. Wood re ominetids the plan to general adoption. _ I'lie barrel or poi should he tilled only tt'iout 1 wo-lhiids full of water, so the vermin may ? lot ciawl in the top.?(Jreem'ille Enterprise mil Mountaineer. Editor fionft to Toxns Captain and Mis. L. M. Grim started, last | Friday morning on a trip to Texas. They ?eni from here>11 root to Waco,availing theniiclves of llie excursion raies ottered to vlsl- ors lo Hie Southern Baptist Convention now it session at that place, though ilielr trip has JJ m corrtictlon with that assemblage. From IV eoihey will visit relatives of Mrs. Grist, / Hid po?sihly extend their ti Ip Into Mexico or " he Indian Territory. They ex pect to he ah- bt ent until about tne lBb of June.?Yorkville Enquirer. The Place to Get What: ] You Want! i CHRISTIAN&WILSON ALWAYS in store, a complete stock nf FANCY GROCERIES, CANNED. JOODS and CONFECTIONERIES of . ill kinds. The licst and cheapest CI- I i.\RS nil.I TOBACCO. The FINEST, WINES and LIQUORS. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey 'j For medical purposes a specialty. Alsn,' tl [,'hoiee Litjnors of any kind for medical * purposes. (Jive us a call. Satisfaction guaranteed.1 CHRISTIAN&WILSON, L Abbeville, S. C4.Nov. 10.1881, tf J. Knox & Co., -AGENTS I OilMR, TOM YOUNG'S PURE CORN WHISKEY, THE best and purest CORN WHISKEY brought to this irttirkct. t< June 22,1881, tf H. D. REESE, ' j ABBEVILLE, S. C..' " Repairs watches, clocks, and Jewelry It) the host manner at the lowr.-t. prices. Long experience and Hose application to buxtnesft merit consideration from ihose having work to he done In Ills line. He r| keeps Jewelry and Silverware for sale. J Feb, II, 1883,12m A L. W. PF.nitlN, T. P. COTHKAX PEERIN & COTHEAN, 1 Attorneys at Law, 1 ABBEVILLE, S. C. Marshall P. "DfiBrnlil. 1 Attorney at Law, abbeville c. h. s. 0. H. 6. SCUDDAY, < Attorney and Counselor at Law, ANDERSON, S. G. / OFFEItS his professional services to the fit- * Izi'ns of Abbeville. Purtles dcslrlna lo ci?nsu>i vvltli litin, may do so at. each session [>f the Court lor the County, or by letter at Anjorsnn (! II. q June 15.18S1, tf ] BARBER SHOP. o RICHARD GANTT. 1s? now prepared to do all work In Ills department In the l>e?l manner and at reasonable charge*. Monthly customers shaving. hair cutting and shampooing:?! per month. Rasors honed and pul i hi the best condition for ?"> reins well. ] Shop under the /Vc? and Bunner office. March 15, 1882. tf Dr. h. d. Wilson, ; -vt nmcr "D v ' J- J- J. ( Abbeville, C. H., S. C. < .#*Offlco; Upstairsover tlie Tost Offlce." ? Application for Charter I Lowndesville Academy. To M. O. Z-vjlcr, faq., C'erk of Oiurl of Comman Pitas and General Sessions for Abbeville \ O'untu: DEAR SIR?Wo, the undersigned do re- | sp-etfully petition you to prant lis n u ;lmrterof Intorpornllon for the Lowndesvllle Academy, In ?nd by the n:mie of the ''Trusteesol' tlie Lownd"sviile Academy," with tue rUht to ticqulrc and liuid real sind persona: . state. W. F. KENNEDY, J. J. KENNEHY, THEUP. DAKER, J. I!. MOSELEY, J. Ii. LEROY, J. P. YOUNG J. M. LATIMER, Trustees. April 11, Hf3,4t S- -i o | s a I w d i " S 0 0 1 0 I . -Q cs 0 8 I* i % < W ?S B 1 ; s 5 Q ? fl w a t I? ? 2 g 83 | "O .2 ? k 5 ?, 3 ? C 3 ? 3 ^ J 5 ? W * ^ si ?jj ? ;i 2 S ^ ? ? ^ fH ^ ? * rt Mm j c> ri W pp^ !m fl " rS ? ^ K% r* <D ^ 0 J /SN ?? ei fS / J Yi/ O > M4 Lm o> cg ii| ^ | fl 1? I * M S F ^ 5 tj ^ S ?r ^ J O <y c? CO "J ?2 .5: > 5 ? J eS s w ? > ? -t- o ba 0 fn g c 4J P< W * Q S GO ll< ? W % _, w * w ? c m Cfi (j) <0 . u 0) 1,1 > J25 <rf M si ^ W -T3 0 m A P Pi ^ ? Cd ?* 5 t> n . ? w ^ S * Q vi O <o H llf to p? all LIME! LIME!;:; I'HF undersigned bops leave to say to the I ubllc Hint he keeps always on haml a ro ;t>o>I supply of fresh and well l?urnt hlMK!lt} nf lis kiln in Lanrens county. at I he (i. W. sul-) H* i vjiii t>I< 1 kiln, 13 miles west of Laurens < ourt, lii louse, 3 miles from Free l>il?"ge on Saluda. 24 | niles north-east of Abbeville O.urt House, iy I'hich I will sell cheap for cash. SK cents per . tj, iu>hei or So per ton. Persons wishing I.lme. an net their orders rilieii at any time I also j tarriint It to he as good if not better^thaii jg till 111* fOl. eiKeivneie. umc nmrum ii-mri r.vt ever useii. I Intve team* and ?-j?11 deli?er Jiuc at any desired i-laee. Addres* J. 1). MAS'lEKS & CO., Brewerlon, h. C. Sept. 27,1832,12m . R M. Hadon & Co. 4 AVE rut iin nreh way In the rear of their1 II More and now oeeupy all the space for-j |! u'i ly occupied by Jhs. A. Howie, wli h ample . * hoiii, liiereiiMd fiu-Hliles. we will be much , etler prepared to serveour friends this spring I j linn e\er. K. M. IIADDON A CO. [ JL! Feb. 2s, J8SiJ. tf | mm he. * ni< tei Ni 10 BKDSTEADS to hand this week, j 14 MATTHESSES, j !4 BUREAUS, * 16 CHAINS, !4 SAFES, I II will be soK1 at low prices lor CASII. 1 r. D. CHALMERS & CO > March 14,1>8.1, tr lcc Whips. F you want n good Riding, Rnggy or Wngon i Whip, cull at the Cincinnati Repository. TIIOS. UEGUS. ?%l Apri! II, 1883, tf :,ct ' ' ! eoi di i few Home Sewing Machine. \NE LEFT?price SB. It Is 17 per cent* / lower than same kind or class can be 11 night In town, at i J. D, CHALMERS & CO. March 11,1880, tf 1 1 M DR. F. F. GARY! IT AS rboved to Abbeville fur J he practice o^H [J iurUlcine. uiid Ul&u Ulx srVice* to ihe pnbllc. ("all* during the day may be left of th? ol^H or Col. Kugehe H. Gaiy <>r ni Ihe form?^^H sideticoof Judge McGouan, now uccupffl^PH v l>r. finrj". Jan. 31,It&J,12m J. KTJRZfl Soots and Shoes, HarH ness and Tanyard. K iKHT material used, fine workmen emplrr^^B od, custom work mtidc promptly, auu riflHI ie lowest bottom prices forcximIi. Hides nlBH 'ays bought at the hk'hcKt market price foHB ikIi or in exchange for leuther or work. 9H January 2?. 1H?0, ly. WM. II. PARKER tV. C. McGOWAI^^B PARKEE&McGOWAM ATTORNEYS AND SOUCTTOH8, H AM3EVILLE, C. H.? S. C. , \ ILL practice alno In the Circuit CourU^B^H li the United State* for South CaroIinta^^B Jim 7.1880. tf w. J7 kogek^B Merchandise Broker, \EALER IN GRAIN. FLOUR, t HAY. BRAN AND GROCERIES. tmniuuicntioiis cither hy wire or A-crcd promptly. J. B. ROGERS wilt at^K^H ) oftice business when I am absent. w. j. rogersWB Jan. 10,1SS2, ly Buggy Cushions. H fUST reelv<>c1 ii Job lot of Bnercy nnd Ca^^H I rlaire Cushions, which will be aolti >w for cosh ut the jMfl CINCINNATI REPOSITORY. T. BEGGS, AgeoUHl Jan. 17,1883, tt Silks and Satins. nilE Irirge-t Mock of Silks, Satin*. Ottomai^^l I Silks, Rrocude Sllkn, Floured Silk*. .11 colors to oe found at R. M. H ADDON A CO. March 21,18S3, tf Baskets, Baskets, Bask^^l N great varieties at R M. IIADDON A CO. Hi March 21.18S3, tf - Shoes. Shoes, Shoes. ^ H auu'-i rineniii)m. i.niiuren'k nnoanofi^^H j Liidles iind Children's Slippers. R. M. HADDON ft CO.^H March 21.18fi3. tf Tinner Wanted. VGOOD Journeyman Tinner can get a J^H| by application to H. W. HWSON ft CO. Mm Abbeville, S. C., Dec. 27,1882. U I GAR LOAD OF STANMBM COOKING STOVES rO arrive next week. Will be mild low cusb or on time Jo responsible parties^ A. J. SPROLES & BRO., Greenwood, S. C. H Feb. 7,18S3.3m Children Carriages. J aATTAN, new ?n?l pretty styles. Also, lot of Boys Whjtohs?Iron and Wood, J. D. CHALMERS ft CO. March 14,18S3,1f B| 'ELF-RAISING Bin-Jewheatnt > CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON. March 14, 2883, tf Jnst Received. H \VER ICO BASKETS?Lunch Bnskets.MarJ^H f kct Buckets. Suicnel Bankets, Key Bas-^Q cts, Nursery Basket*. R. M. HADDON ft CO. Feb. 23, 18S3, tf f F you wnnl n nice Spring Suit call on L__ CUNNINGHAM ft TEMPLETOK. Mftrcli H, lifia. tr Paragon Axle Grease. H I'HE liCHi 1m market. Which I will mII^H l clicnp to dealers liy th>* pockai(e. Ketuii^H rice 10 cviiIs, or three lor '?> cents nt the ala^^h m corner. THOS. BEGGS. March It, 1SS8. tf IM CINCINNATI fl REPOSITORY ABBEVILLE, S. C. I jersons wanting _. r wagons, h| nt*r?nfrci . HARNESS, ^fl WHIPS. HALTERS, WM BUOOY CUSHIONS, AXI/E ORE ASK, J'LOW GEAR. ' v^K RIDING BRIDLES. Bfl IIAME STRINGS, AC., B9 /III do well to ctll before purchasing, us l^H 111 not be undersold. THOS. BEGGS. fl March II, 1883. tf H| Administrator's NoticeB t VLL persons indebted to the rsUte of Reu*^H hen Joiiph, decensed, will make payment^H itlioiii delny, ai:d llioce having demanda^H <aln>-t 811 Id estate iiiiihi present the mime U^HR ie before the day of (settlement, April 7th^B| M. G. ZEIGLER, BH C. C. P. aud Admmlstrutor^^^B M? reh 7.1SS3, tf SCHOOL CI AIMS, | IIE subscriber will l<e in his office for th?H| I purp le of rciiifcterimc School Claims nn^D ip loiiuwiiiK uts* i*f huiiipij> ; un miunwj?? III March, Villi April, lOtli Muy.aud every" *lcdny. E. COWAN. School Commissioner. March 7,1SS3, If in Ordinance. 'irtaiiiEE to Infleceat Practices. 3e it ordained by the town Council of Abbeville, this the sixenth ?lay of Marcli, 1883. That if any ?rson or persons shall within the town 3 guilty of any indecent practice of hatsoever kind, violative of the comon propriety of life, or any such act be,09 n Ki-no/iK r\f* /tAmmnn ^nnonViA At* ^ a i/i uai u WA \.iyiniiii/ii uvv-vux j y iiu v* ie may be fined not less than five nor ore than twenty dollars. Be it further ordained, That any person H| ithin the incorporate limits of Abbelie, keeping a disorderly house, w here isolate and debauched persons assemble gethcr. or gain their maintenance by -ostitution, ail inmates of such bouses IB any persons frequenting such houses. IB mil be liable to a fine of live dollars and H >t exceeding twenty dollars, or bo isoncd at the discretion of the Be it further ordained, That a sitig^^^J oin shall bo regarded as a house, anj^H| ?r.son frequenting said room shall be^H led live dollars and not exceeding twen- Hj dollars or be imprisoned at the discre- MB >n of the Council. Done and ratified in Council March til, 1883. E. G. GRAYDON, Intendant. , \V. JONES, [L.S.] Secretary. April 4, IR^, 4t I /irsTtaggart kicr.s leave to Inform her old customers I tlintf-liels till in the Dress Making Business, (I hopes that they will all patronize her. 'titling and fltilnc done at nil limes at the >M reii-oniible talcs. Satl> faction miaran* d. Mie may be found at her residence iu riv Orleans. Vj.rll 4,1S?3. tf Kami ; mm. ttimi/ v- a uiiiiiui mm ON AND FROM H IIESDAY, APRIL 10,1 i*re will lip on exhibition for Nile at SMITH soN'.s one of llie hund>ouiet?l and beat se? 'led as.?oi tinenU of MILLINERY GOODS' I pr brought to this market. They have de* Hfl mined lo make prlcisas low us they ran ijsistently wilh keeping jjood goods. If y< U ! sire lo have your wants in ihl> line fup? fd to very best advantage be certain to ex? I line their stock. XI 1. Joel Smith & Son,?1 ... ,|