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file tress aad Banner B.T Ungb Wilson. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1883 The Irr!s;nl!on ni Our Lands. We think the frequent dry sun:tuer fhould set rnr people to thinking and de Vising practicable means f >{ utilizing th water of our streams in the making r crops. While it is true that onr stream tvoiild bo inadequate for the irrigation r all our lands, yet it is true that wo migli tilili/.e for that purpose* a very largo pro portion of the water which now runs t naste. The streams could be turnod 01 our crops in many instances at very litl! cost, and the effect upon the corn crop ixinid be surprising to those who hav Jiever socn this process put into opera tion. Evsn where the streams become vor small at this season of the year, the cor could bo planted early, and the r.trtar mane use <>i sum mo v?i?p they become so very nearly dry as the; are at present. Persons v. hocontomptat the irrigation of their land should not de lay their preparation until the snminc drought sets in, but should make the nee - ossary preparations before the crop i planted. If the dam is to be made on th stream above the field and the waJc-r to h brought down by means of a ditch o plank race the work should bo done at * time thaf will not interfere with the l'arn work. But let no one suppose that thi Jesuit is to bo accomplished without cost But if a farmer can afford to spend ilft; or a hnndred dollars a year for guano, h can well afford to spend double thu amount in a permanent arrangement fo putting water on his corn. The arrange nient for watering tho corn, with a littl attention would be a permanent thins; and every year the water would be wortl twlco as much as the guano, which is us tiallv bought. Nearly all tho stnal htroams of the county could be thruwi on the crops, and with proper arrange jnents they would add Inconceivably t the farming interests. Let our people not forget that the hot torn land should not bo ditched too dee]: Tho same rule in reference to ditchlni bottom hind would no more apply to a! bottoms than the same rule would appl; to al! uplands, but we often ditch our hot toms too much. The quickest and mos effoctnal way to dry bottom land is t <lig a ditch at tho base of the hill, cuttinj olT the supply of water from the hillside A bottom ditch id in this way will sooi !>e dry, and may need hlmostas niucl rain ns upland. Another error whirl j?ome of us make is in making tho bed of our streams too deep, whereby on lands ure soon as dry as i>ossiLlo. (W bave experience on this matter, am know whereof we speak.) Ditches ii ??ur opinion may be of doubtful benefi on some land. It is better to wait a littl while in the spring for bottoms to dr; -than to dlcr ditches, which may drain th laud too dmu'1) at a time when there i great need for water, and when tho sup ply is completely cut off. When our far tners aro making arrangements todraii wet land", it would be well for them t ant with rare and thought. Let no trial labor under the impression that he mus ditch his land or open tho bed of th stream to such an extent as will preven the land from overflow. All hotton lands should bo overflowed every winter hat ?are should be taken to prevent th -witshinj? away of tho soil. If any furinc should contemplate straightening the be< of his stream, we would adviso a seconi thought before doing so. The chancesnr that he will have reason to regret such . work. If there should lie much fall ii the stream the straightening of tho bed n .the stream will add greatly to tho mo m'ontum and force of tho water, and i deep cut in all probability will be won out, and the beneficial results of over Hows will be lost. This together witl the consequent increased drainage of th noil by this deep cut will greatly injur tho productiveness of the ground. Near 1y all of our bottom land, if proper 1; |k. cleaned will dry in sufficient time to pro duce a crop, and when they will dry ii ihis waj*, we should bo opposed to th digging of ditches to hasten the drying o tho soil. Another mutter where r>ur furmor wake more mistakes than in nnythinj else connected with tho drainage of thei lands is made in reference t<> the smal tranches or little streams which are inak IV Jng their way into the larger streams Instead of digging a ditch in the lowes filace, and in tho most inclined plane, anc directed down tho larger stream tho; should in many instances'he dug to con vey tho water into the largnr stream at i point much higher than they usually are Dig a small ditch down a declivity, am <*be winter rains will wear it wide anc deep to the great injuty and wa^ts of tin _~-^and, whereas if tho same ditch had heei /* dug longer, and to a higher point on th< main stream tho washing away of th< tinU u'nnl/1 huvfl hoi>n nrAvonfnm lho eartli would have boon kept moist fo: h longer time, and the result would b< " letter crops. ?<? Colonel Lipscomb's Speech nt Mnoty Six. Tho newspapers havo been comment ing on Colonel Lipscomb's speech a Ninety-Six, and wo copy into tho Prcs and Banner extracts from a number o them. Inour opinion, Colonel Lipscoml is exactly right on the public schoo question. The public school system is ii xlirtvjt opposition to the spirit of tru Democracy. It has a centralizing iuflu <jnce, and fosters communism. The pub lie school system of South Carotin , fchould bo abolished and the annual fool ish expenditure of nearly half a mlliioi dollars should be abandoned. While w have no doubt tliat a great many person are truly and sincerely anxious to auq mont and continue this appropriation, w think it would be a shallow mockery, i was asserted that tho great m:iss c tho white tax-payers of this Stat * were anxious to continue tho an nual investment of a quarter of a mi lion of dollars in negro education, j tte are not greatly mistaken the anion' inent to the Constitution pcrur.anonti fixing an annual levy of two mills on th dollar,- was passed hy the Dcinocr.iti Legislature mainly with a view of con filiating tho North. Wo think it is a far which can be substantiated, that onr per pie, as a people, do not eare for tho edn cation of the negro or anybody else, ex cept tho children of their own house hold. Old ante bellum plan was the on! reasonable and proper plan. Why mak pauperism respectablo by making a fiohool children recipients of public favc in fi eo tuition. People who are too prou to accept free tuition under the old sy* torn, and who may bo too poor to pai may keep their children at home. W *ny, thrco cheers for Colonel Lipscomb' boldness and independence in speak in his honest opinions and patriotlo convic tions. Let the tight continue until th Constitutional amendment lovylng th two mill tax is repealed. We fool n< body by ou?* manifestation of extrem anxiety for literary field hands, but w I?ay our money all the same. ?? The Lien Lair. At this time various of our brethren r the press are fighting the lion law, am urging that it be expunged from on statutes. For our own part, wo think i an exceedingly bad time to bo tinkorinj with the credit of needy people who ar dependent upon their neighbors for help We hope to seo the lien law conftnuei indefinitely. We think the eitizei should have the same right to pledge th rosnltof his labor as he has to mortgag bis borst* or cow. gjsfct- . The Orangeburg Times and Deviocra I?a* been enlargod to nine columns. Ex <*?pt in the length of Its columns, it i now as large as the Press and Banner We believe the Times and Democrat is b; far the best paper ever printed in Ot angeburg. We can hardly make a liviti] with tlio Press rtvd Banner at$-.00a yeai ? bat our Oranghbyri? neighbors are tryin the experiment ol" publishing a lurgt> po An Example Worthy of Imitation. Two or three years ago Col. J. T. Rob j ertson, at his own expense, opened a road on his own lnn;l, around the Liddell hill, i .U the creek near Martin's mill, making I an excollent road on nearly level ground* i. Although ihe County Commissioners had 9 refused to grant permission Jor the change of the route of the public rond, ho opened tho new road on his own land, > as ho had a perfect right to do, and the travelling public immediately abandoned c the old highway wliieh was over an ex>! ceeding steop and rocky route. v j This is an example which we think i'J worthy of all imitation, and if more o' i. our citizens would aid tho County Cotn-'missioners iti surveying out better and o more direct routes for the public, they u, would do a much better servicc e than Would tho enactment of all of s Oenjral Butler's proposed laws for tax e j Ing the people. In formor times manv i- roads wcro taken on circuitous routes to juait the fonces of tho owners of tho land, j hut now when wo have no fences, why n j not let the loads ho run by the most di12; reet, and most suitable routes. If Genel eral Butler would propose some plan for V the straightouing of our roads, and thus ft .save immensely in travel, he would do -jtnore good than taxing us to tho eyeri brows. It' wo start out in anv direction. - J before wo go ton miles we in turn go in sj nearly every direction of tlio compass. ?j Then let us straighten tho roads, and e seek better and more level route*. The 'istralghter a road runs through a tract of a {land, tho less space it takes up. New 1 roads should be opened to all tho new * stations on tho Augus a and Knoxville Railroad. Each of theso little town will Y be business centres, and they can ill afe ford to have any of thoir custom or busi1 ness sent to other places because more r accessible. Churches and school houses " will be built at these places, and a post6 offleo will always be kept there, and peo? pie should bo allowed an opportunity not h only to buy goods at tho nearest markot, but they nre justly entitled to have roads ' to the post-oflice. the church, and the r) school. General Bradley and his neigh* bors fully realized the importance of now 0 roads to the town of Bradley and opened new roads to that depot even before the cars ran to the piano. Then why not let > Verderv have new roads where they are so much needed and where they can bo 1 had Htso little trouble. From tho HackY ett Place on the Laurens Lands to the - residence of Mr. Willi? Smith in the '< direction of Verderv a new road Is great" !y needed, and could be had without in? lure to anybody and for nearley no cost ' |at all. Private individuals would open ii the road nnd o'idge the stream, if they l> only had the right to do so. The road runii ning by Rev. R. \V. Seymour's houso to s Phoenix should be made a public road. '' If the route from the Dendy brldgo on L' Long Cane Creek was changed from over >1 the top of the hills to run at their baso to n tho crossing at Norris's Creek, the route t would not only be shorter, but nearly p level, instead of running up and down V two long steep hills which are difficult to p keep in repair, and desperately tr}'ing on s both teams and vehicles. This change we presume could be made at very little expense. And after crossing Norris Creek the road might follow the stream 0 with great improvement on the present 11 route. The public road leading from Aht bnyille Court House to Mr. A. J. Fergnp son's homo needs straightening, and we t might enumerate a thousand other in1 stances whore distance could be saved and butter roads secured. If a little attene tion to tho straightening of roads could r be given, and the ohan^cs of route were 1 mado where needed great good could bo 1 accomplished. " Rend nnd Then Decide. J. O l*KO piunsurw III pruneiimiy mo readers of the Press and Banner with the reply of the A nderson Intelligcnccr to one of our articles on factories. We have no pride or ambition to be victor. ^ We only wart the truth to be known, ' and wo always hope the right may prevail. Very many of the members of tho press havo taken i?suo with our views on v cotton mills, but, except in the instanco of tho Intclligcnccr, none have said a t word pertinent to the subject, according to the true intent and meaning rf our arj. tildes, but some of our brethren have resorted to other means of controversj' than a fair presentntion of facts. ? We heartily endorse all that onrcon~ temporary saysabonttho need foradiI verstty of agriculture nnd stock raising. Although South Carolina has the greatest facilities for stock raising since the adoption of tho stock law. vet our reonle I ------ . ? j seem not to have realized the fact. Now . when the crops do not have to be fenced, the rails which are going to waste should s be used in Enclosing pastures for stock. A pood pasture is of inestimable value to j the owner. Horses, cows, sliftop, goats j and hogs ran he grown and kept In this , way for the least expense. Each animal I is h sorvafit or a machine for tho gather? ing and conversion of tho grasses into , flesh and milk for its owner. The low j lands about the branches which would r otherwise necessarily go to waste can in jk this way be made most profitable. No farmer should neglect his pasture. | With good pastures for his stock, and cul] tivated fields for the family, his prosporiI ty is assured. Milk cows and goats are, j we believe, of the first importance. The ' | Housewife on mo lann win nna me rais1; ing of turkeys a source of profit. When si water is near the ilwelling ducks will pay ' a bettor profit than the same amount of ' | money in anything else. Where they 11 can gain free access to water and have a :11 fair opportunity to get food they will i- commence to lay the latter part of Janu* ary, and each of them will furnish an egg ' every day for live or six months. They ? should be enclosed and fed in a coop ev cry night. Turkeys roam over the crops ii hut do not injure anything to a percontic bfe degree. On tho farm they can be s raised very choaply. (joats eat less than any other animal, and their flesh is liigh0 ly prized. The editor of iho Abbeville Prr.au and c Manner and flio editor of tho Aiken ltc~ i- corde.r are calling each-other some hard 1 j names. It is none of our fi^ht, but we ican see no good to be achieved to eithor " party bv such a course/* We iiope the day I-, may come when newspaper controver y SK'K, ilt III 0? '11 til vaiwilliu, Will lie conducted in a different manner.?Kcr10 shaic Gazette. 1C We plead not guilty to tho above charge, and heartily Join in the wish of the Gazette, that the timo may come when matters of public concern may be '" freely and fairly discussed, without descending to vulgar personalities. It !" | seems to us that the editors and corresy I pondents of the State press have thrown ?j enough slush within the last few mouths " j both to satisfy the cravings of tho most ,r I vitiated taste, and to disgust tho sensibilj ities of tho refinement and culture of the | better class of the people of South Caro[' : lina. While wo may not claim entire exejemption from tho above criticism, yet, 91 however far we may havo failed, we do ^ | claim that we have tried to keep clear of '*' error in this respect, and we hope that we e; may in the futuro always possess sufficient self-respect, and entertain that de'*! greo of delference for the public, which ?j will enablo us to withdraw from anv con?l troversy, which may descend topersoni alities, and to the use of vulgar epithets I which, exceot that thev are offensive, are I Irrelevant nwl meaningless. Why ean?f: not the editors and correspondents of the j South Carolina press discuss great nationr: al questions without the use of offensive 11 language? Is it because they are uner; qual to the task of bringing facts and sole j id arguments to bear, that thoy must rei.: sort to temper? Will anybody tell us i j why it is that President Hammett of the t ! Piedmont Factory can defend the cotton 0. mills with equanimity of temper, while 0 producing the strongest arguments and the most convincing facts, at a timo when ! the South Carolina editor makes no ant swer, but turns loose the greatest quantity of epithets and an indefinable amount sjof vituperation, without uttering one . ; word pertinent to the subject? We can not tell why it is, but such is the fact, and w the contrast is most striking. ?! The ateu>< and Courier of last Monday * scut out with its issue of that date a su? porb map of tho city <>f Charleston. This * is only in keoping with the enterprise nml public spirit of that journal. ' . 1- ' V. .J. J Arc Onr Poor Troperly Cared For 1 J Twice witbin tho last teu days wo have been asked by highly respectable HUd trustworthy citizens to call the attention of the proper authorities to the miserable condition of the paupers of Ahbevillo County. While we know nothing of our own knowledge as to their true condition, yet we fear that thero is something radically wrong in counocttjn with the discharge of thin important public trust. In the first place, tho people of Abbeville County must be forced to tho conclusion that tho unfortunate inmates of the poor house are most inadequately cared for, when tho fact is staled that the steward undertake* to clothe, wash for, feed, wait on and phytic tho sick, coflln and bury the dead, ul about five dollars a month. * This public institution should bo conducted and governed in such away as not to bring reproach upon our people. If they cannot take care of their poor, let our otlicors cio.se tho institution and admit none to tho mockery of protendod charity. The caro of the poor is a high trust, and tho system of letting them out j to tho lowest bidder or to the man who will give them less food and clothing, is wrong, and a reproach to the people of Abbeville County. The Legislature of the Stato of South Carolina appropriates $10.50 a month for tho feed of prisoners charged with crimo lor umlcriroinir sentence, and requires the County Commissioners to pay ' the bill, and yet these same ollioers contract for the feeding of our respectable poor people at less than half Unit amount. Of course no man with J common sense would claim under such a ! contract that they are properly eared for, j and report comes to us that these miser(able creatures are literally living in dirt and rays, and some of them with an amount of bedding distressingly small. The Winter Is coming on, and if somej thing is not done for their relief the I suffering and mortality at this institution j must bo such as to arouse the feelings of 1 every true citizen of Abboville County | Now that our people arc going crazy i about foreign missions and running off j with hymn-books and Sunday school j tracts under their arms to tho jungles i of Africa, and to tho wilds of Mexico, or to tho home of tho heathen Chinese, they might with propriety, reinemj bor that our own men and brethren L* i,nnrJ : at uur vwiy uuuio nwn %. | will soon bo suffering for want of warm j clothing. Let the charitable and kindly 'heaitod people of Abbevillo turn their (attention to these poor people until our public ofllcers can be induced to disI charge a public trust with the somblance I of humanity. Let our citizens take to | those people their cast-off clothing, and j let them not forget totuko them someI thing to eat. j And let our grand Jury not forgot to I express their condonation of a system, which for inhumanity is without a parallel in the State. The Railroad Schedule of Charges. It now seems that the Railroad Commission while reducing the freight on jsome articles has very materially raised j the freight charges in a majority of ini stances. It is estimated that the Railroads can now charge, on a general averi age, about twenty per cent, more than j they have heretofore charged, and the I Columbia correspondent of the News and I Courier says that the railroad men speak of tho tariff as "an infliction which will have to be borne by the rouds." Wo were opposed to the organization of tbo Commission nncl as yet wo have failed to discover tho benefit to be derived from its services. In the first place, wo do not think it right for tho State to interfere with tho business of the railroads, and even if they had the right, we cannot seo how h disinterested Commission is to conduct tho businoss of overy road better than the men whose spccial business it is to control any particular line. The Commission no doubt have done the best that could have boon done, but wo think no Commission can control all the roads and do justice to tho people and the corporation. + Arc We to bo Disappointed! Just now when our people are congratulating themselves on the purchase of the Augusta ?nd Knoxville Railroad by tho Georgia Central Railroad, and the implied promise of the purchasor to iin! ish the Savannah Valley Railroad and to I #.? L* rt/\V ulll/i A UAIVI'U IWT3 nir^UOM* ftnu 11IIVA T MIV V?S Spartanburg, tho newspapers bring intelligence of rumors to tho effect that Jay Gould'a railroad ? tho Louisville and Nashville ? l>ad bought a controlling interest in tho Georgia Central, which of course would carry with it the roads which it controls. We trust that the rumor may bo groundless, but we fear thfct there is too muoiV truth in it. i Should ibis cliango take place, we would be again at sea as to the projected extensions. The Shields*Sltton Case. We reproduce in another part of these columns all that was published in yesterday's Charlotte Observer in regard to tho Shields-Sitton case. From indicaHnno Ir* nnnnr r%f nrni'lnnw rlfltAU tn ! pother with tho tone of the article which j we copy this week we tuke it as a foregone conclusion that Shields 1b to bo hanged. Certain it is, that tho public sentiment is strongly set against the prisoner. Ho made a motion to have the trial transferred to another county because of his belief that ho could not get a ; fair trial at Charlotte, but tho prisoner withdrew it. Tho strong sentiment against the prisoner is recognized b}' the Court. The Wind and the Crops. Tho wind began to blow on Sunday and still a stiff breeze is sweeping tho country. Tho dust has been fearful, and the temperature has been greatly lowered. As yet we have no rain, and the crops uud tho earth is parched. In a very large | proportion of tho county the crops will i be exceedingly short. Any cotton which j was left in the fields last Saturday has ! been blown out and rolled in the dint alj most beyond recovery. Tho greatest j quantities of our corn on the bottom ! lands is a total failure, while nearlv nil [tbo remainder has been cut very abort, jlvlucb of the early planted barloy and oats came up and withered in the recent intensely hot sun. Tlio outlook is indeed gloomy. Typhoid P-Ter at WMliainston. There is now, ann'has been, withiu the last two months 21 cases of typhoid ma| laria fever in Williamston. Patients aro j taken with a fearful pain in tho head and J back of tho neck. When the fever do{velops the pain leaves the head.- The j disease in some cases bafties the skill of j tho best physicians at that place. Willliamston has horetoforo boon a healthy location and free from fever. There must bo a local cause. ? ^ m Destructive Frosts. j The news in this issue of the Press and ! Banner which will be read with as much | interest as anything else, is tho accounts j of early frost in the West and tho consequent destruction of va?t quantities of j the growing crops. It really looks as 11 | we were m a bad way. Jeflfersfm Davis is still on bail, haying ' been released after his capture ut tho | close of tire wa* upon giving good and sufficient sureties, and tiro bond mill holds good.?Exchange. We have 110 doubt that Mr. Davis will keep the peaco for the remainder of his days. The sureties neod not give themselves trouble on that score. Not tlrass?Mode of-Killing It. I notlco many Inquiring how to k!H nut grass. I liave destroyed It on my farm by plowing it In June, July and August when the ground Is dry. iritis thick and matted run a scooter plow through. Crons plow with a sweep. I11 five or six days plow again wllh a sweep and the hot sun will kill It. I use a sweep because It leuves more soil and gross exposed to Hie heat, perhaps any other plow would do a* well. I stute the kind of plows I have used, and found that three plowlngs Invariably killed it nil In a week. The ground must be dry, and the weather hoi to a ceo v.pllxh it The above Is worth knowing to farmers, ns our country Is getting lull of it.?M. A. U. Mimtyrtmcry, Ala. 1 . The Cotton Mills. ONE EDITOR HAS THE MANHOOI TO TACKLE THE SUBJECT. Forcible Argnnicnts Presented In i Manner llecomlinr a Diinlfled Press. f A julrrmn Inltllifftncer.) Tbe Abbeci'lc Prc-u and Manner, replying t ! an editorial of the Chronicle a nil Qonxtilitli'jna list, which ltrned the\icw thai the South inns | heroine a manufacturing ub well ax an a^rl jcullurul people, or take a back seal in ih Union, sny*: "If we uiJ.?takcJnotSoiith Carolina made n pretence lo manufacturing IWora the win and yet the people ol no Slate In the Untoi were richer. The wealth of a Slate or i nation is only tho accumulated wealth of It Individual citizens. We contend that an in j du?trlous (ariner can tnatie more money 01 I the far in than lie can earn in a factory. \V also contend that the p?>ssession or control c ; uny business has a tendency lo develop a bet tor and more K'U-rellant eitize.ishlp, thai du* tho Kun?nd-rini? of all individualily ;th:?ta man may become, so to sp"ak, a meri ^esmcnt or part of a great machine, whicl ; furnishes the money. Army officers, sol lier* and other Koverninent employees, arc Inen pac.tated for making a living a: tin: ordinal; nurMiits of life. So factory hands Icaru no:h iitv: but that busine<s, and thegirls learn noth log of the womanly duties <>f woman. sh , becomes a mere niitclilue to do one purl leu la ; tiling,ttnd tin; surroundings arc noi uts desir able, as those of the farmer who chooses ti .'strive hy honesl toll aiwl economy to have i 'home of his own, wherein his children nm; be reared, an they cannot bo, If they were 11 I crowded factories. It seems to lis that ttr ; mere assertion that we must now go back 01 | our past record and quit our sparely settlei > farms to coiigregateut lactones In order to be come wealthy, falls to the ground when on friend Is reminded that the North does no j grow cotton. Let the North manufacture It I They have the capital. Let us grow the eo: I ton. We have the soil and the climate, whirl they have not. The South will not he read; ; for manufactures until we have more inonej : and more people than can be profitably em ; ployed 011 onr farms. It will never do fo an agricultural people to abandon the furor i ami their manhood to become the servants o the cotton mills." j This line of argument by the Press an<I H-in mt appears to us fallacious. To begin with ! th>* fact that the South made money rapidly 1 before the war under a certain system, doc j not prove that she would not have rnadi J more money under that system If she ha< j combined manufacturing with It. On tin j contrary, we think her prosperity would havi been greatly enhanced hysueh a combination I In tile next place, the Press and Banner mus realize that there have been very grca I changes wrought in the South as the result o ! the civil war lteforc tlio war the South ha' ; slavery, and all the surplus earnings of oui | people were put Into nesroes and lands. Tlies' j were safe anO profitable investments?pnrtleii | larly the negro. Now, we have nothing bu , land, and as there Is no Increase in llie quiin i tlty of land, It Is only a question of tlim when land will not tie u prontaoic invent, rnent. for it Ik, all over the prosperous sect Ion of the South, reaching a value at which I ceases to pay a aood Interest on the Invest inent; ami, besides, the quantity of land no Increasing it will not be long until it will hi difficult to purchase lands at all in the olde | Statos. Die Southern people, therefore, ev| dently have soon to And something to tak< j the place of the neuro as a Safe and profltabli i Investment In which to place their surplu! j earnings. What this Is to he is the Inipor tant financial question of the present day Our people must, if they would prosper diver sify their agriculture, and in doing this tun their attention to a consldeianle extent t< slock raising. Horses, mules, cattle, sheep and boss can he raised in the South with j.ro fit, and doubtless money could he msido fo several years to come from Investing the car plus income of the Souih in stoclt. It wouh not. however, glvo a permanent Investmen of the income! nor near so profitable an In vestment as manafucturc*. Let us look at i few Azures to prove this. Say a certain sec tlon?Anderson county for instanco?pro duces forty thousand bales of cotton, wortl at an average of forty dollars per bale.Sl.dOO, 000. It. would require cotton mills costlni about, three million dollars to convert till; cotton Into cloth. When converted int< cloth the cotton becomes worth 8150.00 pel hale, or the crop has bech increased in valni from 51.000.000 to (1.000,000. Now, the labor tint expense of converting thehaleof cotton Inl< cloth Is much less In proportion to the profli than the labor and expense of growing tin raw cotton. Wo save In tiie manufactory the cost of fre'ghls, commission merchants Insurance, wharfage, compressing and othc expenses of handling, and In a-llilon to till: keep the manufacturer's profits at homi for in vestment here. Another advantage o of manufacturing Is, that It affords profltabh employment to a class of population?womer and children?who do not make prolltabli rarm laborers. They crcate markets for al kinds of agrictilthral produco, und conduct greatly to the prosperity of the nelghborhoot I In which tliey aro situated. Kor instance, wi I are now paid about $1,600,000 for produein: 40,000 halt s of cotton, whereas by continuim to manipulate It we would he paid 860CW.001 The aditlonal $1,400,000 would come in to b palil out for labor, for Interest on the capital for protlts. and lor other expenses. It wuuli bean anual introduction of that much mnn ey from abroad to circulate in our midst which now circulates clscwhero. It seems l< us that the views or our usually progressive neighbor are, ou tbls sublect, singularly anil qua tod. Killing: Cotton Worms. It is now, we believe, says the Gr'envill (Alo*) Advocutc, a concealed fact that the cot ton worm will make havoc with the weei this year. Already they have appeared it many fields, and in some in sufficient nuin bers to let their work be plainly seen. Ever; one will admit that the cotton crop is fron two to four weeks late, caused by the lalecoli spring; and It t* alfo known that the worm Kio va si rmn,iroil In m-inv tocnl 11 i#?s (Virl ler I llUI ever known before. Now the question arises ean the pests lip successfully destroyed with out too great an expense? Some years ago many farmers In this sec tlon tried to poison them with ParN ureei but It was found that through ignorance ii the application, or from some other cause, a much havoc was done to the weed as if lctt ti the worms; so it was abandoned. It Is on opinion tliHt they citn be destroyed by polsoi properly applied, and we have heard of It be injf dune without material damage to Hi growing crop, especially In the black lands o Dallas county, and if II can bo dono ther surely It can be accomplished here or any where else. In a Ime Issue of the Montgomery Advertise-, we find the following on thl? subject. Here I a man who has already this season made Ih successful experiment. Would it not be wel for the farmers of this section to take time hj the forelock and make the same experiment We believe they would save their crops by dc Inn so now We will wager our wealth tlia the worms will not destroy Mr. Cloud's cot ton. Here in the article: "Mr. N. II. Cloud 1h cultivating what I Known as the old race track In the Easteri part of the city, which hud luld out aboti thirty years until he concluded to test wha c(<uld i>e done with It this year. It Is abou one mile and a quarter from the city, on thi Line Cretk road. The pestiferous worm made their appearance In his cotton. .m< more than one person who saw the field pre dieted that they would strip tho cotton stalk; entlrol.v by the close of the week nnles checked In their operations. Mr. ( loud pre cured a supply of l'arls grcn and Used a mix tureofone pound of the poison to forty cat Ions of water, and npplled It to the cottoi with a wisp oroom. made of broom rorn. If sprinkled It on Wednesday and Thursday and on a close examination of the cotton yes terday discovered that the wc rmshad all beer killed. Several persons who saw the cottoi alter the worms were dead pronounced It tin best Job In the way of worm-poisoning thej had ever seen. The poison as he applied 1 did not affect tho cotton at all. Last y<-ur Mr Cloud used the sprinkling pot.ordinarily use< for poisoning worms, and noticed that the el feet was to scald the cotton, which was owlnj to the fact by this method too much water, ai well a? poison, was applied. Mr. Cloud Is sat lsfled that If the poison Is applied In the pro portion and way thnt he used It this week. I w'll surely kill the worms without Inlurlni the cotton. One man, ho says, can easily ap ply the poison to four neresa'dny. At presen this field of cotton promises to ylela abou one bale to the acre, should oo disaster o"Cur and tho result shows further What niHy he ac compllshcd on old land by the Judicious usi ~r . r??, ni,?r, Plowing- in Green Crops. The cheapest and moKt certain wayofim proving wornout land, says the liural Met atnyer, i? to plow in green crops to rut upoi and pulverize the soil. The process of rotilni nctM mcvhantinlly as well :m chemically, an( lulls the Foil fs benefitted by the direct add! Hon of lerllll/.iiig element*, and by bclni miide easier to cultivate. This work may t>i commenced now, and continued until frost or us Ions its there Is anythl ng green to plow under. I>and that h.<8 produced a good cover lug of grass iimy be depended npon to pro ilure a fair crop next year. If all the grass ii carefully plowed In and rotted upon tlie soil If the grass were let alone to die and derail on the land, something would he added to It certainly, but uot a tliTie the benefit would bi dor!veil as Is secured by plowing and rottlnj the vegetable matter In the soil. Theforrnen tat Ion produced by decay of green matter act very favorably on the land, pulverizing it flllini? It with iifo-i?lvlntr nitrogen, and inak Ing it soft anil tnollow for tho plow and hoe We believe that It In this fermentation o Kreen stutr In the noil that make* the nlowini In of any green crop so beneficial. The fer mcntlng and rotting process does moregooi to mellow and enrich the land than repeatei plowlngs would do. This Is true whateve the kind of crop or vegetation turned In. A the name time ft cannot he denied that sonx green crops are tar more beneficial than otheri for this purpose. If the farmer can do no bet tor, by all means let him turn In the natura vegetation that has gr'.wn on the land. Thli Is much better than nothing. Hut whereve he has the opportunity of doing so. let hln not fall to plant or sow some special cro| for this purpose. Tho best thnt we knov of. and about tho only one that woulc succeed at this time of the year Is, the fleli pea. For medium or clay lands there Is noth Inir better, and even the lightest land, wher tho peas can be crown. Is ureatly benefitted The black pou Is perhaps the b<*st of all. I ?;lvesa rank growth of vines, anil grows rap illy soon covering the ground with Its dons foliage. As wc have done every year fo many, we nnre our farmer friends to plan and sow largely of the field pea. For market for stock, or as a green crop to renovate th land, Its merits entitle it to high consldern tlon. It may be sowed any time in July, an< will be fit to turn in by the lust, ot September But If the scud cannot l>e had. inc mrrne must employ som? other plant, ns oats, mil let, buck wheal, orcorn. And If none of these then by all menn* plow under the grass am ! weeds that hsive sprung up voluntarily on tin j land. Anything green that will ferment li | decay and rot quickly will do good. It Is at Important link In the system of farming. 4^ Powh' of Expression. The English language lias a wonderful pow er of expression. On one occasion, wc ar told, a doctor of divinity rung the changes 01 He that hath ears to hoar, let him hear.' 'Hi i that is accessible toauiicWar vibration,' salt j the doctor,'let him not cliwe the gntesof hii , tympanc.' Then again we have that old fash t limed saying. 'The more the merler,' delight [ fully translated in this way, 'Muliltudlnou j assemblages arc the most provocative o i cachlnnatory hilarity.' It Is eVen reportei that not very long ago a clergyman spoke o i seeing a young lady 'with pewrl-drops of at rectlon uanguiK mm V" ?v. i He (iiciitit tliut she was crying, Certain crli lie*, too, occasionally launch out In slmlla ' metaphorical style. Concern I in: a youft'g. am I nspirlim orator, one wrote: 'He broke the !ci | felicitously, anil wan Immediately drownei | Willi applause.' 'He goes on Ills own hoolt has been rendered mote elegantly. In defer encetoandln acconlance with the spirit o the times, In thin manner: 'He progresses 01 his own personal curve;' and a burlier adver Uses that'his customers nre shaven wltlinu Incision or lucerutloii for the microscopic nun of one half penny.' 'due might have heard r El 11 fall.' Is a proverbial expression of silence lit It has been eclipsed by the French phrase 'Yon might have heard the unfolding of s lartv's cambric pocket-handkerchief.' and ai It Is somewhat vulgar tomiy 'pitch-darkness, It has been so Improved as to read 'blturnln ous obscurity.' Another polite way of ex pressing the fact that a rami Is naturally lazy Is to say he is 'constitutionally tired:'arit 'Nominate your poison,' is the poetical way of asking 'What will you drink?' - v GOULD GOBBLES. ] Central and Lotiisvill* and Nashville THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. What Some of tlie Newspapers of the < j State Have to Say About Colouelj Lipscomb's Speech at 5inetr-Six. | I Danger to the Liberties ol the; I People. j f Gwuclown Enquirer.] At a rceent erluentlonai mass meeting held! at Ninety-Six James N. Lipscomb. Secretary , of state, declared Ills opposition to the public school system In unmifttakAi>l<? lauuuane. \ 0 We do not atirce wltli Ills views, taut they at least have the merit of candor and courage. ,l It is reported that his remarks were received '* with applause. The following I* the substance ; e of what ho said: ! "lie wanted no common school system. He ! [' denied the right of the govenmeht to have ' an.vthlugtndo with education; that Itforhoile 1 evil and only evil. There was no institution " or authority which could, with Impunity. " cotne In and usurp t!ie appointment of (Jo<l ' in tilts matter, who had imposed upon tho pareni, mi'i k"uicu it <iy ui^iuu nujii-..ii.un c. <>f tie relationship, a duty which cannot be '' cast rpon thn shoulders of another. It Is a ' long stride towards centralization. The next step will soon he taken towards a copulsory edticitlon. making it ohllvnlory on 8 very p pa'? ii to Bend hlschlld to school. Tills milch 1 aalivd. then another step, and another, till the liher'Jes of t'uc people are surrendered to ' a ceti 11 zed government. IJe believed In, the good old anto-hellnin system which had " t imht. oar fathers and mothers. inan whom " none were better. The present system was of l) foreign grnltlng. nnd for one he would never r consent to renin It when bo bad uu oppor'' tunit.'to rejeet it." [Pic/icn.t ftitflncl.] The citizens of Ninety-Six held n rnootln?! g In the Interest of education on last Friday u 1 , | week a?o. at which addresses were delivered 1 bv State Superintendent of (education Cowa'd, . Hon. I). Wyait Aiken,Col..TamesN Lipscomb. r Secretary ofStito. and Senator Calllson of| t Edgefield. Col. Coward took the position that tho Free School System should he maintain1 ed. He said it was not p Tfect, but should be , Improved from lime to time. In tho course < i. of his remarks he said : ) "Oil ti recent, visit to Pickens. C. IT., he whs j . Impressed with the number of children present at ttie opening of t'ie Piedmont In- | i, stltute. and lie was Informed that all that w is | < - ...... in uK..I/u ? 1.1,tit niul n hm-nrl, giri woufd run out. He thought tlio pro'pei'ts ' . of Ninety-Six were no less flattering for he was informed they were born tlit-re three at a i time."' s He also spoke of the objection to the Free i> School system and on this subject said : j "The strongest obj<-cilon aro?c frcin the Q matter of ta.vttlon. Tills Is true. It Is unB eqUal. but when -we rise to Die high plane of citizenship which a liberal minded, generous t ? and magnanimous people were expected to! t, attain this matter of inequality <!wlndlfs InC to insignificance and is lost sight of In the 1 grander conception that all are citizens. Thev r! are citizens ami we cannot Ignore It. hence j such objectionable features will lie forxotton ,|in the loftier patriotism of the Intelligent t citizen. We never tret full return dlnvtlv for . tho tax we pay. We are expected to surren5 der something lor tho Stue. On this hluh . piano of citizenship It is sordid and mean if j we cannot do something in return for the t, elevation of every member of the body . politic." t Col. Coward also said that the system was 2 an economical one. r "And th?*n said that Is eflielcnt working .| depended wholy on the efficiency of three . i local or district trustees who are charged ! ...LI. i.? on,I imnflon. q tion. If they arc Inefficient. the whole sys. tem fails, or If efficient, and they are not mistiilnetl >iml respected by the corniniuilty thi'n 1 the responsibility Is on these whose duty It i wax and (hey did It not." j Col. Allien said thai we were committed to Kfiine system of education, hut condemned .' the present sy*tem. and itought to bcamendr ed. He thought.there wore too many school*, . "that I he amount apportioned among so many 1 schools was so small th it we could not ?eciire t the services of those who wore c>inpet"nt to . teach, and hence the system was dofectlve In i tills mo^t vital particular." Col. Upscomb took ground squarely against . the Free Schools and said : i "He believed In the good old anti-helium . system which had taught our fathers and r mothers, than whom no e were better.?The 0 present system was of foreign grafting, and ? for one he would never consent to retain It r when he had an opportunity to reject it." ; We boileve it Is the duty of the State to 1 place the means of obtaining, at least., a coin> mon school education within the re icli of all I, her citizens. We admit that the present sys? tem Is defective, but it Is much belter than no i system at all. There are many poor children j who are at. Iea*t acquiring the rudiments of r'an education In the free schools, that would v' not know one letter from another If It were e> not for them. f Col. Atken also points out another gnat ?I draw back-back to the efficient working of ijthc system?that Is the large number of 31 schools in each district. But establishing a I [ school house Is like locating a railroad?every g' man wants It convenient to hlin?elf. and too I frequently trustees give way to the pressure 3 that Is brought to bear upon them, and es> tablish t wo schools where there should be hut 5 one. There Is anoiher thing, in ouropinlou. I. which was not touched upon by any of the 6 speakers, that Is entirely wrong and Is doing , the Free Schools ? pnsltlv Injury?ihat Is the i rule adopted by thcsuperlntendent. of E luea tion i.i sending out. written or printed, all quctions to be answered by teachers In their | > examinations before the County Hoards. It , c | Is a perfect farce. I n.if ?v? novor trnnf tr> see the "eood old anti-belluin days'V longed for l?y Col. Lip- i scomb, restored In This stntc. The ante-l?et- | him system was u disgrace to our civilization. It recognized cnste In our school*. and ftic children designated by 1 he trustees to reoelvc j the "free munoy" wore point pi I at, usually, a? , J "poor scholars" and were made (ofcei humill- j ,'ntcdand degraded. There are thousands In 'the State to-day who Kindly avail themselves of the public money that did not need ll | I before the war. nor would nut aecept it now, If tlielr children hud to be pointed at as "pour scholars." God forbid that the nntl-beilum . nctlonsand aristocrallcdlstlnctions shall ever , be restored In the putile schools or In any J ; other branch of the State Government. We know that white men are bee mil up tired of paying taxes to educate nejrochildren, when .* the negroes. an a rule, are notldly opposed to . their political and material Interest*. Hut the wiiltes now have control of the Govern- , _i mont, ?nd as for that matter, intend to keep ll, and I hey can afford to be generous for the . sake of the poor white children of the State, If for nothing else. Let us then stick to our " free schools and work the system up to a C higher and more elJuctual standard. \8aluda Argus.) Some of our contemporaries have made r short work of the task of refuting the posh m tlons taken by some of the speakers on the e commoM sehool system, at the late meeting I at Ninety-Six. One of our city dallies the > Columbia Ilerjii-ter, disposes ol Col. Lipscomb's ?i positions thus: J "Oil. i.tnM'dinb's nnsltlou Is a surprising t one, utul In at issue with (lie view* of (he fore I most men of the ilny In Europe ami Amcricn, | and we hope lie repre?ents In regard to this s'questlon the opinion of only u very small ml- i i i norlty of the people of South Carolina. Su^ t! (Hjse tliftt I he system Is of foreign engrafting, t what thon? Is that a reason why there 11 should be no good In It? Col. Lipscomb Is e I willing, and very properly willing 10 Intros I duee into the State new ideas pertaining to 11 agieuiture, provided they are of pracilenl ad- i I vantage to the peopic, no matter if the idea Is a j of foreign conception or not. but he would, If s | correctly reported. deprive the people of iree i p-i schools because tlic system did not origin ue i I in South Carolina. We do not believe in ser- i -1 vile Initiation, but there are two classes of i > people, those who can see no good in unyrj llilng of home origin ana those who can see , no good in any tiling of foreign origin, from either class we pray to be delivered." i j| Tho loremost men of all lime and places i'j have committed iiioml egregious errors, and plare therefore no sufficient guide oi theni71 selves, on any question where they lire noil t [ sustained by hoi id and substantial reasons, i . i Such men of JCurope and Ameriea, know 1; nothing of the situation as It envelops us. > Their theories are developed from the sltuai i Hon ns Itsurrounds them, and as they see and u: know It, and those among us who fallow -'them, are ignorant ol the existence of facts - which make our condition an exception to the t rule. They are theorists. ; | The argument ol CW. Liqncombs u evaded in . the abowe extract, and much stress is laid on t his Incidental remark that ourschool system , t Is of foreign en^raftipg.' This remark was | ; nindo by way of comuurlson between our | i-j present and former condition. Ills real argue ment was based on our knowledge of the tarn- , lly relationship; of the spirit of a pure Democracy; of the rights, duties and freedom of : the citizen, and against the centralizing tendeneies of the ago. We would like to hear such arguments related. If they are not tona- ( ble, for we confess, they strlko our mind with ( i- great force. They are substantial giounds, I based upon the foundation ol society and the I { genius of our government. Col. Lipscomb Is i II no demagogue. He Is Just simple enough to! i sneak out the txact sentiments ol an honest I, ? conviction because of a consciousness Unit lie I, a Is rlglit. and therefore lie Is strong, and not , "because the system did not, originate ia I > South Carolinu." as tlie Iler/ister as?erts. Thereto a studeous effott lo avoid the argu-\ ihciU of Col. Lipscomb, ami to diuirrt the public ' s : mind from their consideration, by the substitu- ] I.; lion oi such stuff as it resorted to in the above ez- | >' | tract. Why nol faeo the argument as present- J >. ed and if there Is nothing In It, expose its falb lacy, and let the people see It. Tlicy have, < quite enough perception to discern the truth i when presented. Col. Cowards ad.ire-as on the occasion refer-' . ed, was strictly ottlelal. It was more an npol-, | ogy for the system than a vindication of it.; I He admitted its defects, acknowledged Its In-! f| Justice In the matter of taxation; lie express-: i jly declined to consider the right of the gov-: eminent to leal with the subject at all, but. l'asit was incorporated into our fundamental J j law, like u good and faithful olllcur, ho urged r that we make the best of it. l 5 [Ncwbery Observer.] 5 Secretary of stale Lipscomb has (ho faculty , j" very rare in public men, of speaking out his, :! opinions freely on all public matters. While < ' j wo do not agree with him on the subject of.f ^ I popular education, we take pleasure in com-!1 j mending the frankness of his views. |' ' Capt. Lipscoinp is not singular in Ills ' | opposition to free schools: a great many p<*o | pie in tho State think as ho does on the subJect. It would bo well for the free school k.vk I tetn If more more people of ('apt. Lipscomb's L 1 .r.n..lr ..III l? ' HlllllUIIIK nilU UllKlkll^U IT'lt: uior.?n ,...? ... , : I opposition It would probably nave the effect of stirring ?P those In charge of schools to an attempt to Improve them, and to make r them so effective us to disarm opposition It , Is the slipshod style In which the system Is' administered thut gives force to the opposie tlon. { [GrrrenvitU A'eu'J.] "Wo aro sorry to see so vend gentlemen : r somewhat prominent In polities, publirly an nouncing participation In the extraordinary opinions of L'ongrc-man Aiken concerning 1 j the public school system. We venture to sugJ gest that ail of these opponents of our present. ) system could vindicate their judgment and I motives by stating the grounds of their opposition and telling the Improvements and changes they desire to have made. General allegations that the present, system is a fraud and a failure sounds very forcibly from the stump, but become very weak and empty * l when thev are Intelligently considered and > , I tested by the facts ami figures. ; 'I The thinking peoole will demand that fho ? I system be retained until somebody can show a : us a better one. The existing troubles are not | eansed by the system. They are the lesnlt of * circumstances which no possible plan can " I overcome, and we must do the best we can ? ! and await iho Improvement that only time II can bring. il our Kuict v and our need of progress and de _ velopment demand that wo cduui'e tin* wnno | ' children; our honor and our self respecti . I require us to give the colored children ev.-ry i I possible facility for developing their minds.! j We can not he Mife, prosperous or progressive e with a dense mans f>f Ignorance around and! I nmon;' us. We can not cull ourselves an hon- j ornlile or an honest people If we violate the1 . pledges of our party platforms an<l leaders r>y f I falling t<?clve Ihecolored people all the open j , school houses we can maintain. The qnes. lion, so fur as they are concerm-d, Is not: ? whether the nc^ro can he raised by irenera- j , lions of freedom and education from the1 k place he now occupies after centuries of liar. barism and slavery. It Is whether we will ' not fulfill our solemn and reiterated promises s | and whether we who kept the necro in slav- ? 4 eryand fltadfe him Ignorant by law do not. a owe him t|?e chance of showing whether there j . Is any cftpafclty tor Improvement In him 01 . not." j A largo ^tbek of jeans and cassimers on 1 band all naw Qua'lcs <fe Co. J1; -Important But Unconfirmed moves on Kailwar Chessj Board*. or [Sca-cmiiaA Duily Timet.] j^'1 New Youk, September 8.?It In reported i'M thut Jny Gould lias ?ucceed<-d In piircnus'ne i coiHroIiDg Interest in the Louisville hiiU [ju tfHHbvllle, and Central ol Georgia ;e:n*. cl ATLANTA* September 8.?The reported pur- Vl 'liane by Jny Gould of u controlling Interest e(1 .'t the Louisville and Nashville and Central ,.t; >f Georgia systems croalew groat. excitement ^ in railroad circles here. It If predict, d that aj Joiild will control the next Legislature and pl break up the ftalirond Commission. !,, '"** ? 1 tirwifIvnn&sK i.f 1.111CI11 lllll 1 l> ? Blnto ...... |v ,, Lhnt the complIc-itions connected with the j| [ lncliinntl;.SrlniHuml Moltlle ltnilio.nl have p{ iteen removed by the Central Itallroad sys- _ tern or Georgia virtually taking the roatl. n I'lils mad ruti-< from Seinia to Akron. on the C(, tVlahaiiKi Great Southern Kail mad. What He ibjeet the Georgia Central litis In this move (jj s not lis yet developed, hut if the tvport be hr .rue there is something behind which will In % < Iue litne he known. President Raoul left ye-torday evening for \tlanla, and could not he seen in reference to :he above mentioned rumor. The members if the <'entral directory, u hf) were found In Jio cliy, were unacquainted with I lie subject, ind could fuinUh no information in relersnee thereto. It was fut'lher stated. upon presumably tood authority, lo the Time* thatuho Louis. l!I<* and Nashville had absorbed the ('entral. *v Diligent. Inquiry on the part of the Timet, c.li.,.1 .Imriildn unv f?l >n ft r m atloil I l? >( tills report. It is to be presumed Unit linci |r inch an important move taken .place, the t(] members of the Central's management now j(J n the citv wonld have bren acquainted with t| It and been prepared to accord whatever In* re formation they posessed. It remains to be j0 seen whether any Importance Is to be uttachid to the rumors above stated. H m mm t\ British and American Cotton. 81 Cf (.4?!0Ujta Chronicle ] qi The following article from a recent Issue tj ?f the Acw York h'cening Telct/ram will be K ead with Interest by many persons In this w State: ol For years the English manafacturer has E icon deluging the markets of Asia, and espe- tl slally those of India, witli cottons that can* cu lol stand a single washing, in 111** hope there* >y to crush our native manufacture and renJer Impossible foreign competition. The EnflUli compensated themselves with India for :lie loss iif America.and hav?>over since l>een 0| working that unfortunate country.for all It Is worth Our centennial ad versary was appropriately chosen by tliern tondd Victoria's titles "Empress ol India." India was once famous ai bi its cotton munafactutes. It was illtllcult .it find a village In the l'rovldence bengal In j .vlileli every man. woman and ciiihi was not ' employed In making a piece of cotton cloth. Phis ureal Industry was completely crushed >ut hy cheap, heavily sized Lancashire cotions. Till' s'zelngnf cotton goods has been brought ?such a deg'Ce ot perfi-ctl n In England that i very good looking kind of clolh can be male which has in llfri.Oti per cent, of cotion, ind -111.00 per cent of "size." It Is hardly probihle thai material ol this kind would be of much service altera few washings, but for .nullUK purposes it has attractions wlilcl) sven thoroughly mailt.' colloii uoods do not a.ivo. riif "size" commonly employed l>y Llie large English manaficturers is composed if flour, glycerine and certain in 1 id chemicals. I'lleae latler have to be used to prevent the mildew that would quickly appear. If goods '* oaded simply with hour, glycerine and Oil- w ;lay weie exposed to any moisture. 0 English cottons have of late lost ground In ?oiise?iuence of the extensive use ofaluterants. One thing tin.' American cotton mauu- a '.icturcrs determined on In tlie out?ei, and c< that was ti.at. though't would be impossible h for ihem tc complete with thoir English rl- (| k'als In the prices at which their g?ods were . told, they could furnish c.oth ot a better inality. This has been the system steadily (!l Followed out in spile of a strong temptation to II reduce prices by aduilerlng. a1 The u fleet has been tlial the demand for ?i \merican cotton cloth in Milna and the East Indies ha* increased with ureal rapidity, and though the trade Is but a small one when com- f< pared with thai which England has done and i. is doing, it is satisfactory to know thai it lias J'. Augmented at a lime wnen the English trade r luflercd a mark lulling off The subject has ittracted attention In England. ,, In the long run hoi.cmv In cotton manufacturing is and will be always the best 11 policy. England's ciieatlng luek will noi thrive forever. The superior Amerhuu fat>- ? rics will inakc their way abroad eventually, t jur Southern cotton goods are ahead, we lie- r leve of all others, because holies,ly made, rnls will tell more and more in our favor. H We tiusi thai none of our mauaracturing . jstabilshinenls will be Icmpled to loliow u England's bad example. Due of our most Jlstlimulshcd manufacturers hasohuiiiied the r l-.ntilish receipt lor udulteriiig goods and h.vs Unit this size mixing is ciaiiued to add iJ per cent, lo the weight! Methlnlis we cuu see the John Mull cotton lord, who has swln- r lied the Asiasttcs, not only by five trade, but idultcratlon go>ng to church on Sunday and [hanking God lie is not as other men! What fc i reckoning will cotne hereafter to such a colos&ul fraud and hypocrite! Brush Rows Bettor Thau Ditches, i To save hill land from washing 1( Is only nccessery to substitute for hillside ditching horizontal brush rows, at proper distunes part, according to the declivity of the hill. I'lie readers of the Cultivator will And nothing S better fnr tIlls purpose ttan old-lleld pine brush. When the brush rots away briars ami broomsC'Ige will take Its place, and you will ? have a close hedge to remain perpetually. t Although alter many 3 ears the nil (Hide will be partially terraced, terracing Is not the purpose, nor l.< It at all necessary that the land t should 1)0 terraced to prevent washing. The s purpose is to prevent the accumulation of waler In currents or to break iid the currents before they are strong enough 10 move the sur- e lace soil, if the brush rows are near enough I lo each other and are laid on a dead level, and 1 he points where they cross the ravines made Kecurc by logs or stakes (rocks arc still better) e 10 that the (low of water with its sutiment 1 ay be cheeked and distributed along the , brush rows, there can be no rush of water to 1 ..rwl h? Hit. 11 run ITIILKI' il urcitlt HlttllJ ISIM4II, miu +>j >..? . ihe dead water finds its way throuuli the1 brush row along the line. (lie full of the water ' i>n the next pint below Is absorbed or out of S the way, timl there Is no accumulation of water at any point lo nmke a current sufficient to move I lie surface noil. If It Is desired to 8 throw some of the floating trash on ti poor j level spot In any part of Ihe Held It Is only, necessary to {rive the brush row a very gentle1 slore to that point. Hut the main thing to be v observed In the whole .system Is to lay the (| brush rows on a horizontal line, so lb:tt if . there is any break in the hedge It will only, take In the water near that break, ami there ' will be no rush of water to do any dama.-e to ! the plat below. We rarely ever have very heavy uid disastrous fall of rain lasting longer than five minutes a ia time. If the hedge rows hold the (low of water In cheek a half * minute and distribute it along the hedge row. the danger I* passed. The water finds iu? way through at a thousand point* and there Is no il imaging current at any point to wash the land below. The next heavy fall. If it comes tlvc minutes utter, is disposed of in the same way. The quant Ily of lnnd occupied by the brush rows Is not. to be thought of. when It Is known that the best constructed hill-side ditch not an I y carries off with the water much of the! best surface soil, but much of the so uh'e fcr- A lillzer from the soil it leaves behind. By our system. If the hill Is terraced at all. It Is so ' gradually done thai the soil on ihe piat above * Ihe brush row is not leached of its sand anil \ manure to build the terraces. The accumulation of floating trash and the rich growth due to the. moisture held by the brush row will raise the land Just above it sufficiently alter several years to be billed a terrace. The sys I em Is simple and easily put in practice. The| 1 brush rows needn't be more than three or r foilr feet at tlie lia.se, and will pay for all the land they occupy and ten times over. Instead of providing by ditches an easy way of running oir the tuueli needed summer showers, It stands the farmer In hand to hold all the rain thai falls on his red lull-sides. \ Save llie Pressing. In recent drives ihrouch the country, Fays Lhe editor of the Maine Farmer, our attention lias frequently b>en directed to the wa*te of ilre>nintf in tumnter t>urn,\nrd*. In a majorl-; a ly of the eases noticed by u?, no effort had \ been made to save the droppings of t ie cows, (ml they were left In the yards to be leached ind bleached, to be scratched about by the liensand washed away by the nilns. In level yards or those descending toward the barns, the waste Is not as treat, but we noilcedsev- ) eral yards situated on quite steep hlll-sldes where all the wash would run into the ditches by the sides of the road and be wasted. In :>lher places. It went to nourish rank and noxious w<eds which bordered the yard on lh?* down hlll-slde. There were note-worthy s exceptions to this wasteful practice which we were very uhid to see and which all would do well to imitate Where It Is convenient to do ??. a ?ood store of swamp muck should lie du^ in the winter and piled up either in the yard, ar near by, and we noticed that quite a nutn- j t>?r oT farmers alons? the road had done so. . Where muck cannot be obtained, road scrap- 1 ilitis, dry earth, and many kinds of litter iround the barn, will answer lhe purpose. In the morn Inn, alter the cows have been turned away, witn a wncemorrow, mi mcj Jropplngs should be gathered up, put in ui heap and eovered ov.*r with muck or some e >lher absorbent. It will take but a lew mo-! a ment's time each morning, and farmers who tiave never practiced It. will be surprised at Lhe amount of nice dressing they may thus -ave up during the season. If there is a hollow In the yard, tills Is the place where the lieap should be made, but at any rale, Ii p: should not be so situated that the wash of It >j 'an run away and be wasted. Upon this neap, or perhaps upon several of them which nay be made during the summer, may be llirowu dead owl, rotten eggs, hen droppings, 1,1 ihorts. weeds, and all other waste material ui ibout the premises, l>oiiiir careful to add ablorbonts sufficient to lake up all offensive jj idors. and In the fall the mass may be pitched over and thoroughly mixed, and then ipread upon the land. Resides saving the valuable dressing, the adoption of litis course tviil Insure a clean dry yard, and clean and ivholcsome looking cows. Farmers, Arbitrate. I American Agriculturist.] The law favors arbitration as a peacrable ?nd Inexpensive method of settling dlftlcul,ies. In many of the States there are statu ?r Hi,. I m Dry provision*, uj ?.nm "ourt may be tendered on Hie award or find- I nir of arbitrators, concerning a matter duly I submitted to them. It Is always possible to I akea case out of Court and subnill It to ref-i I ;rcesi?tmiy stage of It* progress. In the ab | tenee of any statutory provisions, It Is always awful fur parties to auree to submit their diterences to arbitrators and abide by their de- J islon. The agreement to do so may be either I f >ral or written, but the lattur Is the better h *ay. The form Is not essential, except that1 | he meaning should be cnrefully expressed.) it Is customary, in addition to theagrcement, I or the parties to exeeute to each other an ar-1 titration bond, conditioned on each perform-, if nu the award given by the arbitrators, what-' J ver It may be. If the award is properly; untie, then It becomes binding on the par-1 ?, les. j Arbitration Is well worth considering by! ? armers who find themselves In dispute about I RO iome simple question of fact, a?, for Instance, i n. be amount of damage which A's breeehy eat- j le have done toll's com, or as to what was lie vii I lie of A'h sheep which wi-ro mm-u >,> t IV Imd doir. Such questions cun Renerii! ly ho liiickly, chenply ami Justly settled by one or nore fair mimlod nclsihliors. mill l ho expense, I leliiy anil aggravation of usull In Court may | huh be avoided. I _ THE WASP AND THE DRL'XMKK A wasp went mailly to bis work. Anil various things iliil tackle, Ilo stung a hoy, anil then a dog. And made a rooster cackle. He settled on a drummer's cheok i And'lat?ored wllli a will; t Ho prodded there for Imlf an hour, ? And then he broke Ills drill. I ? 1 We mean what wo say, wo have a larpo 1 tnck of gooil fftH ami winter goods in | . - 1 ...in ,.?n #|,?1Y1 ?l,nnn on i<nr)io tore, miu win ocu mv... .... ~ nd look before going elsewhere Ciuarles 't Co. Clothing! Clothing! A large stork of ra.ll and winter clothing at QuarlesA Co. ^ Go to Quarlos A Co., and look at their j argo stock of men and boy'4 hats. f / Compost?How to Pat Up. rm [want to put up a com poet of cotton seed. [I able manure, lot mHnure, Etl wnn dissolved fl ine and knlult. In Aueust, for next year'* I up. Pilose tell me exucily lictw to do It. I itiK live tlie Cultivator; If I could not get It 1 icc a month j u oulil have to quit 'arming: m c beat mi per for the farmer* in the United ten. PumIi up nnd have a weekly.?i. D. tl F ?v / I Answer.?There 1* no danger of lo*s or Inry from mixing any or nil o! the substances entloned. No khmjh will be set free und no flemlcal changes occur which will Impair the I line of either of tlie inuredlent*. On the -R-J mlrury, the more thoroughly lliey lire mix- to I tngrlhor the hetlc" they will be. Instead, erefore. of putting In separate layers, mix mt I the substance* together at the start and j)e it In a pen, tilling water as the pen Is built. ) go as lo make it wet anil trump ilown firm- en to keep fermentation within bounds. v;i uke pens not exceeding four feet high, with M pendlenlar slues an<t as lareeas you plea>e tlo keep always damp?if the rain that fa.In on is not cuouxh for tills, it-Jit more water. For ittnn mix in following proportions: cotton On eil ten bushels, stable manurs ten nushels, jjfj ssolved hone 200 pounds and kalnlt 200 mudsand lot manure in any quantity that; )u may have.) ; an, * ' gc?| No Fonee a Success. j . A gentleman In a certain section of the iite. where they aie trying to get the "stock j iiw," or a law to Ul>pcns" witn the building tences around trowing crops, s .ys tho i"r otte (A*. C-) Democrat, u.?ks us to give an f jiulon about the workings of the Mock or . o Fence I-aw in this county. A very few j ords cuti give the answer Kverybiidy Is: { eased with the law. and no one seems will- j , iii to farm In this county it the law whs not ' i existence. No farmer could now get rails > fence In IiIh crops If cattle were turned oric on the range; and all concede that cate kept up and led, and the manure saved, la ] ally more profitable to the farmer than ul-wlng stock to run at large. Since the adoption of the No Fence law In f,a ils county there has been no difficulty beveen neighbors about the depredation of cei oek, about dogging stock, or about Injuring ittle, horses or hogs in any w> y; and conseiiently there are no law-suits ol the kind in of iIh county. In short, the Stock La*, or No f, ence Law, la a ?reat peace-maker every- 10 here It has been adopted, and Is a promoter Bfi ' neighborly good-feeling and kindness, xperience proven that what we nay about c? te law Is correct, and bad and idle people Va inuot truthfully contradict It. ^ Personal Card. Ce Resolved, 1. That we regard the pictures w' r the entire council as works of art, ex- <-e ibiting great tf.ste and skill. gc 2. That we extend our thanks as a body ;ul individuals to J. T. Winburn. 3. That as individuals we rccomtnend fu . T. Winburn to the citizens of the City pr ud County as a first-class photographer.; on Signed: D.S.Maxwell, j Mayor, m' fi \f ftri- I Sir Jolin E. Peoples, W. I). Brown, R. S. Morehead, Jessie M. Smith, tw A. S. Stevens, to Aldcrmon. wi Wm. S.Brown, Clerk. T] Wo arc receiving daily our stock of dc ill and winter millinery dress goods ud ladies furnishing goods generally, iir entiro stork has h?en selected with "J ire hy Mr. and Hrs. Haddon in person? ed ud for variety, style and quality, will je, [jtial, if does not excell any stork we ave ever offered. Realizing the lart " lat the crops are short wo propose from le outset to sell our entire sto<-k at very ta loso figures. In order that our friends as lay he convinced of this proposition wo ' <k all our friends to come and soe for [j" lemselves. K. AI. Haddon <K U<>. 1 Just received a full line of millinery ti< >r early lull wear, "all the rage." Jeray H ickets, in all colors and numbers to arive this week. It. M. Iladdon & Co. C. K. Bruce will make you cloth over aiters at sLort notice, parties may lur- Q1 isli their own good if tliuy prefer it. tli Just received a full line wool dress fo onds to he sold at 12} cents, all colors. ... t. M. iladdon & Co. Just received, a full line of bleached . hd brown canton flannel*. K. M. Had- ,r on & Co. di Anotuku lot of the celebrated "Our loom." Just received at Miller Broh- firs. tf v> A fino lot of pure seed barley just arived at Smith tfc Son. ^ 50,000 Bushels of cotton seed wanted iy Miller Brothers. if If you want a delightful smoke try lie bium. Meal, corn and bran at A. E. Rogers. 4t The boom is the best cigar in town. tt Something nice?the boom. Burley seod for sale by \V. J. Smith & cl ion. tf k If you want nice homemade harness, ;o to J. C. Newman's shop in Knox's milding, at Abbeville. tf The colebrated Harvest set comprises en pieces useful tinware price Sl.2f> per et at Parker & Hill's. tf Full lino of goons arriving, covering verytiling in the gaocery line at A. E. iogers'. 4t Tlio best grade English Island tnolaxs- s at Parker A Hill's. tl' 1 A full line of tinware at Parker A J I ill's. tf C'oks for sale by A. E. Rogers. 4j 150 Bushels Rust Proof seed oals for ale, by Miller Bro's. 'I Paints and oils! Paints and oils ! Paints ,nd oils! just received at Miller Bros, tf 'aint brushes, full line, at Miller Bros, tf Aro you going to paint? Miller Bros vill mix any shado, lint or color you may losire, out of pure lead and oil. Give q hem a call. tf w - LAND SALE.s' 1,600 ACRES. ? AS Executor of the Estate of Dr. John e< a r ...ill onii t.iiK.lr* ljk o. uciu, ucrca^cu, a n m >icii ?v vic outcry, at Abbeville Court House, on 1)1 ilondny" October 1st, 1883, the following alliable tracts of land : Tract No. 1. Z a 192 ACRES, morn or loss, bounded by amis of \V. H. Frith, Bradley <fc Morow, estate lauds. Tract No. 2. 68 ACRES, bounded b}' lands of Henry jatiiner. Kennedy and the Vienna and *l Charleston roads. lt Tract No. 3. )> 250 ACHES, bounded by Charleston F ud Viena roads, lands of " Kennedy A Q( Vatson, and estate land. Tract Nc. 4. ? 166 ACRES, b umled by Bradley ?t rl lorrow, and Tracts Nos. 1 and 2. Tract No. 5. A 231 ACRES, bounded by lands of Wat- _ on and Tracts No. 1 and U. Tract No. 6. . 128 ACRES, bounded by lands of W. || I. Frith, Robt. Thornton and Tracts No. and 7. Tract No. 7. 237 ACRES, bounded by lands of state of Thomas Thomson, Robert Bell, nd Tracts Nos. G and 8. Tro of KTa Q wi AX ClVll MVl V* n, 305 ACRES, bounded by lands (if Rob- ['*' rt Boll, McNoili and others, and Tract ep 10. 7. fu TERMS? Half cash, the balance on n redit of one year, to bo secured by note ud mortgage. Plats of the several Tracts will be exibited on the day of sale. * J. F. LIVINGSTON, I Executor. ? Sop!. 12, 1883, VALUABLE J I0T1L PIIOPBI.' no oai c no dckit Un OrtLL Ull I1LI1I. (Wl 'HE ABBEVILLE HOTEL, 2 'HE ONLY IIOTKL IN ARRKVILLK FITLIv titled up fur the Hotel business. It is been repainted ?nd refurnNhed. Will be p 111 or rentril, I'uniished or not, as parties. Jn ay desire. I.'nil at the premises or uddre.-s j j MRS. JACOB MILLER, '"i" I IIIC Abbeville, S. C, ! Nf( \ug. 23,1883, tf ! cor t Ma r: lim: * Accordance with the act false supplies for the fiscal year com- J dicing November 1st, 1882, approved i ireinber 23d, 1882, notice is hereby giv- t that the Treasurer's Olliee at Abbele County will be open for the collec- l n of taxes ? itirby, September 1st, 1883, d will 1)0 open except tho days in the I lednle of appointments made below in in notice. I Hie rate per centum of taxos is as fol- I vs: 1 State purposes 4J mills. bounty current 3 " 1 Schools 2 " 1 Deficiencies 1-10 of 1 " I Total 9.85 " ] Poll Tax 81.00. [n all cases where the May Installment ] s not been paid, a penalty of five per ntum will bo added. ] raxes are payable in the following kind funds and no other: Gold and Silver >in. United States Currency, National ink Notes and Coupons which shall heme payable during the year 1883, on the 1 lid consolidated bonds of this State lown as "Brown Bonds," also Jury 1 tl tificates and the "per dieni" of State UIC3.1U3 III UlOViK'UllVUUlin T> 111 UU I O" i /cd Tor County taxes not including ^ hool taxes. Parties liable to POLL TAX and re- ^ sing or failing to pay the name will be oceeded against as for a misdemeanor ^ d upon conviction "shall be fined not ore than ten dollars besides costs, or by iprisonment in the County Jail not ex- ^ eding thirty days." All taxes remaining unpaid on the ^ entieth day of October, I shall proceed collect the same by distress or other- ^ iso, together with a penalty of FIF- . EISN PER CENTUM on the amount delinquent, and if the amount of such , 'lir.quent taxes shall not be paid on or ! sfore the FIFTH DAY OF NOVEM- ' ER, 1883, then the same shall be treatI us delinquent taxes and shall be coli-ted by lease and sale of such real and irsonal property as is provided by law. In order to further the collection of the xos and to accommodate the tax-payers ' far as I am able, I have arranged the ' llowiug schedule of appointments, and ' request the tax-payers will take due no:e thereof as the office at the Court mush litlist neccssariiy be closed on o8d days. In accordance wilh the \<*t which reliref me tc attend at certain places for o collection of taxes, I will be at the Mowing places on tho days specified, to it: Ninetv-Six, Monday, September 17th, oiu arrival of down train until next ly Tuesday, 18th September, same hour. Greenwood, Tuesday, 18th September, oin at rival of up train until same hour 'ednesday, the lUth September. Hodges, from arrival of up train 'ednesday, September 19th, until satre :>ur Thursday, September 20th. Doualdsville, Friday, September21st. Duo Wast, Saturday, September 22d. The remainder of the time I will be in le olfi.-e ai the Court House. All information as to taxes will be icerfully given by mail or otherwise, US. X ??? J. W. PERRIN, County Treasurer. August 8, 1883, tf Land for Sale. I'HE unnrrslcned being desirous of changI inir his Investuicut, oQers the following inds for sale: 1 The Davis Homestead, intalnlne about SIXTY ACRES. In r hluh ate of cultivation, nnd under g<xjd fence, n tills p'nee Is a very desirable resldchcc Ithln two miles of Abbeville Court House, a mhI well of water and all necessary outouses. 2. Owens Tract, ininlnlng .ViO ACRES. On this place Is a irge dwelling and several tenant houses. 3. Kennedy Tract, intnlnln;; 50 ACRES, both of there places re tine cotton lands, with tenant houses conenlently situated. 4. Perrin and Wardlaw Lands, Hitnlnlng WO ACRES, of excellent Lon* mieland. SIXTY AClltSR of the finest Um?ered land, with tonant houses thereon. 5. Fell Place, mtnlnlng 125 ACRES of go<id cotton land Itlt ACRES of bottom. On tilts pluce is small neat frame dwelling. 6. Gelzer Land, >nta!n!ng 27J< ACRES. 7. Four Building Lota ; Troy, specially desirable on account of lelr location. I would also offer for sale TWO COTTON TVW 'I'UYi u- > nnvs I |iHVTn\' AND OUIJI.K HARNESS, SOME STCMK. !,<?? UslJELS COTTON SEED.Hilda full line of A K.MING IMPLEMENTS. The above property will bo sold ns a whole r in tracts and lots to stilt purchasers. Nearly all of the iiitovc binds lie within tree nillfg of Abbeville Court House and miinauri high rents. Terms to suit purchasers with proper secuJOHN A. DEVLIN, Due West, S. C. ug. 9, 18S3, tf SOUTH CAROLINA /IILITARY ACADEMY CHARLESTON* S. C. Gen. JOHNSON HAGOOD, Chairman Board of Visitors. CO i.. J. P. THOMAS, Superintendent. 'HE Second Academic Yenr since re-et<Inbllsliment hy Act of the General Assembly II beifln October2d next. Applications for idetshlp in list be mudeon or before NepteniriMth ne.Tito the ('hnlrmun Hoard of VIMrs nt Hnrnwcll H.,s.(\ Pay Cadet* reived from iiny State. Keulsters or circulars rnished l>y Superintendent. rlusu-sta.', 1883, it f ABBEVILLE j lllill SCHOOL. HE 1S83 4 SESSION of the HIGH SCHOOL | will begin on ONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1711.1 TH08. P. LILLY, PRINCIPAL. MILS. K. W. PENICK, ) MISS HELEN M. YoUNO./As!,l8tftnt"* 'ho Scholastic year will consist of ton mths of four weeks ench divided Into two isions, us fullows: l Paying Session of twenty-eight weeks ' Itli foes an below.) and a Free Session of | elve weeks, paid for by the Public School nd. 'rot- Session to begin on the first MONDAY hil, im. FEES FOR PAYING SESSION. 'rlmary Department, 811.20, or SI.00 per mth. liter mediate Dopartmont, $21.00, or ?3.00 per mth. Ugliest Department, S2S.00, or S4.50 per mth. ees to be paid monthly and promptly, lie but nay scholars will be admitted or | limited during the paying session. j ' here will be no extra charges made forj 1 thematic* and Languages. j j W. C. BENET, T)f ad I /I rtn f T)/\?r/l TVnct*W>0 I Jones F. Milj.kr, Secretary. llfcllst 22, 1883, tf I.D.REESE, ABBEVILLE, S. C., HP AIRS WATCHES, CLOCKS, AND Jewelry in the bent manner at the low- y price*. Lour experience nnd close anpll- * ion to buslnes* merit consideration from f so hnvlnu work to be done In hU lino. He 1 psvlewelry and Silverware for sale, eb. 14, IS83,12m or ville of Beeeipli from September 25, \Wlt^KKf^KL (ember 1, 1883. P L URSUANT TO THE REQUIRE^H uenlof the charter of the Town of Abfl^B ttville, I be# leave to Report: That the present Town Council of AbflH leville have received and ezpended^^H ince we went into office on Septambe^^H 5, 1882, tip to thit* date, the followin^^H |H Reccipta. 'rnm T P Qimrlpx former Treasurer, 9 212.05 from Taxes 1882 153.85 Voiri Fines 1882 60.75 'rotn Licenses other than Liquor 1882 105.50 9H8 ?roni Taxes 1883 1,186.57 <"rom Fines 1883 92.65 E^Bj ?roin Liquor Licenses 1883 1,250.00 Hfl ?rom Billiard Licenses 1883 50.00 From other Licenses 1883 53.50 ^9 From other sources 1883 1.75-13,166.e^H ExdeadUares. j^H Paid Judgment vs. for- fl^H nier Council 60.40 Paid other claims vs. IHj former Council 191.06 Total 251.08 HB Paid J. M. Kirby, Road HM Orerseer, 1,092.45 . Paid W. G. Riley, Mar- ?H shal, 411.00 Paid Extra Marshals... 34.50 Paid for Printing aud stationery m.w bh Paid for Macadatnizing 821.15 Paid for Work around Well, Ac 120.60 Paid for Safe and Desk 100.00 Paid for Kent 27.00 Paid Commissions 158.33 Paid for Registration... 10.00 Paid other expanses.... 16.85? 3,096.2^^9 Balance on hand... ' Upon tho organization of the Cound^HM we elected Mr. A. W. Jone* Clerk an^^^| Treasurer. About the 20th March di^H cu instances forced him to give up the po^HH lition. Since that time for conveniencaj^^H have been the acting Treasurer. Respectfully submitted, ELLIS G. GRAYD0N. Bfl Acting Treasurer. Sept. 1, 1883, tf Master's Sale. ---IR Ina H. Martin vs. Mary A. Martin mflH Wnis. B. Martin.?Partition. By vlrtne of an order to ine direrted^^H in the m!h>vo stated case, I will Hell to th^HJ highest bidder, at public auction, withii^^fl the lc^ul hours of Hale, .at Abbevill^^H Court Houae, on Monday, the flint day o^^H Octnlier A. D. 1883, the foilowinjrde^^M scribed property, to wit: All that or parcel of land known as the TRACT, containing Twelve Hundred and Seven AereiHB more or less, bounded by Little RIver^^H road (rom Abbeville to Anderson, lind^R of Crawford, tho Stark place and othera^HH A Jao, that tract or parcel ofltnd knowM^H as the "MILL TRACT," containing l9 Three Hundred and Eighty AcraflH more or less, and bounded by Little Rir^^f er, Lowndesville road, and land* o^^Hj Wlnstook, Robertson and other*. Also, that tract or parcel of lanjfl^H known as the "STARK MARTIl^^B TRACT," containing Two Hundred and Seventy Acre* more or less, and bounded by kutdf-i^^H Mrs. Miller, the Home Place aud . AflH road to Vienna line. All in aid Stat^HI and County. Hlfl TERMS?One-half cash, balance oar^^H credit of twelve months with InterM^^H from day of sale, to be aecured by bon<^^H of purchaser and mortgage of premiaea^^H M. L. BONHAM, JR., Master Abbeville County. Sept. 5, 1883, 4t TISE WELL FIXTURB The tise well fixture is by most perfect mid complete Inventia^^HI^H ft* purpose that lm.x ever been mad?7 'No danger of children bclnir hurt by Anybody am diaw water with it?from ao]^^M| depth. It Ik safe, reliable and convenlenfl^HB .Sold by J. J. ADAMS, Ot Greenville, S. C. H Mr. M. L. BONHAM. jr.,at abbevillq^h will take order* for the proprietor. August 1, I8K3, 3m DUE WEST fill dOLLIll I EXERCISES BEGIN OCTOBER 1?T. Co?^H j of board and regular tuition for the H| He?t facilities for muslo and painting. For catalogue apply to the Presidcut. J. P. KENNED?. H August 1, 1883, tf ANDERSON Hfl MILITARY SMIL ANDERSON, S. C H 'PHE CHEAPEST FIRST-CLASS SCHOOI^Hf 1 In tlie "kjuth. HH| For clrcuiurs address W. J. LlGOIf, H H. G. REED, H rriBcipals._H^| August 1, 1883, 2m J^EH Paragon Axle Grease.^^H I'IIE best l*i market. Which I cheap lo dealers l>y the package. Driro lOcontK, or three lor T> cents at the AlHflH 'Tl? l&tf f TH03. BEGOS. * ennrnntee *u iIIsbBI IM)UX VERNirVG?t*H from the ha man where they f>xtaU If ^ M l.A acfArdinf to imfb Ulr ^f^B| jjffKj, tloilh It M A ftAfC ^ "wlfiF^ liable remedy. :3855 FOR SALE BY All DRUGGISTS E&Tgfc AND STORE KEEPERS. WM i'?^v^ David E. Foutr. J'rop. |H| CSSlgLgl HAI-TIMOBE. M. rO U'TZ'S H HORSE AND CATTLE POWDER**? Lor? !?. I VTCR. If hoi't/.'s f'owdrr* nrr line ! i'i Tl?n?. F.ivti'ou'drrswillinimnnil j. sir Hoo rnounu. H^Rfl 1 [/ < r>i?-i!tr? will prevent Cai'S" is Fowl* K.m/ ? I'ou-iirnt will Inerrn-c Hi"' quantity of milk tnd mum twuity per cent., and make ttio battor 8ra md sweet. KonttV I'owder* will enre or prevent almort mvr Djsk.w to wliteii llor?e* and 1 utile are tllbject. Kol'TZ'S I'OWIXRS WILL OtYK hjlTIirACTIO*. Sol J everywhere. DAVID r. TOTTTZ. Pro?rUMr, BALTirOSS.XS. HH teachers of Public Schools^^^ I I AVJNG claims not registered will p)e*4??^^H Li send litem In at oncc. V BIB E. CO WAX, School Commlsclouer. Sept. 5', 1883, tf Just Eecived. Bfl A NOTHER lot of One, Two and Four Horsa \ Wagons, all Iron Axles, the best anct^H| *wleHt running Wa<on h In the country, whlcfr^^H wm ci,c.p <? ?,h. tho9 BEGOa H 4. 1883, tr