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W-'" ?er i?* aiiw.iur?mbci t h! Press &nd Banner. AKUliV'lLLE, S.O. ^PedilGsday, April 29,1885. j llihi. (i. C?!ini?i Ti'<illiicH to tlio Advanl:iso ol? Cutting Iioose fi'itin rimplcrtlwit. "i'lie llnii. (J. Cannon, of Spartanburg, Is an ' enthusiast <>n the subject ot railroads, and re-1 Killl^ IlilVO pnivcd lll'^ Sf-ll MlfCi'SS (if Ills of- ; forts !?s wi ll a< llio benet'.ls lo be derived from railroad connection with other commercial marls than the city of Charleston. In proof' ?f this we commend to the attention of our I renders the convincing letter which ho recently addressed to the Hon. J. S. CotHrnn. As far hack as 1SY) the town of Abbeville' had a poptilftlloii of 1.2VJ souls, and the population ?f the county aggregated ;52,:>is. The P.wi n of Spartanburg had at the same time a population of only 1,170, and thecounty a population of only 'J'V-W. In ISM) Abbeville county bad Increased in population to lo.tvsp, while Spartanburg hail increased to UV-l-">. II) l.vjil IICIIIIIT I-Ulllli; mm t\ ....ii....,., but very soon after this (lute both Abbeville nnd Spartanburg were put in railroad communication with the city of Charleston. Asj will be seen from Mr. Cannon's letter, the ivtilrond from Charleston to Spartanburg, during a period ot twenty years, hail no very percept Ibleeffect- upon the population or pros-; perlty of that locality. Our readers know bow Charleston treated us as long as she controlled our railroad, and they know the accommodations which wcrefurnlshcd us when we were in her power. They know how little litis community lias been beneiltted by railroad communication with the city by the Sea. Spartanburg had no advantages over Abbeville, either in population or wealth until that town and county had determined to freej themselves from the dominion of Charleston, and open her gates to other and more advantageous commcrcial marls. In 1x71 the train ran over the new railroad to Spartanburg, is 1872 the taxable property of the counties was as follows: Spartan bu rg S3.109..VV) Abbeville 7,_>>1,:39 IS 18S> the assessed property had undergone the following great changes as Mr. Cannon testifies ut least, so far as Spartanburg Is concerned, because of railroads to other markets than Charleston : Spar t a 11 bu rg. $7,230,520 Abbeville. 5,170,115 Jly building railroads toother towns than Charleston, Spartanburg has more than doubled her wealth In thirteen years. Aim ii| wii! be noticed that she did not waste licr time and money In any foolish etlort to build competing lines to Alston, to Columbia or to Charleston. One road in that direction Ik ail thai she wants. The di Here nee between the population and wealth of Abbeville and Spartanburg coin-i menced as soon as Spartanburg cut loose from j Charleston, and obtained communication | with the onIsHto world. Mr. Cannon might have gone more Into particulars than he did, I and have furnished other and more convinc lag proof of the value of railroads which run across the Slate and not to Charleston. Iiet-ldes tho prosperity and growth of the town of a Spartanburg, he might Lave mentioned the growth of Gaffney City. On the arrival of the Air Line cars in 1K71 or 1*7.2, on a (arm In that county, owned by a Mr. OaJIucy, the railroad established a water tank and pump In the cultivated field. Around that tank and pump a town has grown up which Is almost as large ?;s Abbeville, with about the same number of Mores, churches, schools, etc., Including a J own hall and a national bank, neither of which latter can be found in Abbeville. In addition to this extraoidlnary growth In a few years, a new railroad is now being built . from that place to some point in North CaroJina. which when completed, will add still further to the wealth and population of the towu. On the approach of the Air Line Greenville felt the eirects of a new connection, and soon realized that she was free from the tyranny of Charleston. A city of S.CO) Inhabttantssprang up as if by magic. A great number of the most active business men of the State, an Immense amour t of capital, and blocks of eleg.int buildings of modern architecture uow take the place of the oddly shaped barns which were scattered over the smoky old tmvn of fifteen years ago. Then some of tlie most conspicuous buildings were a large hotel in the centre of the town, and a rickety old blacksmith shop which was located on one of the most prominent corners In the city. All this great change has been wrought by build lug a railroad ((cross the Slate and in throwing oir the shackles by which Charleston bound J:cr. A depot was established further West, and the town of Kasly is the result At the crossing of the Columbia and Greenville road n depot was built In the woods. Despite the fact thato solemn act ol the Legislature was jiecessary to require the Columbia and Grecn, \ille Company to build a depot there, and to compel them to halt their trains, a big town has been built, and-Scncca City has become a trade centre for a large scope of country. If other prosperous towns are looked for, the reader will examine the lino of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta road, as it crosses lUr Htutr. Prosperous Florence Is where the Columbia and Wilmington road and the Charlotte and j Charleston r.tad cross each other. Turning to the Augusta and Ktioxvllle and J the Greenwood, I<aurcnR and Spartanburg j roads, which are nearer homo, we And the fame evidences of the benefit of a road running across the State, and elsewhere than to Charleston. Although I.aurens lias been In railroad communication with Charleston for thirty years, no prosperity or wealth ever came to her doors. She was sneered at by commercial men, and her own citlzeus were compelled to ^eck other markets. Dilapidation and ruin prcetcU the eye of the visitor on every side. The deleterious Influence of Charleston had I done its work most effectively, and the sleepy j old town was nearly dead. H'-allzlnghereon-J . . union, its II HlSl run: Ml, nut SCI IU .> v/i iv iw 6M>UV | n rtMiil acroxs the country. At the locomotive's j *>pf?ro;icli from a neighboring State, its shrill j whistle aroused tlic Inhabitants from their! death-like slumber, and the old litp Van j ; * "Winkla town is now a busy mart, with all the bustleand activity of a prosperous city. A' steam engine from the outside world quick. ?.'iied commerce, purified the air, and sent! j*ew life and new t>lood through all thy arte- j ties of trade. It is useless for us to waste time In recalling llie fact that Greenwood in our own connty? never exhibited any marked degree of growth or prosperity until after the arrival of the trains which came across the country to her Lorders. We presume that Mr. Cannon desired to fur-1 nish proof of the fact that the building ot a railroad to Charleston had not been of any great benefit to the City of Spartanburg, and most conclusively lias he accomplished j his purpose. While Spartanburg has several, roads, she is now building two new ones, and ; wc have never heard a syllable about tliati town seeking another toad to Charleston. It j remains for poor old Abbeville to tako the| lead in this backward movement at a time' when she is lo be shorn of a large part ot herj trade,and when the future looks dark and: forbidding to her. When ruin to her business J interests seems imminent, she Is to be pluug cd into an Inextricable debt, the principal nod interest of which will sit upon the town like a vulture and feed upon her vitality, de-1 fctroylng whatever of remaining value her houses juid her lands may possess. And no 4 xctise for bringing lliis dire calamity to this 55"-' people Is offered, except tlie vague and Idle; talk of establishing competing lines to j Charleston and the building of a great through line to the West by way of Abbeville. No: man has shown us how the town of Abbeville , is to regain one dollar's worth of the trade] which we will soon lose by our former refus-1 nl to join in the building of a road which, would have been of lasting benefit to us and i to our children. Those who talk lightly of: building a railroad over the mountains, ignore the facts as to the magnitude of the job, and shut their eyes to the difficulties which lie ill the way. If it were an easy Job to build a hundred miles of road across the uninhabited woods of the mountains, why has not Anderson, or Grecuville, or Spartanburg accomplished the worlc before now ? They are located much nearer the foot of the mountains than the point from which we propose to start, and their necessity for such a road is as great as ours, and they arc much more ablo to do the work. For years and years the town of Spartanburg, and the city of Charleston, to *ay nothing of the people of North Carolina, have worked and toiled to get across the mountains, and after various companies and individuals had bankrupted themselves in the cflort, the work was abandoned years ago when only twenty miles remained to he fin ished. At last a new eflort has been orgutilz< (!, which it Is hoped may be successful, and, if successful, would do away with the necessity of the herculean job, which we In our poverty and in our weakness, and in the days of our darkness and gloom, talk so flippantly nbout undertaking. Let the reader not forget that nearly all the prosperous towns of this State are located on the railroads which run across the State, and . not to Charleston. The towns that are located on the lines ol the old roads which run to Charleston have been comparatively at a stand it til for thirty years. Newberry and Anderson may be cited as ^exceptions. While Newberry has not gone backwerd, any little prosperity which has come to her may be attributed to the presence j of a M-ell endowed bank, which accommodates its farmers and merchants with money at living rates. The same may be said of Anderson, which fact, together with the other fact of Its proximity to the Air Line road, Is sufficient to accouut for Its superior growth. We will bs obliged, if any friend of the Carolina, C'uutbcrluud Gap aud Chicago railroad can name towns on f.ny road ruttuVng tlirect| ly to Charleston, which lias grown 'and prospered 11 lie Chester, Florence, CiafTney City, | tireenville, (.Ifcehwood, MeCormick, or many | other of tho tttwns which may bo located on the roads MnMiiff ncroa* thr Stat,:. Charleston Is out of the current, tOul her extortionate ways of doing business with the country merchants. inahe i\ imperative that every one who can, shall seel; a new market. Abbeville needs a new railroad hut she needs on o which gf>es aeifix.i the country, nnd elsewhere than to Charleston. Abbeville, wo believe, Is the only town which has yet proposed to build two railroads Ina city which refuses to give a cent for the enterprise. This fact of Itself should show to our people cs?tlmatc which that city?Kt least, Jiuts upon the road, ? Ortf .Hhinhr About Railroads. I MWTAKK. NO. 1. I liOttfr aso the people of the city of Anderson rent delegates to confer with the eltlr.ens of Abbeville, nnd to aslc their co-operation in building ft railroad to Augusta or to some point on the Augusta nnd Knoxvllle railroad. The delegates from Anderson put up at the hotels, nnd some of our peoplo did them tho honor to meet theni next day in the Court House. Some help from Abbeville and a lit1 iwiiiii from Due West would have secured the. location of the road through here but \vc folded our hands. The Anderson delegates returned to their homes, nnd they afterwards appealed to the people along the Savannah side, nnd they contributed as much ns their limited means would warrant, Anderson city gave the balance, and the road is now nearly graded. Mr. llnou 1 has agreed to Iron and equip it. The contract only needs tho ratification of the stockholders which It is supposed will be done at their meeting In Lowndesvtile, which takes place on the 10th day of May. The scarecrow about the Savannah road combining with the Cumberland Gap road to cut us off from Its connection may therefore now be taken down, and thrown aside with the useless rubbish. MISTAKE. NO. 2. Again, when the Augusta and Knoxvllle road was being built, common report had it that Augusta was more anxious to come to Abbeville than she was to go to Greenwood. The leaders of the people of Abbeville did not believe that it would ever be built, and we had no money to put Into the enterprise. That opportunity to get a good road was lost. MISTAKE, NO. 0. Afterwards, It becainc a fixed fact that the Augusta and ICnoxville railroad would be built. Then a number of public spirited citl- j zens subscribed a large amount toward the grading of a railroad from Troy to Abbeville I and Due West. After about, ten thousand dollars had been spent and a great deal of the work had been done, our people transferred the road and Its franchises to the Carolina, Cumberland Gap nnd Chicago Railroad on condition that the new company would finish the Job, but no forfeiture clause or limitation as to time was put in the contract. The ) payment of big salaries to Idle ofllcers was j Immediately commenced, nnd the work ofj shovelling dirt was soon stopped, although I the ofllcers luxuriated in sumptuously furnished ofllces and munificent salaries. Such of the road which we graded, ns has not been washed away, now stands as It did years ago. MISTAKE, NO. 4. The stockholders of the OirolInn, Cumberland Oap and Chicago Railroad propose for us to vote a tax on ourselves for the payment ol' the salaries of the officers of their road, and bonds have already been voted at various places. If Abbeville votes the bonds this will be mistake Xo. 4, and the greatest and most fatal blunder of nil. The related mistakes of our leaders in the past, Is not calculated to inspire confidence In the wisdom of their present proposition. THE LINES CLOSING IN IM'ON US, AND Ol'U TEUItlTORY SMITING FEOSt OUR GRASP. From the repeated failures in the past, and when we note tho fact that our territory is now nearly occupied by railroads, It will be seen that Abbeville hns little that is bright to look forward to. The .Savannah Valley Road will be finished, and Abbeville will, of course, lose a large trade which is ours by right, nnd which we could have held if we had only reached out our liaud ond gave a tithe of the money which we are now asked to give. So far as tve are able to sec, the only possible chance for us to get a now railroad Is to connect with the Georgia Central, and our opiniou is, that Enrlght's store, or some more direct line towards Elborton is our best chance. The Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railroad runs almost parallel with the Augusta and Knoxvllle Road until it comes to this community, nnd then It runs almost parallel with the Columbia and Greenville Road, until after It passes Wllllamston?over one hundred and twenty-flve miles along the side of other roads, nnd In this county between two roads, which would cutotr from It nearly all business. Even If the truck was graded, u capitalist could not be found who would equip It, and If equipped It would not pay running expenses. Tlic Good .Spirit of the "Abbeville Messensier." Our neighbor of the Medium slated Inst week that lie was In favor ?f the road, but wanted more light. We think the light l.s furnished now, and we hope to see him range himself with bis strong jiersonal influence und that of hm able Journal, on the side of progress. We trust and bell. ?e that he enn and will now advocate and assist in this splendid ra I mad, which, h:s cood common sense must tell hiin la lit least our best lio|>c lor Increased rail road facilities. And we want to see our friend of the J*ress mid Runner ranee Ills excellent paper alongside the Medium and Messenger in a brave effort to build lip o?r barren and waste plaees. We have no doubt tliat he bus argued himself into the lion.-st belief thit bis course is ri.-ht. Hut we hope that In the light of thcve recent and lalest developments he will see this question differently, and will give It his strong support. He will n->t let personal feeling stand In the way of a public duty or the achievement of public Co.wi. Dnnbtless there have been said some things on both sides of this question, tlmt might wrll have been left unsaid. Uut these can be easily overlooked In an united effort to accomplish a great good for this community and country. There is great truth in that trite old maxiw "united we stand, divldid we fall." And this I* especially true of *o small a community as unrs. Concert of action is essentially necessary to to success in any great enterprise that we undertake. So, good friends let us forget our differences In an honest, hearty and united eff >rt to arrest the danger that threatons the prosperity of our town and country. Let us make a long pull, a strong pull and a pull altogether in this last attempt to build a grand trunk line of IJuilway through our county.?Abbcvitle Messenger. We heartily reclprocato the kindly expre? ...I 1 l? tirwl hiuns umi mi ucu in uiuuwib |fuui^iu|Ki, ?>*ut so far as wo arc concerned, while holding fast to our principles, anil our convictions we are more than willing to overlook all tlint has been said on the oilier side, and would make any honorable amend for any thing which we have said, nnd which "might well have been left unsaid." We thank our neighbor for having come half way to the right station, in that he seems to express a willingness to have peace, and a desire to have unity of action among our people. We congratulate him aud ourselves that the advocates of the Carolina, Cumberland Oap and Chicago It illroad arc even willing to have peace with those of us who do not see as they do. Since our neighbor in a manly spirit hits expressed a desire to have that unity of sentiment nnd oneness of j action which guarantees strength and liar-1 tnony, we now propose to him that he offer us more equitable terms than an absolute and unconditional surrender. It will be uotlced that lie asks us to make an uncondltlonnl surrender of all our rights, including all our convictions, as well as to allow tlie company to appropriate to ttielr sole use and benefit1 a largo part of our property. Tills we cannot do. It will be noticed however that lie made his proposition in a kindly way. and in no evil spirit, for which wc thank him. Uut we cannot yield to bis request for an unconditional surrender. When he proposes a compromise of wishes, and a reconciliation of differences, then we will give our hearty cooperation, and meet him fully half way. But If the stockholders of the Carolina, Cumber grind us under their feet, and take our money from us, they must do so by art, by strategy, or by such force as we are unable to resist. We will not accedo to tlielr demands, the manner of which Is not less offensive tliau the unjustnessof the movement Itself. We begged the stock holders of this rond not to precipitate tills matter. We did this in order that we might discuss the subject In a friendly way, when we might ascertain the merits of the different proposed roads, and then abide by the decision of a majority or , our people, and wc pledged the Pre** and l!an' iter, so faras possible to a faithful acquiescence ! In whatever might seem to be the wishes of a | majority of the people. This reasonable proposition was declined, and the proposition to run over us, rough-shod, was openly and detl! nntly made. Our self-respect would allow us no ottier alternative than to resist tho encroachment on our property, which we will do to the last hour. j Again, thanking our neighbor, the Mmsen~ 1 ger, for the good spirit which pervades his article, and expressing due gratification at any evidence on the part of the stockholders of ! the Carolina, Cumberland Cap and Chicago Itailroad to treat us as neighbors and friends, who are as much interested in tho welfare of the town as they are, we pledge out-self to do our level best t<> bring about peace, on any terms wnicu irumu w jwai, m uo 1UI1 lv, j them. I5ut lot It not be understood that we will, for one moment, ever consent to the proposition to allow thorn to run riot over the property of the people, to raise money for the private use of their own corporation, and to sustain olileers on munificent salaries, while earning none of the money. The Chrlntlan Neighbor. This much beloved exchange paper is seventeen years old, and It grows more in the beauty of holiness and peace as It gets older. The editor is the Rev. Sidl H. Browne, and n better man or a truer chrlBtlon Is not in thoconmunlon of the church or among the brethren of the press. Long may he live lo bless mankind, and teach them to be real followers of the "Prince of Peace." ! * The following cure for IIydio4>l?obla Is used in some parts of Germany, and Is said to be I 'fal Ible: liathc the wound Instantly in w i.m vinegar; dry it; and theu drop on it a c w dioi s ox murium; acid.?The Lunvct. 1 The IttYynt ttoAil-, U'hicli in to be nullt by ]>lrilsii^' I'nymciitn ftfom Plebeian I^ochrt.N. I "T' e friend* of the road mo confident of success, 1 notwithstanding the scheme meets with Vl'Olrnt up-j I position from two of our Inju rs? the J'rrs.1 and ! ftumirr hint the Medium. The i reus and Itaiiner , lew nr^ued itself into the k-li> f that we neeil no ititl; road, w h:eli opinion is not ciirpiisin^ when one remembers its op|io>ltion to the Itiiil-'inc of factories | Kinl pn'ilic luts royemi'iits cciirrally. The Medium | nccnpies The anomalous position of piiitesslic; (treat I friendship for tile road, while it is dolnc nil In Its power against l ho scheme; nor need vmi he Mirptisid ni j this Mralnre contradiction. Aldicvilln CH'inot ninl will Hot nllord to he forever pined III the shade. She , needs railroad eompetition and hlie llilelids to hnve I'." ?AbbcciHc correspondence of the XiUv and Ojii| t ier. The above Is perhaps a fair sample ol Ihe I artrnn\cnlx which the stockholders of the Royj al Itoatl and their followers have cont InuousIly put forth ever since tho Legislature asj sttnu'd toilen.v to i he people of Abbeville, their request for a elmrter lo Verdery. The nni* i i nuts and the utter rccklessncsn of the state- i ment that the Pre.1.1 and Banner Is opposed to 1 "public Improvements generally" will be bet- I tcr understood when the Xew.i and Omrier I is furnished with the names of the men who 1 have spent more since the war in "bulldins < up tlie town'* than has the editor of the Prcxa 1 and li'.tnner?and he spent no money which 1 he did not earn at hard work. The resort to I abuse and tho charging of all sorts of per- I potiftl motives together with a iinlforin 1 system of hull-dozing would seem lo fur* , nlsli the strength which the advocates of this , gruui mj. in uavu iiiawn u> ji>, c???v* m i par with the assumption that llie town belongs to tlio stockholders of tho Carolina, j I Cumberland Oap and Chicago Railroad, and | ' that they possess a monopoly of patriot- i Ism. Much a decree of presumption and ' intolerance has never been exceeded. Im | . aglno the assumed lmperiousncss of the i stockholders of any organization who 1 ' propose to Fever thrlr friendship and 11 | business relations with all such neighbors as ' dare to assert any opinions of their own, and 1 ; the meaning of tho above paragraph, and J ! the situation at Abbeville, may bo partially understood. Must wo "stand and deliver," or 1 must we sutler them to tako our monoy from our pockets for the benefit of their road, with- < out our being allowed even the poor privilege J of uttering a protest? "is thy servant a dog ! that ho should do this great tiling?" If so, ' j how long, do the stockholders of the Carolina, , Cumberland Grip and Chicago Itailroad, pro- | pose to make us wear galling chains < [ and chafing collars? Shall we have no dellv- ' j erancc from the proposed raid on the proper- ] ty of the citizen, with which to raise 1 money, to rent an elegant office, to fill It with j1 | magnificent furniture, to lay the floor with a ! j [ superb Brussels carpct, and to contribute 55,000 11 a year to keep a President In elegant j1 i loltiim' filmll im tin riiiirie to net. lllto dumb. '? j driven cattle? The edict has gone forth. 11 "Abbeville necJs railroad competition and 1 she intends to have it." Let servile millions j j take notice thereof, nnd govern themselves j < accordingly. * About "Iliiildinc I'p the Town.'' | Assuming, from the kindly spirit of its re* J cent publications that our neighbor, the Mis- j xenycr, Is willing to talk of the proposed rail- ^ rond tax purely upon the merits of tho ques- ^ lion, and not depend upon irrelevant matters f for the success of the effort, we will in the j f |same kindly spirit suggest that when It i speaks of Its great anxiety to build up the j1 town, that it do so In a manner so as not to if [ convey the Idea that the Press and Maimer Is 1 [ an enemy to the town and opposed to all public improvements. We presume the record of thecditorof the Press and Banner In thisparticular at least, !s about as good as the record i j of the moat ardent advocate of the "building j j up of the town" by voting away the property sof the people. Tile editor of the Press anil j Manner has worked to "build up the town" in 'j the good old way of earning the money himself at hard work. This is a much slower way of bringing about results tluin tho mere thoughtless casting of a ballot against the ( property already made, but It Is a way which I is lasting In Its benefits, and not blighting In j its presence. -j We hope, therefore, that the casting ot reflections upon the Press and Ilanncr In this matter of the railroad tax may hereafter be confined to those only who have done more, j mnrn outl.limnalv fnr Mi#> wnlfjiro of the town, nnd have given more to all of the public enterprises of the town which re- S julred nnd needed the sympathy of the citizen. From this very rnilrond \vc have notentircly withheld our help. We have done all the advertislngand all the job printing which the company asked us to do, nnd we have never f charged a cent for the work. Further than I this, we were ready to give our nilte In money ( towards I he enterprise, but we were not asked / to do so until It was so late that we paw where the work, accomplished by the money of our neighbors, had gone. Asa prudent man we 8 then declined to add our little sum to that v which was already gono and as we suppose, Is * Irretrievably lost, unless It Is taken by . force 1 of law from the parties to whom It was sur- e rendered, and who now harass and annoy our ' people In their demands for more money. j' * ' * 1: Proposed Debt oit tlie Town. , The ablators of the movement to Issue the bonds of the town for 828,WJO, nt tho In- 1: stance of Mr. Hagood, having withdrawn the c petition which they had presented to the v town council last week, failed to renew their r request last Monday, as It was understood g that they would do. Not being informed as t to the reason for the postponement, nnd liav- e Ing no means of ascertaining definitely the C facts, we cannot speaU positively, but wo pro- r sume the failure to ask for the election last s Monday was only on tho ground that the I requisite number of signatures had not yet t been obtained, or the conviction that rested f on their minds of the certainty that the prop- i osltlon would be defeated at tlto polls. xn-| stead of ordering tlio election It Is currently j reported that a special meeting of a few of j the advocates of this ineasuro held a caucus In the afternoon at one of thej law olllces. Ah this was a private meeting, in the Interests of ttic plans laid down by Mr. Hagood, nothing Is certainly known as to what was done, but ruinor has It that ways and means were discussed, whereby (he bonds of the town could be secured lu re- '\ spouse to Mr. Hagood's request, THE SAVANNAH VALLEY ROAD. Leased by the Goorsln Central nnd to be Completed Immediately. (.1 ugtista Chronicle.) t Last night President /tnoul passed through J Augusta In his special car on hi* return from : Anderson, where he had a meeting with the J oflleers of the Savannah Valley road, and , stated that he had dosed the contract lor the 1 latter road and It would at once be hnrrled to , completion. The Central road Is steadily extending its system in South Carolina and : this last addition to the chain will be a gold- j en link fir Augusta. The line extends from I McCormiek's, on the Augusta ft Knoxvllle { railroad, fifty-eight miles to Anderson, and J I traverses the river vallev, the richest section of Carol iua. I President Humphries, of the Savannah!) Valley r? ad, accompanied President ltaoul i. from Anderson to Greenwood. The latter seemed to l>c In exceeding good humor and j especially pleased at the eonsmnatlon of the , agreement. He says work will be begun at j an early day, and will bo pushed steadily on : to completion. The road will bo Ironed as * rapidly as possible, and the crop of lt>*(J will. | be hauled over It to Augusta. The line lias alreadly been graded with the exception of)' about tlfteen miles, and an additional force of !convicts had Just been put to work, and the grading is to be completed by June 1st. The | straight road from Anderson to this pa Ice will :opcn up a country most valuable as a tribu- / j tary to Augusta. The fact that its building is jK i now certain is cause iiir c.unxiaiuiauou 10 rue I merchants, and they will no doubt wish President Itaoul hearty Uod speed in its eomplcI tiuii. j Compliment to n Former Citizen of Abbeville* A vffusta Chronicle. j At the annual meting of the stockholders of the Granlteville Manufacturing Company l Chairman Huistsald "he knew it was not cus| tomary for the presiding olllcer of a meeting j ' to ofl'era resolution, but he had one to present ! which he was sure would meet with the fullJest sympathy and ei.dorseinentof every one I present, lie in common with the others had ! heard of the serious Illness of the Secretary I of theCompany some inonlhs since and knew I of Ills present feeble condition. Xo man stood i higher In the regard of the Company than Its ; faithful Secretary Mr. James II. Giles, and he : ottered the following resolution : Resolved, That the stockholders of the Granlteville Manufacturing Company tender their | genuine sympathy to Mr. James II. (Jlies in 1 his present feeble health and fervently trust {thai he will be early restored to health,and! that the company may long have the benetit: of his faithful services. i During the reading of tho resolution Mr. Giles, who was present In nil easyehalr, wrapped up in blankets, was visibly all'ceted, and at 11<< conclusion his lips trembled in a vain attempt to voice his thanks, but his heart was , too full for utterance, and he bowed his white I hi ad In his hand, and as the tears came to tils ejes. his acknowledgment of tho contlilenco Imposed In him by the company, whom he baa faithfully served Tor more than a score of years, was more eloquent, and sincere than could have been couched In words. | Mr.Itnlstannounced the next thing inorder i to l>e the election of otllcers, and appointed j Messrs. Wright and Martin to prepare the ballots and conduct the election. They announc-1 ] ( <1 votes cast unanimously lor tneoni,] Hoard us follows : H. II. Hickman, I'rcsidcnl; A. It. Davidson,of Charlotte; .las. J\ Hoyce, of ],oulsvllle, Ky.; A. S. Johnston, of Charleston; Ilatnllii l'.eattle, of (ireenvlllo, and It.A. Klein I iii:, of Augusta, Directors, and James H. (Jlies, Secretary. | A Kind tVoril from u liood Old r Friend. Union Time*. Wc extend our congratulations to friend Wilson upon Ills attaining Ills twenty-sixth year as proprietor til that model Journal, the Abbeville press and llnnnrr. Wilson himself, I' Is older than lliot. though ho Is not the happy : proprietor ot alar^e and Interesting family. i The fact Is, he Iuik devoted tne best of his life ; in rurslng that overcrow n, but handsome naj per of tils, and lost nil of the more delectable : pleasures which aio found In the nursery nearer home. Itut wc are satisfied thai It was not his fault, and weure more than satisfied ' that, some good woman has lost, a splendid opportunity. Hut Uro. Wilson Is a tlrst-elass man and the Press and ]tanner Is a first-class papor, and both richly deserve the popularity and prosperity they enjoy. * * ... Abbeville has now ono of ilio lnrgest and i prettiest hotel buildings in the up country. , The management Is all that could be desired. Fare tlrst-class. servants attentive, ami In every respect It Is the place for the travelling public.?Associate Reformed Presbyterian. Now is thu time "to supply yourself with seed cow peas, lor tulc by \V. Joel Wwlth & , , Kim. TWO PRESIDENTS. THE REPORT OF ONE IS FULL, EXPLICIT, " CLEAR, AND UNMISTAKABLE ? THE * LETTER OF THE OTHER IS EVA* ? SIVE, MYSTERIOUS, AND WITH- ? HOLDS THE INFORMATION TO WHICH THE PEOPLE ? ARE ENTITLED. ft a Tlio Difference Rrlnoen Prpnlrlonl 1^ Ilirliiiiim or the <j!r.-tnitevillc Manufarliiriiiff Coinpiiii}', niul I'rowi* J,' dent Hagooil or the Carolina. Cnin- I berlanrt (inp an<I Chicago Railway b Company! I Purely for the pilPpose of showing to our J rentiers tlio diflerenco between an open j uul full statement of the President of nn net- j unl company, possessing much wealth, nnd , :he receilt evasive and mysterious letter of c Iho President of an imaginary railroad, t!ic ' jfllccrsof which nrc charging nctiinl inunitl- f :cnt salaries for tht-ir iinnglnary serrIces, wo t append the following report of President ' Hick man, the letter of tlio President of the j Imaginary railroad which pnysactunl salaries i to Its officers for imaginary services having 1 I.,nn?mi1 In cnllllllllR last Week. I'rcftltieiit'M Report. ro the.Stockholders of the Granltcvillo Man- c ufacturing Company: \ (lent lumen?For the first time since I have t find charge of your propcr'y (17 years). I am f u ml it the necessity of reporting a loss during . the pact year. It would ben waste of time to t Klein pt to explain to you the various causes a which have conspired to tiring ahout this rc- t suit; your owu experiences and knowledge of > the condition of the country are sbtllclent. If t [ am at fault at nil. It Is in the fact that a year t igo I refused to sell goods at a loss, made from i :otton which cost nine and a half cents per 1 pound, when at. the same time I was paying t jlcven and a half cents. I believed that prle< s i j( goods would to some extent follow the , price of cotton, but In this I was mistaken, t L'otton advanced and goods declined. This 'j was very unusual; it never happened before i In the history of manufacturing cotton, so far t is I know. 1 Our losses have been Increased In conse* r -pie nee of an unfortunate change In muchln- j j :rv which was very expensive and proved a j< failed. This I was notable to control until *| very recently. I am now hard at work, and r ivlllsoon have everything In good shape. s Hy reference to thesubjolned statement, you \ irlll see that our heaviest losses resulted from t the payment of Interest, insurance, and tax- i 8s. The actual loss In manufacturing Is but t little over eight thousand dollars. a We must not be discouraged?this Is the first t loss that we have ever inude, and our iiroflts t nave been very large, our property is Intact, t xnd we still have a large surplus. c The remedy for a decided Improvement Is In i the hands of our Southern manufacturers If :hey would cmhraee It. It Is a fact that we r ire making more goods than the country t needs or more than they are able to take. c Shutting down tiie mills for three or four , rionlhs would, In in.v opinion, piuce wicui in ? position to niHko money. I have been harassed by law suits ever since t have had charge of your property, and the ixpeiisc has been enormous. The last, so sailed hit: bonus Wool fork suit, has been deeded In your favor by the highest courts In he State. I know of no other real or Imngnary claim that can be brought against your ?roperty. The prodnctlon of the fJraniteville Mill for he fiscal year ending March 1st, ISSj. was a* ollows : Total 2.139,701 pounds of cloth, or 0,iyo yards. The cotton consumed was U,169.7-jS pounds, or 7,f.S!l bales of I.V) pounds. , The production of the various htylesof goods it Vuucluse Mill during same period was as ollows: Tolall,259,2>t pounds of cloth, or-J,S5.000 yards, consuming l,tSl,ISS pounds of i sotton, or .'V-'S hates of 430 pounds." , The falling oft In production was In con?eluenceof running short time, which greatly ucreascd the cost of t he goods. Vmount at Credit of I'rotlt and Loss, March 1, 1881 S220.S31 SO EXPENDITURES (GKANITEVII.I.E). >fltce account S 2.V) so Oxpense account 1.221 18 nsurancc fyV>7 school 1/KK) HO tepairs 42S CO nterest .12 if.'!) :!7 faxes .r),01(i ;12 S3ti,40-"? 31 EXPENDITURES (VAVCI.rSK). >(llce account S 17 CO Expense account 2!) 60 nsurance 3,!5W li2 tepalrs account -l.Vi :>?> faxes 7'J'J ;:i ? l .1:1? -JI 07S :u 51U9,*V1 :>i! Ictual loss on goods K.Oul 51> Unonntat Creditor Profit and Lo?s, March 1st, Ins.", ir,l,K">2 01 iurplus Invested in Vaucluse :j(il,'>13 21 Total Surplus March 1st. 1SS.=> S")2:i,:t(>5 2> II. 11. iilCKMAN, President. On motion (he report was received as lufornutlon. President Hickman stated that he would be )teascd to answer any question that might be ,' propounded by any of the stockholders. j A number were asked by Mr. F. C. Prlzer, of \ Charleston, nndothrrs and were anxiccred satis ! uctorily and fully by President Hickman and Secretary Giles. j It will be observed that President Hickman , ;ave the figures, and showed wherein the Ions j iccurred. The reader Is as able as we are toi nrm iui estltnato of the action of the two' 'residents. If President. Ilagood Is more notd for one thing tliau another, we think it Isj ils ability to keep secret his official record, i nd his action In asking us to voto,< ilm a large amount of money In the face of lis positive denial to ranked report ol the fl-. mnclal condition of the road Is unsurpassed, j We think that the president of tills road by ! lis utter and absolute refusal to give an ac-j ount of his stewardship to the people to: vhom he and his associates are appealing for nonoy can bo accounted for only on one ;round?and that upon ills own belief that he people, if they knew the facts, would not ndorse him and his connection with the 0., / It. (.V U. IV. IV. XI kliunuuuaui iuv iu.iu iov.i ,i Ight, why conceal It, aud why reft).*c to an-! J wcr the respectful and reasonable questions i n reference thereto? The people oi the j I own of Aiken, where Mr. Hagood's superbly j1 urnishrd oftlce was located, had abetter op-i} (Ortunlty than we have had to form a correct! g deaofhlsablllty ana railroad bulldcrand they j J efused to contribute any of their money toi, ils visionary scheme. Will our people who!? enow less of him, be crazy enough to do what j' hose who know him better refused to do? { rime will tell. 2 t """ ? I m I AN INTERESTING LETTER. J m 1 ? f I The Hon. 5j. Cnnnon ToHtlfloH to the < Advantage which Spartanbnrg ' Itenllzc*! by Cutting I.oosc from [ Charleston. Si'AUTANiscno, S. C.lAprll, 15, 1SS3. ? Tudf/e Colhran: 1 DkakSik: Yours of the 13tli to hand. I s mve sent you a paper containing the sUtenent to which you allude. I will further i itate that in 1872 the taxable property of this t :ounty wiusS1,)0{i1"j6!I. and in 1SS5 the Treasur- t >rs books show $7,280,520. a little more than c louhlc in thirteen years. We have voted S>75,- 1 KW to the various ltailroads at different times < laying interest prompty and have redeemed 1 1 large amount of our Monds. The Increased 1 Yulucof propertv more than pays the Interest on the outstanding liondH. Wlille the In- i irease ol property is continuing the debt Is t jclng reduced annually. Spartanburg has j isen from a comparatively poor county to i )C the second couuty In assessment in the t itate, Charleston being the first. This has t .jcen done by building railroads, giving our s icople facilities of markeland travel. 1 have 1 jeen actively engaged in aiding these enter- I irises since 1851. mid think my time well t ;pcnt. Tliu CJ., L. iV s. road will be completed I lcre during this summer which will increase 1 lie number of miles to (10C) In this county, 1 ill of which will pny tax In aid of the State I md count}*, the work on the Ashvllle road is < low progressing and will be completed dur- 1 !)g tills SCilSOU. lOlir |nu|iic nun iiu?e i> > favorable opportunity to secure a great high ivuy, they will not let the opportunity slip. Yours truly, (,}. Cannon. Self-Ed ucation. Pro/. John If. Miller, Due West,S. C., in Carolina Teacher.) No subject receives wiJer and nioro comprehensive study than the general subject of idueation. Yet how few fully grasp Its practical Import. No phase of this great topic more demands the careful attention of aspiring.Southcru youths than tliat of self-educaLlou. The coming manhood of the South needs to be impressed with the vital truth that though unable toattend universities and :ol leges, the avenue of ?el/-education is &ti 11 widely open. Education Ik more of the nature of discipline than knowledge. It is the sharpened, versatile Intellect, one that has aeen pressed and hammered till its quality is fully tested, that becomes able to convcrt disinters into fortunes and defeats into victories, Heside an intellect like this a formula-crammed head will become dizzy and will skulk rrom the held. Hundreds of young men In ihe South ale asking themselves the question, What must I do since 1 am unable to go to school ? Let them know that all knowledge is not In books us all diseipllne Is not in college walls. Let them know thut self-knowl- | ?dge, knowledge of human nature, and other i knowledge can be obtained us well when ploughing or hoeing or going to mlII as In any ' >ther way. A good school Is the best place to t earn, but not the onlj/ nlace. Some of the r noblest workers and mghci-t ornaments of I >ur race have constructed and built upon that I which seemed at tlrnt no foundation at all. * f<et no youug man lose heart because he can't s itl'ord to spend three or four years In collegi- " iteor university training. I,et him build, I trick by brick, In his own home. Let him t know that the genius 01 inspiration nun hub ;esR will visit corn-fields and cotton-fields, i ivill follow a struggling youth us lie digs fur I ;reasure l>y lils dim candle uud will not leave t iltu witLiout a eliaplet. 11 c - t Memory Uciiin. ? True politeness Is perfect ease nnd freedom. * It simply consists in treating others as you [ love to be treated yourself. \ A ninllo fur one of mean Arcree. A courteous bow for nlic of high, 80 modulated IkiIIi thnt eneh ' Saw friendship in liiaeye. J Life Is a short day; but it is a working-day.' J Activity tuny lead to evil; but inactivity cuu- ' not be led to good. Enn If you like, but try to keep your breath : I Work like a man, but don't lie worked to death. " ' < Acts, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet'' L?y which you may spell charvctcr. J For the structure tlmt we rnlfp, Time is with materials filled; Our to-days uiul yentenlnyu 8 Are the blocks with which we build. To Adam, paradise was home. To tlie good Unong his descendants, home Is paradise. Nit need wo power or splendor,? Wide hall ?r lordly dome; The ({ood, the true, tin* tender.? These form the wealth of home. Labor to keep alive In your breast that llltlc (park of celestial fire called conscience. 1 feel within 1110 A pnaeo 11I.ov-e all earthly dignities, A btlll and ?|Uiet conscience. Have you seen our JigureU lawns at l}? cts?: L'. Koseiibcrg & Co. J v TltotiRlilH fo* Mlty, (ffiuUhcrn Cultivator.) The planting t.r cotton will continue to tlio middle f this month, The |?i|lcy of growing much or llitlo , niton lias been so fully dlsctii-scd, It Is noe?ll?*s? to ' iv more. Tliu loeic of events, or rather of results, nil have todecid" the matter; but It Is admitted on II ?liles Unit, on must titrton, some cotton m:ty be rolllably raised; Its cleansing cultivation, it* lertil- . ting seed, it-ready sale, its keeplm; without deteri- ' ration, are Hitting points in Its favor?Indeed they re so?tr< n.* tlml tliry have tempted, and continue u teiniit. turineis to extend the crops beyond safe ml 1 gitlmatc bound-'. If one plants any cotton ut II, it ft of Bret Importance to decide liow It is done n secure, not only i>rotlt, but tlio largest profit. Vlien the 'and* wi r. fresh and t!ic farmer owned the nbor, the largest crop that he could cultivate proper y and pb:k out, wus by cuintnou consent, the nioct ( rofimb'e. Lai>or being h constant quantity, and no ( ommerelul fertilizer used, the more cotton, the more ( iroflt, IT the grass could be kept down attll tbc crop withered. ? iiut the conditions sre now greatly chnngrd. Land s not fresh. feitWisers must be used, and labor is a ash commodity th-t must he paid for, at least once year, If not oftrncr. With Increase of acies, extenses run up very rapidly, and It becomes an exretuely Important question, how much fertilizer and low much labor one can uso to greatest profit in; naking a crop of cotton. Land Is so abundant Hint, i ixcept aslt affects the other two factors, It may be j eft out of consideration. Labor and fei tiilzers then j re the two things to be scrutinize"!. These can best i w considered together, i s with a given capital ii work with, an Increase of one Involves u decrease 1 if the other. All tile available working capital may J m spent for labor and none for for fertilizers. This j til pi leu more acres, more mules, more p ows, etc. Clils was the antebellum [dan, and is still applicable I o the rich alluvial lands of the West; or the working I iapit.il may be spent for the largest, amount of fertll- j zer which can safely be used per acre. This implies | . wer acres, less labor a smaller niiinlier of nntles and , dows. If as many bales can be made. With the satno j uipltal, by the latter plan as by the former, the ud-1 u .ill,- ?,r. it... *lil<? ?f tha latter, ht cause ' t calls Tor (i smaller number of mules, lew stuck feed, j ewer plows, hoes and other implements. Tin) gist ; if thx: matter then turns on the extent to which ler- j llizvrs ninv be wifely nnd profitably This Is : . nine question, requiring for lis solution sound, din- 1 . ri nit tinting judgment. The quantity of fertilizer vhlch uny he safely and profitably used, depend* Irst on whether it is to be Applied broadcast nr In | Irill; second, upon the preparation of I he hind; thlid,! ipnri the condition of the land as to the supply oil iiitnus; fourth, upon tint kind of ciop. whether win-1 er or summer, nnd Instly upon the cultivalion whic'i | be hind receives, firs', whether applied l?n>ndca?t! ir In the drill, from three to Ave times as much nay be broadcasted as may l?o safely put in iho drill. 1'he reason Is that where a largo quantity Is put in a j Imited space, as in drill, the small amount of tuois- j lire just about the drill dissolves a comparatively I argu quantity of the f< rtilizer nnd the so utlon Iw onsequently sometimes t?M> strong lor the good of dants. One illustration oi this Is seen In the "II ir.g?' if corn from heavy applications of stable manure. These do well enough in wet seasons, because the ibundaiit supply of water prevents strong c'? ce: trntul iolittiors of the manure; hut when drouth super enes. the scant supply of water genders strong cansic solution", and these hurt the corn. When manure s spread broadcast, it is in contact with six or twelve imesns much iiiolstitre as when put In drill; hence is we said before, three to five times rs mtirh may be ised broadcast us in the di ill; wllbontdamrer of burning ir flrlni: the crop. Rut this is not the only point to m considered; the relative profitableness of broadest and drill manuring, when both are with safe limty, must be limited into. As been from statements already made, the danger loint Jn drill-manuring is pretr soon reached; when, herefore timxiitium crops nre desired, either bruadsist applications must be resulted to or n cotibinntlou f lhe two; light manuring in the drill with heavy eoiiilciiML minllmtln.iH No test C.TfieritilCl)ts. made or the purpose and showing the relative profltubleless of the two methods, have ever cuiuo under our lotice, but tlio practice <if the best maiket gardeners, vhn are a keen, slinrp and shrewd ret of melt, ami sirrv on their woikB n-cording to strict business iu*thods, points very decidediy in favor of broadcastng large qnulltltIc? of manures as much the best payng plan, where one has the necessary working; capital iti'l is prepared to ti?e it freely. Exper meiits made n Georgia the past year, where cotton was manured villi fill! quunitb-s of an ainmoniated utiano. show alto ho profitable of heavy applications, but how used. ( lietiler in drill or broadcast or In both combined, loes not appear, nnd tile ins rnctiveneim of the results s thereby if really lessened. Hut from ail the eVilence at hand we feel warranted In saying that 1.0011 i 1,'200 !>"ttnds of guano may be safely and prolitady broadcast d on one acre, other conditions, to lie Ibcussed farther on, being observed. When such arcehiipllrationsnreninde.lt is of the first Iti.pora nee that the fertilizer should be very itniformly disribnt?*d and incorporated with the soil. T1k> reason nr this Is two-fold; first, that a root, wherever It WW, may find some of It; second, that all the water n the soil (not portions ot it) may dissolve it. so as to ivoid too concentrated solutions. To Insure this unlnrm distribution, the guano should be mixed with ill cast three times its bu k of some diluent, such as flue table or barnyard manure, muck, woods earth, etc. ' me, at least, of the happy action of composts, such ,s are now s.> generally used, is duo to th;s diluting if the concentrated fortiliz. rs, with its attendant good stilts. '1 he applicnlilu Is best made so.m after the and lias been plowed, and while the surface is still otigli, the harrow can then mix it quite thoroughly rltli the soil. Kxcept iu ens; of land whli-h has been highly inainred for y> ars and brought up to the highest condlIon, it is better to ap:dy a part of tlio manure in the Irill and n part broadcast. If for instance, 1,000 ion mis are to be put on an acre. '200 pounds of It night be applied in the drill and *0<) broadcast. That vblch is in tlie drill is nearer, as it were, to the plant; s more certainly appropriated by it during Its early Luges, and quickens both irrowth nnd maturity. The limit Is not forced to send out long roots to search for t, and maybe find it lata In the season, too late to proluce available fruit Hence, where a moderate qnanity oti'y of manure Is used. It is better to apply it in he drill. The general evidence point* to 4tM> pounds f guano, tis the inixinum which can thus be safely ifed, and tills quantity should always be diluted with t least three times its bulk of some other substance. Having looked at the quantities which may be saley used In the two methods of applying, let us look,' icfore proceeding farther, to the relative profits. With j naxiiiiom drill applications, one cannot reasonably omit on more than one bale of cotton per acio l'nler similar conditions, one inny quite as reasonably j oil nt upon two bales per acrb from an application of! 000 uoiinds broadcast. Assuming thine premises ihe | ceriunt stands: 4IW pounds of ruano nt t4.')ii inn $7.00 I gainst I.UtiO |hhiikI?. 17 ?j0, and one bale against two, tbor, horse-power. land, etc. being tho s.itno. To j nake two hales by the itrlll'nc system, the cost of :nnno, labor,hoise-power. eic, must be doubled. ns wo i.cres must be p anted in [.luce of one. Dotiblntr c*-st of cilHlio makes It fU or within ?I..jO of the n.-t of biond ea<tirunno; and this ?1.';0 would have o pay for the labor f hand and ttinle to cultivate the dill'lon.tl acre. Moreover, under the broadcast sysein the land would Improve wore rapidly than under he other. The preparation of the land has much to dowlth the | uonllty of fertilizer which uiav ho cutely used. Ifi leeply broken and well pulverized, itubsorlm and re i nlns a large ninount of moisture and thus prevents oo concentrated solutions of fertilizers in peilods ol Irontli. Iju'k'e applications of vuano on (hallow- j irnken, poorly prepared land are almost sure to cause j oss instead of profit: a very wet sea.-on alone can ! irevent disaster. For a Ilk rceasnn tho presence orj ibsence of Ihiuiiis affects the <;ti:intity of fertilizer) illicit may bo safely u*eil. L*nd lllleil with humus | las vastly creator nower of absorbing and holding j noisture than one ilestttiite of it. The bearing upon . he quantity of fertilizer which may be used is oh Ions, Moreover,commercial fertilizers ns'ially con-] nln from one to three Imp >rtant Ingredient*, others I >nly needed by plants nre supplied them by huinti*. mil thus it supplements and co-operates with such | erlilizets and the resulait action Is more lavorab.c han It wott'd be without It. As we have seen, the supply of moisture In the soil | ias a most Important bearing on the uas of fertilizers, i >ops which crow during winter and spring when j aiiis are abundant, other things being equal, would ear, therefore, betvier applications of fertilizers thnn uniiuer crops. Small ginins grass and clover will tear Inrge doses of fortillz-rs without any danger of njury and with great profit. In tho Inst place, the liter tho tilth which is kept up during the growth of n lumtner crop, the larger the ninount ef fertilizers it rill safely hear. The effect of frequent stirring and mlverizlng of the soil is to preserve Its supply of nolsture, and the lieiirlnz of this on the use of Icrti.i;ors has been already dtscmsed. \\ bother applied iroadcast or in the drill, therefore, f ho quantities which nny bo safely and profitably used depend on each anil dl of the several factors mentioned. Disregard nfi heir Influence has been very often the cause of the iillur.-s from use of commerelnl fertilizers. lireak I and deep and pulverize it with harrow and roller and | ;lodcrnshcr, fill It ? Itn humus, keep it well cultivate | :d; and tho larg-r the quantities of fcrilliz<rs used vithin tho limits mentioned tho larger will be the frotlts from their use. We use the term fertilizer In I is bioad sense. Including all kinds of manures tbatj ire at all concentrated. Of course there would he icarcely any limit to the use of such tilings as muck, | vood tnoltl, etc., exci pt the expense of collecting and i ipplylng. What is the best method of planting cotton? It Is veil to have the land bedded ; It does not run tegeth r or crust and bake an budiy us when n.it. n a;so| ;ets riil of superfluous moisture nml warms up soon r. But there is mi need for a very hldi bed. Open | lrlll rather shallow, put In sen! aii.1 cover with | luublc-foot plow; in a short timo afterward run a; imootbing harrow broadcast over the fluid ai d reit'iit burrowing just as the cotton begins to come up. I I'lits much may lie done with entiie safety by those | vho arc afraid of injuilug the stand with harrow. These | ,wo harrowing* will not only kill the flint crop of: :ra?p, but will leave the hind in elegant orib r. We I lave great faith in the possibility ol cheapening cot- j on culture with the harrow. After thesehnrrowin!:*, | is::al plows may bo used for farther cultivation, 'l'ho | itir'ace being Hue and mellow, the cotton may be sided ?ith a sweep, Its wing running very HaL and throw- | ng little dlit. Alternate running of thu sweep, nnd I i harrow narrow cnouli t? run between the rows, \\ i:| | ;eep the surface nearly level, the harrow lillirig up: .lie furrow made by the sweep. A cultivator with j several small plow-noes will do the Same thing. Till s decidedly better than plowing out the middles' iccaslonally with the sweep; the barrow prepares I .he surface so that the sweep enn du Its best) vork nnd the sweep does the s.mie thing fur j .he harrow. Getting the land in good order and I ii good shape is very irn|Ftrlant in the early stages of] illltivatiun of a cotton crop. The contrary iiccessi-> ales much hoc work and that increases tiie cost ofj iroduction. The harrow Is .just the Implement to line j tie surface soil and make ev> rylbing wuik itiioutlily j uid nicely. In the light work of planting and covering coltnn mil also In the harrowlngs one mule can do the work J ordinarily done by two hands and two mule*. Such I irrangcrnclils make it possible to get over a crop very I apldly nud to repeat the work at short intervals. I Nothing contrihuti s more to the ea*y cultivation of i crop than frequent workings at tlrst. Grass never I lets a start when it is practised, and heavy work is | lever demanded. One should ever he 01 the lookout herefore for devle.es and contrivances to I'.ciliiatc hese winkings. A two-horse cultivator straddling i row uilnht be made to cultivate both sides of it very lici'ly. With It one hand and two horses could go iver tight acres a day and clean out the w hole stiri:eu. Tile Disc harrow could do the same thing very ilcely, but It is too high lirlcul; we cannot reeomneiui tanners to buy it. We need also some similar niplcmciit, alternate portions of whoso teeth or cuting parts can be removed, to run across cotton rows ml chop it out. We hive used the sweep lor tills lurpose fur several years, but it Is too slow; wo want o cut several through* at one go. An implement on I'heels whose teeth can be lifted easily out of the ;iound at the enils of rows Is the tiling needed. I.ow triced cotton cannot bo raised with prutlt by hand llUnr: IliaCUlUI-S 111U?L no LIU! worn. While cotton |>luntliiic tliu leading work, it should I lot bo allowed l?> absorb all attention; other itupor-j unt crops should now be provided lor. Knrly in ihc ilontb, forage crops, like drilled corn, sorghum, the ! arger millets, Mlllo Maize, etc., should be stin ted and ! reparations lor tlieiu should be made. The land, vliich It is presumed has been already broken, I hould now be repeatedly harrowed to keep it clean I nd mellow. Nothing |iays better thbti such harrowngs: they save so much lubor in the consequent cul-1 Ivotion of the crop. Then, too. (hev keep the land I rom dr.ilnir oil' too much am! make It so imcb easier to get good stands. This is especially mpoiiunt with the sorghums and larger millets, and ;row off rather slowly at Hi si. I.et i hem come uii In ' > smooth, clean, mellow suifuce, and there is no dull-1 iiiity in making the crop. Manure heavily with ni-j rogetious and jNitassic fertilizers; these produce I talk and leaves mainly, tied they are the ih'ncs runted In a forage crop. Have everything rca<'y al-1 o for the flrst setlinii out of sweet potato slips ; they :atl usually he put out lis early lis the iirst week iii day in alnio>t iiuy locality in the cotton belt. 1're:ede the setting out with a thorough harrowing of the I and; il will save a working after the slips are put' nit and make thcui crow oil' decididly better. Jhufas, erounil peas, artichokes and other hog and e.iultry crops should be provided for also ; these side | Tops, so to speak, help out wonderfully; they Hop J leavy drains on the corn crib. Cold and wet bottoms need now to he gotten e?dy for planting next month. l!od tip and follow dow at once with hairow before the efods can dry ,nd get hard. If the harrow does not crush them, no vi-r with a drac: il done just after the plow there rill lie tin ililliculy in nn of tin- cloil.i, If rnlrw iiiiiui ami puck down the unlace, harrow over nu.iin; epeat whenever a ci nut forms; it robin very little, niieli lees than the Iin <1 work which will cotnu if iveils and grass und ciucia are allow til to have pus.ieslioll. A Drntli <?ri|>. A morlraec ^ri?w in nn iron safe, Whrti all Ittit tt hail lli'il, Tin* C'iiti?i>, corn iiikI pens were gone, Jtut still the mortgage held. Po beautifully large It crew That (lit1 former btoi'il p.mazcd, A pa) c of Ignoble stiilf? A simple paper, gluz- (I. Th" Feanons roll, anil the seasons po, lint Mill the iiioi to.igt" ftanils, 1 lie fanner ilii sfor want of bread, His wile ami ehihl own no mote lauds? Ail eu'.ea U]> I'/ tliC UiurUajje. : :v\ " . . A. MYSTERY EXPLAINED. rHE SECRET OF THE CONFEDERATE BOND CRAZE. Wr. noiijnmfu'n Scheme Tor Dividing the Mocrot Scrvic? ItnlnncrK Amont; the C'rcililors of the Confederacy?* Why tlio Humor of n Nult Ajjnlnst the United Stale* wa.H Not Allont. (A'cir* and Qturicr.) Coi.kmiiia, April '."n.?The unsolved enigma nf Mils decade has been the motive of In-! duel lit; 1 tic demand In Kngland Tor certain nonfederal^ hi>nds. Conjeciures Ihivc been: i.umeroiis, but none pointed to a logical tea* J son Tor the fnet Hint worthless Confederate ob- i ligations, which imrt for fifteen years filled i dusty chests and trunks in Kurope and in the South, suddenly commanded from closemouthed speculators a price equalling several per ceiltuin of their par value. Preposterous stories ns to the cause of the demand have been circulated only to leave the public unsatisfied, and curious lor a logical solution of the problem. There lias been 110 explanation of the reason for the cessation of the demand, and the ultimate disposition of the bonds purchased and sent to London has not been authoritatively announced. After a vast deal of inquiry and conjecture the matter remains as II began? a tantalizing mystery. Chance has Just afforded ine an explanation which I can announce with confidence, been 11 so It Ih complete nnd logical and consistent with every phase of the bond specula* tion, but chlclly because It comes uiitlmrlintively from one of the few men In the United States who have been from the first cognizant of the so-called "craze." lie has been closely connected Willi the bond operations, but now that they have been completed he elves me the facts, with the understanding that his name be withheld from publication. Juduh P. Itenjatnln, secretary of State of the Confedcracy from 18&2 until Its collapse, was the originator of the plan by which a demand was crcuted for the bonds, and to his shrewdness Ik attributable the cotuple success of the project. To begin at. the beginning: Several departments of the Confederate Government? such as the ordnance, fiuarterinaster's and medical purveyor's? had special funds deposited with European bankers for the pnrchnse of supplier which could only be obtained in Europe. This was well known,nnd the members of these departments and their agents were also known, so that when the United States Government succeeded to the assets of the Confederacy the rcmmmis of (hose funds were surrendered to it. by those who held them. There was one fund, however, which escaped surrender oecause of the mystery enveloping it. and this wa< the secret service lulid of the Confederate department of State. Atdiireront times the Confederate Cong less, In secret session, voicd large sums for secret service, the Intention being,of course, to apply tnis money in foreign con lit lies so as to alii the Confederacy and embarrass Its adversary. The fund was used to Influence officials of other Governments In some degree toald tlieSlate department Iu Its efforts to secure recognition for the Coniedcrate States, and occasionally to assist other departments by smoothing the way for purcliasrti. wiil/.li tt'fti'n t\ I flloii If Tlio mnmliot-M of svcrcl service were not known to the public. I have been shown n list of the principal on ps, hut am not pcrin It ted to print it. Several were very prominent men Identified with Confederate diplomacy, and bore high charm-tors. Others 1 had never heard of bcfore.XI'omlon and Paris were the chief points of Bfcret service activity. There was nn airent at Jlrowi:s\ ille, Texas, on the Mexican border. The principal deposits of secret service money were in r<ondon and Purls banks. The funds were placed to the credit of citizens of Grcut lMtain and France, who were friendly to the South. The understanding 'w'th them was that tliey would assume no responsibility, tint would honor drafts to the extent of the money In bunk. At the closc of the war there were largo unexpended balances of secret service money to the credit of these parties. There was one account of nine hundred thousand dollars, which seems to have been overdrawn, as against It was charged two hundred and forty-two thousand pounds sterling. The balances of different deposits at the close of tho war were as follows: One of less than three hundred pounds, one of three hundred and nine thousand pounds',one of fifty thousand pounds aml.one of five hundred pounds. Then there wan one of two thousand dollars, one of a hundred thousand dollars, one of four hundred and fltty-cight thousand dollars, and a huge one of three million, seven hundred nnd nineteen thousand dollars. The total balancedue the Con federate Government at the time of Its f ill was about five million and eighty thousand dollars. The men who had this money deposited in their names were honest. They did not make way with the assets of the dead Confederacy, but they were puzzled to know what todo with them. Mr. JSonjamin, as secretary of State of the Confederacy, knew these agents, and during his residence in England consulted with them as to the disposition of the money. It was agreed that it should not be surrendered to the United States. The <iueslion was I lien, how to disburse I Iip money sons nesi to benefit tliose entitled to it. Il was eoncluded liiiiltlic people who IiikI given their menus to tlie Confederacy for Its bonds were entitled to these (the Confederacy's) assets. The aggregate of the funds was ascertained, and a calculation was made as to how far It would no In paying the Interest on the bonds, because, of course, it was Impracticable to declare a dividend on the principal. Publicity was to be avoided. Sccrccy was Indlspcnsiblc. 11 was decided to pay oft' the uniionorcd coupons, beginning with those last due by the Confederacy during Us existence. These were the coupons falling due January 1st. 1 >G>. Then the balance wn? to be applied to the payment of the next coupons falling due. The bonds were advertised for. To cover the real object of the movement it was hinted that the bonds were to be held by speculators, and that suit was to be instituted against the United Slates for their payment. This amusing idea gained great prevalence. The bonds were readily obtained, nnd all of the.(miliary. lNtsi, coupons were paid, simply by the purchase of the bonds for the amount of these coupons and their sub.sc<|cent destruction, 'i lie remainder of the Innd was absorbed by the partial payment of the coupons next due, In the order of their presentation. Very few ot the men who dealt In the bonds knew what was the object of the purchase. The circle managing the scliemo was<iuitc small. Mr. Ijcnjaiuin's master mind conceived It and secured Its fulfilment. He handled none of the money and none was paid to his order. Nobody In the secret made money out of It. The purpose was simply to return to the creditors of the dead Confederacy as part.of their money. The wh ile transaction Is now closed, ns all Imvo Knnn illttliiirvnrl Confederate bonds arc 110 longer in demand. The public can understand now why bonds lack!iuccrtain;cjupons were worthless and unsalable. 'J'hls Is a correct solution of one of the most interesting puzzles of the age. If Mr. llenjamlj) had lived it would not have been Riven to the public. His death and the completion of the bond transact tons frees the giver of the Information from the necessity of keeping the secret further. X. G Gonzales. The Raising of Horses In Orange <'ou nty. [Middle!own (A'. 3'.,) Mercury.'\ Some years ago ft gentleman well known In this county, while passing through Chester, on an Erie train, pointed out to a friend from England, the grave of William llysdyk's famous Ilitinbleionian, and after giving his friend a few facts concerning the wonderful record of the horse as the Mre from which sprang the most famous family of*Tast trotters In the world, added, "Yet after all, although the horse made Orange county famous where ever trotting horses are bred, It would have been vastly better for Orange county hud the horse never lived. In that grave are not only the bones of the famous horse, but the blasted hopes, the ruined fortunes and the wrecked lives of scores on scores of Orange county's brightest and most promising men." In answer to hin friend's expression of surprise the gentleman went on to explain his meaning, that the tame of Old llamhletoninn, the large Income he brought liU owner, the high prices paid in some instances for his colts and the hope that they might be enually fortunate had led many residents o( the county to try i?1" rnlslnir ikst horses, and while a very few realized their hopes of fortune, to very ninny inure tliero came instead bitter disappointments, financial ruin, and too often inoriil ruin as weil. Though his remarks, were, of course, somewhat exaggerated, there was much of truth 111 the conversation above narrated, for the raising of trotting horses In Orange county has ruined many more persons than it has enriched. Yet some rich prizes have been drawn in this equine lottery and, as the following story allows, in win case at least, the breeding Ion good horse of an old and bigkneed maro, which could not have been sold for S6U, brought a competence to a worthy mail, when his future seemed dark and hopeless, iiml the sudden coming of a physical litIIrinIIy rendered It linposslnlc for lilin to continue his lite work and was therefore likely to deprive him if all meniisof support. ltev. A. 11. Scutt, who, some twelve years ago, was located at Kidgebury as pastorof the M. 1'J. Church, was the owner of an old black mare, which he thought was well bred, Its dam being supposed to be by Abdullah and her sire the Jlulbce horse. The mare had, however, a big knee, and If she had been offered for sale would have brought but a few dollars. Tho parson had a, llkliig foriiKOO'J horse and, appreciating his many excellent qualities, bred the mare to John K.Wood's well known stallion, Knickerbocker. In due time the mare pave birth to a colt, and at about the same time Mr. .Scutt sustained a partial stroke of paralysis, which disturbed Ids vision and made It Impossible for him to concentrate his mental faculties for any length of tlma oil one subject and, of course, made It Impossible for him tocontiuue to preach, lie had had but few jrood appointiiienisdm Ing his service In the ministry hihI i.n.i ,11,1 ii..fn able to save any money, so that when Ills nliiictiou came upon him iiIs future seemed hopeless. He had not even money enough to pay for the services of Knickerbocker, and to close the transaction Mr. Wood took the colt oil' his hands, paying him $100 besides. This colt was subsequently sold to a gentleman from Georgia, and the strange feature of Its history was that il'was trained auil used there as a running horse, beating seven-eighths of the thorougli-bred running horses of that section. The old mnre was again bred to Knickerbocker. The second coll was a stallion, and one of tlie very few black colts which Knickerbocker has sired. This coir, the Dominie retiiineil In his possession. With each recurring year other colts were raised from the same stallion, and the third of these Mr. Scutt traded lor a small farm lying on the outskirts of, and partly within, the limits of the city of Hlnghamton. From this property he has since sold lots ot the value of Sl.i!00 and tlio property remaining in his possession is estimated at a low valuation to bo worth $12,000. Hero Mr. Scuts and his family took up their residence. The second colt to which the marc gave birth Mr. Scutt. us stated above, retained in his possession and since his removal to Idnghamton has kept at his stables for breedins purposes. The stallion, which lie calls Doni lVdro, Is a very handsome animal, and his services are in such demand at $'.0, that last year lie earned for his owner about ?1,000. Alter service In the stud last season, hum Pedro was given a little work on a five-eights of a mile track near Hlnghamton. He instantly developed a most astonishing gift of speed, making the sixth lull mile he was driven in 2:21)^ oud a quarter in the very fast time of Ii I seconds. It was so late in the season when this occured that the horse was really green in work when cold weather put a stop to his training. The driver who had IiIin in charge will this season train him at Hartford or Springfield^ and enter him for a piucc (-? - - ? - ? ly predicted that the horsu will achelve n record of -:20 or lower this season and that he will not slop short of eclipsing the best stallion record yet made. The iburlli and tlflh colts raised by the old mure are still In Mr. Scutt's possession mid are till"'and promising animals. The mare her-elf. Hie source of all tile good fortune that has brishtened the lust days of the old ministor's life is still in Ills possession, hale and vigorous, and likely to silil further increase her owner's bank account. She will be bred toKnlckorbocker again this year. XoricK.?All persons having loose tires on their wagons, Miggics, carriages, steam engines or any other wheels, will remember i hat the machine advertised in another column eaiiuot be used at any other shop in Abbeville. l'orfect satisfaction guaranteed or lio charge made, Call and sec W. O. Chaj man, Abbeville, S. C. Just received! 2">0 pounds calico for quilts, priee'JO cents per pound, at 1'. llosenbcrg Co's. l'lve iases m 1)11 nery goods Juat received at JJclt ..v Ualphlu's. Profitable Ktock-Ralnlilfti At the close of tbo war I ?dr convinced thnt making cotton on large plantations with fee labor Would nnive n failure, m 1 be>ran lix.klng nruand tn nee what I could do to make money nt farming. I first went to ilis blue gracs region of Kentucky, "here I fonnil lands worth fl.W per acre and renting for ten dollar* pel- ncre. including wo-*ls pasture, upon which to raise c. ttle and mules. Then I went to Middle Tennessee, where I found |uit as (food hind renting for live dollars per acre, for cleared land, and the woods pasture thrown In, upon which to raise cotton. This set mi! to thinking about stuck and groin, and I soon saw that cot'on did not pay, hut tint sU/ckralslng did. 1 found the farmers who rali-cd stock had nlfce horses, carviages, good houses and consider.)' Ide money. I next traveled over some of the cottnn growlnjf States, where I saw poor horses, poor mules? poor fences, and. generally, poor houses, the planters being In debt and generally dUron-aged. I was, there fore, convinced that the "till cotton"'plan would not do. I began the study of grasses to see If the Cotton States c?uld be made a stock-raising country, snd soon found thnt these States could raise inorc grass and better to feed nil kinds of stock than even the far-famed co'intry of Kentucky; that nu aecount of our mild climate, the longer time that stoek could graze, wo could raise a pound of meat f--r one-filth what It cost In the west. I also found that with chcap cotton seed we could prepare beef cattle for the winter market at less than two cents per pnultd for nil flesh put on, while In the North It Coet ten (Sehts to do the salne thing. In Kentucky 1 saw a lot of (56) bvef cattle put out to winter on the following terms: The owner of the cattle weighed them to the feeder at three and a half cents per pound, bVn We cht, on the first day of November, and agreed to lake them bark and nay five cents per pound on the llrst day of .June following. I nsked a cattle inan who was present If the feeder woo hi mnko any uv'nev on the contract. lie rum, mi* nt* c"uiu nciu I mm nun u conm u?* mmr In the Cut tun State* for half the money. Ho laughed at the idea and told me 1 know nothinc about feeding cattle. That winter the Agricultural nnd Mechanical College, of Ml9!>b?l|iplt made an experiment In feeding a lot of scrub cattle on bulled Cotton seed ahd hnv> uml during mid-winter put on an nVerage of 2&I pounds of flesh on them fur )S52 per head. Now. If the Kentucky feeder could have done this, his profits would have been f .':).6U per ateer, or $1,321 profit on the fifty-six steers for one winter's Work. Besides this profit for feeding cotton seed, the Southern feeder would have had three month's time to eraxe them on grass, which Would have made a clear profit of five to eight d<dlais more. This, to mc, was conclusive evidence that the Cotton States was much better land to ra'so and fatten beef than even Kentucky. The reasoning nobis good for r Islng horses, mules or sheep. As for grass, although It hus lone been said that (rood nutritions glasses could not be raised in'the Cotton States, it hns been found that we can raise gtoss nrion which stoek cin be gr.aed the whole year, and as grass Is the cheapest food upon which cattle can be raised, it is evident that when the yoting men of the Cotton States learn how to handle them, money can be easily made at the business. In looking buck over the last twenty years, li Is very evident that the plan we have pursued hns been n very suicidal one. It Is said that the South hns sent North In that time |4,2(10,000,000 lor Jineat, meal, flonr, hay, horses and mules; and that the single tftato of Georgia has paid, within the last ten years, $10O,OO<M!OU for mest alone, nil of which could hnve been saved In the South, If we had known how to do It. Now, young farmers, can't you learn this new mode of farming? Can't you study how to raise stock successfully? Most writers will tell you to keep none but the best Improved stock; to get high-tired cattle and sheep. Hut my advice Is to rtick to the native cow nml sheep; get the best blooded inulrs you call procure nnd gradually build up your held as yon learn how to handle thorn. Hie native Block nre haidy and bear a world or n.iglect; anil cn>88 bred Imps will pny much better than the high-bred, nnd make about ns go *1 u hop for meet. The native sow knows better Imw to care for her pigs and will lose less than the b'gh-bred sow. There is a heap of Rood outcome In the native cow when she is well treated. As to shoep, there Is no reason wliy they will not succeed In-the Cotton States?.>11 they need being good grsss and clean water, ?iih shelter during Intil rains In winter. A pint of cotton see d I wlce each day will kei j? them In good order during winter, and at lambing will produce oil tbe milk the Innib needs. Ah lo the profits of sheep-raising, I have known flo-.-ks of 800 head to pay 100 per cent, per annum for live years. But to make tills profitable requires a knowledge of the business; tlitn rare and Industiy. As to the kinds of bucks to use will depend upon whether the Hock is worked for lumlis nnd Wool or fur wool alone. I rather think, rs a general rule, it wonld be best to cross a native fl >ck first with Cotswold bucks to glveslzeand fleece; then i cross there with HoiitUdown fer mutton qimli:ie*. Then to cross the flock alternately with Cotswold nnd Southdown bncks will give good size, good fleece and good mutton. The time Is not distant when good mutton will sell Well In Southern cities and at a payi lug pilce. There nre two kinds of lambs sent to matk' t: First, the small lamb of about Jlfty pounds live weight, tbat is ready for market In the South about the first of May, another, where the lamb Is well feed during the summer and full and sent to marki I about January. This class of lambs should welck about 150 pounds live weight, and Is now worth aboul six cents per pound or nine dollars. liut to do lb ( [ thev must be well ful and a good sheep. Poor mutton Is worthies*, and no meal is belter than gi.od mutI ton. Kemeinber one rule, "* Always keep your flock I fat and sell no young ewes; always'fatten and sell olil J ones.1' Tills will ke< p your flock health) and smooth, I Dot no kind of stock pays so wet', or are so llltli | liable to dl-cnsc as horse's and mules. It requires I however, large capital to deal In these exclu-lvely, s> | the belter way is to handle some of all kinds. Al I cotton and commercial fcrlliiers will certainly ruin Hill nigr lilt" tri.tim...!,, -ink fcciir... farming. with hoint'-ma<Ui?i:iDiireanil grass will biint nil the iiM worn-out farms to their original fertility Ar/caimm, 1SS5. J. II. MOOUE' "Hiss .lie, Mnmina; X Go to Sleep." TIip child \r.ia so ncnsitivo. so llk? that llltlo shrink i ing phmt tint curls at a breath and shuts Its hear j from the light. I The oniy tienntles that she no*"es?ed were an ex 1 ceedingly transparentokia sue! the most mournful large blue eyes. 1 hail horn (.mined by a very stern, strict, ennsclen tlons mother, but I was a hardy plant, rebounding af U>r every shock * misfortune could not daunt, thougl discipline turned me. I faurled, alab ! that I mu^t g< through the same routine with till* delicate craitnw fo one day when she had displeased me orceidlnglj by repeating an offence, I deiertiiined to punish hei severely. I was very serious all day, and upon senJ I UK her M her little couch 1 said: "Now, my daughter, to punish yon, and show yoi how very, verv naughty you bavtj been, I shall no kiss yon ;md night." She stood looking at me, astonishment personifl d with her great mournful eyes wide open?( suppost she hud forgotten her misconduct till then?anil I Irf her with big tears droppinz down bur cheeks am her little red lids quivering. Presently I was sent for. "Oh. mamma, you uih kl?s me; I can't go to sleep if you don't P she sob bed, every tone in her voice trembling, and her llllli hands txundrd. Now came llie strogi.de between love and what 1 falsely termed duty. My h- art said, give her th? kisi of peace; my stern nature urged ine to preslst In mj correction, that I might impress the fault npon h. i mind. That was the" way I had been trained, till 1 was a most submissive child ; and I remembered hov niton 1 had thanked my mother since fur tier stiatgtit forward ciiirso. 1 knelt by tbo hedslde. "Mother can't tl<8 yon Ellon," I whispered,.though every word choked in'Her liaml touched tuiuo ; It win very hut. hut 1 at trihntod it to her excitement, she turned her griev od little face to the wall. 1 blamed myself as tin fragile form shook with half-suppressed solis, and say j ins, "Mother hopes little iillen will learn t? mind hei after this," left the room for the night. Alas! in m; I deidre to be severe I forgot to be forgiving. I It must have boi n twelve o'clock when I was awak | ened hj my nnrso. Apprehensive, 1 ran ertsorly t< i tbo child's chamber ; I had bad n feurful dream. I Ellen did not knew mo. She was sitting up, crim ; soned from the forehead to tho throat, her eye# s< bright that I almost drew back at their glauces. From that night a raging fever drunk up her life and what think you was the incessant plaint tha pottrod Into my anenl.ibed heart? '"Oh, kiss me mamma; dokmsme; I con't so to sleep! You'll kisi your little Ellen, mamma, won't yon f I can't go t< sleep. I won't he naugb'y If you'll only kiss uie Oh. Kiss me. dear mamma; I can't go to sleep I Holy little angel, she did eo t? sleep one gray morn ! ing. and she never woko again?never! Her bani ; Whs locked in mine, and all my veins grew Icy will | its gradual chill. Faintly the light faded out of be I beautiful eyes; whiter and whiter grew the tromaloni dps. She never knew me; but with ber lust brentl ; she whispered: 'Til be good, mamuia, it only you'l i kiss me |" I Kl?s her! God knows how passionate, bnt nnavall ! Ing, were my kisses upon her cheeks and lips afte j that fatal niirlit. God knows how wild were my (<ray I ers that she might know, if but only once, that I kiss I ed her. God knows how I would hare yielded up mj 1 very life could 1 buvc asked forgiveness of that swee ; cbiid. I Well, grief is ail unavailing now! She lies in he . little tomb; there is a marble urn at her heiul and i ] rose bush at her feet; there grow sweet summer flowers; there waves the gentle grass; there I'trds aiit( their inatius ami vespers; there the blue sky smile: [ (lim n tii-<luy, nnd tbiro Iks buried tbo frisUnesa u I uiy heart. Ktojipliig Cotton Mills. A ugutla Chronicle. Mr. John C. "NVhltner, a well known lnsnr j nnce manager of Atlanta, lias written nn aril cic upon the depression in cotton goods. II< believes that the overstock In coarse goods It much larger than in fine goods, nnd over slnct ! the business depression began, this over pro , duction in coarse goods |U1S continued, dcsplu | the fact that coarse goods move oil' more slow ! ly than the fine. The writer brings tlicqucs j Hon to n practical home application at once. I In answer to the question of relief, Mr, | Whltncr proposes a unanimous ngreemeul j among the mill owners to suspend operations for the next six months, f.ust year a nutnbci i of .Southern mills shut down a month or two but the benefit realized was small because thi 1 stoppage was neither general nor long enough I Therefore the glut was not relieved. Further | more, although cotton has largely advanced j In price, the price of goods has declined. The i price of cotton had no effect whatever on the ! price of coarse goods, lie advocates the elos j Ing of every mill that makes three and font . yards to the pound goods, at least until the first of September next. If this be done generally It will give high-priced cottor nn op j poi tunily to getouf of the way. relievo the ! markets of the present glut from which they I ure suffering so much, stop the dally expense 1 of running unprofitable mills working for an I already overloaded market, nnd, as a conse I quence, the mills would be nble to open In | the fall with renewed strength and cheap cot I ton. Mr. Whitncr clnlms that, experienced mill I men say that it would pay to stop the mills, oven If the operatives had to he given rations i during the tune of stoppage, but quite n until' j her of employes would be retained to keep ! the property In order, and opportunity would i he given to repair machinery nnd j renovate the premises. Ours being still mainly an agricultural pcopl?, the suspended ! cotton mill operatives would form but a com purntlveiy smiui propm mm I tlon to he cared for, and con Id find employi mcnt during the petlod necessary to plauc ! our cotton mills again on a solid ground?a | suspension for the ultimate good of mill owner mid employe. Mr. Whitner claims that Insurance companies are deeply Interested In this question | and that the remedy proposed, from an 111j s lira nee standpoint at least, Is the best course. IT e .-I tl'inUi Journal says: "It strikes us that the course suggested, j from a general standpoint, is well worthy ot consideration. The difficulty would be to get the unanimous consent of all the Southern ! mill owners to adopt the plan of a general six | months' suspension. If a partial suspension i last year resulted In pood to the mills, a thorough and systematized suspension to relieve I the overstocked markets and readjust the j disturbed balanecof trade ough!to he still more etl'eetua'. The subject is one of such vast ImI portanee to our inilnstrial Interests thai we would be glad to have an expression of opln' ion from some of our leading null owners. Is i the plan suggested feasible?" Hotter titan Gold. "My little world I* very small, Scarce worth your notice, sir, nl oil," The mother said. "My good, kind husband, ns you set*. And tlx'so three children at my knee, I Who look to tig ho trustingly For daily bread. "For their sweet sakos vvlio love me so, 1 keep the llrc-liuht In a glow, In our deur home. Tlmt. though tempests roar outside, And fiercely threaten far and wide. The cheery blaze may servo to guide Dear feet that roam. "And as the merry kettle bods. Wo welcome him who dally toils For us each day; Of true love kisses full a scoro He Krts. I'm certain. If not more, When fond ones meet him nt the door, At twilight gray, "One cets the slippers fur Ills fi ef, Another leads him to his sent? The blc arm-chair? And while the children round liitn sing, And make the dt-ar old ratters rin>.'. One little daughter crowns him king With blossoms fair. "Ah, sir. we are not rich or ereat, i The owners of a vast i-state," The mother said; -Hut we have better tar than cold, t Coati'iiliuent, a'd a llttl" fold I As full of love as it can hold, With daily bread." I Millinery goods in nil the new similes cup I now lie secu at lw M, iluiMon <Jc C/s. J ' V'Wmm v mn.ii.il ^ $10,000 in Dry Goods m Slaughtered for the Benefit of the Trade. MDEDER I MURDER I : fH IS THE CRY OF COMPETITION, HUT TIIE GOODS WERE BOUGHT CHEAP, AN? fl| money inuHt foe raised. 15 tellliiK blows struck at (he heart of competition. H BLOW l?'00yards Figured I<uwns :;??( _ worth 614c. 1*1-0 W 2?5U0 yards benutlflil Spring Cullcoc* %c. worth V/?p. |H BLOW 3 ? 1.A00 yurdH Hl?acli?l Cotton (heat niudo)7Uc. worth 10c. BLOW 4?51)0 yards Ulou-hed Cotton 3%o, worth OJ^T MB HT.OW /V?I stuck Hen TkIn ml Cotton Jl&c. worth Sc JH BLOW G?10 Dozen Good Handkerchiefs worth 1<V. BLOW 7?1% miles all kinds Laces %c. to $125 per yard. 11 LOW 8?10 Dozen Gents nil Linen v'oiiais V/jc. worth 20c. ? BLOW fl?500 I'aim Loaf Fans lo. each. 11LOW 10?.TH Ir.ch While Lawns 8J-ic. worth 10c. 111J >W 11?10 Inch White Lawn? 10c. worth 20c. BB BLOW 12?1 (/*iRc Ladies New Part lint ion Hhoes 75c. worth 81.50. BLOW i:{?1 Cime OenU Hand Kewed (warranted) Shoes 93.7a worth 85.00. BLOW 14?114 miles Kmbroldery Sc to $1.50. MM '..BLOW 13?50 Dozen Pair Hose 5c. to 75c. SPECIALTIES. M For the henefltol the ladles, I have bought the finest stock of Hprlng Drew Material ever seen In,tlie County, Beautiful line Sateens, all shades In Summer Silk 49c. per yard, Bine c H lirrss Milks 50c., 75c., 81.00 up. Black Cashmere 30 to 42 Inch 35c. to91.00. Unlimited rUx-k jH^P White Goods, embracing I.inon D'Inde, Victoria Lawns, Ro?a!lc Stripes, Egyptian Lawn, Indta Mull, lVrsian Uwn, Nainsooks,ftc. Embroidered ltnbos (newest dress material out/ W."? ^Bj to 812.00. Oiientai, Excurlal, Valleucines, Torchon, Hpanlsii, Egyptian, and Oil Other ue?r Luces In emlleMj variety. Ladles Fine Shoes and Slippers from 7oc. to 84.00.' IV/TTT .T -TTVnnT^'V 9 The finest line In the State. This department In In chargo of MISS MUIR, of Baltimore,* lady whose tunic has brought forth the inoct extravagant prnlne from those who have *een the lino of New American and Parisian novcliirs In flats and Bonnets, which are being put on exhibition. The public are Invited to visit our Emporium. UU J. W. PAYNE, THE AUGUSTA STORE, H Manager. Greenwood, 8. CL S P. S.?Ladies from Hodge*, Cokesbury, Donalds, Dne West nnd Abbeville, on th? C.AO.R. fl| R., and Troy, Mcl'ormick, Brudlcy and Verdery, on the A.1K. II. R, aiid Wuterlooand Coronaca, on the G? L. A 8. K. R. will have umple time between vr .ins to do their shopping and return home same day. Special attention given to orders. All orders over Staoo shipped fr?a ^^9 of charge. [April 22,f?5,8m Speed & Neufferl DRUGGrlSTS. J Keep constantly on hand a full and well selected stock optohr DRUGS, CHEMICALS, etc.. etc. All the latent and popular lino* of PA*I? 1 ENT AND PROPRIETARY MEDIi.TNlh. H KR BIN.K, the best Liver MedMne.ctirw JH '> Dyspepsia. Fnr nahr only by n*. Try our BLACKBERRY CORDIAL for Summer Complaint* and our COMPOUND HYRUP SARSAPA1ULLA with IODIDE POTASH for the Blood. 1 BED BUG POISON, tho most convenient wh.v of destroying these Jnsect* DIAMOND DYES' : nil the duple and fashionable colors. A foil line of FANCY GOODS. TOILET ARTICLES, ' STATIONARY, etc.. etc. The best brands of CIOARS. TOBACCO AND CIGARETTES. A : complete stock of WHITE LEADS. PAINTS. OILS. VARNISHEH, ETC, ETC. PAINTbrushes, WINDOW GLASS, GOLDEN MACHINE OIL. Wc sell the celebrated Harrlaou. Bros.-PREPARED PAINT, the beat lu the market. Special atleullou paid to the HQ Prescription Department. Phvsl^lnn^fl nrra/*rlnllnnfl nnrl Piimllv ftltari nf nil limirt nf Hnv nnH n I or tit hr avvmw . rlenced and competent Imndu. Orders by hund or uiall promptly attended to. SPEED & HEUFPEB. W April 20,1*5, tr Will sell the following goods at I NEW YORK COST for Gash. j ?... | Ready-Made Winter Clothing. Flannel Underwear, flan* [\ nel Dress Goods and Dark Calicoes. 3 ' 'PIIE fullowlne will ho Rold Rt the lowest prices: BLEACHED. BROWN AND CHECKEI> " i 1 HOMESPUNS, JEANS AND CASSIMEltS, BOOTS AND SHOES, and all other food*. ' | CUNNINGHAM A TEMPLETON have a store full of all kind* of goods. Gl*e them * call. As cheap as the cheapest and us good us the best. [Feb. 25, INJ5. tf A.E. ROGERS,fSjj iffAUUU Hill MERCHANT! I |J ^ DEALER Ilsr I Hams, Lard, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses and Soap. - H T AM SELLING THE ABOVE GOODS FOR SPOT CASH ?nd CASH ONLY. B M I will make il to the Interest of nil (.-ASH buyers to ouy their goods from me. Believing' ' that. LOW CASH prlees will h?* appreciated by the trade and that It will be to oor mat0*1 IH Interest to Fell only for SPOT CASH. I linve adopted this rule and will not break thoni un der any consideration. SPOT CASH or no go will he our motto. BBt > Wc thank our friends and custoraefs for past favors und promise lower prloes iban ever ati THE ABBEVILLE WHOLESALE 0 I Jan. 2*, 1884, tf . j jNewDrugStorei i mil i perrii i HAVE Just opened a nejv ami elegantly fitted up DRUG STORK on the Maniltntl Hon*? |H Corner, under tiic Pre** a?d Batmer officc, and are now receiving and will contlnae to rcceive till their stock is complete a full line of . Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Dye Stufls, &c. I 3 Also, all the popular PATENT MEDICINES kept In a first-clnss Drug Store, all of which w? 3 warrant to be fresh mid trood. >[ W<i also offer a well selected stock of FANCY GOODS, consisting of - Colognes, Foreign and Domestic, Handkerchief Extract* . I in great variety, Handsome Vases, Lamps, &c. H Our line of BRUSHES AND SOAPS Is simply complete. Every variety of HAIR, TOOTIC H NAIL, FLESH, SHAVING AND SHOE BRUSH SOAPS from iue finest tolkt to the cheap- ^9 * r January 28, lSSj, tf | Thomas mmm. j THOMAS MoGETTIGAN having sold out the CENTENNIAL HOUSE and eafabtlshedft H First Claim Trade at the Norwood Brother's Old Stand on Washington Street, desired to . I call public attention to the SUPERIOR QUALITY of his FINE OLD LIQUORS Softened 11 by ftgt*, and used as a Bcaverane and Family Medlclnc. It Is manufactured from carefully . selected Malt, Is absolutely PURE, anil it Is hiuhly recommended by medical men as a H iTAVin nn.i ?? ? TXVUIOHATIXO HEALTH SUSTAINING and STRENGTH GIVING H 11 liEVEKAOE It Is unexcelled, and only to be hud at thn PALMETTU mauckiw. _ ! The proprietor lias on hand a Fine Stock of MILWAUKEE STEAM BEER also FRESH i COOL n VOLI lJKEIt ut only 15 cents a bottle. Ml COOL TEMPERATE DRINKS put up iu First Class Style to suit tbe trado at the leading fl| i saloon of lho up-country. Give Tom a Call at the old I PALMETTO SALOON. 1 MILE PUNCH, and other Temperance Drinks. I May 14th, 1881. H B.F. SMITH, I ABBEVILLE, S. C., I Is now prepared to furnish all kinds of Rough or Dress ed Lumber, and is ready to fill all orders for Carpenter I Iwnrlr of anv kind, at the very shortest notice and at the | most reasonable prices. I June 15, tf mini: mnm i (IB i now prepared to exhibit an elegant stock of ?? ? H under tne SPRING & SUMMER) ie?n.t*i 1 ' I *rr*n t J H GOODS. I""*" " , | j New Fall Goods I All departments arc hill, and persons In J j H \riint of tiny nrtWl?, have only to call for It 3, [J H and be supplied. In regard to prices, a great many goods are i __ H nowsold below the cost of production. A/0 W ^FlCfiS B Satisfaction guaranteed. Let every one call B and see for himself. _ H WHITE BROTHERS. "J I Vacuum Harness Oil. I QDARLES & THOMAS I 'PO keep your liarness soft, and nuikc them ait. D 1 wear well, yon must get some, for sale In A bnPX^illp. ft. C:> H half-pints, plots and (marts l.y j Scot .V ' Dec. IT, 1?1, tf XllOS. DliUCitf. I *cPl"-WN-1, u