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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1885. VOLUME XXX. NO. 20. THE SITUATION I Aim! I THE "RECORDER'S" FULL AND EXPLICIT! VINDICATION OF THE GOOD PEO- j PLE OF THE TOWN. ? Tho Rciinoiis M'hy Crnoral llanw*?! ?nd Sixly-Scvpu Other White .lien. | Together With One Hundred an<l j JViuety-Five Xeyroes. I'nder the' JLead of Paris Simph ins. Failed to : Carry the Eleetion for the Itiiil-1 road Against the Property Owners'; Aiken Township. - I, .1 ikcn. Reorder. V\'e republish in another column all that|] ro tion of a letter, which relates to the recent j, ituiiroa t tlcct ion, con plod with injurious ami j' untruthful insinuations and accusations . against certain citizens of Aiken, written I; Ivy Mr. H, K. (falloway, of Hue West, in the J * l<?ist issue of tlic Abbecill/: M.'-isen</er. We de- < sire to deal very gently with Mr. Galloway, because we received a letter Iroin him dis- . ?Vow'-i?5 any improper motives towaril us "as ' <i ? . -u '' on.l m/miAvut' Iwt ;t gOIH I? III ill I (II ? V IHIOlmn, uii? nnvuiv>,-v| i states that Jils letter "was written in the; greatest hurry but wo occupy u public !*.>-;, sition, wliicli curries with il peremptory slu- , ties w(licit we owe to society, and wliicli wc !. never yet have sought to evade ancl could not j, fvjwlc, even if we so desired, without a for- I. failure of the dearest]of earthly jewels, one's j otea self respect. So far as wo personally arc concerned, we I uId be quite willing to dismiss the letter i in a short paragraph, and rely upon a record I c?f CS yours of manhood, foroui* vin??catio':i as I. & cUixett vrho !i?s striven with humility, but ( isi honor, to discharge his duty faithfully in . whatever sphere of action it has pleased God j to place us. We are not uuknown to many of Abbeville's most, honored and respected . vitizens, and we think we could safely trust 1 our defence to some of those whose kind ap- j1 precaution and friendly regard wc cheri-hif xvith an inward satisfaction that is refreshing |' to the spirit of the humble toiler as long as ' there is a work of usefulness before him. Hut; Air. (Jal'owav's publication casts unmanly j{l :>Jur.s and imputations upon so large a mini- " bcr of nnoir.-ndiiijf citizens of this connniiu- ( JSy have revived neitlier apology nor 1 redaction, and who naturally look to'us f ir c ii full and explicit vindication, tl?ut our duty * Is plain, however, much we may regret- the ' unfortunate position into which Air. 11. K. jx t?aMowa.y has throwa himself, by ids indSs- j* rtvet, zeal and bitter partisanship. S;> much j* ?>y way ol introduction and now lor the let- 1 ter. * 1 t Six(j'>Sovon White Men and One JSun- I <lrf)l and A'lnety-I'ive Xc^'rofs Vote j" Tor the Tax. ? C Mr. Galloway arrived in Aiken on Tuosdny t night before the election. The next nioiuinn k he started outon a tour of investigation and l 1 the first place lie brought up at, was a uegro I f barbershop, she owner of whieli, he says, re- j t plied in response to a question. "Well Uoss, t E'll just tell you how it is : the Dutch and the j ni^VIKiirUilii II1V I1K1U III1U ||>V .. people for it,1' auol Mr. G dloway sagely *re-! murks, "Now liore you have the situation] ttboutas well as it can be told." j In oilier words Iw; cooMy and distinctly en-1, dorses both Jhe insult to our German fellow j. citizens, and the untruthful statement that!. the white people were for it. and the "Dutch h und niggers" against the road To prove the y recklessness ami folly of this statement it. i.s ;: only necessary to slate that out of 170 votes . in the country, only seven white men voted)' for the ro.id, ami out of a total vote of 477 at j the Aiken poll, i? is estimated that aU>ut 1st white votes wore cast, af>out two-thirds of which were against the tax, and about one- * third for the tax. In other words out of a total of (517 votes it is estimated that not , more than G7 white men voted for the Jiailroad tax, Thus clearly proving that, out of 'Jti2 votvs ftir tho railroad at least l!iT? col- ' orcd votes were cast. Does this look as ii J *xhc iHitch anil the niggers are all auainst the r?utd and the white people for it?*' Or ' does it look like the publication of an insuit- ' ing slur upon our fellow citizens of German : i.i.-iii wim iip?i nlnssriil u-irh nlirsrers. and a statement of fuels made which is utterly ut ? variance with truth? Mr. Galloway's next ! point of observation was the Recorder ollice. 1 Jlerc is wk*t he says; (( Vixitiii^ (icntlcuieu at the "Bocordcr" t Ollice. . | "After breakfast walked up town and struck the 1 ' ttccordcr <>Ktci\ Aski*;? liirJid l)r;iyt?u h??iv lie < stood mi the read, h> replied: 'Will, my i?4?w is ' lieutrsfl.1 in tlirj conversation, however, ttio tact de? 1 veloped that he was a bitter opponent. Wo learned Afterwards that the German* had stock in this news- " paper, and thrciitelied to withdraw and set up a new piper if it di'l not go against the i;o*d. At tiie pre 4 vious election the Recorder was a led hot railroad (riper. So pou may score the '*Watch"" one here."1 It would be difficult to conceive of a para* \ giuph ofe<jual length containing a greater < <$> number of statements that arc so utterly at i variance with tbe truth. Messrs. It. S. Gal 1 *< ioway, of Wue West; J. T. Youngblood. J. t Tittle ami G. ('. Bradley, of Troy, callcd at ? this ollice, between 9 and 10 a. in., and were ] politely received ami invited into our edito- t rial room, when a com ersation immediately t commenced concerning the approaching elee- i tiou. Actuated by a spirit of courtesy, we i <*i.i ?n! oni',i!ir!ir(> t.ii(> conversation, at first, l us- we knew that they had come a long way from home to constributc their valuable ser- .< vices ami feeling perfectly contidcut that UiCy had come on a wild goose chase, we did not like to he so inhospitable as topourcoM water diwu iiieir backs, so early on l!ie morning of their iirst day. But they pressed us, Mr. Galloway leading the inquisition, when we at once determined to speak as plainly as possible, withoutneniioning the names of indi-J vidua Is. .So far irom making the untruthful ' statement that the ICceurdcr wax "neutral,' we cave tliese gentlemen to understand that we had thrown our entire influence against the lax, in consequence of its palpable in- ' iustice to farmers whom wo explained would e subjected to a large increase of taxation for the improvement of the town without cor- ' responding henetit therefrom, as many of them iived near the South Carolina llailrond ' ?!?.! n i;ir.r? number lived eisrliI. ten and < twelve miles from the proposed line of road. I ' We went Into details, to some extent, fortl- j lying our remarks by rending an editorial1 published in June, and copied at the time by 5 the I'rcttxand Manner in lull. We explained * fro them that we had abstained from editorial 11 work on the subject as we felt indisposed to 1 contribute towards the bitterness of canvass . wtiicli vxccedcd anything ever before known j in Aiken County, believing it to tie unneces >ary, as we felt sure the tax could not possi- ] hly be voted, stating to them that the fanners 1 were almost a unit against it. and that we had * i o idea that the majority in its favor, in J 1 i?e town which would be obtained by ] a large colored vote, could in our jiulginent exceed -r>0, and that we were even ' doubtful if it it would reach We t<?ld j them the question was entirely different 1 from the one submitted at the last elec- : lion, inasmuch as the citizens of the ! town alone were then called upon for 1 the tax. In this instance the question prac- 1 tically amounted to the town people ask- ! ing the country people to increase their |! taxes seventyfive per cent, for the improve* M nieut of the private property of four to 1 Jive men. and for what Under the most favor-11 ttble circumstances could only result in bene* j lit to the people of the town, and for these; reasons, what we had published had all been , from papers hostile to the tax. We would respectfully ask, any sane man, how we Could possibly have claimed to be neutral while carrying on such a conversation? Mr. ^ Galloway admits that lie found us a bitter opponent, and yet he claims that ?....!/> tUn illi.Mi/. Ulnti?nr.nt ** II*/-// My paper is neutral." A statement winch any of our editorial brethren throughout the State, or anybody else who had read the paper during the past summer, could Easily have proved to be untrue, as our opposition was deliberately planned and very effective in its results. The "Recorder" Xot Owned by <iormaiiN?It* Part in the Cninjtiii^u. 35ut Mr. Ciallovay not. satisfied with tills goes further with his unwarrantable state-1 nieuts,and charges "that the Genitalis had stock in this newspaper, and threatened t to withdraw and set up a new paper if it did not go against the road." We know not where this unfortunate gentleman could have been crammed with such a malicious falsehood, tint we state for his benefit, and all others interested. that the Itecorder never has been, is not now, and never will be, owned by a joint company as long as it remains under its present management. Xot a dollar is owned outs!Uc ol the editor's own imnieduiti; laniily. The entire property stands in the name of his wife Mrs. J. K. Drayton. and is covered by a' mortgage to his sister Mrs. J. 11. lioylston, and i there is no country paper in the State to-day I whose credit stands better in the financial I world. It is hard to be a country editor, but' it would be disgustIm; work to be the editor * ot n joint stock" country paper, who re every | ten doHur stockholder thinks lie owns both! I the editor unil the paper. f We may mention just here that so fully ap- i I'feciated was the course ot tho Ilwonb-r by! Urn unit-tax party that when we oll'cied to subscribe S3 towards the necessary expenses f ?.f the campaign, it was declined with the rc- , r mark, "We don't need your money. you und | yonv paper are doing enough tor us?'' 11 if. the paper had not been rendering etli-; I ctent and well directed support would this re- s roarlc have been made? Or if the editor and li manager had been neutral would he have of- ; n fered to subscribe money to defeat the threat- J t ??hed injustice to his country friends, who had , p stood l>y Him and his paper nt a trying time, ic and recorded a grand victory for the Temper-1 'i urn e cause by a majority of .'{is votes witnin;i the mules of ihe Democratic parly. Srt Mr. (Salloway will please observe that v tin- "Diifch" did not "score one here." and that II his remarks are both untrue and unkind,after j b being Vully informed in an extended convei - s sation, as to our reasons for opposing the tax. ; 11 The next* place Mr. Galloway struck was j n Mr. "A J duel's*' office where he met <Jov. 11a-! a i?oo?l.iei: Senator Calieson, Major Lewis Jones! and other gentlemen Whom he does not i " name. Here he ".'or the tirst time learned the true situation.''all hough he has already declared that, the colored barber's statement, is; the situat ion about as well as ileaii be told," M ind under the inspiration of his bitter. bos-1 lility to those who opposed the levying of aj "> per cent, tax upon the farmers of the town- j ? ] ship, lie is moved to pity the poor Ii?tic town < si if Aiken, which is In the clutches of the! II 'dirty, hw\ Dutch element"1 which like "the It! :oils of a (fnlcriiiiiri, is gradually squeezing a: ind sapping the life blood!!" I ai Header, ph ase tell nswhatkind ofati animal; tl s a "Holronda /" We have heard of a king-loi loin in In Ji:i o! tsiat name, uiinoiis an uiu. yj cvorUl over for its diamonds but never have:c> ive heard of an animal or snake of thati.M lame!! \Ve suppose,however, th.it this tin-j ortnnatc gentlemen meant to compare our L. hriftynnd enterprising German friends to a'., errible snake known as the Anaconda tliatjn rushes everything that comes within itsj oils, hut in his haste to abuse people got' < ost in the mines of I Unfortunate man! consumed with mistak ). ;n zeal! and nmade a cut's paw of by L. >thers! speak for yourself and tell the pco-i , >le of AJken what you tliink of them. Here I., tis: IJ "Wc pity Aik"ti. As one of the visitors ,?ai<l who! s neqiiainti'il with llw place: *?he is a cock in {Jj he pit.-1 ll'-ret-'foiv wo have not I?<.*?. n aMc to apprc- (j .1. < I-..!ti.in. Ila,<-tl I fl : :uc i:h* cimiuiuu:i hi nui inuiu.vmi. ...... .... .w ...... . aborinsrso zealously. Now we arc. This dirty, low, | \\ )utc!i clement lets coin/ilete rontMil ol" the town of I Viken. They have all the business liou-es except one *? ir two. They allow no Am-ncati to cine in. They irise r.s one timu and crush him out. If a cotton buyr owes in tht-v pop cotton up am? c:'Ush him. As he thin* stands. Aiken. with 2.?ViO inhabitants. has one oiton buyer. a OutChinan named llaun. llnnn is as m wmpleteiii autocrat \>T Aiken as the (,'xar of llussia. u Uter the war he wan worlh $10; now lie is w rorth $150,000, and is unscrupulous. When llaun 1 (i *ki*s?pu<r the Germans of Afcen siicc2?", and they j w ot.tiol tin- business. The whole town of Aiken is iii j?i he clutches of this butch element, and as far as pros- ! <u lerity is coi.ce' lied, she is in the coils of a sjolconda (?): ha' issraduaily suiie- zi"g an<l sappins the life blood, j }1< I ever a town needed a r.ilioad it is Aiken. We ilid ' si lot see a single house b in* built." I qi Considered as a literary efTort, the para- j :rapii ini^lit certainly occupy conspicuous P dace as a striking curiosity; as a specimen i f intemperate abuse, it would easily obtain j w ii*rli premium, and as a statement of fact it is; P alscfrnni beginning to end. How any onejw intside ol a lunatic asylum could have writ-jSi en such olletisivc and inexcusable trash, is P omething beyond our comprehension. j w riie BiisSuesji ?!' Aiken?Their : Xuiioiinlii}'.' Is it not unbecoming in one who claims to >e a chnstaia gentleman, to stigmatise a v hrifty, upright ami patriotic uouy ?i iulopU d German citizens, as a sot of ' 'low, <hr- ? ?/ Dutch," who turottle enterprise and arc |c' Vying to squeeze tlic life-0lo<xl out of the P own, which has given them a friendly home, l: md where they have prospered by their econ- j", >tny, "ood-s.-nse and enterprise? There are j nily eleven German business linns in Aiken, | mt of a total of seventy-five business firms. md yet, Mr. Galloway says, "tliey have all M he business houses, except one or two."' In-11 ;ludingnll accupations,except the boarding-js* louses and hotels, iheie arc 75 business firms,' v :om posed as follows: Em lishmen I; Irish-]" ncn 1 ; Canadians ; (Germans il : Ameri-!1 :ansoii; nearly all of the latter being South .'arolians. of the eleven German firm's, three : " ?f the principal houses have native born Car- !'.l >lians i:> co-partner-hip?and what*is still *' nore notable is, that. of those men, viz, " lenry Ilahn, C. Ivlatie, Henry Schroder. C. ? ?. Nurnburger and J. H. Busch, before they L' nul even become naturalized citizens, bared j? heir breasts to the storm of battle, in defence ~ >f their adopted State during the late Con fed-1 * rale war. Another there was, by the natuej^' >1 .11)1111 IXHIlt lllilll, n UK uuioiif;v i? n? ; . uitriotic baud, but lie is now a prosperous " ncruhant In our sister State of Georgia. Hoes Itis loop- as If they were "loir, dirty Dutch," tit j ' inly to be scoffed at by the strausier. or does it. j ook lis if they were right-thinking, honorable ; ' lienand patriotic citizens? j rhe <*er;nnns of Aiken Did not <'on?|*' sort with the IIonornble l*aris |; HitupliiiiK in IS7C?What the Kailroad .lien IHd ill I8S.">. jj And asain, in 1S70, when our people were a jroaning under a burden imposed by an i;11 lorant, infamous and di>ho?e>t negro, carpet- j P >ag and scalawag radical government, did ,hese men consort with the Honorable Paris it 5impkins? Or did they, headed by Ilcnry!" Ialm and H, Schroder join hands with na- | ive Carolinians and strike the manliest ofi? ilows for the heathstones of their adopted i nother, contributing freely of their time and Je noney, and then asking nothing in return,)^ jut the respect and kind leeling of their fcl-j1 low-citizens? Are such men to be jeered and seolled at as if they were the scum of the 1 girth, and stiirmsitized as "low, dirty Dutch" " vhen in fact, they ate reputable men, honor- ? ib!e merchants and patriotic, citizens? It a nay be done; but never without the iiulig- v mnt protest and scornful rebuke of every j11 ight-thinking, honorable citizen of Aiken ! :ounty! [latin's Snetoss tircatly to His C'roil- e it. il' | n This man Hahn, "the autocrat of Aiken," i s ,hc*'sniill taker" and the ring-loader of this id rang of "low, dirty Dutch," is spit upon l?y fi Mr. (in!loway, because' after the war he was tvorth ?10; how he is worth ?150,000and is unscrupulous." In this great Republican coun.ry of ours, the small beginning of the sue. essful man Ins ever been deemed something p jreatty to his credit, ami if our friend Halin ? had started with only ton cents instead of ?10, 0 it would nave been all the more to his credit, v is it would have illustrate. 1 that, even greater j self-control, economy an.1 business sagacity, f. was necessary to achieve success than with a j j larger amount. j t. In our great Republic, a boot-black has]a icon known to develop into a United States ic Senator, and two tailors into Presidents, of jo Lite freest, the most wonderful, nation on tiie jF face of tlie globe, and yet, Mr. It. s. (i.illowny, I jf Due West, denounces Mr. llalin as "uiiscru- j \ villous," without assigning any other reason c Mian that, he started business with a Ion dol-11 lar Dill. Womtertui stupidity: jneompre-1 v liensible presumption ! Xo man should make ] n such a charge airaiust a fellow citizen without- i i; beingable to substantiate the tact by legal j r< proof. J1'Mr. C?allo?ay hail been really look- j jj ingtoran unscrupulous man, one who bears!} Hie stamp of infamy all through the reports of the fraud commission, he hail only to;,, glance ?l the Honorable Paris Slmpkins, who r spoke from the same stand on which he sat c on Wednesday, and who consorted for two|. Jays with the advocates of an inlquitious in-1 crease of taxation, to the ttine seventy-five k percent, upon the farmers of Aiken Town- |e ship! 11 *15.000 worth of Xew Houses Ruilt ! j. I.ast Year?813.000 more under Contract. !' Mr. Galloway was so blinded by partisan-!,, ship that lie declares lie "did not see a single 1 \ house beirg built." In reply to this, we will j publish a statement of tacts obtained with ;? much care f:oni those in a position to be!., aware of their truth. It is estimated thatji during the past year new buildings have been 1; erected in Aiken to the value of 510,1 WO, and!) iimiriivnmciilc nnil roiinii'K In tin* v:i!l)i> ril' >~i_- ! WO, making in all added to the i value of real estate, Besides this, there| is now under contract or in process j of erection >'1:!.:'.IK) worth of buildings, which i will be completed in the course of the nextj few months. Where could Mr. tiallovvay's eyes have been? They certainly could not have been in search of new lions's. nor could thev have been directed to the Honorable Paris simple ins for lu? never said one word about itiin in the whole of his long letter; although be found plenty of room for unwarrantable accusation and insinuation against reputable and unollendiinr citizens! But at any rate 8-1 worth of new build ingsand iinprovenients in the course ol a single year and >1'5,:?<K) more soon to be com-! pleted, is really not a very bad showing for a j town of onlyinhabitants, whon it is ta-j ken into consideration that its iiir-bioodod is i ?--? ? i .. <> i t UUU1? JSil j.?JJVU C/I (?a v uuiv'^muj. Mr. Il^inlcr.iidi's I'avl in llit' Ciim!):??? lint this article lias grown to such length : that we must pass rapidly on?and forbear no-j ticin^ many things that would receive our at-1 tention if we could only spare the space,?to j note the fact, that the Hon. J). s. Henderson, afihoush pronounced by Mr. Galloway to be. '"a gentleman of culture and intellect," is ac-_ con a led lor as an anti-railroad tax voter,' THE FARM AND THE FIELD. ? WE MAY MAKE OUR WINTER MONTHS PROFITABLE. . ?. Tel'l'aces and Hillside I)ilchp?~-Tlie Way to Treat ( (iIIie*"?Tlie Way to illakc and Keep Good Itoads?.llaklug .tlainiros and Applying tlic Name?Plant Double ISows or Wll rom thf? fact that "the Dutch lia<l him cmiloycd as their counsel, and that lie was the io\ivr behind the throne aiid the brains, the >titt#l furnishing the money." I11 reply to his spiteful and untruth ml cliarac, we can late upon good authority that so far from ip.ing employed In any capacity by the (iernans or tiny other Collect ion of anti-railroad ax voters he subscribed >'2.r> towards the catnisiign fund, to ward ofl' the Iniquitious inrease of taxation upon tlie fanners of the 'ownship. and also contributed freely of his Line for Hie same purpose. At the election In issi when the question ras submitted to the citizens of the town, lie, ike the editor of the JRccordo', voted for tux, ut in this instance wasiui opponent ofsnb-i eriplioti because of the injustice to tlie far-l ler. A statement of these facts is all that Is ecccssiiry concern ing'onc so well and l'avorbly known to the people of the State. likcu's Karroonis, and by whom Kriit. We have only spacc for one more piece of Jr. Galloway's sententious abuse and it is lie conclusion of his long letter. Here it is : "We have cone into the particulars In tli? rail mail j rction :it Aikoa because it has h- en *o little nmler o? d and so important. We only have this to *ny: ' all German emigrants are the chars to progress that! lis Dutrli clement in Aiken is, when they have the (Ceiidaney, we pray to In- delivered from them, lleer id money scclrt to be their goal. Think of a man lat can scarcely write has name having the control fer a town lil*e Aiken, with its broad streets, 100 :mls wide, all of them, its tinted hotels that can nciinmodate 309 hoarders each, and ifc Northern travel, [onstmusl*' As a matter of Justice, it. is our duty to re-l ird that Aik^n has five barrooms, only two! f which arc kept, by Germans, two being! atives of this .Stale and onca native of Collection t, all of which we hope to see wiped oni the face of the earth before two years apse. As wo suppose that Mr. llahn is t lie urn referred to, who is so densely ignorant mfhecan Scarcely write his name." we eon it ourdht-J' to say tbftt this is Jijst asi 11 true as the statement that lie controls the >wn. Mr. Mahnlsa man of a fair average Knc:sh education, writes a better ban 1 than Mr. alloway, and has done more tor the sub-! antial improvement of Aiken in a material ay than any other citizen. ermnu Fellow Citizens Live in Perfect llormony with their Xci^hboi'K. In addition to this we would Fay, that our I ilopted German fellow-citizens live in the! tmost. harmony with their fellow-citizens,! ho are to the manor born, that they make! leir money honestly and spend it right here they make it, to their own advantage lid the hi eroded nrosperty of their County lid Slate. Mr. Galloway's letter doips rt lamefui injustice and lie owes it to himself * well as to the citizens o( Aiken, that lie lould publicly retract the numerous, injurius and incorrect statements that it contains. We have endeavored to deal as tenderly as raclicable with this unfortunate gentleman, s we feel satisfied that upon reflection, lie ill realize most, aceutely, the gross irnpro rietics of which he lias been guilty. If hut we have written may appear somewhat vere, let it he remembered that we had a ublic duty to perform in which citizens ere concerned, who had a reasonable right > expect a vindication at our hands. Clover. Whether raised a* a farm crop to ho har-j ested an<l fed, or as a fertilizer, to he plowed nder in order to enrich the soil, clover is one f the most valuable crops th.itcan he raised n the farm. There are acres of land made out- by continued cropping that can Ihj speedy brought up if properly seeded to clover, nd at the proper time be turned under. Cloer can be sown in the spring and make a nlHcienl growth to he turned under during lie latter part of the summer, and u crop of heat sown 011 the land. The one advantage with clover, when used s a green manure, is that the whole plant is aluable as a fertilizer; and the roots, as well s the tops, will furnish a xood supply of ierili/invc material. 'i\. ?iww.. wli.i h.ivi* nntfnp trtnrt it. nml ran- I ot judge from experience, it seems almost waste to plow It- under, yet. if you want to ucrease the fertility of your soil, and have ota sufficient supply ot l?arn-yar?l manure,! lover stands at the head. While for feeding > horses, cattle, sheep or hogs, it is a valuale crop, whether pastured, soiled, or cut and tired for hay. Jf not pastured too heavy, n cry large amount of good pasturage can be ijciired during the summer, and yet a yaluale amount of"fertilizer be secured by plowup: under in the fall. One bushel will usually seed one acre, if the mil is properly prepared before seeding. One f the best plans I ever tried is to thoroughly repare the land as eaily in the spring as the ,-ork can he done. Plow well and seed to oats, sowing rather liin.say about otrc and a half bushels per ere. Harrow them in thoroughly; if the <ml has been plowed in the fall they can be own broadcast and worked into the soil with double shovel plow or cultivator. Then I arrow until the soil is in as fine a condition | s possible. Then roll so as to level it down ;| t, will aid you considerally in sowing the seed roperly. Sow broadcast. It.should not be sown when here is a hard wind, as the seeding, will not e done as evenly as it should be. I nrefer always to use a brush to cover the 150(3. 1 am aware that many prefer to sow roadcast and allow or expect I lie ruin to covr I lie seed, but my experience is that it pays r> I)rash the ground over carefully, covering lie seed slightly, but doing the work well. .Some sow earlier and sow broadcast upon lie wheat, allowing it to ma Ice a good growth Iter the crop Is taken oil'. Others again pre?r to prepare the laud and sow the seed alone j s a crop. This is a good plan, especially ,Then you are so undecided whether to use s feed or as a fertilizer. Wheat, corn, cane or potatoes are especially cm-fitted by being planted on a clover soil. l>kI good results are oflen secured when othrwise the crops would bo a failure, if you a ve never given the good red clover a trial,! iiakeasmall investmentand try it for your-; elf, mid the more you test the better satis-1 ed you will be that clover is one of the best, rlendsyou have. N. J. .Siikiuieud. True Womanhood. However much it may be discredited by eople with advanced ideas, the highest type 1' womanhood and the highest place of honr tor woman is that of the Roman matron, iiio.se jewels were a family of pure daughurs and strong, dutiful sons. This is old-! ishioneu and humdrum sermonizing, but,] I it is true, set us a picture of something bet- j er. The woman who raises such a family is heroine. She endures mental and physical are and pain. She meets and overcomes] reat obstacles by patient and preserving ef-J ort. She is compelled to win moral \ieto-1 ies over herself in otder that she may win netn over me waywaiu lenuencies 01 ncri hildrcn. And the value of her ultimate vie-! ory is seen in the value of that which she lias 1 I'un. In the first plane she blinds happiness .nil honor to her husbaud-a victory which s in the highest decree satisfactory to her nind and heart. In the second place, her ionic exerts a salutary influence upon other ionics in the community. And finally, her j Itildren, going out to establish other homes nd to exert their influence upon society, cary the blessings acuieved by her heroism and onstancy to a great and increasing circle ot >eople. Women often repine at their eir>uinscribed usefulness. They would be great vriicrs, great reformers, or employ the powr of great wealth. A small rain-cloud which tours its refreshment on a small field will sroducethe sweetness of bloom and fruits? catteritover a wide area, and it will not !ven lay the dust?it will do no good wliat"uer. If the energies of some of our popular iterary women were concentrated on a home md a family of children, there would be a larvest of happiness and virt ue to show for t?thrown broadcast, it becomes a profitless prinkle of rain. Carbon dissipated in the or is good for the general economy of nature, tut give us rattier the carbon in diamonds mil in the cheery fire on the hearth.?Jute' iiir. <?oo(l Advice. The FSorJou Herald through its editorial col1 tit lis gives some good advice to its readers villi regard to that class of .stump orators who lever do a day's hard work themselves and vlio are continually appealing to the lahorng classes for support. It says: "When any andidatc who lias never done a day's work villi his hands since he was a boy, if ever, roes upon Hie slump and makes a parade of lis high regard for tlie 'laboring class,' it night to be apparent to any man who isn't. ;rcen enough lo be bitten by the cows that lie tally dispenser is after their votes. And vlien any parly sets itself up as the peculiar uul only friend of the 'workingnian,' the con ;iUMUtl !."*? IIIL" 1 IIVI b (Hi; 4 ?\ ll mvu iooi'incii in Ijotli purtios?monopolists and .lie victims of monopolies?liurd-ilsted and jpen-hcarted employers, lint in a country a here ninety-live men out of n hundred work it something, either with their heads or isinds, ;inil where the great imj irily depend 1 pon their labor for their support, it is inailting aixl pestilent <lernagoguery to talk iboul'iho 'working class," and to assume that >ue party is llni friend and t lie other party ,he enemy o) labor. No party which was orranized or conducted for the purpose of oppressing workinginen could stand the reinot st eha necof carrying an election in this :oun try.'' lows Across Your Bottoms and Save the Sediment lYom Overflows. It Is hardly neecseary to urge the prompt gnthcring and housing of nil matured crops still remaining in thB field. The days will get shorter and siiorttr, and the weather Increasingly cold and unpleasant; corn will waste, and cotton will drop on the ground aiul become stained and trashy. Every consideration prompts to energy and diligence. A month hence the days will be an hour shorter, and onc-tcnth less work can bo gotten out of a laborer than at present. Indued, with our present labor, it is becoming unprofitable to employ any more of it than one can help during the winter months. The negro Is so averse to wet and cold during that period it is hard to get work out of him. Hut for this, there is much about a farm which could be done, and most conveniently loo during the winter. Almost every thing in the way of betterments can be attended to with more uuvantage men uiiiii uiuiiik inu uu.-v viwp scoson. Ditching, removing stumps ana stones, clearing and cleaning up, terracing, j Jllllng gullies, milking levees across hultoms, making farm roads, hauling leaves for litter, making composts, and other like things, can receive attention without detriment to growing crops. Such mattert- arc generally put oil" until spring,and then there is a hurrying,] aiid rushing, and half-doing, to get them done and out of the way, that preparation# may be made for summer crops. Very much of tliisj kind of work may be advantageously done In November and December, if labor can beheld steadily to it; and where hands are hired for the year, it ought to he done. The farmer can then give his wholi attention to these mattors?study and plan and supervise elos'lv. "Wo find thatour presence is more imperatively called for by this kind of work than any other on the farm. In routine operations, trained hands can do pretty well, bui In betterments, repeated exercise of judgment is cal.'ed for at almost every step. We talk much of improving our lands by deep plowing, sowing peas, and heavy manuring, but what availeth these if land is rolling, and the soil is washed away as fust as it is deepened or enriched. In all eltbrts to improve tne soil, the firststep must be to hold it ?attention, siuuy, ingenuity, must an uu mreefed to this point. Since terracing has acquired notoriety, hillside ditching lias been almost entirely discarded. This may be well alter terraces have become firmly established, but anterior to this, whilst the terraces are being made, and the loose earth thrown up by the plow is easily washed away, ditches will be decidedly advantageous, especially it washes have already begun. In heavy rains, water requires a terrible momentum down slopes that are long and steep, if allowed to traverse tho whole distance; catch It In a ditch before it has had time to acquire volume and velocity. Make the ditch large, and steep enough loho!d the water in the heaviest rains; don't, be timid about this, fearing your ditch will become a gulley. With the greatest fall given hillside ditches, it is an easy manur in gut bui-ui iiiicu iuk> m>j have served their purpose. Every one who has h.nl tnuc.li experience with hillside ditches knows Unit the trouble is to keep them open. Briars, weeds, ele. falling into them arc constantly catching earth, and making a soil in their bottoms, upon which spring up grasses and weeds; these catch more soil and i-oon tlie ditch breaks over, unless often cleaned out. In crashing them w'.th the plow dirt and trash fall in to such degree that it is next to impossible to keep them open when the plowman does not turn at the ditch. Where rows arc run on a level, one year's breaking aud cultivation of the land will completely obliterate si ditch that is crossed. A poorly made, inadequate ditch is worse than no ditch, but a properly* made large ditch lias one decided drawback; especially oil steep slopes?the water falling into it from above tends to start little gullies on the upper edge of the ditch; and these if not checked tend to elongate up the hill?iu other words ditches tend to generate gtillies. Fortunately iliisfiin he obviated hv leaving an unolowed strip along the upper edge "of the " ditch. Weeds ami grass growing upon this strip binds lis soil so tlint water will not cut through it, but checked in its flow, deposits its burden of soil on said strip and quietly percolates through. This strip should tie not less than three feet in width. "Where this precaution has not been taken, and gullies have started along the upper edge of dltchc-, It would be well to put trash of some kind in every one of these, weighting It down with rocks. A perfect edge to the ditch can thus be soon established, and the unplowed strip will take care of it afterwards. Don't defer looking after these apparently littlo things; a stitch in time will save more than nine afterwards. Where moderate gullies have already formed haul leaves, straw or trash of anv kind and put in them?a little brush at intervals, or a row of stobs placed across them will serve to keep the leaves from being washed out of them. If this is done, and plowmen made to lift their plows over in crossing these washes, they will very soon fill up. Mure or less dirt and trasii will drop into them* from the plows as they are lifted over, and this will help to fill them. If washes are plowed across without lifting plow, the loose dirt in the wash is carried oil" by the first ruin, and t hus every plowing serves to deepen the wash Make it an Inviolable rule to have the plow lifted over every wash that can be crossed. At this season of the yenr It Is well to sow a little rye, wheat or oilier grain alone: these washes that are tilled with leaves: it will help materially to catch and hold the dirt which is carried into them by rains; when this isuone in the spring, a spontaneous growth of grass and weeds will do the same thing. It is all important however. In every case to fix carefully the lower end of the wash or gully, so as to cheek the action of water there; the tilling up will besin there and gradually work up the hill. We have repeatedly changed the whole lace of a Held by such simple devices as we have described, and with very little labor. Land thus guarded is ready for tcrrncinff, ami terraces, when well established, will permanently hold the soil and lit it for the reception of all the manure you can apply to it. After the soil is prepared to receive, manure, thcncxtstepistotit.it for labor-saving implements. These are our main reliance for lessening the cost of production, which Is but another expression for increasing net profits. Kvery obstruction in the shape of rocks, stumps, etc., should bo removed. Of course this remark does not apply to newgiouuds or excessively rocky land. It probably would not. pay to spend the requisite labor on these. lint thorr> i* nn 31 It1111 ri i( <> nf nnpii hind 111 the country with very few stumps or rocks upon it, and this should be cultivated and improvi ed. even if badly worn, in preference to any other. On all such land the.stumps and rocks should be removed: the cost will not be great, and will soon be paid back in the saving of labor from the use of implements which economize labor. The smoothing harrow, with its broad sweep of ten or twelve feet, In the early stages of cultivation,and the straddling cultivators, carrying a row at a go, at. a later stage of the crop, will soon pay back with large interest the expense of digging up a few stumps and hauling oil'a few rocks, l'erhaps these stumps and rocks are needed close by to build obst ructions across gullies or ravines, or levees across branch bottoms, to check the How of water dartuur lloods and gather deposits of rich sediment upon the soil. This building of levees across valley lands is worthy of attention. Branch bottoms arc in some respects our very best lands, but they are often badly washed or scoured bv heavy rains. Levees built across at narrow points, where the hills project into the bottoms, would not only ston the damage from water, but make the overflows a positive blessing through the rich sediments deposited. Where the levees cross the main ditcli. abutments of heavy rocks or ! of laige Umbers should be built or willows planted on edge of ditch. Where rocks eanj not tie had to build a levee, a double row ot I willows planted across the bottom, with brush j and Ions between and above them, will soon i maUeu good dam; a willow dam would cost | al most nothing; green willow stalks driven : In along the line is all that is necessary, as these take root and grow readily. A little ; work ot this kind, not done because not ' thought of, would often double the value of bottom lands. 1 Home time ago we discussed at some length the subject of farm roads, and will not repeat. These should be looked after now and put 111 i good order. 1 toads can be kept in good condition much easier by a little work oft repeated limit by much work nl long Intervals. As ; soon as a wash or hole begins to form fill them at once; a few well broken rocks or spadesl'ull of dirt will do it thou ; a wagon load may be required if neglected long, our public roads ...... 1,1 i.rt |.m>i 11\ l?. 11 nr onlor it' Kin:lll i squads of hands wore kept working on them nil the time, in place of many hands upon them twice in the year. This is very emphatically one ofthe cases in which a stitch in time saves nine, llocks should always be broken fine when used upon roads; no piece should be more than one and a half inches through. .Small rocks will pack into a com I pact mass, large ones will not; the Intter will I continually Work out of their beds, rind a loose rock in a road-bed is As objectionable as a stump. A rock hammer will Ms found n very convenient thing on a farm, where rocks a;e found. A roadbed of clay Is much improved by the addition of sand. This may sometimes be very conveniently obtained by placing obstructions at intervals in the adjacent ditches to entch the sand which washes Into them. On the contrary, a sandy roadbrd is improved by theaddition of clay, and this can sometimes be cheaply obtained where there is an underlying clay subsoil by digging ditches, on each side of the road, deep enough to get clay and throw it on the roud-bed. Farmers are more directly interested in good roads tha.i any other class in the community, and It behooves them to look carefully into these matters. They need good roads 011 their farms over which to haul their crops to their barns, and pood public roads to facilitate transport of produce to market. A large supply of barnyard manure with which to make compost, Is every year regard?.l Iiinru A^unnllnl nil l.lin liirm. ! Commercial fertilizers give so much 'better results in conjunction with skill manure, than when used alone, that every farmer is anxious to have a full supply of the latter, lie wants enough to go over all the land lie cultivates. This can only be had by the use of ample quantities of litter. During the busy crop season, he did not feel perhaps that he had time lo stop his teams and hands to haul leaves; but for some months now lie will have ample time. A rude shelter under which litter could be stored and kept dry Is very desirable. Thus arranged a limited quantity could j be put in the slalls at short interval?, and be- j come thoroughly incorporated With the drop- j pings of the unlutals. Wet leaves hauled directly from the woods and put In the stalls, not only brings discomfort to the stock, ibut adds so much water as dead weight to be handled ami lniuled out. Where there is a choice of oalt and pine leaves, the latter are rather to be preferred; some persons regard them of i iittleinanurial value?analysis does not confirm this view. Freshly fallen leaves of the common old field pine contain the following! 311:111 Liuon 01 liiiinuriiki suuMciiitt'3 in u iiuii-i red parts: ANALYSIS OF l'INE STHAW. Ammonia (potential) 0.47 Phosphoric acid 0.21 Potash 0.24 I Magnesia 0.08 I.itne 0.28 Silica 2.24 Sulphuric acid O.ttf Now compare the above with ordinary damp or green stable manure. ArCAKTSIJ* OV STABLE MAXtfREi Ammonia 0.(10! Pliosphoric acid 0.50 Potasli 0.41)] Magnesia o.:!0, Lime O.oOj The pine straw contains about four-fifths as much ammonia, about one-half as much phosphoric acid, about- one-third as much pntasil and about one-half as much lime as I the manure. Pine straw is recommended also bccuuse it breaks up and mixes with otli] or ingredients readily, and rots more easily , than o<ik leaves. After the pine leaves have ! lain on the ground for a long time much ofi | their fertilizing contents have been wasted I : out by rains and they are then l<-ss valuable, j Defore the winter rains set in will be a good I time to h:iul up an abundant supply of these 'leaves. Make pens of poles or rails) fill them ! with the pine straw and cover with planks,as : l>efore suggested, planks make the best tem; porary roofs, especially duriitg winter, when they are not much warped by the sun. | Litter the stalls now as rapidly as they will ; bear It. From time to time- fork up tho edges and dryer parts and throw them on the wet j spots. A very large quantity of manure can be mode in the next three months ii one goes I about it in earnest; and all of it. will be ueed! ed to make up tho compost heaps in Februa i ry. To increase the richness of tlie manure, ! ami facilitate Its rottl.ig where much litter is ' useJ, cotton seed may be scattered In the } stalls occasionally. To prevent loss of amj monla a little kainit may besprinkled in the stalls; n pound, or less, a day to each stall I ; will Milflce. Where one proposes tr? use kainit! ; in his compost, tills Is the best manner of do- i jit; it will become Uiorouirbly Incorporated i with the stall manure; and thorough mixture I ) of its Ingredients adds much to the value of a ; compost. i j Where the liming of land Is practiced, it Is ; ! customary to apply it In autumn or early j ! winter, If Intended to benefit the crops ol the) i next summer. Lime Is simply stuttered over | | the surface?not plowed In? as Its natural ten* i i dcncy is to sink t? the soil. We have ahvnys j j thought It doubtful If heavy applications of: i lime were beneficial on our avenige thin soils.! liut lime pluys so important a part In the: i necessary chemical changes which take place j ; In n productive soil, we are more inclined of | late to think tmit. moderate applications! '(eight to ten bushels per acre) every year! I would be beneficial on many soils. On two occasions, where old mortar rubbish has been applied to stiff clay soils, or rather subsoils, from which most of the soil had been washed 'awaj', we have noticed very marked improvej ment running through several years. I'erI haps in our climate the milder lorms of lime, ' the maris for instance, would be preferable to i the freshly slacked limes. Can our readers ; give us any facts on these points? Tho Charj le.Mon calcined marls were quite extensively : tried some years ago?what were the results? 1 XIltl lilliuness 01 our r>uuuiern uiiiuulc ! tcrnpts us to make little or no provision /??i the protection of stock during the winter, j True, very close, warm stables are not necessary here as they are at the North. Hut shelter from cold rains and protection from cold j winds arc needed very greatly. Not merely | on the score of mercy, but. lrom economical j ; considerations ihcy should be provided. An imals require decidedly more food when ex-1 posed to excessive cold, and cows will give] ; less milk. Stables may be comparatively ! I open towards the south, but should be tightly j closed against westerly, north-westerly and i north-easterly winds. In theyards where the 1 animals are allowed to air and sun themI selves wind-breaks should also be provided. | I'ine brush thickly piled iigainst a fence will i answer every purpose, and surely every one j can provide so inexpensive a thing. Look to j these matters now before hard weather sets | in. Push the fattening of hogs as rapidly as i possible; the last of the mouth is the best I jtime to kill hogs and cure the meal most perj fectly. This remark does not apply perhaps to the extreme South, but it does to the latitude ol Middle Georgia. Select all stock not desirable to keep over winter, and fatten and i dispose of them promptly, soas to leave an: abundance of food to the remainder. A few j I animals well fed will give better results in ' '? * ' ' ? -- -* ? - - -- ? I ? n t v\ Knn I iinu iiiiiiuin- uiiiiiu iuik^i iiuiiiuvi jivui- | j ly f?:d on hu equal amount of provisions. As f a people we are lucking in true economy, | touching fann management. Let us revise our practices ami adopt better methods?save at every point, spend freely when it pays, but I shutdown upon every tiling which does not? ; I remember, however, that .parsimony Is not : j economy. There is that scattcrcth and yet! !inereaselh. I l$y tlie end of the month sweet potatoes will | j have gone through the "sweat" and will not i j need ventilation any longer. Close up the I ' ventilator completely, that cold air may not ; enter, and put more dirt on the hills to keep j them warm. Uniformity of temperature Inside the hill is the great desideratum; alter-j : uate heating and cooling will induce changes : ! in the potato that will end In rotting. At the | I North, where sweet potatoes are kept in eel- i : lars, the temperatures of which are known by j j thermometers, it has been tound ti-at to in- J I sure preservation, the mercury should not do-1 ; scend below forty deirrecs and should not rise j (abovesixty. A potato bank covered with j ' dirt a foot or more thick will maintain a comparatively uniform temperature within, Just | as the Interior of a buliuinji with tnick brick i ! walls will not get cold or hot so quickly witli j : cimnges of weather as that of an ordinary; ' frame house. Shelters over the banks aro not > I |,?t ilmv lrni.i-1 t.lio flirt oil t.liPlll I | IIUI|.->J.L.1.-..W.V, ? ( I dry, and this adds to its non-conducting powj ei\ and helps to preserve uniformity ot' tem-, I peruture within. I>et us concentrate atten-! ! tlon on better methods of handling and keep-' i ing sweet potatoes. They would be of inesti-; j inablc value but for the loss through rotting, j As it is, they can be fed to hogs, cows, and; | even horses, from the first of August to thei I first of November, without any loss, and j ought to be utilized thus much more than they arc. Ho! for IJrooiiwood. Kdgcfield Chronicle. Mr. J. K. Durst is well known in Kdgcfleld j county and our readers will be glad to know I that he is doing a large and splendid business at Greenwood,'his new home. Recently lie has houghta large and Immense stock of the1 best quality of goods. And in regard to prices he is prepared to compete squarely with the mcrehantsof Augusta or any inland J city, (ircoiiwoou is a msi growi uk wwu anu having two railroads it ha? the ailvantage ol I cheap freight rates, caused by competition. ; Let L's Observe tlie I)a,v. Axfiociatc Rrfunned Presbyterian. i Thursday, t-hct27th, is Thanksgiving Day by ' j appointment of President Cleveland. Cannot ! all the churches In country and town observe it? There is abundant occasion for Thanks-! iiiving, in this public and national way, and; we ci?n see no good reason why country i churches should not unite with Mie brethren, i of the cities and towns in a spatial scrvifcfi of) praise to (iod for his goodness. JUofc ttll tinilc to praise Ills name. I FOSTERING SI7AL CHORCHES , ? mi WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH POOR till PROSELYTING PREACHERS. Pj? -4, OH ? . . i fir ' What the Church Jfceds Ti>-day is wi liOSM of Party Spirit and Strife, sirid More of tlint Spirit of Mntnal ml Foifbcarrtntfc aii.d Charity, which ^ In the Friilt of a Vltnl Union with gri Christ." ac . : pe A toecialc Reformed Presbyterian. th AVe oftbn liear relercnce made to "ministe- iS. rial courtesy," which Implies that pastors and ministers have certain rights which are i' to be respected and that to disregard the same would be a breach of ''ministerial etiquette/' A pastor is the guide and cortlinuilon of hi? people, their spiritual father. He is supposed to love tliem tenderly and id be loved and r.j- ' speetcd by them. But when some other ininlsler is called in by members df his lloek to 111. ottlciatc at a marriage, baptismal or funeral Ji service, this pastoral tic ts subjected to a pow- r t crful and perilous strain and a wound indict- f)V od upon the pastor's heart that may result in b_ alienatlon and separation. It has been slated as a tlxed rule In such r . cases that no outsider ought to Intrude him- (,s self upon ground so sacred without the consent and concurrence or the pastor. But if ffi ministers have rights that must be respected _|. and it there is pastoral ground that belongs yi, entirely to one?and upon which no outsider r.{ has any right to be found without being in- Bf, vited and cordially welcomed; is there not a Dj sense In which every denomination has rights ti which all sister denominations are in duly bound to respect? For instance, where a certain held has been enrly and fully occuplcd gj( by one denomination?and wljere there is as room for but one church organization to find w] a comfortable existence and healthy growth, t|, would It not be unkind and unchristian for m some sister church to intrude herself upon er the Held and by inaugurating an opposition fh movement seek to weaken and cripple the h, existing organization? Where one church miglit havc?bcconie strong and self-sustaiu- .1. ing, a light in the world and a uower for good, tj, we have two or more weak and struggling or- c0 ganizations, until at last one becomes.extinct, after a period of protracted and paliiful ?< decline. How many such churches are found jr throughout ojir land, weak and sickly bodies, (v not able to stand alone, wilted and wizened Dg monuments for the consummate folly of some F enthusiastic evangelist or intense partisan.. ac If the time, money zeal and energy that t|, have been was:ed In nursing and fostering ur little rivy.1 organisations that have no right wi to exist, liad been spent in carrying the go*- j,,, pel to the more needy uortlons of the land m and to fields hitherto unoccupied', what rapid al, strides might have been made towards the wj subjugation of the world to Christ. cr Where other denominations have obtained Hr a right to a certain flfclil by priority of .occupillion, and Where there is not sufficient 111aterlp.l out side to afford a reasonable hope of m tin 1 iiHiicr 11 n 11 spIf.Hiist.nfnIii<? iiroh. it would .... not only be the part of wisdom but of right pt andjtusiicc to transfer our operations to some fmore destitute field. nf] When ministers and churches become so oc numerous as not to be able to live or And em- F ployment except by intruding upon each other's rights and seeking to make proselytes from each other's communion, then it would be better for the world and the ctusc of Christianity in general to transport them by the shipload into the Jungles of India and deserts wj of Africa. The above reflections were sug- bi gestcd by a paragraph in the letter of a cor- su respondent writing from Alabama some )e weeks since. He had visited st town where ar several A. It. Presbyterian families resided, u,, and in answer to the question "Why have we not a church/ in that town?" replied: "It ,n might be like planting eight apple trees on a pit'CCOI gTOUIUl WJil ICftMluurc; iv nn^iii uc u. gjj great nukindness to the Methodist and Pres- ai byterian churches which are struggling there ,n for life; and tlien ltmiglitiu time come to be m a success. Who can tell?" Kn As to the application of the above to the cause referred to by our correspondent, we ar have hothing to say; but the spirit breathed jjj by the paragraph struck us us something ad- ac mirable and Jo be commended. How strik- ^ ingly in contrast wiih the sulrifc displayed by ijt certain enthusiastic champiotls of a fjhibbo- ft lei h and "foremost fugle men of a party," who would persuade men that they can never ^ enter heaven unless they have their IMlc par- ou ty Ian appended. "What the church needs today is less of party spirit and strife, and more ctl ot that spirit of mutual forbearance and char- Gf ity, which is the fruit of a vital union to p, Christ. Or, as Canon Farrar puts it in a recent artlcle: "The more wo are Christians, the more he will our fulth'be broad Willi me oreaaia 01 to tiio charity of Almighty God, and narrow only with the narrowness of his righteousness.' " ^ i i m ar k i JIann?;?m<'tit. jj The details of home work make a great deal se, of unpleasantness and fatigue, if they are not wl discharged under will regulated, good man- dc agemcnt. In large business enterprises the necessity for system is manifest to all, but we ,e are too much inclined to believe that home duties can be looked after at wilt, or In order lei In which hap-hazard circumstances present them. .Such a course will always bring neg- rj' lect, disorder and confusion; these, in turn, tli greatly increase labor and biins weariness, cl< fretfulness and regret. In the home, where a all hearts should he ns one, nothing should 1" be allowed that tends to destroy the happlncss,or, in any way, compromise the good feeling and aO'ection of the family. As the he wife Is responlsblc for the character and in- di fluences of the home, as well as the regula **- 1-. 1 l._ II.. lit UOI1 01 lis uuues, ici Liur uv; IIJVJ IlildilVOO tuui I manager In the spirit of its work. m We will not under take to established a th system of rules by which a household should *? byjoverned; circumstances are not sufficient- ? l>*iniforin to warmnt universal application of a special government to the homes of our peo- cn pie. This much, however, we can say, the goveminent should be positive, systematic and of uniform. In dealing with servants and chil- bn dren, women are too mucli inclined to yield wl to requests that are huitful; to indulgences vr that bring trouble, and to a carelessness that m Srovokes and makes additional annoyance, cs emands should never be made ii they ar<? la not reasonable, proper and necessary; and bi they should never be yielded, unless the circumstances as positively forbid their execution. Indulgence in wrong never resulted in good; ond a comnromis of duty never worked for the best. lie careful in your exactions, to see that they arc Just, niicl need to ue eu- s], forced, before I hey are demanded, and then he su firm enough to insist upon and compel obe- ?] dience. No system of government is wise if it is not just; nor can it be successful if it is not positive and uniform. Regularity and sys- s., tcm will save much fatigue. The day's duties ought to be begun at u regular hour, let It m be early or late. Meals should be served by ?r the clock, and every member of the household should be in place at the time. Every- jt) thing in the home should have its place, and 0fc be kept there. What an annoyance to need tji a broom and not know where to find It; how (j, provoking to start to church when George's at iiat cannot be found and Susie's gloves are ^ misplaced. It is not pleasant to prepare forifl) tea, and find the dishes have been left over .j, from dinner and have now to be washed. ... How all the home is set agog wheu the pan- 3 try key is mislaid, and we have criminations 0j and recriminations as to the last party using ?( if, and everybody on a search Just because of a little carelessness and the lack of manage- al ment. Johnie became engaged in his play n( and neglected to go lor the calves, the milk-!^ ing was thrown into the dark ; the cook could j n] not prepare (lie toast; tea was made late and 1 jn an engagement for the evening was disap- j ,-c pointed; all because of a little indulgence in !ot play beyond the proper time!; Study the du- I e? ties of the home; determine upon the bestjs| <>f # I i?;nli*i rcri iicr tllflll* haVG reSUlM- Si lions tliat coinmaud resect and compel obe-; dioncc. Systematize every detail; let the | j-0 spirit of order prevail and the children will 0g be obedient and atl'cctlonate; the servants respectful and useful; the wife, in the best I !U sense, will be the mistress of her home, and i j{| the husband happy in the beautiful system p\ that regulates his entire household. T __i?- m ci Come to )?c, Love. Come to me. love, and let me feel the might h' And mastery of thy wondrous eyes, whose,1'' bright i?' ( lad radiance makesn new-born Joy arise, ! To see the wealth of soul that in them lies, ? And have the inspiration of their light, 1 Far from the purple arches of ihe night, Whose canopies a thousaml stars henliMit, J'1 The western wind in plaintive whisper sighs,' <l* Conie to me, love, j" And as a watcher o'er a shroud, with s!?ht. e: Bedimmed by tears uiul weariness at blight j to (>f some clear soul, with on<llf#s lonjring ties, i In To call b:ick lite into those lite less eyes*, fn tto all my heart in broken accents cries, | bi Come to me, love. j is ?? ?? i lii fl'o arc H1:h1 to X?to our elylibor's Jjj Success. i m Fairfield Xews and Herald. U" The "patent outside" industry of the Xrws (tnd Hcmld is one of the enterprises of the State. We hope to he in better shape and [in j:ive our readers an idea of our progress be-! si lore another year. L Corn and Cotton i Southern Qollivator. ["he result of my crops for the past season -;i| iy be. at least suggestive to farmers; and . $251 rill give to the Cullivutor my methods with -<3 at; view. I have seventy acres In corn, mted In six feet rows after cotton?the first '.t'S iv being 011 an old cotton row, and the next the alternate cotton middle. About the st of March, with a;long scootrr six (lnche* de, drawn by two mules, I laid off a deep I'3 rrow around the cotton stalks, about six In* na frnm t.lipm nn eithflr fildc. The COttOIl ' '-'"41 ddle in which the corn was to be planted is treated in the same way. Into these fur- ->3] ivs I deposited about sixteen bushels of .. M een cottou seed: seventy-five pounds of .'*?? IU phosphate, and thirty pounds of kulnit. . $3 rajre. I then ridged those furrows with ? -JEa ree inch diamond pointed scooter as deep . one mulelconld pull it. This left a small [ le at the place the corn was to be planted. ":2 lis I broke out with a six Inch scooter, ?S lwn by two joules. Into this fUrrow I ran 'sM opener and drbpped the corn about three it apartrr.uslng uer acr? about ten poundsof '.'ja uldOd, mixed with sdll. deposited about .- ?? ree infchcs from the corn ,Jn same f<lrrow? U? AS ve it a good start. I covered tnS corn with e foot. After the corn was re-planted. I 'gi jwcd .out the.mjdflle with four Inches dla>- >>j? and poinled-scboters. In about twe weeks - 31 ilowcd about half the corn with a Corblu sk linrrow, and the other half was lightly i^red by cast turuing shovels. In about two ysh ?cks more I ran around the corn upon which. '--ia ised the harrow with PlaneLJr., using tbo *3 uat scooters; the other half I sided with ? lid sweep aqd plowed ,qjl these middies th a twenty four Inch sweop; Soon alter, I . T?;? urited ueas; and In two weeks from second owing I again sided With large sweep*. tfaB >ur or five days later, I pldwcd peas wjth > ^ reep and alter about two weeks t&bft, t iiJ owed out corn and peas with sweeps, ran- ;.V xaj tig shallow. Afterwards all the prass left in e corn was taken out with libesi My renflou for putting the ttisinure Qn Je of the corn was to prevent suckers: Hud " "Vrall I used green seed I did not waul them liere they would Interfere with the corn, it 'V* ey should come up. I And, if corn is not ' anured in the drill, it will have but little ass; and the hoeing can be delayed until -qa| e crop Is laid by with the plows. I tbink, : ^ >wever, I put my manure too close to the ..isk rn. The uext season I shall deposit it In e middle, with enough in the drill to start e plant ofl. This, I think, will prevent sacrs that my present system has eucouraged. "Vgl om seventy acres planted and cultivated .. ter this method I will make seventeen bun- ..." ->'? ed and fifty bushels. I have gathered thlr- '?&?fl acres and it made twenty*flve bushels , ir acre-, by acturi\l measurement: ..... ,j sJaf Upon my cotton I used about olie Hundred .-..->5 id nny pounds or guano per acr,e, very nt3 ammoiiiutcd ; principally ncld phosphate -sKSE id Kuinlt with stable manure; ,My crop lllavferftge 7*0 IbR. seed cotton per,.acre. I ?"? tveone hundred acres .In corn tllat wilt nkc me two hundred thousands bushels; " '^53 id one hundred und twenty in cotton that . til make me eighty five bales. My entire ' up is cultivated by tenants and croppers. I - "->M 11 taking the stumps from my land u> pre- <'iw ire tor machinery. When thin is done E ill use all the farm -machines thut I can ake available; hire all my bands for wage*, :* id make my land produce a bale ol cotton , ' J;r acre, or fifty bushels of corn and outs in. oport ion. This 1 am sure is easily possible* ia a little management and Judicious exfc ':iJ8gs nse will secure it. Gkokqiai t. ''m Washington Co., Of a1 ^ Organization And Crops! - ^ Southern Cultivatofi Does any mun know hall a dozen ihstnnfe&*?**^i liere our farmers have so much as united to - ^ ly fertilizers for one crop or bacon and other *:S ipplles to feed the farm bands? It so please l Us make a note of it. Is it worth while for lysetbfmen ever to try to organize ti* ;uin? I fear not; The Orange, in a great ^ eapurc, has failed ahd all other kindred casures have utterly failed j so what is to U?J , & jne ouijusi as we uhvcuuiu:?i?i/?v?ry mini lit for himself; this is a lamentable elate of ,v\{ Fairs. One reason, in some sections, Is thai osl of the intelligent citizens have gone to e villages and towns, leaving behind ho lall a per cent, of intelligence that no hu? "H3fS an means can ever organize It. Then thero o other sections more favored, buteveu <- *53 en there is a sad deficiency in the organism, '- % id a wonderful centrifugal force existing in ost places. Could our people be induced to ly and sell in unison with eachjother, what ?reat blessing it would be to them. ('here is ihe cotton plauter to end with nil . e ills befalling him to lute years? In ade* .'-*38 de how many cotton%rops have been made ' v53| profit to the producer, let me ask In all Xf mdor; and yet is there a whit of abatement - "? energy and vigor to plant it? I think not. : 3g irmers can Jensen any crop but cotton. Let ;3i rn, wheat, oats or any oihei* product? say .;'3t bacco?decline to u non-paying basis and >w soon you see them abaudoncd; but cot n, never. People hold to 5t with a sort of . ing grasp; all the best land, best manure, , : $ts st outfit of every kind set apart to cotton . id the man with half an eye to busines* lows perfectly well he can't make a cent at ^3a and ho is only working his vitals and ' uses away to benefit none but speculator*, lio care no more for him thau the dust unir foot. T'hun hmlhop fnrmdrq snna nf fnl!?fnilt. ss, bootless, foolish toll, toil of no use to m oryourfamily or country or God or inan, ' t lis, seeing these things, turn our backs upi cotton and plant something to eat, ami Ise grass, stock, patotoes and pigs and have * tne to play,with our children and put on jan clothes once a week at least. Lei us as body of farmers quit planting cotton so rgely, and if we make but little money wo ?ed all the less. [s the cotton planter as a general thing any Iter oft to-day than ten years ago? lean- -,y%i dly think not. There comes u p the Inqniry bat we are to do lor a living seeing wheat id corn and meat are low, how are we to ake a living but by cotton planting? Well, '*! at is a serious question, undone that en- ; rs Into the very Joints and marrow of us all. e can plant much less cotton at any rate, ul raise all niauner of other products that n be grown out of our kind old mothercarth, id have all manner of crops growing and out so many some are bound to pay. Try toceo, a Jew acres of sorghum, plenty of corn. hem. oats.Tnlenty of potatoes, Tfruits and getables, poultry and stock; nil these and ore and we can be tlie easiest living, happit people under the sun. The cotton spmitorand all the land sharks will be injured, it our salvation will boat hand> Egg* for Food. Southern Cultivator. We arc inclined to believe that farmers ould make eggs more a part of the family pply than has been usual with us; our pede are too much given locating meat. It Is cpenslveand certainly hurtful, taken into e stomach as it is usually cooked at Ulo >uth. If our people were more Inclined to :ef and mutton, and not so mnch sd to the ore stimulating pork with Its poisonous ease, we think wc would be more healthy* gorous and sound. Even this diet could bo 1 proved upon by the more frequent use of T< i? .miUnU rtnH nnv <Hot mnro nil- . V?* ;g9. lb 19 UlllitUlb bw UI1VIUMJ V* V V 1..V( v .. v itiotts, more palpable,or more easily digested inn eggs, when properly cooked. We won Id Ivise agoo'd Supply of thfi best laying breed* fowls, constantly fed upon egg-produclng od, that they may subply a good amount of lis wholesome diet, and reduce Ihe quantiof meat usually consumed on the farm. More than that, there Is scarcely any arilclo household convenience ttiat serves moro >od ends in cooking than cgjjs. Many kinds ' food have eggs us an essential ingredient, id they would be unknown to us, or at least utdesirable without this necessary element, ideed, there are but few articles of diet, adiltting of combination at all, but are greatly uprovcd by the addition of eggs In some inn. Itwould be well to give attention to ir poultry with a view to a larger yield of ;gs. Upon this subject we find the following nslble suggestions in the rupulur tidcucc lonlhly: Would it not be wise to substitute more eggs r meat in our daily diet? About one-third 'the weluht of an egg Is solid nutriment. LI IS is more i nit ii u;iu uu duiu ui uivm. > nvi ? e u<> bones, no lough pieces that have to ho Id aside. A good eg? is made up of ten irts shell, sixty parts white and thirty yolk, lie white of an egg contains sixty-six pi:r mtum water, the yolk fitiy-two percentum. radically an egg is animal food, and yet icre is none of the disagreeable work of the teller accessary to obtain it. The vegetaansof England use eggs freely; and many ' theso men are eighty and ninety years old, id have been remarkably free from illness. ::}js arc best when cooked four minutes Ills takes away the animal taste so otfensl vh i some, but does not harden the white or ilk so as to make them hard to digest. An :g if cooked very hard is dittlcult of digeson, except by those of stout stomachs; sucii fgs sliould be eaten with bread, and inastl- v ited very finely. An egg spread 011 toast is od tit fora kina?il kings deserve any better iod than anybody else, which is very donbtil. I-'rietl are toss wholesome tliuu tiled ones. A11 egg dropped into hot water not only a clean and handsome, but a deuious morsel. Most people spoil tlieir egt?s l- nddimr uenwr and salt. A little sweet . * ittiT is the best dressing. Kg^s contain inch phosphorus, wliloh is supposed to bo sc/nl to those who use their brains much. The Abbeville Press and Manner comes to us i a neaU new dress. We are triad to note the ccess of our esteemed exchange.?Elberton eailer.