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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1885. VOLUME XXX. NO. 20.
THE SITUATION I Aim!
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THE "RECORDER'S" FULL AND EXPLICIT!
VINDICATION OF THE GOOD PEO- j
PLE OF THE TOWN.
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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. ?
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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.' " ^
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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
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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.