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...., . ?' . . , m . .. .. . . ..-? . two*r. -!=. . - .- ? ' :...'. .HHMnHi it" -* Sttarw ?' - mi ' - ; - *.? ,*?VT. - " :?/?..t >j/U^MUK>4 ' ' V- J ^ rir^;ir^;=???ft' III ? ! . The Abbeville Press and Banner. | BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAKCH 31, 1886. VOLUME XXX. NO. 39, f * ' NINETY-SIX HIGH SCHOOL. iPBOSPEBOUS AND USEFUL IN DISPENSING THE BLESSINGS OF EDUCATION. The Beaitj, Intelligence and Refinement oT \lnety-Slx Assemble in Pope's Hall to Witness a Most Delightful Exhibition, on Friday Evening, March 26, 1886?Nearlyall of the Young People of the Vil> lage Take a Part, and Each Contributes If is or Her Fall Share to the Pleasure of the Evening. A * ' ? ? I- XU1 # !/>? /?Anon?llp OY/?{ foC t.Hp A RCIlWi CAUIUitivni ^uun??iij va??vw ?mv liveliest Interest among the people living in the i mined lute community in which 11 Is held, sand the performance in the Ninety-Six High School last Friday night was no exception to the rule. Every family in the village, in which there were children of the school age. was represented in theactois on that deliuhtfill occasion. The hull had been elaborately decorated with pictures, mottoes and festoons of evergreens and flowers, arranged with a view to pleasing ihe sight of all wl>o might come, and witb the object of administering pleasure to the taste of the most euilivated and refined. Towns in their infancy receive an impress from those who may for any reason become prominent. Years ago CoL. James H. Rice opened a good school in town. Then Captain K. F. McCaslan took charge oi it. and conducted il iu such a way as to awaken a still deeper interest in educational .affair*. In fact i people became permanently impressed with' the necessity of a good school, and they have j over since then been liberal supporters of that *?'i r? im.nvn nmnlwrnf fhiir JU9I IIU11UII* iu iaici jvuio v> w. -ntighly enercetic business men settled there. Jiurtly for the reason of the good school fucilties which verealways present. These men in turn made their impress on the mercantile interests of t he town ns a trade-centre. Such men as F. M. Pope, G. T. Jackson, J. P. Phill'ps, J. T. Miller. K. P. Quarles, E. M. Lipscomb, John A. Moore, E. Osborne, A. &. Osborne, S. M. Davis, and a host of others went to work with a public spirit and such an energy as to make tl?e town famous Tor its many anerean tile advantages, and since that time it has ever hHd an Important place in the hlsJorvof South Carolina. Yrhile they were at ti?e full tide of prosperity the proposition to build h raiiroadfrom Augusta to Launens Court House. came sinroltane*rasly with ti>e desire for a new county with ? Court House at that place. As either project needed the whole energy of any people, they let go the rid I road enterprise, and pressed the Court House movement with such energy as to ugltute the whole Stute from one fldeto the other. In the mean time the Greenwood people succeeded in inaugurating a railroad enterprise wtoich was afterwards crowned with success. The completion of the Auunrf Kno*vSUerailroad traveGreenwood *ucb advantages in freight as were injurious to the mercantile interests of Ninety SI*. The act of the railroad in discriminating against the place impressed the people with the injurious effect such a course would ultimately have on the town, and hence gave rise to dissatisfaction on the part of the people who were so devoted to the best Interests of that place. Smarting under the operations of discriminating freight charges, they sought relief from the authorities of the Columbia tfind Greenville Railroad Company by presenting Lheir grievances in person to the authorities, and after roaay delays and long deferred hopes, this tittle town, in her giant-like strength determined to be free from oppression, and to enjoy transportation facilities which should not be inferior to those enjoyed by any other town. A meeting was called last September, and tk?y resolved to makp an effort to buHri a railroad which should immediately ruu from \ugusta*to Greenville, and which should ultimately run from the coast over the mountains?f the Blue Ridge, and into the Valleys beyond. The people of the different townships alongMiie line of the propos cu roaa irom urreen vine m r?iuoi.?-oi.?. ncic a>ked 10 vote a tax for the road. Thts tax of live per cent, of the entire property was Hieerfuily voted with notable promptness and with praiseworthy liDerullty. The Ibonds were sinned last week and are now in the Guilds of Mr. F. M.Pope, ready for the market. He and Hon. F. A. Conner were to start to the money centres Hast Monday morning, and we presume they are now off on their -mission. A number of contractors, with hundreds of hnndsand the requisite number of inules and carts, are lushing the work tocomnletion, and it is wild that the track from Ninety-Six to Greenville, will be ready for the cross ties and iron within ninety days from this time, and the r<ad against which they complained will now he a bidder for carrying the Iron and machinery for a road which will be a lively competitor in the future The townships iu Edgofleld county along the line of the road Irom >?inety-Six to Augusta have l>a<t elections ordered, and it Is confidently predicted that no township iD old Edgefield will withhold aid from au enterprise which promises so much of good to them and to the whole country. If the Edzetteld townships respond favorably, in less than three months from to-day, hands will be shoveling dirt ulong the Martinstown wagon way from Ninety-Six to Augusta. It will not be forgotten that the people intend to take the cars Into the city of Greenville without the cost of a dollar to her. bet It wilt be remembered that the people of that city have given their promise to send the cars over the mountains without further cost to us. The e-xample and determination of the peor?ip ?if Vmpt.v-SsiT shoold insDire more Dreteu tiibus towns to greater efforts. Abbeville, for instance, should bestir herself. We hHy? already waited too long, and now, if we expe<rt to preserve what little of life there remains in I he town, we should act at once?act with the II vine present- There seems cow to be ? probability of the building at an early day <?t a great through line trom Monroe, in North Carolina to Athens, in Georgia, and as Abbeville Is directly on the line, the road, if built, is oars by rlglx?lf we only do oar duty. Let us not stand idly by, that other towns may take from us, at grent cost, what we may have almost for the asKing. The older of our citizens will remember the mistake that Laurens village made thirty-live or forty years ago. The people of that town knew that they were directly on the line between Greenville nnd Columbia. They withheld aid, tmd the road ; was diverted to Greenwood. Surely, Laurens 3?nd Greenwood have each received their reward. For thirty years Laurens was a dead village, and her tainble-down, weather-beaten houses testified that her commerce was gone ju>d her people discouraged. Greenwood, on the other hand grew apace, and is to-day the tnost favored town In all the stole. Abbe-1 vllie has quietly looked on while two roads liave been diverted from her gater- Let us 1 hen not fold our arms and allow this last and 1 " AWv.rt,.||la_?KA \fAnrna Phnc. oilljr ^iiuiivc IUI a?i cvmc?kiiv auvi?i vs. 9 ter, and Athens road?to be diverted from us, or to die because of our inaction. This is our last and on ly chance. If we lose that we are done forever. Such a road as is now proposed, would have Indefinite extensions at either end, and those extensions would confer theureatest benefits to every town along its entire length. Ninety-Six by her boldness and self-assertive powder will n<* only gtjt. a railroad, but will at the name time endow her school for all time to come. The farmers of the neighborhood, catching Inspiration from the schools, the merchants, ?nd the railroad builders, associated themselves together as a Stock Association, organized and held their first meeting last August, at which more thoroughbred and fine graded horses, cows, hogs and sheep were exhibited than were ever parked together at any one time on any one ground in the State of South uaronna. mis (luivemeui, wmuu ntn uuucu renown to Ahbevllle county, was lead by such men as James Rogers, junior, E. Y. Sheppard, G. T. Jackson, "William Johnson, and a host of others who.* names wc do not know, But really, the reader must excuse us. We have digressed. We set out to give the Drogramme of the Ninety-Six High School exhibition. We present the pieces of some of the scholars, but from the very nature of things we nius;, omit the pieces of others. This Is from no disposition to do more honor to one than to another, for in fact, some of the finest pieces and some of the very best acting have received mention only by name. At a few minutes past eight o'clock four little girls, as bright, as joyous, and as pretty, as xinv rhafc ever adorned a hearthstone or gave pleasure to h household, appeared.and each in turn delivered her share of the salutatory, as follows: SALUTATORY. Miss Sarah Lipscomb : We've come with beating hearts to-night, Our dresses neat and Jaces bright; Happy nnd proud we now appear, To thank you for your presence here. Miss Jessie Beacham : We are quite young 'tis plain to see, Perhaps not higher than your knee; But though we are so small in size, We trust our eft'orts you will prize. Jfis* Rena Pope : It's true we are both young and small, Hut the great oak tha t grows so tall, Must first begin as small as we, JJelore It can become a tree. Mis* Seppie McCord: We hope that If wc live and learn, And every base, mean action spurn, Before we close our earthly race, >. On Fame's wide scroll our names to trkce. All Together: As nil good things below must fade, So ends the speeches we have made; What's yet to come we dare not tell, But soon you'll see. Kind friends, farewell! Dialogue?The Way to Wvndham.?The boy was represented l>y Muster Edward Rice* and theStraneer by Master James Mlddleton. Recitation?'They r.sk us why we are so Bad. ? Masters William Quattlebaum, Smart Rearham, Marshall Moore ana waiucmur Wen ok. Recitation?Marshall Moore. Recitation?Parrhasius?Miss Ludie Bozernan. RECITATION?MR. NOBODY. Miss Lois Pratt: I know a funny little man, As quiet as a mouse. Who does the mischief that Is done In everybody's house. There's no one ever sees his face, And yet we all a^ree, That every plate we break wa6 cracked By Mr. No-bod-ce. Tis he who always tears our books And leaves our doors ajar: He pulls the buttons from our shirts, And scatters pins afar. fTk.?? e/vtioolrlnfy Hnnr will ol WQl'C fifl llPfilc. J For, prithee, don't you see, We leave the oiling to be done, By Mr. No-bod-ee. The finger marks upon the door By none of us are made: We never leave the blinds unclosed To let the curtains fade; The ink we never spill; the boots That lying round vou see. Are not o<ir boots! They all belong To Mr. No-botl-ee. Dialogue?When we are Men.?Masters Marshall Moore. Hiram Johnson, W'lsterNickols, Edward Rogers, John Fouche. Gus. T?ylor, Hasei .Smith, John Pratt, Frank Tompkins, Thomas Moore, Lovick Calhoun and Claude Boat-ham. Recitation?Not one child to spare.?Miss Sarah Lipscomb. RECITATION BY SIX-YEAR-OLD. Mis* Katie Turner: When Joe, and Knte, and Dick, and Bel Started to school last fall, I cried to go, and papa s? id He thought I was too small. I beceed so hard, at last he said, "Well, you can no to-day; For after this, I'm very sure, At home you'll wan't to stay." But I'm not tired yet, and you Can Judge now by my looks, Tlwit thouuh I am hut six years old, I like iny school and hooks. Recitation-Pleading Extraordinary ? Master Edward Rice. DIALOGUE?PHANTOM. Mother - Miss Lucy Moore. Daughter Ella Miss Archie Bozcnian. Merchant ? Master Henry Berry. Co''d servant, Julius Muster Jns. rvrKerson. Tom Highdon Master Jumes King. RECITATION?THE BURNING SHIP. Mixs Rebccca Moore : The storm o'er the ocean flew furious find fast, And the waves rose in foum ut the voiced t he blast, And heavily labored the gale-beaten ship. Like a stout-hearted swimmer, the spiay at his lip; And dark was the sky o'er the mariner's path, Save when the wild lightning illumined in wrath. A young mother knelt in the cabin below, And pressing her babe to her bosom of stiow, She prayed to her God, 'mid the hurricane wild, "O P'ather, have mercy, look down on my child r It passed,?the fierce whirlwind careered on its way, And the ship like an arrow divided the spray: Her sails glimmered white in the beams ol the moon, Alia uie wina up nioio hbuuicu lo yvihswv u tune,?to whistle a tune. There was joy in the ship as she furrowed the fouin, For foud hearts within her were dreaming of home. The young mother pressed her fond babe to her .breast, And the husband sat cheerily down by her nlde, And looked with delight on the face of his bride. "Oh, happy," said he, "when our roaming Is o'er. We'll dwell in our ooltnge that stands by the shore. Already in fancy its roof I descry, And the smoke of its hearth curling up to the sky; Its garden so green, and Its vine-covered wall; The kind friends awaiting to welcome us nil. And the children that sport by the old oaken tree."' Ah gently theshlp glided over the sea! TTnrlr ! what was that,? Hark ! Hark to the shout! "Fire!" Then a tramp and a rout, and a tumult of voices uprose on the air.? And the mother knelt down, and the halfspoken prayer, That she offered to God in her agony wild, Wus, "Father, have mercj, look down on my child!" She flew to her husband, she clung to hie side, Oh there was her reiuge whate'er might betide "Fire!" "Fire!" It was raging above and below And the cheeks of the sailors grew pale at the slirht. And their eyes glistened wild in the glare ol the liirlit. Twas vain o'er the ravage the waters to drip; The pitiless flame was the lord of the ship. And the smoke In thick wreaths mounted higher and higher, u vjuu, ik in leunui wj peuisii uy me. Alone with destruction, alone on the sen, "Great Father of mercy, our hope Is in thee." Sad at heart and resigned, yet undaunied and brave, They lowered the boat, a mere speck on the wave. First entered the mother, enfolding her child : It knew Rhe caressed it, looked upward and smiled. Cold, cold waR the night as they drifted away. And mistily dawned o'er the pathway the day;? And they prayed for the light, and at moontide; al>out, The sun o'er the waters shone Joyously out. "Ho! a sail! Ho! a sail!" cried the man at the tea, "Ho a sail!" and they turned their glad eyes o'er the sea. "They see us, they see us, the signal Is waved! They bear down upon us, they bear down upon 11s: Huzza! we are sayed." Recitation?Little Child's Wisdom. ? Miss Jessie Beacnam. MISS EDITH ENTEKTAINS HER SISTER'S BEAU. Miss Edith Mls&Seppie McCord. bister's Beau Master lieury Berry. "My sister'll be down In a minute, and says for you to wait it you please. And hays I might slay till she come, If I'd promise never to tease. Nor speak till you spoke to me first. But that's nonsense; for how would you know What she told me to say if I didn't? Dou't you really and truly think so? "And then you'd feel strange here aloue. And you wouldn't know where to sit, For that chair isn't strong on its logs, and we never use it a bit. We keep it to mutch with the sofa; but Jack | says it would be like you I To flop yourself right down on it and knock out the very last screw. Suppose yon try ? I won't tell. You're afraid to! Oh ! you're Hiraid they would think it was mean. Well, then, there's the album; that's pretty, if you're sure that your ringers are clean, For sister say*, sometimes I daub it; but she only says that when she's cross. There's her picture, you know it? It's like her; but she aint as good-looking, ot course. "This Is me. It's the best of'em all. Now, tell me you'd never have thought That once 1 wok little ns that; Its the only one that could be bought; For that was the message to pa from the pho tograph man where I sat? TDiil lie wouldn't print on any more uii nu { ilrstgot the money for tliut. "What? Mnybe you'er t ired of waiting. Why often she's longer than this. There's all her back hair to do up, and all her front curls to friz. But It's nice to be sitting here and talking like grown people. Just you and mel Do you think you'll be coming here often? Oh, do! But don't come like Tom Lee.? "Tom Lee's her 'ast beau. Why, my gracIouB he used to be here day nnd night. Till the folks thought he'd be her husband; and Jack says that gave him a fright. You won't run away then as he did; for you're not a rich man they 6ay. Pa says you're poor as a church mouse. Now are you 7 auu how poor m e t,ucj< t "Ain't you glad that, you mot me? Well, I am, for I know now your hair Isn't red. But what there Is left of It's mousy, and not what that naughty Jack said. But there, I must go; sister's coming; But I wish I could wait, Just to see If she ran up lo you, and kissed you in the way she used to kiss Tom Lee!" DIALOGUE?A WOMAN'S BUSINESS MEETING. First. Scene? I H usbund Master Thomas Ivlnard. Wire 311s3 JLilZZie juuvh, Second Scene? Meeting Misses Lizzie Jones. Archie Bozeman, Mary Miller, Belle Miller, Mary Lipscomb, Rebecca Moorn, Annie Blake, and Masters Hiram Coleman and Ernest Vinson. DIALOGUE?VACATION FUN. Grnndmother Miss Llla MooreChildren ...Masters Ashby Pope, Frank Tompkins. and Misses Sue Moore. Mairerie Rice. Lois Prati, and Maud Beucbam, RECITATION?CHARLIE MACIIREE. MUta Ludie Jiozeman : Touip over, romp nvpr t.he river to IT10. If ye are my .laddie, bold Charlie Machree. Here's Mary McPherson and Susie O'Llnci, Who say ye're laint-hearted, and dare not plunge in. But the dar rkolllng river, though deep as the sea, I know cannot scare you, nor keep you from me; For stout is your back and strong is your arm. And the heart in your bosom its faithful and warm. Gome over, come over the river to me, If ye ure my laddie, bold Charlie Machree. I sec him, I see him. He's plunged in the tide. His strong arms are dashing the big waves aside. O the dark rolling water shoots swift as the sea, But blithe Is the glance 6f his bonny bluee'e; His cheeks are like roses, two buds on a hnntrh : Who ?nys ye're faint-hearted, my brave latidle, now. Ho, ho, foaming river, ye may roar as ye go, But ye canua bear Charlie to the dark loch below! Come over, come over the river to me, My true-hearted luddie, my Charlie Machree. He's sinking, he's sinking, O what shall I do! .Strike out Charlie, boldly, ten strokes and ye're thro'. He's sinking, O Heaven! Ne'er fear, man, ne'er fear; I've a kiss for ye, Charlie, as soon as ye're here S rr.. -i??? r enn him ?flva otrnkpH. Phfirllp. iiu i inert, x PW> ??*? v , mair,? He's shaking the wet from his bonny brown hair; He conquers the current, he gains on the sen.? Ho, where is the swimmer like Charlie Machree! Come over the river, but once come to me, And I'll love you forever, dear Charlie Machree. He's sinking, he's gone,?O God, It Is I, It is I, who have killed him?help, help?he must die. Help, help!?ah, he rises,?strike out and ye're free, Ho, bravely done, Charlie, onc?more now, for me! Now cling to the rock, now give me your hand,? Yc'ro safe, dearest Charlie, ye're safe on the land! Come rest on my bosom, If there ye can sleep; I cauua speak to ye; I only can weep. Ye have crossed the wild river, ye're risked all for me, And I'll part from ye never, dear Charlie Machree. Recitation?The Brides of Enderby.?Miss Rebecca Moore. Dialogue ? Interrupted Recitation. ? Miss Sallie Bozeiuan, and Master Thomas Moore. DIALOGUE?AUNT BETSEY'S BEAUX. Aunt Betsey Miss Ludie Bozeman. Nieces Misses Annie Blake, .Sallie Osborue,and Lizzie Jones. Beaux Masters Thomas Anderson and Maner Rice. DIALOGUE?THE BLACKSMITHS. All?Clung, Clang! Master Thos. Kinard: The uiasslve uuvils ring. All?Clang, clang! Master Thos. Kinard: A hundred hummers swing. Like the thunder-rattle of a tropic 6by, The mighty blows still multiply. AU?Clang, clang! Master,' Thos. Kinard: Say, brothers of tiie dusky brow, \Vhut are j our strong arms forging now ? All?Clang, clang! w e lorge me couiier now,? The coulter of the kindly plough. Mister J amen Berry : Prosper it. Heaven, and bless our toil! May its broad furrow still unbind To genial rains, to sun and wind, The most benignant soil! Clang, clang! Master Wistar Nickols: Uur coulter's course shaII be On many a sweet and sheltered lea, Jiy many a stream let's silver tide, Amid the song of morning birds. Amid the low of sauntering herds, Ainiil soil breezes which do stray Through woodbine hedges tind sweet may, Along the green hill's side. Master George Miller: When regal Autumn's bounteous baud With wide-spread glory clothes the laud,? When to the valleys, from the brow Of each replendeut Slope, is roueu A ruddy sua of living gold,? We bless, we bless, tte piough. All?Clang, clang! Muster Thos. Kinard: Aualn, my mates, what glows Beneath the hammer's potent blows? A11?Clink, clank ! We forge the giant chain, Which bears the gallant vessel's strain, 'Mid stormy winds and adverse tides. Master John Fouche: Secured by this, the good ship braves The rocky roadstead, and the waves Which thunder on her sides, Anxious no more, the merchant sees The mist drive dark beiore the breeze, The storm-cloud on the hill; ?'Himiv hp r<'Kts. thouirh lar away In boisterous climes Liis vessel lay, Reliant on our skill. Master Ernest Pinson: ssay. on wliat samislttiese links shall sleep, Fathoms beneath trie solemn deep; ' By Afrlc s pestilential shore,? By many an Iceberg, lone and hoar,? By many a palmy Western Isle, Basking In .Spring's perpetual smile,? By stormy Labrador. Master Hiram Johnson: . hay, shall they feel the vessel reel, When to the battery's deadly peal . The crashing broad-side make.*, reply? Or else, a* at the glorious JN'tle, Hold grappling ships, that strive the while f For death or victory ? AU?Hurrah! Cling, clang! Master Thos. Kinard: { Once more, what glows. Dark brothers of the force, beneath The iron tempest of your blows,. The furnace's red breath? j AU?Chins, clang! A burning torrent, clear And brillinnt, of bright sparks, Is poured Around and up in the dusky air, As our hammers forge the sword. Master James Middltton : The sword !?a name of dread! vet when Upon the freeman's thigh 'tis bound, While tor his altar and hfs hearth. While for the land that pave him birth The war-drums roll, the trumpets sound, h How sacred Is it then ! p Whenever, for the truth and right, It flashes in the van of fight,? ii Whether in some wild mountain pass, A As that where fell Leonidas,? Or on some sterile plain, and stern, F A Mars ton or a Bannockburn,? > ?>r 'mid fierce ergs and bursting rills, The Switzer's Alps, gray Tyrol's hill*,? g Or, as when sank the Armada's pride, It gleams above the stormy tide,? Still, whene'er the battle-word *Is Liberty,?when men do stand c For Justice and their native land,? M Then heaven bless the sword! a All?Still, still, whene'er the battle-word Is Liberty,?when men do stand For Justice and their native land,? ' Then Heaven bless the sword! " - ' h TABLEAUX?THE SEASONS/ Q Spring .. Miss Rena Pope. Summer.,.. Miss Ajrnes Galphin. ? Fall ?.Mi*6 Ballle Osborne. P Winter Miss Lucy Moore. - b THE MONTHS. a January?Mist Maggie Rice: ? The world Is glad when I appear, 1 Because I bring the bright New Year. <3 I'm always first to come, you know, P But now I'll be the first to go! y Februuary-^-Miss Hennie Fouche: * They call me dull as dull can be, b Yet all true lovers welcome me; r Bright ey.es upon my coming shine, Watching for a sweet Valentine. , 11 March?Master Marshall Moore: " I am a nolsv. blust'rlng lellow, I whistle, blow, and whine, ana bellow. ? Tho' I urn rou<<h, I loudly sin* 11 The coining of fair, gentle Spring. April?Miss Sallie Bozeinan: 8 They say I'm tlcfcle as a lass I Who smiles on all the beaux who pass. tl I laugh and cry by turns, but give ft Much joy the little time I live. c May?Miss Sarah Lipscomb: h My name is May, and all delight p In my soft days and flowers bright r I'm always welcome, always gay. For old and young love happy May. tl June?Miss Rena Pope: n I come with roses white and red, A perfume o'er earth to spread ; b And always bring, while I am here, ti The loDueat day in all the year. b h July?Miss Lois Pratt: o 'l is not worth while for me to Bay n I bring the Nation's holiday; For every child, who Is bo high, t< Knows that "the Fourth" couics in July, p I! A u gust?Miss Sue Moore: F I am the month in which the gay o Sport on the seaside and the bay. c My loTg warm days the people please, n For while they last all take their ease. t! September?Miss Maud Beacham: * Alter the summer's burning heat, d My pleasant air is quite a treat. li In various colors 1 am seen, tl Urlghtyellow, brown and red and green. a October?Miss Daisy Fouche: I'm grave In mien, but rich in hue; li T hflmr Mia rlnnjt rrntc t r\ v/tll 1: A ui iiirj one ti pvau uuio wv j wm , & And though some say I'm dull and sober, t The veiy squirrels Juve October. L a November? Miss Eltic Moore : 1. My breath so cold the flowers fear, y And hide their heads when I appear; v For. like Jack Frost, I'm sure to bite p Each tempting leaf I find In sight. u P December? Waldemar TVenck : I'm old?but merry?as you see, 1 And many people fancy men ; d Each year, along with Santa C'laus, fl 1 make much fun for girls and boyd. t ? 8 t DIALOGUE?SHOPPING. l'l Merchant Master Edward Rogers. ? Customers Misses Llla Moore, Sue Moore, ^ Kena Pope. Sallle Bozeman, t and Master Ashby Tope. j, a DIALOGUE?THE DENTIST. b The Doctor Master Thomas Blake. I Dl/.n P inu i'Ullt'Ub iiinuci |j The Servaut Muster Michael DeLoach. ^ a Recitation?Marmion and Douglass.?Miss ?: Sallie Bozeman. s TABLEAUX?THERE \V'AS AN OLD M'OMAN WHO [ LIVED' IN A SHOE. 1 Old Woman : Miss Rebecca Moore. Children All the little girls of the school, 0 aboul twenty-five in number. -\ c d DIALOGUE?ANOTHER AKRANGEXJ3NT. <1 t Hannah Rainbow Miss Rebecca Moore, t Jobab Kluklns Master John Grlflln. a Josephine Cummins Miss Nettle Connelly, i Daniel sSpaulding Master Robert McCunts. 71 ~ il VALEDICTORY. V b Master Marshall Moore: > You've heard, kind friends, I have no doubt, \ The story o! the hupless lout., H Who had the hard, unlucky fate n To come into the world too late! a In reference to his sad case, f 'Tis fluid his woeful birth took place g U pon the last day of the year; o Added to Lhis, the fact quite clear n That it was also the last day c Of the last month?and people say, t 'Twas the lust minute's dying stroke Of the clock, that on the midnight broke. r I must be something like this man; 1 For, though I work the best I can.? f With faithful students have been classed,? \ Yet, somehow, I am always last! r I was not, tnereiore, mucn surpris e!, 0 When, at last, It teutonic To speak the valedictory; And. added to It was the sorrow, That I must neither steal nor borrowBut the said speech must emunate? Original?Irom my own pate. I knew I must perforce obey; ? I tried to think of what to say ; I racked my fancy, bruin and mind, Some fresh and new idea to And; I was ambitious to prepare A specch containing something rare; T I hoped to strike some stirring theme, , l'leasan t and sweet as some fair d ream; Hut 'tis a thing so hackneyed o'er By orators who've gone before. 8 That It would take a genius bright, : A valedictory to write, 1 That would not be considered tameMuch less add lustre to a name. Hlood from a turnip can't be squeezed; My conscience I at least have eiised. You know I've tried to do my best, And here we'll let the matter rest. For your attention so polite My earnest thauks receive?good night! Under the excellent management of Professor G. M. Lovejoy, with the able assistance of Miss Stuart, the school has reached a high degree of usefulness, and it Is an institution of which auy town might feel ajust pride. The exercises of the evening were conducted frointhe beginning to the end without the slightest mistake or hesitation on the part of any of the scholars. The actors were each choseu with a view totheirappropriateness or ability to perform the particular pieces assigned to them, aud the charming manner In which each one acquitted himself or herself, afforded pleasure to I lie disinterested spectamticf liouo In/lnoH Vlitrhlv if 1'fl tl- 1 fying to tlieir teachers who had labored sonssinuously t? prepare them for the occasion. We know that every parent, had reason to he proud of the occasion and the exquisite manner lu which the children acted. Honor is due alike to teachers and scholars fern most, creditable and enjoyable occasion, which realized between S-10 and $50 for the furnishing of the school house. "The man who sent 25 cents to learn how to make S50 a week at home working on a capital of 81, received the following printed slip * i Fish for fools as I do." i ; PURELY TOPICS AT TROY. i rNCLE SAM'S GOODNESS IN REDEEMING "CHAWED" MONEY. ? L Perambulating1 Fraud-Mistake as J to Postmaster* Beint? Official Re* i celvers of Punched Coin, Mutillat cd Currency, and Poorly Executed Counterfeit Money?Various Other Matters. Troy, March 27.1886. A movement looking to the building of a otel here tills Hummer on the Joint stock lan Ik assuming shape. Dr. Wllwee was down here last week in the nterest of the Greenwood Building and Loan LHHodatlon. The General Assembly of the Southern 'resbyterlan Church meets In Augusta In lay. Beaufort haR been attacked by the advance uard of the Salvation Army. The Augusta Chronicle is out with the first nakc story of the season. This effort of the chronicle's snake-story editor Is not a very redituble production; but perhaps practice Mil improve him. Dr. Talmage's sermon in last week's Press nd banner Is one of the very best efforts of hat accomplished word-painter. Troy crawls into its hole about dusk each vening and remains there until about nine 'clock the next morning. A stranger com? ' ? />.?? ??o? Ani'lr uinnlrl fhlnlr that, hfi Ug 111 IAJ lunil aiOLI uuin nuu.u ........ ad wandered Into a first-class graveyard. i We have seen and heard of various mishaps I n a railroad, but never, until last Thursday ( id we know of the fuel on a tender catching < re and having to be dumped off. This hap- t ened on that day on the A. and K. road. i The colored Presbyterian church, which was 1 rrecked by a cyclone last summer, will soon < e in better shape than ever. t Of the 1933 arrests reported by the marshal i a having been mode last year in tbo city of t 'oi Hand, in the Prohibition State of Maine, c 120 were for crimes directly resulting from 11- I uor. This looks as it Prohibition does not | rohlbit. i Mr. Glenn Youngblood. who for the past two i ears lias been .clerking for Captain T. J. ; 'onngblood, will leave us shortly and go into uslness for himself at Mt. Carmel or Wood- j utTs. Mr. Youngblood is a young man of exellent character and good business qualiflca- i Ions, and we can safely commend him to the t ood graces of the people of whatever com- 1 mnlty he may decide to locate among- t The communion services at the Presbyteri- I n church next Sunday will be conducted by i ur ^ \frt?l?Au?o nf CI far* n irAnfl t lie nev, >V . I, llmnicnrui uiwunwvu. A building In reur of Mr. Ben Cbiles' real- ] ence, occupied by Ills colored cook, was de- i troyed by fire last Thursday forenoon. As t he wind was blowing almost a gale at the 1 lme.lt was a miracle thut the dwellings of 1 Ir. Chiles und the Rev. draart were not also i onsumed. j The Klberton, Ga., Gazette pays that a daily i ack line will be established between that i lace and Enright's on the Savannah Valley i ail road. Hall county, Ga., In which Ir located the hrlvlng little city of Gainesville, after trying 'rohlbltlon for two or three years, gives 371 lalorlty against it. Now at this day comes Kentucky, the hoted of free trade und tha home?Henry Watarson, and kicks tigalnst the Morrison tariff ill because it puts hemp on the free list. If emp was used us freely in Kentucky as it * * " -1- c3?a?a ii>aii1/I ugbt to oe, me peopie ui wiul omto < uu.u ot object to Its going on the free list. Homo persons have an idea that a postmassr Is required to receive mutilated currency, < unchea coins, ?tc.. in exchange for stamps or < n payment of postage. This Is a mistake. 1 'ostuiasters may receive such currency or ' olns, but there is nothing in the postal laws < ompelling them to do so. A postmaster Is 1 ot even onliged to make change; they do i bis as a matter of courtesy. I Alfred Sigler, the colored man who was kill- i d on the Suvuntiah Valley railroad on Mon- i ay of lust week, resided in this place, where J e bad a wife and six children. He left here < lie morning of the accident In perfect health, i nd a few hours afterwards was a corpse. lu 1 he midst of life we are in death. < The Cumberland Gap railroad meeting held < n Greenwood last week adjourned until the < 5th of May. When the 15th of May comes i he meeting will probably adjourn until the i 5th of August, and wheu the loth of August 1 rrlves they will nodout>t adjourn until Hie i 5th of next year. We made the prediction in j our columns some inontlis ago that. this road fould be built about the name time that the 1 -* * " 1 a t> o 1 iroposed union 01 me u. r. wnu t\, , hurches was effected. "We still stand by that I ircdictioi). < The Paalm Singer, speaking of Prohibition f n Troy, says: "The barrooms have fallen l lown and the glasses were taken and the ! lasks and the bottles and the demijohns anil i he kegs and the barrels." This is true in re- I ard to the glasses and the flasks and the bot- i les and the "demljacksbut if our reverend ' rleud of the Psalm Singer will keep his eye l n the depot he will become convinced that i here is quite a respectable minority of the 1 ;egs here yet, and that they are "taken" to i Lugusta pretty regularly and filled with Geor- I ia soothing syrup. The Macon, Gh., lelegraph gives this good i dvice to ball'-fledged base-balilsU: "When a ' >ase bull club learns that it can't play ball, i he next, best thins: to do is to hire a farm and I o to raising cotton. Twelve lusty base-ball- 1 sts enn run an eight-mule farm and raise one i lundred and twenty bales of cotton. i Our school girls have a military company ' .nd a base-ball nine. The former will come ] niton'dresfi parade some time during the i umtner,and the latter will perhaps tackle l he nine to which their brothers and sweet- i learts belong. We notice that an individual by the nameof | Yevilllck is perambulating through the i iouth and making speeches in lavor of the < * _ TT.. 1 | ugaulzation Known as me ivu^uu ui u?.uu.. Vnen Tom Crittenden was before the people ] if Missouri as the regular Democratic cundilate fur governor, thin fellow Trevllllck was i me of the orators imported by the Green- i lackers to stump the State in opposition to he Democracy. He is a rank communist and . fraud on ceueral principles, and should not >e countenance by Democrats anywhere, Some days ago an Edgefield farmer by the lame of Miner brought to town what had or- < ginally been a small" roll of greenbacks, but : vhich had been "chawed" almost- into pulp i lyacolt. The bills were in a little cotton | ack and safely stowed away in aside pocket i n Mr. Miner's coat. The coat was taken off j ,nd thrown upon a fence, the sack fell out. i ,nd Mr. Colt attempted to make a meal of it ; ,nd Its contents. As soon as we examined the | rngments we told Mr. Miner that the United i Hates Treasurer would redeem every dollar i if it, drafted a letter for hiin to that ofilci?i, ind Instructed him to enclose tlie sack and its I ontentsina registered letter and forwaru he same to Washington. He did so, and in ust one week from the day the letter was losted here he received a check on the Sub'reasury in New York for 835, which is dollar or dollar. Notwithstanding Uncle Sam is ery kind to his numerous nephews and i?"t. fnw of us anureciate him as highly ts we should. THE LAW ABOUT PARTNERSHIP. ] iomething1 to Command the Atten? j tion of BuMiness Men. | Wlnnsboro News and Herald.'] Section 132(5 of the Revised Statutes says: Svery mercantile partnership In Llils Slate ti addition to a proper or conspicuous ign-board or plate containing the name i.nd style of the firm, shall post up and keep >osted up in some conspicuous place at the >usine8B stand and stands or the flrrn the giv>n and surname of each member of the firm, inder pain, in case of default, of being sued md proceeded against. without naming me i ndivldunl members of the firm, and also of orfeltingnnd paying Individually and each he sum of fifty dollars to any one who shall iue for each and every month they shall nake such default as aforesaid. Any person lonductlng any business as agent shall post ip mid keep posted lit like manner the name )f Ills other principal under the like penal^On more than one occasion throughout the Hsite considerable litigation has been created i roin a failure of business houses to comply vlth the requirements of this law. How | nany business houses in tno Mine metn- ims, lemand of the law Is hard to way, but we i ,hink wo are safe in saying that it is a very , imall tninoiity. Another Railroad lor Greenwood. Greenwood 1'ribune. We notice with pleasure that efforts are be-1 ng made to organize the Chester, Greenwood md Abbeville Railroad company. This rail-; -oad was incorporated at the last session of! :he Legislature, and it will be an important: uJjunct to the railroad system ol Greenwood i md Abbeville county. We are glad to sec, that our friends at Abbeville are taking ai lively interest in the matter, and we feel safe ' In saying that the people of Greenwood may : be relied on to do their full duty. J>t the corporators hold a meeting without delay! No man will so speedily and violently recent a supposed wrong as he who is" most ac-j customed to inflict injuries. I THE GREER FARE BOX. [nventlve Genius In Austin Soon to Bloom for Future Fame. A rutin (Texas) Sunday Tidings. What more beautiful picturesque and lnterjstingiy historic spot couldun Inventor de>lre rora which to rudiate the silver-iinted ruys >f his genius, than the pride, the gem, the liciropolis, the capital city or the Lone Slur State. For this purpose it is churmingly ronan tic and could not be duplicated. Hence, r. W. Greer, Esq., the quiet, thoughtful meihanic, the man whose taciiurnLty and phi- < osophic,turnof mind has often been observed ind DroDbeticallv referred to. mav well be i proud of the city whose euphonious appella.loii is destined to be inseparably connected ! vith hid own wncn tiie results evolved by bis ingenious brain, and made tangible, useful ] ind beautiful by his plaistle hand, are made tuown to the world. The 'Greer Fare Hox," i atcly born in his mind, will displace all the sontrivances now used us a receptacle for Jfere, >n all street railways In America, Canada and Sngland, for from each of the government# lamed patents will soon be procured. Then he most perfectly faultless as well as thel| nost ornamental fare box ever invented will . >e Introduced to the public, and rapidly find ts way to all men and corporations interested : n the street railway business. It possesses i features of rare beauty, convenience, safety ind durabiliy, of which we arc not now at iberty to speak. Another and more valuable 1 )f Mr. Greer's Inventions is a Car Brake. L ills uruKL' upeiiiiea wnu equal ensu auu hue:esson the street-car drawn by horses and ;hat propelled by steam on the railroad. It i ;an readily be adjusted to a car of any length, md will furnish greater leverage than,any >rake now in use. A car equipped with this levlce can be placed in the centre, or any oth;r part of a long train or a short one, carrying i different brake, and yet be under the easy ind perfect control of the engineer. When ;hls brakes is used by band, a half turn, retiring no more than half the strength of one irm, is sufficient to lock the wheels instantly ind perfectly, if occasion should demand a Hidden stop: so suddenly, indeed us to pre:lpitate every passenger to the lioor If need )e. As these rare inventions will soon be alaced on the market, further particnlars are low withheld. Mr. Greer has conceived and jrystallzed many other useful things in years past, but had none of them patented. His last productions, howevnr, will be. He Is 20 rears old, and was born In the romantic little city of Abbeville, in South Carolina, of pa ents who can boustof no other Inventor, el,her atnong their own children or along the ine kindred in any direction. The boy J. W. itunrlu nlnnp hun fnnirhl. thfl ficht. nilfl WOO :he victory alone, and alone will he erect a nonument to hl8 memory which will perpetrate hit* name to the latest day. He will jlaee hi.s name side by side with other emilent and honored American Inventors, and hus add another star to that grand galaxy. Sis name,destined as It is to be Inscribed, ilgh on the scroll of fame, Is une of which his jresent.bome, the "city of the hills," may iustly honor. Success has stamped its imarint on the wings of his genius and there t will sparkle and shlue throughout the comng ages. THE FLEA OF TEE CHILDREN. rtae Curse of Inherited Moral and Physical Depravity?A Great Problem. , [>lE. P. P." in Qlobc Democrat ] Dickens' picture of a school for training jhild-lhieves is literally true In all our large :itles. Those who have to do with distributing children, taken from the crowds of New Fork, Into Western homes, are frequently :ompelled to send back boys and girls of 10 or OWnnva nf nroctmia anrl hr>rp<ltljirv vlHnils less. Passions that would not In a health organization appear before 15. In these children ire violent at 10. There la 110 possible way ol nanaging them in the way of trust and love, [t is Inherited grossness. When the curse of lepravity gets to he a fixed bias, or instinct, n-hat the tneologians call "uatural depravity," it is perfectly normal that the child mould be bad. buch badness is not to be lealt with In the way of punishment. Whatjver theologians may determine about eternjtv. it is clear that punishment is not the rlgnt treatment for a naturally bad creature in this world. What we have to do is to stop :he increase of total depravity and as soon aa aosslble bring it to extinction. Congenital disease of a physical sort Ir only ess terrible than congenital moral disease. But you have only to walk along a tenement thoroughfare to observe bow few or the chlljrcn of Ihe lower classes are free from some jort of malformation. Forgetting altogether that not one In one hundred approaches any idea of form or feature, these fa pre*ent an istoundiug proportion of constitutional deformity. From the face to the feet there are ulcers and sores. Rickets and Ills and fit. Vitus meet us In every other tenement. Opthalmta alternates with crooked und crossed jyes. Moral obllqultlty flnd6 all sorts of oblique physical expression. Bone disease, cancer and all possible outbreaks of poisoned blood are common. It was the writer's fate at one time to go more or less among the tenements of Now !fork city. While It is true that feeble health, miserable wages paid to women and sudden losses drive a large number to these crowded buildings, yet by far the largest partof the occupants are such by heredity. You can tell a uatural-born tenement dweller by hlH looks, rhere is an utter lack of the Individual about tilm. "When not criminal, he Is a case of arrested development. I could never get over the Idea of their all being parts or numbers of someone thing. Each one is defective somewhere; in legs bowed, or in arms skinny, or In eyes bleared, and hardly a shapely head among them. I ho children are born as a part af the system. I do not refer to those tenements that are largely tilled with dangerous brutes and thieves, but those a grade hisher. - - - ? * 1- * ? r Morals ana pnysiqut; gu lugeiuei. in u jutustory room I found a liquor-seller's family, L'OiiKlsting of eight girls and the wife. They had no hesitation about changing their rags to put on their ush-barrel flnery, although it lelt them for a time in a state of nudity. It whs not immorality, but a non-morality; a total laek of moral sentiment or sense. How could It be otherwise. They occupied but two rooms, and one of them was hardly bigger than a closet. The opportunity of those eight girls in life is what concerns us. I do not care 11 half-penny what you think about their fate In eternity, I want to know what chance they are going to have here nnd now. There is nothing In your Chinese problem, or your negro problem. or your tariff, to compare with this problem or the children, iviumpiy inis pight by 10,000 and imagine an army of 80,000. I will not run the figures beyond thousands, because you can eel h mental picture of 1,000. But the children that lack decent moral and physical begetting and culture go far beyond that iu these .States ol ours. Some Advice to Girls. Ram Jone? closed his labors for the week in Chicago Saturday night with a sermon to girls only. There were over 4,500 present. Among other things Air. Jones said: "Girls, watch your company. An angel from heaven could not keep some company that girls do in Chicago and not be corrupt. Pure, noble ulrls siand alone on this earth for beauty and glor}'. Boys go in bad company, but the hope r>f this land is in its pure yirls. Oh! be vigilant; guard your parlor. Beware with whom and how you uo to entertainments.'' Mr. Jones then indulged in a long description and denunciation of the perfumed young man. He also described a cnase oi ladies alter ppider-legged jdudes. "Toll me what jour associations"are, young lady, and I will give you a glimpse of your history. ]s hean exquisite dancer? Does he wear perfect pants? Is hiH hair parted elegantly in the middle? Does lie clerk in a big establishment at 660a month and spend S40a month for hoard, S30 a moRth lor carriage hire and KJOa month for theatres/ Dues he convince you that he he has not. a stingy bone in his body? I.?o you think he is "Just nice?" vvh?rii rines he cet iiis money ? * * * . "I am in love with the wool hat and jcanpants boy. He starts at $11) a month, sticks to business anil the wool hat till he puts a thousand a year; then.gets t.o bo junior partner, then senior partner, and finally owns the ! whole stock where he does business. You stylish pirls do not like him; well, he likes you just about ns well, for when he wanted ii wire he went back to his country home and married plain Mary, and for a few years It was love In a cottage, and now he has a resilience on Michigan avenue. Girls, tie to these wool hat boys and they will take care of you. i "A beautiful girl of this city arranired to attend a wine slimier last week. When the night came she seilt word, saying, 'I can't l'o: i my heart lias been touched at the, meetings.' i Now she lias brotmh three of her assoelates I herewith her. What, do you want of wine: suppers, oh! mothers? No matter what the devil may owe you, if he sends you about! iliree drunken sons-in-law lie will have puiil you all the debt ami you will receipt in full. I Then, girls, watch these tempers. 11'a girl is ugly to her mother she will make it warm in her own home, if she ever has one." All the girls who talked ugly or saucy to mothers i were asked to stnrnl up. There was no upris-: ing, not one. '"Mothers, overhaul your libra* j ries. A young girl oneo said she was terribly i bored by reading the Bible. The poor, silly, sap-headed thins:. Some mothers tlx their> duughter to bo damned." I CHICKASAW'S FUELING BILL. H ?-m INKLINGS FROM SUE WEST. ; */$ Honored Editor?Honored Student*? Jluslc In the Air?Personals and Other Matters. [Associate Reformed Presbyterian.| Mr. W. C. Haddon spent lost Sabbath in Anderson. Mrs. J. E. Bradley left for her home on Long Cane Wednesday. . . D. H. Magill, Esq.,and family were npvisiting his father's family last week. - ^ Dr. Edwards with his orchestra will ftirnlsh music for the Junior Exhibition. Miss Rebecca Cater, of Abbeville, spent a night In town this week with relatives. ' Mrs. W. E. Younts, of Pineville, N. C.ris- . vlsltlne her grandfather, Rev. J. Boyce, D. D. Mr. James R. Cunningham, of Abbeville, visited Dr. Miller's family last Sabbath. Remember thequanerly meeting of the con-crregation oc Saturday nest at Z o'etock, P. , .< M. * ?. > All who heard the serenade last WednesSajp night thought "it was tire sweetest nouslo they , :T ever heard/' ' ..i jiiss .ucuoBaiuy oi itew iorw? is again wuuR. M. Haddon & Co., of Abbeville, in tBe toll-' linery department. Mr. Chales S. Brlce. of Chester, has been appointed chief of division in the second comp-troiler s office at Washington at an annua) Bulnry of F2,100. ! Rev. J. T. Chalmers, of Wlnnsboro, will de* liver the sermon before the South Carolina College Y. M. C. A. in June. George C. Hodges, Esq., the present efficient School Commissioner of Abbeville county, spent a few hours in town last Monday. Mr. G. B. Riley, of Walnut Grove, in this county, had the misfortune to lose nis residence by Ore last Wednesday morning. A defectlve flue was the cause. We learn that the Rev. Mr. Birnbach, of the United Presbyterian Church, Is soon to_vi*lt tne eaiior or me rsaim miner, lie v. K. * . Bradley, at Troy, S. C. > Messrs. Moody and Ban key are expected to hold meetings in Columbia on the 29th, 80th and 31st March. The C. & G. Railroad will iwsue tickets to parties going on the 27th, 29th > and 30th, good for four days, at two cents per mile each way. Prof. Lee ha* again opened his photograph gallery. He can always be foand in his office on'Saturdays and on other days by appoint- . i< ment. The ProfetBor has secured new scenery, Ac., <fcc., and Is now ready to finish np pictures in the finest styleof theart. Go and examine his work. . * % Some forty of the farmers of Abbeville county have Issued a call for a convention at Abbeville on Sale Day in April for the purpose of organizing a County Farmers Club, and to chouse delegates to represent them In the State Agricultural Convention to be held 1 * in Columbia on the 29th of April. ;V We hear the wish expressed on all sides that the students of Erskine would secure the services of those young men who gave us snch nice music last Wednesday night and Thursday aiternoon to furnish muuic l?r them dur nig tne commencement, we nope me sin- , \.j dents appreciate the ability of tlie quartette nnd that they will gratify the cultivated taste of the cltizcns by employing these gentle- ,v men. " .Since onr last issue we have been approached again with the question, when are we to have another one of those delightful entertainments by the teachers and pupils of the Female College? In fact they fcave proven v V such a pleasure to those at home that persons from a distance are asking for the time of the next. *3. ~-.:>)4sg The young men who were out serenading last Wednesday night placed us under special obligations Tor the swe^t music discoursed for our benefit. We thank you, gentlemenf for the compliment. We assure you that the treat was very much enjoyed, and we have it from competent Judges that it could not have been done better. We append tbe names of quartette: Prof. J. W. Magi 11, first cornet; 1). H. Magi 11, Esq., second cornet; Mr. J. L. . > Pressley, solo alto; Mr. John Glymph, baritone. Below will be found the names of the participant# In the anniversary exercises of the Amellan Literary Society of the Due West Female College at the Commencement In June: President, Miss Clary Sharp, Donalds, S. C., Vice-President, Miss Stella Holland, N. C.; Secretary Miss Daisy Verner, Bachelor's Retreat, 8. C.; Valedictorian, Miss Leon a Blake, Greenwood,S. C.j Junior Reply, Ml*? Macie Brice, Mieniiopy, Fla.; Medals presented by Miss Allle Prult, Due West, S. C.; Debitors, Miss Nannie Lathan, Due West, S. Cn and Miss Susie Whitesides, Rlcbburg,S. C.; Alumnse Essayist, Miss Susie Calhoun, Doe West. S. C.: Ushers?chief, Miss EalaHaddon, Due West, S. C.; assistants?Miss Gertrude . ; Brown lee, Bel ton, S. C., Miss Bessie Mitchell, Biackstocks, S. C., Miss Daisy Ruff, Wlnnsboro, S. 13.; Committee of Invitation, Misses Lutie Brlce, Carrie Calhoun and Susie Lee, Due West, S. C. ?^ Cotton Seed Meal. rjft A South Carolina farmer writes thus about the use of cotton seed meal for fprtiizlncr nurnmpsr Cotton seed meal is cumins; into general use among the armers of the South for fertilizing pujposes, as they learn it is a more effective manure than the whole seed. It used to be the custom to apply It alone to such crop* as cora and cotton; but of lute years it has becorao generally known that its effects are obtained most advantageously when it is mixed with kalnit and acid phosphate. The mal contains nearly 9 per cent, of ammonia. but only 2% of phosphoric acid and \y2 of potash; and therefore when acid pho?phate, which contains 13k percent, of potash are added, it will be seen that a very powerful compound is formed. The usual proportions are 1,000 pounds of the meal. 500 pound?. of the acid phopsplmte and 5'i0 pounds of* kainit; and when mixed together the total cost oi the mixture will be about 822 per ton. It must be borne in mind thnt the three {nfvwA/llnnto nnmo/1 own tK/Uifl ihnf i} CUCllllUtl lU^l tujtuuj iiuitibu. ntu vuvnv vumw are especially valuable to crops, and must be contained in all manures that pretend to contain the requirements of plants. And the experience of cotion farmers has demonstrated that none of the guanos that are sold for even much higher prices can approach thia compound in effective value. The addition of a ton of stable manure forms, with the other three ingredients, the very best compost known in the South. Tills compost, which Is practically what is known elsewhere as "Furman's formula," has been in use in South Carolina slnfce J877, but has been known in Georgia and other States during the post five years only. It is simply iu accordance with common 6ense to mix together in due proportions the materials that contain the elements needed by crops, and It Is what any fanner can do for himself. The meal Is more valuable for manure than the whole seed, because it is more Immediately available to the plants, and contains a a larger per cent, of fertilizing matter in proportion to hulk. When the whole seed is used a considerable portion of It does not rot, but dries and shrivels, or rots so slowly that <rr?u.-inrr ^rniiw fitil tr? hfineflt. t>v It. Anil in all oases the oil in the seed retarifs the rotting greatly, while this oil has in itself no innntirJal value whatever, but only represents so much value wasted when the whole seed is used. In a ton of seed?about 61 bushels?there aro nbout 3.> gallons of oil, worth 80 eeuts per gallon; and, therefore, where whole seed is used, about. S12.25 of Actual value Isr* thrown away; besides which, one ton of the, whole seed is really not as effective an the 800 pounds of meal that could be obtained from it. Aeouralely. one ton of whole se^d has really not hi) effective manurlai value to the soil of ?18.50, while the iSOO pounds, of meal that It contains have an ett'ectlve value of fta.' Many of the oil mills, and there are one hundred ard thirty in theSoutb, offer to exchange with farmers one ton of meal for two tons of whole cotton seed, and to pay transportation both ways. Wherever this can be done it is a very advantageous arrangement for the farmers. But it is a suicidal policy for them to sell their seed outright to the. mills, for very few of them will ever buy back the. meal, and their lands will be permanently Imnavn^lwKoH Tf Jhnv will nafeiMt In fiollinjr thetr se^cl they should at feist realize that even in its whole (state It has t\n effective val? ue to the soil of fully thirty cents per bushel,. and when they are induced to part with it for less price they nre imposed upon. 9fnnure the Orchard. "While young trees may be kept in a vigorous condition with the application of Ihfht dressings or manure proviuius me mnu in kept well cultivated. old trees, ?r trees that bear large quantities of fruit, must be kept well supplied with plant foodof somedeserlption, or the trees fall to grow well, or to produce good fruit. It is a mistake to permit grass to grow In an orchard and cat it every year, and apply but a slight dressing of manure once lu a half dozen years. When a ? f to r% bnn ft'Am un /\t>n).nt./l *K..i f n crop 1m klil^ in wi1vii iiwiii uii um.uaiu ti'ui 10 producing fruit in considerable quantities, Jt should receive ft j.'ood dressing or manure.every year: tills will not only secure a good crop of grass, but It will very much lncreuso the size and Improve the variety of the fruit. When an orchard is to ho dressed with stable manure it should always be applied In the imtuinn. but if quick acting commercial fertilizers be applied, the spring is the best' time to apply it. \ v