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O The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wednesday, April 14, 1886. % ?? The Trial of BIsliop. We copy from the Yorkville Enquirer r most interesting account of the trial of Bishop, | Charged with murder in the killing of ah 'town marshal who had followed him up and ' ?pproached him in a threatening manner. While Bishop was not entirely blameless, from a careful reading of the testimony we iareof the opln!on that he should have been Acquitted. It seems plain to us that the town marshal was the aggressor and had followed Bishop up after having been frequently warned not to do so, and finally when he approached him with pistol in hand he shot l?lm as we think he ought to have done. Because Turner was marshal of the little town of Black's, he was not authorized to shoot nnd kill whomsoever he pleased, and if the testimony is to be believed he certainly intended to kill Bishop. Before the killing, the ; ^gravest charge against. Bishop was that he was drinking, and had talked "loud." This , ihv the State's own witnesses, while the de tendant's witnesses saw no misbehavior which woule warrant hi3 arrest. Bishop thought the Intendant had previously wronged him, and it seems that two members of the council concurred in that belief. The recollection of this supposed wrong, together with the whiskey which he drank inflamed his brain, and caused him to talk indiscreetly, and for this, Turner evidently meant to humiliate him, or to exercise a terrible power which he supposed his little office gave him. The fact is, the town council had no authority to order or to permit the town marshal to shoot anybody. The presumption is, that the town marshal is a peace officer, and not an individual to walk around town With a pistol iti hand to follow up, aggravate and Irritate injured citizens with a view to tilling tnem. Does anybody doubt that Turner meant to kill Bistiop ? Caia any*>ody see a scintilla of evidence to warrant 'him in pursuing Bishop, or in arresting him ? DM any human being ever before hear of the IntendantoT a town ordering tho marshal to shoot a retreating man's horse? Did any man ever hear of an Intendant telling a marshal to do "his duty," in such a way, and with tueh a meaning, as that sentence evidently had ? Whiskey was the prime cause of the whole .affair. The temperance people may draw tneir own conclusion from this case as to the propriety of little towns selling whiskey to inflamo men to indiscretion, and then arming men with bludgeon and pistol to shoot and kill. If the town had not permitted the whiskey to be sold does anybody doubt that any of this trouble would have arisen ? It ralgnt be well to rescind the charter of all the little towns that furnish liquor and armed marshals to promote disturbances and authorize the brutal abuse or the killing of unfortunate citizens who may partake of the down's mean whiskey. 'The Negro as a Failure. We publish in this days issue a communication which recently appeared in the Augusta Chronicle from the pen of Mr. Benet, on the TNegro question. We commend it to our readers as an admirable presentation of the vexed -subject. His leading idea that the South jieeds a Yeomanry, and not a peasantry has iour^hearty approval. Thnrt our readers may see what is thought of 3Ir. Beuet's article we publish the following! ttwo references. The Chronicle says of it edi-! torially. The communication of W. 0. Benet, ofi Abbeville, on the question : "Is the Negro a| Failure?" is one of the ablest of the articles j published in the Chroniclc. j Judge Reese of Washington, Georgia, in a letter,to the Avgusla Chronicle says: ""Allow me'to say that I am greatly obliged j to you and Hon. \V. (?. Benet for his article on the nezro. It is. as the youn? Indies of our day say. "perfectly splendid." It is rich in sound ideas, expressed in the choicest language. It oiu'ht to he scattered far and wide, amongst the thinking men of our country. The White Hall Schools. Messrs.T.J. Hearst, James A. Bighv, and fceRoy Lee, were in town last Monday in the Jutqrests of a 6chooi on Hard Labor for bene" fit of the children of white renters in that neighborhood. The matter will be referred to the State Board of Education, being, we be. lieve, the first appeal of the kind which has ever gone toJC'olumbia from this county. Met-srs. DeBruhl & Bradley have charge of the ease. Should the authorities in Columbia decide to sustain the School Commissioner and tne Board of Trustees in their refusal of a sehool to white renters in the same neighbor-1 nooa (O WUIVIl uic; UUVU IUI jmio guru ?v colored school, we mny in the future publish some of the Interesting papers in reference to the same. The renters on Hard Labor have j no doubtof the justice of their cause and have nothing to keep from the public eye. The Citizens" Sleeting. The people of Abbeville held a meeting in the Court House last Thursday afternoon. No great amount of gas was expended, but the meeting gave evidence of a determination and a unanimity which was gratifying and Assuring. Thos. P. Thomson, Esq., before the adjournment asked if there was a single individual present who was opposed to the move i^ent, and urged, if Buch person be present, tliat he speak out. No response came to this 0 appeal, and everything indicated entire harmony. AU were Impressed with the necessity of the road, aod all were willing to contribute their part to its success. The Homestend. We present the full text of the decision of the Supreme Court in the Kurz case. It will be found interesting, as settling an important j question as to the ri^ht of homestead in prop-' <erty to which the applicant may have only j equitable right or title. Heretofore theopin-l Jon prevailed that the right of homestead did not exist in such cases. Messrs. Tarker & JdcGowan carried up the case on appeal, and liavo therefore established a new doctrine. We'll all be Dukes and Earles. - The editor of the iVcws has not labored under the burden of a long primer Daily in vain. A correspondent from North Carolina addresses hira in a letter as "Gen." Major Murray, Major McSweeny, Colonel Jno. W. II. Pope, Lieutenant Chas. Petty and all the other line, Held and staff officers of the State] press will kindly take the back seats and j ?..!?? <l.nli.tio?i?ni!nonlfiillv Clri'ivnviillp Vchu I lainu bUCIl UUVOIVO^VWim^t V W?v?*vw *>vwv? The News seems to forget that the editor of the Abbeville Medium is a real live, sure enough General. Declaration of War. Tne County Chairman has announced the usual meeting of the Democratic Club on Sale Day in May. This looks like opening the campaign. The Sort of a Woman that Abbeville Needs. Carolina Spartan. Abbeville now boasts of an electric woman, Mrs. Henry E. Moore. It Is Paid that one of -- ' ?nlnno hnr hour! nn tnn nf a tn. ner i?mb is tu ? ? ? ... . ble, which will move with such force that! three men cannot hold it still. The sort of a i woman that Abbeville needs is one that can | jay her band on Brother Wilson of the Press > awl Banner, and magnetize him so that he i jylll never want to move far away from her. Farmers who purchase mules may be Interested-to know that the Texas Live Stock Jdurnag asserts that in all the branches of live 'fctock raising iu Texas, nothing has resulted more satisfactory than the production of; n,iules. The'most easily sold production at any age is the mule; the weanling, yearling, i two-year old, the work mule, all sell readily! &t II vin? figures. In mule-raisin*, the revenue is di/rlved safely and surely, if the ranchman or farmer does actually raise the mules, which he can do if -he attends to his business. ' A weanling mule'is worth from to S&j; so 1* a three-year-old beef 6teer, according to < xvhcrc be Is raised and his condition. McCORMICK AND THE MEASLES. Hpttvv Frost?Writ of Mnndnmus? Fishing Party?Sample Room. McCokmick, April 12,1SS6. The heavy frost last week scared a pood many of the early gardeners pretty bad. Fortunately nothing was injured but Irish pota- . toes. They were nil killed. J The measles have, got through their wild carecr in our midst at last. Only a few cases now. for which we arc profoundly thankful. Mr. James Cothran, Jr., and Mr. A. A. Traylor were the only sufferers by a death in each of their families. Truly the hand of Providence was light, even with them in their severe affliction. 5 Last week Judge Withcrspoon issued a writ of mandamus agalhst Messrs. C. L. Cor- < ? jvr ii,.r,driv nn/i Wm TTnrmnn. mana- I ICY, c 1U. 1JLW;iiuii.\ (Uk\t ?? ?V>. ...v..r sers of election, on a sworn testimony of twenty-two affidavits of responsible men, 1 that the Tray lor ticket should be declared elected by said managers, or show cause at < Greenville, S. C., on Friday last why said ticket should not be declared elected. The mana- ] gers refused to do any thins?. So last Thurs- > day morning Mr. C. L. Corley went up to ' your town, procured the services of Messrs. 1 Bon ham & Cason and proceeded to Green- i vflte. He returned saying '-that Judge Witherspoonhad sustained the managers, and the men declared elected by them would be in- i stalled." A fishing party consisting of Messrs. J. H. 1 Jennings. J. 1\ ltobinson, W. E. Penn, J. P. I Smith, John Cox, and T. M. Scott., went over 1 to Maj. J. M. Dorn's last Saturday and enJoyed a most delightful day. The Major is < the most clever man in Edgefield county, and J his wife is a model of a woman. We got. there i about o'clock and proceeded at once to the J pond. Pretty soon our fishing poles were < ready with plenty of good bait to tempt any fish from the size of a minnow to a sturgeon, J but all proved abortive. We cruld not (or ' that is several of us) even get a bite. Mr. . Smith carried some dynamite along and we tried this as a last resort, by tnrowmg it mio the water and letting it explode, stunning the 1 fish if anj'should, perchance, be thereabout. Nothing, however, was seen on the water afterwards but a few little silver fish. But if < we failed on the fish question we were invited I to as fine a dinner as ever the writer sat down to, prepared by Mrs. J. M. Dorn, one of < the bst housekeepers and business women in the county. Maj. Dorn has quite a lucrative ' business outat his house. A large water mill to gin, grind and saw, and a planing machine, also a store near by, besides his store in town, and his valuable place m North Georgia. Every one enjoyed the day, fishing, hunting, Ac., and will long remember it we had the pleasure of meeting, while there, Mrs. Self, mother of Mrs. Dorn and sister of our friend i Dr. J. H. Jennings, We have been without a council for some t Imp Mr. W. A. Branch sometime ago converted the store adjoining his hotel into a sample room, which is very convenient for drummers visiting our town. "Voter," "P. L." and Creighton have had a lively time within the last month over the reccnt election. Notwithstanding the many pieces that have been written by "Voter" and ' "P. L." no hard feelings exist between them. It wns merely a question of right and wrong ?nothing else. Up the railroad on Snnday afternoons Is ( quite a favorable stroll for several of our young uaen and ladies. RAILROAD MEETING. ?? Enthusiastic Speeches ? Unanimous Actions?Appointment of Delegates to the Meeting in Columbia. Quite a number of the citizens of our town and vicinity, responded to the call to meet in the Courthouse last Thursday evening to take into consideration the proposed Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville rail road. On motion Mr. L. W. Perrin was called to the chair and Mr. James K. Perrin requested to act as secretary. The chairman stited the object of the meeting, and called for the views of those present, conccrning the proposed road. Enthuisastic speeches were then made by Messrs. W. H. Parker, O. T. Calhoun, J. T. Parks, Judge J. S. Cothran. Mr. E. G. Graydon offered the following resolution which was unanimously passed. liexolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that this town will in any event make a subscription equal to three per cent of our taxable properly and that if the condition on which a subscription was made to the C. C. G. & C. K. R. is not complied with by that road we will subscrbe a sum equal to tlve per cent, of our taxable property. Mr. Parker moved that in addition to the corporators, the chair appoint fifteen delegates from Abbeville township, and seven from cach of the townships of Magnolin and Calhoun's Mills to attend the meeting of the corporators to be held in Columbia on Tuesday next. The motion was adopted and the following were appointed. \V. C. Benet, T. C. Seal, G. C. Hodges, W. 0. Bradley, G. A. Vlsanski, E. G. Graydon, John O. Edwards, K. ]}. Gary. John Knox. J. (J. Miller, Samuel Evans, Jr., George Wilson, J. S. Graves, James II. Barksrinle, Frank Henry, W. 0. Dnudas, Samuel W. Cochran, R. K. Hemphill, M. L. Bonham, M. A. Casot). Magnolia?Samuel Hester. Jr., W. M. Taggart, O. T. Calhoun, J. S. Norwood, Wm. Riley, W. W. Wilson, Edward Calhoun, Col. Jas. E. Calhoun, L. C. Haskell. Calhoun?W. R. Powell, J. IT. Morrah, T. G. Baker, B. Boyed. J. H. Latimer, G. Cade, W. P. Widomnn. S. S. MeBride. Tlio meeting tlion adjourned subjcct to the call of the chairman. L. W. PKRRIN, J. S. Prtirix, Chairman. Secretary. The Time ifor the Public Schools. The Public Schools should be taught in the winter season. First, because the term for each year should not be divided and there is not time between the closing of the summer labors on the farm and the gathering season to teach the yearly term. There arc but few farmers who can spare their children from the farm, and the most of thf.ni i?p?iprnllv bi>i ihroiiffh their worK from the middle to the lust of July, leaving a space, of from four to six weeks before the gathering season. Now where the Public Schools run from three to four months during the year, how can the term be taught in the summer? And again : We need teachers of experience, of more experience than most of us have had and those who occupy the places of tcachcrs should be those who expect to make teaching a profession. Now, il the schools arc taught in the summer season, when colleges and other higher schools are closed, there is a number of students turned out, who will flock to the school rooms, simply because they want to make a few dollars and have nothing else to do, who never expect to make a teacher. Some say the winter season is too rough to send children to school. It is true, we "have some very unfavorable weather in the winter season. January is generally the most unfavorable month and there may be a few days that children cannot go to school, but there are few men who are very busy at that time of 1 the year and when a very bad day comes, they might go with the children and assist them it they are small and let them get the benefit of the public money. It is true, small children are somewhat exposed while on the road to and from school, but after they reach the Kctmnl. if the toucher attends to his business. they are less exposed than when at home. Parents, attending to their domestic affairs cannot see after the children as the taacher can do. Many limes childrdn will stay at home, because there is snow on the ground, or because It is a rainy day and will spend the day in skating or building ponds on branches and the like. There is no comfort in the hot days cf August and September. What can children do during such wrathcr? About all that they can do is to flght gnats and flies, while some of the smaller ones, perhaps, are over in one corner asleep and occasionally falling off the bench. Of course, all this Is very pleasant to both pupil and teacher. There is not a schoolhouse in the county that is not located on some church grounds, or near enough tor the pupils to attend revivals during the revival season. When the schoolhouse is located on or near the church grounds, if the teacher should attempt to teach during the week that the revival Is car rica on hi. truii cnumi, mc kuhuui wumu uc ?vj greatly confused, that little good would be accomplished. If the schoolhouse is not at the church, it is near enough to some church, or churches, for the children to attend and most of the schoolhouses are near to three or four churches, and perhaps there will be a revival at each church, and the children must attend. In this way the most of August and a part of September is consumed. Considering these, and other reasons, that could be brought forth, can we not very readily conclude that summer is not the time for the public school? C. L. H. Raising Hogs Successfully. Cotton Plant. In the first place, hogs for successful feeding must be strong In bono and muscle, produced by grass, with little or no corn. \\ e never feed green corn to hogs, because we consider It unhealthy, and grass isjust as beneficial and much cheaper. A full feed of corn should not be given before it is dry enough to crib. Another very important matter is the sleeping apartment; in fact, it is of essential iinpor- l tance, Our hog house, a cheap board shed, without floor, the highest part on the south, j i with boards hung to raise and lower to make! an opening for the sun to shine in. The rest 11 is composed of pure surface ground that soon 1 worked into line dust, which will frequently remain so all winter and need no replenish- 1 ing. Experienced stock men have often raised their hands in holly horror at this?na- i ture's bedding. In order to preserve the bed 1 well it is necessary that the ho^s should fill ' the house comfortably full. This can be ar- 1 ranged by fencing oft" part and enlarging as ' the hogs fatten. The dirt should be replen- ' ished every fall, and it is a good plan to have I some stored to add at times dining the win- < ten. This kind of bedding never gets hot or i cold and is conductive to the health of the ' hogs. ? GREENWOOD GREETINGS- ? ' Pi Ol rHE EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES OF "AB- I' BEVILLE'S ATLANTA." w w P' Building and Loan Association Roanoke and Southern Railroad Sl ?Cotton Chopper?Bill Arp?Per sonal Notes and Comments. 'c'( Greenwood, S. 0., April 12, 1886. [{ Hon. W. P. Wlueman, of Troy, was on our " streets last week. Mr. A. A. Gage is organizing a dramatic ~ ;lub, and has received his first play, "Under ;he Clouds." We are glad to learn that Mrs. Dr. Maxwell, r. ivho has been quite sick, is convalescing. * Our postmaster has received very flue and ~ complete lock-boxes for the post office. p, Marlah Jefferson, colored, formerly of this place, died in Columbia last week. Her re- ? mains were brought here and iuterredju the ?! Save-all cemctery. She raised a respectable * family of cliildreu, amonj wtioin were Paul lud Silas; the former is a Presiding Elder in f' Charleston, and the latter was editor of the ? Enterprise published in this county, but is " now a Presiding Elder in Columbia. Mr. J. S. Marse, who has been buying cotr " ton here during the past winter, will return to his home in Charlotte to-morrow. He bought over 6,000 bales while here. lf Mr. J. T. Simmons' beautiful one-year-old }| :olt got snagged yesterday while trying to " lumpover hlsgarden paling. Thewoundwas nicely sewed up, and will probably get well. Jj Mr. Simmons expected to exhibit her at the F1 n * AKl.AiftllAin Ifntr H JUl l-niiwiv at awuv ?iiic<a iuuj. Rome one of our citizens will petition the u authorities of the Augusta ana Knoxvllle itai I road to run a special train on Sunuay to * Augusta during the meeting o' the General ? Assembly, which meets in that city in May. " Prof. Cunningham has charge of the Bookkeeping department in Prof. Boozer's school. ' We hear his pupils are making rapid progress. ^ Bill Arp, the Georgia humorist, has accept- JJ ed an invitation to lecture here some time ' this month in behalf of the Methodistchurch. r Col. S. A. Pierce and his superintendent " came up on Saturday to take charge of their ^ rock quarry about five miles from here on the r Greenwood, Laureus and Spartandurg Rail- J road. p We had the pleasure of meeting Prof. George ^ Hodges in our town last week. He was visit- ? ing the schools In this township. J; Dr. B. F. Duckett, who has been practicing ? medicine in Newberry with much success, has " located in Greenwood to practice his profes- " sion. Greenwood always welcomes yonng , men of energy, and we predict for the Doctor ? a cood practice. Capt. R. W. Lltes, of Troy, paid our town a ? visit last week, He was the guest of Dr. A. P. t, Boozer. J.' A called meeting of Greenwood Building ,, and Loan Asuociation was held at the Green- " wood Hotel lust Thursday night. The princi- { pal object of the meeting was to make some i changes in tiie by-laws and constitution. " Three hundred and titty-seven shares have ? been subscribed. All the money of the Asso- f elation has been loaned out at 35 per cent. ? The Association has several bids for the May " and June installment already. f Mr. Allen Eden, traveling salesman for a ? large dry-goods house of Baltimore, attended % The meeting of our Building and Loan Asso- " ciation last week, and was so pleased with its working and the interest manifested that he ^ subscribe J for shares. ? Mr. S.C. Dixon, of Greenville, exhibited on fl our streets Saturday a new cultivator and cot- i ton chopper which he has Just had patented. " We claim to know something about farming ? nnd pronounce his cotton chopper a failure. * His cultivator is the best we ever saw. ? Greenwood will send to Columbia to-mor- f ? /-?. H r> fti'Aiirr /I nl nmi 11 mi I r> fonrutunt. Ilpr In- . torests at tile meeting of tbe Chester, Green- |( wood, Abbeville and Elberton Railroad. . Our Intendant received a circular this morn- " ing inviting Greenwood to send delegates to the great meeting of the Roanoke and Southern Railroad Company, which will meet at ? Roanoke City, Va., on the 20th of April. This ' road is gotten up to form connection with ? Southern independent lines. Four routes are , proposed, three of which will come by this : place. Our Intendant will suggest the fourth , route to connect with the Chester, Green- ' wood, Abbevilleand Klberton Railroad. Thi6 ^ movement is supposed to be backed by the J; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. ^ While Greenwood has justly earned the rep- ? utation as "Abbeville's Atlanta" on account ? of her business boom railroad facilities, yet[J she can boast witn equal pride of her educa- " tionnl advantages which are second to nonei^ in the State. In addition to her Female Col-! leee which ranks among those of the highest | j: order, and her male institute which is doing j J: a noble work for her young men, she has one ! i of the finest colleges iu the State for the edu-1 f cation of colored youths. A brier sketch of I V t hp Rrcwpr Xnrrmil Institute will doubtless be !! of some interest to the public. The college { was founded in 1S72, and lias been presided!, over during this time by Prof. J. D. Backen-|f stoseand an able corps of assistants. Two hundred and sixteen students have becu in1* attendance this year, representing almost ev-! * cry county in the Stiite. Prof. liaokenstose | ^ lias, by his upright and consistent course of z, life won the respect and confidence of the , public, both as a scholar and Christian gentle- I inan. The school year commences on the first, Wednesday in Octobcr, and closes on the last , Thursday in June, at which time a public ex- { amlnation is held, with other appropriate ex- : erciscs. The price of tuition is seventy-five J. cents per month for one pupil, and one dollar i j for two from the same family. The property : of the Brewer Normal Institute is a hand-1 some building and grounds, and was pur-1., chased In 1870 by a Mrs. Perry, a lady of1 J wealth of Boston, Mass., and presented to ine j ~ American Missionary Association. It is H named Brewer In memory of an only child of; t Mrs. Perry, who married and died when quite J young. Mrs. sustained the school until her, 5 death a year or two n'40, and at her death left ^ It an endowment. The building is well fur- , nished with handsome school furniture from ? a manufactory in New York City, while many ? additional rooms for the accommodation of' J" boarders are furnished with all necessary convenience':. The design of the school is to give a thorough educational and moral training to young persons, thus providing competent teachers fur the public schools of the State, t While the school Is patronized by the colored c race exclusively, yet "It excludes no student f on account of race, color, sex or sect. I Y. Z. ^ m i ?' r ? . wr ?w.. I jrruservmg' m'niiii vi amut;. i Cotton Plant. | Disease is more prevalent among swine than ! any other class of farm animals, as a rule. This is brought about by defective feeding,] watering and sheltering. Monotony of diet fa i the worst fault in feeding. No other food so well suits the convenience of the swine raiser! as does corn. It is well adapted to the production of fat, but lor growing stock it does not yield complete nourishment for the body. The physical well-being of the hog, like other animals, demands a variety of food, and unless this variety is furnished, the health of the animal is impared. It is also necessary to i feed soudd and clean food. Filth and manure j on the food is just as inimical to tho health of] swine as of other animals. When we consider the quality of the drink supplied to hogs i' we have yet greater cause to wonder that the amount of disease is not greater. Foul drink is just as productive of a diseased condition of the body when drank by a hog as when drank by a horse; and as we learn more of the nature and cause of theswlno plague we under- s stand that so fur as t lie neaitn 01 me animai i > is concerned we would belter give foul water to the sheep, cow or horse, foul water pro- t longs the life and favors the vigor of the bucil- F Iils, and when drank produces the germs of e this most virulent of all swine diseases direct- c ly into the bodily organs. Although the hog i can endure more cold than any other of our I farm acimals, yet of all it is most injured by a t wet hide. To preserve its health it must be fa- c vored with dry shelter. If allowed to burrow t in straw or manure plies it is sure to get over- t heated and disease is produced. All quarters c should be kept as clean as its food or drink. I Prevention will be found to be the best medi- > cine for the hog in all cases. \ The breeding of swine, like the breeding of c all other domestic animals, has become a scl- 1 ence, and to make it a success it must be con- c ducted systematically like any other busines-s. c The carelcss breeder need not expect to reap c much reward for his money or labor expend- t ed in this direction. But where they are pro- I iiprlr iminiiwrt. mvini> mme more nearlv be- 11 ing the everyday, always available stock of o the farmer than any other species of domestic ( animal intended for the shambles. With most other stock he has to wait two or three years for a full return on It Is Investment, but from his hope he gathers a crop every season. The hop is always on hand to uso up almost ^ any respectable refuse which may be placed ^ before him, thus converting a great deul of j otherwise worthless provender into ready -y cash. He is the farm scavenger as well as the annual replenlsher of the farmer's purse, n Where he is properly bred and cared for he Js j c certain to bring in better dividends than bank j 8 stock or other investment, in proportion to U the amount of capital invested or labor ex* v pended in his behalf. May his tribe increase, i n - ' ~ If The Cow Pen as a Jt ortder crop. j | American Agriculturist.] t Tho cow pea is one of the most valuable J fodder plants for the South. We have seen a j1 crop of peas which yielded four tons to the [6 acre of most excellent fodder, and It left the : ^ ground in the bestcondition for sowing wheat. |J] Another farmer sowed peas among his corn, J ut the last plowing, covering them with tho jj 1 plow, and we should estimate theyield on the j " ground, of both crops, at a ton tind a half of; { corn fodder, and forty bushels of peas, with h the corn equal to thirty-five or forty bushels f to the acre, and a large quantity of pea straw, 11 which makes'good feed. The common opin- j* ion tlie South is not a stock countiy is entire- h ly unfounded. With the long growing season. n the really rich, but bally managed (toil, audi" the great variety of fodder, crops and feeding i ' stutts, it is notatall exaggerating the matter ' to say, that beef cattle can be reared to one I'1 thousand pounds weight in three years, at a ai ^ostof one cent per pound live weight, and, VV n addition, there is a large quantity of malure left, which is really iuvaiuabie to the southern fanner. F The Cultivation of Corn. Many readers of the Cultivator are aware lat it is the practice with many farmers to low up the entire corn-bed about the middle \ May when the corn is about two feet high, 'the season following be dry or if there are aly occasional showers, the roots 01 ine corn ill grow mainly in the lower pulverized soil, here there Is constant moisture, holding lantfood in solution. The after cultivation i usually done with a sweep, run shallow to can the bed of grass and to pulverize the irface soil. We will suppose a wet spell of ;n days or more to follow this May plowing? ow will the corn be affected by it? It will uise the corn to grow rapidly. The corn >ots will in a short time take possession of ie entire corn-bed; upon examination Ihey ill be found near the surface, because they innot grow in the too wet soil below. The ,aiks will grow unusually large and tall, and ie ground will be covered with grass and eeds. In this condition of the crop, the faricr llnds himself in a dilemma. If he should mclude to let the corn and grass grow to3ther, he cannot expect much of a yield, and he should determine, as he usually does, to ean the eorn-bed of grass and weeds, what feet will this working have upon the corn? will Ka offonK rtf hplnclnpf thff l?rOWth r the corn at once to a stand-still. In a short me the lower blades will begin to turn yel>w, what is called firing, which will soon ;nch up to the Insignificant shoot, the aborfci ear. What has caused this sudden change i the appearance of the corn ? The answer I rould give is, the plow has done it. It mat;rs not what kind of a plow may be used, nor ow shallow it may be run over the corn-bed, i will cut and destroy nearly all of those roots lat grew near the surface during the wet jell of weather. The corn has been severely )ot-pruned, and before It can recover from lis root-pruning the time for making the ear as parsed, and the result Is a complete failre of the crop. In the last twenty-five years I have seen this ret spell happen several times about the first f June, and In every instance the corn crop 'as more or less injured?not so much by the ?et spell as, in my opinion, by the faulty culIvation before and after the rains. Such a ret spell happened in this section last summer, commencing about the 25th of May, and istcd two weeks; the corn was plowed as usnl and revived. Afterward I heard several irraers attribute the failure of the crop to the ret spell. But Is it a fact that a wetTpell liapenlng about the earing time of corn Is calculted to injure the crop? Unless It is in land do relentive of water, or not properly draind, I cannot think so. I believe it Is mainly lie to a faulty cultivation. II such a cultlvaIon be attended with so much hazard to the rop as I have shown what better system can - 1 ? I " * ? ?onArtnno whathor fhp K luaiuutcu W lllnuic nubverr, n uvviiv> v..v enson be wet or dry ? My object in tills comnunlcation Is to call the attention of farmers o a plan which both observation and experlnee have proved to be more certain than the ne usually practiced. In a Southern climate like ours itislmporant to have the rows wide apart, say 5 or t aet. and not to have the corn too thick in the rill. I will confine what I have to suggest tialnly to the use ot the plow in cultivation, saving details to the good Judgment of the irmer. As soon then as the corn Is largt nough, go around it one time with a fournch scooter, running It as deep and as neai he corn as possible Fifteen or twenty days fter itils plowing, go around a second time unnlng one furrow with a 4 or5 inch turning hovel Just outside the schootcr furrow, and hrowing the dirt or soli well around the corn talks in thedriil. After thissecond furrow is un, the hoes should follow, cleaning the narow corn-bed and bringing the corn to a stand rliioh Khnnld hfl thin enoutrh to stand and dr reII In a moderately dry season. Again, ir ilteen or twenty days a third furrow should >e added to the corn-tied. So far one furrow la time and at suitable Intervals has beer Iven to the corn-bed; our object in this Is tc ive a fresh supply of pnlverized soil to tlx oots, but no moie than is deemed necessary o grow a moderately sized stalk, reserving lie middle to be given when the time come: o grow anear. If In the meantime the midle should become foul, it should be cleaned pith a sweep or other suitable plow. At this stage of our cultivation, suppose r ret spell should occur, how will the corn b( fleeted by It? The roots will grow near th< tirface for the reasons given above, hut will ie confined to the narrow corn-bed made bj he six furrows already given, und the oper hlrd furrow will prevent them from reach' ng the unbroken middle. As soon after the ains as the ground Is in a condition to he ilowed, the cultivation can be resumed. The orn-bed is to be let alone whether it Is grassy >r not. The grass and weeds cannot be de troyed by the plow without also greatly in tiring the corn roots, the very thing to b< .voided. But the middle can now be plowed mt entire with a turning plow, ;throwing the lirtas far over the corn-bed as possible tc over up all grass and weeds that have comt ip during the wet spell; those the plow canlot cover up had better be let alone, except si nnch of them as can be destroyed with the 10c. They are in some respects like the tare* ound growing with the wheat, had better b< etgrow together until harvest, lest in destroy ng the one the other may be injured. If lowever, there is no wet spell after the third urrow Is run, when should the middle be Mowed out? Just when the corn is about tc >utforth the tassel; then the entire corn-bed lion id be made that the roots may get poses Ion nr all Lho cround williin their reach in irdcr that they may appropriate the fertiliz nj; elements of the soil to make the oar. Ii his he done too early, and the season be fa'oruble, the stalk Is sure to grow too large md then, If the season should be utifavora>le about the Lime the ear is putting forth and naturing, the soil may not afford water and ertilizing elements enough to maintain t argc stalk and to grow an ear at the sum* line. If it is necessary to plow corn after this tc cecp the bed clean, it should he done with weep, run as> shallow as possible. Any cult i ation to be succeKsful must avoid the cutting ?i' the root* just before and daring the tinu he ear is making. In this plan I have onij ;lvcn the nmin points, leaving minor detail; o be applied as occasion may require. If II ;an be improved let it be done, for I am sun nany readers of frhe Cultivator would appre :iateany suggestions that would enable then: o increase the production of corn and mak( t il more certain croD. K. McKINNON. Which Breed? There Is more or less of a controversy as t< he comparative merits of the several breed; >f improved cattle, and looking at the matlei rom their separate standpoints observers an >.v no means agreed In their Judgment as tc vhich breed Is entitled to the meed of super! >rity. rfome of this diversity of opinion If indoub'tedly due to the favorable or tinfavor ible condition under which this breed or thai ias oecn tried, but In the main The Gazette 1j :onstructed to believe It is due to the fact tha he majority of people who own cattle of anj jarticular improved breed, no matter whai he breed may be, are so well satisfied with he merits of the cattle they have that the) lannot conceive it possible that any othei attle can excel them, and thoroughly thej nust from the nature of things be the bes here Is. Hut while one man claims theShort lorn best for beef, another that the Hereforc s best for this purpose, and a third and fourtt toutly maintain a preference in this regarc or the polled breeds, and while pre-eminenc< n the dairy is claimed for both the Jerse) ind the Holsteln, and while the air resounds " " " " <* ? i i A.. vith the praise ana ciaims in un mo uiecu? .'he Gazette ventures to ask Where Is tin crub? I\'o one appears to say a good wore or tiim?it is not even asserted that he isgooi or anything. It is not pretended that h( ilaces money in the bank to the credit ol anj nun, or pays anybody's taxes. When people et to talking about what kind of cattlels th< jest his name is never mentioned. What does it all mean ? Is there not some hing siguifleantaboutit? Evidently the ex >erience of the world is against him, and ev irybody knows he is not the best, but on th< :ontrary, if not actually worthless, as near t( tas it Is possible for any kind or cattle to be t seems strange under Ihese circumstancei hat any one can continue to cherish him. 1 ?ne cannot decide which among several goot hings is the best, why content himself witl he very worst? If one desiring to hoard r lollar were confused by the arguments of th< l-mnlullcic oml mnnn-mptjillsfji. flj! to whict vere the safest, a gold dollar or a silver one, II vould be a very unsafe solution to select i lollar made of copper. But this Is practicaly what fanners do who stick to scrubs be ause they cannot satisfy themselves whlct >ne of the Improved breeds is better than an >ther. Why hesitate? They are all bettei hun scrubs. Any choice among them will iringan Improvement and secure advantage.' ind profits which will never cotno from ar inherence to unimproved sorts.?Breeder'i Hazctle. Fatal EfFect* of Alcohol. [Scientific American.\ According to Dr. Richardson, alcohol cuts town by disease, in Englandand Wales alone ,000 persons a week. What, adds the Doctor, t any other cause of mortal!ly did the same 1 rVhat if 1,000 persons per week died in the ame area, from tho bite of the rabiu dog o: lie snake, by the swallowing of arsenic, plum, or prussic acid? What ir some mouand persons a week were known to be killed >y ttic secret devices of the slow poisoner, vho, under the guise of friendship, went bout and instilled into his victims some suble drop which led to the shortening of their Ife and lo the production of lingering organc fatal disease? What, indeed, then M'onld ie the cry and the action ? Why, all through he ranks of the great profession o/ medicine here would be a tumult of labor and toil, uch as never before was seen, to remove the alamity. Men would be ambitious to bo Irst to discover by experiment, by experience, lie cause of so fearful an evil, and to remove I llrt H'hn XlfAtl thf? viptnrV ver tlie calamity would be extrolled as illusrious. and, crowned with honor, become a ousehold word from among the children of iscutapius. Yet here one single cause malei\g this deadly havoc, a cmise well known nd easily removable, in spite of Its evils and i face of its easy removal, is permitted to relaln in sight with ?i majority of the army of ledlcine looking on in apathy, pitying us poor foolish fanatics" who are exercising our inited powers to uproot it. and some, with io rest, of the world, so sharing the calamity s to become copartners in tho destruction 'hich follows from tho participation. Remember the opening on Thursday and riday. Win. E. Boll. 4-7 " / The lace braid hat-. This shape will become Immensely popular before the season 1b over. Every lady should have one. \Vm. E. Bell. 3-31. Never before was such beautiful millinery shown as we will exhibit this season. Win. E.Bell. 3-31 We have all the new shapeR in hatR this season with trimmings to match. Don't fail to call on openine days, 8th and 9th of April. Wm. E. Bell. 3-31 Ribbons! ribbons in all the new styles. Pe"* ?* ? ."in Ka naarl hnth Inr hut. nilrl rirpSH UUbOill/lll nni wu m >v#v% ?wv.. .... ? trimming. Wm.E. Bell. 3-31 Flowers! flowerH and ribbons will be the lending hat trimming this season. Plumes and tips are also used. Call and see them on opening days, 8th and Oth April. Wm, E. Bell. 3 31 We expect to 6how a beautiful line of millinery and dress goods on openingdayp. which will boon the8tn and Oth of April, we invite all to come, both old and young, big and Bmall. Wm. E.Bell. 3-31 . Colored lawns and Crinkle Seersucker calicoes will be nsed for cheap wash dresses. Wm.E.Bell. 3-31 Crinkle Seersucker, baurefte cloth and boucle ginghams, for ladles' wash dresses at Wm. E. Be'l's. 3-31 White goods, lawn plaids, natisook plaids, Victoria, India and Persian lawns from (j cents up, at Wm. E. Belt's. 3-31. Buttons! buttons for trimming Indies' and children's dresses. Wm. E.Bell. 3-31. Braids! braids! Novelty, Star, Feather Hurculese, silk, black and colored, silver and gold braid. Wm. E. Bell. 3 31 Remember, we will have our opening on the 8th and Oth of April. Wm. E. Bell. 3-31. Corsets! corsets! Dr. Warner's Health Tamplco Tjnd Bill's Health Preserving Corset Wm. E. Bell. 3-31 Stripe Takool, something new for ladles' and children's dresses at Wm. E. Bell's. 3-31 Dress gooas, Kioer cium, nun s veiling, x^nglish plaids, Henrietta cloth, black and colored cashmere, and stripe boucle cloth for combination suits. Win. E. Bell. 3-31 "Wedding Cake" Is the best tobacco In the market for the money. Try it. Sold by Speed & NeufTer. 12-9. "Sappoto Tola," the purest chewing gum in the market Positively will not injure the the teeth. For sale by Speed & Neutter. 12-9. The effects of malaria in the system is a hard thing to eradicate, but will promptly yield to thfl wonderful and sovereign remedy, Westmoreland's Callsnya Tonic. Try it For sale by Speed & Neuffer. 1-20. Another large lot children's and Misses hose at 10 cents, worth from 15cents to40 cents 1 at R. M. Haddon <fc Co's. ' For the latest styles and lowest prices call ' at Haddon's. 3-24 Ladles' fine shoes cheap at Haddon's. 3-24 I Don't forget the opening, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 1st, 2nd and 3rd at Hud 1 don's. 3-21 ; For early spring wear bonretfc ginghams ; toul de nord, kriukle seer suckers, bouretl zeyphyr suiting, checked muslins <kc,jusi re ! received nt Haddon's. 3-17 i Call at, Hill's photograph gallery and gel , your picture taken. 3-17 ' The Pre.m and Banner prints letter heads L bill heads,hand bills, etc., as well as they car be printed elsewhere, and ae cheap as tin i cheapest. J Bluestone In abundance. 3 pounds for 2! [ cents. Speed & Neulfer. , 12-9. i Just received, new Spring goods at the ne^ I store of Haddon's. ' The Wise man will call at the Pres* ant 1 Banner office for prices on printed lettei ? heads, bill heads, note heads, or any othei * kind of job printing. ' Mens, youths and boys overcoats at prlcei ' reduced to suit every one. P.Rosenberg A Cc Something entirely new for wash dresses 1 krinkloseersuckers, krinkle calicoes,Toile D< Nord plain and in stripes, bonnet ginghams i bleached homespuns, check muslins, Indlg< 5 blue calicoes in beautiful patterns. Don't for > get to drop in the new store of Haddon's. 2-2 I New styles jewelry can now be seen at Had ' don's. 2-24 Spring calicoes, new pniierus, ui. mmuuna 2-24 Domestic Sewing Machines for sale at Had don's. 2-24 Jewelry! Jewelry!! For holiday presents J list received a most beautiful assortment i> ladles scarf pins, bangle pins, bracelets, neck laces, car drops, lace pins, oxydizcd pins, Ma kado's Infant bib pins, infants pet name pins These are the handsomest and best goods w< have ever shown, it. M. HADDON & CO. 12-! The Press and Banner has some stock oi hand just now, and can print nice bill hcatf>: letter heads, &?.. at the lowest prices. All per sons are invited to examine our samples an< prices. Lien blanks which are Intended to protec merchants for advances on crops are prinlec and ready for sale at the l*tcs? and Batmc office. ? a imniicftmo lfr?r> r?f nfr>hirp frames, vaxlou; I styles and sizes, at Speed & NeufTer's.' 12-9. Blankets, blankets, blankets, at New Yorl ' cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. f If you want a good pair of all-wool blanket . at New York cost, call on P. Rosenberg <fc Co , P. Rosenberg & Co. are selling nil-woo blankets at New York cost. Now is your tiim 1 to secure a bargain. ' Call on P. Rosenberg & Co. and get a pair o \ blankets at New York cost. Tiiomas JIcGettigan, of the old reHabi* > Palmetto Saloon, lias grently reduced th( t prices of his fine old pure goods. Give him i . call and see for yourselves before buying udul r terated liquors.?Adv. i Remember, when you want to buy a pounc ' or two of nice French candy for your girl tha i we have again added It to our stock and in t tend to keep a fresh, nice lot, always on hand } Speed & Neuffer 2-17 If anything wanted in tne stationery un 1 don't fall to examine onr stock. Frlccs t ? suit the times Speed <fc NeulFer. 2-17 Velveteens. Velveteens, Velveteens, black brocaded nnd colored, in a great variety o colors, see them at Bell <fc Galphtn's. ' 100 overcoats at greatly rednced prices. F ; Rosenberg & Co. ? Thnrber'e Bird Seed at Speed ?fc Nenflcr's > 12-9. Diamond Dyes and Diamond Taints a i Speed & Neuffer's. 12-9. " It will do you good to see Speed & NenfTcr'i , pretty goods. 12-!>. t Linen paper and envelopes in boxes at Lan r son's. l at.t. kinrls of iob work Quickly and neatlj ? done nt tins office. We have Just received ? : new supply of blil heads, note heads nnd oth r er paper, and can furnish them In pads if de r sired. Our prices will compare with any oth t er market. [ Ladles Jerseys very cheap at While Broth J ers. Sept. 30. I If you want a pood breech loading shot gnr > at Now York cost, call on P. Rosenberg & C( Peterkin Cotton Seed. ! ICO BUSHELS of unadulterated PETER . 10U KIN COTTON HEED. For sale by ; MILLER & McCASLAN, Ninety-Six, S. C. ? The averaee yield of Ibis COTTON is -10 pei cent, of LINT. [March 31,1886, tf 1886. | OPENING I AT THE NEW STORE II I Pattern Hats, Bonnets, RibI bons, Flowers, Laces, &c. Also a choice selection of Dress Goods, Silks, Satins, Parasols, Fans, Gloves. Everything new attractive and cheap. The ladies Invited to examine our stock. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 1st, 2d and 3d APRIL. Respectfully, uuhm. March 2!, 1886, tf UNDER THE] T. C. PI HAS lust opened a new and elegantly fitted NEW HOTEL, and Is now receiving ai complete a full line of Drugs, Medicines, Chen Also, all the popular PATENT MEDICINES k< warrants to be fresh and good. Prescriptions Carefully Compound H<5 also offers a well selected stock of FANCI Colognes, Foreign and Dome in great variety, Tines His line of BRUSHES AND SOAPS is simpl; NAIL, FLESH, SHAVING AND SHOE BRU est. He has always in slock a full line of STAT January .28,1885. tf SPEED & Drug TrEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FULL ENT AND Ko^RlffiutY ?iS)K;il}&9. j-j Dyspepsia. For sale only by 11*. Try our BLAC and our COMPOUND SYRUP SAR8APARIJ BED BUG POISON, the most convenient way c all the staple and fashionable colors. A fall STATIONARY, etc., etc. The best brands of ( complete stock of WHITE LEADS, PAINTS BRUSHES, WIN DOW GLASS, GOLDEN J1A< Bros. PREPARED PAlNT, the best in the mai [Prescription Physician's prescriptions and Family Recipe i rieueed and competent hands. Orders by han< t I April 29, 18.95, tf PALWETK J The Largest aid 'Best Mi !> WITH SELEC , piNE QLD -^yniSKEY, JJR; AND JQOMESTIC, J^UBLIN AnD E, Jj^RESH jje I A JpULL J^INE OF r?'OBj mountain GAP PJE QORN -yyHISKI ! Thos. lKEcGetti^ WHITE B 1 Would call the attention of 2 > ' ? ! rpHEIR STOCK DRESfl GOODS IS I j A They have the cheapest line of BLACK ? some handaome COLORED SILKS. They lift' . ED VELVETEENS, for dresses and trimming j1 all colors, the latest thing for trimming. Tlici I Cannot be They have bestowed unusual care In the sell t all right In regard to color, quality and price. thuu ever before. It would nstonlsb uuy one t ; HOW YEt 1 FLANNELS and BLANKETS are this sensor 2 ine the ftock of WHITE BROTH ERA. Ca reach of all. A good assortment of CARPETS f lJrotbers. The above are only a few lines iu v j SPECIAL BARGAIJ * The general stock of FALL and WINTER ( ' BROTHERS Is the largest, best assorted uni I It is Complete ir September 30, 1885. I]F, yoi: ! Sash, Doors, B | MOULDIN( Lime, Ce BARBED F1 CAL1 ; B. K. BEACF it-DTJT1TTTT T X* noun v Jnly 22, 18S5. tf Elberton Ma ELBERTON | BUILD AND RE] | Machinery, Engines, Boilers, Saw SHAFTING,: Agents for the best Stationer; Engines in the market. * Sorting's Universal Icjector, The Van Duzen Jet Pump, foi Mining Purposes. . The Vanwinkle Cotton Gins a Freeman's Patent New Era P Keep in Stock Steam and Wi Valves, Check Valves. ' I Steam Guages, Guage Cocks, Lubricators, Files, Soap Best Italian Hemp and Gu Scrcws and Bolts. Will be glad to furnish ostinintos fornnytl respondeuce solid led. Respectfully, ph: Nov. 4,188o, um b.f.s: ABBEYI Is now prepared to furnis] j ed Lumber, and is ready to : I Work of any kind, at the vei I most reasonable prices. J Juue 15,1SSJ, tf * - ' ' ... . ; -) ' ' . MEW HOTEL. ' 3HRIN -i up DRUG 8T0RE on the Corner under the id will continue to receive till his stock Js aicals, Dye Staffs, &c. eptln a first^cl&ss Drug-Store, all of which &e ed at all honrs, Pay and Sight. f GOODS, consisting of ^ istic, Handkerchief Extract! \i t Tobacco, Cigars, &c. y complete. Every variety of HAIR, TOOTll ^ SH SOAPS from the finest toilet to the cheap 'TOMWRV wrhlnh In tinaiirnMKfted NEUFFER, | grists. | AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OP PURE stc. All the latest and popular lines of PATTERBINEi the best Li ver Medici ne, cure* iKBERttY CORDIAL .for Summer Complaint, LLA with IODIDE PCTASH for the Blood. >f destroying these insects. DIAMONDDYBJ8 A line of FANCY GOODS. TOILET ARTICLES, CIGARS, TOBACCO AND CIGARETTES. A . OILS, VARNISHES, ETC., ETC PAINT CHINE OIL. We sell the celebrated Harrison ket. Special attention paid to the Department. s Ailed at all hoars of day and night by ?xpe1 or mail promptly attended to. SPEED & NEUFFER. ) SALOON. ,'! p,li House in the Moiitrr. T BRANDS OF * \NDY AND ^yiNES, JjlOREIGW AND JJIVERP00L pORTER ER ^LWAYS ON JJAND. &.CCO, 0IGARS AND ^JIGARETTS^ AND gTONE jyjOUNTAIN ES A (SPECIALTY. fan, Proprietor No. 4 Washington Street* BOTHERS Buyers to a few Specialties. JNUSUALLY LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE ilLKS thev have ever offered. They haveal** ft?a eood nssortment of BLACR AND COLOR| < ;s. They have a nice line of WOOL LACES -a r stock of BLACK CASHMEItES Surpassed! ?ctiou of these goods, and are awared they *rw A good Mne of JEkSEY JACKETS, cheaper 0 SCO tY CHEAP i. Buyers In this line would do -well to exam irpcts are so very cheap that they are In th* ? and RUGS can be found at the ator* of Whit* rblcb STS CAN BE HAD. 700DS now offered to the pnbllc by WHITS 1 most attractive they have ever carried. l all Departments. r W^.KTT I linds, Shingles, 3rS, LATHS, 1 ment and 2NCE WIRE, l, oisr 1AM, AGENT, C. H? S. C. : # i chine Works, flUOPOTA. PAIR AIjL KINDS Mills, Grinl Hills, Cut Milli PUL1EY& &a. y, Portable and Semi-Portable ine oesi uoiicr x ccuci &uvi?u r raising Water to Tanks and ,nd Presses. ower Cotton Press. iter Pipes and Fittings, Globe Oil Cups< Malleable Oil Cans, Stone, Asbestos, and m Packing; Set Screws, Log ?ing needed in the MACHINE line. Cor* ILLIPS & GABBtJTT. Iff T T II LTA JL A U9 LXjE, S. CM a all kinds of Rough or Dressfill all orders for Carpenter ry shortest notice and at the