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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, April 13, 1887. The Cnlhoun Monument. The people of the State are invited to Charleston on the 26th instant, to witness the unveiling of the monument erected to the memory of John C. Calhoun, who was buried in that city on the 2tith of April, 18.30. The city people have made great preparations for the ingathering of their country cousins, and If we are not mistaken, they have put some of their large buildings In readiness for the reception of the military companies that may come from the country on that occasion. The railroads. It is supposed, will make spp clal rates for all who wish to witness the unveiling, which is be done by young ladles who are more or less remotely the descend ants of the great statesman. We learn, also, that his male descendants will have places in the picture as marshals or otherwise. This will make tbe 26th a great day in the history of the Calhoun family who have received a f. national fame because of the greatness of their ancestor. It would seem right and proper that these ceremonies should be, as far as possible, performed by some of those who are of kin to the dead. The vulgar rabble, wo believe, have been rightly made to stand aside, so far as any active participation in the ceremonies are concerned, and we see no reason why a stranger, and not some kinsman, was chosen I to deliver the address on that occasion. By what right did the committee call on a Misslsslppian to do this? Is there not of all the distinguished Carolinian's surviving relatives at least one who could have been equal to the occasion ? If not, then could not the State of South Carolina have furnished a man worthy of the honor ? If so, then why go out of the family, and out of the State, for an orator? We are sure that the committee could, in the person of Col. O. T. Calhoun, have found a worthy and competent orator, or Colonel Pat Calhoun, of Atlanta, Georgia, would have done honor to the occasion. The committee should, in our opinion, state their reasons for appointing an outsider to the distinguished position of orator, while the relatives of the dead statesman have been assigned to such minor positions as marshals, unvellers, scene shifters, committee men ushers, etc. In honoring the dead, the living are deserving of respect. While a stranger is honored above all others, those who are near and dear to the dead statesman have been chucked off in corners or places of little or no consequence. Why should they be retired to minor places, while strangers are brought to the front and honored above everybody else ? This is perhaps the last grand gathering of all the Calhouns, and we think that they of right, should have had one of their number assigned to the highest place In the ceremonies which will forever be a most notable event in the history of this old and honored family. We are much surprised if the kinsmen and kinswomen of the dead statesmen do not smother within their own breasts expression to the righteous indignation which they must feel at the action of the committee in ignoring the members of the family or in assigning minor places to them. Chang* the Xame. We suggest that the name of the Carolina Teacher be changed to ''The Tirade Against Property Oumeit." There seems to be in It as ranch abont "salary" as there is about "teaching." If there is the great need or great demand for high priced teachers, why is it that some of the teachers do not aspire to that higher grade which will command higher salaries. We venture to suggest that no oounty in the State has better teachers than Abbeville, and few, if any, counties in the State will keep the public schools open longer than Abbeville will this year. The difference, according to onr way of thinking is this: In Abbeville the schools are run for the benefit of the children. In other counties, we are in clined to the opinion, that they are run somewhat in the interest of the teachers. Abbe-1 ville will run ber schools five or six months, while the tony counties will run thelr's from two and a half to four months. When Abbeville learns a little more by practical experience the rate of pay will be reduced to S8, $12 and $15. Then we will have schools for a much longer term. There is no earthly reason why our schools should not run for forty weeks in the year with the same money now paid into the treasury. The blood curdling crimes that -were once confined to more uncivilized sections than our own and that used to meet with condemnation at the bands of our people everywhere, seem in these days, to have any number of friends?friends bent on relieving the actors from all responsibility to the laws of our land. It is too often the case where parties charged with reckless blood spilling are brought before the proper tribunals, that more doubts crop out In the eyesjof Jurors than ever existed In the case, and it is upon these imaginary things that many of the guilty escape. Nearly ever}- paper that falls into one's hands contains an account of some bloody tragedy, and too frequently winds up with a eulogy on one; or all of the parties thereto.?Barnwell Sentinel. If the various press comments on the char" | acter of the perpetrators of crime?forgeries, murder*, bank robberies, and the swindles of orphan children ? are to he believed, the "highly respectable" class of our people furnish the greater number of criminals. It would seem as if the common people are well behaved, while the "respectable" people com. rait nearly all the crimes, of which any note Is made. It will be noticed, too, that the "respectable class," as a rule, may be termed the "prlvllaged" class, for the reason that they are seldom or never punished, while the "poor trash,' nearly always pay the full penalty of violated law. How Is this for a Fact? On the editorial page of the South Carolina Teacher we find the following paragraph : "Sonth Carolina pays a tax of two mills (for school purposes) on property assessed at one third its selling value. If the property were assessed at its real value, a tax at less than two thirds of a mill would produce the same fund now realized. Is that a burdensome tax ?" Is the correctness of other statements of that Journal to be measured by that one ? We think the "assessed value'' of property in Abbeville county is nearer to its "real'' _ value than is represented by the Teacher The official sales this winter would, we think, prove that the assessed value is fully up to the selling price. The Daily Hot Blast. This is the name of anew daily newspaper which was started in Anniston, Ala., last Saturday, with the gifted J. R. Randall as editor. Mr. Randall is well known to our people as editor and Washington correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle. Alabama has no writer more aoie, no m? n more uonest, no editor more industrous laborious than J. R. Randall. May success attend the efl'orts of so worthy and so good a man. Let the peo* pie give the Hot Blatt half the support It deserves, and all will be well with the first dally paper In Annlsston. The Grand Jury of Hart county, Ga? closed their recent general presentment as lollows: "We recommend that thes? general presentments be published In the Hartwell Sun, and that the Ordinary pay for the same." Id this county the Grand Jury last year eoncluded to exclude their presentment from the columns of the newspapers, and thus pre* vent the public from knowing what work the j grand inquest had performed. A present-j ment of the Grand Jury which Is read to the Bar In the presence of a dozen or two of loafera, and then chucked under the Clerk's desk la not likely to have influence for good. I Xot to be Scared. [ A correspondent of t lie Carolina Teacher I proposes to publish the names of those Legislators who voted to save some of the chllj dren's money now needlessly wasted on the salaries of the .School Commissioners. Instead of a cause of reproach to the members of the Legislature It was to their credit. It is to the reproach of the Senate that the Sena*'" ? tr\ Kiini.nr 111 n Itisl. law. I lUlO 1VIU.TVU - J ... , | The Yltnl Qiientiori. If anything was needed to prove Hint the teachers of this State nre amply paid for their services, we think that proof conid be found in many "teachers' columns" In the rural press. These departments, as a rule, in their general make-up, (urnish the grimest Jokes that we see anywhere. THE FIRE OF LA8T WEEK. Some LcKNonsi Which we Should Learn From It. As we stated last week, the house of Judge McGowan and the rresbyterian church were burnt Tuesday afternoon, April ft. 18S7, the fire helng discovered at lliree oViock. All business was suspended, and everybody directed attention to the saving of property wherever it may have been threatened. Nearly all the houses in the direction tiltwind was blowing from Judge McGowan's were, at some time on fire, but prompt attention saved every building except the one in which It originated and the Presbyterian church. Repeated fires teach us lessons from which ??? In thn ornot\r\%i nf athpr hlliltl YVU piwin iu kiiv vtwkvm v. v...v. ings, and the burning of houses in country villlnges almost invariably impress the people at the time with the vital Importance of the presence of a regularly organized fire company, into whose hands a ffre engine of Indefinite capacity should be placed. We have had a number of tires since the war, and much of the property of the town has been destroyed, but with the exception of the Marshall House, the Court House and the Presbyterian church, we do not recollect of any house that could have been saved by a fire engine, even If we had had one in good working order. The Marshall House was lost because of the tower on top, the Presbyterian church first took fire in the wooden cornice under the roof, and afterward the wooden tower took fire. The wooden cornice of the Court House took fire, and burned, iike the cornice of the Presbyterian church, with a deliberation which seemed doubtful as to whether the fire would burn or go out. The smallest quantity of water would have saved the cornice in either case. The tower on the church could have been as readily saved as was the school house tower a few years ago. if the people had hail the same engine that was used on the school house, and If their attention had not been diverty by other alarms of fire. A Are engine would be no doubt a good thing, If we had water, and if we had a com pany wno wouiu pui im;iijoci?co >u ...b for working it. If builders in the future would not put wooden cornices on brick houses many flres would thereby be prevented. There can be no room to doubt that our Court House was lost because of the wooden cornice. Without the wooden cornice the Presbyterian church, might have been saved. Except for the wood tower on the Marshall House it might possibly have been saved. From there experiences then, it seems to us that we should not join wood to a brick building. With the few losses wnich might have been preventedbyaflreenEine.it is for the people to say whether we need, or can afford, an engine. We think we need more an ordinance to prevent the adding or the attaching of needles wood to the outside of brick buildings, whereby they are exposed *o all the dangers of fire to which a wooden house would be subjected. Poeple may do as Judge McGowan did, insure their houses for a reasonable amount. This would be infiiniteiy cheaper than buying an engine. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Committees Hard at Work to Raise Money Tor a Xew House of Worship?Xenrly 84,000 Already Subscribed. Although the Presbyterians have been struegllng for years to relieve themselves of the debt incurred in the purchase of the par sonageanu iu me suosequeni uunuiiism ?n elegant house for the preacher?and although nearly omi thousand dollars of thnt investment remains unpaid?the members of the congregation have subscribed liberally lor the construction ol a new house of worship. The people of the village are generally gladly coming to their assistance. For thirty years tills congregation has been most liberal in giving to others who may have been in needy circumstances, and It would seem now. in their need, that others might give them at least enough help to evince a friendly Interest in those who have often considered tho appeals of others. Teacher's Examination. The examination of teachers on April 1st resulted as follows: Flit.ST GRADE?WHITE. Edwin C. Rice. W. C. Seawrlght, Ml?ses Cora L. Morrow, Ellen Crawford, JessieStnlth. ( Anna It Jones, M. L, Covin, Sally Taylor, Mollle Jones. N. E. Gordon, A. A. Hagan, Bertha E. Sea wriglit. SECOND GRADE. W. E. C. Vermillion, J. E. Vermillion, Mrs. ' M. A. McDuffie. 9 J FIRST GRADE?COLORED. H. A. Arthur, Peter Seawright, John I. Reynolds. SECOND GRADE. B. Brock, Sallie Carwell. C. W. Holmes, Win. Mnkiris, R. B. McDowell, C. W. C. Moragne, B. W. Turner, W. \V. Fisher, P. R. Jones, W. T. Flnlay. THIRD GRADE. E. J. Banks, Laura Banks. Mrs. L. F. Brooks, Mattison F. Cobb. S. C. Covington, Adelaide Crawford, C. R. Davis, Mary F. Devlin, S. S. Humbert, A. J. Jackson. Mary A. Jefferson, H. R. Latimer, J. D. Moore, Eliza , Morairne, E. W. Moragne, D. A. Perrin, A. G. l'res?ly, C. C. Reed, Josephine Reynolds, N. M. Rlehey. Martha 1. Reynolds, J. B. Kiuith, R. C. Tacrgart, Wm. Tolden, John II. Walker, S. T. Mcintosh, J. E. Vance, Josie C. Pevton, Alice L. Peyton, Mamie E. Coleman, J. if. Brownlee, J. H. Blackwell. , South Carolina Prenbytery. This Presbytery met at Troy, on Friday, April 8, 19S7. The Presbytery held their Sessions in the church of the Assocsate Reformed Presbyterians which was kindly offered by these good brethren. The Abbeville church was represented by Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson, D. D., ana Elder J. 8. Cothran. Mr. T. P. Quarles attended the riCPUj ivl J 111 kliu CU* IJ V/* X ? V CVOUI VI l\H that church court, and these gentlemen are are warm in their praises to the citizens of Troy for the hospitality so universally extended to the delegates to Presbytery. Rev. H, T.Sloan, L. D., Rev. J. F. Bradley, of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian j church, and Rev. H. C. Smart of the Baptist church, were invited to seats as visiting brethren. Rev. J. B. Adger, D. D., presented an overture to be sent up to the General Assembly, to be held in May at St Louis, disapproving tho action of the Augusta General Assembly In reference to Dr. James NVoodrow. The Presbytery adopted this paper by a vote of 29veas, to 15 noes. We understand that the minority asked to beallowed to publish in the minutes of Presbytery their protest against this action. Rev. 8. L- Morris, of Edgefield, and Elder J. W. Green, of Greenwood, were elected Commissioners to the General Assembly, to meet at St. Louis next month. Rev. J. B. Adger, D. D., and Rev. J. O. Lindsay, D. I)., spoke In favor of the overture offered by Dr. Adger, and Rev. D. E. Frierson and Judge J. S. Cothran spoke against the paper. The following resolutions were offered by i\k\. >. \j. i,iuunii\ , jl>. u., uuu UIJUIJ11IIUUMy \ passed by rising vote: j The South Carolina Presbytery having | heard of the great calamity that befell the Abbeville church In the loss of its house or < worship by fire within the past week, we beg t leave to express to the brethren of that church our most sincere and earnest sympa- t thy with them in their attlictiOD. \ye mingle our tears with their's over this pile of < ashes. ^ Let them not despair; let them not even be j discouraged; let them not hesitate to say: "Let us rise and build." That Master who g has so often supplied the needs of others fi through their abundant liberality will not fail to strengthen their hands for this good c work. ( Thoueh their holy and beautiful house, where their fathers praised God Is burned up j with fire, and all their pleasant things Hrejs laid waste, yet they know who has said:U "The sliver Is mine and the gold;'' and the 11 Klory of the latter house may be greater than that of the former. We express the hope that: i God may shower precious blessings upon I them even in this "furnace of affliction," |; and that rich attainments in grace and many t additions to their number may result from r this trial "with fire." Rev. Mr. Kirk patrick was Moderator. n Next meeting of Presbytery will be held at. e Pickens Court House on the fourth Fiiday of September next. o The session was woll attended and full of in- ji tcrest. m i mi a White Goods! lean suit you in anything d in white goods yon will need for summer: e White robes, white flouncing. W. E.Bell. 4-13 s LOOK OUT FOR THE ENGINE, The Georgia, Carolina and Northerc Railroad Must Succeed. Xote* <?r the Meetings of HtoeUholiI ers ait?l Directors nt Athens. Weor Kin, on April 6th. 1SS7?Oflicer Elected?Contracts to be K.et. The report of L. W. Perrin, Esq., who hai Just returned from attendance on the stock holders meetineof the Georgia. Carolina ani Northern Railway Company, hold at Athens Ga., on the 7th instant, is very encouraging The enthusiasm among the Georgians anc the interest taken by the people all along th< route from the South Carolina line to the citj of Atlanta, In the location of the line, sliowi that a high estimate is placed on the road bj them. The delegations which were before th< board of directors unfolding the advantage! of the various sections and ottering libera subscriptions and rights of way, did not comi solely from towns and cities, but representee largely the farmer element, who arc reallj the parties to bo specially benefitted by tlx construction of this road. Markets will b< opened tc our people not only at both ends o the road, but nil along the line for any anc' everything which they may raise or have tc sell. Many things which are now bnrned uj or thrown away will, when the road is finish ed, have a marketable value. The Georgians realize the fact that those who live on and nearest the line will be mosl benefitted, and each possible locality is pull Ing for the road by all the Inducements whicfc they can offer. Some of our people who an hesitating about giving the rights of way nr< standing in their own light and may realize too lato the loss of a great advantage, should they divert the road from them. There nr< now four corps of engineers surveying the dlf ferent line<rprlor to permanent location, and it is contemplated that another corps will soon be added?the purpose of the director.1 being to push the scheme along rapid ly and place the whole line under contract for construction as quickly as the surveyor? can prepare the line. A large number of contractors were at Athens seeking contracts, sc that uodifflculty Is anticipated In obtaining reliable contractors as soon as they are needed. General Hoke is the right man In the right place. He is giving his whole time tc liiu ruau, iiiiu viuch mid wuiiv wiiu ^iatt iiiuioughness. He leaves no gaps behind, but seems to perfect each step before he takes another. Col. Morrison, the chief engineer, is fully competent for his place. He thoroughly understands his duties and has his worfc well in hand. Something over 8500,000 were subscribed when the books were opened at Athens?almost enough to grade the road. The following full account of tho meeting from the Athens Banner-Watchman will be read with much interest by our people : Yesterday morning was a lively one In Athens. Railroad men were numerous ou the streets. Tne hotel lobby and sidewalk were filled with visitors, and the representatives from each town were busy explaining the excellence of their route and the significance ol their offer. Elberton, Lawrenceville and Washington were closely at work, while Jug Tavern, Hogansville and Monroe were by no means idle. Elbert came backed by a delegation and a subscription which meant business. It was evident that her offer would secure the road. The flght was for the line between Athens and Atlanta, and LawrenccvlUe stood up valiantly for the old Jug Tavern route. Many public spirited citizens mingled with the delegates and extended private courtesies to the guests; but the talk was business and the day was eminently a direct and business like one. During the morning the bonrd of directors were in session, preparing their report to submit to the stockholders. Following were the visiting delegates: Monroe Delegation?W. H. Nnnnally, B.J. Edwards, A. J. Arnold, Geo. M. Napier, B. M. Walker, H. A. Carlthors. Lnwrencevilie Delegation?T. M.Peeples, W. J. Both. .Tames D.Spence, C. S. Wvnn, T. E. Wynn, M. E. Ewing. James C. Carroll, W. L. Vnugbn, D. M. Webb. Elberton Delegation?McAlpin Arnold, H. F. ('handler, A.S.Oliver, Geo. C. Grogan, M. J. Webb, D. C.Smith, M. M.Carr, W. O. Jones, J. P. Shannon. D. W. Lock!In. Logansvlile Delegation?S. A. Starr, J. E. Rock more, E R.Floyd. J. L. Moore, N. Bennett. E. M. Brand, E. S. V. B riant. Jug Tavern Delegation?W. H. Bush, Young Hodges, Robert Carithers, W. J. Kelly. Washington Delegation? C. E. Smith, T. B. Green, J. A. Benson, S. II. Hardeman, M. P. Reese. Camys Delegation?.T. R.Camp, H. A. Camp. Bethlehem Delegation?W. R. Smith, J. L, Moore. Carolina Delegates?L. W.Porrin. Abbeville; W. A. Shands. Clinton. ('. A. C.Waller, Greenwood, W. G. Childs, Columbia, T. E. McClure, Chester. The Meeting. At half-past ten o'clock the directors adjourned and the crowd gathered in the Council Chamber to attend the first annual meeting of the stockholders of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad. On motion of Mr. R. L. Moss, Mr. E. R Hodgson was called on to preside and Mr. A. L. Hull requested to act as secretary. Mr. Hoke Smith stated that Messrs. L. W. Perrln, C. G. Talmadge, R. K. Reaves and A. L. Hull had been appointed a board of inspectors undrr the article of consolidation a'nd would report upon the miintir-r of shares of the capital stock represented in person or by proxy. The committee retired aid after deliberation reported as follows: Number ol shares represented In personJWSl* Number of shares represented by proxy.,307% Total 66G!4 There being considerably orer a majority of stock a quorum was declared. Mr. Moss moved that the temporary organization be made permanent, which was done. General Hoke, the president of the company, was cailed on for his report. He stated that his report should be oral and informal, lie reported that the charters obtained In the diireretit States had been received, accepted and tiled in the offices of the Secretary of State. The road had been consolidated by articles of agreement and the line would now be controlled as one system. There were four corps of engineers at work on the line, and the eastern division of the road, forty-tlve miles was ready for work and would be put under contract in a few days. The annual meeting of the company had been placed for the first Thursday in April, and this was the first annual meeting of Unconsolidated lines It was now in order to organize permanently for the coming year, and the stockholders were now called on to elect officers. Mr. L. \V. Perrin, of Abbeville, now submitted the by-laws of the company for adoption : The by-laws of the company are many and rull, and cover the most minute pointa likely to arise. The leading features areas follows. It is provided. That the annual meeting shall be held in Athens, Ga., on the first Thursday of April In each year. That the president or any five directors or any number of stockholders representing one-third of the stockholders cau call a special meeting at such t ime and place as they ?eo proper, by giving thirty days notice in newspapers in Athens, Georgia, Abbeville, jouth Carolina, and Monroe. North Carolina. That a majority of the stock subscribed shall constitute a quorum. That the president shall be elected annually by ballot. A majority vote of the stockholders being necessary to elect. He shall be exDfllclo one of the thirteen directors. That the power of the president shall be such as are generally exercised'by the first of iceroi ranroau corporations; mill ne appoint Ills representative from the directors In his ibsenee. The directors filling a vacancy in Llio office when it occurs during the year. That no one shall be eligible to the position >f director unless he has aj, least two shares of ;he stock of the company. That seven directors of the board shall conilitutc a quorum. That the secretary and treasurer and other iftlcers the board may elect shall give a bond ylth such security as may l<e required for the jroper discharge of their duties. That the office of secretary and treasurer shall be combined in oue, until the director# separate them. That the president shall not make any loan. >r any other oftieer, unless authorized by the 11 rectors. I Hill, MUUHC'lillUII IICIUS II proilj- UN 1CBO euuil i one is a stockholder, or n guardian of a tockholder, except in cases of corporations vho may appoint a delegate to represent hem. That ihe executive committee of five shall ie taken from the board of directors. These are the e-sential points in tho byaws; of course the duties of the officers and lie manner of making renortsand transfering stock, are laid down at greater length. On motion of Mr. HoUe Smith, and as mended by Air, Iluii, the by-laws U'ere adoptd. The chairman announced that the election f president and a board of directors was next n order. Mr. Hoke Smith explained that the articles f agreement specified that the president and ireutors should be elected separately. Ho xplained that only the stock which had been ubscribed and accepted In Athens up to the L._i II i.. 4 1.1 t*.. Va liisi. lIlUL'LlIJg hi lhio Clbjr, vuimu uu uiuftvcu lu vole In this election. Since that 814,000 worth ' of stock was made up, another lot had been taken in Athens, but it would be necessary for the lw>ard of directors to pass upon this additional stock, after the meeting to-day. It I had been decided at the December meeting to close the subscription books and not authorize their reopening until after the stockholders meeting to-day. The election was held by ballot, and Mr. II. T, Moss having nominated Gen. It. F. Hoke, lie received f)"l'4 votes and was declared duly elected President for the ensuiny: year. Mr. Moss then nominated the following , board of directors: ' W. G.Chi Ids, of Columbia. T. K. McClure, of Chester. W. A. Shands, of Clinton. 5 C. A. C. Waller, of Greenwood. L. W. I'errln, of Abbeville, i A. 11. Hodgson, of Athens. A. L. Hull, or Athens. It. K. Heaves, of Athens. C. A. Collier, of Atlanta. I R. J. Lowry, of Atlanta. Hoke Smith, of Atlanta. Richard C. Hoirman, of Baltimore. This ticket received 670^ votes and was de. clared elected for the year. ' On motion of Mr. Hoke Smith, the chalrr man of this meeting was empowered to ap> point a committee on finance, to consist of , Ave stockholders, nnd to continue ror tne : year. The chair appointed Messrs. W. G. 1 Child?, A. II. Hodgson, R. L. Moss, James > White and Y. L. Q Harris. I Mr. Harris declined, saying he was willing to do anything in his power for the road, but ' his duties would not permit him to nerve on ; the committee. , Dr. J. A. Hunnicutt was appointed the fifth ' member of the committee. ' Mr. Hoke Smith offered a resolution author* I Izing the board of directors to execute mort. gages or deeds of trust on the property or franchises now held or to be acquired. > This was adopted. Mr. Smith also ottered a resolution that the board of directors be authorized to accept subscriptions to the capital stock, on such terms and conditions ns may be approved by them. I He stated in explanation or this that at the last meeting of stockholders Id Athens they Instructed tne books of subscription to be i closed. It was intended to-day to accept new ? stock, and to do this we wish to be absolutely [ certain and be authorized by the stock hold* ' crs. The board desired to hear tenders of sub* scriptlons from persons or localities. The capital stock of the company has been placed , at ft million dollars, witn me privilege 01 iu creasing. Tliere were persons already present who would uubscrlbe a majority of the stock I to-day. The chairman appointed three Inspectors to examine tins stock of the companjr: Messrs. J. 15. TalmaJge, H. K. Nicholson and J. H. . Uucker. Mr. Smith announced, In answer to a question of Mr. Tyler M. Peeples, of the G winnett i delegation, that the board of directors would . meet Immediately after the stockholders session, and would then receive the committees representing the claims and subscriptions of f different sections. On motion of Mr. Moss, the stockholders , meeting adjourneih , The Dclegrntlonn Make Their Offer*. After the board of directors bad convened, the President announced tbat he would now receive the delegations and entertain their " offers of subscription. t The town of Locansvllle, in Walton county, . was represented by Jts delegation arid made proffert of the following donations to secure the road: ( From Lozansvllle to Camp Crossing on the Gainesville, Jefferson and.Southern Railroad, is ten miles. There Is a stock subscription of twelve thousand dollars, bona fide. Ten acres : of land at. Lngansvlile ure offered for >i depot. , I nc |>eopiO <>l l>?ii!lll>vniu tlUllll butib LJllin ,o one of the finest farming sections in Georgia, anil that they arc on an air-Una to Atlanta. Logansville and Stone Mountain between litem, will give five thousand dollars to the ' road. From Halne's Creek to Yellow River > the citizens propose to Klve cross-tie* and to ofler granite for culverts. It Is 17 miles trom r Locansville to Stone Mountain and Ji2 to Atlanta. Bethlehem'* Bid. The chairman of this delegation from Walton county stated that his people had no subscription made np, but In the event that the road passes the place, the people will contrl1 bute liberally. This will be on an alr-llne, provided the road passes Lojjansville. "Ours," said he, "Is a fine farming section, with fresh and virgin lands, and the people well-to-do and enterprising. We are very anxious to secure the road, and if a survey Is made so as to take in Bethlehem, the people will at once eet to work and raise a good subscription. There will be no trouble about a right of way and depot lots." Monroe's Proposition. Ths town of Monroe Insisted that the route via High Shoals, Carithers' Store, Good Hope and Monroe will secure the best country for trade, and that Monroe Ir a town of cufiicient Importance to Induce the road to go by it. Within the past two or three yearn $125,000 hnuo Kdon DTTunHwl in Iho tnvn for nuhllc buildings and residences; It* freight business ?nd pascenger traffic would exceed that of the points of the Lawrencevllle route. . La-<t year the freirht within ten miles of Monroe, on thcG., J. & S. R. R. caniB within $200 of the amount of Gainesvllle'fi freight, with 40 miles haul. The present railroad facilities make It 62 miles to Atlanta and 90 to Athens via railroad. The new road will give it r. shorter distance to both places than the dirt road, which Is 45 miles to Atlanta and 25 to Athens. There is no Question of t:3l* being the best route, for from High Shoals, via Monroe to Logansvllle, the line would pass three! 1 prosperous and wealthy towns, one being a county site, with a large number of intermediate stores. By the Lawrencevllle route, the road would pass only two towns ;?nd havo no Intermediate trade. It Is also probable that, the Air-Line Roadl, by furnishing competition, will greatly curtail the business of tho new road. Monroe offers ?15,000, with right of way and depot grounds, and In the event that Hieh Shoals Is included, that place will give $16,000. Monroe and Logansvllle are working together. Lawrencevllle and Jug Tavern are also combined. Lnwrencevllle'* Statement. The Gwinnett delegation favoring the LaW. renceville and Jug Tavern route contended that it should be the policy of tho road to build as near a central line between the AlrLlneand Georgia Railroads as possible; that the section between Athens and Atlanta was a triangle, with a base line of eight miles. That Jug Tavern was about halfway of tills, base. Lawrencevllle was also half way being j 16 miles from the Georgia Railroad and 181 from the Air-TJno?thtiH makinir n. middle I line through the centre of this triangle. They | contended that the length of the road by the surveyed route Is (Wmiles; by wagon road via T.awrencevllle it is 70 miles, and this distance may be shortened; that after the Oconee river is crossed it is 32 miles before another river is reached, and there Is a stretch of country between Lawrenceville and At lanta for 20 miles not crossed by ary water course; tha t there will be two bridges and four trestlfs from the Oconee to Atlanta; that the county of Gwinnett has an area of 000 square miles, with a population of over | >0,000, and returns for taxation over three i million dollars- that on the Alcova, Appnlachee and Yellow River are 12 floe water powers, sufficient to drive a thousand spindles; that the line will passthrough magniflcent forests of pine, oak, hickory and walnut; , that the population is four-flfths white, are , enterprising, energetic and progressive, and will give the road a hearty welcome; that the ; right of way will be gunrantecd, free of cost. | J and in addition a subscription can be raised ', as follows: Lawrenceville $12,000 Gwinnett county 15,000 , DeKalb county 10,0?0 Jug Tavern 8.()00 . From Jug Tavern to Athens 5,000 , ?50,000 J Elberton'H Strong: Mill. The Elberton delegation, headed by Dr. A. .< O. Oliver, and composed of McAlpIn Arnold, ' D. C. Smith, M. M. farr. M. J. Webb, W. O. I Jones, J. P. Shannon, H. F. Chandler, D. W. t Locklin, Geo. C. Grogan and J. B. Eberhart, from Madison, weut before the directors of I the G. C. & N. R. R., and made a clear and a definite statement of the situation in Elbert, i They made a good showing. Elberton came 1 backed by a bona fide subscription of $10,000. t This was not all. They offered the railroad f the rightof way through the entire county, s and at each depot, save at Elberton, nltornate t lots o<" land amounting to fifty acres. This committee fully set forth the advantages of i Elberton to the G. C. Jt N. Road. Elberton s I is a growing town. Over $100,000 of manufac- I turing interests have already been started. I Over 15,000 bales of cotton now come there, u In seven years, from a town of 500, it lias c swelled to 1,800 people. Besides all this. It is s on a direct line between the objective points, j Roth sides of the county are bounded by rivers, and splendid water powers can be made f nvnilfthlr* Plhorf'a flno norrlpnltiirul litrwlu nrp o no small Item. Her rolling uplands to-day c yield the finest harvests, and lier rich river t lowlands have never been false to the husbandman's touch. The commlttce made a S fine impression before the beard, and Elber- d ton Is bound to secure the road, if one more i alight, condition is met The U.. C. A N. would make a great inlstako to leave out Eiberton, and indeed would have a rough t time In reat bins the Savannah, should they y locate any other line. The B. W., will help y Elherton all in its power, and we must say tl that her subscription. In comparison with the e other cities along the route, demands that she I should have the road. p Washington'* Proposition. o The Washington delegation, consisting of C. ? E.Smith. T. R. Green, 8. PI. Hardeman, J. A. j * Benson, M. P. Reese and others made no for-1" mal propoclilqn to the G , C. N- dlreotory. li The Washington delegates declined to toll Hie j" Banner-Watchvmn representatives anything P about the proposition, and all that was learn- R ed was through outside sources. It is stated ! ~ that Washington made no formal proposition, F but told the management that if the road U was brought nearer Washington something v llke forty thousand dollars in subscriptions would be raised. Nothing definite was stated. 8 A . ' . . . - / - - _ y The delegates Raid they wanted to know ' something about what the ro?d was going to do before they put their best foot forward. There was a good deal of talk about what Washington would do if such and such a thing was done by the road, but as the road gave no intimation of what It proposed to do, ' Washington did not talk much in the matter. Oglethorpe In Line. Lute last evening Col. James M. Smith of Oglethorpe, went before the directors and advanced the Interest of his section. We learn that he proposed lo subscribe five thousand dollars, give the right of way and build a depot at Pleasant Hill, if one be located, and he thought 55,000 could be raised in the coun ty. Contractors in Town. One of the leatures of the meeting was the presence in the city of a Inrge number of prominent railroad contractors. These gentlemen seem to be pretty well assured that the project is a cortainty and are ready to put in their bids for construction. They are W. P. Fortune, of North Carolina, Wright Jc Co., of Virginia, J. B. Evans, Rutherford county, N. C; R. S. Coleman, of Rice A Coleman, South Carolina; Pr. Humbrick, of North Carolina: J. H. Winslow, North Carolina. The activity of the contractors, ready to tune hold, was one of the most assuring features of the meeting. What the Board Did. The bonnl of directors transacted but little business besides hearing the propositions of < the different delegations. They accepted several additional subscriptions, which now makes the amount pledged to the entire line six hundred thousand dollars. They aho instructed Gen. Hoke to give out the contract for grading between the North Carolina line and Chester, S. C.,?a distance of 45 miles?In the event that suitable arrangements oan he made. It Is thought the contracts will be awarded next week. The contest yesterday before the board of directors was two-fold. The High Shoals and Monroe route was contending for the line west of Athens, .while the Jug Tavern and Lawrencevllle route was disputing this claim. Both sides had exhaustive hearing before the < board. East of Athens Elberton made her showing as a commanding point on the Air Line, while Washington, despairing of securing the road itself, tried to induce the board todeflect the line below Elberton so that the former town could tap the system at her best advantage. It was the opinion of those who heard the arguments, that Elberton had the , best of the position in this discussion. Her claims are regarded as virtually settled in her iavor. The present management hare been very chary about accepting subscriptions. Not every man who opened his purse or offered his name was allowed to enrolled himself on | the lists. The danger was that some one hostile to the enterprise might become a stockholder, and by injunction, or other obstruction, seek to embarrass the road. This list has been kept in strict espionage and one or two efforts from rival systems to slip in have been detectey. It was for this reason that the new stock which had been subscribed in Athens was not recognized until it had been Inspected and approved by the board of di rectors. The G., C. & N. is determined to steer clear of scoops and wooden horses. The Bond a Certainty. In regard to the building of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern, Mr. Hoke Smith said yesterday: 'The roed is now n certainty; it passed out of doubt to-day. It never has been a certainty until to-day. We have 55(10,000 In absolutely good subscriptions. The security for the road was tendered us to-day. and our agent wired us to-day, and we wired him it was accepted. There Is nodoubt about It being built." MOUNT CARMEL NEWS. Many Dots which will be Fonnd or Interest. Mt. Carhel, S. C., April 11,16S7. . It la very interesting to read the reports from your various correspondents and it gives us news from various sections, and is certainly great improvemertt on the old way of editing a paper. Mrs. Powell the mother of our townsman , W. R. Powell has just returned from Georgia, and will spend some time here with her son. Mrs. M. C. Parker Is off buying from North, em markets a beautiful and select stock of millinery goods and the ladles of Mt. Carmel may expect something pretty and cheap In this line. Your correspondent read of the death of , Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken with feellmrs of deepest sorrow. In his death Abbeville county , hfis lost one of her noblest and most enter- . prising sons. Death ever claims a shining mnrk. ' . The happiest man In Mt. Cnrmel is W. L. ( Link?(a 12 pound baby boy.) Good morning ] pi.. . Weather beautiful?oats look fine?farmers . are rushing their work?many ready to plant. , Mr. W. it. Powell's store on Saturday was i crowded with customers and presented a , lively nppearance. Vour correspondent read with regret of the . disastrous Are that so recently laid waste the | handsomest restdeuce and church in Abbe- | ville. >le extends bis sincere sympathies to . those of bis friends who have suffered losses. . My heart is always with the good people of proud old Abbenlle. , Mr. and Mrs. .T. W. Morrow are attending P.resbytry at Troy. Our enterprising post master Wra. Riley has recently purchased a han dsome case of lock boxes with glass fronts, which are quite ornamental as well as useful In our new post office. The.Savannah Valley Railroad has changed itis name and we hope it will change the tariff or its local freights and give each one of Its towns their proportionate^share of freights as other towns?35 cents per hundred on cotton from Anderson to Augusta and the same from Bordeaux to Augusta. Is this fair? We say no; let us cry out against such oppression. Speak up correspondents along the line. This will take trade from our very door and will hinder the progress of our town. Speak up for our rights. A very interesting meeting has been in progress In the Associate Retormed Presbyterian church at this place since Friday 8th, Rev. A. L. Patterson being assisted by Rev. Hradley. Several additions were added to the church. The preaching was tine and much enjoyed by large and appreciative congregations day and night. Prof. Lowry of Due West is visiting relatives here. Due West Items. Due West, April 12, 1887. Miss Clara Sharp spent Sabbath In Due West. Capt. Cochran has barley that Is heading out. Prof. Young preached an excellent sermon In the Associate Reformed church sabbath evening. Mr. H. M. Young's children are very sick with the measles. The measles are "doing up" the town. The ministers and theological students leave Thursday for Generostee. to attend the meeting of the 2nd Associate Reformed Presbytery. The monthly Missionary meeting occured In Associate Reformed church last Thursday evening. Dr. Grier in the chair. Dr. Lindsay made the address of the ovenlug?subject, "Who makes money for Jesus?" This exercises was novel, interesting and able. Dr. Pressly read part of a lettle from our Missionary In Mexico showing the wonderful success of his labors?10 baptism and 28 additions to {? Ihe church as the result of one months trip. ! The arrival of the Prexs and Banner on last WcrlnpRilnv pvenintr was looked forward to ? with much Interest, as our people knew It. would contain all the particulars of the disastrous burning In the village. Due West extends her hearty sympathy in this calamity. }: 1'he McGowan residence was a beautiful ornament to the town. 1( We took in Miss Woods resitations and ' readings here Inst week. On acconnt oPa severe hoarseness the exercises were short. , Wo greatly enjoyed it. Miss Woods is the , best female reader that has been on our ? stage. ? we compliment "Brier" on Ills good taste " n selecting: the "Pi-ess and Manner, tho Me*- j " lenger and the Greenwood Tribune" as his T eading channels. "But one thing thou * ackest," if you want to do up the county on he news question and tike in a little reli{lous matter, why then subscribe for the An- rj octaleReformed Presbyterian. It is a gun l-n lie way of a religions and family paper. ' We took a walk the other day over Col. F. L, kV. R. Nance's plantation. Mr. Nance's s<-ns " ire among the finest workers in the county. 52 Hr. Sam Nance told us that since Christmas J le had cut 25 cords of wood and prepared 21 p icres of cotton land and about 10 acres of 5", :orn land. This he had accomplished by him- ? elf. MaJ. Nance hnd a tine small grain pros- "J >ect. ?' We are sorry to hear that that good man? ' aitliful and true?Col. D. Wyatl Aiken, is one. His afllictlon was a long and painful *? me. With the host of mourqers we drop a ear upon his grave. ,1 Prof. W. I'. MoElroy and wife spont the iabbath In Due Wost They had their little aughtor Clara Belle, baptised by Rev. Dr. 're88l>'- Si On April 1, Hugh Wilson celebrated the wenty-eighth anniversary of his connection rlth the Abbeville Press and Banner. While v,e ?e do not agree with many of the opiulons of ,n he Press and Banner, we cheerfully ackuowl-; f()] dge that It is a bright and livo newspaper. ]e( t sets an example that other country news-J vj apers should imitate In its efforts to secure i re, II the news of its county as soon as possible, | f0| n more than one occasion even using the; ia] ires In order to secure news for its next issue, j c.., f there Is anything that that is not tolerated j le. round the office of the Prcst, and Banner, it!8H ; stale news. No county newspaper in the ; j.. tale has a more complete system of corres- I ac ondence than tho Press and Banner, em* roi racing as it does every section of Abbexllle j e(j onnty. Tho Press and Banner as it stands! j, )-day is a monument to the persevering and an itolllgent work of Hugh Wilson.?yews and pe ouricr. pr) German millet seed! For sale by W. Joel for mlth&Son. 4-13 blc _.. y .,. -. - " _ ; ' *: ; -' 'V :. WHAT WE SHOULD DO IDT. undigested and are lost The extreme ease " with which this millet is cut and cured also CP WE WOULD SUCCEED WE MUST STUDY commends it to our high esteem; it has decided advantage over corn forage In tnU reAS WORK. spect Increased interest has been developed of late in the groundpea crop on account of the ul?tAtl. _,Kl.h introdnctlon of the variety termed "Spanish." Plana and Suggestions which, If do not know Its origin or history, but on Followed, will Lend to Prosperity. trial have found it a very excellent variety. m,? The pods fill well, and cluster largely around hTJ f hu ftiifv liH' the ma,n root, making the digging of them quite easy. On suitable lnnd thut Is rather sandy, and with lime In the soil, the groundm o P&i is a very valuable adjunct to the food ^ j .y j"8t'lowa cropsof the farm. Scarcely any tblnz Is better for fattening p>rk.!.ndns farmers are much under their directionTheth*ne call?i "e? more disposed 10 raise their meat Ihan they f.? I! ?, L r " hr /.hirio.fi rS!i formerly were, we commend this crop to their fnnf In fFJlrv vrvrcu\ni t u \ n,fik attention also. It should be planted at once: tit tVr fnrmar ' ^ mnit 11 ,s better to shell and plant the seed out of ISbm <^ub ^Jo ^r JT' the hull: they will come up more quickly; r\, ??'i(Tn,u ' h# mn?? fl?ht ISirt*h^?tdr0P Rt ^east two in a hill; rows three feet rains floods' droueht In^ecU butht's ruets' apart and h,lls two feet ,n the rowmildewsand blast*A eraat manv d'uthwn In this connection the sweet potato should thinifs must be made to work l^ether for a f^f'/heStXmTn Jvam^ni^hL^fv ^ given end. How multifarious the operations (ed red skl^Tth yclfo^flMh are un^rMfi^ which finally terminate In a bale of cotton or a bushel of corn! And yet we are told that nre?0rMavlW any one can be a farmer. Yes, any one can the rtrATor'^Dtemb^ or earlier be kent on put seeds in the ground.any one can hoe thlm t l? thlPmiddle of October and Uien grans, any one can walk beiiind a plow?but Is turne(i uI0n theeroundneasandbvtheend that all? When to plant, how to plant, what of Novemberbe readv^the knl/e It Ua to plant; when to plow, Low to plow. What m^aktTosuDDose^hat fari^^ breadth of knowledge, what discriminating thel ? meat to ^vantnle at the Present tow Judgment do these demand t I.et the youths "JfJL ofb^nAfermer can raUealmost who lack these qualities go to the cities; the anwhin* that he neeri^n htT form cheToer country has no place tor them. than he ean buv Tt In the matteTof m?t But to matters now directly In hand. The all thfl, ?.roylt thatheThould arranee planting of the cotton crop confronts us- nroS?iVforlKotdeDend exdusi v^l?or shall it be early or late? Opinions differ. on [he eorn ertb Orellnr loU Where experience falls to decide we can only Bermud? and clover Johnson grass lots for appeal to general principles. It Is quite cer- to fl^ uMn i^oUtoS^ IFIn winter tain that plants have some decree of plastlci- 2 *1212: ^rn'frnm tree8> acorns, persimmons, etc., together with climatic conditions. Seed of early corn from 8Wee^ potatoes, peus and groundpeaa, present tilo North, planted in the South for several ? nhpon inexDenslve bill of fare qdoii which years, without a fresh importation, acquires a ho H be eosllv ralsedand^attened later habit..f maturing. Howls this? The wlarenot im^h we work ori plant cannot be conceived of as having an in- f om y ^ , the same old ruts. rsi>. t p 111 rc n ce w h lchon a b I es It to an 11 ci pa teth e [rn0gmcoyr^n^ 2nd grater of our seasons andregn!S ,n* to lhe 601100 croP to supply all our wants gro *y th accord I n Rl y t and yet it behaves Just year after year we have failed, but hope never mS ^ rfionLn d,e8* The fault is in the seasons,or the guano live corn, Pj^nted very eariy In' t*1? 8PrJ[?? dealers, or the merchants, or something else; tends to produce smaller stalks but large rears we are blind to the faot that it is chiefly in than that plant^lato In the season. Maj not ourselves and our methods. We give a tboua f. ^ i Inl?S 8and excuses for our failures, but never the cotton ? The cold of early "Pr'n*J)**8 right one. Now,before it Is too late, put some 1,i'.0?TL; of the land yon had prepared foTwtton in rhieat or extermination always quickens the 8weet potatoes, some in gronndpeas, some In Knir vc E I,,? ia ?o in on mm 11 kafflr earn, some in German mllletand some cockle-burr vblcli corocs up Iftto in sutoinorf in fAmop <w\m even though It does not grow more than six B Inches high, will have a bloom and mature a seed. In the tropics cotton grows almost into , a tree, but produces little fruit; in temperate lfcms irora une weat. zones it is dwarfed in size, but increased in Due Wkst, April 11, 1887. frultfulncss. May it not be that the chilling Due West has a new set of "boodlors." It gets in early spring predisposes it to fruit- Mr. Arch D. Kennedy parades a new black fulness? It would seem that young plants horse. very soon fix the style of growth they are to This bright, warm weather brings out the keep up during the season. If they start out new straw hats. - -V to make a large, luxuriant stalk they seem to Mr. Eugene MIMford sold stacks of new strive to carry it out to the end. clothes here last week. our individual experience nas Deen in xavor n0 new news on tbe lapu this week. of early-planted cotton. It does not grow off Communion services and a good sermon in quite us well, and Is consequently somewhat the Baptist church yesterday. harder to work, but fruits better, opens early The Rev. Dr. Riley and bis friend Mr. and can be housed and sold early in the sea- Boggs, spent last week in our town. son. Then again, earlv planting Is more apt Dr. Cannon and wife of Anderson county to bring good stand*, for there is then usually were on a visit to see a sick daughter in Doe enough moisture In the soil still to bring the West last week. plants up: later It Is apt to be too dry. After Mr. John M. Martin 1? on thigui tAve for trying "planters" and other modern modes of fat beef cattle. planting cotton, we have gone back to the old* Rev. O, H. Carter preached one of his best time method of covering seed with a good list sermons yesterday. His congregation seems by a double-foot plow and either knocking off to grow at every meeting, and they are apprewlth a board or leveling dcwn with a harrow, elating bis good work more and more. Cotton seed will not come up through a thick Those who fail to hear Dr. Lindsay next covering of earth, but they will pprout and Thursday night will ralsss a rare treat, get ready to come up when thus covered, and The ladies from Syracuse, N. Y., who have will appear above the surface promptly when been boarding at Dr. Henry's, left last Friday the superfluous dirt is removed by board or for Greenville. V - ?. harrow. Bear in mind, this knocking off or Mr. C. L. Moore hived the finest awarm of harrowing is not labor lost* it is really eqniv- bees of the season Saturday evening. nlent to a first working. For two years we The Spirit Spinner that has so long haunted have tried the broadcast harrowing of cotton the bacheler's domicil of Robert L. Clamp with a smoothing harrow. It was done the has gone to weaving. On Saturday last he first time Just as the cotton began to come up. bought a bunoh of factory yam to start tbe The harrow was run obliquely across tbe rows, energetic ghost In business right. About a week later it was run again at right Last Saturday was the twenty-second annlangles to the first. It may be run squarely versary of Lee's surrender. across the rows, but never up and down them, Jesse P. Harkness.Due West's professional . for in the latter case It would almost certainly Base Balllst, left for PhlladelphiaTuesday. Injure the stand. Where the land was clean Mr. Johnr Kennedy of Wlaeman's spent a uuu irt'o iroiu uuaiructiuiie, incwuu wus very aay in our lown J as I wees, Vismng ui? unuer satisfactory; even where land was not perfect- Mr. W. P. Kennedy. ly clcan, the stand was not much injured. If Miss Woods, an elocutionist of Kentucky, no rnln has fallen since the soil was stirred by lectured for us in Lindsay Hall last Wedneathe plow, the harrow tends to run too deep; day night. where the soil is crusted it works finely. Mr. J. W. Power is preparing to put anew If one does not use a harrow the scrape roof on his dwelling. should be started Just as soon as the first cot- Last 8aturday was a bright warm day, but ton makes its appearance. The wing next the our merchants complain that the circulation cotton should be set perfectly flat and the cot- of cash was distressingly small. ton sided so closely that the two furrows al- Prof. W. 8. Lowry left last Friday for Mt. most meet. Very little dirt will be thrown on Carmel to visit relatives and friends. the young cotton, and even If some is, it will Dr. E. W. Pressley left for Clover, York Cou, not Interfere seriously with its coming up. Friday last where be will bang oat his ?hln- * Should the ground be crusted, the crust will gle for professional patronage. bo broken; moreover,the gras9 which usually Mr. L. L. Abereomble who has been for :omes up with thecotton will be killed. Noth- gome months past engaged in general merIng contributes more to the easy, pleasant chaudlse at Rome, Ga., returned to this place working of a cotton crop than to begin plow- Monday. : ?Ing it early and plowing It often in the early Dr. L. P. Kennedy who recently graduated stages of growth. We generally leave too In medicine at New York, bas been appointed much for the hoe to do. By running the plow as assistant in a hospital on Bluckwell's Isjarly, properly and often the hoe-work may land. The appointment was made after a be greatly reduced. One thing is very clear, successful ana rigid examination. that unless the cost of production can be re- The "old oaken bucket" hangs a useful oriuced there will be very little profit in cotton nament above six feet of curative water in ^ < it present prices. our new public well. As soon as cotton-planting is finished, early- Mr. James A. Rickets, an enterprising torplanted com will be ready for its first work- mer near this place, raise* game bens that ?. ii piumeu in waier-iurruw niiuiure umy weiga mix puuaus eucu. now be dropped near the hill of corn, and the It wtll be a treat for our boys who are to Ural plowing will cover It up. In this case al- visit Washington In May to see 2,000 tons of ;o set the wing of scrape next the corn so It silver dollars In one pile, and 48 tons of gold tvill run very flat and throw only a moderate dollars In another, In that butldlhg of the city lunntity of dirt Into the water-furrow aud called the United States treasury. about the corn. It is quite injurious to corn SuggeKtlons to the new town council are in dirt It heavily when It Is young, and force coming In thick and fast. t to throw out new roots near the surface be- We understand that the wheat of Mr. IT. ore ll Is ready to do so. Corn naturally G. Donald la shading that of bis old oh am ,hrows ont new circles of roots at successive and near neighbor. oints.one set above the other, but not all at A public well has been dug on Main street >nce. A considerable Interval of time elapses at a cost of probably fifty dollars. The watar between the formation of successive whorls of Is perceptibly mineral, and It Is thought that -oots. Bat deep dlrtlng Interferes with the chemical unltlon of the particles or matter ;ourse of nature and causes new roots to form found near the bottom generates weak but prematurely. Again, by only partially fllllog continued currents of electricity. ;he water-furrow at the first working, more We were glad to see Messrs John Pratt and lirt is thrown Into it at the second working, Joseph Ellis In town last week. It Is the firs! ind covers and smothers grass most thorough- time that either of these gentlemen hava y. dispensing with all hoe-work. Where corn been seen in Due West for six months. Their s not planted In water-furrow we have found combined ages amount to 196 years, tan excellent plan to use a twister or turn- Some of the Due Westers will plo nlc at ng shovel, and starting In center of middles Martin's Mills on the first Saturday in May. ted up with bar side next the corn. The last Miss Mary Henry spent a day or two at 'urrow can be run very near the corn, dlrtlng home last week. She left on Thursday for t lightly, but enough to cover up young grass Georgia. ffectually If it Is done early enough. We The nights are getting perceptibly shorter, jontend that a hoe need never enter acorn- It makes one sleepy to tbfnk or the shrill bird lol/l "Sn/>h Airliner olvou a tx/inA nnnnpt.nnlfv nf mnrn trvin* tf% nrnilfiA thft nation &t 4.30. o put manure on each side of corn to be cov- Measles seem to be about tbe only type that >red at the next working. can exist here, We repeat tbe recommendation heretofore Our Doctors are having so little to do sow :i ven to supplement the corn crop with one that they are entertaining each otber with >f the recently introduced millets or sor- fine dinner*. [hums, as kamr corn or millo maize. Kaffir We wonder whether President Cleveland: :orn is nothing like ordinary corn; it resem- and his Cabinet would come to our next Cornties millo maize, but has a awarfer habit and inencement If properly invited. We will have natures earlier. It and millo maize have a new dish at this literary feaat and bit >een widely advertised as forage crops; we hearts to entertain visitors besides. ralue them more for their seed, which are We hope to make special mention of the ibont as valuable as ordinary corn for stock first dish of strawberries that may be sent as eed. If not more valuable than corn, why soon. >lant them, asks one. Because (hey stand Miss Dalsey Henry lea for Georgia last Ironght better, and will make a crop where Wednesday. orn would utterly fall. If one is lorced to Mr. J. B. Bonner has been presented with ely upon thin uplands to make corn, he had a fine Newfoundland dog. ThU dog will prove letter plant kaffircornor an early maturing quite an addition to our sporting club aa be train of millo maize, rather than common will be able to pull them out of the creeks, orn. The former Is much more certain to and find them when lost in tbe Jungles, iroduce a crop under the conditions mention- Miss Mary Selbert, who has been stopping d?especially In a dry season?than the lat- at Mrs. Calhoun's a few days, was called sutler, Plant corn on bottom landB and on fresh denly home last Thursday, on account of the ich lands, but confine it to these, and plant sickness of her father. afllr corn on thin uplands. To those who Prof. S. P. McElroy and family, of Mt. Galave never cultivated the latter, we may say. lagber, Laurens county, spent Saturday and w tuiuuio m oiuiiiar iu iunb ui ui uinai y aui ouuuqt iu wnut *uv viuimouw v. hum?nothing peculiar or difficult about It. was administered to their Infant In the A. R. Raising supplies at home Is the foremost P. church on yesterday. nd most Important of all problems to the Due West was well represented at Abbevllla otto.n-ralscr. It Is useless to attempt lm- last Saturday. We saw not less than slxtecu rovement of any bind until the farm Is of her citizens on the streets. lade self-supporting. He will certainly fail Rev. C. H.Prltchardspentlast Friday night r he buys provisions. The experience of tbe In town. He was on his way to Gflgal to ist twenty years has most thoroughly demon- Quarterly Conference. Lratcd this. Go where you will, ine men who Mr. B. C. Brownlee.Sr., Is thedelerate from Use supplies at home are the prosperous far- the K. of H. lodge at this place, to the G. D. iers. Their lands aro not mortgaged. They that meets at Anderson on tbe 20th Inst. o not have to ask meichants to run them. Mr. W. T. Cowau went to Abbeville aiul or this reason we stress every crop which returned before noon last Saturday. H? will 'ill help the farmer to raise the provisions he use one of Dr. H. D. Wilson's cottoa planter*. eeds; kaffir com and ralllo maize strike us A large area of corn has been planted wltlis very promising grain-producing crops, out the ground being prepared. Too much hey are generally extolled as lorage plants; rain. But now rain is needed. e do not prize them highly for that; ordlna- Dr. J. P. Kennedy, It is said, wllUeave tbts r corn sown in drills has no superior as a for- week for McConnelsvllle, York county, where je plant. If one will manage it properly he will practise his profession. iere Is no occasion to hunt up any other crop The memorial or Miss McQuerns Is now s a substitute. It Is urged upon every far- ready. Send for a copy to Mr. J. B. Bonuer. ler, who is at all short of forage, or likely to Price 25 cents. ?, to row a good breadth of land in drilled The students of tbe Theological Seminary >rn this month. It mav be sown at any time are fortunate in selecting Dr. R. A. Ross to om April to August, but the early sowings preach the anniversary sermon at their next e the most satisfactory?mostapt to succeed, commencement. Dr. Ross Is one of the oldrepnre the land very thoroughly hy repeated est ministers in the first Presbytery and is : owings, rollings and harrowlngs; make one of the best known men in tbe State. ills four feet apart to admit plenty of air Mrs. Laura Henderson is on a visit to her id lieht: sow seed so that arrulns mav hp Daren ts. Her brother, Mr. L. M. Pratt is Inw om two to three inches apart, and when up proving. , , _ ,. . , ,, iltlvate ^ith sweep. Some think foraco corn Mr. w. B. Acker of Donalds worshipped In> muld be sown very thickly to make the the Baptist church at this place yesterday, alks very small. Of course very large stalks Mrs. H. M. Johnston, who has been on a e objeelsonable, but if each plant has not visit to Verdery to set) a sick daughter te. e opportunity of developing Itself pretty home again. Her daughter is improving, oroughly. the forage will lack quality; it Rev. \\ ilson Ashley, an aged and able BapIII be tasteless and not relished by stock, tlst minister, was burled at Little River Sunich ?talk ought to have sufficient opportu- day. Mr. Ashley was pastor or Mt. Bethel ty to enable Ft to make a little nubbin, and and Little River churches (Or a number ot ecrop should not be gathered until the little years, but his falling health forced him to lbbin is in roasting ear. abandon the pulpit. Another very valuable food crop, which may Through the kindness of Mr. J. W. Power* i started the last of this month, is German we bad a delightful ride to Abbeville behind lllet. It Is an exceedingly strong, nutritious his fine black, last Saturday, where we met rage?stronger perhaps than any other, un- many warm friends, _ ^ ^ m >s exception De rnaae or ciover nay ana pea- uuruiug t>aows ior liaeu, anu iuhkos neB. Whilst It may not equal these in lotnc one sad to see only ashes where so recently spects, It Is a better balanced food. It calls stood a beautiful residence and a eoainiotiir rather rich land, but grows well on poor ous church. We weroalso presented with a. tid when matured and properly prepared, subscription papnr, soliciting funds to rebuild: able manure,cotton seed meal,ammonlated the church. tlllzers or compoBts will answer. The land The Due West Foreign Missionary Society ould be prepared, as described above, for held Its regular meeting in tbe A. R. P. churcli i Illed corn, a half bushel of seed sown on an last Thursday evening. In addition to the re aud very lightly harrowed in and then regular exercises, Rev. Dr. Lindsay spoke tolled. All small seeds, which must be plant- the audience forabout twenty minutes oruthe shallow, should be rolled after they are subject, "Who makes money for Jesus?" and rrowed In. It Insures both more prompt his address Is spoken of In the very highest d more certain germination of the seed, terms of commendation. Rev. Dr. Pressly member that German millet 6honld be cut read a portion of a letter from the missionary amptly as soon as blooms appear, the seed In Mexico, giving some very encouraging m and mature very quicKly after the statements with regard to hla work Id that >om, unusually so, and It Is not desirable to distant laud- ?. C. D. / . - ; a ' - -