The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, April 13, 1887, Image 4
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.
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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.
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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 . ' . . .
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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.
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