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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, August 31,1887. Enwy Hail for Evil Door*. Some of our exchanges seem anxious to explain Judge Wallace's act in releasing on bail Jcnes, the triple murderer of Edgefield, and for the act find full Justification in our laws. J To a looker-on, the outsider must come to the! conclusion that there is a lamentable confusion in our laws or else there must be a lack of administration. The Xeics and Courier gives a short statement of the facts, which we reproduce: R.T.Jones killed Edwnrd Pressly, Sr., and his two sons, Charles Pressley and Edward Pressley, Jr., and was indicted for the triple murder. Upon his trial tor the murder of Edward Pressley, Jr., he was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to thirty years in the penitentiary. There were still two indictments for runrdcr against him when he was tried aud convtctcd. but lie was ordered to be discharged from custody, as to these indictments, because he was not tried at the second term of Court after the commitment. When, at the last term of Court, the two untried cases were called, the counsel for Jones raised . the point that he was in the same position as " ? -? T.t/lwn Wnllnrv. ii ne iihu ucmi civ?i???n<v?.. u..?nv ? thereupon decided that these cases had been Improperly kept on the docket. The State intends to give out new bills in the cases, it is said, and the defence insist that this cannot be done. The appeal to the Supreme Court Ktavs the execution of the sentence in the case of Pressley, Sr., anil, If Jones can set a newtrial and secure then acquittal, he will go free absolutely according to the theory ol his counsel. Application was made for the release of Jones on ball, and this has been granted, the amount of ball being $10,000. Of course the granting of bail, whether intended or not, usually has the effect of mollil>'ing public sentimeut at the commission of the most heinous crime, and jurors, who doubt their own sense of justice, are often glad to act upon any hint or suggestion coming from the Bench. We may yet see the spectacle of a triple murderer being put to no greater punishment thau the expense and annoyance of , a defence. The Winruboro Xeivs and Herald comments on the matter in an admirable article, as follows: The theory of his counsel is without the foundation of law. The Statute provides that "If any person committed for treason or felony, etc., upon his prayer or petition in open Court on the first week of the term to be brought to trial, shall not bo indicted sometime in the next term after such commitment shall, upon motion, etc., be set at liberty upon ball unless It appear to the Court upon oath ih..i tiiowiinoii?os for I he State eon Id not tie produced the same term; and If any person committed as aforesaid, upon liis prayer or petition in open Court, tlie first week of the term, to be brought to trial, shall not be indicted and tried the second term after his commitment, or upon his trial shall he acquitted, he shall be discharged from his imprisonment." Tiiis section of the habeas corpus net was intended simply to prevent the indefinite imprisonment of parties charged with non-bailable oflences. To be entitled to the henetlt of this section the accused must have exhibited thedlligence which the section imposes. If, forexampla, he neglects at the first term to exhibit his petition to be brought to trial, lie will not be entitled to his absolute discharge at the second term, nor will he be entitled to this If thecontlnuanee at the first term is had on acoount of the absence of the State's witnesses?for a more powerful reason, he will not be entitled to it if the continuauce is had on his own motion at either term. Before the accused shall be entitled to this absolute discharge lie must have exhibited his petition to be brought to trial at two successive terms of the Court after his Incarceration, and the law imposes upon the judge the imperative duty of discharging him 1111 less it appears upon oath, etc., that "the witnesses for the State could not be produced at the same term.'' This interpretation is borne out by the following sectiou of the Act, which provides? "that if the accused shall neglect for two terms to apply for habeas corpus for his enlargement, ttiat he shall not be entitled to the writ in vacation time." In order to entitle the accused to his discharge on account of delay In bringing the trial the State must be at fault.?Hurd on Habeas Corpus, p. -145; 2 Hay, 5(*5. The striking of the cases from the docket does not amount to anything: they may be restored, or he may be Indicted again. Kvon if 011 order lias been passed discharging the defendant in thes-e cases It is no bar. The facts of Jone's case do not entitle him to the extraordinary remedy which the law provides. ?3- ? Clieoky Indeed. We are In receipt of sample sheets of a new publication, whose alleged object is the building.of a charitable Institution, and for that reason we presume the author expects to ?et a free ad verlisenient. In concluding the note to the editor of this paper the author says: ' If you should deem the object, and the lit ernry merit of tne above extracts irom the) hook, worthy your editorial notice, please send a copy of the paper containing said notice to me. In your notice please state that it will be sold by subscription. Please suggest a suitable agent lor your county." The fact is this, every line of type that goes into this newspaper costs something. Kvery square inch of printing paper adds to the expense of publishing the paper. The extra sheet which he requests us to send to him costs us one com ueiore we loucu u. 1110 postage stamp which would have to be alllxed to the wrapper would cost another cent. Because ol this expense we do not expect to do any free advertising for anybody?no matter how much the wohid-bedead-beat may claim for philanthropic motives. There is an old saying that one "should be Just before lie is geuerous." Under tills principle we shall exact pay for our services. If the aforesaid publisher shall pay us a fair price for his advertisement, he shall then be at liberty to establish as many charitable "Homes" as ho may sec proper. We shall watch with interest to see how many of our brethren are willing to work without pay. and furnish their papers free. The. Sensation in Kiimtcr. The ^Bfalcatlon by Cashier Charles E. Bartlett oflhe National Bank at Sumter is receiving the attention of the people of the State. It is not known what bis shortage is, but it is presumed to be something like the capital stock, from S50.000 to Sf!n,Otfi. He took In his gripsack $5,500 in gold and silver last Saturday week, and left for parts unknown, but it is thought he is now safe iu Canada. Futures, In cotton and wheat, ruined him. As usual in such cases lie belonged to the best class of people in the community in which lie lived, and the olliceis were entirely oblivious to the fact that the money of the bank was being squandered. The people ol the State are shocked at the development beof ?!.? rnro .lofnnW I... bunk cashiers and other lldnclary officers in the South. The bondsmen will resist payment of their bond beeausc of alleged neglect or carelessness of the directors iu not discovering the crookedness of liartlett, which has long existed. The reports were regularly published, and were of such a nature as to be assuring to depositors und stockholders. May we not ask if nearly all the crimes are not now committed by "well connected" people? We do not remember having seen any statement to the ettect that any trilling trash had committed any serious ofl'encc like that of robbing a bank, or killing a neighbor. "In Favor of Temperance." Did anybody ever notice bow often the opponents of prohibition?from Jell Davis down ?declurc themselves in "favor of temperance," when arraying themselves against the avowed and active workers for the suppression of the whiskey traffic? Has anybody ever beard a prohibitionist explain that he was "in favor of temperance?" It isn't neces sary for the one, and it is entirely useless for I the other, to make any such declurat ion. The actions of a man generally enable the public to form a proper conclusion. CbarleMtou'M Ciulu Week. Charleston is preparing for a gala week in October, when all of her country cousins will L? be inyiled to be present. The Charlestonians are making every effort to make the occasion ? a grand success, and no people on the face of 4k. the earth know better how to entertain. Visitors to the city are always well pleased. if fgV Slinll wo Hope lor Justice mid 1'nli 1*1 ny? The dissatisfaction existing amonsr some o the business men and others along 4he line o the Columbia and Greenville nnd South Cam Una divisions cf the Kicliiuonu nn? iinnvnii Railroad with its present management hse culminated in a movement, the details o which were secured by a reporter of the Regit tcr Inst night. Petitions have been prepared for cireitlatioi simultaneously among the patrons of thes< divisions, commencing to-day, stating that ir the belief of the signers that it is lor theii mutual interests that the present. Kuperinten dent. Mr. G. It. Talcott, be removed and on< appointed to the position who will more fullj appreciate the needs and wants of the pcoph I and thereby add to the prosperity ni me ran road company and its patrons, and that oti< more acceptable in every respect is needed. These petitions are to lie sent on to Genera Manager K. 15. Thomas at Washington. The movement is understood to have origi natcd among prominent business men it Itock Hill, Winnsboro and Chester, am copies will to-day be presented to the business men of Columbia for signature and, as statec previously, circulated among those of all tlx stations on the line of the Columbia am Greenville and Charlotte, Columbia anc Augusta roads. This movement is a novel one and rathei extraordinary. The issue will be walchet with general interest.?Oolumlna Reyixtcr. The removal of Mr. Talcott from the ofllc< of Sunerintendent of the telegraph lino 01 the C. & G. road would, wo presume, be grate ful news to a majority of those who have hn< occasion to use the telegraph line, but mor< especially will it be so to the country publish crs along thai line of road who are practically denied benefit Irom the existence ot the tele graph line. Speaking for the Press and Han tier we liellovo tlie present management of tin telegraph line a wrong on the public am an absolute and positive discriminatioi against the country press in favor of the eit: press. As a matter of fact we believe that tin offices of the company are too often close) when they should be open to the public, ant as a result, telegrams are seldom sent or de livered with any degree of promptness. Another matter to bo mentioned is tin discriminations against the country press li the rate of charges. As we understand it, tin Xews and Courier, a rich and influential ell; newspaper can get telegrams from Abbcvllli for one cent, a word, wliile the J'i csx ana nan ner, a coiyitry newspaper with a limited cir culatlon, is compelled to pay from four to tw> cents a word from the neighboring towns c Anderson, Laurens and Greenwood, cvei when the offices between these points are t< be found open. Sometime ago, although th Press and ft (inner is so much discrimi nated against in the matter of charges, desir ed a dispatch of from one iiundred to thrc hundred words from Greenwood, a town som twenty miles distant. We couldn't get it, be cause the ofllces were closed betwcei Abbeville and that point by or before dark The next morning the same dispatch tlia could not be sent to Abbeville appeared ii the News and Courier and Auguslu, Chroniclt and at, as we presume, a charge about on half of what we would have had to pay fo the same telegram even if we could hav gotten It. This Is only one instance. The Press am Banna- has as a rule hail to pay from two t three times as much Tor Its dispatches as w understand the yews and Courier would hav had to pay for the same service. The telegram from Laurens in reference t the recent election was delayed until after th larger part of our paper was printed and sen oil'. Still we had to pay the high rates,despit the fact that it was not delivered in time t be of much use to us. If the removal of Mr. Talcott shall give 11 good telegraphic service, and If his remova shall do more, and do away with the sys tematieand oppressive discrimination again* the struggling country press, in favor of th city press, then it will not be a source e regret to know that lie is removed to an oilier fl^id of usefulness. If the rallroai shall remove any suspicion of a desire to oj, press the country press while upbuilding th city press, we shall be glad to note tbe fact Fair play Is a Jewel, au 1 we hope yet to see It [even If Mr.Talcott's removal be a necessor; preccden t. Shall no Stay nn Insane or illtul I>oj: Tom Woolfolk's counsel Is seeking evidenci lu Incnno Thnl h.v been often tried, and seldom fulls. A dof with hydrophobia is insane, and on t-lie satn< principle the animal should not. be shot anc killed. If an insane dog is punished beeausi of the possibility of his doing harm, wha should be d'ine with a man, about whose in sanity nothing is said until after lie has kil'ei Ids father and eight other members of lih family? It might be well to abolish all Stat* law for the protection of life. Such law Is sel dom enforced. If such criminals were turnc< over to the United States Courts they migli possibly get justice?a thing invariably de nied by State Courts. PAr?T A T rrtnATTTV aVV/XAXJ JbV^uniili X. What tlse Negro XeHNpupers Say oi the Kill Before the Ueorgla LesK' . lain re. to Prevent the Oo-E<luca< lion or the Knees. Augusta Gazette. Wc have already Riven our reasons, or ai least sonn; of Mum, for unequivocally an< emphatically favoring the Ulenn biil. O course we have no doubt of its triumphant passage. At the same time should there hi in the minds of any white persons tlie slight est migiving as so the need of such an enact' ment, that misgiving will disappear instant ly upon reading the following expressions oti the subject (and others) taken from negrc newspapers: Tlie Atlanta Defiance says: "Any man who says that the intelligent tie groes of the South or anywhere else don'i i want mixed schools lies or shows his com plete ignorance. They ilo want them ant sooner or later they will have them. . . . It is the only thing that will teach the white man of this country that the negro is hi; equal." The United Herald, of Atlanta, follows: 'The southern law makers will have th< sins of hundreds of men like Dickson, o (Jeorgin, and Reynolds, of South Carolina upon their garments. They fall to give a lega sanction to an inevitable." And then bristles the Atlanta Deflanct again : t.'I'l.n t I, ,i.nnl/l .w.t mnlnrlnll.. I.>1.1-/^ (!.(< country i( applied to a few miscreants of tlx white color." Then the Clrorgiri Tiaptixt alternates: ' Should this bill become a law, the white people will be tlie first to wish its repeal There will be some fun In Georgia that these Hourbon Hip Van Winkles have not perhaps thought of. Let them try it, and see wliai the outcome will bo." Then comes a sockdologer from the Augusti Sentinel for the author of the bill: "There can be no doubt of the fact that tlx name of Glenn will hereafter stand for tlx most ultra-South era 11 ate against the negro Col. \V.C. Glenn is indeed famous; a fame lie man need envy." Atlanta Journal. As indicative of the wishes of tlio race ngi tators and of the policy of the Atlanta Uni versity, hear this from the Dejiancc of Jul.\ 1(1, 18S7: * * * * This negro lays bold claim to being thf leader of his race in the State. Hear this it mind and then pause and reflect upon tin drift of this infamous paragraph in his papci of July JK. "Dickson, of Georgia, one of the riches: men in the; State, died not long ago and lefi his colored wife (the white papers anil folk! say concul>ine" hut not so) and children something over SlO.OO!), anil now,as If to keej the ball moving,anil to add new insplratioi lo the negroes progress. one Retinoids, o South Carolina, has died ami left :i fortune oven more princely to lils colored wife ami children, estimated to be near $C'),()00. God grant that tlie good work may go on ! Noth 1 ing can stop it. It is bound to go forward." MONTfJOMKKY, Ala., August 15.?Populai indignation against an article in the ITrrald a weekly paper edited by a colored mm; named .lessee Dukes, reached the climax here to-day. The article came out Saturday and 1> as follows: "Every day or so we read of the lynching o; some negro for outraging some white woman Why is it that the while women attract the negro now more than in former days? There was a time when such a thing was unheard of. There is a secret to this thing, and wc grCilUJ MISpt'lU 11, IS IIIU liiun 1"S ?.!'I'l of the white Juliet for the colored ltomne n> he becomes more intelligent and rellned. II .something is not done to break up these lynehlngs it will be so after awhile that they will lynch every colored man that looks at n white woman with a twinkle in his eye." A large public meeting to-day adopted resolutions denouncing him and warning him tc keep away from Montgomery at the peril ol his life. Duke's paper had been bitterly par tisan and has more than once contained articles to which the whites seriously objected, He was mail agent until Cleveland catno in. 'DUE WEST AND CHICKASAW. r 1 THE COLLEGE BELLS SOUND IN THE DIS< TANCE. f Hocjorii and Watermelons Mules i and Cotton IlaleM?Teachers, Mil' Nlr and Sonsr?Saw I.ok" antl Fire ( ' Wood? Preachers, Children and Schoools?The Faculty of the Fo- 1 ' male College. , Duk Wkit, S. C., August, 2f>j l8S7^ ( "Haw my |,eg WII, IVIII (Jiut'uvij ?<C HIV | ? opening anthem of county doctors who meet here the first week in September. f Mr. Joe Nance expects to make ten bales ofi cotton to a mule this year. As melons shrink in size, they increase in > money value and in malaria. 1 .Miss Kannlo Gerk will go to Wllliamston i * this week, where she will spend some t ime ] 1 with relatives. ' We hope disease, accidents, Ac., Ac., will ( suspend operations during the time the 1 physicians meet here and let these hardworking, scientific gentlemen have a Jolly j" good time. 1 The authorities are having a commodious wood-house erected in the Erskine College , campus. Fires arc comfortable these cool mornings, 1 and are supposed to be healthy also. The Methodists have Just closed a protractj ed meeting at Donalds, with good results. The demand for catalogues of our two colleges is greater than ever before. The pros. oects are also flattering. Some of the boys are enjoying themselves iu wrestling matches. Antony Pearson Is the champion. Mrs. Mary Pull Ivan has rented and moved .. into Mr. II. E. Bonner's house. Wc understand that, our friend Mr. K. S. Galloway will report Due West tor the i Charleston Dully Sun. The stores are beginning to fill up with 1 "fall bargains" as usual. L' Protmctcd meetings are the order of the 1 day. The colored brethren are especially j noisy and demonstrative. The board of health will take In the con ditlon of the premises of our citizens at an early day. . A splendid banquet will be spread at the meeting of the Medical Association Thursday 1 night. Everything is being done to make the r meeting ah onjoyable one. Messrs. J. F. Calhoun and J. W. Power, with Miss Marie Power and Miss Carle Calhoun, . ? h T w 1 sponi.il uiiy UIIU lugm ium wcvn. u. . Bell, of Antreville. Mrs. O. C?. Haddon and children, are spendin? a few weeks at Mr. R. \V. Haddon's. 0 A number of citizens have returned from their summer trips, and some from other places are now enjoying our delightful cli1 mate. o A dozen or so of the young people of West P End attended the closing ot the singingschool atGligal last week. It was a pleasant occa" slon, and it is said the singing of the congre station Is much improved. P Rev. Mr. Pearson has a most excellent patch of forage corn. He lias about concluded that ' he is a farmer. ? Messrs. Jno. R. McGce will attend the asso, elation at Fellowship Baptist church near Ninety-Six this week. Cotton-picking has begun In earnest. The t dry streak through this vicinity Is furnishing , t he most of the open cotton now. This is no indication ol a good crop. ' The boys say that Joe Pressly lost his now o linen collar last week, and came very near r being disappointed in getting to visit his best , girl on the Saluda. e Dr. M. B. Ellis and Mr. A. C. Clinkscales are travelling In the Interests <>r targe cirujr rf honses: the former la this State, the latter In Georgia. n Prof. \V. J. Maglll, who has been Indisposed e for several weeks, is now able to ride out and spend an hour or so a day in town. Mr. Mike Dodson, of Mississippi, has been on a visit to his brothers, Messrs. Allen, Abr> ner and Asbury. Forty-six years ano he ,, moved from this eounty. No better citizens live iu this county than the fcodsons. ' Mr. John Eli Ellis Is treating several pare ties aflllcted with cancers, and is said to be ,, very successful. Some ante bcllum cure Is being used. Rev. J. N. Young has recently had his saws mill and fixtures put in flrstrclass repair, and I is now doing some excellent work fortius pub lie. His prln also will run. and those carrying cotton to him will be well served. l Mr. S. B. Lath an and wife arrived hero last Friday. and lire at his father')* Itev. Dr. Lnthan. Mr. Latlian holds a clerkship in the 'I War Department at Washington, D. C. He i- will remain sometime, , Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. Brice, and children are vlsitiiii? 1'rof. Kennedy. They reside in r Winnsboro, and Miss Julia Kennedy aceom p panies her sister, Mrs. Brice. Miss Julia lias nad 11 pleasant trio North. The llrst bale or new cotton sold In tills ? place this season was brought iu by Mr. f Frank Dee last Wednesday, and sold at cents per pound. Since then he has sold two more. Mr. J. M. Ellis and family expect to move to , Westminster this Fall. They have many friemls here who will regret to have them p leave, but will rejoice in their prosperity In their new home. His farm near here is lor rent. : Mr. H. K. Bonner and family are now dom. lei led at the Female College, where everything , that can conduce to the comfort and pleasure 1 or the young Indies who aucnu mill lamous l* Institution Is being done, and a pleasant arid attractive home-like appearance greets the eye. Mr. \V. C. McOee will take charge of the ! school at r'rnit Hill. Edgefield county, about s t lie St It of next month. He graduated In Erskine last July, taklnga high stand in all the studies of his class, and Is a young man of - high moral and Christian character, and i possesses all tire qualifications of a successful teacher. The patrons of that school will 1 not regret their selection. Miss .Susie Calhoun will leave this week for Marion, where she has been offered a splendid situation In the High School located at that place. She Is an excellent lady and a popular teacher. ltev. Dr. Grler came home front Newberry last week, and has been confined to his bed r with a billions attack ever since. He is np now. it is a matter ot regret to him that he " could not attend the Teachers' Institute at Sumter. Mivn Marv White Penrson Is In the cltv of Anderson visiting relatives and friends. Miss Cordelia Martin, youngest daughter of t the late ltev. Win. P. Martin, died last SunI day afternoon In Williamston, In the Sitli I year of her aire. Her remains woe Interred i in tliechurchyardntBroadinoutb beside those . of her lather and other relatives. Itcv. It. W. . Burts conducted religious services. Mr. E. II. . Prather, from this place, went to Williamston . and attended the funeral of his aunt, i Mr. Jess Harkness has a situation in a large ) wholesale house in Charlotte, since the baseball club lms disbanded. He has in him the elementsof success,and his friends anticipate . a bright future for him. i Mr. Jno. H. Wren, the contractor, will build . ttic male academy at Williamston, to cost I over S1,:>00. For some days past the "Kids" of this place ; have been watching and waiting, just eager I to get hold of the Abbeville boys and make them sorry that they ever saw such a tiling as a base ball. And to have been otT at a con- , ? venlent distance and heard them playing? f not see them ? the Abbeville team would nol. have dared to venture in this direction m all. I Tbey threw nothing but "Ins," "outs" and "downs." A "two-bugger" wns of common , oeurronce, and u "lly" never hit the ground ' within any reasonablo distance. Such eon( fldcnce they bad In themselves!?until last ; Wednesday, when they received a notice saying that the Abbeville teuin would be up on Thursday; and then all was confusion? no> body to throw the "down shoots," or catch the "flies," no captain?not even a ground of 5 their own to play on. The poor things ran < : hither and thither in groups, looking at each ! l other in niter despair, as If they would like ' to tlnd about nine holes to crawl Into and , pull the holes lu alter them. It was a pleas- I ant surprise that they all survived that night ' * and were up the next day apparently ready , > for action. In due time the visitors arrived, | and by -1 l\ M., both clubs were out m the ) old flu I il about a mile rrom nere, ngniing ior 1 life. Just as might have been ex peel oil, Abbeville gained an easy victory uuu were 60011 , wending their way. with merry heart*, to- ' . wards their homes. This much deserves to be . said for Due West: (hey did not play alto- I gethcr against the "kid" nine of Abbevil'e. ; and we think if the older boys hud been left ? oil' the game would nave been closer, liut 1 mind, you Abbevllllnns; Due West will be on 1 ; top ere king?she has never been content to < stay under, and never will. So look out. 1 The following compose the Faculty of the 1 t Due West Female College for the next year: t Mre.Ii. M. Bonner and Mr. 11. Ii. Homier, j Principals; Miss Mildred C. Wat kins, of Cross t 1 Keys, Va.; Miss M. W. McDuvld, Due West, | 1 S. 0.; Mrs. M. K. Williams, Due West, K. C.; j y 1 ! Mrs. Anna tialf, Cincinnati, O.; Miss Jennie * fj Kdwards, Miss Anna Vonng, Mrs. J. 11. Hon- 1 ?I ner. Duo West, s. ('. All the names except < 1'twoare familiar, and their excellencies as f j teachers and us talented and Christian ladies } . are well known. No word from us could add " to their reputation. Mrs. Anna Gall', of the . Conservatory of Music at Cincinnati, will r teach voeal and instrumental music. She \ brings wllh her an enviable reputation as a ' teacher and us a specialist in her calling. . i Miss Watkins graduated with the highest 1 ' honors from the Augusta Female Seminary 1 J at Staunton, Va., and is not only an excep| lionably fine teacher of Latin and Mathcnmt;; ics, but is one of the best informed young la- r diestif her aire in Knirlish Literalure. The ; .College is to be congratulated, mid the pa- ( ' trons can bo cerlaiu that the education of , ' I their daughters can not be placcd in better , . hunds. In this institution the head and lieiirt ' i are well cared for, and all those amenities of , , life which to to malre up a true lady arc ; carefully inculcated. li. C. 1?. ( I , Ralph McGee was stabbed in the neck t \ anil killed by his son, Yancey McUeo, l r Auuust 24. ( Nino cables are used to tell tho daily story of Europe to America and America 1 to Europe. t GENTBVILLE'S GEMS. - ? Peu Plcturei) of tlic Country?An Old Citizen Returns to the Homo of HIm Iloyhood?Correspondent Who Will fjo to Jall?>I)cath or a Beautiful Young: Lady. Genthvii.i.e. S. Autrnst 2.'!, 1R87. Cotton picking and rodder pulling is tut* order of t lie day now. The lieiilth of our community is good, so far hk I know. I have boon informed that Mr. Jasper Morrlron, formerly of tills township, and a Miss raylor, of Laurens county, were married on Llie twenty-lirst of this month. I was introduced yesterday to Mr. Michael Dodson, of Mississippi, who is a brother to Messrs. Abner and Asbury Dodson, of DonAids, iie Is now on a visit to this county afLer an absence of 40 years, having left here in 1*41. Ilis many friends and relatives will be proud to see him looking so well. We trust In; may enjoy his visit to his native home to heart's conleut. The Methodist protracted meeting has closed. We trust the many earnest sermons preached may be as bread cast upon the waters that shall be gathered many days hence, I attended the association at Mt. IMseah church in Anderson county week before last It wan a very pleasant meeting and we believe much good was done. Mr. VV. H. Baldwin was out at the assocla^ tlon In flying colors In his new hugsy, which he purchased from Mr. Cowan Brock, of Deu West. We feel assured that he will visit Anderson again. Mr. B. K. Vermillion and Mr. P. J. Vermillion were at the association. They seemed tc like Anderson and her people. We had the plonsure of meeting while In Anderson a beautiful young lady, who said she lived In the Jail at Pickens C. II. Wt have never been In Jail anywhere, but if wt are so fortunate as to visit Pickens rest assured we will go in JmII. We met the elliclent School Commlsslonet of Pickens county, the Rev. G. W. Singleton lie tells us that there ate twenty-flve young ladles at Pickens, and one young man. Boys lets go up. Last Friday I met Mr. Martin Moss, of Oco' nee county. He says he rode 16,000 mile.? lr two years and three months, only riding fout days In each week. He Is said to be the old est mail rider In the State, being now 81 years old. He Is the last survivor of a family o twenty-two, and looks hale and stout. Geutsville's Reading Circle met on the 19th Owing to inclement weather there was s small attendance. Reading by Messrs. Alder Kay, Milt Latimer, T. O. Kirlcpatrlck, anc recitation bv Miss Lela Butts. Mr. Henry Long's daughter of Pelzer died on the morning of the 27th, of malarial fever Mr. Long was formerly n resident of Gentsville, and his many friends and relatives wll' regret to learn of his sad bereavement. Hei remains were interred in the Broadmoutl cemetery in the afternoon of last Saturday She was a consistent member of the Haptlsl church. Though she was taken away In th? bloom of youth may the bereaved family anc friends meekly bow to the will of the Lord and he enabled to exclaim the Lord gave and the Lord tukcth away. Blessed be God. The lightning struck a tree near Mr. W. T Vermillion's on the 17th,and killed one of ills large hogs. RANGER. THE TOWN OF EONEA PATH. Police and Harmony Prevail?IjOv< nml Fellowship the Order or ih< Day?Handsome Men and I'rctlj Women. Honka Path, S. C., August 29,1SS7. We are having some very cool weather nov for August. Since the question of Prohibition has beet settled, our town has settled down to Its usua quietness, and the little personal ill feelingi that were beginning to show themselves be tween friends has all passed away, and wenri once more united. Air. C. K Harper Is making preparation t< gin cotton again this season. Miss Minute steedly.of Midway, S. C.. lint been si'eudlng a few days with the family o Mrs. ii. E. WatkiriH. Rev. B. P. Estes and wife, of Midway, S. C. nre with the family of Mr. H. E. WatkiiiK. Dr. Harrison Latimer and wife, of Wood stock, Ga., are on n visit to friends and rela tives in the Donaldsville community The Doctor is a good old fashioned Methodist and we are always glad to meet up with him Miss Eula Long, daughter of Mr. II. H. Long of Pelzer. died at that place last Friday eve ning. Iter remalts were Interred in tin liroadmouth church yard on the following day. Hhe was just in the bloom of young wo manhood, being about eighteen years old Our hearts go out in sympathy to the boreav id family. The friends of Rev. R. W. Hurts will be glai to know (hat lie has recovered from his recen attack of sickness. Mr. Willie Trusscll, son of J. J. Trusfiell E?q., is nick with l'evtr. This is a sickly sea son of the year, and persons should keep tin water drawn from their wells and their prem l.ses clean in order to avoid sickness as muci as possible. Mr. J. A. Watklns anil family, of Anderson are spending a lew days in town. Mr. A. L. Humphreys and Miss Allci Humphreys nre spending a few days with tin family of l)r. Parker. There was no preaching here yesterday. I seems that one of the three chnrchei should make arrangements to have preach ill!; hereon the fourth Sabbath. Picking coiton is now the order of the day Messrs. Parlter ?.t Parker, druggists, hav< been making some additions to their ston room. The Methodists will protract their meelini from the third Sunday In .September. Prof. J. 11. Watklus school will commenci next Monday. Mr. K. II. Prather, of Due West, was iu towr one day last week. Major Gus. Griffin, of Ninety-Six, spen some days last week with the larnlly of Dr. T A Hnrtirnnu Mrs. J. S. Land, of Columbia, Is on a visit t( lier sister-in-law, Mrs. M. L. Deal. Mr. U. M. Greer lost a valuable cow yester day. It was tied near the branch and becorn Ing entangled In the line (ell into the watci and was drowned. Messrs. L. A. ?fc T. II. Hroek are building r warehouse near the depot. Miss Hudle McGee and Prof. W.C. MeGee, o Walnut Grove, spent a few days last weeli Willi the family of 15cv. M. McUce. Mr. T. It. Klnly. who has been sick for souu time, is convalescent. L'ALIiA. In a paper read before the American Association of Science, it was claimed thai of every 100 infants fed on mother's milk about eight die at the end of tho lirst year. Of 100 wet-nursed, eighteen die, and of 100 fed on "infant foods" lifty-or.c die by the end of the lirst year. Food de rived mini cows uijik, uuuung u wiui <1 requisite quantity of water, and by addin}? cream ami heating, is claimed to be the best and llie safest. In Lonoke county, Ark., east of Little Rock, there is serious difficulty between the whites and blacks. Clarence Chapman, a largo plantation owner, refused to yield to the demand of his cotton pickers for an advance ot wages, and they shot him. Ilis wife and mother, rushing to the scone, woro fiddled with bullets. Lsiter encounters between the whites and blacks have resulted in several deaths on Knf I? ui/lnci Afler tho buttle of Salamanca, Lord Hill observed a soldier leaning in a gloomy mood upon his firelock, while iround him lay mangled thousands of French and English, "What aro you thinking of, my man?" said his lordship, rhe soldier started, and after saluting his general, said, "I was thinking, m}' lord, liow many widows and orphans I have :1m day made for one shilling." One of the Roman Catholic papers calls itteiitior. to tho rapid increase of Roman ohtimiicism in ine >vohi. iiiu murciisu lias been especially marked in Western Missouri, in Kansas, and in Nebraska, rhe diocese of Leavenworth, now divided into three dioceses, was established inly tea years ago and ombraced the iv hole State, in which there are now 1!17 priests and 228 churches. Earthquake shocks were felt in Charles;on, Suinuiervillc, Augusta and Columbia, August 27. In each placo 11 light shock occurred about midnight, and a liore pronounced one between 4 and 5 /clock, a. m. The 27th was the anniversary of tho lirst slight disturbances last } U?li Hy the census just completed, the town >f Sumter contains 2,701) population, of .vbicli 1,250 are whites and 1,459 aro col)rod. There are G04 voters, wliich, strange ;o say, aro exactly equally divided, .'102 of vhite and colored, each.? Watchman and Southern. The Washington Daily Itcvicw says: rho English sparrows with which the .ity is filled play havoc with the seeding >laiits in the flower gardens. They are joing about in flocks and are literally devouring tlio seed of the sunllowor. Gov. Richardson lias commit tori the leath sentence of Axoy Cherry to live ,-ears iti the penitentiary. She is the sloven year old negro girl* that murdered ho infant of R. Jf. West in Harnwell onntv. Judge RIodgett has decided that the federal courts have no jurisdiction in livorce suits. A STORY WITH A MORAL, \l ? "HE NOT FALSE ACCUSERS." ?, si BY NAOMI, (OF NINETY SIX.) t| Aunt Lou, have you seen my thimble nny- ^ where? I left it on the work-stand with my (| sewing before I went in to see the Irvine, and w now,1 I can't find It, I just know that rongue j, Katie has it. I will not stand missing my jj things in this way, but ask Papa to discharge j-, her at once. Cl stop my dear, not so fast; you may regret a some things you have said. You should n never accuse a person of a thing unless you are sure ho is guilty of the ottence. First tell 1 me, have you any right to call Katie a rogue ? j, What have you missed since she has been S( with you ? b Well, there was my bracelet, and then, my n : ruby ring, and now, my gold thimble Is gone, c ' besides there are lots of Utile things 1 c?nnt] renal 1 Just now. tl Hut Bessie, yon found both your bracelet c ' and rlmr, anil It is likely you may also find t, your thimble. ? Ves Auntie, 'tis true I found tliem, but not p ' 'till I had told KaMe that she had them to ^ find or leave at once; unil then to think of j ; her artfulness?laying the bracelet on the pi- ^ ano. where she knew I would see it as I open- t ed the piano, and finding my ring on the wash-stand ! But how about my thimble. I s ' wonder where she will put that? c My child, you must excuse Auntie if she talks plainly to you, just as your dear mother ^ would If she were living. You must not be n j so hasty in drawing conclusions. "Be not i false accusers" Is one of the Bible's lessons. ? Yon say. Katie put your bracelet where you c could see It on opening the piano; now. I v [ have seen you myself, slip your bracelets off |, ; before soing to practice, saying they worried (| j you wiille playing, and is it not probable you |j took It oft' nnd laid it there yourself? Then j, , your ring may have slipped from your finger j, when you were washing.your hands. I notice f \ you have on a different dress from that you ^ wore this morning; You remember you f. changed it before going oul shopping with tne ? Irvlnes. May you not have left your thimble [J In the pockct of the one you took olF? Go ( . and see, and when yon return I will tell you j, a true story that will show yon why I object (so to accusing a person of a fault without j 1 sufficient proof of his guilt. Anil now while Bessie has gone we will v simply state that she was the only child of v a wealthy man. She had lost her mother ^ i when quite young and had grown to the age n of eighteen accustomed to have her owu way, (i 1 and not 'till her father's widowed sister came ? , to live with them a few months previous, had jj she ever been contradicted in a wish. But s here comes in Bessie holding up her thimble (i j and saying, ".See Auntie, you guessed right. r 1 I did leave it In my pocket sure enough !' , Now my dear, yon see how wrong it was In < 1 you to blame poor innocent Katie; come, sit v down and I will tell you the promised story. e ; Doubtless you have heard your faiher speak r of the time we came to this country from r England. I had married a gentleman from , | New York, and your father, who was my only j 1 brother, and in fact, the only near relative I s had living, camc over with us. Our trip was ,5 a long one. we wore live weeks in corning i i from Liverpool to New York. You must re- g remember that was thirty odd years ago, long | belore such wonderful improvements had ? been made iu navigation. 1 Among the passengers was a family from t the same city as myself. I had often seen \ , them but had never been thrown in their so- j ' oiety. The family consisted of Mr. Dealing. f ' his wife and three children; the eldest child t r aboutslx years old, the youngest a few mont hs old. Their nurse, a younsr. bright look Inn s Scotch woman was one of the most careful,. v watchful servants I have ever seen. Her de- f , votion to the family was noticed by more a than one on board. One day I was speaking | , to Mrs. Dealing about this woman; she salt! 7 I Maggie had been in the family for ten years, f , and said she had never seen one in her sta- \ . tion of life with such a high standbier of mor- t , allty, In fact, says she, nothing could induce r ' me to give her up. Her love for my children j , caused her to leave her own family, without | any hope of seeing them again. You will see f ? Bessie why I dwell on thiR subject so long. 8 < On arriving in New York we separated from Mm fnmllv 'I'ncv hnil not determined where to locate f)ut promised to write me when they ' were settled and we would renew our acquaintance. Time passed and no news came " from them. My husband and r often spoke of them and wondered If they had found as ' pleasant, a home us they had left. I think It 'I ' was nearly four years since we had come over ' 10 America when on? day I was stepping ' from a ferry-boat and heard my name called: I on looking round I saw Mr. Deal In sr. We had , only time for a few words; he Informed me * that they had lost my address and had used every effort to find mc. They were living, he said, a tew miles out of New York on the Bloom ingdale road. 1 promised soon to see | i them and we parted. A few days afterwards c , I received a note from Mrs. Dealing invillng us to come out and spend the next day with t them. My husband could not go with me, so ( I I went alone and was warmly welcomed by t r Mr. and Mrs. Deallnrr. "We will spend a r . real good Knglish day and imagine we are r " back in the old country" said Mrs. Dealing, j ' I have spent many lonely days since I came, t and often siched to meet one familiar face, i but since we have become settled and have formed friends I feel more contented." The ? children were called to see me and I Instantly thought of their nurse, Maggie, and onask, lug nnout her I noticed Mr. and Mrs. D. , seemed to he somewhat confused as the former replied: "She Is dead: died about two years since." I did not ask any questions, but thinking to turnthe mi Meet for It seemed a ; painful one, and naturally so. I thought. I \ asked Mrs. Dealing some questions about her little baby boy, then just a few months old. , Mr. Dealing soon got up and taking his hat 1 walked out. The clay passed of}' pleasantly, , and after dinner we all repaired to the parlor. " I had promised tosli.-gthom some of the old English ballads I sail:; for them on our voyage ! over. . Mrs. De aling went to the piano and opened ; It, remarking. "I fear you will flhd it sadly j mil innn T dnnl. f hinlr It. Ima ht>on nnoni-d I In three years or nearly so." , ' I sat down and struck a few chords, when r oh, my! snch a jarring and rattling?I almost f Jumped up. I ran my fingers over the keys to | ' see how many were broken, thinking it. must 1 be broken wire among the strings that caused N it. But no, none wore broken, hut still the s 1 rattling. I got up, lifted the top oir the piano j, , to try to find the cause. ' This I soon found. Laying on the sounding j ' board was a piece of money, also on the top s , of the strings was another. I picked them lip J, - ami called out: Z "See! I have found the cause of the mis- f chief," and I handed the money to Airs. Deal- .. Ing. I She took them In her hand, looked at them ^ C attentively, then turned pale and almost : mourned out,-this is the lost money. Poor. ^ poor. Magpie!" [ I, Mr. Dealing just men eniereci me room, ne b 1 having gone out a few minutes: as he came ! Iti unci saw his wife with tears running flown her checks, lie looked first at one and then i, \, at the other. Before lie could speak out she held up the ^ two gold pieces and said: "Oh ! Henry, what s have we done? flcre is the lost money?but J, found too late!" f; Mr. Dealing took it. and ns ho did so T told ? ' him how and where 1 had found it. 1 do be- t believe he would have fainted, had lie not 0 , caught on a chair for support. c , I stood by bewildered, you may Imagine, s and my feelincs I can never forget. What 1 mystery had I solved ; w hat awful secret un- ,i veiled? Mr. Dealing regaining his composure said : r. "I)o excuse us, Mrs. Fowler, for forgo ting or ( U'linn full If ilnU' ^ what leellng* the disco very o; tliut money has n caused lis, yon will not be surprised tit us. You shall know It, though you may censure ^ me, but be assured I have learned a lesson? ( a bitter learned lesson, for I have been a false accuser!" i. He got up saying: "My wife will tell you p ' the sad story of poor innocenl Maggie," and ' left the room. ?. After a few moments Mrs. Dealing began: .j "My friend, you asked this morning about Maggie McDougall. I said she was dead : .. that Is true, but how she died, and where, 1 ? did not say." r. "We bad been in this country a little over ^ n venr. unit wore settled lust where we arc I now living. Maggie was more valuable to s mo than ever. Slie never eared to leave us to ? go out. nor did she make any acquaintances, n hut devoted herself to the family entirely. ' One morning I was setting In this room tryiiig over some music. Mr. I), was looking 7" over the morning paper, and Maggie had a book showing the children pictures. Ah! ? well indeed, do T romemher it all. Mr, Dealing got up after he finished the paper and said it was time for him to go to bis business. J; 1 reminded hitn that the butcher and the baker would both call for their money that morning as their quarter was up. He felt in < ills vest pocket and pitched me two ten dollar gold pioees, saying playfully, "you may keep what Is over." I picked up the money and n< laid it on the lamp-stand of the piano. After n a few words more he left, and I continued my miisle for a while longer till some dutv called me away. The butcher soon called, and I went in to get the money, but lo? it was gone. I asked Maj'itle if she had seen it, butshe said siie had not * she was as much surprised as ] was when a thorough search failed lo bring it to light. She said she had not left ilie room, , and no one hud been in since I put the money (l1 on the piano for, says she: ' I saw you put it. ta therewith my own eyes, sure." We swept the te room, shook the piano cover, closed it, and oven looked among the tnusic, piece by piece. Hut all (ono purpose; the money could not cj I ho found. I was worried you may be sure. s.. and when Mr. Dealing came home I narrated "V the strange occurrence, lie went in with me 1,1 and again we searched the room. He palled Magcrie and asked her particularly if she had 0| remained in the mom all (he while and was sure no one canic In. Khe was po.-ilive no [J one come in, and she and (he children were in III i thereall the time, and sure, says she, "wasn't j Master Charley trying (o play and sing just . ;lilce his mother?" It appear* strange to me 111 .now (lint we never thought to lift, tiic lid of Hi II he piano and look In for I lie money, but we at did not. Kullice it to say that we were forced When Mr. Dealing flr?*t mentioned It, i luir.it M into tenrs and said I would as soon thihk ono \v of my own cliildren would steal us think taggle would, but niter Mr. Dealing talked > 11101 could not but think it must be so. Mr. icallriK said, "of course. If we still cannot nd the money we must discharge Maggie, >r I could not think of having my children nder the Influence of such a person." I was locked at hearing this?to give up my falthil servant?1 could not. I bnggea him not to link of It, but letltp:isy. Hut he was firm nil afier culling Maggie to him, I left in tears )! I could not hear him accuse her of the if?ft and state the consequences. In alltlo bile she eiune in and running to mo, threw erself upon her knees, crylny. ''Oh ! Mistes lealing. to think of me stealing any thing oiii you; I would die first! I am us Innoant a* your Charley?Oh ! do not send mc way?where could I go ? what will become of le 1" I ncod not say any more for my heart Is io full. I only state that the next day she >ft us to go a stranger in a strange clrv to !>ek a home.. I did not foel worse when I Id adieu to my old home. Sho had a little loney coming to her, and If she did not suc.K-d In finding a home before that was gon<\ lien what would become of her? About tiree weeks after she had left us. Mr. Dealing ame home one evening looking sad, and he i?ld me Maggie had been to his place of busless that day and asked hint to give her a (. commendation, sayim; that she could not et Into any respectable place without one. said, '*of course Henry you did not refuse er." "I had it to do, how could I eonscienlously ?" About nine months afterwards, we were ail ilting down to dinner when a messenger ame In with a note for my hudband. 'J he oy said he was in great haste for an answer, 'ho note was soiled anil written with a pencil; l contained only these words: "Conic to me, am dying; the boy will bring you where I m." Xo name was siguod and the bearer ould give us no information other than It ens from a poor woman in the hospital. My mslnind did not stay to finish his dinner, but uickly putting on liis overcoat left with the oy, It was nearly two o'clock when my iiisband got home and I was anxiously awalti)g him. He looked Just like lie was Just up rorn a sick spell, and it was some minutes efore he nmild speak. "Yes, Anna, it was rom poor Majrgie. When I went in the hoslitni the boy led me to her and I did not now her till she spoke. She said, "thank iod you have com6 in tlme.jittf in time to ear my last words. Since you drove me rom you for a thins which I am innocent of. have never spent a happy moment. I tried o got work ; what could I do, when you I'ould not give me a slip of paper saying I iuM went dowit, dotvi, starving and naked, nd alone in the sleets. What could X do, the 'oorsof sili were open and I went In. It gave ne bread nnd covered me for a little while, mt tlio sting of sin is death, nnd I became Irk and they thrust mc Into the streets to lie. But some one picked me up and brought ne here. Oh! Mr. Dealing, I have tried to ray to forgive you?you have done it all! Oh Jod, I did not lake the money?with these irords she fell back and In a few minutes was ;one. A deep silence followed after he had flnlshd this sad recital. Of course, said I, we will lot let her fill a pauper'R grave. "No," said ie, "I will go and attend to having her repectably buried," which he did. Often and gain, have I recalled this sad occurrence, >ut never till now have I bad so severe a hock. The money you found in the piano Is be same that was lost, and as Maggie said Charley was singing and playing,," he must lave taken up the money and put It Inside he piano. I have almost given up music and have never opened the piano, or I might iave found it before it was too late. To h ?stn toaelose, I will say I mnstdo something 0 atone for this Inlustlco." Now, my dear Bessie, is not this sad title nfllcient to tench a lesson ? Before I finish I vill tell you what Mr. Deal Ins did to attone or this rash act. The money I found headed 1 subscription for founding a home for destiuteyoung women. And by Hie energy and eal of Mr. and Mrs. Dealing, one of the best ihnritable institutions of New York city was milt, which has given food and shelter to housands of young women and found them esprclable situations elsewhere. S'o indeed t appears that 'good canio from evil.' Take he lesson lo yourself, dear child, and pray ?ur Heavenly Father to keep you from being i false accuser. THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SPLENDIDLY PHOTOGRAPHED. riie Settled Weather?The Injured Cotton?The literary CInb ? The Sunday School?The Health of the Place?Personal Dots and Other Matters. Riley's, August 20,18S7. The period of drouthand storm.alternating, )sis about passed us, and the atmospheric conlit ions are becoming settled slowly. Some weeks ago It was conceded by nil that he outlook for a large and very abundant srop was beyond doubt; but the rains have >een so constant that the cotton has put on i heavy growth, and the old frtilt, has been otting. Grass Is luxuriant and the young ruit Is !n a precarious condition. Creek botonis wiP give fine yields of corn, while tip* ands will give an average crop. Bottoms on valuda have been damaged greatly, and some >f our neighbors have lost heavily by the >verflow. Our people have not Indulged the labit of idleness this yenr, hut have lajored hard. Though this perpetual trlnd of routine work proves irksome at imcR, and failures occur which press heavily lpon some and disappoints many bright anIcipatlons, we all still feel encouraged and nsplred with hope for the future prosperity >f our country. Our people are beginning to see the advanages that co-operation and proper organlzaion bring, both in the Increase of knowlcge o the farmer and the increased yield of ;rops, and the; farmers club will soon resume ts regular meetings, when all practical and igrieulturai topics will bo discussed freely. Vt these meetings much practical knowledge s gained, and time nnd opportunity given or that interchange of thought and opinion lecessary to advance, and they afford Informition from the best minds on the subject of urniltwr in nil tfq vnt'imxi fnrum ?tliprofnrp et it be largely attended by young and old. Some timo ago a literary or debating club vjis spoken oI. and we trust that. It may be oon organized. Such would indeed be pleasnt and profitable. The advance In popular ntelligence and general culture Is always bit by young people in the country; so we ay, let literary clubs and all kinds of social fatherinijs be Instituted, and recreation be :ivon?literature of the best and purest be urnistied, and a genuine social lite be enmi raged. To live In the country and to folow an agricultural IIle should not, and Ices n?r necessarily cut us off from culture ndsociety,and our vocation certainly stands m an equal footing with any other. The iIghest opportunities for the development of iody, morals, and mind, are here. Our Sunday-school exorcises are always ilcasant The children recite well and the paehers are always Interested in Imparting instruction. Why not have a supply of Sunay School literature? That the effect of this chool for good In our community has been rent, Is not doubted?it Is elevating aud good d bo there?and some of our friends should wake from their chronic lethargy, and lend lieir presence at the Sunday School. Not iilv hair a dozen Due every lacty near our liurch should be deeply interestel. Here lift has ample field for li?r powers, and she lay plant seed that will germinate fruit to lie alory of God. Messrs. Wni. Riley and brother with their unities have been visiting their brother Mr. I. I?. Riley. Henry Arnold, Esq.. with his family, has een spending some time at f<. V. Sharp's. We now have a post oftlcc established iiown as "Riley's" instead- of "Walnut I rove." Mr. G. R. Riley is now covering his gin ouse securely with tin, and is making repartition for trinnlnsr at bis plane. Mr. John Blnekwell bus about completed le roncl at Turkey Creek bridge In a substunal manner. Mr. W. T. MeGec Is busy at his eane mill 'lileli is a great convenience. Mr. MeGee Ives Ills personal attention to the manufaoire of molasses, therefore it is very palatale. , The ratne of base ball between the "Sub?llers" and Cokesbury was a same of many rrors, and the "Siibsollers" cave strong exression of their disapprobation at the mailer In which the game was umpired. The ime at the end (only five innings beinsr liiye-l) stood 21 to 17. we learn that severalj tmtllatcd their views freely, but still no I . laret" was ilrawn. Our school lauebt by Mr. \V. P. Culbertson | tnie to a close la?-t Friday evening with au I ljoyahle exhibition by Ills students. [Only because of the fact that our Due West | ^respondent gave a full account of the I honl exhibition last week, the excellent ! icount by this contributor Is omitted.?Eu> Oli.] The health of our neighborhood continues ir. Some few cases of sickness have been luinK us, but are now convalescing. I'll see 3ii later. MEItRY. The Gatl'ney Xews reports the death by rmvning of Mr. 0. J. Hnskv, of Spar.,i i.'iliu' mpting to swim across the river. It is said tint the Culbreath lynching! iso cost the parties concerned ten thoumd dollars, .seven thousand live htm-1 red of which went to the lawyers. Hen. Haw Is, a man twenty-live years ' age, was killed August 2'2d, three miles I oni Lexington Court House, by a falling ml) while cutting logs below. Tokio, Japan, is about to bo rebuilt, ami | io harbor is to bo enlarged. Hrick struc-1 irex will bo erected along the principal roots ol' the town. The family of Pastor Jackson, of the etiiorlist Church, has been quite sick Itli fevor during the past week.?77m. A (((/. 25. I JfTIfTTV flN TUlf JfiM i nu?i fill un iuu imuu. SEPTEMBER'S IMPORTANT WORK THE KEY TO FINANCIAL SUCCESS. VHluithle Hints nit to tho Gnth?rin? of the erop.H?Sugse<itionii a.s to Winter Crops and the GraMOH which are Well Worthy of Cou*i? deration. Southern Cultivator. .vj The characteristic farm work of this the first fall month Is cotton harvesting. Tho Iruition of the cotton planter's hope of ft sucecssful, pmctlcal machine for gathering cotton is yet In abeyance, ami tho work must Mill i>o uono by nimble human lingers. Inventors, however, are earnestly at work seeking to solve this great problem, as will be soon by the illustrations and descriptions in tills issue of the CuUivulor. Cotton-picking by hand U by mr the most expensive operation Involve*! in the production of raw cotton. Moreover, * the cost of nearly every operation, except picking, may be reduced In proportion aft.tho yield per acre is greater. Tnere is practically out little difference In the cost per pound of gathering by hand the crop from an acre producting one thousand pounds of seed cotton nnd uiiother acre yielding only half as much. Hence, the supreme Importance and universal desire for a p.'aetlcal machine to supersede the work of the hand. Such a machine must neces.-aiily be so constructed?to be efficient? that Its daily capacity will be almost in di- - rect proportion to the yield per acre. Much has been said and written of lata years about the importance of gathering cotton free from trash, to use the farmer's vernacular: and some of the writers, although right in the main, nre evidently but little > . familiar with the requirements and conditions that must be praellcally met on a cotton farm during the harvesting of the crop. Home ycurs ago an apparency otherwise inlelllKCiit English writer undertook to show that there was no excuse whatever for the presence of sand or soil in hales of cotton: that the cotton crop opened (all of it, w as his idea) In Sep- 4 teinber, a month In which there was little or no rainfall. He concluded, and reproved and lectured the larmerac<;ordlngly, ttmt the sand was fraudulently added by iho farmer as a make-weight. While it Is desirable to house the cotton a? free from leaf and hull as may be, it Is of first importance that the crop be "gone over" as j often the as quantity open at one time Is sufficient to enable hands to do a fair day's work. In the Interest of economy, and with a limited piclciuir force, ceierity of movement, nimbleness of fingers, and the weight of cotton gathered per hand per day are the points to be observed. The pickers should not be embarrassed and retarded in their work by too rigid requirements In the matter of trash. They should go with a rush from the start, and every proper encouragement should ba offered them to bring heavy baskets to the 1 steelyards. A little trash hurts very little; a good deal does not affect the selling price seriously, if the sample Is bright and free trom weather stains and dirt. Ureut care In removing or avoiding trash may add half a cent, or even more, to the selling price of a week's work of six bales harvested, leaving three bales in the Held to be storm-beaten and destroyed to the extent of one-third its original value, before the hands gel to work again. Fust work and a little more trash might have saved the nine bales before the storm. The same idea applies to picking the cotton . clean from the hulls. Hands should be taught to make one well-directed grab at nil open boll, and then grab the next. The little that may be left in many of the hulls will remain until the last picking, when the field may be closely gleaned. It should he considered that dirt, stains, loss of color and brightness of sample, and Ios? of cotton from IUI lillg LU 11JC fcX "U ?'?1 ?* ^ 4441 "'WiO uuiiift^ii!^ th?n the presence of clean traih. It was one of the cxcellenclc-s of David . Dickson's farm management that he studied the manuul operations of the Inrm In deti il and taught his laborers how to do everythli g to the best possible advantage. He not on y studied to discover the shortest and best way of per.onniug a wiving operation, but also sought to determine which arc the most important details. He taught his laborers as a shoemaker or a machinist leaches his apprentice. He stressed the Importance of dexterity and skill In every detail of the apparent y simple opeiations of chopping cotton and and picking cotton. His attention to the dotal is of performing the various farm operations contributed largely to his success as a farmer and planter. After the cotton Is picked, If wet from heavy dew or rain It will pay to exercise soma care in dryiug it. by spreading on scaffolds or by distributing it over u lurge surface In the cott jn house, especially that from the bottom of the basket when heavy dews are prevail- . lng. (With the present labor, however, not much cotton Is gathered before the dew disappears.) With the larger part of the orop? nnir ulnnml anil hfllod at custom uinnerlcK. ^ ihero should be a much greater improvement In the quality of the work over that of the old plantation gin-house than is yet manifest. - J ' Careful handling, proper ginning and baling should be iuslsted upon. GATHERING CORN. Corn ought to oe cribbed Just as soon as dry enough to keep lu bulk. Our almost Invariable practice during twenty years of active farm life In lower Georgia whs to gather the entire crop during this month. If the weather Is line, however, aud a large amount of cotton bo open for picking, corn inay eland until next month without serious loss. Attention should be given to thecribsand barns that are to contain the harvest, and advantage should bo taken of weather unsuited for cotton-picking to get in a Held of corn. grass. As noted in last month's "Thoughts," September is the favored time for tsowiug all kinds of grass seeds and hardy forage plants. We trust that suggestions and exhortations i made In previous number have been favorably received, and that many farmers who | have never sown a grass seed ("on purpose") in their lives, but have always made war upon it, will lay aside prejudice Jand apprehension of failure and start a meadow and a pasture, if only a few acres. In sections where l the culture of grass has not yet been establsh! ed and the best species discovered, large operations should not be attempted. In such | cases a few acres, well prepared and fertilized, | will be more likely to succeed, and the losa will be comparatively small if failure results. I But why should a failure to get a good start j the first time deter the farmer from trying i again? In counties where grass culture Is the j very basis of all agriculture, it is no uncomi mon tiling for a farmer to fail of a "catch" of | clover or grass. Hut knowing from previous ' experience that the natural and permanent conditions arc adapted to grass, sucli oceal sioual failures do not discourage him, much less prove that "this Is not a grass country." >'ot at all. He rightly lays the blame on himself, or finds that the seed were not good, or the temporary weather conditions were not favorable, and he simply renews his efi'or\ We all known that even in the case of our ordinary crops, corn, cotton, etc., our first and ctiicf anxiety at pluiuing-tlino,and thereafter is In regard to securing and perservice the "stand." If we plant a Held in corn ana fail from any cause to get a reasonably good stand, we Immediately plow up and plant | over, or "replant" with hoes. We know from long experience that corn, cotton, peas, pota| toes, etf., are perfectly adapted to our soli and I climate, and au occasional failure to secure a stand does not raise a doubt The same Is true as to grasses in the North and West. In those sections of the South where grass culture has received little or no attention It. is not at all surprising that failure often results from first attempts. Every farmer ought to try a lew acres, at least, and persist in the experiment until satisfied in regard to the policy and expediency of engaging inoro largely In grass husbandry. The dairy and I stock-growing industry are based 011 grass and I forage crops, and we confidently believe that [ the redemption of Southern agriculture depends largely upon the adoption of a system that embraces both. [ There Is no question es to the value of barI ley and rye when sown and treated as winter grasses. Harley Is better than rye every way, excepting Its demand lor a rich soil in order to give satisfactory results. OATS. In order to escape danger of winetr-kllling, oats should be sown early In the fall. In the northern part of the cotton belt September is the best month. South of the middle line, October and November sowings will answer. The idea is to get a strong root developement belore cold weather sets in, giving the plants a firm hold 011 the soli. NolwltholniiHIni. cnmnirhnl . I iscou rue 11)Z failures of late years, we still thluk It good policy to sow a large urea in the lull. If killed by cold Me seed sown will lie the principal loss, as ilie land nmy be r? -seeded in January or February, or eab be planted in other crops in ihe spring. The old winter-grazing oat should bo brought again into cultivation. It lias otien proven a good practice to sow oats In the present cot ton-field*. Thl> nmy be done without serious Injury to ihe cotton, plowing in with a cultivator, harrow cr sweep. Just as 11' cultivating I ho co: ton, the operation to be preceded by the cotton-pickers If there Is any open cotton. Ou our own farm we have had tine results from this plau. The standing cottonotiilks can be easily "knocked down" cold mornings in January or February, and pro.e small obstacles in the way of harvesting. HAY. The seasons at this writiug indicate a good crop of native grasses which may be converted into hay of the best quality, if cut before the seeds form, and nicely cured. Where rains have been abundant throughout July nud August, this resource may often be m ule to exceed in value all the fodder (corn-bl ules) saved from the com crop, and at a comparatively nominal cost of labor. I'UKK HOCiS. Wi have often stressed tlie importance of constant attention to the hog*. From now on Is the time to push the fattening process. The weather is now mild, and hut little fond is necessary to keep up the animal heat and carry on the vital processes in the animal economy. After a while when the weather grows cooler, and especially In November and iJceember, a very larue part ??f the food consumed by animals will he utilized for the pt;rpose of keeping the body warm. An ear of corn, or It* equivalent of other food, fed during the pleasant fall weather will go further than two ears fed in Deceniberjor Jauuary,