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The Press and Banner ABUEVILLK, S.C. Wednesday, Feb. 29, 1888. liOniKlrNvillo II:?h Two <ioo?l Schools. Mr. James T. Latimer, of l.owndesville, was in town last Monday, ami reports I.ownd.svilie on a boom. Hi; is highly pleased with the school authorities, the Hoard at Abbeville having recommended the establishment of two schools in the town, and it is presumed as a matter of course, that the local trustees will carry out thewishesof (lieCounty Hoard. Speaking for the l'rr.vtttnd /fruitier, wo think the recommendations of the County Hoard entirely correct, and for the host interest of the public schools, as two most excellent teachers have been secured in the persons of Prof. J. F. Harper, and Miss Fannie Hooker, both of whom have had experience in teach Iing, and give abundant satisfaction to their respective patrons. If more children now attend, In cousequence of the two schools, n larger sum will be drawn from the public treasury next year,as the apportionment is based upon the school attendance. The Literary Club. rr, t I. /.I..U tVl.lnv nlrrlit n? xue. ijiiuriii; i/iuu uiw iii-i iutv . the home of Mr. W. A. Teinpleton. He read an Interesting essay 011 tlie Ijxbor Question, which elicited a lively discussion of that hi;; subject. Mr. Martin, of Atlanta, Georgia, was present and added to the pleasure of the occasion. Owing to the fact that about one-third of the regular attendants were out of town, the meeting was smaller than usual. Judge McGowan will read the next essay. M. P. DeHruhl, Ksq., alternate. The Club will meet at Mr. Parker's on the next iegul?r night tor meeting. The Club this year has started out with the Intention of meelingat the appointed times. Unless the meetings should take place, it Is thought that some of the members would withdraw. The meeting are most pleasant and most profitable. Now Telegraphic Arrangements. To Operator Coogler we arc Indebted for the ; following information: OFFICE HOURS. From 7 a. m. to 7.30 a. m. From 8.30 a. m. to 12.30 p. m. From 1.80 p. m. to 6 p. m. From 7 p. in. till closing for the night. Telegrams to be sent by the night rates may | be sent as early as half-past five so as to be i forwarded promptly at six o'clock. The night i rates in a majority of cases are cheaper than the day rate*. Let us hope that the telegraph arrange- < ment will bo such as to benefit this com- < muaity. Jersey Cattle, Mule* nud Hothos. Next Sale Day will be an important day at . Abbeville. It is likely that a large crowd . will be in attendance, and It is altogether probable that much stock of all kinds will , change bauds. Two notices of auctions ap- , pear in this issue. Fine Jersey stock are , more popular than ever with the people, and , those who desire to go into the line stock business will have an opportunity. Farmers who wish to supply their farms with work , animals will have a largo lot to select from, , and it will be their best chanco to get any de- ( sired animal. I I Mnles and Horses at Auction. , In order to cloeo out my stock for this sea- I son, 1 will offer to the highest bidder at At>- ( beville Court House on Sale Day In March, I 18SS, an assortment of five mules and seven horses. These are good work animals, suita- i ble for farm work, and to persons needing this kind of stock, this will be a good oppor- i tunity for supplying themselves. The animals may be seen at the Central ( Hotel stables, and I can bo seen at the Cent ral i Hotel. \V. F. McCONNEL. I Fob. 29,18SS. < # \ Abbeville Orange*. ' Although the ground is frozen and the tem- J perature is reaching for zero, we have on our , table a full-grown Abbeville orange, which \ would excite the envy of n Florida orange. , It came from Mrs. L. K. Howie, whose art and . skill in growing beautiful flowers and rare plants are acknowledged by all who know of Iier success. ( At Auction on Sale Day. One thoroughbred Registered Jersey Hull, | "will be hold ou the Public Souaro next Sale > TV.... , x/? J J list arrived. A line lot of young broke I Mules at Hill's stable, and must be sold. Call undseenie. JOHN HOSE. \ The Weather. Last Sunday night the temperature ran Jown to *26 degrees above zero. Monday < night it fell to 16 degrees ufoove zero, and Unwind added greatly lo the severity of the weather. Monday nlyht wus the severest night of the winter. After the ion? protracted wet spell we have clear weather again. To lU'iuitify and Adorn. j Mr. Wm. E. Bell will leave to-morrow for , the Northern markets to buy all the ribbons i and head gear necessary to make the plainest '] young lady beautiful, and to inako those al- c ready beautiful divinely Irresistible. t Town Taxes. i The town council havj extended the tlms [ In rnhlnli t<-? 1MIV* tjlTAll without UOnftltV tO * M irch lo, 1888! After that date the penalty 1 will attach. Take notic? and save costs. 3t Mas. Mary A. Price, wife of B. F. Price, * <dled at her residence Saturday, the 18th Kcb- , xuary, In the 88th year of her age. Her death : Js a sore bereavement, as she leaves a discon- : solate husband and six children, the young- ' est being only ten days old. She was a con- j! distent member of the Presbyterian church and died as she had lived in the faith. Mrs. Prloe moved into this county from Anderson r county about one year ago, and had made many warm friends among us. ^ The stockholders of the Georgia, Carolina a and is'ortnern roaa win meet 111 Aniens, r April 5. VarlouB subscribers to the recent survey of the road are entitled to stock if a ^ sufficient number join to make a share of $100. The Press and Banner has twenty dol- c lars of subscription which can be bought or s whlehwillhe put in with others to get a t share. Look after it. The letting of Wardlaw's Bridge has been i postponed until Thursday, the 10th of March, t Let builders see the advertisement, and prepare themselves to take a profitable contract. F Bridge contracts are desirable. The money # 3s sure to be paid in the Fall, and if money c is needed beiore that time, brokers aro always ready to make liberal advauces of cash t on them. . t Scent counter ! 10 cent counter!! bargain c -counter!!! Full line family and fancy gro- f cerles, canned goods and flavoring extracts. J. Shoes! shoes! from Boston factories, NewYork and penitentiary made goods. Moslerv and drv [roods. " "GALLOWAY & SOX, 2-29 St Due West, S. C. "We had no preacblug Sunday except at the Methodist church. Dr. Wilson is in Florida. Mr. Hancliel went to Newberry, and last Sunday was a day in which there was no appointment. Dr. Grier is expected to preach in the (X>urt House next Sunday. Don't be afraid that prohiblton will not prohibit. If such laws did not prohibit, why would manufacturers and wholesale dealers, toe opposed to prohibition ? That one fact should bo enough to convince the most skeptical. Dit. Hawthorn countermands the publication of an article which he sent us some time ago, and in its stead sends another at a time too late for us to set it up for this week. It will be out or date next week. tl.inlrc tho cL-nHit c rink more objectionable than the dance. | "Rossdliu" local reporter for the lAntmdvxvillv | Advertiser doesn't think the.skating an insti- j tutlon to be approved. James F. Franklin, who was convicted i of forgery at the last term, cave notice of up- ( peal. He abandoned the appeal, and was 1 taken to Columbia last week to serve two i years. Mb. W. 1'. Calhoun, Supervisor of Registration, will be absent until next Friday. He Is off to Augusta on business, and will plant for two hundred and fifty bales of cotton this year. Harry Wilson, colored, being under contract with Mr. J. I,. Wardluw to work this year, is gone, and Mr. Wardlaw will seo that j lie is not employed by any one else. 11 Stock in the National Bank at Abbeville Is ! held at SI.10. It Is thought that the stock will i advance still higher as it lias done in other banks in the country. I.et no man fall to turn out to the cloctlon ' next Saturday. The expression of every i voter should be had. Mr. Joel Smith has gone to Pittsburg, ! Vn., to see Ills son (jus, who met with an ucei- < dent last week. The new Methodist church will be dedi- I cated the second Sunday in March. Rev. Lowuik Wilson hns gone to Palatka, Florida, to spend a few weeks. Miss Lizk Whitnkk, of Anderson, is vis-, Iting Miss Lucia McOowan. Miss Lythgoe is home agaiu after several j months visit In Aiken. Mr. A. M. Hill has been quite sick, but is i now improving. Mtt. James Lawsox is oir on a pleasure j trip to Florida. Mrs. visasska, of Laurens, is visiting relatives In town. '1'he work 011 the Court House front is nearly completed. Miss Ellen* Parker has gone to Georgia 011 a visit. Mrs. Bonham is visiting relatives in Barn- 1 well. Miss Mamie Davis is in Augusta. Prohibition the Synonym lor Jloral I'nrify an<l Political Heroism. W. JRNXINCS DKMOUKST. As ft moral principle practically applied ti> the best interests ol the people, Prohibition of the liijuor I radio includes moral suasion, restriction, local option, destruction,coercion, and anniliilation. i'inhibition is more than a question of expediency; it has come to this: shall our civiliy.ation tie destroyed hy the ever increasing coiisumptioii of tliis fiery poison, or shall the people rise in their strength ami crush the monster evil before it. crushes them ? High license or low license is no restriction. Neither is partially or wholly restrictive, but each grants full permission with lesjal sanction, under false pretenses, as it sanctions crime with a bribe, and justifies the criminal with the pretense of restraint. Therefore the only way to prohil.it is to prohibit. (Mil patriotic motto Is and ever should be: "iiown with the Saloon, and up with the Home!" Ami the echo of every patriotic heart that vibrates with a moral or Christian sentiment should join in chorus for God, home, humanity, and our country's good. itut the cause of Prohibition is marching on; the irrepressible conflict is hound to succeed; the saloon mustgo! The history of intemperance is now nearly closed; Prohibition is the only method that prohibits. n-..i.i?.uinn o,n u-ni?h\p<ii-il nf ihi> vntin<r nnil the old. The philosopher's stone that turns lubar into gold. A tax or license Is sanction, and sanction is Justification; and this makes the people responsible for all the con sequences. Prohibition of the crime of ruin-selllnR is the remedy, and the only remedy, that will protect the people from the ravages of the saloon. License, in its sanction of the cause of crime, is the enthronement of vice, rebellion and anarchy. The acmc of rebellion and moral turpitude, therefore, is crystallized and concentrated in the license of the liquor tratlie. 1'rohibltionof the liquor-tratHc is a political question, and all political questions must be settled by political meihods. Therefore the only practical method Is the ballot. Whut a horrible spectacle to present to high Heaven, and what an amouut of moral treason and debauchery Is Included in the charge that the liquor dealer, the law maker and the voters are equally guilty for nearly nil thecrimc, misery and pauperism that now J exists in me cumiiiuuiij ; ;\uu .ti n..., fearfully true. Our government strains at a gnat, wholesome oleniargarine, ami swallows the wholesaling of poison to blight and demoralize the people with crime and pauperism, to lilt the lana with disease and death. It Is a horrible perversion of law to sell, for a bribe of $100 or ?1,000, a monopoly to poison the people in such a way as to produce so much misery and wretchedness as results from the liquor traflic. Our government thus is a centralized legal drunkard manufactory, sanctioning the ;rlme, and protecting the crlminnl In his murderous policy of poisoning the people for a money consideration paid in-advance. What wonder that crime and anarchy pernidc the whole community when such demoralizing, dehumanizing practices become the standards of public morality! But the greatest obstacle in the way of this much needed reform is party Idolatry. We must be true to principle, to men of principle, ind we must also be true to moral principles he basis of our governmental policy. As Prohibition is the foundation of all law Md justice, so Prohibition necessarily repreicnts all the phases of justice and equity beween individuals and the State. Prohibition therefore includes both liberty and coercion. Prohibition and liberty arc co-equal, and both :ogether are the foundation stones and securty tor onr modern civilization. Prohibition, herefore, has no virtue without liberty, lib -rty Is dependent on Protilbttlon, ana tne virue of politics is dependent on both. Votes, only, tell; and only votes fortify the ?um traffic, or make the ruraseller tremble. The exercise of the liberty to vote Is the great srivilcgeof American freedom. The outcome of true temperance work and ?(lbrt Is Prohibition in full fruition, especially when the whole curse can only bo removed jy the votes of the people. The prohibition )t the liquor traffic through purified politics a*i 11 bo the culmination of one of the most mportant developments of moral heroism ;ver inaugurated In the history of the world; ind when Prohibition is achieved in State ind Nation, to bless the world with its benign nfluences, its transcendent Importance will >e more apparent in the development of a inilier and purer civilization, not now fully lriilcrstood. If you concede that the liquor trafllc is n public evil; if you grant that civil government guarantees that protcci ion be given to Mibic health, public peace, and public prosperity, then it follows that no State has a constitutional richt to license the liquor traffic. I'Ut this thought in your brain, and It will eaven your heart and soul into a profound ronviction that Prohibition is essentially 'ighteous, and tliat license Is n perversion of aw ami constitutionally wrong.?From Dcmivcsl'n Monthly for March. It. A- W. I>lreelor? in Si'NsionPrcsitfrnt Hiitilriiti tiiifj Additional Contracts?'Tlio work to be I'iinIicU. Greenville News. The board of directors of tlie Carolina, fCnoxville & Western railroad met in this sity yesterday morning in obedience to a call ssued by President MauUlin a lew days since, fhere were present, President, W. L. Maulliu; Vice President, T. P. Branch, of Angusa; Vice President, T. X. Cooper, of Brevard, s*. C.: Secretary, A. B. Byrd, of this city; W. iV. Stringfield, A. A. Howell, of North Caroina: Col. J. B. Humbert, of Laurens; (Jen. <\ A. Conner, of Cokesbury, and L. M. Moore, ?f Ninety-Six. Upon consideration by the board of dlrec ors of the agreement entered I: to by tne jxecutlve comn<ilteo with the Georgia conduction company, President Mauldin stated hat while ho agreed in the main with the erins of the contract he held It to be compeent for the board to make such amendments is they Raw fit, a id in order to have a full unlerstanding of Its terms, and to fairly guard vbat he considered the tuture interests of the jountry subscribers, he would suggest the folowing modifications: "1st. In the location of the lineof road and lepots there should be approval by the board, ind tho railroad company should have the ight to pass upon the construction work by m engineer of its own selection or otherrise. "2nd. The agreement as to the construction >f the line from Greenville to Hamburg hould be more explicit as to time of eomple IVJII ?1MU ? Hill. ? -* l?M Ullb 'V ViiVMHiuiiUlwrf. "3rd. The railroad company should retain n its hands sullleient assets of the company o pay what It may deem necessary expenses. "4th. The stock to be issued to the com>any should not be allowed to control the oranization of Hue railroad company until the ompletion of the road. "5th. The contracts of subscriptions with lie several counties should not be assigned to he construction company until the road is ompleted." As the majority of the board difl'ered with he president and decided to ratify the agreenentas originally submitted by the execuive committee, the president did not feel that le could longer occupy that position, and hereupon tendered his resignation, which vas acceptcd. In making these suggestions is modifications PresidentMauldin conceived hat he was moved alone by a purpose to carouliy guard the interests partly in his keepngaud while he regretted to sever his relaions with an enterprise he lias a deep interest n, he was compelled by his convictions to do to. On the resignation of President Mauldin, Jol. J. 11. Humbert, of Laurens, was elected ,o All the vacancy. Col. Humbert protested igalnst his election and was only prevailed apon to accept after much insistanee. lie is n thorough accord, it is known, with the position taken by Dr. Mauldinin his recommeniations. Col. James A. Iloyt., of Greenville, was elected to fill the vacancy in tho board of 11 rectors made by the resignation ol' Lient. (iov. Mauldln. The board of directors afterward confirmed the contract made with the Georgia construction company lor the building of tho entire line of the road. The grading of the road from Greenville to ihe North Carolina line was let to Tanner & Co., of Cowpens. This part of the lino will bo located In a very few days by two corps of engineers who have been ordered to begin the work of location by Tuesday, As soon as the line has been located a large force of laborers will be put on the work, and it will be hurried through. Over three hundred convicts have been leased from tlie North Carolina authorities by I). I j. Boyd a Co., to begin work on the line In ten days Transylvania county, N. and a large lorce 01 irce lanor is now uiworx innaywood county for tlie same firm. In Tennessee grading is being pushed through Knox and Sevier counties by Fortune & Brown, tlio contractors for that section. ltuNt Proof Oats. Messrs. P. Rosenberg & Co. have a large supply of rust proof seed oats. Call curly. Now is your time to secure bargains in clothing. P. Rosenberg & Co. R. M. Haddon & Co., have full line ladles bright '.Gondola" button shoes. Spanish last, urcli instep. A beatiful fitting shoe. Wearing qualities (irst cl iss. 50 dozen ladies linen collars, new styles just received. It. M. Iladdon & Co. Full line bleached and brown homcspurs lust received, it. 31. iiauucm <v to. Why allow your horsesutler from sore back, scratches or any sore a horse may he liable to have when a cure is guaranteed hy the use of Highlands Healing powder, or money refund Ml, ut Speed's drug store. Win. K. Hell will close out his winter stock ut cost, he will leave soon for the Northern markets to buy his spring stock. New styles ladies neck wear to arrive this week at K. M. Iladdon -t Co. If you want a Rood blanket at cost. Call and get It. 1'. Rosenberg <5c Co. Cull and get a good overcoat at cost. IV Rosen berg & Co. INTERESTING LETTER FROM MR. CUNNINGHAM. II<> In Doing Woll. nml in Well Plcnsoil?IIIn Testimony as lo Prohlbilion in Xi?iMiHNi|?|?i"-TiirioHM Jlnttcrs. I,i:aunki>, Miss., Feb. 22, isss. JCililnr Pre** ami Hit inter : I have often thought I would write lo you am! have fuileil todoso until now. Well, this has heen a wet ilay and now at the hour of hair past nine p. in. it is still raining nnd the wind is blowing hard from the South every appearance of a continued rain. Farmers aro backward on account of wet weather. Very little ploughing done. Very few oats sown. A good deal of repairing of fences to he done. What a mistake these Mississippians make In not adopting the stock or fence law. Many, though, are willing for it. This is a Hue farming eouutrv, both corn and cotton will grow in abundance if well cultivated. (mite a number of negroes have left and gone to the Mississippi bottoms. Muny of the white people labor. I find the Missis nippians n whole-souled, generous pcopiu, entirely free from any disposition to show oil'. They are generally what they appear to he. I am selling goods forThomas McClelaml, on tlio Jackson and Natchez Railroad. Two passenger and two freight trains a day. A considerable amount of business Is done by tlie road. The road lias recently gone into the hands of a Northern company. A man has been tried for murder recently at Raymond, the county site of Hinds. Trials here are liko they are in South Carolina?hard to convict a man of murder. This town as well as the entire county has the prohibitory law In force, and it works admirably, I think. Am told the morals of the place are much improved since the liquor business went overboard. What is the reason I can't get the Press and Banner f Please direct to Learned, Hinds county, Mississippithen I think it will certainly reach me in good time. I cannot get along well without the Press and Banner. It serves as a letter Irom home every week. I am well am) woll satisfied. Have fallen away behind with my correspondents. I often think of friends behind me and especially those who have stood by me under all my trials. I am truly yours. J. K. CUNNINGHAM. Farm Note* and Stock ilciiiK front Rimcy, S. C., Feb. 20,1888. We are in good spirits over our new railroad. Work has been delayed for a long time, bul work Is now being done in Tennessee and North Carolina on It, and it la thought by those who should know that the equipment of the road will begin at an early day in Augusta, Ga. Our neighborhood is on a horse trading boom, nearly every man has now horses or mules. W. J. McGee, heads the list, he gave a plantation of over two hundred acres, for a fine horse and road cart, wo look for him to start out soon driving his beautiful bay? (Eclaut) to his cart; probably he will be a candidate. Jeft'Bcacham, claims his gray saddler to be a self-feeder. W.J. McGee and G. B. ltlley are thinking very seriously of starting aslock farm 011 a limited scale?hope they will do so, and make a success of it. In our opinion It would be better for every farmer to raise more siock ana cnmcaua obuit uiiks?aumj wnc Is more money in them tlinn in cotton?but most of us farmers are mighty thick headed, and don't find out what Is best for us, until our factors, or merchants, own nearly every thing we have, and we spend the best part of our lives for them?but I don't blame the factors or merchants,?it Is human nature, when one has the lone end of the single-tree to keep It. I see a few encouraging signs among our farmers, some of them aro selling a good deal of corn and fodder. D. V. Sharp, has sold several hundred bushels of corn, J. B. Agnew and G. B. Riley aro also selling a good deals. A good many of our men are paying cash for Lneirsuppllet; after last years short cotton crops I thinks this speaks well; our people will learn that they can economize more than they once thought they could?we heard one old sister, not longago, say?"coffee Is too high to use extravagantly; I can make pretty good coffee, and use only nine grains to the gallon." Last weeks pretty weather made the oats improve a good deal. \V. If. Moore has the best ones we have seen, and If this year is a good one for grain, his garners will be filled, ho has sown about one hundred nnd fifty bushels, ho is also taking a good deal of pride In his Jersey cattle. He has somo protty ones. Wheat is not showing much, but most of it was shown late, so guess there Is time for it to come out. S. C. Merriman gave a dance last week which wns enjoyed hugely, so wo hear. The Hop at Hodges, wo heard, was a success, botli music nnd dancing sootl. The poor birds are still frightened out of nifir WllS. U1ICII il Ul IU I* KI1UL HI. nil TC w? IIIUI times. We arc led to believe that the bird Is killed by sheer fright. Mad dogs have made their appearance. The negroes had a regular camp meeting as ouo camo among them. One of onr neighbors has invented a novel plan of destroying the creepers 011 ills hogspours keroseno on and sets it 011 tire. IIow will tills do for high? Mrs. E. A. Merriman has been called to Aiken, to the bedside of her father, who Is critically ill. W. II. EmorRon leaves for Florida to-morrow. Hope to see him back soon. Mrs. Susan Riley Is at home again, after a three weeks visit to her daughter, Mrs. John Hill, of Abbeville. A Cokcsbury boy Is seen out here frequently, driving out with a young lady. N A VILLUS. Tho Qtato nf Qnnth TamIi'm IliD UllUU Ui IJUUlli UU1UUUU, .County of Abbeville. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Rosa P. Morrow, durance C. Cochran, Walter Cochran, Cornelius J. Cochran, and Carrie It. Cochran and Charles E. Cochran, minors by Samuel \V. Cochran, their guardian ad litem, Plaintiffs, against James T. Barnes, Christian V. Barnes, Jane Hammond,Zephiniah Barnes,and DcWltt Barnes, and Arabella G. Pressly, Maggie r an l, IVOMl IV. lilll'r, luury u. vm mu, '7)Usan .Smith, Joannie E. Black, Raphael A. I'resslcy, William C. Prcssley and James W. Pressley, Defendants. COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint Served.) To the Defendants above named : You ARK HEREBY SUMMONED AND required to answer the complaint In thisac tion, which is illed in the oftice of the Clerk of the said Court, at Abbeville C. H., K.C., and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their oflice at Abbeville Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after the servico hereof, exclusiveof the day of such service; and If you fall to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, tho plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded 111 25 February, 1888. PEUUIN & COTIIUAN, rinlntifT's Attorneys. To the Defendants Arabella G. Press ley, Maggie Funt, Rosa H. Cater, Mattic Bogajski, Lizzie Kcaton, Belle Crawford, Mary LCarllle, Susan Smitli, Joanne E. Black, II. A. 1'ressley, Wni, C. Presslcy and James \\\ l'resslev, heirs at law of W. A. Pressley, deceased: l'leasc take notice that the object of this action Is the partition of a parcel of land located j in the town of Lowndesvllie, in said State and county, formerly belonging to the Ilev.! Christian V. Barnes, which was deeded to W. | A. Pressley, now deceased, by the said C. V. Barnes, in trust for the grantor and his wife, j during their Joint lives or the survivor of them, with remainder to their children, to be sold by Raid trustee and proceeds to be tlis- j trl bated among tho heirs at law of the said J ('. V. Barnes. .Sr., deceased. That no personal 1 claim is made against you or either of you. j and If you or cither of you unreasonably de-1 ! fend said action you will be required to pay | costs to the plaintiff. PEU1UN & COTIIKAN, Plaintiff's Attorneys. [L.S.] M. G. Zbioler, C. C. 1'. To the Absent Defendants Zephiniah Ilarnes, | Itosa It. Cater, Mattio lSogajslc 1 and Win. A. Pressley: Pi,ease Take Notice : That the summons j oi which tlie above is a copy, and the com-j plaint herein has been fiied in the office of the Court of Common Picas for said county at Abbeville Court House, on the 23 February, 18S8. This 27 February, 1888. PERRIN & COTHRAN, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Feb. 29, 1889, Ut THE CUMBERLAND GAP. ?- NOTES OF A TRIP TO AIKEN, BY T. P. COTHNAN, ESQ. ~~ Work on llic Komi from Aiken lo < !<;?'I'Ik- ( riidiiitf (o lie I'inislieri by llio I.">(ti ?f A|?ril?Tho Curs (? lttui J?.v lii?> 15 III of .11sty? j A1)l)rvill<>. 4'?><lar Springs. mi<l Indian 1(311 lo ttc Asked for a Tax. j To come from railroad centres whom all ; ! is bustle ami progress, and weml one's I way to Abbeville, via tlie lightning express i'roin Hodges, certainly impresses tho wayfarer with the all-importance of these arteries of commerce. There is no subject that commands more absorbing interest in our town than railroads, as is evidenced by the universal enquiry since my return from Aiken, "what of the Cumberland f^ap?" Not that thoro is nnvt.himr vftrv new unou tbi;s subiect. but lor the purpose of giving some fight upon tho situation I will give you a line or two upon my recent trip. Col. R. E. Bowen, the President of the road, who is keenly alive to all of its interests, determined upon a tour of invfts- i tigation, and we met at Hodges on Monday, the 20th, en routo for Aiken, to seo j what wo should sec. Arriving in Augusta on time wo spent the night at tho Arlington, and were oil' tho next morning at an early hour on tho S. C. R. R. for Aiken, which point we reached at 7 o'clock, a. an., Tuesday, j That day we spent in discussing matters ' pertaining to tho road with Mr. Potts, the t contractor, and other friends of the road. Mr. W. II. Schotield, jr., had gone to Charleston on business,' and returned at t 12 o'clock that day, after learning of our J presence in tho city. Wednesday morning we made up a party consisting of Dr. Croft of Aiken, Vice-President of the road, Mr. I'otts, tho contractor, Colonel Bowen, and "your most obedient," to go out upon the line where the work was being done. Tho weather was very threatening and a force who were at work in Horse l'en Hollow, two or three miles from Aiken, were not at work. The first view that wo met of the Cam- ' berland Gap road, was near the South j Carolina Railway depot in Aiken, wliero the grading had commenced. At this i point the Compau}' have bought a beauti- i fill lot for a depot, containing .some acre 1 and a half or two acres. It was bought low, and could now bo sold at an advance. It lies very prettily, contiguous to the S. C. K. R. property, and will answer well for depot andsido track accommodations. Following tho street out towards Trenton, wo kept along tlie track of the C., C. tt* C., which had been very well graded and almost ready for tho cross-ties which lie around. From Aiken to Rausket's mill, a distance cl" ten miles, tho lino of | tho road is covered with.cross-tics scatter- j ed all along, and a forco of hands aro cut- ' ting them at tho rato of one thousand a day. The line of road between theso two points is tnrougn an immenso tract or . land belonging to tho Crofts, Cbatlicld, a and others, which abounds in fine timber, ji and upon which thoro i3 an inexhaustible 1 supply of kaolin. f Aiken reminded mo very much of the j. man and tho pan cakes, or Ninety-Six and red oats soveral years ago, no matter what subject is introduced It finally reaches kaolin?"chalk bods," as thoy call it?and well thoy may talk of it, for it is, or will bo a groat "industry tliero, . aud will bo an important element in tho the freight of the C., C. G. & C. I)r. Croft's "chalk bed" is within a few hundred yards of the Road, and we visit- 1 ed it. Tho clay is of a very lino quality, and is said to bo practically inexhaustible. Near this bod is .Shaw's crook, with splendid water power. Wo found tho first forco of hands driving piles for the trestle across this creek. Tho banks of the creek arc vory marshy and these r piles havo to bo driven down ten feet t through tho mud, until a solid sand formation is reached. An immense iron | j hammer, weighing 2,000 pounds, is ele- c vnterl between two upright pieces which lit into grooves on each side of tho ham- R mer, and when at a height of fifteen feet jj above tho pilo is allowed to descend very rapidly upon tho head of tho pile, thus ^ driving thorn down as deep as necessary, a Tho machinery is very cumbersome and unwieldly, and this process is very slow, u Four piles aro driven to form a bencli o upon which tho cross-ties are placed. Tho length of tho trestle will bo about 100 feet, and has to be constructed very s carefully. , Not very far from tho trestle, perhaps half a mile, Mr. Potts is at work with his | forco of graders. On account of the sandy formation of tho soil, ho employs "scrapers" instead of carts and shovels. Ji These scrapers aro liko immense sugar scoops, with handles like a wheelbarrow, to which is hitched two mules and tho dirt is removed in this way. When wo t reached them they wero movintr earth for < tbo purpose of making a fili, and the J* yells of the negroes urging their teams 1 up the embankment waked the slumber- t ing echoes. .. Jit*. Potts informed us be had a force of between ninety and one hundred r hands, and twelve or fifteen teams along t the line, most of them being at work cut- f ting ties. For theso the darkies are paid | six cents in'tho woods, and they make * from seventy-tivo cents to a dollar a day. 0 The teams are hired from tbo countrymen at ?2.50 per day each. e Beyond Bausket's mill we rode about c a mile along the old grado toward Treuton, whero Col. Lewis Jones of Edgefield ^ once President of tbo Edgefield and Trenton It. It., did somo splendid work. 1 It will bo remembered that from Trenton to Shaw's creek, (Bauskett's mill,) 1 the line has been graded for a number oi 3'cars; the grading between Bauskett's a mill and Aiken is all that had to bo completed under Potts' contract. Nearly all 1 of this last block has been finished ex- t cept n heavy fill at IJauslcett's mill I,, to meet tho trestle across Shaw's creek. ' A good deal ol' the grading has to bo u dressed lip ready for tho cross-ties, and t then this part of the work will bo completed. Mr. Potts thinks that, this will ho done cortainly by the l/ith of April, V and that in thirty days thereafter, the | lirst train from Edgefield to Aiken will go thundering along. 1 As far as tho eyo can reach in every direction, cross-tics can l?a seeen on the t road bed and lying in the woods ready for tho teams. " Returning to Aiken, n meeting of tho ] Executive Committee was called. There | wero present Colonel Bowen and Dr. h Croft, a quorum. At this meeting werejl discussed plans for putting this part of | tho road into immediate operation as soon as completed; tho number ol olli-f ? cers and employees nceueu, ue. I j Another, and by far the most interest- I ing subject to your readers, was discover- !1 ed, namely, extending the road lroinjt Edgefield to Abbevillo. The completion of the lirst division as 3'ou have seen, is a L matter of the very near futnro and our N hopes especially hang upon the further t development of tho road. When wo real17.0 the fact, that a connexion from here to Aiken will give us three competing lines'J to Augusta, its importance looms up to j | tho most ordinary comprehension. ">Vo I t will thon hnvo a line via the ('. ?fc (I. to ' Columbia, and from there via the ( '. V. it A. to Augusta. Another, from this place to Aiken via G. A: and thence to Augusta via S. C. Hy; and a third, from hero to Troy, and thence via A. A K. to Augusta. All of theso lines are under different syndicates. T ~ impressed in Augusta with the 1 u t\C uHlM'incr flll/1 1 t |>uon iinu viiui hj ........ . . ...? , ...... | , in the very near future, with its railroad j and river routo facilities for transporla-j tion, it will alt'ord a market second to j nono in tlio interior cities of tlio South, : and superior to many on the sea coast. It is a ''pull altogether" city, hound to succeed and our prospective communion- j> tion with it, is tho subject of sincere ro- . joicing. At this meeting of the Executive Com- i mittee, tho .Secretary was instructed to prepare immediately and circulato petitions asking for an election upon subscription or no subscription to tho capital ^ stock. If ?70,000 in subsidies, town and ( township taxes, can bo raised between s Edgefield C\ H> and Abbovillo C. II, y<w may rest assured that tho road will be vigorously pushed onward from Edgo(ield. Tlioso subsoriptions are to ho votfrd upon tho condition, that not a dollar is to ho usrd until tho road reaches tho point making the subscription. Tho contractor protors this way of putting it and tho lax payors arc entitled to it, as a security of faithful performance. I.ctwoon Edgefield C. IT. anil tho Abbovillo lino, at Hard Labor creek near Troy, we have already in bona lide subscriptions bv townships in Edgegeld county * Hi,500. This will leave $53,500 to be raised between tho Edgefield lino and Abbeville C. II.. and it remains for Abbeville, Cedar Springs and Indian Hill townships to say what they will do. Tho assessed valuation of property in these three townships is as follows : Abbeville ? 755,011 Cedar Springs 170,433 Indian Hill 250,077 Total 81,183,023 " I A V " ?w511o tti liAn/la natrttUlA in twenty years would bo #59,151. Mr."Potts leaves next week lor New York to consult with the moneyed men who are hacking him in his present contract, concerning tho next division, and we think the assertion may be made with great confidence, if wo do our part the road will be built. T. P. C. NOTICE OF Stockholders Meeting. r|MIE annual meeting of the stockholders of 1 the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway Company will be held at Athens, Georgia, THURSDAY, APRIL 5,1888. The transfer books will be closed from this date until (Vpril 611). A. L. HULL, Secretary and Treasurer. Athens, Ga., March 3,188S. Registration Notice. Office of Supervisor of Registration, Abbeville. S. G\, Feb. 29,18.s8. rHE OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR OF ItEGstratlon will bo open on the first Mondays in March, April, May, Juno and July for the transaction ot such business as the law di ects in connection with tlio registration of voters. No. 4 O'Neill Law Range. W. P. CALHOUN, Supervisor* Feb. 29,1SS8, tf NOTICE TO ROAD SUPERVISORS, A JjJJ ROAD SUPERVISORS ARE REt\ quired to order out their overseers and All.n.?n,lo .n/>ll In V I.' R T? T f A I? V ind MARCH and require all Overseers to have it least three days work done In those two iionths. They will also have the roads narked out tbe width prescribed by law. The Supervisors will be furnished with sign boards ?y calliuR at our otflco. J5y order of the Board. J. T. PARKS, Clerk. Abbeville S. C., Feb. 7. 1888. -It. BUIST'S Fresh Garden Seed. HIM. SIZE PAPERS at 25 Cent* t1 Per Dozen. H. W. LAWSON & CO. Jan. 11. 18S8S. Dresses nut and fit or madeto order on short loticc antl lowest prlccs. R. M. Haddon <1.'o. 1000 yds % shirting, 1000 yds % drilling, 500 ds 11 shirting, 1000 yds 4-4 bleaching Just reelvcd II. M. Unddon tfcCo., When In need cf drugs, paints, oil, window lass, prepared putty, stationary, novels, ciars and lino tobacco, It will be to your lntersi, before buying, to try at Speed's drug store. To the ladies! If you are In need of anyhlng in the shoe line R. M. Haddon & Co. in supply your wants. Paint your buggy lor SI, It drys quickly and io varnish required, can by applied by any nc, for sale at Speed's drug store. The best, neatest ana most convenient lanern ever offer in this market at Speed's drug tore. Extracts from Lowndesville Advertiser rOTES FROM ABBEVILLE COURT HOUSE. This is a fast ago, especially among lm linx-o TVnf Inner ainna T w.ns nil ft rain coming out of a city aud on this rain were three or four boys. These hree or fourwereequivalent to a whole egimeut. Their ages ranged from line to not over fourteen. The whole earn were smoking cigarcttes and heir conversation was a disgrace to Imcrican civilization. Oaths rolled nit of their mouths along with cigartte smoke and tobacco juice. The ountry has little to look or from such 'ouths. .Since Court adjourned, Law Range ooks gloomy, but the lawyers are liap>y and ready for another light. A good many persons will not be Uie 10 VQieiU II1C pi uuiuiliuii Cictuuu text Saturday, as they have 110 registration tickets and the Supervisor caulotopen his books until the first Monlay in March, two days after the elecion. On account of the continued wet leather, a good many farmers have >een unable to sow their Spring oats. Phis will bo a great drawback. A mad dog was on the war path at Iester Station last week. It bit Mr. robe Hester's fine dog, a setter pup beongingtoMr. W. X. Calhoun, and everal other dogs in that neighboriood. A number of persons interested in lie cause of temperance held a nieetnsr in the Court House last Wednes lay, to take steps, no doubt in regard o next Saturday's election. Mr. Samuel C. Cason went over to Laurens last week to argue an iniporant case. A number of 'J^xas ponies were sold it Abbeville last week l?y McCafl'erty brothers. They sold for from fifty to seventy-gve dollars each. Rossdiiu. The Town ol Liitlmcr. ijatim kk, i? euruary ^4, lwa. The weather prophets predict a fresh;t. We don't think they will bo misakeii. Mrs. T. H. Graves and children and Mrs. Julia Hughes,arrived from Aiken vlonday last. Col. Aleck Haskell, of Columbia, i gallant ex-Con federato, passed hrough Latimer last Thursday en oute for Augusta. Mr. Johnnie Johnson, the prize shot >f our neighborhood, went hunting last rhursday and brought in the finest urkey of the season. He lias killed leveral this winter. w :'y ,'7 i' - s?T ; -3?^ ' V 4 Tie State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. COURT OF PROBATE. Martin O. Zelgler as Administrator of (lie Estate of Jamos Taggart, Jr., deceased, plain f i fT, against Miss Elizabeth C. Taggn.it, and Jerry Carson, Defendants. SUilMOXS FOIt RELIEF. (Complaint Screed.) To Hie defendants Miss Elizabeth C. Taggart, Jerry Carson: You ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND required to answer the complaint In this action which Is filed In tlio Probate Court for Abbeville County, at Abbeville Court House, in sum omiiu unu iu servu 11 ui your uuBwcr to the said complaint on the subscribers at their olllce at Abbeville Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fall to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff In this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded In the complaint. Dated lGth February A. D. 1SSS. J. FULLER LYON, Judge Probate Court. PERRIN & COTHRAN, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To Miss Elizabeth C. Taggart: Please take notice : That the summons I r\t tt.1i Inh M i n nhnvn Is 11 ftnnp line tlilo Hov hann Hied In the Probuto Court lor the County of Abbeville,South Carolina, together with the complaint in the above stated cause. PERRIN & COTIIRAN, Plaintiff's Attorneys. If you want a medium price 6hoe go to Haddon & Co. If you want a fine pebble, kid Kangaroo, Gondola, or French kid shoe go to Haddon & Co. 20 peices with checked nainsook suitable for aprons Just received at li. M. Haddon a Co. , Call for Hawkes spectacles and eye glasses and have no other, his new crystallzcd lenses are the best In the world and can be found at Speed's drug store. Wanted. School claims! For which we will pay face value In merchandise at lowest cash prices, or, will pay the cash at lowest Bank rate ol discount. R.'M. Haddou & Co. Jan. 11,1883. Ladles wishing bargains In winter dres, goods will And Wm. E. BellV, the place to buy. Parties attending court will find \V. E. Bell's a nice place to drop In and secure a bnreralnin wintercroods. I have some special bargains to offer during court week. \V. E. Bell. I will take school claims for goods at cash prices. W. E. Bell. If you wish a cheap shoe, W. E. Bell's Is the place to buy anything in ladles, misses and children's sboes. I offer a very good shoe at 75cts, worth one dollar. \V. E. Bell. I still have a few remnants left from the large lot, Isold out at one-half cost, It would pay you to call and see them. W. E. Bell. Braided sets with panel's to match. It. M. Haddon <fc Co. The place to get fine cigars and tobacco. Speed's drug store. Itch, mange and scratches cured In thirty minutes, by a single application of Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion, for sale only at Speed's drug store. If you want a cheap shoe go to Haddon <& Co. See the Basket soap, two bars for a nickel' at E. A. Templcton's. Starch acts a lb at E. Templctons. Unbleached knitting thread at 20cts o lb at E. A. Terapleton's. Shoes! shoes! we are prepared to supply the trade In almost any article of foot wear. Just received 3eases Indies and misses shoes. Our line of No's in all the makes we keep are now complete. You can get a good shoe at a moderate price. R. H. Haddou & Co. 11-30 R, M. Haddon & Co., Have a large and well selected stock of staple millinery, dress goods, notions, &., to which they would call special attention. R. M. Haddon & Co., Have a large and well selected stock of ladies and missc3 shoes, all numbers. Call and get anything in the clothing lines atcost. P. Rosenberg & Co. J. S. Hammond & Co., keeps a full line of sole leather calfskins and kip-leather. Cut to suit the trade. 12-14 Colored dress, silks at 14 cents per yard. This is the best barcruin that was ever ottered in silks. Call an if secure n bargain before they are all sold. Wm. E. Bell. 10-10 Ladies' white and colored collars. Ladies' white and colored cuffs. W. K. Bell. We are prepared to fill all orders for hrlda outfits on short notice. It. M. Haddon <t Co. R. M. HaSdon A Co*, have a full stock of the celebrated P. Cot shoe. Made expressly for I our trade in Rochester, X. Y. < Clothing at cost! clothing at cost!! P. Rosenberg & CoJ Blankets! blankets at cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. If you want a good overcoat at cost. Call on P. Rosenberg <fc Co. If you want a good suit of clothes at cost Call on P. Rosenberg ?St Co. Seed wheat! seed wheat!! at cost. P. Rosen berg & Co. A few bushels blue stem seed wheat left, < which will be sold at cost. P. Rosenberg ?& Co. Fine plated table spoons, tea-spoons and forks. A uieo and useful present to give your wife. Smith & Hon, 12-14 21 Smething new! It. M. Haddon & Co., have ( Just received 1 case ladies and misses button shoes. Made of' Kananroo'' leather. Those i In want of a real tine dressing shoe at a moderate price should see this fine of soods. They , tit like a glove and wear like a calf skin. < Black dross silk, jet ornaments ?C braid sets, ' just rcceivcd, U. >f. Iladdon it Co., i Black cashmers and silk warp, henrietta : just received, R. M. Haddou it Co., { 20 dozen new hats, Just received latest \ styles. P. Rosenburg & Co. 12-7 | Blankets! blankets! to suit every one. P < Roseuburg &. Co. 12 Go and see what can be bought for the ' small sum of 5cts atE. A. Templeton's* Blackings, bunch 6iioe strings, plug of To bacca, lamp chimneys, brooms, baskets, for a nickel at E. A. Templetons. Thurbers biru seed, the best in the market tit Sneed's flriisr store. i A lot of nice french candy nnd crystullzcd 1 fruits just received ut Speed's drugstore. < Fever thermometers nnd hypodermic ' syringes can be liad at .Speed's drug store. i ftfjjlU ftjl Growers Hands, w ? r win 5ciiu ui^uii apuiii^iiuii 'v e fREE.theirmwillu^lralea Catalogue of SO for 188/^- ; FARM a RABflFM IMPIFMFNTC ?i iniUIMWruwwn mi bb..i.iiiv | & REQUISITES F0R.THE GARDEN* : If Qkvdandj^wijBrenotjoIdiiiyour 1 TowTv.orVillao?,5 ndtx) uffbr Catalo9U??>- c AMEaWiDCOLfti NEW YORK* 1 :SEEDSMEN: 47&49 CDRTLAHDT.ST -J 1 ;V. " j.'-r ' WORK FOR MARCH. Seasonable SngcoNifoiiN as to Wbaf Ouelit to be Done on the Farm. Southern Cultivator. By the first, of this month every farmer should have determined what crops he will plant and tl.e respective uicas he will devote to each crop. To thoso who sincerely desire to protit hy these monthly "Thoughts" we suugost a re reading of the article for February, particularly ttic first column on page 50, as a reminder .of any good resolves that may have been inspired by the first reading. As a wise man, 1 ti building a! house, dertermlncs beforehand the sizo ana arrangement of tho rooms, the adaptation of alijlo the purpose iu , view, and counts the cost before he lets out the contract; so a wise farmer will determine what he wishes to secure by his year's operations, the best means of accomplishment, and the adaptation of means to ends. Ills not too late, even now, to remodel plens and ' correct palpable error# In the apportionment of areas. Bear In ;mlnd that the essential object Is to make a living, and that the moat . directlmcans to the Ul tain men ;of an object is generally the best. Hecall the mistakes of last year, the embarrassments or losses that were thereby caused, and resolved to avoid the one and bo free from the otuer ibis year. PLANTING COBN. The corn planting season In the Cotton States extends from the first of February to the flrstof May, so varied Is the climate of so large a territory; but March Is the main month. Hence, we give special attention to the subject in this number. As corn and cotton are the two dominating crops the land on each farm will be considered inalnly with reference to adaptation to these crops. Experience teaches that storms, drouths and unfavorable circumstance generally are more potent in I heir Influence on the yield of corn than on the yield of cotton. This is especially true on poor soils. On such soils a severe drouth sometimes cuts off the yield of corn one half, three-fourths, or even almost totally. Drouth is a great enemy of the corn crop. The conclusion is that the low-lying, moist and richer soils shouldjbe devoted to corn, and the higher, poorer lands to cotton. But wo presume most farmers have made their allotments of fields to be iplanted In corn, and are only awaiting the arrival of the time to plant. When is the time to plant? Some wait for certain buds to/'swell," certain trees to blossom, or for a warm, dry spell after acertaln day. It is claimed that the early planted makes the heavier corn, and the most certain crop. The early planted fields will come into silk tassel earlier than the^iate n|,..>?n<1 1 t ??? NinstU nn *>1 (^nr.AA<nlltr if IMiUUCU, UUl UWl lliutu CtllllCl, CO^CViJOIIJ II the early planted encounters bad weather. On the whole, wo think the best rule is to plant when the ground Is dry enongh to plow well, and at the date which past experience shows to have generally given best results. Tempernture of the dlrtor ground need not be considered. {Corn that is planted on a day whenjthe ground is frozen in the morning will be as apt to do well as if the day were as balmy as May. It is the character of the ? weather that prevails during the second and third week after planting the seed, which determines the Rtand and the vigor of the young plants. Corn requires from ten days to two weeks to come up when planted in the spring; and it is Ja matter of little moment whether the grouudjls warm or no on the very day of planting. If the period of the year has arrived when we may reasonably expect a suitable temperature for germination within the next four or five days, or a week, and the ground Is not too wet to plow, let the seed bo planted. It Is probable that the weather will be better In the next two week* when it Is bad at any given date, and the second week Is the more important of the two. How to plant. We do not believe in waterfurrow planting early In the spring, however advisable later on. The planting often cannot be done so early on account of the soggy < condition of the subsoil (water-furrow.) and the heavy spring rains are more damaging to * a young crop In the water-furrow, besides other reasons. We prefer breaking the land into flat bed with a deep, open water-furrow between, planting In a deep fUrrow opened along the middle of bed and covering shallow. This elves better drainage, a richer surrounding soil, and great immunity from damage by n the frequent heavy rains of spring. It Is surprising that farmers so often overcrowd thelan<J with plants;ln the face of experience. On land that will, make ten to twenty bushels per acre with average Beason an allowance of eighteen to twenty-one square feet to oach stalk Is not too much. This will permit of a great concentration of manure to . the hill, and consequent better developement of Individual stalks and ear. Allowing one hundred stalks for each bushel of corn the land Is expected to yield, we have the follow log calculations?: Planted 4x4 feet, there wonld be 2,722 plants per acre; yield 27 bushels. Planted 4^x4^ or 4x5, would give 2,187 plants; yield, 21.78 bushels. Planted 4x8, 1,812 plants, yield, 18.12 bushels. The celebrated David Dickson gave 7x3U feet on uplands capublo of producing 45 bushels. Not an acre should bo planted in cortx that will not of itself, or with the manure available, yield at least ten or twelve bushels of corn?twenty would be a better rule. The most glaring of nil our mistakes Is the continued annual cultivation of acres, the yield of which with the most favorable seasons will not pay expenses. Multiply the number of such acres until half the whole area in cultivation Is embraced, until half of a Sbite Is Included, and 1s It any wonder that such farmers are in a depressed condition? SWEET POTATOES. This oue of our peculiar Southern prodoots that Is not properly appreciated. We are proner to follow after Northern or foreign practices and adopt their special crops for special purposes, when we have bettor at home. English and Northern farmers grow turnips for stock because their climate Is suited to turnips and not suited to sweet po> * * ' itoes. They also grow Irish potatoes because they can grow them more successfully than the sweet potatoes. Tho sweet potato, as known in the South, is a boon that is denied them. Turnips and Irish potatoes are not to be compared with sweet potatoes in respect of ease ana cneapness 01 prouucuon, nurriuveness and general adaptation as a table and stock food. Nothing Is gained by very early bedding or planting. The potato is strictly a tropical plant, and must have warm weather from first to last Resolve to plant a larger field than usual, and bed accordingly. Tnc best potato growers, at the final planting of the draws, give a distance of about four feet by twenty Inches. This would requlro >,412 plants to set one nere; and to produce this number of plants from six or eight bushels of seed potatoes should be bedded. Small ' potatoes are to be preferred for the plant bed, especially those that were made from the cur vines last year. A potato is not a true seed, hut only an enlarged, underground stem; itts not even a root, as it does not take nourishment from soil directly, but through the stein attachment. A small potato will make nearly as many draws as a large one, and many more of them may lie placed iu a bed. For bedding select a sunny exposure. Mark . ->ut a bed four feet wide, aud length sufficient. I'over the space marked out with any good, ivell-rotted manure, if the soil be not already rich, and dljj it In with a spading fork. Rake smooth and then deposit the sound, small ' v\?o?Afla rnrrnlarlv nvor ftiA KPIlfit(*A nn l*l??rAP :lian tho width of the finger. Press them inlformily into the soil by placing a thick joard over them and the necessary uvolrJupois. Cover with light surface Foil to the inlform depth of the secoud Joint of the foroincor. If covered shallow the plants will lot promptly throw out fibrous roots, aud nany of thorn when slipped from tho parent jotatocs will have no roots at all. * 1 . Gov. Oglesby, of Illinois, has is9ue<l i proclamation to the people of the state, calling for immediate aid for the \ ifliicted at Mount Vernon. He says here were 30 killed, 100 injured and ,000 left homeless and destitute. The aggregate income of the ralslionary society of Great Britain is a nillion and a quarter. The amount pent on amusement is ?12,000,000; on obacco, ?15,000,000; oil strong drink, 124,000,000. Two Protectant citizens have been ondemned to six months imprisonnent at Madrid for refusing to kneel >efore the viaticum. The liberal newstapt'is are indignant at this display of n tolerance. , The New York Board of Education lected Mi-s Alice Pine as School trustee in the fifteenth ward. She is li<> first womnii olontorl ^rtlinnl Trns i'o in that city. There are now 120 students in atendatic-e at Furinan University, the ugliest number ever before enrolled at lie time since the war. Four territories are knocking at the loors of Congress for admission as states ; Dakota, Washington; Montana ind New Mexico. Newspapers should think less of heir circulation than what they circuate?less of bulk and more of quality. Never wait for a thing to turn up. io and turn it up yourself. It takes ess time, and it is surer to be doue. Dr. LafFerty lectures at De Funiak, Mil., March 2,