The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, February 13, 1889, Image 4

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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 1889. Political Speech to a Grand Jury. ace by our exchanges that Judge Aldrlch hat glren the grand Jury of Beaufort, and the people generally, a lecture on the subJest of -Reform." While we presume few people will deny the need for various reforms, we are equally confident that any defence of the preaent high salary which Is paid to Circuit Judges]* hardly appropriate on the opening of a Court of Sessions. The Judge seems to think that $3,500 a mere trifle to pay a Judge for about six months services. He estimated the traveling expense of a Judge at $1,000, which would leave him the pittance of only *2,500, after paying expenses. Without Questioning the Judge's estimate as to expenses, isn't it rather a novel way to count cp what would be left to an officer after paying hit expenses? Does any county officer count up what will be left, after paying the expense of himself and family? As a rule, the county officers are glad to get the feet, and then scuffle with the expense side of the question. For our own part, we believe tS^OO excessive fees for a Circuit Judge. We re Inclined to think the Judge merely estimated the expenses of a Judge on Circuit. We take It for granted that a Circuit Judge is , not out more than one hundred and twenty dayrdnrlng the year. Bat suppose be Is out one -hundred and fifty days. What will that coetr He will pay at hotels from 82 to 33 a day, unlets he goes to a private boarding bouse where, we presume. It may be had for about tl a day. One hundred and fifty days at 13 a day would be 9150. To buy railroad tleketa wonld not exceed, In all probability, 150 a year. But let the flguree be as they may, we think the Judge erred not only In reference to his own salary, but In attacking the offices of Auditor and Treasurer. In the first place, the duties of these offices are discharged by men who, like himself, receive pay from the public orlb. Official courtesy, it seems to us, would bav? prevented the .ludge from virtually saying "the magnlfloent salary of a Clrcul t J udge It scarcely enough for me, but the Auditors and Treasurers may very well afiord to be dt prlved of part of their exceedingly small sala rl**." Even If be deemed it either necessary, or right, for him to refer to his own salary, we ar* acquainted with no rule of ethics which JastUfo* one officer In proposing to cat off the limited fees or salary of another officer. Bat laying all this matter of salary aside, tb* uniting of the Auditor's and the Treasurer'* office* 1* utterly and absolutely lmprac* ^. tlcable. Any man who will put himself to tb* tronble of Inquiring Into the facts may r*adily enough tw that It la out of the question to Jote the dalios of Auditor and Treasnrer In one man. - ? if the Jadga bad been really desirous or eftec ting a change with the possibility of benefitting tb* people, h* might have suggested tbai Sbeoflloeof Treasurer and Sheriff be conaolldaUd. Tbat might be done. He might fur' tber have affected some good, If he bad recommended to tb* crowd that listened to the lMn?*d Judge, the necessity for Judge Lynch taking bold of, and banging sundry Jury commissioners who draw Juries tbat acquit notoriously gallty men. This country would ooa be set right If the neighboring trees about tb* Court Houses were ornamented by derailot Jury Commissioners. Of ooars* we do not recommend any such action In Abbeville county. We know our Jarle* are properly drawn. We saw them drawn for the last Court. Cm* far the Governor's Attention. On* nlgbt laat week two men went to the boose of Milton Williams, colored, who lived near Ninety-?Jx, threw rockb on the top of bis bouse. When he came to the door, the aseaselns shot and killed him. There were two of them, bat the Preu and Banner Is not informed aa to wbo they were. We are, however. Informed that the people o' Ninety-Six be Here the murderers could be found, If the Governor wonld offer a reward for them. The mOTdered man is a negro who always voted tfc j Democratic ticket. He had made hlmsolf offensive to his race In other wayK than voting the Democratic ticket. He had been Instrumental In having some llllcltdealers In whiskey brought to Justice. It la hoped that the Governor will offer a suitable reward for the discovery and punishment of the perpetrator of this most fearfUl crime?that of going to a man's house, calling him out, and slaying blm on bis own door step. We are quite sore, 11 the murderad man had been a citizen ot more prominence, that tbe Governor would not hesitate to dm whatever power he has to find out the perpetrator of so cowardly a deed, and we are equally certain that be will use his official inflnenee to protect even tbe humblest citizen x while under hie own vine and flg tree. Governor Richardson will do bis whole duty in tbe matter. Tbe people may rest assured that be will not allow so grave an offence to go unnoticed. iJfis. ' A Training School for the Penitentiary. From the Palmetto Post we learn that Judge Wallaoe thinks tbe State of South Carolina honld establish an institution for yontbful criminals. Reasoning from analogy, if we have common schools, hlgb schools, and col' leges for tbe literary training of our youths' we ought, tbeiefore, to have institutions whose inmates may be regularly and systemstatically trained for placet In the State penltantlary. In order to make these preparatory Institutions more useful in trainlug re rolts tor tbe penitentiary, It might be well to have a little "Reformatory" or training school in every oonnty to prepare and (It boys for tbe penitentiary. Tbe Pott says: "In sentencing a boy to five years in the Penitentiary for burglary and larceny, his Honor Judge Wallace, at tbe Beaufort Session* this week, spoke of the fact tuat this MUkte bad no reformatory school for younger criminal* connected with tbe Penitentiary, and deprecated tbe oomingllug of the youthful violators of tbe law with those criminals hardened In crime. Hie Honor expressed the hope that if there were any members or the Legislature present that they would see to It at the next session of the General Assembly that a bill be Introduced to provide for a State Reformatory or 8chool for younger criminals. Words of sympathy for the youthful criminal were entirely! superfluous when prefixed to a sentence, which seems to us to harden extremely close to the line of cruelty. ehefleld and Old Tamblln. We oopy an article from tbe OretnviUe News in reference to tbe building of the Cumberland dap road. That paper credits its information to tbe Railwag Age. It our memory serves us aright the Atlantic and Northwestern Publishing Company, to' gether with Mr. Schofleld, anil a headquarters offloe at Aiken, has been connected with that road for about eight years. If we mistake not Mr. Schofleld and the Atlanta and Northwestern Publishing Company entered into a similar oontract many years ago. The pros pecrt of getting tbe road seems to be as good as ever. Look out for tbe engine, when the Wbistle blows. What Dom ThU Mean 7 / J. We extraet the following from tbe Columbia JUoord; "The Inquiry has several times been mnde, 'Ts tbe Record going to be run In the interest of Mr. MoLane?' "To this we say NO." Up this way, we bave beard no doubt expressed as to tbe political faith of the Record. W? are quite sure that as good a paper as the JUeord ueed uot go ou tbe defensive In a mattar like the above. ?. . - Seed OatsM Wblte Brothers bave a few tushels of seed oats left. Call early and be supplied. tio to R. M. Haddon * Co. for ladles shoes. m m SL " - :: * -? - A BATCH OF BREEZY BRIEFS FROM COXESBURY. Prosperous McrclmntH ... Hospitable I'oop 1 c?Fi?rniing IntereHtR?LoTe ? Dnnciue ? Pretty Women and Moonlight Nights. Cokesbury, Feb. 11,1889. We "struck" this pleasant to*n some weeks ago, and bare been thinking for some days of Inflicting some of our cogitations upon your valuable paper, and to inform you of the happenings and chit-chat about our village. It Is always the part of a newspaper to "get there" with the news, and get there first, and again, it is the part of wisdom for the business man, the merchant especially, to "get there" with the paper, and only a few days since your correspondent made the suggestion to some of our merchants at Hodges to advertise in our County papers, that the territory of their trade might be enlarged. Advertising we recognize as the leverage by which strictly business men become wealthy, and we hope our neighbors will give tills some thought, for our desire is to see them all prosper. Here in Cokesbury, Dr. Connor Is doing a flourishing trade In tho mercantile line. Always accommodating, polite and Jovial, and meets vou with a cordial shake of the hand. Why should he not prosper? A. M. Aiaen and Dr. Hart both cater largely to the trade. Wbtle at Hodges we have several good business houses. Charlie Simmons, than whom tbere is no more vigorous, popular and liberal business man, does a fine business. Caswell Conner, Esq., whose kindly face la known far and wide sells more drags than any other man in the County. Emmerson Bros, are building up a splendid trade, while big Jim Qraham, who possesses as big a heart as ever beat against a boiled shirt front, Bells largely for Eldridge Tinsly. As I am yet a "tenderfoot" In this town, I cannot write you of the place as I desire, we have been informed though, that Cokesbury before the "wah" was truly a pleasant place to live, and no doubt those who have been Identified with the village could bring to light many valuable historical facta that would be of interest. In no place is the old time South Carolina hospitality more freely and generally evinced, in no place is the stranger more cordially welcomed, or more hospitably entertained than here. There are many scions of tbe oldest and moBL aristocratic families here, and some, perhaps, whose ancestors all come over In the Mayflower. Two of the leading denominations have church balldIngs of good and substantial character, and their pulpits are occupied by able Divine*. Prof. Reed has a flourishing school which is admirably conducted, and its patrons are highly gratified at its progress. A. M. Aiken, Esq., is busy re-claiming out lying land, which is a step in the right direction. Dr. S. T. Lea is making a success with his fine poultry. He has many pens of tbe finest strains, and our farmers especially should strive to Improve their stock of chickens, when so convenient to get them. The past year wound up prosperously for onn.o r.f nnrformiirl Whllfl HOmfi Of OOUrSO fell behind. All throughout oar country though, are going to work again getting things In shape with hopeful spirits and hearts all beatlug with promiscuous all round gratitude for health and strength being left them after the Jolly holidays, which of course was gladdened t>y the "Balm or Life." The pleasant little breaks about Christmas time are always, (they should be at least) overlooked, especially in those communities where hair the eminent citizens sleep on the front door step six nights out of the week. If brother farmers will stop now In time and consider and reason for awhile and determine to begin at once, In this country where everything seems purposely designed for the credit system, to bring their smoke houses, corn crlbB and horse feed nearer home,?raise all their own supplies, they will soon find themselves contented and happy, and home will be a haven ol undisturbed restand peace. This Is the only road to true comfort and independence. Let us go to work determined to keep abreast with the progressive South, and with the splendid combinations of manly pluck and energy, let us march together under the banner or progress and build up this grand old county that may boast of posMessing many advantageous industrial features combined with social advantages of the highest order. Now let every fellow "shuck" bis coat and endeavor to accomplish this end ?this glorious consummation?and life then will be brighter and each face will glow and glister with the consciousness of a true inward happiness. Let us forever leave the old channels and ruts and get upand out on higher grounds and triumph over every difficulty, thinirinv Antireiv of better thincs than those that bind us downward and clog our onward way, ever pushing upward Into the joyous light aad beauty and sunBblne of prosperity aad peace of the soul. Rev. Mr. Jordan preached a fine sermon on yesterday at Hodgea It abounded Id many Interesting facts of the Bible, and was clothed throughout In erudite and ornate verbiage. Under the auspices of the Messrs. Emerson, one of the most enjoyable society events o; the seasou occurred at the home of 8. C. Merriinan, Esq. Dancing to enchanting music was quite a feature of the occasion, and contributed largely of course to the enjoyment of all, and attracted many visitors from Lauren* and Greenwood. The young ladles looked their sweetest, and as their lithe and grac?ful figures glided through the dreamy waltz they were much admired. Mr. E. seemed delighted with the pleasures of the evening and smiled a sweet good night when the dissipations ceased. Ozu, be was there too, carrying upon his faoe somethlug birdlike and chick. These Abbeville county girls are "Just too cute for anything1' was the general opinion. One of our young men was badly "mashed" as he gazed jnto the sparkling depths of those beautiful black orbs which rivaled In sweetness the tender glance of the death Btrlcken fawn, and seemed charmed mid the mazbs of berdelightful conversation. Bewildered,conquered. submissive nnd infatuated be betook himself out into the mellow twilight?bis thoughts bathed in fancy's fairest, cherishing "Vain wishes, unexpressed Strange faucy'B, sweet unrest." Tiioon invr.lv cirio are not a lnxury. they are a necessity. But for them we would know but little of happiness. While we love them every blessed one, we can but say we can't agree with them In regard to the manner of the Eresent style of dress, especially the hair, and o' live! They comb their lmlr straight up behind, And put in "arrers" for to pin It, And friz and bang It down in front, I say its awful, and I say there ought to be a law "agin" it. The young men at Hodges are getting op a singing c1 j, and no doubt it will be made a success. We heard of a young man who at* tended meeting once during the holidays and being too full for utterance endeavored to sing. His Voice became unstrung, for "When the choir was high, then be was low To mansions in the skies, So he pulled his new bandanna out, And wiped his weeping eyes," The ground is covered with the "beautiful snow" and rabbit hunting Is the order of the day. I'll probably see you later. MERRY. PBOSPECTS FOR BUILDING THE CTTHBEBLAND GAP ROAD. A Bright Promise of Reward of Long nnd Pntient Labor?The Contract Made for Completing tbe LineLet Easely Rlae and Boom. Greenville Newt. in me naiiway Aee, 01 mo oiu nmu, it is stated thai tbe contract for tbe building of the Carolina, Cumberland Gap & Chicago Rail* road from Edgefield to Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, has been let to tbe Atlantic and Northwestern Construction Company, of New York. W. H. Schofield, 170 Broadway, Nsw York, is President of the construction company, and W. H. Schofield, Jr., is'superintendent of the construction, with headquarters at Aiken, S. C. The line Included In the contract Is a distance of three hundred and fifty miles, passing by Abbeville, touching Pickens, crossing the Air Line at Easley, penetrating the Blue Ridge by comparatively easy grades through Esuitoe Gap and thence on by Asbeville to the Tennessee line and tbe Cumberland Gap. It is believed by those here who are best posted on the affairs of the C. C. G. 4 C. Road that this new contract means the completion of tbe road. W. H. Schofield, who is at the bead of the construction company, is the man who has faithfully worked at the enterprise for years and to whose energy and ability and fidelity its present existence is largely due. After years of struggle with no apparent pros&Bct of success, during which time col. R. E. owen, the President of the road, and Mr. Schofield, its financial agent, were its almost lone supporters, the first section of the new line was built from Aiken to Edgefield. That sectiou is now in successful operation, and with the awarding of a contract for tbe building of the road on through the mountains, its friends are beginning to look fondly to tbe consummation of the great enterprise. Methodist Minute*. We have received a copy of the minutes of the 103rd senslon of the South Carolina Conference, M. L Church South; edited by Revs. H. F. Cbreltzbergand H. Hascom Browne, and published by Hugh Wilnon, the enterprising publisher of the Abbeville Press and Banner. Space forbids an extended notice.?Greenwood Tribune. The pamphlet contains a great deal of information. valuable to Methodists and Inter* eating to the religious world. Both Editors and publisher deserve the highest praise fbr the promt and efficient manner In which their ; work has been accomplished. A big reduction in the price of Mens, Ladles and Chlldrens Shoes?especially la Boots and fine Footwear. Smith Jt Son. ABeautllul line of Black Cashmeres at ' prices that will astonish you, are conspicuous ; among our special bargains. W. Joel Smith ' & Son. A full stock of Glassware and Crockery ! cheaper thau the cheapest at Smith A Son. ( Get you a good Buggy Whip while you can i for a mere trifle. Weliave a goodly number I to select from. Smith ? Hon. < THE FARMER'S FIRST DUTY. LET HIM PROVIDE FOE AN ABUNDANCE OF FOOD FOB MAN AND BEAST. Corn Small Qraln?Uraaa?Fertlli* sera?Uinta n to Cane and Pota* toei?*HoffS, Cattle, Sheep?An Article Which 1* Worth 1U Weight In Gold to Every Farmer Who ScmIi and Heeda It. While It Is trae that only one month ban come and gone, yet the time for planning the operation* of the new year is rapidly passing away, and the farmer Is now to put into execution the first steps In the programme be bos mapped out for bis guidance. Soon it will betoolato to correct errors. A year's work on a farm is similar in many respects to a military campaign. As a Bkillfu 1 and experienced commander conceives beforehand the general plan of his proposed military movements, wisely calculating all the probable and possible counter-movements of hlB antagonist and providing aooordlngly, so a wise fkrmer will look ahead and make nls dlsposl tions so as to meet tbe exigencies tbat may arise. Neither can well afford to "change front," in the presence of an enemy, or materially alter his plans when tne campaign Is half over. ' In last month's "Thoughts" we endeavored to Impress tbe wisdom of produolmr at home an abundance of everything needful for man and beast, tbat tbe soil and climate will enable him to produce with reasonable certainty and profitableness. Tbe argument In favor of tbe borne produotion of supplies was presented In a somewhat differentlight We would have the Southern farmer to "seek first" to produoe, in abundance, the food necessary for man and beast; to go about his purpose as If it were, as It really Is, tbe main business of forming. As well might a lawyer hire some one to prepare and study and manage bis law business; or a preacher employ another to fill bis pulpit; a sheep-breeder buy all bis sbeep and wool; a fruit grower to buy fruit instead of growing It, as for a farmer to habitually buy sucb articles as corn, oats, baoon, lard, butter, beef, mules and horses, etc.,?tbe very things It is tbe peculiar business of a farmer to grow from bis soil. But we will not pursue the subject further at this time. plowing corn land. The plow must be started at once. If not already in action; not tbat we favor breaking land long In advanoe of tbe time for planting, but tbat tbe work of preparation of the boII may not be crowded Into too short a period Just before tbat time. Tbe weather during tbe latter part of the month and early In March may not be suitable for plowing. On level and especially on close, undralned soils, we are declaedly In favor of throwing the land Into beds as a final preparation forpiantiog Id corn or ootton. Oar best results in corn culture bave almost Invariably been obtained wben planted on broad beds, with well opened water furrows between the rows, these farrows serving temporarily as drains in the absence of a more permanent Bystem. This leads to the suggestion that the low-lying, moist lands of the country should be generally appropriated to the corn crop. Corn is much more liable to lnlury from drouth than ootton, and is less affected by wet. Moreover, orn seems to respond less gratefully to manure than ootton, and to prefer the naturally rich and moist toil. Do not be in too big a hurry to commence planting. Too early planting is a much more frequent mistake than too late planting. A narrow strip of a hundred miles along the Gulf Coast may do better planted in February ; but March is early enough for the next belt of one hundred miles or more. SPBINO 0AT8. The recurrence of two moderately good corn crops has bad the effect to lessen somewhat the dependence placed in oats, aDd the area 1h probably decreasing. We have all along insisted that oats are a more economical and more reliable crop tban corn, taking a series of years together. Winter-killing of the fallsown, or droutb-kllllng of thespnnR-eown are the only causes of failure, both of which may be pretty well guarded against. Oatssowuln spring do best in February and should be sown on rich or well manured land, and the S round should be put In the best condition by eep, close plowing. The tendency is to sow rather too thickly. We doubt if a grain more is made by sowing more than three bushels of oats on the very best prepared and richest soils. On ordinary soils, capable of producing ten to fifteen bushels of corn per acre, one to one and a half bushels of seed per acre are enough. The absolute loss which is the result of winter-kllling of oats is apt to be greatly exaggerated. One of the chief practical precautions against winter-killing is to provide an abundance of home-raised seed, so that the 1 ' ? ? ? M Iw Vakwnam I# tkn nnta muu uiajr ivrsvnu m &-?ui um j ?uv v?>*? hall have been killed lu January. If killed too lata for re-aowlng, the land Is Jaat right for corn, or other snmmer crop. But In fact U is extremely rare for oata to be killed after tbe middle of February, while tbey often succeeu well town In SJarcb. GRASS. It la gratifying to note tbe growth of Intereat in the auoject of graaa culture, which ia evidenced by reports from varloua sections of tbe Booth. We here Include In tbe general designation tbe number of larger apeclea that are uaually called forage crops, vie., tbe varloua millets, aorghuma, lucern, etc., with which our list baa been so enrlobed within the present generation. It would seem that ao apparently apontaneooa growth as tbe f;rasses would not present a eerloua problem n tbe selection of the best for tbe purposes of the farmer. , But It la a fact, with few exoeptlona, that tbe moat valuable of our cultivated grasses are not now found flourishing In a wild state. Indeed, few, even of the thoroughly Indigenous species, produoe any considerable crops, except under some degree of culture; for example, tbe crab trasses and other species that lnleat our cultivated fields. After September and Ootober, February is the best time to sow tbe hardy grasses, those which originally came from a colder climate tban our own. uur on me larger species, the semi-cereals may be planted. The lifelong practice of grass-killing, strange aa it may seem, tloes not afford that knowledge or experience which Is necessary when we oome to reverse the process and commenoo to cultivate crass. The former mast not conclude that Because grass will grow without care In bis corn and ootton fields, and sometimes flourishes there In spite of him, that all tbat Is necessary tosucoessln the culture of the best grasses U to plow the land, and sow the seed. Good, nutritious grasses will not succeed?with few exceptions?on poor and badly prepared land. Moreover, there Is a degree of skill, easily aoqulred it is true, but depending on some practical experience, without which it is not wise to proceed at once on a large scale. It 1> equally trne of other branches of farming, Including stock-raising; changes of methods and systems should not be too violent and sudden. The point u that experiments should be made on a comparatively small scale the first year, In grass culture as well as In any other new departure. We believe the Departments of Agriculture oould engage in no better work than to distribute small amounts of the best tried and approved varieties of grass seeds to the farmers, who will promise to experiment according to directions. A good and safe way for a farmer to teat the value of a hay crop is to prepare a field for the spontaneous growth of crabgrass, plowing and narrowing and fertilising a convenient field in April, and harvesting when In bloom. The result will astonish any one who has not tried it, if he will oompare the yield, the cost and the quality, with a crop of sweat perfumed corn fodder, made of blades of Indian corn, pulled one by one, by the tick of a clock, as it were. FERTILIZERS AGAIN. In January's "Thoughts" we defended commercial fertilisers against the oftrrepeated ahomra (hot thav 'Mft nnt nav " Wa aniivht. tn 8 bow that they do lo fact, as a rule, pay larger dividends on ibelrooat than most other Investments on the farm, and that the amount usually Invested, is too small even with large percentage In returnB, to make any very great difference In the general financial results or the farm, We would not therefore *. -re that every farmer proceed at once to double, treble or quadruple bis purchases of fertilizers. The drift of (he argument was In lavor of high manuring as one of the best Investments of time, labor and money. We Include home-made manures, ootton seed, leaves, scrapings, ashes, refuse matters of all kinds, peavines, clover and other soli renovators, supplemented by a liberal use of the best commercial forms of the fertilizing elements. The heavier the application the mote Important it Is to have a proper adjustment of the proportions of the different elements?or, In otner words. the more important that the manure shall be what is called a 'complete fertilizer.' One thing Is quite certain : the can be no steady continued and permanent Improvement ot tne productiveness of the soil unless there be more returned 10 It, In one way and another, than Is rumov eu oy toe crops, wmuou ?? ; uj >ue ?...? and evaporated by tbe sun. A man may practice a system of spoliation of a rlcb soli, wrecking It, as It were, and make money for a time, but be will eventually have to 'move away,'or perish. It may be demonstrated, also, tltat with all the skill and industry that may be brought to bear In saving manure*, growing soil-improving crops, etc., tbe soil Will eventually fall to produce remunerative crops/unless there be added to It something that aid not originally come out of it. In otbef words oommerctal manures, In some form, are a necessity, which will be more and i more felt as the years roll on. CROPS THAT SHOULD RECEIVE MORE ATTEN- | TIOZT. Among those which have heretofore been considered minor orops, sugar cane, sweet po- i tatoes, and peanuts, are three to which we In- i vite attention. Sugar cane, although by no < means a certain crop on ordinary uplands, 1 generally yields well on moist low lands and i well enriched sandy or gray soils, and often jives enormous returns. A comparative fall- < are in tbe crop on account of drouth, which ' Is about tbe only cause of failure, does not In- ' volve a heavy actual loss, since the principal i ' THE FARMER'S ALLIANCE. IS THERE NOT DANGER OF THAT ORGANIZATION DRAWING ATTENTION FROM THE REAL ISSUES. Practical Common Sense, and the Energetic Application of Business , Methods on the Farm, Will Accomplish a Thousand Times More Than Resolutions of Wind. Elsewhere In these columns may be found a letter from "J. M. (}." of North Carolina. This letter, we presume, was intecded to appeal to the prejudices nnd Ignorances of the Impecunious and thriftless farmers of Abbeville county. From that letter we are led to Infer that the chief object of the Alliance Is to .V1*- -'4'j '' "''&' ?y}tk'*h cost Is the manufacture Into syrup. The syrup Is almost universally liked by children nnd Is one of the cheapest and most wholesome articles of food that comes on the table of the farmer. By a little care and skill a very fair article of sugar may be made, which will answer for many if not all the purposes of tbe household. We once tried Irish potatoes and sugar cane In the same patch, alternating rows of cane and potatoes, the rows belntr three feet apart. The potatoes, of the earliest variety (Early Rose), and the cane were planted on the same day, February 14, each being heavily manured in tbe drill, the land being good, "trodden," sandy upland. The potatoes afforded supplies for the table from April on to June, when they were dug, yielding a good crop, the cane being then about waist to shoulder high. The summer and fall were exceedingly dry, otherwise the cane would have made a good yield, the potato crop not having visibly afffected the prospect. The experiment would have been tried again bad opportunity presented. If a sweet potato crop could be planted with the same ease nsa cotton crop; 11 im; puutiu produced abundant seed like corn or peas, and could be "dropped" as readily, the crop would become one of our leading food crops for man and animals. If the more thrifty Yankee could make sweet potatoes as easily as we ot the South, he would fatten his hogs and beeves, feed bis horses and mutes, his cattle and sheep, his poultry and?his wife and children; and ship them by tbe train load to the Southern cities. The number of bushels of potatoes "saved for seed" and bedded for slips In February or March, usually controls tbe area planted, with a greater or less supplemental planting with vines. The man who will discover a cheap and effective, and always reliable, method of preserving sweet potatoes during the winter and spring, will deserve an enduring monument to his memory, and tbe everlasting gratitude of the farmer. But even if restricted to the use of tbe potato in its fresh state, It will repay fourfold more attention than it ever has received. The Introduction of tbe Spanish peanut into the South Is proving a very blessing. It is very early, prolific, easy of cultivation, easy to harvest, and exceedingly fattening. Bacon ought not to cost a Southern farmer more than three or four cents per pound, raised nt home, if he will avail himself of natural advantages, and escape tbe cholera. We advise every farmer to get seed of this new variety in time to plant in April and May, and again in June and July. PIGS. February and March pigs make the cheapen nApt?\f nrpuRpri from the start. and butch ereJTn December. They may be made to weigh, easily from 150 lo 200 pounds. The sows should be liberally fed so as to Induce a bountiful supply of milk, and an soon as the pigs will eat tney should have plenty of corn meal mush, butter-milk, colfards or other greens, slops from the kitchen. They should grow from the very beginning, and never be permitted to squeal for food. STOCK-GROWING GENERALLY. We have often Insisted upon more attention to stock-growing as a source of direct revenue and profit, as well as a means of restoring and keeping up the fertility of our soils. The objection Is sometimes urged that beef cattle, muttou and butter, the most convenieat forms in which the results will reach the market, are not sufficiently in demand. 01 the prlceB offered by dealers In cities and towns are too low. To this It may be urged in reply that farmers ought to demand, and they will as certainly obtain, the same prices that are paid for the same articles brought flrom the West?provided the auallty be the same. Now, bow does the beer, mutton, but' ter, etc., offered by the average farmer In our home markets, compare with the same arti cles brought from Cincinnati, Chicago and 8t, Louis? Is there any reason why a Georgia oi Alabama farmer may not make as good bcei or butter as the Illinois or Iowa farmer? We know that he does not, but why not? More over, if Armour & Co.. or Chicago can buy beeves, butcher them, snip them to Atlanta and Montgomery and New Orleans In refrlg orator cars, and sell the dressed quarters lot less than six cents per pound laid down In the retail butcher's stall, how can the Iowa far mors who produced the beeves make money? which they certainly do? And If the Iowuoi Tn,WA,B r" hppf flt SllCl] AI11UUID JIMlUVt vwi* l>* prices, on land worth fifty dollars an acre, may not the Qeorgla farmer do the same on lands that are worth no more than a fifth a* much ? The same questions apply with even more force to butter and other products of the dairy. These are pertinent questions and are enti' tied to consideration. Our farmers ought tc supply our city and town population with beer, bacon and lard, mutton and milk and butter, and at a less cost than the same can be brought from abroad or can be produced by the consumers themselves. More than that, we ought to compete with the western men in the larger markets of the East, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. L0WNDE8VILLE AT ABBEVILLE. Troupe Come* to Town and Writes Up HI* New* for ttic Week?An Am ortment of Good Things, Placed Together With the Rnrc*t and Best Flower*. Abbeville, 8. C., Feb. 12,1889. Being in this place I make up my Lowndesville report here. Last Monday night Mr. Barton Henderson, llvinz on the Baker place, lost his house and part of IIh contents by fire. On last Wednesday there came near being a considerable lire at Judge J. B. LeRoy's. Some one In passing discovered the stove room was on.nre, and notified tho family. Tbere being a pretty high wind at the time, a lew moments would have insured the destruction of the dwelling. Mr. Edward McDayld is now travelling around on crutches, having bad his foot badly hart by a horse falling upon it. Tne Messrs. Hadley are painting the store of Dr. J. B. MoReley, now occupied by Messrs. Sherard & LeRoy, which will add greatly to its appearance. Mrs. Alice Marchant, after spending a few weeks very pleasantly to herself and many Mends in this community, returned to her home at Oranltevlile last Friday. County Commissioner J. E. Brownlee was through this section last week, looking after the roads and perfecting arrangements to have them put In good fix. Messrs. Barnes and Tennant brought in a lot of good mules last Monday, which they are offering at living prices. During the post week cotton has been coming in right lively, despite the assertion four weeks ago of the "knowing ones," that the crop in reach had been put upon the market here. Mr. H. L. Huckabee and wife went to Pelzei last Thursday, returned here on Saturday and will make this their fbture home. Last Friday night there was an "apron party" at Rev. W. S. Martin's for tb^ benefit ol the Methodist parsonage. It was well attended, and It was the source of much enjoyment to All. The small tin box, ia which the money stolen from Mr. P. L. Sturkey tbree weeks ago was carried off, was found last week near here with the papers, but no money. Mr. J. P. C. DuPre, County Commissioner, made a short business visit to this place last Friday. Rev. J. Y. Jones was in our town two clays, the week before last, taking tax returns. The most of our people came lorward and attended to this Important matter. For the past two days Mrs. Troupe, Miss Lillle Troupe and the undersigned have been very kindly entertained by Messrs. J. F. C. and J. H. DuPre. Mr. J. F. C. DuPre is now devoting his every spare moment at night in working with his large and varied collection of flowers, and Is rapidly getting ready to supply all demands. We were shown by Mr. DuPre an ear of corn raised by Mr. E. M. DuPre t.be year before last, which Is quite a freak and a curiosity, it is of tbe Blount's prolific variety,and upon it, scattered about, are about eighty grains of pure sugar corn. Mr. J. H. DuPre's son Julius, three years old, is quite a remarkable little fellow in at least one particular. Some time ago his ?;randfatber, Mr. A.M. Hill, sent to Augusta or a tricycle for him. giving his age. He was notified that they did not make them for boys less than six years of age. He then sent for the smallest'one to be had. After it was received the little fellow In a few moments, with a few falls, completely mastered it, and now the ease with which he manages it, would astonish an expert. He can now travel around with less fatique than to walk. Who cau beat It? TROUPE. Very few persons in thlscoraraunitv appear to realize the great work of that grand phtlanthoplst, Thomas Wudsworth, who, nearly a centuary ago planned for the education of the poor children of Mat. Dunlup's battalllon and founded what was designed to be a magnificent school. Thos. Wadsworth was a wealthy English merchant of Charleston, S. C. He had no connections In this country but his mother and wife, and the disposition of his property to trustees "for"the sole purposeand use of maintaining and supporting a free school "for poor children residing within those limits (Dunlap's Battalllon) forever," shows the philanthropy of the man. The property which he gave has been found to be 14,874 acres of land in the counties of Laurens, Anderson, Abbeville, Greenville. Pickens, Spartanburg, Oconee, Edgefield, Lexington and Orangeburg. This land has been leased for long terms by the trustees and the leases are fast now beginning to expire. The Wadsworth school has been kept open during this long period, and although the large sum realized from the lease of the lands was lost by the war, still the trustees have a small sum at Interest,and when another disposition has been made of the vast estate, Laurens County will have a school which will be of much more benefit than the State University, theClemson College or any other College. The leases which have already expired are on lands In Spartanburg and Greenville, and it the next term of Court lu Anderson, the luestlon of title will first be tried. There is little doubt however, that the trustees will be juccessful.?Laurens Advertiser. Mr. Jude G. Ferguson had been the lesseo jf these lands In Pickens County. His lease ivas renewed a short time befere his death. Hie lands adjoin the John Fergurson land lear Glassy Mountain.?Pickens Senteniul. Mlir Uf> lCCllll?ti ui nuiiuumi; iiuui li<? u^uw*. portion of the people towards the merchants, who supply them with the provisions or stock which they themselves should produce on their own farms. Before anybody charges the "Farmer's Alliance" with being a political organization, he puts in a plea of denial. But doesn't every paragraph of the letter urge the combination of farmers, as he alleges, for "the purpose of , discussing questions pertaining to the farm?" Then he Immediately talks of the merchant, the guano agent, the cotton buyer, "weak farmers" and cliques among the merchants. Even for the millionth time, he asks why thousands of farmers, with their varied interests, cannot combine as do half dozen men with a single interest at stake. As any man with sufficient intelligence to be allowed to go at large, can answer this stale, threadbare, stereotyped, old, worn out, foolish question. It would be useless to answer it here. After proceeding with his letter .T. M. G. talks of a levy of fifty cents from each member of the Alliance. (He is getting down to business now.) After a while he says that the Alliance elected two competent men "to watch the cotton market." We presume these men who "watch tho cotton market" have a profitable situation at the expense of the gudgeons composing the Alliance. The farmers of the North Carolina Alliance are surely full grown men, and do not need a guardian to take charge of them when they eo to town with their cotton. The farmers of Abbeville county, we believe, do not need such surveil! lance. Now, we contend, if the Alliance is not a political organization, the chief end of which > lo tn nrnHfahla nfTlnfi some of the leaders In the movement, why is It that noth, lng is ever eald at their meetings, or in their letters, about raising a mule coit or sowing : oats? Why is it that no practical question relative to farm work is ever discussed? Why do we not hear something about pasture fences? What Alliance has ever said a word about the profit of keeping bees? Has any . man ever urged his brother to plant a barley ; patch? Has any man called attention to the ; fact that early planted up land corn will more often yield a satisfactory return than when 1 planted late? Has any man made a speech, written an essay, or said a single word before ; any Farmers Alliance about the profit of an orchard, in which were given any practical hints as to the best or most suitable fruits to | be grown? Has any man ever stated at a meeting of the Alliance that farmers can sow oats in October, November and February for ' less cost than they can haul hay from town in March, April and May, even if the hay was given to them? The debtor portion of the farmer's are no doubt dissatisfied with poor success. It Is ; reasonable and right that they should be dls r satisfied. It is a hopeful sign to see people ; wake up to the fact that they are not prosper ; lng as they should do. If they will enquire " Into the causes of their failure each man for himself will discover the particular cause of his failure and will apply the remedy as each ; separate and Individual case may need. Some , need a pasture fence. All who are compelled ' to buy a mule will ask themselves why they did not raise it. Nine out of ten farmers can raise a mule at a cost of say &S0 to S40?all told : ?if they have good pastures. We know where1 of we speak, and we assert that we believe no ' home-raised mule need cost $40. To keep it ! the two first winter's of its life costs but a trifle. When it Is twenty months or two years | old, it can do sufficient work to pay the expense of its keep. Any man having a good pasture can raise a hundred-and-twenty-five' dollar mule at less cost than he can raise six hundred pounds of lint cotton. When a man lnn/k riff hv a cotton | UUJIJCS bv (iwnu uuu ?vwwM ? -- | string, a mule for whlcb he has obligated him; sell to pay $180,and which he could have raised at a co6l of 850, Is eminently qualified to ' talk about merchants, cliques and guano agents, and Is a suitable and proper person to 1 hire somebody "to watch the cotton market for him." In many cases, however, it would pay him better to hire some one to tell bim to build pasture fcnces and raise a mule colt. Of all men on the face of the earth, the i thrifty farmer Is the most independent. He need have no jealousies of the merchant, the guaoo ageut, the cotton market, or anything else. Then let not the Farmer's Alliance demoralize our people. There is no royal road to wealth. Practical business methods must be applied in individual cases. Then energy and , eoonomy will bring thera victorious over all their troubles. Instead of paying fifty cents to some one to "watch the cotton market" pay one dollar to the "Southern Cultivator," Atlanta, Ga, nnd get that publication fora year. It is issued In the interests of farmers in this latitude, and ; no man who hopes to succeed at farming can well afford to do without it. This is no advertisement of that paper. We get our copy of Jt, Just as any reader of (he Press a?d lianner may get It?by paying Ihu subscription price for it. BEACON LIGHTS AT GREENWOOD. All Sorts or Good Things Penned by an Even Watchful Scribe. Greenwood. S. C.. Feb. 11,1889. LastSaturday's.buslness was booming among the merchants, and everything seems to be starting with an Impetus that means success. Small grain Is looking well In this section 1 and people are hoping for a good harvest. Mr. Joe J. Car Hedge Is In the city. Joe Ik ' well known here and his many friends are glnd to see him up again. The Marshall Jordan place near this city I was recently purchased by Mr. J. W. Wells and resold to Mr. Joe Abney, of Edgefield 1 county. We hope Mr. Abney will move here ' and number himself among the good people , of Greenwood. Mr. W. N. Graydon was in the city sometime since. The new council Is making rapid and d?, elded Improvements in the looks of our city. They are setting out shade trees over the place, and other Improvements and contem' plating street lamps. Mr. J. T. Simmons Is putting up a blacksmith shop Just In the rear cf his carriage and J buggy repository, and will then be fully 1 equipped for general repairing and all work In his line. He has recently received several car louds of buggies, wagons, ac.,and has one of the most beautiful lines in the up country. Mr. Simmons is an enterprlslugand energetic man and in his line|has few, if any, superiors. 1 Mr. J. O. Barksdale's house Is being rapidly erected, and when finished will be one of the neatest In the city. Messrs. Blyth & Wells will soon build a warehouse for their large stock ol furniture. Who cau say that Greenwood Is not bunuing up. Owing to a failure In the corn crop a large amount of thatarticle Is being: bought. Mr. J. W. Sproles has recently improved his lot by puttinga nice and neat picket fense around his yard. The entire stoek of goods of the estate of S; E. Stnnsell is being sold out at miction. Miss Mnmie Nicholson, of Anderson, Is visiting the Misses Jordan. Quito a pleasant social was given at the home (how is that Mr. Editor) of Mr. John H. Oldham's on last Friday evening. There was quite a nice crowd out despite the cold, and all seemed to enjoy the occasion very much. Among the visiting young ladles were Miss Emmie Nicholson, of Phoenix, and Miss Mamie Nicholson, of Anderson. The * former was the gust of Miss Sudle Self. Mt. Camel's correspondent finds drummers like angels vltlsts, few and and for between. Not so with us, brother. They, with us, are like collecting agents visits. Money and nothing between for they don't give anything else a chance to get between, and are about as numerous as railroad accidents. Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Klckenbaker are visiting j friends and relatives in Orangeburg. ( Mr. John Barksdale has sold his lot opposite the Presbyterian church and adjoining Mr. , W. V. Blyth, to Mrs. I)r. Hoozer. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Durst returned home j from a visit to Mr. B. N. Seago, of Georgia, a , brother-in-law of Mr. Durst. , Mrs. Dr. Boozer left on Wednesday for a trip to Florida. _ ( The city guardians have moved tne norse trougn from the public well and placed it at the end of C. & G. deoot platform. The water is conveyed to the trough by a pipe placed underground. Water works are in order now. Mr. J. W. Payne arrived In this place from Charleston last Weddesday aud is now clerking for J. K. Durst & Co. A Valentine Ball is the topic of the Hlh Inst. Miss Maggie Williams is back again at her place In the post office. The Baptists are taking into consideration the remodeling and repairing of the Baptist church. Greenwood awoke this morning to And mother earth robed In snow. Plans for snow ball and sleigh-rldlng was under discussion, but old "Sol" appeared upon the scene and winked and blinked the beautiful snow away. The morning broke In rooes of snow In nature's grand surprise. But vanished as the spectres go. And left the earth with sun and skies. PEMBROKE. To make room for my spring stock I will sell my winter goods at greatly reduced prices : bargains in every line. Buy your icoodx this month and secure bargains. Win. E. Bell. t AUTHORIZED MOB LAI. 1 IAS THE LANDOWNER NO EIGHTS WHICH MUST BE RESPECTED 7 2rhe Manner In Which the Cltlsen 'v May be Harrassed and Deprived of Their Properly at the Will and Caprice of His Neighbor* ? The Connty Commissioners to be the Instrument of Oppression. Section 1. Be it enacted, etc., That Section 188 of the General Statutes, us amended by in Act entitled "An Act to amend Section Eleven Hundred and Eighty-three (1188) of ;he General Statutes relating to the drlanage >f certain counties in this State," approved December 21st, 1882, be, and the same is heresy, amended, so as to read as follows: 8ection 1188. The County Commissioners it Abbeville, York, Colleton, Greenville, Spartanburg, Beaufort, Marion, Darlington ind Chester counties, respectively, are authorized, in addition to the duties now imposed on them by law, to act as Commloslon3re of Health and Drainage, and are empowered as such Commissioners of Health and Drainage, to act as follows, to wit: DESTRUCTION OF OUR RIGHTS. Has it Coined to this, tliat a Man can Enjoy His Property only by. Pifr* liiisttion of tfeddlesorac Nelfcbborn, 1 and Officious Health Officers, Socalled. We ask attention to the law Jn reference to drainage which we publish In this paper. 1 That law may be regarded as a direct Infringement upon the guaranteed constitutional rights of the citizen to hold property. The Czar of Russia, we think, could not invent or concoct an edict more arbitrary or unjust. The German Company's plan of acquiring the lands of Somoa, and which has brought about bloodshed, seems not more op presslve or Iniquitous In its provisions than this so-called drainage law. It is useless to particularize. Every sentence from beginning to ending is wrong in principle, oppressive in fact, and violative or the fundamental law of the country. The authority for a petition by "one-third of the landowners" is in ] violation of the spirit and letter of the con- j stltutlon which guarantees equal citizenship to all. The levying of the proposed tax on ( the landowner by the,County Commissioners, ; to please their neighbors, Is simply contrary | to reason, and common sense. Of course a | self-respecting Court would declare the law i unconstitutional and subversive of the rights | of the citizen to bold property. But why sub- < ject the citizen to the trouble and expense ] of going into Court? For instance, if the County Commissioners, ( with a corps of engineers were to go fooling , along the tortuous route of HardgLabor creek < at the expense of the landowners and were to i conclude to ditch that stream, there is scarce- | ly a landowner along that water-course that < would not be financially ruined. It will be < noticed that there is no limitations to the fees , which the County Commissioners may award , to the lavorlte man who may claim to be ( an engineer of a little creeks and muddy bot- , toms. That part In reference to making a substan- | tlal flood gate to mill dams Is a stunner. The < Idea of opening the flood gate of any mill , dam to uncover and to expose the mud and , decaying vegotable matter, at any time, but i more especially to the heat of a Summer's sun, to Improve the sanitary condition of the | neighborhood isjworthy only ot a Health Com- | mission. The necessity for temporarily open- , lnga mill dam does notoccur except when the t dam needs repairs or when "the boys" wish | to catch the fish. If the dam is a nuisance, j cut it down, pay for it, and be done with it. , But the doctor who would certify that the temporary opening of a flood gate in any mill dam in Abbeville would be conducive to I the health of the citizens "within two miles," | either should be prosecuted in a criminal action, or else he should be immediately seat to tbe lunatic asylum. If we had a few more drainage laws, by which our lands may be confiscated, and { wherein idle and mischievous neighbors may | trouble and annoy us.it would be better for us), if we turn our bottoms over to them or to , the State. Isn't it a pretty state of affair* when a man can possess his lands in peace, only by the consent of "one-third" of his neighbors? If a man owns four and three quarter miles of both sides of a creek, and a neighbor owns a hundred yards, by this law he can inflict costs and annoyance sufficient to ruin the larger landowner. It may not be amiss, In connection with this, to say a word aboat ditching bottom lands, which are wet and subject to overflow. Intheflr8tplace.lt is often unprofitable to cultivate such lands. If only one crop in ten Is lost, the farmer losses ten per cent, of bis time and labor. But when the crops fail or are ruined two or tbree years in succession, his losses are ruinous. Lands of this kind where more than one crop In eight or ten are lost, should be abandoned for the cultivation of crops, and should be enclosed for pastures. This clas? embraces perhaps four-fifths of all the low lands In Abbeville county. Where lands are ditched sufficiently to prevent all over-flow, they soon cease to be Dottoin lands. In a very few years they loss their fertility and become about as productive as any other level or flat lands. There Is something in the overflow of the land that makes It fertile, and without that overflow the crops are sure to diminish. If the overflow can be arranged for the winter?all right. But overflows in the summer is what is to be dreaded. The low flat lands are always valuable for pastures, and the wetterthe better. Ditching the creek would injure nearly all lands which are enclosed In pastures, and thousands of acres of the best grass-producing lauds may be virtually rulnea by drainage. The Almighty arranged the course of our Rtreams, as they run to the sea in crooked lines, for wise and beneficent purposes. Immense quantities of land Is thus watered that would be otherwise dry and unprofitable and the water is thus allowed a more gradual descent to its homo in the sea. If the streams were straightened for any considerable distance the fall would be so great that deep channels would be cut. and vast areas of land would be ruined lor either pastures or for cultivation. Our own oninlon is. that in very many in stances It would be well for the landowner* If they would fence their low lands for stock and cattle, and then let them alone. The grass crop never falls. Males, horses, cows, hogs, sheep, goats, and other animals are ever ready to gather It without cost to the owner. They do not ask to get off on Saturday's lo go to town. They don't have to be waked up on Monday morning. They go to work roost cheerfully seven days In the week ?each animal being a mere machine for ] Gathering the grass and converting it Into flesh. All flesh is grass, and we have enough grans in Abbeville county to make all the flesh that we need. If we can be saved from the Health Commission, and protected from "one-third" of our neighbors, while guarded against the "engineers" of little creeks and ! muddy bottoms, we can utilize our grass, and the owners of bottom lands can hope to make a living on their farms, and be at peace with all mankind. some knoTty question^ How Are the Sheriff* to be Paid for , the Great Amount of Work Which They are Expected to Do??If Hla CoHta Coine Oat of the Comity, Hadn't we Better to go Slow ? Circular No. 3, third series, from the Comptroller General's office to Sheriffs and County Treasurers "is as to how Sheriffs were to be I paid their nulla bona cost* and mileage." . The Comptroller General decides under the opinion of the Attorney General, as we understand it, that Sheriffs can retain sufficient funds out of executions collected to pay all nulla bona costs and mileage, and if such col* lections from tax executions is not sufficient to pay said nulla bona costs and mileage, any balance will become a claim to be submitted to the General Assembly. Then under this circular Sheriffs are allowed to decide what are nulla bona executions. ( Suppose Sheriffs decide that all executions turned over to them by Treasurers, and uncollected, for the various reasons that arise in ! tux cases, and pay themselves for same it ' will take all the delinquent collections and much more to pay their costs. Under these circumstances the question would be axked ' wnai are duiib oonu kacuuhuus < nuu ests nulla bona's? Are double entries nulla : bona's? In thecaseof executlonsagalnst tax ' payers where tax has been paid, but the 1 Treasurer by Inadvertence or mistake omit- . ted to credit the duplicate, are they nulla bo- ' mi's ? Are executions against poll tax, where ' the tax payer proves over or under age, nulla ' bona? f Suppose a ca?e of double entry. Joe Gor- , don lives lu 6th township. The land owner required on back of Ills tax returns to make list of all persons liable for taxes living on ' his land. He returns Joe Gordon 6th town- J ship. Joe makes his return as J. W. Gordon. J Oth township. Joe Gordon pays his tax. Ex- * ecutlon Is issued against J. W. Gordoo. I? j this a case of nulla bona? 1 Another case. Jim Armstrong makes re- , turn of poll tax. Alter making return moves | to Anderson county. The Sheriff makes j search and travels forty miles. He sends execution to Sherltt of Anderson county, who j falls to find him. Can the.Sheriff of Abbevllleciaim nulla bona,and puy himself, and . can the Sheriff of Anderson county do the 1 same ? . Again, execution Is issued against Jim ' Thomas. Said Tliomns returned for taxation ( two dogs, valued at $10, and household lurni- < turo, SlO. The Sheriff levies on property, ' brings it to the Court House, advertises it for thirtv days, sells it and is allowed, it appears, J under the law, for conveyance, ?1 forserv- ] Ing warrant, and mlleaue shj- $1.00, auvertls- ' ItiK 50c. and Treasurer's costs SI. Now, we " know that a negro's house furniture will f DrinK very little. If sold nt auction, say $H. ; L'osts, say $7, leaving a dellclency of say 84, J which theSheritr would retain out of similar ' executions: besides, in case of live stock, he . would certainly be entitled toexpenseof teed- ; Ing same for thirty dnys, and for expense of c transporting dogS and other property to the Court House. J It seems to us that it was not the intention * >f the Jaw to reunite that personal proper- . ;y should be sold tit the Court House except *; n case where personal and real estate are cov- c ;red by the same execution. Aealn, as to pay ot Sheriff's nulla bona , josts. How can the Sheriff retain taxes and 1 penalties when the amended act relating to lellnquent lands and collection of taxes dis- 1 .lnctlysays: . Skc. 0. "It is hereby made the duty of the ? laid Sheritts, respectively, to make return of j1 he said sales, and to pay over totheTrcas- 1 irers of their respective counties all taxes and ? icnaltien collected by them, wtthiu sixty days & rom the date of said collection." g It is estimated that it will take all the mon!>* which may be collected irom delinquent 0 ax payers !n this county, ami six hundred dol- <J ars, to pay the expense of trying to collect de- J"1 inquent taxes. 1 The excessive costs of collecting will necesarlly slop the Auditor fr?>m entering any >oll or other taxes on the information of othirs. We presume under the new law the tolls of Abbeville county will naturally get [own to a le\cl with the polls of Charleston, g feretofore Abbeville county, with a popnlatOD of -10,000, has paid over 5,000 polls; Char- g eston, with a population of 60,000, pays, we lelieve, about 1,000 polls. - ? ? ?i tl Several walking Jackets in black and color- si d goods at less than cost, W.E.Bell. a 1U mi WMCO WUOiOU i awu wn uci ugou iu|( v%? i Iraln his land la refused a necessary outlet jpou or tbrongh adjoining lands, the County Commissioners are hereby empowered to bear ,he case on petition and personal service, and to decide and flx either compensation on the jne side or assessment on the other, and tbelr leclslon in such cases shall have the force of 1 legal Judgment. In cases where one-third sf tbe land owners upon any water course for ei distance of not lees than five miles up and -j town tbe stream of said county, or, wben tbe water course Is less than five miles In length, then wben one-third of tbe citizens Along the sntire length of said stream shall desire, to iralu the lands upon such water course, tbe County Commissioners shall upon petition, personal service and tbe testimony of one or more competent engineers, be empowered to make contracts for sucb drainage and Impose the proper assessment upon tbe various propsrties benefited by tbe same, and the said asjessmeut* shall have tbe force of a legal Judg- 1 ment: Provided, That In both tbe above mentioned cases, should any partv feel ag- "% grieved by tbe decision or action or tbe County Commissioners in the premises, it shall be lawrul for him to appeal to tbe Judge of the Circuit Court at tbe term of the Court next entulng, whose decision In tbe matter shall be dnal. In cases where the general health of , the county Is seriously affected by tbe condl tlon of any water coarse, the County Commissioners shall, upon petition and proof of , at least one-third of the land ownera upon sucb water course, or of one-third of tbe land ' owners within two miles on either side of j sued water coarse, ana not less tuan nve miles up and down the stream, wblcb proof I shall contain the affidavits of two physicians, J one of whom shall practice in the neighbor- ' hood, make an estimate of the cost ana proceed to drain such water coarse as In cases heretofore provided for: Provided, however, That, If In the opinion of the County Com? mlesioners, the cost of such drainage Imposes too heavy an assessment upon the Individual and owners upon such water course, they f shall make a report In writing of the estimate and opinion to the Judge of the Circuit Court \ at the next ensuing term thereof, and if be 1 approve or such report and estimate, which j approval shall be In writing, the County Commissioners shall contract for such drainage, and after levying a fair assessment apon all such property, they shall cbaige the surploB , of the costs of such drainage to the county, to be carried Into their estimate for the county expenses for the next ensuing year. In case* where the general health of the county or neighborhood be seriously affected by the , condition of any mill dam, the County Commissioners of said connty shall have the power to remove the cause of such nuisance: Provided, A lair compensation be paid to the owner thereof, the same to be assessed upon the property of those benefitted by the removal or such nuisance; and shall further regulate the condition of all mill dams in said county, by requiring the owners thereof to _ furnish such mill dams with a substantial flood-gate, if in their Judgment the health of the neighborhood or the drainage of the land 1 above the dam requires a flood-gate to be placed In the dam, to be opened at and kept open for such times as the said County Commissioners shall direct: Provided, further, ; That in Darlington the powers herein conferred shall apply to mill dams and ponds only: Provided, further, That this Act shall not be construed to oast the Court of General Sessions of Jurisdiction to abate any mill pond as a nuisance. Approved Dec. 22d, A. D. 1888. NEWSY SHORT STOPS FROM NINETY-SIX. -? Return of an Honored Cltlxen?~Died on the Roadside?Shot to Death on Hill Own Door Step?StlrrtDf Devi a a i nrith CaaH EC, I1U<|UVUI> DIUUVI 0) WW mmmrn feet?Teachers, Visitor*, nnd Other Things. Ninety-Six, S. C., Feb. 12,1889. The Arret snow this winter fell on Sunday night. Miss Cecelia McCants, of Columbia, Is here visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. McN. Turner. Judge Moore, our efficient County Clerk, was at home a few days lust week. His re* moval to Abbeville will be very much regretted by his friends and neighbors at NlnetySix. An old gentleman nearly 70 years old, named Harvey Wheeler, was found dead on the railroad a few miles below Ninety-Six on the morningof the 8tli.Instant. He was a resident of lower Edgefield ami had started on a visit to friends near where he died. His death resulted from natural causes. ' Col. Walllngford has a fresh lot ot mules and horses here and has gone to Chattanooga to meet another lot. In his absence Mr. Jas. Rogers will sell them chcaper than anybody forcash and at reasonable rates on time. Mr. William alias Surety DeVore went down on a visit to friends last week. Milton Williams, colored, was murdered at his home near Ninety-Six on the night of the (5th. He was an important witness in the United States Court against certain parties, hence the murder. Col. Utsey, of St. George's, was in town last week. Mrs. Utsey has been here for some time, and her friends will be glad to know that she has almost entirely regained her health. Mr. G. Henry Moore is here with a lot of fine PoiitiwVn millfm And llfi RHVK he Will sell cheaper than "East End" oranybody else. Slveblra a showing. What be tells you you Min rely on. Several apple wagons In town last Saturday. Four or five head of horses and mules were sold at auction on our streets last Saturday. Prl ces an d demand good. Prof. Jf.O. Pyles, of the Mt. Lebanon school, ivas in town last Saturday. Mr. Pyles Is one jf the ??e?=t teachers in the county, and Is ably insisted bv MIsh Mary Miller. The people of Mt. Lebanon community are quite fortunate in having so flourishing a school and such ex:ellent teachers. Messrs. John A. Moore and John McTurner have leased the Carter homestead near town, ind say they are going to "make a spoon or spoil a horn" this year. We wish tbexn much juccess. Prol. Ccrk has purchnseda nice loton upper Tennessee street. It is rumored thot Prof. R. O. Sams, of GafT:iey City, Is coming to Greenwood to take Charge of the Male school at that place. We ire truly glad to hear it. We regard Prof. Sams as oneof the best educators in the State, ind Greenwood will never regret employing aim. The quarterly conference of the M. E. ?hurch, South, convened at this place on last Saturday. Presiding Elder A. J. Cautben In ;he chair. Considerable business was transited, but as we were not present we are una jle to report it. Mr. G. M. Walker, of Columbia, was In town last week visiting relatives. Mr. Craig pre.ichcd one of his best sermons ast Sunday. Ills subject was tbe Importance >f regularaltcndance upon the services of the ihurcbcs, and we believe in the future bis iiiHulunnara will hp ttinrp DllnCtllfll. Mrs. W. M. Holliind. of Cow Grove, had the misfortune of losing her house one day last veek. "The Are caught from a defective iue." This is the old story. We are Indeed lorry for Mrs. Holland, its she lost nearly ev. rythlng, with no insurance. We have a rell>le insurance a?ent in Ninety-Six, and he epreseuts reliable companies. Call on him low before It is too late. Mr. Norrls, who nndly cut by a negro >oy In upper Edgefield, some weeks ago, is reloverlng. Mr. Thomas J. Lipscomb, one of the very Severest and best young men on the road, vas in town last Saturday. He now repreents that old and reliable house of E. & R. lead. Jr. Co., of New York. Save your >rders for Mr. Lipscomb. More cotton has been received at this place luce 1st July than ever before at the same ime of yonr. Miss Mackie Hurkbalter, of Edgefield, Is atendlng Prof. Cork's school. Deputy Collector Moore is looking after the iellnqueut tax payers. He finds a good nnny in our township who have not paid heir taxes, The bridge on the New Cut road to Ninetyix Is in a desperate condition. People can't et to church and ride. Mr. W. R. Smith, of Chanpells, and a party f young men from Laurens, who have been n an extended huut lo Heaufort county havt> eturned. i'hey killed one deer and quan tiles of other game. EAST END. V. S. Court Xotc*. Greenville yexvs. Fencher Means, retailing. Vonlfct n?t uilty. L"wis \V. Parker for the defendant. Robert Woodson, retailing. Verdict, not uilty. Lewis \\r. Parker lor the detendant I have on my remnent counter some beau fnl all wool henrlotUis ill several pretty liades that I offer for half price. These good* re iu 3 and 5 yards lengths. Win. E. Bell.