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The Abbeville Press and Banner, j f BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1889. VOLUME XXXIV. NO. 25. | Master's Sale. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COURT OK-COMMON PI.EAS. Grelg & Matthews against Jane Kay. t)Y vlrtueof an order of sale made In the above stated case. I will otter tor sale at public outcry at Abbeville!'. II., s. C., on SALEDAY IN* DECKMBEU, within the le^al hours of sale, the following described property, situate iu said State ami County, to wit: All the Interest.*' ' nveveil l?y Jane Kay by :he mortgage given hy Iter In the above Ktitled lmso In all that tract or pireel of laud, known as part of the l?. II. Key place, containing Two Hundred Aero*, more or less, and bounded by lands of I<\ M. Stone on t lix South and East, by lands of .M. A. Blgby on the West, and the Columbia and Urcenville K. It. on the North. TERMS OK SALE?One-half cash, balance on a credit of twelve months with Interest front dny of sale, secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of the premises, with leave I.. ?>n? ii 11 fmcli fit l>"'< ? ?., ? - pay for papers. J. C. KUKi'H, Nov. C, 18Sii. It Master. Master's Sale. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OK ABBEVILLE. COURT OK COMMON J'LEAS. Rosa P. Morrow et al., against James Barnes et. al.?Partition. T>Y virtue of an order of sale made in tlic above stated case, I will offer for snle at public outcry at Abbeville C. H.. S. C., on } SALEDAY IN DECEMBER. 1889. within the / legal hours of sale, the following described ^ property, situate in said State and County, to W wit: All that lot or parcel of land, known as " the C. V. Barnes homestead, located in the town of Lowndesville, on the South side of Main street containing Six Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of the Watkins estate (now Sturkey) Mrs. M. M. Mitchell and others. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, balance on a credit of twelve months with Interest from day of .sale, secured by bond of purchaser and mortcaee of the Dremlses, with leave to purchaser to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay.for papers. J. C. KLUOH, Nov. 6,18S9, 4t. Master. Sheriffs Sale. O'Conner <fc Bailey against Thomas McGettigan.?-Execution. T>Y virtue of an Execution to me directed, -L> In the above stated case, 1 will sell to the highest bidder, at Public Auction, within the legal hours hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House on SATURDAY the 16th day of NOVEMBER, A. I)., 1889, the following described property, to wit: A lot of goods belonging to Thomas MaUettlgan, consisting of Bar Fixtures, One Iron Safe, Beer Cooler, Looking Class, One Lot of Barrels, nnd other things too numerous to mention. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Thomas McGettlgau to satisfy the aforesaid Execution and costs. TERMS.?Cash. W. I). MANN. November 1, 1889. Sheriff A. U. Sheriff's Sale. R. II. Devlin against John F. Adams.?Warrant to seize crop for rent. "DY virtue of an Warrant to me directed, in the above stated case, I will sell to the highest bidder, at Public Auction, within the I letral hours of sale, at his residence on Fltl I DAY, the 15tli day of NOYKMBKIi, A. J>., 188?. the following ^escribed property, to wit.Five Hundcrd Bundles ot Fodder, more or less, Five Bales or Cotton, One Hundred Rnshels of Cotton Seed, more or less, One Lot of Roughness, Corn and Cotton in field ungnlhered. Levied on and to be sold as I tic properly of Johh F. Adams to satisfy the aforesaid Warrant and costs. TEKMS--Cash. WILLIAM I>. MANN, Oct. 29. l.m Sherttt A. C. The State of South Carolina, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Probate Court.?Citation for Letters of Administration. By J. Fuller Lyon, Esq,. Judge Probate Court: WHEREAS, J. W. Sign has made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Ida P. Williams, late of Abbeville County, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors ol the said Ida P. Williams, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate. to be held at Abbeville C. 11.. on Tuesday, November 19.1889, after publication hereof,"at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal of the Court, this 4th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eightynine and In the 114 year of American Independence. Published on the 6th day of November, 1SS9, In the Press and Bunner and on the Court House door for the time required by law. J. FULLER LYON, Judge Probate Court. Nov. 6,18S0, tf Tie Slate if Ml Carolina. County of Abbeville. COURT OF PROBATE. James A. Partlow, Plain till", against K. II. Perryman, M. R. Flnley, et. nl? Defendants . COPY SUMMONS TO PROVE WILL /A' * DUE FORM. To the Defendants E. H. Perryman, M. R. Flnley, \V\ S. Partlow, J. II. Partlow, S. E. Perryman, John M. Partlow, M. J. Richardson, S. T. Whitlock and F.J. McKellar. You ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND required to answer the complaint in this action, which is Hied in the Probate Court, for ithe said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their oflice at Abbeville Court House, South Curoliua, on Tuesday t!ie :>lst of December next; and if you luiI to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintitr in this action will apply to the Court tfor the relief demanded in the petition. Dated October 2!tth, ISSit. J. FULLER LYON, Judge Probate Court. PARKER A Met JO WAX, Plaintill's Attorneys. ToTJ. H. Ferryman, M. R. Kiniey, \V. S. Partlow, J. If. i'artlow, S. K. Perryman, John M.Partlow and F. J. MeKellar, Absent Defendants. Takk NoTH'K-Thnt the summons and petition in this action is now on tile In this .Court. J. FULLER LYON, Judjie Probate ('ourL (October 19, isso, fit. Notice to Debtors and Credtors. ALL persons indebted to the estate of the late ROiiKRT THORNTON, must make Immediate payment, and all persons having claims auainsl Hie estate are requested to pre-vent the same without delay, or l?e barred. J. F. THORNTON, Administrator. .Nov.?, 1SS9, It. Key. Sam 1\ Jones at Lynchburg, Va. Some of His Sayings. ("Jod never called me to preach like other men nor other men to preach as I do, though some have tried it and got badly left. <!od Almighty made mo just as I am, and I have never interfered wilh the job one partielc. I'll promise* yon one thing: to tell | the truth so it will stick to yon like :i Icurklehnrr to an old slurp's wool. It'll he there when yon shear him. I don't mean l?y an honest man one who pays his debts. That's the meanest sort of honesty. Any man of sense or decency will do that if he can. .Some church people, however, are afraid to walk along some streets in Lynchburg for fear of meeting a man they owe and won't pay. They do business as "airents" and board with their wives in order to successfully rob their creditors. I'd go to the chain gang and stay there before I'd ever write my name, "Sam P. Jones, agent," for my wife. You, a great big officer in the church and won't pay your debts, you old hound. John the Baptist was the bravest type of christian I know of. He jumped on Herod and pawed his feathers out. God Almighty never bestowed a greater blessing on any community than in giving it a good game preacher who doesn't fear man or devil. If anybody asks you to take a drink, he thinks you're a hypocrite; and if you take it, he thinks right. The church member who rent9 his house for a saloon is like the confederate wlip fought on our side, but ran a powder mill for the Yankees. He didn't kill any Yankees, but supplied the powder with which they shot down thousands of Rebels. The preacher that will house such a member is no better than he is. I wouldn't give ten cents to hear Ingersoll on "the Mistakes of Moses," but I'd give ten dollars to hear Moses on the mistakes of Ingersoll. Pearls of Thought. Beware of a silent dog and a wet nit. The sling of reproach is the truth of) it. Envy shoots at others and wounds J herself. X7..T..O moiln ill utriHHo opfl fnrnrnttoll in calms. Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light. Youth and white paper soon make an impression. A goosequill is more dangerous than a lion's claw. What we call time enough always proves little enough. History is not fable agreed upon, but truth disagreed upon. Remember impertinence isn't wit, any more than insolence is brilliancy. A little seeing saves much looking; and a little speaking saves much talking. He who waits to do a great good at once will seldom accomplish anything. Gratitude is the music of the heart when its chords arc moved by kindness. n ! /> nimlo 1117 fnl.-illo- ftlllvir. tunities; character is made by making them. Don't indulge in the luxury of strong opinions in the presence of your elders. If young men will not believe in themselves no woman can believe in them. FAIR WARNING. ALL trespassing on my farm near the Town, by hunting and shooting, is hereby prohibited. The law will be enforced, so take notice. WM. H. PARKER. Nov. Oth, ISS'J. 2t. Estate Notice. ALL Persons indebted to the estate of A. M Graham, deceased, must make payment, and all persons having claims against the estate, will present the same on or before the Gth of December, 1SS9, as the estate will bo settled that day. ANNIE GRAHAM, Administratrix. GINS BEADY FOR BUSINESS. G. S. WILSON & CO. HAVE recently fitted up a new and powerful engine to run their (JIN'S on the ALSTON LOT. They have two splendid new gins, and have arrangements for ginning and pack lug twenty bales a day. lieing practical workmen they can serve the public faithfully and well, Oive them a chance at your cotton. Satisfaction guaranteed. COTTON SI-IED. They pay the highest CASH prices for seed from the cottmi which they gin. If you have cotton login, besure to apply to n C TTTTT CA*T D. rtf\ 17. O. W iliOUiH Ot Ills. Nov. <?, ISS'J. Lllill IWILI, OFFKIl FOU KALK ON SAI.KHAV in I?ocetnl?ernext.at Abbeville Court House, at. Public Auction. that. Tract. of hind Isitely belonging to Mr*. F. Jane l!catty, in Abbeville and Anderson Conn tiros, containing TWO IIUNI?KK1> AND KHJIITY <>NK AND ONK-HALF ACICKS, inorp or less, bounded l?y lamls W. J. I.omnx; W. Wiles, Estate of Eliza Robinson and others. TEltMX?Onsh. I'urchtser to pay for papers. Titles pcrlcet. S. M. Orr, AI toriioy in Tart Cor II. Orr. For information npply to FAItKF.lv & MilitiWAN Attorneys. Nov. (Jlli, 1S81'. lit. (iiianl Your Ears. If you your cars Would save from leers, Tlie.se things keep meekly hid: .Myself and I, and mine and why; And how 1 do or did. Taking? tlie Hoy's Measnip. liV Til 10 UKV. .1. ! '. COWAN. Jimmy Jackson was in high glee. He liad just heen measured for liis new spring suit, ami was to have it lu'xt wwk, in time to wear down to Sipiadunk on the picnic excursion. "l'Mi-check," said Jimmy ; "picked it out myself; that is, mother and 1 did. Didn't we, mother? .Smith says he can fit nte to a T. Good shape. Some hoys have erooked sholuders, and some grasshopper legs. Hard to fit. Take a twenty-four, 1 do. Ite..II ?lw. f Itvw.uf IUUHJUU1 Ull HIV illUCl VllillWiii, m WOL,? twenty-four breast, fourteen eollar, twenty-nine long, twen?Say there, Dick let, that but alone, I tell you! Yes, mother, I'm going in a minute, ?didn't I tell you so (impatiently)'?? soon as I settle Sue, here, for nabbing my ear." "What are you laughing at, Uncle Harry?" "Oh, nothing nmcn! Just thought what a chance it was for the recording angel to take your measure? that's all." Jimmy went on about his errand, and when iie got back it was high bedtime and a little past; so, after the usual amount of teasing to wait for just another game, and grumbling at the injustice of sending a boy to bed before it was dark, when all the other boys in the town could sit up until ten, he stumbled up the stairs in a very bad humor. He crot out of his clothes, but how. no one but a boy in bad humor and a hurry to have it over can tell. Howlie was to get into such a tangled, criss-cross muss the next morning was another puzzle. "Blessings 011 the man that invented sleep!" would have been a very appropriate motto to tack om Jimmy's bed that night; for, embraced in its arms, he soon forgot Dick's felonious intentions ou his bat, the pending settlement with Sue of the "nabbing" case, and the illhumor of the last moments, aroused by his sense of illtreatment, and was living again the proud moments in the merchant tailor's room, where the sofc, handsome folds of the "pin-check" goods were being admired, and the hum of the tailor's voice, as he said, "Open your vest, please; now lift your arms, so ; stand straight, please; fourteen, twenty-four; that will do," etc., rang in his ears. Presently it became indistinct and confused. Then it began to ring out again with new distinctness: "Stand straight, please, Humph! Very much shrunken calves, these. One, two,?only two errands for mother to-day,and a good deal of growling over those. Open tho vest please. Thirteen breast measure; small heart inside: cold and selfish ; wants everyiliimr for himself Some bovs. with I generous hearts, measure twenty-five, stand straight, please ! Nineteen high good deal of a baby yet; whines and pouts like one. A boy with sense and manliness enough to take things reasonably ought to measure thirty." By this timjs Jimmy was tumbling and rolling at a precious rate. Great beads of sweat stood on his brow, and Something suspiciously like groans broke from his lips. "Pretty crooked, shriveled specimen this! Hard to make his robe look decent at all. Got it by the skin of his teeth." You would have thought Jimmy was trying to put himself through a knot-hole, he shrank into so small a corner of the bed. "Cut a sorry figure before the throne. re .in ..<Iiw.il ,.f Ji lie u wiJij Liiwu^iiL iuutu kjl uww his spirit grew, us having a well-shaped bod"? A long low, gurgling sound came from under the bedclothes, which were gripped tight in both Jimmy's fists. Tiptoe, tiptoe came footsteps down the hall, and a light gleamed along the wall, and then shone into Jimmy's face. "Oh, how it shines! Let me go away,?away back, please, Mr. Recording Angel! I'm so 1111?" "Jimmy, Jimmy! Wake up! What's the matter, boy?" "Oh ! Mr. An?Why, Uncle liar ry! I'm so glad ! I?I guess I've i .1 :. i... 4 T i ,.i i : * ?.r.w. ueen uruiiiuiug; uui j iuii y?iu it wan mighty natural. Don't jjo yet!" "Jiut what about the recording angel ?? "Why, don't you know what you said last night about?about"? "Taking your measure, eh? Ah good as Smith's?" "No; but I mean to make it so, Uncle Harry."?I'Ufuburi/, I'd. As it is never too soon to be good, so is it never too late to amend; 1 will therefore neither neglect I he time present, nor despair of the time past. II had been sooner good, 1 might perhaps have been belter; if Iain longer bad I shall (I am sure) be worse That I have stayed a long time idle in the market-place deserves reprehension; but if I am late sent into the vineyard, I have encouragement to work, "I wil' give unto this last as unto thee." Of the pure in heart it is said thet\ are blessed because they shall have : vision of God. For Husbands Only. Tnc wife's face was flushed, she bit her lip, by an evident effort she kept back the tears which were just ready to overflow the dark eyes. The bushand, oblivious to the discomfort he was imposing on his family, and the guest of the household, kept on making exasperating criticisms on the table, the children, and the servants, ignoring tiie faei that his mood was as rasping and bitter as a chilly northwest storm, and that he was writing himself down a boor in the estimation of a person who was, unhappily, forced to listen silently to his amazing remarks. One by one the children slipped out of the room and escaped to school; the maid cleared ofl" the table, the man's volubility came to an end, and lie went oil' to the olliee, no doubt to be sorry for his ill temper, very possibly to be sorry enough by-and-by to apologize for it. The wife and her , friend were left alone, and the former, j stepping about the room and putting it in order with deft touches here and i there, said quietly : "Jonathan loves me with his whole heart, though he | has a fit of irritability now anu then." , It was no doubt the truth. Not a disloyal thought was in the good man's mind. He would have died for his 1 wife, had that sacrifice been necessary ; in any peril of hers, to save her. Be- j cause she was confident of his love she endured his tantrums, and never gave , back a reproachful word, or even an angry look, bearing injustice and with the equanimity of an angel, or a martyr. Whethei or not her course was an altogether wise one, who shall say? Peace is so precious that one is fain to thiuk no cost too great to be paid for it; yet there is such a thing as carrying meekness to the verge of imbecility, and a righteous resentment is some-^. times nobler than a weak policy o everlasting conciliation, even 111 home life. Jiut he loved lu-r; she knew that he loved her; he was so proudly aware of his love that he made it the shield for himself when his conscience told him that lie did wrong, and behaved in a manner unbecoming a gentleman. The question arises, how much, for everyday wear and tear, in the struggle of life, is just this kind of love worth??Aunt Majoric, in Christian imcuigcnccr. -? <5? Polish vs. Varnish. Tlie C/irisfian draws the distinction well : There is a great difference between polish and varnish. The varnish puts a smooth and glossy surface on the outside. The polish does nothing of the kind, but it removes the ragged and , splintered edges, and gives us a chance to see just what the material would how, if instead of being roughly split it was cleanly divided. A great many people mistake varnish for polish. With them polish is i simply smoothing and daubing over i the surface, with forms, allections, and < make-believes. All this is very different from polish. Varnishing is easy 1 work ; polishing is hard work. Var- i nishing puts something on the person i which was not there before. Polish- i ing simply sliows what was in the per- i son, by removing the roughness which I concealed the real fineness of the inner i grain. Varnishing covers up defects ] polishing develops excellencies. I It is not well for us to pay too much attention to the process of varnishing but polishing is of much importance The Lord would have his servants as "polished shafts" in his quiver. Well Put. I Says a contemporary: We recently heard a congregation sing that grand ( old hymn, "Am I a soldier of the cross ?" As they came to the lines, "Must I be carried to the skies On llowery beds of ease?" the thought came to us: Yes, you must, or some of you will never get there. The thought of real fighting , with evil litis never occurred to you, and the only idea you have of going to heaven is to be carried there 'on flowery beds of ease.' Alas!" And we | ourselves have seen a large meeting of . church officials singing lustily the same grand hymn with button-hole ] iKXjuets pinned 011 their lapels fresh from the richest of luncheons. Many things look like farces. Xciir ltitf lit. (Alvan Stewart.? There is something so plausible in be" ing so very near right that it has long kept mankind from becoming quife right. Those who are very nearly right exert an influence in society infinitely more injurious in character, magnitude, and consequences, than do those who are acknowledged to be very wrong. Maxims and adages frequently mislead. It. is said, "Of two evils choose the lesser." Again, "Half a loaf is better than no bread." Tn. physics both are true?in ethics both aii' ruinously false. First, of two, or any other number of morals evils, choose licit her ; there i* a good which is their autipodc. Secondly, you never , get the half-loaf in morals; there is no half-counterfeiter, half-burglar, or half murderer. Alas! alas! Never to tire, never to grow cold ; to be patient, sympathetic, > tender, to look for the budding tlower i and the opening heart ; to hope always, like C?od; to love always?this is duty. I A Prayer. T1Y LILLIAN LAJ{CE. Weary and worn, I come to-night; Sinful and weak 1 seem In Thy pure sight. sinful nnd wenk, bear Christ I am; Pity and pardon ine. Thou bleeding Ijsunh. Hugged and rough? My pat h has henn; No helping hand I found, No wayside inn. Weary and worn, 1 struggle on; Dark Rt.orm-Hnnds gather round, And daylight's gone. No one enn help, <J Christ, hut Thee, Thou wilt not turn away. Hut pity me. Pity nml save. And guide me home; From Thy dear presence, Lord, No more to ronm. "Sam" Jones nt Home. The chief cause of ministerial failure, he thought, was a want of right appreciation of "the relative value of Scripural truth.,' This suggestive statement he illus-j trated on this wise : "Now," said he, "take a text, 'There wers giants in those days.' This is Scripiual, and no doubt historically true, but bow insignificant wben placed side by side with Paul's masterful generalization, 'Whatsoever a man soweth that shall lie also reap.' Roth are alike Scriptural, but the one has a quickning power and a moving force which the other does not possess. Let me illustrate : Here is an old-time copper cent of the bigness of a modern twenty dollar gold piece. The copper of the coin is as free from alloy as the gold in the other and both coins bear the image and.sup erscription of government. Aim yei how different their purchasing power. The raito is that of 1 to 2,000. A negro would hardly bring you a glass of water for the copper, but he would work his hands off for the double eagle. So with the difference between the moving power of different Scriptual truths and topics. I hear much about comforting truths which if produced out of their proper relations are positively hurtful. We want conviction that worketh repentance unto life, and this result is brought about by earnest incisive preaching. If you can't lift a man up be sure to knock him down." In this quaint way "Sam" dealt a heavy blow at some modern preachin i? methods. o "I think," lie continued, "that there are few ministers of any evangelical church who are not thoroughly sincere, and yet the visible result of much preaching is deplorably small. A little less taffy and more hard knocks?less polish and more power would make the pulpit what God designed it to be?the great agent for the world's regeneration." Who ? Introspection in religious matters as in physical, needs to have a short limit, or else it becomes the prolific source r>f countless diseases.. The woman who every time you meet her recconts tier feelings of to-day and yesterday md indicates her prognosis for the' morrow, is fast becoming, if she has not already reached a state of chronic u-iieaibii. mis is equally true* iu mui. ters religious. A healthful man gives immediate care to :iuy symptoms o paiu, and when without pain is so en^ ^uged with the calls of active duty that he forgets himself. A healthful Christian full of self-forgetful duty will not once a week spend a half hour in looking into or discussing her own feelings. * ***** * The contradiction between flippant expressions of feelings and wavering methods of living make unbelievers of Mir children. A good sister wound up a mournful account of her morbid internal conditiou a few days ago by informing her new pastor that not one of tier live grown up children was a member of the church. The logical connection between her introspection und their rebelious lives did not seem ever to have occurred to her. ******* An introspective sister said to a brave girl who came to her house looking for music pupils : "Oh ! are you a music teacher, f was just praying for a teacher for my little girl when you -ang the bell. I know God sent you in answer to my prayer." The teacher was engaged. Two days later the lady fli.it .1 nniioin t\f h'ul I UUltU IU lilill' CI vvuotu VI ??V4W ? ???? conic on a visit and proposed to teach her- little girl without charge. The young music teacher mentally responded the "Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away." She went 110 further with the quotation. The introspective are the selfish people. The Key. Dr. Sutton once said to the late Mr. Peccli, a veterinary surgeon : "Mr. Peeeh, how is it that you have] not called upon me for your'account said Mr. l'eceli, "T never ask a gentleman for money.'' "Indeed," said the vicar; "then how do you get 011 if he doesn't pay?" "Why," replied Mr. lVech, "after a certai" time I conclude that lie is not a gentleman, aud then I ask him." We might as well expect, when we l>chol<l a calm atmosphere, and a clear sky, that no clouds were ever to rise, and no winds to blow, as that our life were long to proceed, without receiving provocations from human frailty. Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, lor the habit will enu roach. FARM WORK FOR NOVEMBERGOOD ADVICE TO THOSE WHO TILL THE SOIL. Cotton Ilnrvcwl?SawIiik Wheat and Oafs?Feeding and Fattening? (irass?Tlio Outlook. Southern Cultivator. COTTON IIAUVEST. This month should witness the winding up of the cotton harvest. Every boll that opens iti November should, if possible, he picked before the first day of December. Cotton now open in the Held will not only deteriorate in value very rapidly under the influence of dew, rain, cold and wind, but the work of picking will be very slow and disagreeable after the close of the month. There are but few jobs necessary to be done that will seriously interfere with the work of housing the remnant of the cotton crop. sowing wiikat ani) oats. In the northern portion of the cotton belt the wheat crop has been put in.4 In those portions of the middle belt the old rule of "dark nights in Octo" ber" as the time to sow has had its advocates from time immemorial. We refer to this rule partly to give occasion for the remark that we do not believe either in "sowing in the moon" or in being governed by its phases in performing any of the operations of tue farm and garden. Our own rule for sowing wheat is to commence about the time when the first severe frost usually occurs, which is generally?in the region last referred to?about the first week in November. It has perhaps been noted by habitual readers of The Cultivator that "/the writer of these "Thoughts" does not insist that every farmer should sow wheat. It depends on circumstances which are generally beyond control, chief among which is available land especially adapted to wheat. The doctrine that a armer should produce everything he requires has its reasonable as well as its absolute limitations. A farmer in Ohio Is absolutely prevented irom growing cotton and sugar cane, and yet he must have cotton shirts, sheeta and maybe mattresses for his bed, suk'ar for his coffee and syrup for his hasty pudding(!) So a farmer in Georgia or Alabama would be unwise to persist in sowing wheat if his best choice of upland would only yield it at a cost of eight dollars per barrel of flour, when he can buy a better article, laid down at his door, for six dollars. The same argument applies with equal force to many other articles of ordinary consumption. But many farmers in the "hill country" of the cotton region can and ought to raise their own wheat, in connection with other small grain. A high and dry hill top or hill side, with a good clay subsoil, is the proper soil for wheat. It is better to follow cotton, or peas, with wheat, though corn land, if not too foul, will do. Rich virgin, or naturally rich soil is not requisite ; it is better to eDrich by fertilizers. Wheat requires a large percentage of nitrogen, and the land should tiierefore be manured with an ammoniated fertilizer. This fact is well.illustrated in the generally good resuits of cotton seed as a fertilizer. It is more economical to use the cotton seed meal than the whole cotton seed. But ammonia (nitrogen) is not the on ly element required oy wneai; it must have potash aud phosphoric acid also. For the average worn soils of the middle region a compost of meal, acid phosphate and kainit in the following proportions will give satisfaction : Cotton seed meal 800 pounds Arid phosphate 1,000 pounds Kainit 200 pounds Total 2,000 pounds On fresh, granitic soils possibly the kainit may be dispensed with unless a very heavy application be made. From M0 to 500 pounds per acre, of the above, would be a moderate dose, and should give a yield of ten to twelve bushels of wheat. On clean cotton land a good close plowing with turning scooters, or a good turning plow, to be followed by a harrow if necessary, will put the land in good condition to receive the seed. Soak the seed in a uiJiitinn i\f mm nimtirl of t.lip Uiucmuiiu m/iuuw? v..v v.^w .salt to live gallons of water. Sow the wheat, and immediately the fertilizer, and harrow in smoothly. If practicable a good rolling, after harrowing, will l?e labor well expended, especially if the soil is of a loose, open texture, or if it be cloddy. It is now too late to sow oats with a reasonable probability of escape from winter-killing, except in the extreme South, where they may be sown at any time during this month, selecting the land from which a crop of cotton has just been harvested. FEEDING AND FATTENING. Hogs intended for porkers will now be well on the way to fatness. We have always thought that pork made from sweet potatoes is the sweetest, best and cheapest that can be produced oil a farm. .Let tne nogs nave a liuerai supply of this esculent every day, feeding once a day on corn, or better, corn meal, and finishing oil' with corn meal mush fed in clean troughs as the cold weather and hog-killing time approaches. Intelligent farmers need not to be reminded that there is no economy in withholding food of the most fattening character l'roui animals intended for the slaughter. One may stint, to some extent, the working animals on a farm without loss or detriment to their working ability, but every pound of food withheld from milch cows and porkers involves a loss that can never be recovered. The aim .should be to fatten a hog in the shortest time. To do this he should be supplied With as much food as he will con slime without wasting, mice unit's a day. An annual will eat more in cold weather than in mild, hut fatten less, because a much larger portion of the food is consumed in keeping up the animal heat; it is burned away in the lungs as fuel. The lirst solid cold spell in .November, or further South, in December, should be the signal for killing, and the last hog should be in the smoke-house by the lirst of January, except one or two, that the "feast of f:it things" may continue a while longer. J?ut a hog should not be butchjered until fully fat, or as long as he continues to fatten. It is belter to feed I even in cold weather than to kill when I only half fat. The same remarks apply with similar force to the fattening of steers, except that owing to the greater east j with which these may be kept dry, 'clean and comfortable, feeding may bp ' property continued even in the oldest weather. We have often reminded our readers of the importance of providing comfortable quarters for all live stock during the winter. It is one of the great faults in our Southern farming that we presume too far on our comparatively mild winter climate. It is not only a shame upon the humanity, v | but a reproach to the intelligence of the farmer who makes no provision but an open shed for his mulett, and * sunshiny (!) fence corner for his cattle during the blasts and storms of winter. -t -.-M It docs not cost as much, iu the long ' jrun, to build comfortable barns and * j stables for the proper care of provender and live stock, as the value of the (resulting loss and waste of food, and fM | the general diminished value and ca! pacity for labor in the absence of such | buildings. GRASS. Tn the lower part of our territory grass seeds may oe sown throughout ' ; this month, and we would rather pre- > :er sowing even now than to wait until Spring. We often have winters so ' mild throughout that grass would do well sow?i at any time, even in Decern- 'l ber or January. Toe farmer should remember that t December is generally a bad month for > farm work, not only on account of ( f?0 probable bad weather but because the average laborer is already beginning to 'm enjoy the holidays in advance of their actual coming. There are bnt little over three weeks of working time at the best, in December. It behooves every one then to wind up the old year's work and push forward everything that he desires to accomplish before Christmas. It is a good time to pile up the store of cut wood and kindling under shelter ready and convenient for use during the cold and cheerless days of winter. We have often \ written a word in behalf of the Comfort of wife and children who cannot go out and cut a "turn of wood" to .j keep from freezing while waiting for % "Sam" to get through "feeding." Let everv fanner nrovide a rood wnnd house or dry shelter close to?the dwelling, and till it with fuel ready cut for stove aud fire-place. THE OUTLOOK. It's an ill wind that blows- no good, I" Is iu the mind of many a farmer when '% be considers tbe history of the cotton ' market during the present fall. The "corner" of the staple on tbe other side the ocean has played into the hands of the farmer very opportunely and the prices have been better than for some years. No doubt the ? tight between cotton bagging and lute ''lj had its influence on the market, since it is known that the determined stand ~ i. takeu by the farmers in their fight against the infamous trust has contrib- . uted to strengthen the selling side of " ; the market, by suggesting to buyers that a strong disposition to hold cotton for more satisfactory prices is but one more step in the advance. The ' }> attitude of tbe Alliance is but a con- ^ test for vrincivle a strone and deter- S%a mined resistance re oppression and ex- -M torsion, for while the amount actually -L involved?the difference of two or three cents in the yard of bagging-rwhile it amounts to a large sum In the vj aggregate, yet it bears but a small pro- ;j| portion to the total cost of producing the cotton.crop. We greatly err if the farmers are "straining at a gnat" and > yet are ready to "swallow a camel" in this matter. Their position reminds ?2f us of the "Stamp Riot" and the"Boa- ?-4 ton Tea Party," in which our forefa- ,r'J| thers made an apparently great ado sM over a small matter, but tne sequal il- , >) lustrated how great a matter, a small fire kindleth. In the whole course of our adult life we have never known the farmers of the 8outh to occupy a more commanding position than that indicated by the general and intelligent demand for the recognition of r'!f their right to a fair and just distribution of the rewards of industry, and a ^ voice and vote in shaping and controlling the general business of the connI try. It is a harbinger of better d*y? 1 coming wnen tiie wealth producers of the country?of whom the farmers constitute the great majority?begin, to awake from their lethargy and to realize that the legislation, the so-called laws of trade, and the business cus- .. '& toins of the country, have long ago 4' cry tali zed into a system that dispenses very unequal benefits and advan- ,r'h tages, having very little regard to the v<natural rights of the toiling millions, but filling to overflowing the coffers of the money-kings and monopolists of the land. It will be indeed a Herculean task to clean out the Augean efnKloa W.if *1 * A"' OUIU1CO, uuu UU LI list lUttl liiU ptttUClUi revolution and reformation may gather >r-. strength and momentum with increas- - A ed intelligence and universal co-operation, until the rich shall cease to grow richer, and the poor poorer. Unchristian. The charge is frequently made that >}" the lives of Christians are not in accord with the principles of morality which are taught by Christianity. It % sometime occurs that these charges are not more serious than that made by the old lady mentioned in the follow- ' X. ing incident: She had invited anoth- . . er old lady to take tea with her. After the departure of her guest the hostess, who was of a penurious turn of mind, siiid scortiuirlv : "Well. Tiet,m?v Rlake makes a mighty loud perfession of being a good church-member and all 'A that; but I watched her to-night, and | she up an' put three heapin' teaspoons <?' sugar in one cup o' tea, an' if she calls that Christianity, I don't!" Dr. Aird, the venerable moderator of the Free Church of Scotland, tells a good story about a minister who, in the old days of patronage, was forced upon a congregation at Alness. The minister was coldly received, as may be imagined ; but he began to visit the people, and one day called upon an old elder, who greeted him very gruff' ly. The minister, however, took a chair, and in a little while took out snuH-box. "Oh," said the elder, "ye tak snull", dae ye ?" "Oh, yes." "Well," said the elder, "that's the fh*8t mark'o grace I've seen in ye." "How ' do you make that?" asked the minls! ter. "Dae ye not read o' Solomon's temple," replied the elder, "that the .-millers were o' pure gold ?" I KulI line Flannel suitings at It. M. Haddon A M , ... ' . J