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rNJw BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13. 1891. VOLUME XXXV. NO. 5 ?31 New Quarters.! iew goods, j Iai Now Prepared to Offer at Reasonable Prices He Larpsl aifl Best Selected Steel of Watches, Clocks, mW JE W IE JLi ZR ^mr9 Silverware, Spectacles, and Gold Pens, (ii And everything In ttic JEWELTlY Line ? everoffered to the people of Abbevi'le county. Silver and Nickel Watches from $2.50 toSIS d Gold Watches from ?15 to $75. ^ Clockb from SI to $15. . . CHAINS. CHARMS. LOCKETS. SLEEVE BUTTONS, COLLAR BUTTONS u SCARF TINS, STUDS, LACE PINS. BROCHES, EAR RINGS and DROPS, and | CHILD'S DRESS BUTTON SETS in GOLD and Rolled Plate at the Lowest Prices. tt Gold Rings, [quality guaranteed] Ji from 75 cts. to $10 ? ? ? ? mi. !^.UUn r, ,w! rAfI/l} nierillijl Sliver r mmuicn, oinniuo uuu iui j?o ? very low. sl The celebrated Wm. Rogers Knives, Forks, ? Spoons, ttc. Triple plated011 Nickel Silver. ? 14 K. Gold Spectacles anil EyeGlasses from 94.50 to 98 per pair. y Why Injure your eyes by wearing cheap a glasses when you can get Pebbles for S2..ri0 per j pair. J It will be to your advantage to call on me " should you need anything in the jewelry line Repairing neatly done and all work guaranteed. Office In store of J. C. NICKLES. J. T. Duckett, JEWELER. F Greenwood, S. C. rc Oct. jr., 1R!H). t)( STATE OTSODTH CAROLINA,] COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COURT OK COMMON PLKAS. James T. Hester, Plaintiff', against W. N. Mercier, as survivor of the late firm of \V. N. Mercier & Co., said firm having been composed of the said \V. X. Mercier * and one A. D. Smith, now deceased, De- _ . fendant, _ I I Summons. For Relief. p, (Complaint not Served.) To the Defendant, \V. N. Meruier, :i< survivor of the h.te firm of \V*. N. Mercier ?V Co.,8aidfirm having [been composed of the said W. N. Mercier and one A. D. Smith, now deceased. i You ARE HEREBY SUMMONED ANDs lequired to answer the complaint in thl action, which was filed in the office of the Clerk of Common Pleas, for the saidCoun ty on the 11th April, 1SU1, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint ' on the subscribers at their office at Abbe vllle Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fall to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff In this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Mtli day of April, 1S91. PARKER <k McGOWAN, Plaintiffs Attorney. April 22, 1891 01. D. A. ALLEN, Prop. J. F. RICE, Supt _ ALLEN MANUFACTURING CO.1 Clinton, S. C. -MANUFACTURERS OFDoors, Sash, Blinds, Mould- ^ ing. Brackets, Front Doors, i>: Stair Rails, Newel Posts, Balusters, Scroll Saw- h ing and Wood Turning, flue Dried Liter for Boiliers. ? Contracts Furnished at Short Notice. First Cla?* Work n Sperinlty mid all Work Guaranteed. Correspondence solicited and letters of Inquiry promptly auswered. WRITE BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE. Kent Work. LowrNt I'rlces. J. F. MILLER Jc CO. are npents for us, and orders given tothetn will receive prompt attention. r I March 2, 1891. 12m. * T M CTTATkMAW 1 W , Ml UAJUU4/AIA&AA1I J| McCormick, South Carolina. Has PURK. LIGHT BRAHMA AND N Harrcd Plymouth Koek eggs lor sale at 1 o\v figure for lancy stock. ^ E. H. HENDERSON, f Attorney at Law. Greenwood, S. C. OFFICE over Lee & Bailey's store. Prompt attention given lo collections. D April 15,1891. 12m*. ? ? - 'I DON'T PLANT !? 1W estern Horn. Get the Best Home Raised Seed. ] JsAAC A. KELLAR ONE OF THE BEST ? corn raisersof Abbeville County has produced 11 an|excel!ent variety of seed corn, of which the _ largest crops ore always made. He makes the corn crop a specially, and his seed may be relied upon to give satisfaction. He has a flue lot of picked seed corn on hand which he offers to sell al two dollars a bushels. Apply to I. A. KELLAR or ] .J. (i. EDWAHIXS. J April 1, ISM. " ? J IU1E MAIN WHEEL IN A WATCF I makes 1 revolutions in a day of 24 hours r J.4G0 In a year. Next, the centre wheel, 2 jvolut lous a day. or 8,700 in a year. Tin jird wheel 192 in a day, or 50,0:tO In a year he fourth wheel 2,440 In a day, or 54o.(KMi in i ear. The fifth, or scape wheel. 12,WO in s ay, or 4,728,200 in a year. The "ticks" o eats of the balance wheel 388,900 in a day, o 11,882.000 in a year. The above is mathometlcally correct, am lould prove to you that a WATCH is a ver; ellcf.teand complicated machine,andshoul< , be out of order the watch requires the at ;ntion of a first Class "Watchmaker The undersigned ofTers you all the advai iges that skill and experience can commani i the repairing of Vatchs, Clocks and Jewelry EN(JRAVING ny style letter or monograme executed a lort notice. " TT t TTT A 1 in lii worK warranxea jeoiihib A fl rst. class Btock of GOLD. SILVER am ICKEL WATCHES, JEWELRY. SIIA'EI J ARE, GOLD PENS Ac. Hogers and Bro.. Wa. Rogers ORKS, KNIVES AND SPOONS Goods iruaranteed as represented or mon; funded. No charge for engraving good Mightof lilt*. Place of business In P. P. Dunbar <fc Co' o:e. I. B. Henneaann. GREENWOOD, S. C. Jan.30,189), tf DR. E, L. WILSON, nxurvxiiv. g^Offlce up stairs over R. \V. Cannon's stor ug. 2S, '88H. test Chicken for the Farmer I^ROM CROSS TURK WYANDOTTE AN I lira lima. Eggs f>0 cents setting. Fron lire Bronze Turkey $2.50. Address : P. L. STURKEY. MeCormick, S. C. mMM Tbe well-known Stallion, can be found at Waller's Stalls G-reenwood, S. C. TERMS, CASH. Five Dollars a Single Visit. Ten Dollars! iitRon. Fifteen Dollars Insurance. Mone; f Insurance Due as soon as Mareisascei ined to be in Foal. PEDIGREE? Lewis Redmond is a Deep Ba.v iven Years old, Fifteen and One-Half Hand igli; Hired by Messenger, Grandslre oil ranger, Great-Grandslre Old Mambrini hief, Great-Greal-Grandsire Mambrino Pay iaster. Dam a very tine Kentucky Mart ild to be Hiiniiitonian. For further infor laliou address W.J. McGEE, Riley, S. C. April X, lsill. :!i? DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. G. Thomson, kFFICE l/P-STA I Its ON McILNVAU f Corner. Abbeville, S. C, March 23, 1801. tf KACMORPHY & STORY ARC HITECTS, fo. 8 Gray's Piazza, AUGUSTA, GA I UK PREPARED TO MAKE PLANS an< \ siipfr ntend tlic buildingof IIURCHES. COURT HOUSES, UHOOL HOUSES, JAILS. iOTELS. THEATRES. TORES. DWELLINGS. June 4,1S90,12m DOORS, BLINDS, md all Other Building Materials HUE UNDERSIGNED WILL KEEJ L from this date on a full supply of Doorc linds, Lime, Shingles, Laths, aud all kind f building material. Call at J. F. Miller' tore. B. K. BEACHAM, Manager. Feh.il, 181H. :im ["> ICHARD OANTT, Is now prepared to d IV all work in his department in the bet tanner and at reasonable charges. Month 1 ustoniers shaving, hair cutting and sham ootng SI per month. Rasors honed aud pu a the best condition for 2o cents each. Walter L. Miller, Attorney nn?l Counwellor ut Lnw, ABBEVILLE; S. 0. PRACTICES IN BOTH STATE AN] Federal Courts. Special attention give o collections and to investigating titles. J>eo.IS!"'. I,rar ' Historic Abbeville." | Itev. W. M. I.eftwich, D. I).,tlic distinguished divine who conducted a successful ineetI ins: it) the Methodist church here \vriles a letter to the Daily American, Nashville, Tenn., ! which shows tlmt lie Is a man of ability In ; practical business n Hairs as well as theologian I of high order, lie says : Anni:vn,i,::, S. C. April 28.?Krom the window of a fast-flying train Georgia and South i Carolina present, a stirring, busy scene. Farmers are plowlni: and planting all along the line with all available force and all possible speed to catch up from the delay caused by the long continued rains. The conspicuous absence of lenees strikes a Middle Tennessean with surprise and Interest. Only here and therea small pasture has a iv-nce around 11. This stock law was not popular at llrst, either in Georgia or South Carolina, but no man would now dare to move lor Us repeal. It does not cost so much to keep stock In as to let them out. How would a general stock law do for Tennessee? The great Piedmont Cotton Factories where everything Is 11 te, push, energy, enterprise, demonstrates what this whole cotton-growing section of the South might become if such factories were numerous enough to convert all of the raw material into cloth for the i markets ol the world. The cotton belt of the | South needs cotton factories just as much as | the iron belt needs iron furnaces. Ilere Is a ! vast field for capital to utilize cheap labor in (converting raw material into marketable t goods for the world. Manufactories could revolutionize this whole country and putnew * life Into the old South. Abbeville, s. C.,is rich in lilstorlcincidents, ' many of which have bceu far reaching in "j their influence upou the destinies of the ' j country It was first settled by a French 1 Huguenot colony in 1759. frotn Abbeville. 1! France. Here Gen. Andrew Pickens built r, n block house to protect the women and clillr dren from the torch and tomalinwk of tlie Indians before the Revolution. From this point * I with a hardy volunteer militia lie defended ! this whole country from the Indians who J > came clown from tlie mountains upon tlie * | p.-acelul settlers. "Fort Pickens" is a suburb i of Abbeville, named for Gen. Pickens. "Upi per I,ong Cane," two miles irom Abbeville, is ' ! a Presbyterian church that was organized in 1770, where holy sacrament was administered for the lirst time in upper South Carolina in 1 1771. I A conspicuous spot to which all visitors are taken is called ".Secession Hill." because there the first secession meeting was held in the * South on the morning ol Nov. 22,1MH). Itwas presided over by Hon. Thomas W. Perrln, with Judge D. L. Wardlaw, Col. John A. t Calhoun, Dr. J. W. Hurst, lion. John Brownlee and I)r. J. H. Logan. Addresses were made by Hon. A. G. Magrath. of Charleston. Gen. M. L. Honham, a member of Congress II from this district, and others. Hon. Edward :l j Noble ollered the following resolution, which I; was unanimously adopted by the meeting: "Resolved, that in the opinion of the people of Abbeville District, the election of Abraham Lincoln aR President, and Hannibal Hamlin as Vice-President of the United i States, upon doctrines destructive of the rights and interests, the equality and safety of the Southern States by the factions and | sectional hates of our Northern confederates | utterly perverts the spirit of the compact formed by the Federal Constitution ; that it | must be promptly and sternly resisted by tlie I Stutpnf Snnlli ('arnllnn. nnd that, the seces slon of the State from the Federal Union is the proper mode of resistence. ' Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." After adopting tliis resolution the meeting y appointed six delegates to the Stale conven* s tion. Thus was inaugurated nt this place, famous'as the home of John C. Calhoun, the * great secession movement that Involved the country in a four-years' war. It is a singular co incidence that the lust meeting of President J)avis and his Cabinet was held here In the home of Armstead Hurt the night of ' May 1, 1805. There were present with President Davis, A. H. Stephens, Vice-President; .T. C. Breckenrldge. Judah P. Benjamin, John II. Rengan, S. D. Mallony, Gen. Lawton and Gen. Braxton Bragg. Two brigades of caval" ry by Gens. Vaujjhan and Dukes. At midnight the President and this escort left Abbeville on his southern retreat. Thus the civil war practically ended where it begat* The Burt mansion is now the home of Col. E. B.Calhoun. These South Carolinians take great pride iu these historic associations. B, LATIMER'S LOCALS. J Sprini; Poetry?EnlcreHtlntr School ExerciacH?Children's J>ny. 1 Latimer, April 21,1891. To grumble or not to grumble ? That's the question. Have the farmers had enough dry weather to call forth so much grumbling? We noticed in a last week's exchange that Verner had predicted a snow 6torm, whether at or between the North or South pole was not stated, but we suspect It was a comfort to the sufferers of heat, that there was a snow storm somewhere: so If Verner would predict April showers at needed Intervals in spots. Perhaps our chronic grumb lers would take heart until the hope deferred s lould be realized by a shower Just In time. - . ~ I . ?r? I l? (JUT I lllIC IOWO 11115 utuil tuiuiigcu mui welcome visitors for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Mlddleton of C'larkes Hill are visiting the family of Mr. Kdwin Calhoun. Misses Johnson and Mosely ol Lowndesvllleare with Mrs. J, C. Lomax. Dr. Hester of Mount Carmei, Mr. George Smith of Calhoun's Kalis, Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Glbert of Willing ton have been with Mrs. Geo. C. Graves. Mr. J. J. Johnson, Cashier of Lowndesvllle's New ]5ank spent Saturday and Sunday with the family of Mr. Hawthorn. Mrs. Tom McAllister, who has been visitl inj; her daughter, Mrs. Blackwell, returned ' to her home In Mount Carmei. Chicken pox prevails among the school children. Latimer boasts of three new babies in one day last wpek. I Mr. William Housley a native of Abbeville County died in Augusta. Ga. last week at the advanced age of 6ftyears. Messrs. Frank Calhoun and John Lee brought his remains to Hester's station for interment In the family burying ground. Calhoun Falls is still booming. The surl ceyorsare still grading the streets and the J prospects of a vigorous bale of lots is consld' ered a certainty. This week's breath of summer has sent-a number of the ladles ot our town to Lownt'e<ville shopping for spring bonnets, ifce. l'HYLLIS. Latimkk, 8. C'., April, 27, 1S!?1. "The budding tree with Joyous bird-songs n rings, P Llko echoes from a thousand golden strings. All nature smiles welcome blythe and clear. While May comes through the doorway of * the year." J Who can be blind or doaf to the beauties of u nature at this season of the yaar. .since the much needed rain, the farmers ; have ceased grumbling and are once more '* happy. The teacher and pupils of our High School are already making preparations for their annual picnic, tbey propose making this ftslive occasion one of the most enjoyable of the season. Miss Ida McAllister of Mount Carmel is visiting her sister Mrs. F. G. Black well. Messrs. T. F. Calhoun and H. P. McGoe of Due West passed through our town last Friday on their way to Calh< u:i Falls. Children's day embraces the ihlrd Sunday In next month. Our.Sunday School scholars , are doing all in their power to make the day 11 a success. Mr. M. P. DeBruhl of Abbeville has been Invited to deliver au address. Mr. DeBruhl has many friends in our midst who all join in the hope of his acceptance. AfterSunday school was dismissed yesterday the following cominitteo oi ladles and gentlemen were appointed lo make arrangements for a programme Ac. for this occasion. Mrs. G. (.'. McAllister, Mrs. G. C. Graves, Miss Carry Calhoun, James Hawthorn and F. G. Blaclcwell, With the co-operation ol'the public we expect an interesting pre-j gramme. Mr. M. I*. DoBrulil spent l?'riuuy wiin :ur. U. C. Graven. (inly a few of our town people attended, the land mile at Calhoun Falls. They are too well satisfied with their possessions in Latimer s to invest elsewhere. Communion service will be held at Kocky River'ulinrch the second Sunday in Al?y. There will be two sermons on that day: there , will also he preaching on the preceding Saturday. p Mr.. I oh 11 McAllister one of Mount Carinel'^ progressive farmers paid our town a Hying s visit last week. k Latimer can boast of three (list class barbers. Mr. James Hawthorn is the happy owner or a line Jersey cow. The old woman with wares from Jerusalem peddled the streets of Latimer and the neighborhood last week. We hear of some housekeepers who are enjoy I ng early vegetables. Y Mr. and Mrs. Dickson of Hesters spent last Sunday with Mrs. Nlna'faggart. ? The ladies ci Latimer are all particularly . fond of (lowers Home of them have the 11 finest collection of geraniums nnd other choico pot plants to be found In the county, PAY LL1S. Father Cliiniquy affirms that during the last twelve months at least 1,000 D Roman Cat^olies in the United States n and Canada have left the Church of >. Rome. \ / < J / J I and ppas lie planted in I lie miuaies or in me "step" between the hills of corn. The fact I that the crop is late and small for the season , | is only a stronger reason for rapid and thor- , | ongli surface cultivation. It Is timetodlscard l the old rule of plowing over the crop "every ! three weeks." The rule probably was bused | on the fact that the grass iniu'hi be kept In i subjection by plowing once in three weeks. ! Hut the main object of plowing a crop of corn j(orcotton) in* not to kill the grass, but to . I keep the surface sol i disintegrated aud rue!- ' low, so that the air may easily penetrate and j circulate In the soil. The air is the great . j storehouse 01 nlant food, supplying the growing crop, el'ther directly or Indirectly with oxygen, carbon and nitrogen. But the nitrogin of the air must first enlcr the soil and circulate freely there before it can form a | combination that Is available as plant food. ] In thecase of leguminous plants such as cloI ver, peas, vetches, etc., it Is now asserted ] that tln-se may secure their entire quota of , nitrogen from the atmospheric air, by a pro- < i cess vi ry similar t.o nitrification, induced by t | certain microbes, or very low forms of life, > I which are intimately connected with the * warty excrescences (tubercles) that we see on ( the roofs of such plants. To facilitate these i | changes; as well as give the roots freedom to c | penetrute me sou in every direction, uie mjt- i | face soil must be stirred often. Plowing or t I harrowing the soil is not, then, simply a grass-killing operation; it is also a fertilizing ( j process, because it encourages those chemical j 1 changes which result in supplying the grow- j j !n? demands of the crop for suitable food, t ; Tlie more thoroughly and the oftener the sur! face Is stirred thesreater will be the beneficial t | ell'octs. Of course there is a limit In the fre- ( tquencyof plowing beyond which it would e not be profitable. Hut we have no doubt any j j ordinary crop would bo benefitted by even a dally light raking or harrowing. With our q own* hands we, one spring, raked over a bed c ! of growing cabbages with a fine steel hand 'j j rake every morning before breakfast for ton t I mornings in succession (omitting Sunday), c j with gratifying results. Of course, we do not claim that it would be profitable to plow a n ! field over every three or four days. The exact c j limit cannot be easily fixed ; but we are con1 fident tlint one of tlie most serious defects in our methods of culture is permitting too long j r. lapse between plowing#. Three weeks is , I certainly too long a period as a rule, especial ' ly If a good season of rain has occurred short- ' j ly after the last plowing. I Tliis month is the time to put In the main , , crop of sweet potatoes, slips planted in April ; rarely doing any better than those set in May * ' and June, while costing considerably more , I labor in the cultivation. The later planted ' . slips produce tubers of more uuiform size? J I although possibly smaller?smoother outline, J I and of belter keeping qualities, r I Most farmers have too narrow rows, and j plant the slips too close in the raw. our experience favor rows four feet wide and the plants two feet apart. Tlie results at the KxI periment Station last year indicate that the j potatoes planted four by two gave a better ,1 I yield than any closer distance. The plants should be set in freshly plowed I land. We would prefer to throw up fresh I beds and plant without waiting for a rain, ralher than wait an indefinite time, and then 0 plant in the over-wet soil. j Forage crops of various kinds mny still lie ^ planted, remembering that the later such ? crops are planted the belter siiould be the / preparation and the more liberal the fertilise- ,*, ing. As fast as early barley and rye grazing a or sol liner lots are ready for the plow again e I hey may be sown to advantage either in Ger man millet or some other quick growing hay a or green forage plant, but a crop of pea vines j should occupy the ground after the early sum- y mer crops are oil'. U The cmv pea is one of those plants that will b yield a large and valuable erop, and yet leave tl the land richer than it wms before. tl i'ea vines cut. when blooming freely, and j well cured, make a hsiy that is equal toclover jj hay. It comes nearer being both corn and fodder than any oilier one product of our s farms. Now is the time to commence plant- w ing them,and they maybe planted up to July 115, but with rapidly diminishing results if b cleferred later tnan July 1. The cow pea Is (ho one plant, on which we can safety rely o among those known an nitrogen gatherers. It can get the nitrogen out of the air and a through Its roots store It up In stems, leaves |j and roots. You may convert all that is above the ground Into hay, while the roots and s stubble and fallen leaves will supply nitrogenous pabulum lar a succeeding crop of small ft uraln. corn, tobacco or cotton. il May Ih ilie main campaigning month In the warfare ngnlnst grass and weeds. If a ? farmer has clean lli kls, and a good stand of eotton on Ibe first day of Juno, having fertl- rr Iized well, lie Is pretty certain lr> realize a fair icrop If the 8eaHi?ns be at all favorable. The Lancet, in a notice of the drink ^ bill ol' 1800, says : "It is appalling to find that the drink hill of IsijOnmounts ?130,595,470?an increase of f:7,*J82,- J! 194 over the sum of the previous year o ?all common sense and medical science notwithstanding. It is not ! our business to moralize on this cx- si penditure. To us it means so much -s cirrhosis, Jiright's Disease, gout, rheumat Ism, insanity, etc., disabling em- h ployment, taking the pleasure out of ? 'I- ?!< ! si:?_, l.mnH !M,t ,?r lilt? IIIC W1 lilUJ 11 IC^f UIIU Ulluu vuv ... the mouths of children." When men live as if there were no God, it becomes expedient for them ^ that there should be none ; and then t] they endeavor to persuade themselves ^ y OF SOLID WOKTH. Keview of the Ilusy Seen* on a Kiisy Farsn?Wliiit Should Xoiv be Done. p Owing lo the excessive ancl continuous ruins of the first, three months of the year, the preparation or 1 lie land and planting com was i: really delayed. ' It was a most extraordinary period of rainy and cloudy weather. According to the writer's rain gauge the precipitation from January llrst to April llrst, amounted to twenty-two Inches, or nearly one-half the average lolal annual rainfall. On the first day of April farmers were farther behind * ' with their work timn we have known them to tie in more than thirty yi*ars. ThisremarU ' applies more particular to .Middle and North s (Jtor^ia. Asa result of all this bad weather, the j" corn crop was planted from two to four weeks * ininr t linn usual, and was closely followed I' by cotton planting. Probably it has never before occurred that theso two loading crops were planted so nearly at the sumo time. This Is itself an inconvenience, and which will doubtless be aggravated by the necessarily hurried and Imperfect preparation of the land. These unfavorable conditions will demand the exercise of unusual skill, judgment and Industry on the part of the farmer, as well as unusually favorable season henceforward, to assure a ttood crop. Possibly the area planted, or to be planted, t&. cotton is less than usual, or less than it uaguifl have been under ordinary cofidltions of weather during the months of preparation, and (has some good result from the evil. We are afraid, however, that, the area in corn and other provision crops has been curtailed also. These tin toward conditions now demand, first, that the very best cultivating Implements bo used. In connection we suggest the expediency of using the harrow in cultivating both corn and cotton while the plants are still small. The Evan's Tripple harrow Is an excellent implement fur this purpose, accord- * Ingtoour own experience. There may be others Just as good, but we have not tried them. The tlrst harrowing should be Just as, a ino corn or ci^iiuu m .v. w...v especially If a crust has formed on the surface since the last rain. Another expedient to save time and get over a crop rapidly Is to run but few furrows , in a corn or cotton row at one time. In the 1 ease of corn, run one furrow on each side of , every row; If cotton, put one furrow on each : side of every alternate row?using the widest . culliiiK cultivator practicable. The advantages of I his olan will be manifest whenever it . Is desired to get over the crop as quickly as j possible. May is usually the cotton chopping month, generally the most tedious and expensive . part of the work of cultivation. , Tne plan of harrowing the field broadcast, t wo or three times before hoeing at all, will . greatly lesson the labor and expense of hoe- , work. It mny dispense entirely with what is usually called blocking out, or the first going over with the hoes, that the plants may be reduced finally to a stand the first time the . hoes uro brought Into use. The plan of cross-plowing the cotton is practiccd by some of the most successful farinersln the country, and is well worthy ot , trial by every one. It consist in running u sweep or cultivator across the rows of cotton * about the llnie it lias been usual to put it to ' a stand, thus destroy ing all plants in the path of the Implement used and leaving a buncli . of two or three Just outside of the path. This pretty thoroughly stirs the entire surface of * the soil, while at the same time the stand is reduced to bunches at uniform distance from ] each other. It would seem that this method : can be employed with best effort only when , there is a full stand of plants, and the surface is approximately level. It Is obvious that a very large amount of hoe-work may be saved by Its adoption whenever practicable. I'nder ordinary emu instances corn would receive second plowing eail.v in this month. , GOOD BYE, OLD JOTE. ..... ? ? L NEW COTTON COVERING TO TAKE YOUR PLACE ON OUR COTTON BALES. ? ? ? ? L Process Which Will he Reiielit to Farmers Everywhere, and Which Will Kiirich the Inventor. Atlanta Constitution. A great experiment iti cotton covering is to tc made by the Alliance. It is an Atlanta patent, and It. Is probable hat Georgia, will be the tlrst of the cotton tat.es to lake hold of the matter In earnest. Tne experiment is planned on a gigantic eale.as every state Alliance, in the south vas interested In the linal experiment made 11 Atlanta yesterday, and every one of them vill be influenced oy Hie Javorable report to >e made. If the covering Is a success, the experlnent will make an epoch in the history of lie lleccy staple; and it goes without saying hat the A1 lnula man wno inveiueu mscuv iring will becomo a very rich man by It. On the 22nd of March there was a meeting n UlrmlnKliani of the National Business Yccnts' Association. All the State Alliance ixchanges, practically, were represented. One subject was the matter of a covering or cotton. A committee was appointed to make pracfcal tests, and to reccommmend some bagging. Tiiai committee was composed of Geo. Gnllher, business manager of the Farmers' Vlliunce Exchange, of Alabama; Hon. W. j. Peek, of Georgia; B. G. West, of Mississippi, and J. K. Maxwell, o/ Alabama. Yesterday In Atlanta the experiment with he King Cotton bale-covering was made. Mr. Gaitherwas present, representing the lommlttee. Col. L. F. Livingston was here n Colonel Peek's place. Mr. Oswald Wilon. Secretary of the National Business Agents' Association and others, were present. The experiment, all those present are igreed, was a complete success. TJ1E NEW COVERING. The same covering used yesterday was ua.le in Holyoke, Mass., by G'. B. Hewitt c Bros., the paper and glue men. In appearance the bagging Is about the liicknesn of ordinary white blotting paper >ut conser and stronger fibred. Ic tills Is a lne steel wire warp. Tills gives the covering strength and allows all flexibility. The ;overlng when bent holds Its position alnost hk rigidly an a thin sheet of tin. The body of the covering is ordinary paper itock, chemically treated to make it fire and vater proof. Fire colors the covering, but las no other effect. This covering Is put on the bale In either >f two ways?with ties, or without ties, using nstead a steel wire net. A prospectus says : "inis covering wm euua-iy (jmictt n. igainst damage from any ordinary exposure :o lire or water, and against dirt or mud vlilhi being handled In shipping. It will prevent accidental loss or waste from the mle, but can be conveniently sampled. By be use of this covering there will be no danjerof cotton fire, as has been the case hereore, caused from sparks from engines, :lgars, pipes, matches, etc. "This is a combined covering and bale tie. I'iie inside can be made from cotton stock md hulls of the seed, or from any other tibrous substance, made into a thick, tough ?aper, treated with asbestos, or any cheml:nl that Will prevent flre. The outside pnrt, )r tie, is made of web wire, which take* ;he place of the ties. Ordinary web wire Is .ised?using the widths suited to the size of ;he press, the selvageedge of the wire being lulled together while It is In the press with ivlre hooks, which are specially made, to the lelvadge edges, and can be as readily hooked while the bale is in the press, as the buckle :an be fastenpd on ties. "Tills covering can oe convemenuy ivorked on any of Ilie different size presses 11 use without any changes having to be nade." The exact nature of the chemical treatment to* make the covering ttre and water proof Is known only to Mr. H. O. King, the uven tor. The bagging weighs twenty-four pounds to :he bale?equal to, or exceeding, the weight if jute bagging. Mr. King proposes to guarantee that the ;ost per bale will not exceed IW cents. TO INTRODUCE IT. The committee?taking Mr. Uaither's word ror it?will make a yery strong and favorable eport. The formal report will be submitted to the National Business Agents' Association. "We will report at once, however," Mr. Jaithcr added, "by circular to various ex:hanges of the State Alliances of the cotton states. This is to introduce the covering as toon as possible. We have no authority to sontract for this new bagging: we were simily to investigate the matter fully and re.nrntnoliri Mm r>nverltifr we found best, ft ,vas expected, of course, that all the .Southern States would co-operate In the matter. "This Invention Is a great thing. The covering is superior to any I ever saw before, ind the committee will recommend It for durability, cheapness and protection It affords he cotton bale. "As I said beloro, we were not authorized o make contracts for the ;use of this or any >ther bagging. That is a matter In which sach state Alliance exchange will act for tself." Mr. King, the Inventor, has contracted for covering for 26,000 bales; which will be mough to test the covering thoroughly.] ["Ills covering as soon as It Is ready, will be listribuled about evenly amongst the southirn Alllnnceexchanges. "We can hope," he suys, "to cover only t comparatively small part or this years TOp. THE COMPANY, "We have all the money we need," said >Ir. King'yesterday. "Several of the fore11 osl business men of New York are Interested, and qultea number of prominent south aplialists. The company will be organized n New York between the 15th of May and he first of June. I have specified, In all the ibligatlons I have assumed, that the coverng is to be manufactured in the South. It vas simply a mutter of pride with mo. Just vhere the plant will be located I cannot say low." GREENWOOD S DELAYED LETTER. II Little Behind Time, Rut XevertlieIs Very Good. Gkkexwooi), 8. C., May 5,1801. The entertainment given at Wilson's Hull n Monday evening for the benefit of the lethodist church at this place proved a grand access. The concert under the management f Mrs. J. G. Glbbes, was exceptionally line. Linong the varied attractions, Mrs. Hatcher, f Augusta, and Mrs. DuPre captivated the udlence by their line singing. Boih were nuiusiasucaiiy encoreu. .inc recuauun uj Andy Crunch" brought flown the house, l beautiful cake, the handiwork of Mrs. ,ewls Moore, was voted to the most popular oung lady. Miss liessie McKellar received lie greatest, number of votes. The cake rounlit SiJ.SO. The finest musical talent or lie town was brought into requisition, aud te whole affair proved a most delightful one. Irs. Belton kindly tendered the use of lier ne upright piano. Bricks are being shipped to all parts of the tale by the brick companies, two car loads 111 be shipped to-day from one. The I'icnlc May Day was greatly enjoyed y the young people. Greenwood still expects tlic Cumberland lap Kail road. Mr. Cleveland of Spartanburg, visited reenwood lust week and predicted a brilant future for her. Mrs. Sophrcnla McGhee died last week, he was a most estimable lady, and her rath has made sad the hearts of many lends. She left a large and interesting famv of children. The friends of Mr. Frank Flemmlng are leased to know his health Is improving. Green wood's tax-payers met yesterday and mdo It a separate School district, levied a ix of two mills and made arrangements to urchase-tlie Female College of the Misses iles to be re-const ructed and fitted up for the raded school?which will be in operation 1st cptember next. Messrs. ('. A. C. Waller.T. F. Riley and I. L. arr were recommended ns trustees for this istnet. Messrs. Barksdale, Maxwell, F. T. Itnmonu and J, K. Blake the executors f tlie board. U.uI.a.. ,1,IA nllnn.1 ic Concert Monday evening. Mr. Will Itiimons nlso attended tlie Conorrt and asBtr-d the Greenwood String band. Mr. W. , Montgomery, of Spartanburg also took In ip Concert. Mr. W. I,. Durst will attend the Southern apt 1st Convention at .Birmingham this eek. Mr. S. F. Buchanuan died last week. A father, who thought lie knew the uswer to everything, wus asked by is little daughter : "Pop, when you're tirough milking a cow how do you urn it off?" lie has not answered et. ! From Mcformick. McCormick. S. C., April 1891. Nice rains make our farmers rejoice. The are pushing thines right,ahead. Miss Mamie Watson, one of Darnviile' accomplish youug ladles, was ihe guest c Miss Saurllla Smith lust week. Croquet Is quite a favorite game with ou young people now. The sociable at Mr. S. \V. Jennings last Fr day night was one of most enjoyable affali we have ever attended. A large crowd w? nressnt, and everything possible was done I make all enjoy themselves. Miss Fannie Jay, of Troy, has been vlsltin her sister, Mrs. Dr. Robinson. Dr. 15. A. Mattlson and bride arrived in ou city Monday. We welcome them In 01 midst and hope they will be well please wit their new home. Miss Minnie Gardner, of Edgeflld, paid oc town a short visit last Monday. Mr. J. S. Zachary and son are visiting reli tlves in Augusta. Mr. U. C. Fuller, of Longmlre, was in tow lai-f innnlr Tbe infant child of Mr. Jeff Harmon, die last Sunday and was burled yesterday. Itev. T. W. Sloan, of Troy, preached a flu sermon last Sabbath. Dr. Hunter and Hon. J. E. Bradley, of Hut ter'n, took tbe train here yesterday for Ai gusla. Train iMaster Hill, of Augusta, attended tk sociable at Mr. Jennlng last week. Several ol our business men bought propei ty at Calhoun Kalis. We were glad to see Mr. E. A. Searlcs on 01 streets last week. Our council is having our sidewalks put i good condition . This is something that hf been needed for sometime. DIXIE. Why Stivngcn Continue Savago. CAI'T. PKATT, INDIAN TEACHEK. Five million, two hundred an forty-six thousand, six hundred an thirteen foreigners immigrated to th United States between 18S0 and 189( The detailed census report is not y< out and we cannot tell how many tor gues were represented in this vas throng. We, ourselves, have seen s Castle Garden, New York., Arabs Turks, Russians, Norwegians Swedes Hermans. Italians. French. Snanist and tlie representatives of a fevv^ othe nations. They and their children ar with us to-day, but where are they Scattered everywhere in the ver midst of the best environment of ou America, they have abandoned thei languages, have abandoned Arabii Turkey, Italy, Russia, Spain, etc with all their former habits, and hav become Americans. 5,246,613 foreigr ers made American citizens in te years. 250,000 Indians, who were Ie tlians ten years ago, are all still pra< tically Indians. Why? Simply b< pause we will not allow them tne sam environment of America and our civil zation we do the others. Twenty-on foreigners for every Indian! Th foreigners made Americans and cit zens by being invited, urged, compel ed to this consummation by their sni roundings. The Indians remains Ir diaus simply because they are walle in 011 reservations and compelled b every force we can apply even to tb hedging about with guns, pistols an swords, to remain Indians. Suppose the 5,246,013 foreigners wh have immigrated to America in th past ten years instead of being distribi ted throughout our communities ha been sent to reservations?each natiot ality by itself, we ask if any reasor able person could, for one momeni anticipate that they would have mad any material progress in becomin Anglicized or Americanized. It is only when we do allow them t congregate in bodies together tha they give us trouble. Scattered am in contract on all sides with our ow: people they become of us. Massed ii communities by themselves the> more or less, oppose the principles am the spirit of our Government. Th negroes are about thirty times as man; in the United States as the Indians and yet they were savages of a ver; low state when brought to thiscountr; Now, because of environment, they ar English sneakinc and fellow citizens With the^e facts constantly before mt I have come to look upon all plan which congregate and isolate the In dians from the whites as against thei best interests.---The Red Man. Romnii Catholic Intolerance in Hex CO. Editor Christian Advocate: Sixtj six Protestants have given their live for their faith since Protestantism en tered Mexico, about twenty-five year ago. During the last few weeks tw murderous attacks hava been mad upon tbe Protestants by their Roma: Catholic neighbors. In our own mis sion the members of a small congrega tion uenr Puebla were assaulted abou midnight on April 28, aud arousei i from their sleep, to find a mob of Ro manists setting fire to their house and shooting into their humble home with rifies and pistols. Some were in jur^d, but providentially no one wa killed. On April 27, a mob of about fou hundred fanatics, headed by Anselmc Clniuez, a Roman Catholic priest, at tacked a Presbyterian congregation ii El Carro, near Zacatecas. Some of tb< Protestants' houses were destroyed the church was complete,y ruined the organ, hymn books, Bible, and ev ery thing else inside the church wa destroyed. Three Protestans weri killed and eight others severely injur ed. It is well known that the pries Chanez was the leader of the mob ne, Willi uuuiit 1U1 ly ui tuc i luicin) an in prison, and the Government wil doubtless punish them as they de serve. These are some of the difficulties w< find in evangelistic work in Mexico.? S. W. Siberts, in New York Advocate. Mexico, May 10. The Rhode Island Peace Society recently adopted the following: Resolved, That the wholesale wounding and killing of innocent human beings, called war, at the .behests oi politician and against the rights of the people, is cruel, barbarous, and wicked. Resolved, That for the settlment of -11 ? flmr.1 orn ail umpuica UClWVCli uauuiia I/U\,iv HIV better ways. By conciliation, negotiation, and nrbitration. Resolved, That we deprecate the effort of some Congressmen to create for ihe United States a large navy of battle ships and cruisers, entailing an expenditure of more than $300,000,000 on the people in the form of taxes, and rendering our peace less secure. Resolved, That working people are properly protesting against war, as they sufFer most from its torture and death, and, by labor, pay its costs. Resolved, 'Ihat we rejoice m the present succees and prospects of the peace cause. First, by the action of the PanrArperican Congress, declaring conquest inadmissible under American public law, and its provisions for arbitration. *4^* To insure growth, prune in autumn to promote fruitfulnesw, prune u; Spring. The OldcHt Methodl?t in Sontb Crn* S Una. 3 We learn tnat Mr. James Porter, fas miliarly known as "Uncle Jim?uief" is )f lying quite ill at the home of his son, /i ir Mr. C. C. Porter, near Westminister.'-*^ He has been a remarkable man and rl* has lived to a remarkable old age. Hb ?8 is now in his 100th year, having teeri ** :o born February 20, 1792. When a small boy only 12 years of age, he was 8 soundly converted and joined the 1 ir Methodist Church. His long life has -i '/ been a close walk with God. He has * been a class leader and exhorter in the ir Methodist Church for over 75 years.- ,.~M , He built the first tent at the Bandy Springs camp ground, in Anderson > a n County, and for many years thereafter a j attended the annual camp meetings at ^ that place. His piety has always been ie deeply spiritual and experimental,'and. he found much joy in telling to others ~^| what great things God had done for ;|ja him. And now in his extreme age ie and feebleness he seems to have no ffl r. other thought than that of blessing . | and praising God. His life prolongea-f>| ir is one continual hallelujah. The sight . .r> n of this dying saint would surely expel w all doubt from the mind of anv skep- ^ tic or infidel as to the reality or the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ. Un~ j til the last few months he has been ac- 'i tlve and strong. He would go about in the discharge of ordinary farm du- * d ties and could do a great deal of hoeing ij. " and. ploughing even to the last year.? From the Keowee Courier. Some Good Rales. it In an exchange we find the follow? it ing rules, which were very much en* ^jjg 5, forced upon us*when we were young, . 1 i 5. xi_ i_i_ ii i J -'3?7c! ?. ana we ao noi uiiuk tuev wouiu injure i, the world to be practiced now a little :r more universally : e Never exaggerate. ? Never point at another. , y Never betray a confidence. r Never wantonly frighten others. r Never neglect to call upon friends. ^ t, Never leave home with unkind%|| words. e Never laugh at the misfortune of ^ ?- others. n Never give a promise which you do i- not fulfill. > Never send a present, hoping for one J- in return. e Never speak much of your own per- 7 i- formances. e Never fail to be punctual at the time u?jpuiLiieu. i- Never make yourself the liero of I- your own story. r- Never pick the teeth or clean the -j i- uails in company. d Never fail to give a polite answer to y a civil question. e Never question a servant or a child d d about family affairs. Never present a gift, saying it is of ?j o no use to yourself. $3 e Never read letters that you may find i- addressed to others. d Never fail, if a gentleman, of being | i- polite and civil to ladles. I- Never nail attention tn the feat,area I, or form of any one present. e Never associate with bad company; g have good company, or none. Never look over the shoulder of ano other who is reading or writing. it Never appear to notice a scar, ded formity, or defect in" any- one prcueofc?^ Q Never refer to a gift you have made,. a or a favor you have rendered. Never arrest the attention of an ac- ' J quaintance by a touch; speak to him. ?, A Temperance Tale.?A mouse y Fell into a beer vat, px>r thing, and a y cat passing by saw tne struggling little e creature. Tne mouse said to the cat: > "Help me out of my difficulty." "it i do I shall ?at you," said the v s cat. i "Very well," replied the mouse. "I r would rather be eaten by a decent cat " '1 than drowned in such a horrible mess of stufl as this." It was a sensible cat, and said, "I '.; ? 1 certainly shall eat you, and you must promise me on your word of honor ' that I may do so." s "Very well, I will give you the '* promise." ' s So the cat fished the mouse out, and, 0 trusting to the promise, she dropped it ] e for an instant. The mouse darted ji Q away, and crept into a hole in the cor ' ner where the cat could not get him. * "But didn't you promise me I might t eat you ?" said puss. ^ "Yes, I did," replied the mouse, h "but didn't you know that when I ' s made that promise I was in liquor?" B And how many promises made in r liquor have been broken !?Selected. S t r r i oung people wno live in tnese aays of cheap postage, find it hard to realize that the time was when it cost six cents to send a letter thirty miles or , less, and twenty-five cents for a dietance over 450 miles. These rates were I established in 1792, and were propor~ tioned to distance as well as to weight. ^ People did not write many letters in those days, owing to these high rates ; " so in 1845 the government reduced the . phn l'ffAQ fn finpnta fnr lotf^rQ woiorh j ing not more than half an ounce, pro* j vitled tbey were not to be carried more than 300 miles. If the distance exceeded that, the charge \va9 ten cents. , In 1S51 a second reduction made the ' rate three cents for distances under 3,| 000 miles, while in 1863, ail restriction of distance in the country was taken off, and three-cent postage continued till October, 1S83, when the two-cent rate went into effect. Since 1847, when the first postage stamp was made, there have been 100 varieties is sued. A collection of all of them would be a valuable treasure for any ' boy or girl. A Witty Answer Brought Sue cess.?A young newspaper man who last spring found himself in Whitman County, Washington, 500 miles from his base of supplies and "broke" hired out to a farmer. He was set to plow1 ing with a pair of horses, but both man and beasts being new to the business, the furrows looked as if they were the result of an earthquake rather than of design, so crooked and zigzag were they. At the close of the day the fanner rather testily criticised the job. The newspaper man felt that his doom was sealed, but mustered courage to reply : "I know the rows are rather crooked, but the sun was exceedingly hot to-d:iy, and it warped > them." The answer turned away the"~~*^ farmer's wrath, and, instead of being discharged, the newcomer was given a much easier and pleasanter job, and is now the farmer's son-in-law. ^ It is better, if the will of God be so, that ye sufl'er for well doing, than for evil doing.