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las. T. Bacon. ThosJ. Adams. EDITORS. E. KEESE, Corresponding Editor. Edgefield, S. C., Jan. 2?, 1880. The Withdrawal of the Penitentiary Convicts. The Penitentiary convicts that have been distributed throughout the State upon various public works, thus lay ing a broad and deep foundation for the development of the State's resources and Its future and lasting prosperity, have boen, by a recent order of the board of Penitentiary Directors, recalled to Co lombia, and 100 of them, or more, we understand, have been hired out to one of the members of the board to work his farmnear the city ; and the Railroads that are being built by convict labor and which are of grand importance to South Carolina, are to be abandoned, and the convicts hired out to private parties for private purposes, because it is said that the Penitentiary must be made self sus taining, and private persons will pay more per month than Railroad Corpora tions. It strikes us that this is a very shortsighted policy; indeed, it would appear to be the inaugurating of a huge money making ring-did not the high character of the members of the board preclude any such idea. But ?till we must say, that when they propose to sac rifice the immense interests that they might foster, and build up with this con viet labor, to the mere temporary advan tage which they would gain by hiring on? convicta Jfro private cttizens^ they make a grievous, blunder. And a blunder in public policy is a crime. It is true that it has always been diffi cult to make the Penitentiary svstem self-sustaining. Even in the great State of New York, the Penitentiary until re cently, has been a burdeu to the tax payer; but no such trouble stares ns in the face. Every convict sent to work upon a Railroad or Canal is self-sustain in; from the moment ho leaves the walls of his prison. We hope that the matter of recalling the convicts will be recon sidered. We cannot afford to follow the lead of Georgia in this regard, whose name, fair in other respects, is so badly smirched by her system of hiring ont "rv^nv1-?*", in** twa lahaw ot mm<mmy ivrvncu'.t. j be devoted to some public work, and al low no member of the Board of Direc tors to have the use of one single convict in any way, shape or form, or the Board itself will forleit the respect ot all good el tizona, Of course the immediate result of with drawing the convicts from our Railroads would be to stop all work upon them, and they might as well be abandoned It was the tacit understanding with our Edge?eld and Aiken road, at least, that we should have the convicts until the road was completed. Otherwiseonr town and citizens never would have commenc ed building it. And we think that good tai th upon the part of the State will re quire it to leave our convicts with us un til this Road be finished. Proceedings of the Corporators of the Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad Company. The Great Project Is Wisely and Steadily Started. Pursuant to notice, given under the n^w charter of the ' Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad Company, by the President and Secretary, as required by said charter, the Corporators met at Tren ton on Friday, the 16th January, 1880, to reorganize the Company by electing a President and ten Directors. ?) ? Ca pfc Tiswjs Jones, the^afflci??*^-?*??oi^ ' dout'of the Edgefield Branch Company? was called to the Chair, and A J. Nor ris, Esq , requested to act as Secretary. The roll of the Corporators was called, and a quorum answered to their names. The meeting proceeded at once to elect a President. Capt. Lewis Jones was nom inated and unanimously elected Presi dent of the new Company. Ou motion of Mr. Rockwell, of Aiken, it was resolved that the Chair appoint a committee of one from Edgefield, Aiken, Trenton, and Charleston, each, to nomi nate a suitable Board of Directors. Af ter a brief discussion as to the number of Directors to be elected from each place, the committee, which consisted of Messrs Rockwell, Clark, Gary, (and Dr. Teague acting for Charleston, there being no delegate present from that city) retired. Ou the return of the committee, they reported the following persons for Direc tors: Edgefield, A. J. Norris, J. W. Hill and M. W. Gary ; Trenton, George W. Wise and T. H. Clark ; Aiken, J. Ii. Beckman, B. .P. Chatfield and B. H. Teague; Charleston, George Lamb Buist aud h". W. Wagner. The report of the committee was adopted, and the above named directors unanimously elected. The meeting of the Corporators then adjourned, and A meeting of the Board of Directors was immediately called by the President. A. J. Norris, Esq , was oleoted iSecretory and Treasurer of the Company. It was resolved that the Presi dent take charge of the convicts and have them guarded and cared for until they eau be transferred to the work between Trenton and Aiken. It was resolved further that the President proceed at once to have the road located between Trenton and Aiken by the Engineer of the Company, and that he confer with the Directors at Aiken and Trenton and . ascertain their views as to the most prac tlcabie and desirable route. It was resolved further that the Direc tors at Aiken and Trenton, respectively, be requested to confer with the people and authorities of their respective towns, and have submitted to them the question whether they will subscribe the amount authorized in the charter. It was resolved further that it be left with the President to arrange the terms of compensation of the Engineer, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors It was resolved further that the Presi dent take steps to secure the right of wav Inmediately upon the location of the road It was resolved further that the next meotiugof the Directors be held at Aiken, upon the call of the President. Since this meeting, President Jones has left our town, full of earnestness and determination, and will immediately vis it many places and interview many in dividuals and corporations in the interest of the projected rosd. Next week we shall speak further in behalf of this un. dertaking which promises such a new and magnificent lease of life to old Edge field. A Faithful Legislator. We take pleasure in stating that Col. Jos H. Earle, a member of the Legis lature from Sumter County, voted every time against adjournment, deeming it his duty to remain In Columbia until all the business was carefully considered and disposed of. We are informed that Col. Earle, although compelled to return to Sumter frequently during the Session, traveled at his own expense, declining to take the benefitof a free Railroad pass. -Sumter True Southron. The term of Senator Bruce, the only colored United States Senator left in that body, will soon expire. The contest for bis successor lies between Mr. Barks dale and Mr. Singleton. But, in case of a disagreement to unite upon either, it is ?aid that Mr. Houston, a former law partner of Mr. Lamar, will be the dark horse, compromise candidate. THE CLEMENTS ATTACHMENT. A Running History of the Cotton Plant ' From the Earliest Ages.-Eli Whit ney. and'Lewis Tresband Clements. Mr. Keese Visits the New Process Mill at Westminster and De scribes HS Operatics ?Its Re sults and Its Promises.-He ls Evidently a "Believer hi Clements* Invention, and Enlightens the Public up on this Great Question. OCONEE COUNTY, Jan. 17,1880. Dear Advertiser: The breezes that sweep over the tops of my native hills are no less pure and bracing than in the days of yore. The shimmering shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains are still suggestive of a thousand memories as sociated with song, and with legendary lore. The hymns of the snowy cascade continue to fall upon the ear with a mur muring that is mournful ; and yet soft, sweet and soothing as the lullaby of a loving mother. The rocks, the whodst the streams, the valleys, the hillocks and the fawia greet the eye on every side like troops of familiar friends. But all else, how changed-and all for the bet ter! Instead of Indifference and sloth, there 1B taste and energy. Instead of ig norance, there is knowledge ; for every section has a school or a college Instead of inconvenience and the want of a mar ket, there ?B quite a number of Railway stations, as well as rapid transit to the East, to the West, and to the broad At lantic at Charleston. Instead of painful manual labor, therein cunningly devised machinery to co-operate with the rush ing streat. lets for the benefit of man kind. And.thus, I am led to speak of our fleecy staple in confection with mod ern improvement*. \ All nations find\a use tor colfirm. The very word itself, from the Arabic, Kolon, bas a magic spell for the commercial world. Even in Angola, Africa, Dr. Liv ingstone found this plant flourishing in a prolific condition, and the women spin ning the lint " with a spindle and distaff exactly like those which were in use among the ancient Egyptian?." The earliest* notice of cotton is by the histori an, Herodotus, about the year -150 before Christ. The Egyptian mummies are al ways fouud wrapped in li non cloths. The inference is that cotton goods were un known among tho tribes of a remote an tiquity. From Hindost?n, cotton cloth was brought by degrees into Greece and . Romei and before the christian era, tins fabric was used by Verres, id Sicily, as a oovering for his tents. The "ty of Calicut, on the West coast of the East Indies, gave a name to tho gaudy but useful article known as calico. Cotton thread, as seen in tho World's Fair, bas been mutie, so fine in England, that a pound of this gossamer stuff would have reached one thousand and twenty six miles. The late Rev. William Ward, missionary at Serampore, speaks of mus lins in Bengal of a texture so exquisite that lying upon the grass and covered with dew, it became invisible. In the American colonies, according t* Pin chas's Pilgrims," cotton seed were first planted as an experiment in 1(121 ; the plant, however, was but little known except in gardens, until after the revo lutionary war. In 1784, 8 bags, shipped to England, were seized on the ground that so much cotton could not have been produced In the United States ! In 1786, the first sea island cotton was raised on the coast ol Georgia; the seeds were from the Bahamas, the species having been introduced there from Anguilla, one of the Leeward isles. In 1793, the cotton gin was invented tty Eli Whitney, who was born in Westbor ougb, Massachusetts, December S, 1765, and died in New Haven, Connecticut, January 8,1825. Whilst reading law in Georgia at the house of Gen. Greene's Avidow.\he drew out some iron wire and Ippstraeted a"uVa^iu"e"?ors?p^??n^cr^?^T?l^, quired a hand a day to clean a pound< was better prepared for market by his celebrated gin at the rate of three hun dred pounds per da}'. Thia invention gave an extraordinary impetus to the culture of cotton. i.s a token of grati tude and regard, South Carolina gave Mr. Whitney fifty thousand dollars, and North Carolina allowed a percentage for the use of each saw for five years, and collected and paid it over to the patentees in good faith. But Whitney, involved in many lawsuits on account of infringe ments on his patent, and being worn out by vexations, at last turned his attention to the manufacture of fire arms for tho general government, from which he reap" ed a handsome fortune. The pioneers of all enterprises aro apt to lose money, besides encountering un expected difficulties The inventor of the uew process yarn mill i& no excep tion to the general rule. He never lived to see bis ingenious contrivance put into practical operation. The history of this patriotic man becomes interesting at this juncture. Lewis Tresband Clements was born in 1803, on Stone's river, in Ruth erford county, Tennessee. With a lim ited education, he learned the trade of a glnwrlght and a furniture maker. He was afterwards engaged in a small facto ry for spinning cotton yarns. Whilst so engaged, he saw the disadvantages of manipulating with complex machinery the tangled and mutilated fibres of cot ton from the plantation gins. This led to deep thought, and he soon conceived the grand idea of his wonderful " At tachment," which ia destined to make the Cotton States prosperous and inde pendent. But just after obtaining a pat ent for his useful invention, be was fa tally injured by an accident?t Mill Creek bridge on the Nashville and Murfroes boro turupike, and died 22d November? 1800, in the 07tb yoar of his life. It is said that Mr. Clements' family now share in the profits arising from the famous at taohment. Las* week, I went to soe the " Clem ents' Attachment" at work on Choestoee Creek, about two miles South of West minster Station on tho Piedmont Air Line Railroad in Oconee county, S. C. The stocknolders are Messrs. John W. Shelor, M. Stoke? Strlblingand John V# 8trlbling. Mr. George T.Stri hiing is the Superintendent. John W. Shelor and M. Stokes Stri hiing aro bot. successful farm ers, and enjoy a high reputation for pro bity, energy and intelligence. The other two gentlemen, just named, are promis ing young men, and well trained to busi ness. The cost of the Mill and tho ma chinery-some of lt good second hand - was about thirty-seven hundred dollars. The net profit realized by the company last year, as I am informed, was one cent upon each pound of seed cotton ginned and spun. The capacity of one Clements Attachment is about one hundred and fifty thousand pounds of seed cotton per annum. But the Westminster Company did not use this amount last year on ac count of the drouth, which weakened the water power. Tho sheen, smoothness and strength of this yarn are truly ad mirable. Entire pieces of cloth are mado of it without breaking a thread ! I saw a single thread of number six, made here, sustain the weiglitof a bunch of yarn weighing five pounds. It is no wonder then that the Company now have orders for yarns three months ahead, with quotations iu Philadelphia at twen ty-two and a half cents per pouud. The Superintendent avers that it is impossi ble to glut the market. "Loom Shops" are numerous, and they will increase as fast as the Clements Attachment can be pat into operation. It is said to be no trouble to keep seed cott m on hand all the year. If packed away dry, it is im proved by age--the fibre being thus cen- ' dored oily, silky and pliable. A bouse cos ingone hundred dollars will shelter seed cotton enough to supply one new process Factory for twelvo months. The Choestoee Creek here is only six horse power. It has been ascertained that a second Attachment in the same building only adds about one-third to the expense of runni ng a single machine. This West minster Cotton Mill bogan to spin cotton about 1st April, 1878. But after all, what is the "Clements Attachment?" It is some himpla ma. ehiuery for preparing from seed cotton a superior specimen o? sliver. By the way, sliver is uothiug but a cotton roll with out any twist. All the spinning is done by tboordinary Dan forth spinning frames -two hundred and sixty-four spindles, for one Attachment. Connecta modified Whitney gin with a Wellman Top Flat card, and you have Ute A ttachment in a frame occupying but little more space th?n tho ordinary gin. Let us go a little more into detail. The seed cotton is first run through a cleaner, which, armed with large "crooked spikes of iron, re volving twelve hundred times per min ute, separates the locks of tho fleecy sta ple, knocking and blowing out nearly all the trash, sticks, and dirt. The cot ton thus nicely cleaned, is then carefully weighed so as to put one pound and two ounces upon a space of forty-two square inches of the endless apron, or feed ta ble, which drops the cotton through a chute into the gin, which turns only one hundred and fifty times per minute-a great deal less than the ordinary speed. By this slow ginning, the cotton fibres are not tangled, nor chopped up into short pieces. Five-sixths, or more, of these fibres are kept parallel to each other while on their course, and the same ends continue foremost. Hence it is, that the cards can accomplish four or five times as much as is done in the same length, of time by the o??i method. The Attach ment gin'has sixty-four saws occupying about the space ol forty saws in th? or dinary gin, and the teeth are not so long as in other gins. The diameter of the saws in the Attachment is seven inches, and there are thirteen teeth to the inch. The brush is made much closer than the ordinary gin brush, and it is only nine inches in diameter, making three hun dred revolutions per minute. From this brush, the card?, with one hundred and fifty turns per minute, aro distant about one-eighth of an inch. The cotton seeds drop cleaner from thiB gin than from any I have ever seen, and the general waste is abruma. impercep? blo._ A few more particulars, and I am done. The Westminster New Process Yarn Mill requires the labor of seven young boys and girls, betides the Superintend ent-operative and contingent expenses, four dollars and fifty cents per day. The Attachment dispenses with openei, pick er- and hipper ; also the press, compress, bagging and ties. The microscope shows that the fibres of cotton are covered with little hooks, linking each fibre *o the other, and thus producingstrong thread. Those little hooks are broken and worn off by rapid ginning, and by the old pro cess of making yarns out of dry, harsh cotton in the bale, which has lost all the essential oil issuing from the seeds. lt seems to me that the " Clements At tachment" is a good thing fur the Cotton States But if I were forced to give ad vice to my worst friend, I would say: hasten slowly ami look well before you leap. If you want to make an invest ment of your money, make careful cal culations, and then divide all the sup posed net profits by two, so that there may be no disappointment. Straws show the direction of breezes. Judging from tlie crowds of travellers that I saw tho other day on boaid of the splendid ears of the Greenville* Colum bia Railroad, i would venture to say that the people begin to feel the tidal wave of returning prosperity. 9o mote it be. ._, K. K. h THEKRRdoK IN THE TAX ACT. The Case Already liefere the Supreme (unrto-Almost a Certainty of an Extra Session. Tho Comptroller-General has been mandamused on his refusal to execute the Supply Act as it now stands, and the case U already before the Supreme Conrt. The argument of the case began befire this Court on Monday last. ; and before the end of th? week it is likely that the Court will have rendered its decision. Thia de cision in all probability will be (hat the Supply Act is no Act af all, in which 'event the Legislature will itnmediate'y 1 e reconvened. As regards this important matter, the Register of Tuesday morning speaks as follows : Thc Supply Act case was argued before a full bench of the Supreme Court yester day by Attorney General You mane and John T. Rhett, Esq. with great ability and exhaust! ve examination, a report of which will be found in another column. The Court gave great attention to the argu ments of counsel, who, as was understood, rather occupied the position of atnici cur ia- than as barristers holding a retaining fro. This is just as it should be, and we have not the slightest doubt that the opinion of the Court will be received with much satisfaction, although we do not permit ourselves to doubt what that de cision will be. Whatever it be, it will be law until overruled by itself or a court of superior jurisdiction. So far as this case is concerned, the decision of the Court will be final, as it has no superior. For that reason, if none other, the Court will not temporize with the issues involv ed, but simply declare the solemn law of the case, fall a3 it may. Thi? is the only way to settle grave constitutional questions, as they al way? do, great popular rights. Constitutions are made to preserve the rights of the people, to protect the rights of minorities, and guard the essential at tributes of a well balanced social organ ization, so that even the breath of tho multitude shall not, destroy the lifo of the State and dethrme society. The Courts are made the living exponents and sacred guardians of these fundamental proposi tions of civilized ride ; and very properly so, so long as they are non-partisan, and not governed by mere expediency in con struing what has been well called the People's Law. Tho only sentence the Court can pronounce in such cases is, " Lex Scripta est.," and so it must be obeyed. Although there is some talk of holding the National Democratic Convention in Washington, thero ia not the least proba bility that that city will be selected. Doing Their Duty. The County Commissioner?) of Aiken have paid all debts contracted during the 3'oar, the debts contractod by the first Bet of Democratic Cnn missioners, the inter est on the debt contracted by the former Republican Commissioners, and have money left to pay off the Jury when-oourt moets. Chicago ls suffering with a blockade from wheat. The city ia full to overflow ing with it, and everything is filled with the precious grain. Thirty million bush els are in the city, notwithstanding the efforts of the railroads to remove it. Oarfield has been elected Senator from Ohio to succeed Senator Thurman. f?en. Garfield, upon being chosen Sen ator, paid tho following graceful and merited compliment to bia predecessor: " I recognize tho importance of the place to which yon have elected mo, and I should bo baso if I did not also recognize the great man whom you have elected me to succeed I say for him that Ohio has had few larger minded, broader minded in*n in the record of our history than that of Allon G. Thurman." Self-Closing Mortgages of land for sale at the ADVERTISE!! Office. Pensions to Soldier* ot' the Mexican and Indian Wars. We publish the following Bill introduc ed in the House of Representatives ten days back, by Mr. Coffroth, of Pennsylva nia, lithe Bill should pass, it would place on the pension list a large number of Southern men who served in the Mexi can war, and will be an act of tardy jus tice to the few now living who fought in the Creek aud Seminole wars in 1335 to 1842. We earnestly hope and pray thai the Bill will paBs : A bill granting pensiona to certain sol diers and sailors of the Mexican and other wars therein named, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c, That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, au thorized and directed to place on the pen sion roll the names of the surviving offi cers and enlisted men, including militia and volunteers of the military and naval services of the United States who served sixty days in the war of 1846 .and jgjjjj with Mexico, who served thirty days" m*T the Creek war ot 1835 and 1836, or in the Florida war with the Seminoles from 1835 to 1842, or the Black Hawk war of 1832, and were honorably discharged, and to such other officers and soldiers and sailors as may have been personally named in any resolution of Congrt&s for any specif ic service in said wars, although their term of service may have been less than<f sixty days, and who shall subscribe an-' oath to support the Constitution, of tte United State?, and the surviving 'vidows of such officers and enlisted men : Pro vided, That Bach widows have nit re married. SEC. 2. That this act shall not apply to any person who is receiving a pension at the rate of $S or moie per month, nor to an person receiving a pension for l<$&i than $8 per month, except for the differ-? ence between the pensions now received and $8 per month. Pensions under this, act shall be at the rate of $8 per mouthy except as herein provided 68 to persons* now receiving a pension for lesB than $8 per month. All pensions under this act shall be paid from and after the pas sage of thia act for and during the natural lives of the persons entitled thereto. SEO. 3 That before the name of any person shall be placed on the pension rolf under this act proof shall be made, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, of therigbt of the applicant to a pension ; and any person who shall falsely and corruptly take any oath required under this act ?hall be deemed guilty of psrjurv ; and the Sec retary of the Interior shall cause tu be stricken from the pension roll the naino of any person whenever it shalt be-^a?ej^1 appear by proof satisfactory to him that such name was put upon such roll throat false and fraudulent representations, and that s-uch person ie not entitled to a pen sion under this act. The loss of the certi ficate of discharge shall not deprive ?ny person of the benefits of this act, but otb-J er evidence of an honorable discharge may be deemed sufficient; and that when*any person has been granted a .land warrant under any act of Congress for and on si count of service in the said wars, such grant shall be prima facie evidence of his service and honorable discharge, but such evidence shall not be conclusive and may be rebutted by evidence that suoh land warrant wa> fraudulently granted ortnv tai ned. SEC. 4. That the provisions of sections 4745,4746,4747, 474$,-and 4766 of the Revised Statutes of the United Statf-s nie hereby made a part of this act so fur as the same are applicable ; and no law or laws now in force which in ?ny way con ftict with the provisions of this act shall be applicable to the survivors of the wars above mentioned, or be so construed as lo deprive them of ?be benefits of this act. SEC. 5. That section 4716 of the Revis ed Statutes is hereby repealed. SEC. 6. That the provisions of this act shall not apply to any person while under the political disabilities imposed by lb? fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States. School Claims. last session provides that any school fulids now or hereafter remaining in the hands of any County Treasurer for any school district in his county, alter the payment of all claims for school purposes fer the fiscal tear for which such funds respec tively were collected for such school ilis trict, may be applied to the payment of any claim for school purposes in and forf such school district. Quinine can be bought for $2.60 against 3.70 paid a year ago, when consumers bad to pay the American manufacturers a tax of $700,000 or $800,000 on the article. Tbe whole tariff needs revision. The fall of thc price of quinine shows the great alvantage to the people ot such revision. They should demand it. -1 i ?mi i i REV. CHARLES MANLY, D. D.-The gentleman named above, recently elected pastor of the Baptist Church in this city, having accepted the call, arrived in Green ville last week, willi his family, and is now one of our citizens. On Sunday be took charge of the high and exalted posi tion to which he was chosen, preaching in the morning at ll o'clock and again at night. He has made a most favorable impression with those who listened to him.-Greenville Advertiser, .Masonic Officers. At a regular communication ot Saluda Lodge, No WI, A. F. M., the following officers were duly elected and installed to serve the ensuing yoar : A. P. West, W. M, H. M Hardy, 8. W. E. P. West, J. W. J. J. Rauch, Sec'ry Jesse Derrick, Treas James Hair, S. D. W. E. Matthews, J. T) S 8. Shealy, \ HUWMrt?M ll P. Whitman , aiewar,,t Wm. Rinehart, Tiler. [?mental. MARRIED, at the residence ol' W. A. Merritt, at Ridge Spring, 8. C., Dec,24, 1879, by Rev. A. P. Norris, Mr. J. A. COLLUM and MISH LILA MErRi-rr. MARRIED, in Columbia, at the 'resi dence of the bride's lather, Januaf&J5, 1880, by Rev. J. B. Mack, D. I)., Col. T C. LIPSCOMB, of Ninety-Six, 8. C., and Miss ELIZABETH C., eldest daughter of Prof. W. H. Orchard. MARRIED, on Tuesday, (?th inst., by Rev. O. W. Bussey, at the residence of the hilde's father, Mh?a LULA CORT.EY and Mr. ROBBRT JONES, of Georgia. MARRIED, OU Thursday afternoon, 15th inst., by Rev. G. W. Bussey, at the resi dence of the bride's father. Miss MAOOIE TOMPKINS and Mr. HARRY 8. HILL. COMMERCIAL. YESTERDAY'S MARKET. Corrected Weekly from the Augusta Evening News. AUGUSTA, GA., Jan. fl, 1879. COTTON. Tone of the Market:-Firm and steady. Ordinary. Good Ordinary.Hi Low Middling. lljf Middling . M2i Good Middling . 128 To Rent. 1 rvQ ACRES of LAND, in Merl JL\J? wether Township, on Martin town road and Fox's Creek, adjoining lands of A. J. Hammond, J. W. Harrie and J. J. Bunch, will be rented fnr-the present year, or sold to an approved pur ?haser upon reasonable turin?. Apply to H D. Hudson. 178 Broad street. Au gusta, OB., or to J L. Addlnon, Kdge Ileld C. H. H. D. HUDSON, J. L. ADDISON, Jan 20, 1880. 2t7 e ADVERTISER and the AMERI CAN AGRICULTURIST one year for $3 23. Tjhe AGRICULTURIST is the beat agricul tural journal in America. Apply at this e^ftce. Sec advertisement with the big 5. $2.50 pays for both the CHICAGO WEEK LY NEWS" and tbe ADVERTISER for one ?ear, posta . e paid. Send subscriptions kthis office. o Delinque?! Land Sales. AUDITOR'S OPKIOE, ) Edgelleld C. H., S. C., \ January 20, 1880. J THE Delinquent Lund Sales nf Edge field County will take pince at the Treasurer's office on the lirst Monday in .February, 1880. Blocker Township. J J McDowal, .316 acres. JP Philips, 179 acres. Coleman Township. ' W P Butler, 1656 aerea. B M Kidson, 170 acres ' Mrs Emily E Mobley, 450 acres. Simeon Smith, 78 acres. Jina Vines, 47 acres. iffr-Jtluiet Township. George Graham, 150 ?cres. Nancy Graham, 100 acres. t D Vaughn, 50 acres. Cooper Township. Jerry Butler, I?H acres. W C Griffin, 226 acres. Luey R Jone?, 4M) aeren. Gray Township. Ben C Adams, 100 acres. Meriwether Township. George Boswell, 300 acres W W Burnett, 150 acres. Mrs S E Gardner, 430 acres Mobley Township. W ll Adams, 130 acres. Annie E Dodie. 120 acres. Mary Boukuight, 385 turres. Tilomas Jones, 150 aeres. W T Wooten, 78 acres. Norris Township. Warren Kirkland, 100acres. Pickens Township. Mrs Sue M Arthur, '? buildings. D T Vaughn, 175 aeres. J'ine drove Town nh ip. W S Mobley, 516 acres. J A Richardson, 780 acres. J K Smith, 60 acres. H A Tiuimertnan, 140 acre*. Mrs 0 Wright, 178 acres. Levi Bledsoe, 8;> acree. Wood Kree, 50 acres. Sallie Buzzard. 138 acres. Martha McDowal, 125 acres. Ryan Township. Elizabeth Freeman, M) a<-r. t? Catharine Robertson, 43o acres. A W W Weed, HA seres. Nancy H.dlowi.y, 160 acres. ?ihUw Township J L Addison, 150 acres. - Mrs Polly Booth. 2Uu acres. . Talbert Township. Adam Barker, 250 acres. Washington Township. Mrs M M Butler, 500 ac ivs. B FSharpton, 111 acres. {Prod Township. Mrs Harriett Bush, 210acree. J R Lewis, 72 acres. M D McBride, 138 acres. Wise Township. Mrs Sue M Arthur, 1 building. J C Wise, 200 acros. BENNETT PRRRV, Jan 20,1880. 2l7J Auditor E. C. DP:SIR0US of retiring from active business, I have disposed of my in ' . t in the firm of John M. Clark A Co. y sons, who will continue the busi ness of the old finn. Thanking my friends for their liberal patronage during the past many years, I ask a continuance of the same for the new firm. [Signed] JOHN M. CLARK. Augusta, Ga., Jan. I, 1880. Notice of Dissolution. TUE finn of Walton A Clark is this day dissolved by the withdrawal of the undersigned and the disposal of his interest to bis lat': partner, who will se*- . tie the liabilities and collect the debts of I the late firm. In retiring I cordially ? commend to the patronage of my friends our successors, JNO M. CLARK'S SONS. [Signed] ROB'T. WALTON. Augusta, Ga., Jan. 1, 1880. Referring to the above notices, tho un- j dersigned announce that they have form- ? ?>nfinnWtH8r&^ nectiou with the Flour aud Cotton Manu facturing interests. JOH N M. CL A UK'S SONS. ] Jan 21, 1680 417 ; GUANO ! ~ ?TAH? ! COTTON ! V^/OME and get your Guano while the roads are lu good order. We sell EUREKA for i Ml Iba. Cotton. ORIENT .? " ?? Payable lut November. All we ask ls for the Plant r to xam lue tho Analysis and notice what some of our best Planters have to say. WISE & MAX??KT, Jan 21, 1S30. tf7] Treeton, S.C. SCHOOL N0T?CE. MR. P H. BA ERM A NN respectfully announces here with, that on the 12th day cd' January, 1880. hn will re open his SCHOOL at his residence. He asks for a share of pat ronage from tho citizens of Edgefield. French, German and Latin? Terms very resonable, and the lan iruage-i without extra charge. P. H. BAERMANN. Jan. I-BL -I Notice. IHEREBY give notice that I will make a final settlement as admluis trator in the Estate of Beni. McDowell, dec'd., at the office of the Judge ot Pro bate tor Edgefield County, on Monday, 16th February, 1880, and apply for a dis charge in said FM tu: e. D. C. TOMPKINS, Adm'or. Est. BenJ McDowell. Jan 14, 1880. 4vf. (HESAPEAS We arc Ager Popular brand o WALTON & CLAI the entire sat.isfa used it. Will also sell PH A T E. 9B* Pri?es as I tilizers of equal JNO. M. Successors lo January 21, 1S80. WE WILL CAST IRON, BRA The Highest Cash Price, o CIRCULAR SAW HILLS, STEAM ENGINE ERS, PULLEYS, GEARING, WATER A IRON and BRASS CASI REPAIRING DONE & MILL MACHINERY GEO. lt. LOM HARD Forest City Foundry Above Passenger Deuof, Near the F. Jan. 21. 18S0-ly 22 GULLETT GIN WORKS, ^5cTja-XJSTA., GA. PLANTERS who wish to have their COTTON GINS, OE ANY MAKE, repaired by first class workmen, should write us at once, and have tho work done in early spring, when wo are noi crowd ed with work. Terms easy. Price* moderate. Gin Saws and Brushes repaired in the best manner. Address, O. M. STOVE & CO.. AruosTA, GA., Agents for GULLETT G1 ?, Plantation ENGINES, SEPARATORS, SAW MILLS, tau Jan. 14, 1880._2 m fi Boarding House. ON the 1st of January, I will open a BOARDING HOUSE in tho Car wile Residence at JOHNSTON, S. C., for the accommodation of the public. My main object in coming to Johnston is to educate my children, and having ample facilities, I can accommodate fifteen or twenty boarders. Persons desiring to send their children to our Johnston Academy, will find a retired and pleas ant home Promising to give the chil dren entrusted to my care my strict per sonal supervision, all remissness will bo promptly reported. The patronage of Clerks and the traveling public is re spectfully solicited, promising to do all in my power to promote their comfort. In addition to ruy Boarding House. I will also give MUSIC LESSONS, at tho usual rates. Mas. JOHNSON A. ULAND. Jan 1, 1830. 3U> Notice to Teachers of Public Schools. THE genera! examination of appli cant? for Teachers1 Gradi d Certifi cates, for Edgefield Comity, will be held at Edgelield C. H , on and aft r the !5th day of January, 1880. Teachers holding thirst and Second tirade Certificates is sueu in 1879. and desiring them renewed, will furnish the County Hoard of Exam mers satisfactory ?vindico of continued good character and efficiency as teachers. All applicants holding Third Grade Cer ti li cates, must appear before the Board for examination as heretofore. The Froo Schools will ho opened on Monday, the 2nd day of February, IHK), at which time School Trustees will be informed of the apportionment coining to their respective School Districts. J. W. KIDSON, S. C. E. C. Jan 12, 1880. 2l<? Take Notice. ALL porsons indebted to the under signed, either by note or account, will suvn cost and trouhhi by making payment at once WM. G K ERN AG ll AN, Johnston S. C., Jan. If>, issn-tf ti. THE WEEKLY SEWS. 1880. roE mx A Mammoth Newspaper. With tho first issue, in .Imiuarv, lS.su, the WEEK LY N EWS, Charleston, S. Ci., will be enlarged hy two additional J* .viii then be A GREAT SIX PAGE WEE X. Nine long columns on each page The length and width of the columns, and the style of type, gi ve the W KKX LY N KWR a larger quantity of muling matter than any paper ever published in South Caro lina. No increase in tho price. $2 A Year. 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Every Number furnishes the latest in formation in regan! to Fashions in dross and ornament, the newest and most ap proved patterns, with descriptive arti cles derived from authentic and original sources; while the Stories, Poems and Essays on Social and Dom esl ic Topics, give variety to ?Ls columns. The Volumes of tho HAZAH begin with the first number for January of each year. When no trino ls mentioned, it will be understood that the subscriber wishes to commence with thu number next after Ibu receipt of his older HARPERS PERIODICALS. HARPERS MAGAZINE, 1 year, $1 00 HARPERS WEEKLY, " -100 HARPERS BAZAR, " " -1 00 The THREE publications, " " IO 00 Any TWO, one year,.7 00 HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, ? 150 Terms for large clubs furnished on ap plication. Postage free to all subscribers in Hie United States or Canada. Tho Annual Volumes of HAUPKK'.H BASAR, In neat cloth binding, will bo sent by express, free of expense (pro vided the freight does not exceed ono dollar per volume), for ?7 each. A com plete set, comprising Twelve Volumes, sent?n receipt of cash at tho rate of $5 25 per volume, freight at the expenso of j purchaser. Cloth Cases for each volume, suitable for binding, will bo sent bj- mail, post paid, on receipt of $1 each. * i Remittances should be made " y Post Office Money Order or Draft, tu avoid I chance of loss. Address, 11A R PE R A B ROT 11E RS, New York. I ian. N, 1880 ti e K GUANO! its for the above f Guano, sold by LK Last season to etion of all who ACID PHOS jow as other fer merit. CLARK'S SONS. Wallon Si Clark, AUGUSTA, OA. 2uw PAY FOR SS AND COPPER, r Take in Exchange for s, SHAFTINOS, GRIST MILLS, HAN? VHEELS, GOLD MINK MACHINERY, riNas, and GIN Rurs. & SUPPLIES of all kinds FURNISH RD. & CO., Proprietors, and Machine Works, levufor, Anoint i. flu. HOLMES ty BURNETT, 11S. C., AVE in Store (and will keep a full Stock at all times) a very complete line ot FAMILY GROCERIES and PLANTATION SUPTLIES, suelvas FLOUR, MEAL. LARD, BACON, MOLASSES, RICE, CORN, SUGAR, COFFEE. SOAP. LYE ar..] POTASH. CANNED GOODS, TOBACCO. CIGARS, Ac, &c ,-in fact, everything usually found ina Grocery Establishment. Also. WHISKIES, BRANDIES, WINE, &c. zf?s3ixi.ia?iijiizE3ns 2 We are Agents for several brands of A No. 1 Guano, which we intend lo sell at BOTTOM PRICES and on favorable terms. We have SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO and ACID PHOSPHATE, B \ LD WIN GUANO, and several olher kinds. ?i?r A safe, commodious and convenient Wagon Yard," and Board and Lodging furnished when desired. . Hamburg, S. C., Jan. 21, 1880. tf 7 &r?y*To Every R .ador of this paper, who cuts out this advertisement and encloses $5.00 with it to the address of the Secretary of IUKA LAND 'CO SI PANVTwill receive *flf)eed to ONE TOWN LOT, as described below. . EE! FREE! FREE! TOWN LOTS ?S hy BOO FEET, SITUATED IN IUKA, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, G-I^TEISr AWAY. No reservations-no conditions. An absolute warrantee deed conveying an in disputable title in Tuc of a n>wn lot to every person applying. Lut a singlo lot is conveyed hy gilt, to one individual. IUKA is the county so.it of Tishominga county, in Northeast Mississippi. It is the center of th:* finest colton district of the Globe-a watering place, visited by thousands, laka issituated: on the great line of travel from Liverpool, via >cw York ami Nortel'., to San Francisco It is on the railroad route connecting tho head ol' navigation Of the Tennessee with the Tombigbee river. It is on the line from < iu'-muali and Louisville to Vicksburg ?nd Texas. It is the healthiest coun ty in the United States, according lo the census statistics at Washington. It is eight milos from tho Tennessee, a navigable river, lt has a population of more than three thousand people-society is good. This place is known far and wide for the cultur? and refinement bf its citizens. Here are located a female college and military institute. The elimata is mild und the atmosphere salubrious, It is des tined in the near future to become H very important town. WIE-?^ LOTS -A.IRE GIVEN AWAY1 These lots are valuable ami will continue to grow in value for several years to mine. Tho purpose of giving these lots away is to induce people to come and lo t-ate in tnis county-lo buy tracts of our fertile cotton lands and so add to tho wealth of tho county. The company has many thousands of acres of exc?dent lands for sale and if by giving these lots away can induce purchasers to come and occupy our norn, c. tto'n and grazin? lands, will be amply recompensed. It is not expected that every ponton who gets a lot will come here, buta great many will ami they will induce their friends to follow. Such an increased population will en h?n?e tho value of other propertycontr?l?e"1 by'tho company. For this reason me above proposition is.made Tho deeds are unconditional, not requiring any ono to settle or improve the lot, but with full power '<> sell and convey toothers. The property is beautiful level Lind and advantageous for building purposes The person desiring a deed of one lot must pay incid? nial expenses, as drawing deed, acknnv. ledging, reis ?ni lng an,! postage; sUJUsLot Ji ve dollars. CERTIFICATE OF T?Tl?K. i, A. M R?YXoi.ps, Clerk of the Chancery court of said eotndy'7&//7^M that the title to' [lie above described land is good us shown from the rei<;. my nl?lco. Also I am personally acquainted with J. J. Cham bera, ami cet. tli'H is not a swindle. A. M. RKYNOI.OS, clerk and recordEr*"**1" State of Mississippi, I J. C BARNRTT, clerk. [Stall Tishoiningo county. J liistiuetions. This company will cause to be executed and forwarded by mail to any person so r?.questing a warrantee deed duly recorded, of one town lot, as above, upon receiv ing a postal money order of five dollar*- payable to J. J. Chambers at thc Iuka post office. The name in full cf grantee, with post office address, county and State, should be given. Tho company has set apart for freo conveyance only f>0() lots, ami hence lhere should bo no delay in applying. Address, J. J. CU AMBERS. Secretary luka Land Company, Iuka, Tishoiningo county, Miss. Jan l-l, issi), 4l<; Life 4 Fire Insurance Agency. Ov, r $100,000,000 Assets Represented in Old est and Most Reliable American Companies. /ILL el?* e>; of assurable risks will be placed on ijie most favorable terms. DWELLINGS, on the FIVE YEAR TERM PLAN, a specialty-rat.s less than half the annual rates. For paiticiilais, addi ess, E. E. JEFFERSON & CO. Jan. 14,1SS0. IfCj JOHNSTON, S. C. JOHN C. DIAL, -J-e.nx.^jivXBI^L, S. C, k? . I ll?!()?{Ti'ii Or IUI UKI UK UT D DBAliBB ,N ( ; I.- \ j .? M. H A L ES Jk. lEy&^zffir A. H ES. Always has the Largest Variety of^N^ware> Uon,e Fimii,hi Goods, Mcif-aincs Tools, Etc.,T?r***4^ai Mso hw (taringo and Wngofl?uihlimr and Trimming MaieTr? , . ' Glimmers. Belting, PaClAng'and Lacing, Babbit Metal, MacBTOttifif. Saws, Lime Cement, I'laster, Hair, Laths, Grindstones, Paints, Oils, Window Putty, Varnish, Glue and Brushes. " AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, Su car Cane Mills and Evaporators and Sugar Pans, Thresher and Separators, n Fan Mills, Fan Mill Gearing, Fan Screen Wire, Harrows, Smut Machinery, Cotton Gins, Corn Shellers, Straw and Stalk and Shuck Cullers, Hoes, Hames, Rakes, Forks, Spades and Shovels. Plow Iron. Plow Steel, Plow Chains, Tire, Band and Horseshoe Iron, Horse and Mule Shoes, Steel Turning and Bull Tongue Plows, Cotton Sweep, Lack Bands, Heel Bolts, Grass Bods, devices, Blow Lines, Wagon, Coil, Welland Halter Chains, O rain Cradles, Grain ami Gr awi Scythes. Has thc Agency for the Celebrated and Superior WATT'S PLOWS, Which ar? sold ?I greatly reduced prices; also, ('aslings for same of till kinds. All Orders* ueei-inpniiifd with the Money or satisfactory City References, will have prom pl and careful attention. [?hin 7, 1880 lyf> --8MB TCiSE g. NEXT DOOK TO OPERA II O CS K ARCADIA, AllgllSta, Gr GLn9 Bleater* in All Kinds ol' !Y & STAPLKG_I?gCKrffRft; f'lNE LIQUORS, CANNED GOODS of every description, FLOUR. BACON. 11A MS, Smoked TONGUES, MACKEREL, SALMON, SYRUP. MOLASSES, SOAP, COFFEE, TEA, CRACKERS, PICKLES, BRANDY PEACHES and CHERRIES, SPICES of all kinds, PRESERVES, J ELLIES,'CHE ESE, CIGARS, TOBACCO, and in fact everything kept, in a First Class Wholesale and. Retail Grocer) Estaoli-dimenr. J3^"Call and soe ns when yon visit. Augusta. We sell otu* Goods at the I.o WEST 0A??f Vii/< KS. Semi us an Order if you cannot come. DELANE & HICKOK. AUGUSTA, GA., Nov. 25. 1879. 3nif>l T* Markwalter's Broad St., iVear tower Market, Augusta, Ga. MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES, and MARBLE WORK generally al ways on hand or made to order. A largo section ready for lettering and delivery at shortest notice. Several hundreds of new designs of the most modern styles ol Monuments, furnished at a lower price than ever before in this market, and of the best workmanship, similar to that of the new Confed?rale Monument, recently erected by me in this city. TH Bi?. MAItKWAI/TUR. AUGUSTA, GA , Nov. 25,1S70. ly/il JOS. H. DAY SAM'L TANNAHILL SAM'L H. SIBLEY DAY, T\mAH1LL~& CO., *~ Carriages, Wagons, Harness, and Saddlery, Wh lesa le Dealer* in Carriage and Wagon Material, 3.ea I Bier, Shoe Findings, Helling, Packing, &e. The attlenlion of consumers is called to our full assortment of Goods in all tho above branches, which we have now- in stock" of the best Manufacture and Quality, and at prices lower than heretofore abtained for inferior goods. Our aim is to illiprovo tho standard of excellence in every department and to sell nothing which we cannot fully guarantee, and at lower prices. Wo aro now offering-Ono Horse Plantation Wagons best limber- $10.01)-Two Horse Thimble skein light host timber-$60.00. Two Horse Wood or Iron Axle, ?i>0.()0. Two, Four and Six Horse Wagon now known tn save your Stock, your temper amt your money Axles never broken, never sining, never ont of set, always run light and carry as much ns your leam eau pull. TOP and No TOP BUGGIES, Extension Top* Tour seat Rockaways very CliOAp Platform spring wagons, two and three spring Democrat Wagons, Childrens' Carriages in great variety Ac, ?te. DAY, TAWAH S LL & CO., March 27, I87?-ty lti AUG ?ly l'A, G A