Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 22, 1880, Image 2
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
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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.
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1880. roE mx
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per volume, freight at the expenso of j
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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