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Thos. j. Adams. SITOES; ly Increasing Interest ID oar Agricultural Society. successive meeting of our .Agricultural acdMechancal Society becomes anmiatakably more interesting, and, what ia still better, more earnest. The meeting of last week was more largely attended than any one for many months ; and the exercises of these meetings have met tled down into a convenient and ju dicious routine. President Tillman and Secretary Chea them were prompt ly in their places, and the first busi ness transacted, which need be re corded, was the election of delegates to the Sommer Meeting of the State Agricultural Society and State Grange at Ben?etteville, in Marlboro County. The delegates elected are as follows, gentlemen who by their eocial gifts no less than by their active interest in agriculture, will very worthily rep resent Edgefield : B. R. Tillman, 0. F. Cheatham and W. E. Prescott. The alternates are S. B. Mays, J. N, Fair and-W: H. Timmerman. Atter this, those members appoint ed* at the preceding meeting to dis cuss certain questions and make cer tain addresses, were called upon to come forward and be heard. They did so promptly.--T-be essayer-efj M??a^.^TVVfcr^arst^H. B. Gallman and R. Cantelou, upon the sowing and cultivation of oat?, we publish in full this week. And upon reading thees essays, oar agricultural public will at ones see the earnest zeal, the practical good sense and the valuable experience that now characterize the meetings of thia Society. The address of the Hon. W. H. Timmerman-"How Should the Farm er Rank With the Other Professions?" -was also, notably, a very valuable paper. We shall publish it in our next issue. And between this and the Auguat meeting, we beg our farmers in all parts of oar County to diligently study the following sound and sensible talk from F. D. Curtie, editor of the Farmer and Dairyman : "If the farmers in "a single town ship, or even a neighborhood, were thoroughly organized for the purpose, with but little expense to each, tliey conld produce the finest blooded horses, the most showy and graceful cattle, the heaviest fleeced sheep or the purest bred hogs, and the gain would more than compensate for the effort. They would bo enabled to commend higher piices for farm stock, the cost of transportation would be leeeened from the ability to market in balk; the most costly agricultural imple men ts could be produced, and the ad vantages of schools, churches and libraries be available to all. ID other words, if capital can stud the ocean with thousands of sails, cross the mountains with lightning speed, and Hy?lUla*M*g. UruiAxuvAa. 'i-mimmrvttq 6C terpriees, it teaches farmers that by following the sams course they can do many things for themselves that Would be impossible for the single in dividual to perform. United effort overcomes all difficulties and sur mounts every obstacle, great or small." M ana ssa?, This week we publish Senator Hampton's interesting account of the Legions noble work at the first bat tle of Manaesas. If we mistake not, the object of the article is to correct certain errors made by Gens. John ston and Imboden in their accounts of the battle published lately in the Century magazine. There are hun dreds of men in Edgefield, surviving soldiers of the Legion and descend ent* of dead ones, who will read thia article with intense interest and pride. Snail ?Srai?.-Hov? io Prepare the Land and Ifnen io Sow lt. An ?a*ay Read bv W. L. Dur?t, Esq., Before the Edgjefleld Agricultural Society at Ita July Meeting. In opening the discussion of " Small Grain," " how to prepare the land," and "when to do it," I will take np first the cereal most generally and successfully grown in our County, "viz Oats. The last censuaj^fiT?T show the oat production, of the United States in 1879, in r0Uud numbers, as 407,000,000 bruhel8. Of that arnon nt only about one-half vt oire~~pg*i.if or 2,715,000 buBhels, were grown in South Carolina. Our own County pro duced of that amount 415,000, or ""nearly half a million bushel?, about 15* per cent, of the crop of the State We naturally say this was good for one County, and feel like boasting again, as some of us have done in the past, of having made at some particu lar time anywhere from 20 to 75, and oven 100 bushels per acre. Bot re member that. it took 36,000 aerea to produce the 415,000 bushels, which gives us only about ll J bushels per acre. It ie true we raised much more than that in 1682, probably three times as much, for I know nearly one fourth of that amount, or one hun dred thousand bushels, was grown in one Township alone. But those are the figures that go to the world as our annual crop, 11} bushels per acre for the County, and 10} for the State, while in the North- Weat the average was about thirty-five bushels per acre. How ahall we prepare our lands to produce more than 11} bushels per acre? AlasI too few of us have done as wall this year. As this ia supposed to be a body of our most advanced and practical farmers, I feel embar rassed in-attempting to open a dis cussion on small grain culture, at this period of the history of agriculture, and not being abie to say eomething, of my own knowledge, of those itu proved implements, the Seed Drill, the Broadcast Sower and the Roller, which are so extensively used in put ting in grain in sections where the bulk ia grown, in the absence o? that experience, I will quote from our last cenaua.returns in regard to Rome of those ?ra pie men ts; though not ex actly in order at thia point, aa they are all rc en tuned in the article on wh^at, and are nowhere referred to in connection with oats. But the same implements for the same reasons are also used for seeding oats. " In the older States, New York, Pennsyl vania ?nd Ohio, mere grain is di il led in than ia 80wn broadcast; brit where there ia little or no danger of winter killing, as in California, broadcast sowing ie much more largely practiced. Done on a large scale, broadcast sow ing with machines, and covering with harrows, is cheaper than sowing by drille; but on- smaller tarma, and in mixed farming, authorities differ as to the relative cheapness between broadcast sowing by hand, and drill ing by machine. "The 25,000 acree of the famous Dalrymple farm in Dakota, were sown in 1879 by one hundred* and twenty five broadcast seeders and harrowed in > Dr. Glenn, of Col usa Co., Califor nia, with two men and one broadcast seeder, aowed one hundred acres per day. Bot the advantages claimed for the drill, are that by frfquent freez ing and thawing, a portion of the sur face ia raised on small columns of ice, and the fibrous roots are drawn up ward ; and when the ground thawa and this is repeated, the roots are drawn out of the soil and exposed to the wind and ann ; and thus the plant ia either killed outright, or ia very mach injured iu'ittfgiuwtli. -Wlere grain is drilled in, the operation of the drill leaves the seed deposited at a uniform depth, and in the bottom of a slight furrow, and the same ope ration of freezing and thawing which tends to dislodge the plants, also tenda to level down the ridges between these furrows, the Boil falling over tho root8 and partially covering them. For this reason, grain that has been drilled in winter kills less than where it haa been aown broadcast." Let us decide first which of our landa to sow : cultivated laud or stub ble. On many farms in the clay soil aection of our County, we find about one half the land in stubble, the oth er in coin and cotton ; and on other farms probably one third of each. Now where we have sufficient land in cultivated crops, which being seed ed down will ordinarily produce the amount of grain desired, and where the atubble land will produce culti vated crops, I fail to see any good reason for cowing again the stubble land, which ia now filled with humus and ia in the very beat condition to produce cultivated crops. But in some sections there are large bodiea of land, moally abandoned immedi ately after the war, and recently re claimed, which produce only oata profitably. Theee lands must, of ne- 1 ceneity be aown in oats year a'ter year. When first taken ap, under favorable 6e<Mgnuirjd having been clos^b-s??. stock law, they produced most abun dant crops. Bat with dry tam m er and fall seasons, which retarded the sowing and prevented the planta from being well rooted before cold weather set in, aud owing to the friable con dition of the soil after having been sown a few years consecutively, some of the crops have been nearly failures on account of ' winter killing." The plan generally pursued was to turn the coil in August or September, the sooner the better, and eow tLo oats, either before or after turning and har row. The only suggestion I can make to day, aa a paitial remedy against "winter killing" on this class of landa where seeding has been delayed by dry weather, is to mauur'e with acid phosphate, or acid phosphate and kaiuit and cotton seed-and roll at the time of seeding. The manure will stimulate a vigor ous gtowth, and cause the' planta to be more deeply rooted when the cold sets it, while the rolling would proba bly prevent such deep fret zing and throwing out of the plants. The form er I have practiced with good resulta; the latter is mere conjecture on my part. _ ? -' _ I wjxultT?ike to iuipresB upon those who have not had it brought to their attention, the fact mentioned, that j closely grazed lands produce the meat abundant crops, and following tum nent pasture in oats, and ou a portion seed lightly and add rtd clover and ? orchard grasa ; change the pasture to , atubble land, and if successful alter- : nate, and set each pasturo in turn in clover and grass. Thia, so far as clo- ( ver and gr ass ia concerned, if diy, may be a failure, or may lead to more ( grain, more graea, better cattle and ( stock, and lesa dependence on the ex pensive cultivated crops. Bat if we confide ourselves closely ( to the question submitted for discus- , dion, this may be coneidered digrea- , sion ; so I will speak next of land in t cultivation in corn and cotton. Thia ( may be seeded between the rowa in { the growing crop?, from let August j to lat October, or even earlier, with ^ almost any kind of plow-scraper, c sweep, cultivator or harrow-tb?t will g distribute and cover the seed uni formly, and leave the land as level as g possible. If corn or cotton has been t gathered before the first of Novem- t ber, it ia best to plow down the beda, r sow broadcast and harrow across<the c rows. I suppose the drill would be t valuable for thia sowing, if not clog- g g8d by stalks in the operation. After c Let November, plow down the beda p md put in with diec harrow or plow, t ind follow plow with amoothing har- o -ow. The plauts from thia late seed- ii ng are young, tender and bat slight- li y rooted when cold seta in, but are c ess liable to be killed if covered deep- d y and well manured. I have had g mt bttls experience withepiing grain, n nd consider the crop less certain than a to follow either of the abovo plans and would advise against sowing in spring except in case of necessity and then would recommend manuring freely. As a sort of summit/, and in con elusion on oats, would say that on laud which has been rested and graz ed, or that has grown only cultivated crops several years iu succession, all things being favorable, the largest re suits may be expected the first year; and where an extra large crop of oats has been grown, it is not often foi lowed by another as large for several years, unless the soil be unusually rieb, even though the land be chaDged to cultivated crops and fertilized. It seems lo take more than one year to restore fully the oat element so large ly drawn upon to produce an extra yield. We next take up wheat. Perhaps the larger part of the soil in cultiva tion in the bounds of the membership of this society, is not well adapted to its full development, and we are set down in the 1880 census as producing only six bushels per acre. . It is well known that, with. us, wheat will only follow some cultivat ed crop. And a clean cultured crop, like cotton, seems to suit it beBt. Fol lowing corn or cotton, plow down the beda and sow as early after frost as possible. On land not subject to " win ter killing," it may be covered with any ordinary harrow running across the rows. But on land where the plants are liable to be injured by freezing, put in with disc harrow or plow, following .with-^moothing-~har row where ' plowed. Have grown wheat on cotton lands* with success by both these methods, without ma nure; and at other times have broad cast at time of seeding from 75 to 100 i lbs. of acid phosphate, and from 15 \ to 25 bushels cotton seed, with very 1 satisfactory results, producing from \ twelve to twenty-five bushels per i acre. With this yield, I am sure wheat can be grown as cheaply as j j corn, on soil adapted to its maturity, when we consider '.he relative cost of producing the two crops. From what I have seen of the Drill, think it would be preferable to these old meth ods in saving labor and seed, securing a more uniform Btand, and would leave the plants in better condition to be protected from cold. Barley with us is grown only as a grazing and soiling crop, and requires the land to be rich to succeed. The cheapest and most durable plan to enrich soil for barley is what is known as "cow-penning." The droppings from a few cattle and a small number ol sheep will keep a limited quantity of land in condition to produce aver age crops, without the addition ol other manures, and is the best pa) ing crop we can grow. Barley follows barley admirably, and there is plenty of time between grazing or reaping in spring and sowing iu fall, to pro pare tho land by repeated plowing and harrowing, and to manure by the manure on hand^at that season sup plementary to the droppings. Sep tember is the month to GOW for early feeding. Continue at intervals of a few weeks until about first December, for late spring use. 4n F?soy by Capt. H. B. Gallman, Read Before the Edge?eld Agri cultural Society at tts July Meeting. To the Southern farmer there ia LO crop of more importance than the oat crop, especially so since the introduc tion of the red rust proof variety Cotton perhaps may alone be excepted And to a great extent these two great crops, cotton aud oats, seem adapted to our county. Wa may not be able to compete with the Red River planter in cotton, nor with the Western farm er in oats, but when we take iuto consideration our advantages, diver sity of cropR, soil, climate, water, health, and with our proximity to markets, we Bhould feel grateful to a beneficent providence that our "lines have fallen to us in pleasant places," and that only industry, thrift and economy are necessary to make us a prosperous and happy, if not a wealthy, people. The red oat seems to be well adapted to tba un States, and es pecially ti i t er portion of the cotton belt. i\o food crop can be pro duced at BO small a, cost, or serve BO ? good a purpose, as oats ; and no crop J vi dds a inore generous return-wh?ri-/\ we take into consideration the amount ai labor betowed upon it, and the slovenly manner in which that labor is generally done. It was the custom in ante-bellum lays, and in lact np to a very recent iate, to scratch in, or bog in, as the ?;aee might be, a few oats late in win ter or early iu spring, on the poorest portions of the farm, and this was .egarded at the time as a venture of a loubtful nature. Consequently there vas not much expected, and lees .ealized. For such a syateu.' as this, here might be several reasons assign id, only three of which I here men ion-the cheapness ol' slave labor, he prevalence of rust in the old variety of oats, and the high pt ice of iottcn that obtained for a few years ucceeding the war. It is said that every ill baa its cure, ind every sweet its bitter, though we nay not always be able to realize the ruth of the adage. Bat we can now cally give thanks for the lo y price ?f cotton, if it will divert our atten ion to the production of o ir own uppliea for mau and beset. Aud lothing presents itself with more iromiseof such a consummation than he cultivation of the red rust proof at. When we look at the humiliat og position of the old "King," neg scted and abjectly seeking a place in omroerce, with cotton mille shut ;owu, with more cotton and more ooda than the -world demande, and pt o prospect in the near future ol a re- gc dion which will makea pound of cot- lij I g e I I p. ri t h v d b v o ? d a w al d ec Ul K' ? in ni at O' A it se ! ton bring in market the cost of pro duction, we cannot lint realize the solemn warning against oar mad worship of this idol, which promises wealth, but gives nolhingsave povet ty. In the face of this stern fact let Ufl lum about in search of other branches of husbandry which seem to woo our attention and which, if they do not j free vs entirely from the tyranny of this old deception, will at least enable us to be reasonably self sustaining. And then instead of buying all, w? may have something to spare. Owing to our peculiar system of farming (following cotton and corn with oats and vice versa) it is diffi cult to lay down a plan of preparation, but the rasiu point to success seems to lie in getting the seed in af. the proper time, which would seem to be from the first ot September to the first of November. Many pereone have had good euccess from August sowing simultaneously with laying by. the cotton. The writer ie among this number. But this plan has its ob jections as well ae its advantages, the greatest of the former perhaps being the unevenness ol the land, on ac count of old ridges. This, however, :an be overcome, to a great extent, by, running a small bull, tongue in tb* stalks end taking thenrup and then running across with a Jones harrow5[ rhis should be done?ri December aadY lamiary. And thus wimbi""he over- \ ;ome the chief objection ; and tbir light tillage would perhaps more than pay expense by additional yield Thit August sowing saves the expense ol plowing in, which is quite an ite later on. Another plan of sowing oats arao? jotton, which has given satisfaction) was done in September, after the niddle of the month. As the colton vas picked, tho plows followed put ;ing in the oats. This may be do with shovels or cultivators, withou* njury to the cotton. The write would prefer this to August sowi provided it can be done at the ti ndicated. Where oats are to follow corn, the night he put in c?ur?Dg ihe mouth i >f september, by following the row* md the unevenness of the gronr night be overcome to some extent ndice.ted on colton land. But under all and any circu tances, I regard timely sowing to in all important point in oat rai V?nch moi e might he written ^!on his pregnant subject-the pre; ion of stubble land, how to pi] ieed in, &c , hut this paper i laps already too long. tn Essay by li. Cantelou, lii><] Before the l?.dgeliebl Agricull Society at its July MtriinJ At request of the Edgefial ultnral and Mechanical S<>ci ibserva ions are f :*ren, upo ats with a drill, or as dented, with a view that mt directly profit, they liecussion that may elicit ,"??.-?u ..",1 ji^L^-*- "-~~. that, forming a chain found perieuce aud experiment, ma Lage oat sowers. A Drill for planting grai &c, made 1)7 the Empire '-SBl.jj Sbortdv i I le, N. Y., was used l^HL f_ rather experimental ly. All oat ad by drill did reasonably w though some errors or faults implement mi:st be corrected used sgaiu. Theee minor tr ire given, and tho meane to p them in future: Grass, leaven ?.log the hoeB of the drill in enc uer ss to throw the hoes out ground. To avoid this, all tended for the drill must b ly cleaned of grass i iee ii li ar fuzz from the .he foicing tubes,so tl id ont, they failed bo remedied- hy a barrel, after thre5 will be cleaned aa rite cotton burs w ?oes and occasionally nore of oats from reaching the groifl,? lefore noticed. This can be obviat<je by having the bottom feed cup moue onger. The hoes dc not enter llj ?round deep .enough in a harde^y lurface. This cun be prevented De ittachi.,g a light weight to each h 1 eparat ely. One and one half bushels to ^tijte u?k^ on ecme plots, TvoTuBhefa-to the acre without. : auyNra?f^c,:oT?^p^ren ;reaee or decieaee of stand. O ilols where thia drill was uced ?ts in cotton rows, the oats s 0 show.a better stand gen?raj. >ide by hide, in one locality, the d oats were twice as good aa land sown an<l plowed in by shov mt this was on a Nord nd bandy lainT. Otln lot have di tiered MO muc1 ion would arise : Why ape the top earth being ivl earth wau uol manipuf rill, as the lower bot.}om y the plow. " Daub io oaf iheat," ia an oid aduge. ld ? ne? With thorough breaking,bea ming, harrowing and rollin lill would no douliL be prefer n economic factor, both 'ork, ami St.cnricg the beet [ter the-work is done. Oummeicial fertilizers can be I led with far more accuracy jonomy by the drill thau wi thoo W u" ie. A man can, say aa a maxim^ jat j over eighleeii acres per day Des over nine feet at a going, oi^Bex( any rowe as u plow could layJ|hn, va feet wide a day, as many aQ i 1 eighteen scooter plows used /er in a day for Ibo .'ame pi saving of seed is also bib cte" i:j said three pecks to the ac ed enough. In Bowing oats in cotton ro tye, as it gives the opportnnit ?t in the oat crop rapidly whe $ht fall ruins germinate them t ? h I e o l< r< b tl la fa ti , e w Re sit gr ti fin wt mt luz DO av gjv'ffm chance for them to become wel^^Lec] hy freezing time. outside of the limited SoJI^^Ruet?lion, the attention of gr'WHr'ferR 0,1 -J0'-- aaQdy and red lat^^p called l,o the use of kainit, coijpie.l if pofuihle with other ma aH a possible good fertilizer for julius. It will possibly prevent ruinous freezing out, and increase the erip fertilized by its use. Wheat ha? h A benefitted hy ils use. But "one ?willow does not make a summer," ftttd a further test can be better re lita upuu. B^H persons planting sandy land, plould test this fertilizer, if tven io a very email wuy. Thia is a suggestion. In planting oats, the drill makes a little furrow, in which the oat root is protected from the cold wioda; and t?e falling in of the earth, as it thaws, tenders every freeze the same as a flowing to the oat. This it seems cold adapt the drill to sandy land, the trcuble is " freezing out" on uch soils. For the Advertiser. ,'Fwo ur Three Farmers H bo Con tinu? an Exception to Capt. Tillman's otherwise Irre futable Assertions. The landa along the line of the Railroad on the Ridge are all im proved by ? more attentive cultiva tion than generally exists in the in terior of the County ; but it is doubt ful if, as a claes, these farmers keep aa free from debt as those further from the railroad. This applies only, ??ii?fcgh, to euch as all . w the railroad iniluen?ee-Ha.absorb^hejr profits. But many of them have kept aloof from the awful folly of running large a> coonta with guano agents and depit merchants, by making their food and fertilizers at home. Mr. Loderick Hartley, of Bates burg, belongs to this wise clas3 of good old-fashioned people. His state ly and hospitable mansion stands on an eminence jost above Bateaburg ; and he preserves the simplicity of true prosperity by makiug his own corn and raising hie own meat. Like our good old friend, Mr. Benj. Ouzts, ot Meeting Street, he raises big crops of com by "planting long rows, and having a heap of them." Aud euch corn as Mr. Hartley has! One would not think land as near the Lexington sand hills would produce such large and lofty stalks, with two ears on each stalk. And hack behind the house, amid the apple trees, that drop daily their bountiful supply of ?us cious fruit on the ground, are his huge, fat hogs-too full to even no tice the mellow apples along their shady path. His cotton and pea crop also are veiy fine, and show ?bat they are attended to by him io person. Though getting toward bia threescore and ten, Mr. Hartley is as active and energetic aa ever, and 'jives his many furrowed fields tho imprint daily ci hia own footsteps, which is said lo he Hi.! active, energetic habits are a les son to the regiment of idle youngsters whose lolling forms lie stretched upon Eiiu lit beds, only to be roused hy the smell of breakfast. He still rises at break of day, and goes out to bia peach orchard and watermelon patch, and gathers by breakfast many crates of luscious fruit, which hy good hand ling, he sells for a good price in Rich mond, and atother pointa. This money comes in good time. And then he live? eo splendidly at home! You may Ulk about the tasteless pile of dishes stt about oue'at a city hotel I Who knows where the lard comes from that seasons the food, or what it id made of ? And the butter and the eggs; who can tell how many rough milea they have jolted in a peddlers hot wagon? How "dull, stale and unprofitable" ia fashionable hotel fare compared with that of a thrifty coun try homestead like Mr. Hartley's I Th''s pro v^ous and model farmer has for din- . ...t chickens just from his yard ; new butter milk, cool and pure ; tomatoes, fresh and red ; cabbage, white and savory ; big Irish potatoes, beets, i-quashes and cucumbers, all sweet aud juicy from his garden ; and rich, yellow butter; and light biscuit mortened with genuine home made '?ard; and delicious ham of his own nake. Then for dessert : peaches ?st pulled, with rich cream and BU ??ftj^ftttk^?gB, w'th-a- gl??>-of-fresh p weet milk. Aud besides this, one an help one's self all during the day 0 peaches, apples, watermelons and ge, that grow in the glowing sun ard by the deeply-Ehaded yard. Just down the road, a little below Ir. Hartley's, lives Mr. Wm. Mitch ll, the young and energetic Furmau 1 -Bateshurg. He farms according ) the improved methods of the times, mda the Cultivator, and prepares to esp abreaal of the age. He is using ie buggy turoplow to prepare bia nd, with the happiest results. His rt-e fields of cotton are truly beau lul. He has arranged his laud iuto gular plots, and rotates the land ?th oats, corn and cotton, not for ttiug the pea, which ha justly con lers, like Col. 0. F. Cheatham, as a eat improver of worn outland. Mr. jtchell has also compounded a very e fertilizing raixtuie of his own, lieh, li om the experiments showed ) hy actual illustration, is a decided provemeut on any re.tdy-madegua His compound is a secret as yet, t he -.reposes to give it to the world er on. Hie norn, which he plants checks, and plows both ways, is 'optionally fine. He never put a i in il ! When a country bleeeed like ours, i raise t>uch com as Mi. Mitchell vhrts, between Bateeburg and Lees e, it is a burning shame that the ghi IrHiua which roll up to the toad depots in our land.ahonld be ly loaded with Sacks ol Western u, Messrs. Mitchell and Hartley e proved that tbe bountiful God In ( OK tie wi hu: 1 val to ( to Pl T and ly. nari coo of naf ure bas laid abundance right at our fe ?t, if we will but stoop anJ take it up. Mr. Alonzo Bates, too, is an exten sive planter, and has fino crops all around him. To in ve as vast an area as he has, it is wonderful how Well be manages to keep it worked. T?e death ol I he lamented T. S B.itt'3 was a great loes to Ibo Ridge, ss he not only contributed a great deal of produce to the commercial world, but was a just, and honest ci ti zen, and a good mau. Since his death, his sou Alonzo, assisted by Mr. An drew B. Watson, has been shoulder ing au unusual amount of agricultu ral duty. But from his thorough knowledge of farming, he ia equal to the taek. All the crops nbont here, two weeks ago,looked badly ; but since the late good raiue, everything (as a larmer eaid to me) is "just a rearing'* i.ow. PHAON. Near Batesburg, July 20, 1885. Fishing THC li lt-: We ha ve just received a carefully selected and complete assortment of Fishing Tackle, to which we invite your attention and in spection. / Apr. 15. Q L. PENN & SON. jg?* Go to PENN'S and buy the cheap est (good) Toilet Soap ever offered in Edge field. 30 eta. per dozen. Cakes regular 5 cts. size. LAMB m THE SW I VIRGINIA HOUSE, HEMIEUSOWILLE, H. C. Altitude 2260 feet. THE undersigned DOR- leave-to"! h form"}" the Travelling Public that they have recentlv purchased the Virginia House, and that under the new management the House has been thoroughly renovated and repaired for the season. You will find large and well ventilated rooms, good beds, au excellent table, and the best of attention. The house is coo), centrally located, and has one hundred and seventy-live (175) feet of verandas. Stages leave the hotel for Cresar's Head and Asheville daily. Bus to aud from tho depot Open all the year. C. W. GRAY, of New York. J. R. THACKAM, July 15, 'ST).] of Columbia, S. C. DUTCH BOLTING CLOTHS, NOW is the time when every one who has a Mill should be looking how he can make the most and the best Flour. In order to do th's, he mus: have a good Bolting Cloth. You can get that by call ing or sending to JAMES MILLER. UUIer's Corner, Atiqusta, Ga. July 1, 1885.-30 _ FTRST CLASS LUMBER. HAVING recently set up a Lumber Mill on a finely timbered tract about two miles Southward of Johnston, and one mile from C. OJ A A. R. R., we now offer to the public tho best of pine lumber In all classes. We guarantee our lumber and will sot our prices to suit tho times. J. P. A J. W. HARDY. May 27, 1885.- ti-25 Marble? Gran ite Yard, HI'IM. mural Tablets, Iflantels/?r. HAVING oponed a yard at Johnston; S. C , for the above work, we solicit the patronage of the public, and guaran tee work and prices to compete with Augusta, Charleston or Columbia, aud satisfaction given in every respect. Call on or write to us at Johnston. Prompt attention giveu to all orders and communications. IRON RAILING furnished to order. < AI wm i\ & VILLENKUU:. Apr. 1, 1885.-17 For Rent, or for Sale on Rea sonable Terms. 1. A 250 Acre Farm, near Dom's Mill, well watered. Fine oats can be grown on it. 2. Two Lets aud a Dwelling, at Ridge Spring. 3. l<'onr Cuminodlous Stores, at Edeo field C. H. 4. 2,000 Acres of Land, on Shaw's Creok, 3 miles from Trenton, partly in Edgelield and partly in Aiken County with line timber, water_powers, open laud and tenant houses. Will bo cut up into small tracts If desired. Also, 2 good 45 saw Gins and 1 set Mill Stones for sale. ARTHUR S. TOMPKINS, AU'y., Aug. 12, ?84.-tf] "Edgeueld C. H..S.C. UP AGAIN! OUT OF TH IR ASHES ! Ag! IV, fl, BHON, Respectfully informs his Friends and -usinmer?, that-he liri) ju Since the Fire, Set up his rest at tho RYAN HOTEL with a good stock of Bro ce?es fow being daily recruited from tho best larkets in the land. Come aud see me. W. II. lilli ,\ SON, A'gi Oct. 21. 1884.-49 WADE HAMPTON. HHIS Thorough-bred STALLION will L stand the Spring Season at Johnston i Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays ?d balance of the week at Trenton. Tarins: $20.00 per season, and If mare >u't prove, parties can have the benefit next season. Or to insure a foal, room's fee, $1.00. All partios sending mares must send retul groom. J. MONROE WISE, Ag't. Feb. 24, 1885. Fine Property for Sale, the Healthy and Flourishing Town )f Williston. on the S. C. Railway V lot of 114 acres of pine land, with an ?hard of about 500 line, early peach es on the place. Also, a dwelling, th six plastered rooms, aud one negro use, stables, barn, carriage house, AK. titles perfect. Will sell for half its ue. For further information, apply B. S. Burckhaltor, Williston, S. C., or S. N. O BEEN, H9S. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. ML 7. ?84.-tf 44 me German Carp for Sale. HE coming food tish of America. I have both Breeding and Small Fry, wilt sell tliem low and ship prompt Parlios wanting will please apply ly, as I li ey bear shipping better In I weather. GEO. W. TAPP AN, Whito Plains, Greene Co., Ga. 9 1 pr. 15, 1685-19 $1 of gr ps or: ba at ck Pl Er sol CH hu yoi s Ul Of u; s See S woi Ida in ll hvii 1 Ai F Manu/a lures THE AUGUSTA COTTit? 611'. Fur Fifi? Sample* Clea? Seed, Fast Work, Fin? Finish .111:! Su ltrier Mechanism, litis <?iit Is wot surpassed. Phintftra of Rdgefield should remember it if made clos i to thpm, where broken nails and repairs pan be 1'uuiislied promptly and at small cost. WH REPAIR Cotton ("Jins of any m ike in ilie liest manner. EXOUANGP: NEW FOR OLD OINS on fair terms. Have HU iiHuortraetit. of SE(*OND;H ANDED CottoD Oins, of various make?, overhauled and 111 perfect 01.1er, for HH??? at extremely low figures in fact bargains. We sell AMES ENGINES. RI ROSA LL ENGINES, LIDDELL BROS.' COTTON PRESSES, SAWMILLS. GRIST MILLS, Ac, and the best TRACTION ENGINE made in Ibu United Shit a. It will travel anywhere. For Circulara am! Term-?, address, O. M. STONE. Manager, Office No 7, Warren Mark. AI1U1?STA, HA. -:o: AnoiiSTA, GA., June ?nth, 1H8L Mr. 0. M. STOW:, Manager Augusta Cotton flin Co. Dear Sir-At your leo, nest, wo havo soc? tested the "Augusta Cotton Gin," manufactured by tb? Auiusta Cotton ?Jin Company. Tho lir.^t tesl waH made with Seed Colton, vory loafy and flighty sandy. 'J'he lint produced was very dean and beautifully ginned, 'flin second lost waa willi a low, inferior grado o? Statued Cot ton and very suidy. The "nt produced WHS perfectly clean, ami would soil in any market as Clean Stains. A flor such a sal isiUctory lest, wo do not hesitate io recom mend this Giu to planters in every section ivs being the best wo havo seeu. Very i<'K| (v;ifu?ly, J J. DOUOIITV, of J. .1 Doughty *. Co., Cotton buyers. E. D. KKT.T.EY, Cotton Buyer. W. A. G AIIH KIT, nf (Jarrett?V: Latimer, Cotton Factors. Cn AS F. HAK Kit, of .? M. Burdell ?V. Co, Cotton Factors. J. K. EVANS, Colton Shipper. G KO W CRANK, Colton Factor and Buyer. .INO. P. IIOBKRTS, of Wm. S. Roborts &Son, C. tton Factors. H KUNA no b* BAN KLIN, Cotton Broker. J. c. MCDRNNAT.D, Colton ''rokor. JAM KS TOIUN, of Phinizy A Co., Cotton Factors. N. Li. WILMOT, of Pearce, Willot?v. Ballard. Cotton Factors. J. J. Russoll, of If. F. or. J. J Russoll, Cotton Buyers. Kow ARD B: DICKSON, id* Dickson Bros. Cotton Buyers. F. Coo/N, Superintendent Augusta Factory. CHAS. ESTES, President John I'. King Manufacturing Co. G KO. T. JACKSON, President Knlerpriso Factory MCCOHMICK, S. C., May ?th, 1885. Mir. OiTft STONK, Mmrtgcr, Aogmta fi?. ? - - ..^^-v.-. Dear Slr-During tho fall or 1S.S4 1 ginned about 460 balflpoeotton with1 OieBiF SAW AUGUSTA COTTON Ci IN, using for power a ii Horso Birdsall Engine. I usually ginned -ISO lbs lint cotton an hour Tho gin cleans ibo seed perfectly, and the lint Irorn it sold lasi simson in Augusta at A lo jo. per pound above thelintfrora nther gins in my section". My patrons were well pleased with my work. The gin ls now almost in porfect order. Yours truly, WALTER TALBEBT. AUOITSTA, GA , December 23rd, 18*4. Mr. 0. M. STONK, Malinger Augusta Colton Gin Co. Dear Sir-During the past season 1 have ginned 400 bales cotton on the 60-Saw Augusta Gin. lt cleans tim seed perfoctly, makes an unusually fine sample aud a splendid turn out. Mv gin has mit failed lo make a yield of over one pound lint to 3 pounds seed. My usual time of ginning a halo of cotton is from 40 to 00 min utos. I can recommend the Augusta Cotton Hin to tho public c^^r^a COG BURN it STEv ENS. Mr. J. II. Cogburn, of Coglin rn & Stovons, also states that ids gin has, during the entire season, yielded more lint from seed cotton than any of the gius used in his section. This result w?is not obtained from one plantation only, but from many plantations, since bc used it as a traveling ginnery witli a Birdsall Traction Engine. The splendid yield was duo solely to the Augusta Cotton Gin, since drouth had camed short crop.-, and therefore the staple could not havo beeu ex ceptionally good. O. M. STONE, Manager. NKAK H.UIIUTIIO, S. C., January 29ib, 1885. Mr. O. M. STONK, Manager Augusta Cotton Gin Co. Doar Sir-During tho past ginning season we used ono of yourOO-Saw Augusta Cotton Gins, with a li horso power Ames Engine. Wo usually ginued abalejif cotton in 45 minnies. Tim seed was always perfectly deaned, and the turu out as good as could bo expected from any gin. Tho Kampln was very lino. The gin is very strong and woll made, and has given perfect satisfaction both to ourselves and P ltrThe'32-iucb mill, built. Tor us by the Augusta Cotton Gin Co., makes excellent meal aud works well. Wo grind 8 bushels an hour when rocks are in wder. ll UDSON A SONS. , VKA/.F.V, GRKRK CO , (?A., January 23d, 1885. Mr. O. M.TTONE, Manager Augusta Cotton (?in Co. Dear Sir-The attachment which you put to toy cotton gin; virtually making it an Augusta (Jiu, causes tho gin lo niako beautiful lint, ?nut I am much pleased with it. It gives me pleasure to recommend your gin to my friends and^ others who are planters. Yours truly, E. A. VE AZ EY. ?gf* NOTK.-Mr. Veazey makes ibo finest cotton ot any largo planter in Georgia. ^-- i ?ll II uni men M---R---^-- ?MMMH IfSlI! The Whirl of Time Blinds About Another EVENT EUL EPISODE! UTfllE ll ly TOR7 OFT^VTT ^ ?:o:? We Open ihe Spring Business With a Stork of 9,000 Oases of Ladies' and Gents* Shoes & Hatd Bought with the CASH ai a terrible .'-?.Tilico ami will l.osold the H am e. way, Fi^El^lD THESE ZFXG-TTIFOS. 5,000 pairs Ladies' Kid Laced Shoes all!." 7,1X10 pairs Ladles' B Calf Lais nt CO 4,000 pairs Ladies' Kid Lui lon Boots at75 3,000 pairs Ladles' B Calf Rut Boots for 95c, worth S 2 00 1,200 pairs Ladies' Kid Fox. Pol. Pal 500 palra Ladies' Serge Foliab at 70 500 pairs Ladles' Kid NiwportTiesat 65c, worth $1 50 700 pails Ladies' KidNowport But ton nt C5c worth $2 00 fOO pairs Ladies' CDth Slippers at atura Sts^NOOby' Stay 75c. worth $2 00 1 P.T? gonerally sold at 50 2,000 pairs Ladies Calf But. box toe, 1 1.000 pairs Ladies' Webb Slippers at If) Jl 25, cheap at $:> 00 | WORTH We have in stock about 175 pr. Ladies' Fine Feneh Kid, NOW it Kf\ handsowed, Button Boots, that we have sohier ft!? and O t"S\ f?0\J ?ii.50. Tho sizes aro little broken, and w> will O.OO close thom out for $3.50 and $1 per p>r. The Last, but not tho Leas'-, of our Ladies' DopartmOt, is our "Wild Irish n?n" band-sowed that wn sold for $3 per pair, will olosebis lot out for $2 per or" iVe have about 700 pairs Misses' Kid Kox Polish, made by >Agler, Miles aud Dix' m, that we will close out ai ft 50 per pair, generally sold at fahd $2 25. We have ilso about 500 pairs Misses' Kid Bulbin Boots, m ado by Solora & Co., Dunliar hui th A Co., and a host of others which wc wilt close out at ?50 por pair. Those ;oods are worth Irom $2 to $3. . Among our daily arrivals wi. shall place before our peopleome "Landslides" hat aro positively beyond tho whisper or Competition, Conipdspn, or Monopoly -Prices that will teach you in tho silent logie or Truth, tho diflertrtn. between ealing with "Live and Load Men," between tho Right r.nd Wrong way<-doinir iusinoss. In this Department we Show More Extensive Featu than any Other House! \ ?\ _ 'For thenoxt few dava wo will je?jiboutn700pairs Cerita ?91??? Li.vf-QuHi i.'- calmes. Prince Alberts, Oxfords, Oxford Buttoas- an? # Wt Strap Ties, fheso Goods aro well worth $2.50 per pair; we w??Loloso. them out for the benefit of our customers at 00c. por pair. Wo have also about fOO pairs of Gents' Congress Gaiters that are weil worth .75. Theso will bo closed out at 85c a pair. JGSTWhy we Sell these Goods at such figures it matters not to you- What e promise we will do.' V?a About 700 pairs of Gents' Walking Bala that wc close out at $1 n pair. 500 pre. Gents' Congress Gaiters at ?1.50 ; worth $2.2". About 75 pairs Gents' Bals. Con ess and Buttons, hand ami machine sewed, 'fbi? lot will bo dos od at $2.75 per lr; they aro worth $4 and $1.50 each. MO pairs Gouts' hamlsowodCongress Gait 3 that have boen soiling for S5 ; will close oui loi ar. $:i 00 per pair. 75 pairs Gents nd-sewed English Bals, calf lined, that wo havo sold for f6.50; will bo closed out $4.00 per pair. HO pairs Gents' Congress Gaiters, opera cap too, that wo will weoutat$r?; former j ?ri ce of those was i-7. 120 pairs (ienLs' Congress Gaiters, ouch too, calf lined, al $190; former price $-?.50 per pair. About 200 prs. Geuta' iglish Bals, odds and ends of a big lol that were formerly sold for $3.50; now dat $1.75. 250 pairs Conta' Calf Ties al $1.50; formerly $2.25. 275 pairs Gents' If Ties that we will close out al 75c; worth $1 50. Who can toll the wasto ol' money when you get. your goods of Houses that y ou long time? Theso aro genuine makes, although tho prices raise a doubt in ur mind. They could not lie manufactured al those fignres under any circutu nees. IN OUR HAT DEPARTMENT We presont a carnival of Novelty ami a Festival of Elegance. What in the use? Wasting a Dollar when you may save il by Buying ono ol'our MACKINAW ITS for 75c , generally sold ?11 town tor $2. * i our Nobby Straw Hats at $1. See our Latest. Hroadway Mackinaw, 50c ee our Young Men's Nobby Hals 40c. See our Yon tig Men's'Nohby Hali, 30c our Young Mon's Nobby Hats al 20c. Soo our Yoong Men's Nobby Hats, locv ee our Young Mon's Nobby Hats, 5.-. Sr*e something very Loud A Widet About 300 dozen flouts' Nobby Caps in all colors, will bo sold at l?e. each, .th GO?. SOOdoxoa Boys' Nobbv Saxony Wool Hats at inc. each. This is the Music and thew the Prices that. Crowd our Stores. New Advanced is Crowding Ont InefOld,. Pluck instead ol Lin k, Cash instead of Credit, Brains he platy ol' Cheek, and Science and Ability Heating Rack ami Crowding into Ob >n These Moonshine Merchants with their Tough and Tremendous to^LONG PRIGES.*a ?he J. B. WhiteCo., 740 BROAD STREET. leruata. Ga.. Apr. 14, 1885.-50 fe?'??BSTPeterHenderso - -and- " EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN," ^ CO . y ? M M gm foll Of TRluatle culturnl dlreoUont, containing vv?i 'I A N I ttirco color?; J pUtus, sud embracing every tiilnif ar B di AKu| Jailli X ?newinilvarelO t?ocdn ?od 1-Jan tn. will J H & J I LD M v loo" be nwlled oa receipt of eiamp? to cover poit---- ~iV JOT loot). 8R0(6ceQt3). TocuGtomoriof last sewca tent pj?ur YO freo wlUjoutnppllcaUoo. I^tSW IU