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ogefielb abbtz?ztt Jas. T. Baeas. Tiros. J. Asians. SD?TOBS. Edffefield, 8. C., August 20, I88S. For the Advertiser A Tri? io Beiiettsfllle. EDITORS ADVERTISER: Descriptive writing ia something new to me, and I havs misgivings aa to my pfovirg a success in that line, notwithstanding /yoor flattering allusion to my "nim ble pen." I will undertake, however, a short account of. our trip to Sooth Carolina's baaner County-agrioultu- ; rally speaking-ead tell some of the j .many pleasant and /anny things i sen while there and on the road. Tour ! readers will, I trust, overlook my shortcomings, end not increase my re gret that Mr. Bacon waa not ona of oar party. I have on one or two oc casions recently had my admiration powcrfully^excited by his description of w?at I eaio. If he cannot "add a tint to the rose and e'en paint the lily," just a little, he comes as near it aa any one I ever met; and his de? scriptive powers are certainly inimi table. 1 The delegates to the Joint Summer Meeting at Bennettsville, from our Agricultural Society, Gol. 0. F. Cheat" ham, Dr. W. E. Prescott and myself, armed with our credentials and onr rail-road pasees, left Trenton on Mon day evening, Aug. 3rd, a little citer - eunaat. Thoae free pu noon, by the - way, were our moat important be longings, judging by the care taken by each of us to pot them in our inner breast pockets, safely enclosed in en velopes. And your readers who have never ridden on the oars on a tree pass, can only imagine the satisfac tion attending sucb traveling, lt ie really delightful, I tell you. And the pleasure of not having to pay is en hanced by the soothing consciousness of being a somebody, a man of enough importance to obtain one of those nov eted bits of tinted paper. They say "open confessions are good for the soul," and I shall not pretend to deny that that free pass was a most pleas urable addition to what bas proved one of the most pleasant trips I 3ver took. The recent copious rains, which we found had fallen along oar entire route, made the atmosph?re cool and pleasant; and the absence of dustin creased our satisfaction. Altogether we commenced our journey under most agreeable auspices. Our coach was almost empty on the rid^ffl^Erenton to Columbia, which ^seaiscrmBeqpma^ly^T?rc?. A""JaTgt* number of delegates from the up country were on board, and we fell into our pieces es part of the men agerie very naturally and quietly, .after sundry introductions to Colonel this and General that. There were 710 Misters, and very few Majors or Captains aboard 1 The troth is, from the way military titles were bandied about, one would have thought we were aboard of a train during war times, and very near the army at that. A stranger could have scarcely re frained from peering under the linen dusters for a sight of the stars and bare, so much rank waa called to mind. Now I myself have a handle to my name, to whioh I have grown accus tomed, and while I care little for the title, I am proud of the company I have the honor to oommand. So, though I scarcely noticed the intro duction by Gol. 0. to Gol. H. as " Mr. Tillman," the repetition of the "Mr." in the numerous introductions which followed, that night and the next day, . caused me a deal of mortification. Here was I, the Captain of a rea! Company, a orack one at that, con stantly addressed as Miste)- by Gen - erals without brigades and Colonels who never had a regiment, who smiled patronizingly on this nobody from Edgefield, while they showed very plainly they felt their own import ance, and that they wooid have been heroes had en opportunity ever Ottered. Of course there were som? bona fide old Confederate officem along,-bot they were not very many. Shorn of my title, my own feelings can only be-likened to those of a pea cock which has lost bis tail, and which, not knowing it, commences to strut A backward glance, however, abowa his bright plumage gone, and he has tens to hide his diminished head iii the nearest thicket. Cheetham hac started me off wrong ; and I wont to and returned from Marlborough au plain Mister. And I confess it wan very pleasant to hear bluff old Joba Roper sing out " How are yon, Gap tain Ben ?" as I got off at Trenton ou my retara ; end I resolved if I ever wetd, with "Os" on another expedi ti on among strangers, to permit no more such cashiering. We reached Florence at half-paot one o'clock that night, and hac to lie over till six next' morning. There waa but one hotel worthy the nam3 in the place, and this was soon filled to overflowing by those who knew where tcrfind it, so that we who were ignorant of its whereabouts, and of oar long detention here, alter slowly filing out one door on to the platform and learning the situation, as slowly filed in again at the other door, com pelled to make the best of such small comfort as can be wrujg from trying to sleep on a.car seat. Those seat s were. hard, and the arms angular, on cuehioned wood, and we resigned onr selves to our fate in all the diff?rent neck- breaking, back-bending attitudes usual on such ocoaeiona. But -with the exception' of two snorers, who , kept ?p a lively competition in theil line, in the front end of the car, few i ?f ue ?ot more then a short nap. Tn* < I occasional snorts with which t' musicians of the night enlivened t performances, were oar only soi of merriment, and we had some hoi laughs at their expense, of wi however, they were blissfully ignor At dawn we sought a place to w and then looked oat to see what of a town we were stranded in. F enc* is the worst scattered; most 1< some looking town, I ever was in. is in a dreary, sandy, level conn and while occupying an area ec almost to that of the city of Augu has only two thousand inhabita There are extensive E. R. Shops h I WAS told, and most of the inha ants are in one way or another ployed by the Railroads. I saw 1 aral church steeples in the distal bnt no fine residences. By invitation, all the delegates board the Oheraw and Darling train, which we boarded at Flore at six o'clock, were to stop over ti o'clock that evening, and take in floral and fruit fair at Darlington H. Wo reached this piece ab eight. We-or rather some of I generals and colonels-seemed to peet a committee to meet and esc as to the hotel; but there had bi a hitch in the arrangements somehi and no committee appeared. WI we got to the hotel, mine host i his vassals were "Btruck all of a bet by such an inundation of hun| farmers-so called. He had had notice of oar coming, and breakl was to be prepared ab initio. Ab, then, and there waa hurrying to f fro. And gathering frowns and signs or em] ness." The hotel folk did the hurryi and Cheetham and Prescott did th share of the frowning. Neither 1 had anything to eat since dinner \ day before, and both are good trem er men. Their feelings can better imagined than described I I rar ever eat any supper, and it bein j little beyond my usual breakfast til I felt more amused at the woful pli< \ of my fellow travelers than griev . for my own condition. But when I grand rush was made as the breakf was announced, I was no laggaj and being old hands at the busine we Edgefield foJjfe- let those anxic to secure a seatTrake the first that fared near the dining room do Then we marched straight on down the table nearest the kitchen doc knowing that it was easier to miera a waiter than to get him to pass fifty other scowling, hungry men wait on us ; and waiters were no too many. There bad been a wag made by oar Edgefield Col. and I [ as to\which would eat most, and I mQn fr| dflojffc ? I kept oloee cou One thing is certain though ; that 1 tel man Jost money on those tv And those unfortunates who were! to get into the dining room, return with a hungry glare in their ey Having tasted of Darlington's h pitality, the grangers and farmers, except myself, who remained at t hotel to do some writing, went to t fair grounds, on the outskirts" of t village, and, so they told me, had very pleasant time, and a nice pici dinner. After admiring the fru they ate it up; and a game of ba ball helped to amuse them till tra time, hall past three. Darlington a very pretty village, with mat beautiful residences and fine ehac trees. The new cotton factory, bui of brick and run by steam, adds i the thrifty, business like appearam of the place; and the surroundii country is fine farming land. The evening train from Floreni brought nearly all the rest of the del gates who were comirg, and whe our crowd got on at the fair ground the three coaches had about all the could seat. A committee of reoeptio had come down from Bennettsvilh with priuted slips on which the nam of every delegate, and the home ai signed him, was put; they passe through the coaches, adding any ne' names, and telling each man wher he was to get off and who would tak charge of him. Society HUI is the ats tion nearest to Bennettsville, am about half of us got off there. Ba the Pee Dee River had to be Grosset here on a fiat, and this being a ledi ons job, with so many vehicles, tbi rest went on to Oheraw, sixteen mile from Bennettsville, where there is i good bridgo over the stream. Mud to our regret, Dr. Prescott had beei assigned to a separate home, and cu trio was thus separated. We reachei Cheraw about 6 P. M., and Mr. J. H Mclaurin, a most promising and ge nial young lawyer, who was to take charge of UL, was there with a carri age and spanking pair of sorrels, tc meet ns. Young Mr. McKerall, o the Golton Fiant, did the introducing and accompanied us in the carriage and our host soon had us whirling over the smooth lovel road towardi our destination. As the depot is on the outskirts of the town, and the road to the bridge over the Pee Dee did not lead through it, Oheraw, the scene of the misguided and ill-fated Bogan Cash's notoriety, must remain nndeecribed. On our return, we were shown the residence, fronting therail road at Cash's Depot, where his fa ther had lived, and where he was born and reared, among the black* jacks, forming a beautiful grove, in front of the house, which stands on a high, sandy ridge, the tomb ereoted to his memory by his passionate bnt grand old lather, waa pointed out. One could not ask a more lovely rest ing place. Beneath the sobbing pines, and under the very trees where his childish footsteps had strayed, he lies. His life was short, and his end was bloody. Like Duncan, "After life's htful fever he sleeps well." And though both he and his father cannot be called blameless, or are even excusable for many things, there are many in Sooth Carolina who re gard the father as the victim of cir cumatanceB, and the son as a victim to the newspapers and his name. Whether they were not "more sinned against than sinning," is left to the Great Judge, when they shall meet their, recusara face to face io the '.worldbeyond the stars." The brisk ride through the cool ?vening air, over splendid roads, was lo/exhilarating and refreshing that ?hen we reached home, every vestig of fatigue had diseppeared. I mea the home of oor host of coarse; bt even before we reached it, his gen ality and evident solicitude for oe comfort, made ns feel at ease, an that we were going lo-a home and nc a house. And so indeed it provee During our stay beneath his roof, Mi MoLaurin and his moat amiable an intelligent wife left'nothing unsaid o undone to make us feel at home, au enjoy ourselves. Oar only regret a leaving was that our stay had bee too brief; and "time's effacing fin gera" will never obliterate the remen; branca of their kindness and hospi tality. As we drove elong, before it grev too dark to see, there was much good natured banter and joking. We sa\ some bumble-bee renters' cotton, eve: in the Pee Dee bottoms, and laughinj at this, we lepeatedsome of Lfc.-Go\ Sheppard's yarns to show the kind o cotton, corn and peas we expected b find in Marlboro. jQ.ttr Pee Dee friend began to crawfish st once, especial 1; on the pea question, boc we reassure* them by saying we would not ex pee too muoh. I shall say nothing abou the crops or the farming in Msrlborc inasmuch as the ridgefield delegate have been requested to make a writ ten report at the next meeting of om Agricultural Society, in which the; will satisfy all curiosity on that score and give the people of the eutir county the benefit of what they sa; and learned. Bennettsville is a beautiful litt1, village, of about five hundred inkab liants, with many nice and some ver fine residences. Everything abou tba place is as neat as a pin, and eve ry thing possible has been done to in orease the healthfulness of a situatioi naturally sickly. A large creek rum dose by, with a large swamp opposit tho town, .which ia located on a lov bluff immediately on the bank of th stream. All-grass .and weeds are kep down, and the trees as high as tai feet, and nearly all the fencing, wer< whitewashed, adding much to th holiday appearance of the village The people are proud of themselves and their town and county-as wei they may be. And in view of theil liberality, their intelligence, their pro greaeive spirit, their sociability, ant above all their kingly hospitality, ii Fraise of which every delegate whon heard express himself, was loud am profuse, they are the equals, and ii some respeots the superiors, of an community I ever visited. They hac put their best foot foremost evidently but then any one could see that thi other waa not a club foot. In accounting for some of their pe culiaritiee and excellences, I know o no other hypothesis upon which tc bale an explanation, than that the are almost entirely of Scotch descent I surmised this from the nnmber o Mea. and other Scotch names I heard and my host told me it was a histor ical fact that all this country wai originally settled by emigrants fron Scotland. I have always ad mir < the North Britons since 1 read whet a boy the "Scottish Chiefs" and Wa verly Novels; and I take off my hal to t\eir deso^dants in Eastern Sout L to tell your ? reauera auU??ii11 'o'?irr?rr I home-how every man who wantei ? to leave Friday morning, gave hi name to the committee, and it wa made the duty of some one man ti call for them at their homes at < o'clock and see them all off on the hack and carriages, and how they did ii , How one man assigned to our had was not up when called for, and go left. How on our return from th? lower end of town, after two gentle men, all of onr eeats, five in number being already full, and three cn om of them, there was an audible groat as we saw our belated passenger wait ?ns for us on the corner, with hit gripsack in hand. How a little mau, whose name I ne i er learned, crawler back off the seat by the driver, anc edged in between Col. C. aud myaelf How our Georgia friend-he live* neat Savannah and waa the only Georgia delegate, tho' a Virginian by birth-to our surprise nimbly mount ed without help to the vacant place. How some one asked the driver if hie front axle was strong, and another wanted to know as he neared the bridge over the creek, if the sleepers were sound. How our friend-a sec ond but enlarged edition of Daniel Lambert-who took our jokes in good part, was dubbed at once "Big John" -Bill Arpe Big John, who bored the hole in the dashboard and tied the ox's tail in a knot, as he was running from the Yankees in 1864. How we all soon grew acquainted, and learned each others names and honors; and joke, repartee and laughter began to pass around. How our fat friend proved a veritable Falstaff, a "man of infinite jest and humor," and caus ed us all to dodge and laugh too when he took the driver's whip and touched up our leaders ; we were driving four horses. How he then stood up and cranked the whip with all the grace and ease of old Sam Weller himself remarking that he had, when a boy, often walked four miles to meet the stage and drive it home. How we laughed till our sides ached at his ri diculous stories, and begged him to stop. How he mixed in with his dis course incidents and anecdotes of war times; when he served on Stuart's staff ; and then talked about farming in all ita aspect* with the fluency of a professor. How we lound that he had been every where, and tried eve ry thing, from raising colton to dairy ing,' and fri z? running drays to truck farming, at which he had stuck. How as he talked on, his character unfold ed, end we grew to respect and ad mire the man, and saw that thia "huge hill of flesh," about which he was not at all sensitive, had a capacious brain above it, and a soul commensurate ! with its bulk. That rido will long be remembered by all who were along, and it had a fitting finale. When al most in sight of the Pee Dee Bridge, our four horse team overtook several backs and buggies, some of which had left before us, but most of them had passed us soon after leaving Bennetts ville. They were driving one and two horses, whioh were then fresh but now winded. Smelling some fun, "Big John," tipping our driver a }nar ter, told him to pass them ail. ehu gathered up his lines and crack I went his whip above the heads of the leaders. "Touch up 'Ninety' there," said Big John. This was one of the wheelers, whose name he had chang ed, and " thereby hangs a tale," a moat laughable tale at that. Dex terously plied with the lash, our team ? was soon at a sweeping trot and then j broke into a gallop. We soon over- ? hauled those in rear, and passed them, i after a spasmodic effort at resistance, ? tipping our hats as we went by, and ] saying we only wanted to get lo Che ] raw, a mile distant, and ask the con dador to wait for them. ODO hjTck only offered much resistance, fite driver, as we approached, whipped his horses to a run, and the race con tinued for a quarter of a mile, but four to two was odds too great, and as we slowly overhauled and passed them at a e weeping gallop, there were cheers and laughter all along the road in our rear. Even our balked com petitors in the last hack joining in, when Maj. Ryala stood up, and giv ing a last yell at ''Ninety," said: " Gentlemen, you can't blame a lillie fellow like me for having his fun, and getting out of the dust." But I must stop. B. R. T. Our South American Correspond ence. Maranlioa, I'eruambtico* Bahia, Kio, Janeiro. STEAMSHIP ADVANCE, IN FRONT OF Rio JANEIRO, July 17, '85. Dear A dvcrliser : A week ago I bad e yon an unceremonious adieu at Tara, on the Amazon, as the Consul, return ing to the United States, was waiting to take charge of my letter. From Para we steamed down the river, and were soon once more upon the bosom of the broad Atlantic, where we took an easterly course for several (days, but keeping in sight of a sandy and apparently sterile coast. Our bights were illumined by the bright South ern Cross to our right, now rising high in the heavens under the beautiful constellation of Sagitarius-the great Dipper balancing on the left-and the North Star faxt sinking beneath the horizon. The cquatoriaL^mos phere was tempered by balmy breezsp, and at all times a light woolen dress was comfortable, often a shawl nec essary, as the swift trude winds swept over the vessel. The great waters are wonderfully beautiful here, vary ing vividly from every shade of blue to every shade of green-and en livened often by high leaping porpoises and curious round jelly fish. But I grew weary of it, and though not sea sick, was sick of the sea. So much so that I joyfully joined the party go ing ashore at Maranhoa. This city stands on an eminence 400 feet above the eea, and had once 36,000 people and an important commerce. The ravages of yellow fever and small Sox, however, have materially re uced both population and trade. At Maranhoa again we found the accom modating street cars, drawn by stunt ed mules. The better clasd qi people here seemed to be a great improve ment upon these of Para. . As we traversed the streets of Maranhoa, it was Sunday, but I noticed toe stores, well stocked with varieties, were open, while moat of the many churches were closed. Proceeding through towh far in!o the suburbs, we found some very handsome residences-of flaked, va riegated tiles. While peeing over the front gates of one of tiru finest, a pretty and graceful Senora)appeared on a balcony and invited ne to enter. Alter welcoming us with (hospitable gewinne, nhe disappeared, Ikut return ed quickly bringing her / husband, who spoke both English arid French TTnWiW'X .lM,1.f>mfl_ *"4 wealthy tropical .plants, up th rou J? ??U? balcony, into a large brightly painted walla, tparterres of and many fine engraving a broad wine and watwi-were handsbo, with quaint earthen goblotH, by ad floors, young negress in a dcfvllele. p. Here ton gown, short waisted a laJo, in very and many beads and can jg fantastic host then conducted ns flKoink cot fruitery and back yard-.Rsephiue, of cocoas, bananas, sapoiJrugs. The grapes, pineapples, breadirough his India rubber trees. The htwilderness ed us with fruit and rare titillas, figs, bade ns a graceful adieu w fruit and I nilicent parrot perched on hostess load These are people of tho v^owers, and class; indeed the gentlen/ith a mag bleraan-a viscount. ThHrshoulder, sode had the charms of dec?ry highest ty, and rested us, as it wenan is a no monotony of the eea. s little cpi We find real equatorialided novel sipid, lacking in lUvor. Oe, from the well-marked seasons, lima cause. Vegetation here ! fi nits in and frosts are unknown..'he want of seasons are wet and dry./ine, is the now ; but (-till, even in thsjpver dies, red clay-there seemed td&The two tie dust. Indeed this red It is dry try, with paling fences aa country groes, reminded me of ot be but lit middle counties. clay coun But again we "go dowd many ne in ships," and again Bteir Carolina wardly. The nert salier our voyage is the mundi to the sea St. Roque, from which poiu* out east American Atlantic coastst event in ly into the South West. Img of Cape after rounding Cape St. it the South find ourselves before Pernaants rapid ed by the natives, St. Yoja-fe^thours count of dangerous coraj Roque, we bay, the Captain awaitecmbuco, call remarkable coral reef, jsef. On ac wall of masonry, rises at reefs in the face of the waters, and era -pilot. A mile out to sea. At thjike a solid there is a lighthouse angove the sur harbor was full of shires fUends a half of the world, indicating9 extremity eign trade. Thc city ha fort. The largest and most importom all parts coast, with a population i large for Itssiie, however, is low ai one of the In fact yellow fever preant on this J \ time. But nevertheless wi of 125,000. and saw Pernambuco iud unhealthy, prominent aspects. OneJrails all the churches-Magnifica to A wentashore, 4 -I found very interests moBt of its 1 in bas reliefs of saints :'its principal t events of the Roman Cati the Saints" It is almost too gaudy, lig. It is rich highly colored pictures and historic * of tho Virgin-and tho olic Church. 0 fusion of artificial flowiwever, with C like imago of the crucifiand images ? the sepulchre, watched L?reatest pro so realist.c as to be absolrs. A life ing. I observed severabd Christ in fi in priestly robe*. We ca' Mary, was V one of these irr a sort of itel y appall- il guese, Spanish.and Frem negro men 0 him quite intelligent, iverped with b houses here are haudsoiixed For tu- a any city we have yet H A and found 0 gardens of bright Bra Aie private tl are supremely charmiAr than in H' gigantic cacti 100_feetB; and the 0 boasts of^burden arefnu (lowers Ci ind very* email mules Hfehlmagine tt The oxen draw carls hjBBi I The while tho mules and borfl fat oxen Inn dena Raddle bag lam horses, ange haskots of fruits aHly laden, to two bales of cotton, JB?ar their lide. Tlie inhab tauts (gfln- from ?rove in appearance anBBegetables is wo travel further SoHjou either ?ambuco we arc joined jWntly im ?entleman, who is a dflkj^igence National Assembly no\?^At Per lio. BHpleasant Adieu to Pernambuc^HLjof the an on the bosom of the deep sea. This time we pteer out into waters of the darkest blue, indicative of great deptb, and quite out of sight of land. ? merciful Providence has brought us safely through thus far, and real izing God's hand-great and good more than at any period of my life, I lay me down in my narrow berth in peace and trust. On the 4th of July, our national holiday, at G o'clock in the morning, whilo hundreds of church bells were chiming musically for early masB, Bahia, tho second city of the great Brazilian empire, shone before our wave weary oyes in all its superb beauty. The lovely bay of All Saints, like a rippling lake, lay before us, thickly dotted with shipping.of every clime. The greater part ol' this bay's semicircle is occupied by the old Por tuguese city of San Salvador, called, in these present times, Bahia, which means bay. Viewed from the water, it is of magnificent proportions, aud picturesque indeed. It is divided into two distinct parts. The tipper half stands upon a well-wooded elevation, reached from the lower halt by steep crooked streets, and also by means of a gigantic modern elevator. Upon this elevator yon pay 4 cents a lift. Here was another novel and pleasant episode. Going up from a dirty busi ness city below, to an elegant and airy city above, in an elevatorl The lower city is devoted to business and the lower classes. Ita characteristics are stores, wharves, immense ware houses, and a badly paved, dirty street, 4 miles long, extending the whole length. Iii the upper city aie hun dreds of elegant residences, govern ment buildings, colleges, convents, churches and promenades. Bahia contains 220,000 inhabitants. Among other public works, we looked at a monument to John VI, first royal gov ernor of Brazil. The churches and convento ore enormoaaly costly. Here we got delicious seedless oranges-a specialty of the place. Another specialty is the use of the old-fash ioned sedan chair-in lieu of car riages, many of the streets being steep, crooked and almost impassable. I took a turn in a sedan chair, and tried to imagine myself a belle of the time of Queen Anne and George 1st. The Bahian negress is also pictur esque. She wears a costume like a sen ator of ancient Rome-a toga. At Bahia, the fear of yellow fever again hurried our movements ; and again, as at Para, I looked with long ing eyes at the great and handsome opera house, brilliantly illumined on account of some extra performance. Not only French, but often first class Italian troupes, come here. But we must not spend a night in the midst of yellow fever. Consequently we again tread that mo* otonous gang plank, and are Boon "rocked in the cradle of the deep." Between Bahia and Rio we draw a veil-because the monotony of sea life is uninteresting alike to narrator and reader. Ou the 15th July we descry banka of beautiful blue and green moun tains, which denote an early arrival at a haven of rest-Rio Janeiro, the capital of the great western empire where we need have no serious lear f yellow^ fever, and whore, alter a in?ysl^^ ro regret at baving* to Rep? rate so soon from the pleasant pas sengers, of variou- nationalities, with whom we have been brought into such close fellowship of late. Our ship's commander, Capt. Beers, his daughter, and her accomplished friend from Brooklyn, Miss Risk, have . ^tributed vastly to the i leasure of a voyago which has seemed more like a pleasure trip than a journey of G.000 miles. Our life on the Advance has been ono of luxury and happi ness. But now we-round the rocky pi o montory of Cape Frio, and will soon enter the Bay of Rio Jaueiro. Here we real several dsys before sailing southward to Monti-video. And do yon not think that this magnificent imperial city deserves a separate and distinct lotter in the ADVERTISER? R. C. B. Col. lt. Al, Mitchell oa lite Augusta, Edgefield and Newberry Nar row-Gauge. On Friday last, a reporter of the Augnsta ( hrovicle sought an inter view with Col. R. M. Mitchell con cerning the proposed new narrow gauge road. Col. Mitchell said : The Augusta, Edgefield and New berry Narrow-Gauge Railroad will be started on private subscriptions, as was the Augusta and Sandersville, but with ten thousand more chances ol being rapidly completed. A greater amount of money will be subscribed to build it than to any similar enter prise in either Georgia or South Caro lina for twenty years. The people of Edgefield and Newberry are en thusiastic. Senator Callison, Vice Pr?sident of the Board, is already in the field canvassing the country ten miles on either side of the pro posed line. The ^corporators took $8,000 of the stock before leaving the room in which the meeting wds held in Edgefield. The amount was large ly augmented before Senator Callison left the town, and it is confidently believed that $100,000 will be sub scribed between the Savannah and 3aluda rivers, $50,000 in Newberry, ;ity and county, and Augusta will be is ked to invest her quota. Two hun Ired thousand dollars should be easily ibtained from these sources, and as .he estimated cost of the road com deted and finely equipped is only {?400,000, you can readily see there viii be half stock and haK bonds, or inly a fixed aunual charge of $14, 100 for interest if the bonds are made ' per cent. When do you propose to break dirt? You are rather fast. When Edge eld has subscribed the $100,000 .romised, the company organized by A stockholders, and Augusta's quota f stock taken. I do not believe in uilding another road for Augusta's dvantage unless her people will show y their subscriptions they deserve ie ct!ort iu their behalf. It is a one ded game when Augnsta reaps most ? the I oneiits without aiding the instruction of roads built in her iti ti eat. What should Augusta do? Her citizens should subscribe $100, )0 to the Edgefield railroad in ten iyn' time. The little city of Co minis has recently taken (?150,000 ock in the Georgia Midland railroad, id certainly tho larger city of Au ista should subscribe two-thirds at sum to build a road which will i greatly more advantageous to her mmercially ^fi&he Midland will i to ColumbflB Sffijected Augusta die ibson e de nn compel pot of the other railroad terminating there, thus rendering Savaunuh pow erless to compete with Augusta for freights unless she paid for hauling producta by wagon between the ter mini. But I do not promise to be so careful of Augusta's interest at New berry unless her people show by their subscriptions they deserve such care. I am an Augusta man-an humble worker with the few individuals whose motto is: "All for Augusta," but it ?B discouraging to strive to aid Au gusta commercially and have her citizens sit idly hy aud attempt noth ing for themselves. Will subscription books be opened soon in Augusta for the Elgefiald road? Yes, and a good investment will be offered, good in two ways : every dol lar in the stock will sell for par in a year ai ter the road is completed, and 25,000 bales of cotton beside other products will come to Augusta, which could not be otherwise secured. Jf yon gentlemen of the quill would give to the material advancement of Au gusta half the thought and apace you gratuitously accord to base ball, your work might result iii tho building of a new and surprisingly enterprising and wealthy city at tho h fail of navi gation on |h . S vannnh. Suppono yon try it. Augusta and (he Proposed Narrow Gauge Hoad. Of the proposed narrow guage road froto Augusta via Edgefield to New berry, the Augusta C/tromclr speak? editorially thus : Augusta should emulate Edgefield and Newberry in aiding thin work, which is mainly for her benefit. Our people have had the moat intimate relations with Edgefield, which has been aptly compared to an empire within itself, and moro of a Georgia than South Carolina province. Our people have intermarried there and exchanged commodities for many years, and they have helped each other in times of danger as well :s times of prosperity. Now, when a steel band is about to unite them more closely and profitably, substantial evidence is asked of the fraternity known to exist nentimentally. We believe that it will not be asked vain ly although times are hard and money difficult to get. But there are alwayB some enterprising people in every community, and they are not lacking here. At any rate, a test will be made and, We trust, that it will be re sponded to with alacrity. Col. Mitchell ha^ worked wonders with the Augusta, Gibson and San dersville Road. Nobody questions, for a moment, his ability to carry through that daring undertaking. Already his rails are 30 miles away and advancing hourly toward the ter minal point westwaid. Because of the talent, energy ami executive genius BO successfully displayed in one direction, the people of South Carolina, neighboring ton?, have per Ject confidence in him. They mani fest their trust by their work?. They have summoned him to build the road they need, and they have ac companied the honor with the cash. Heteillrtrove worthy of their confi denfll HH^ -T."' \a constructed. "f?HIH ?cTtvlis?h is t? ? lionWraBre of advantage, should do her part in making assurance doubly sure. Col. Mitchell tells us thal hin whole soul is interested in Augusta's wei fare. Because the people believe in his practical good sense and honeHly, they will for their own good, as well as the good of others, rally to his sup port. State of South Carolina EDGEFIELD CO UNIT, In Common ricas. F. E. Rinehart, John Rinehart, Pormo lia Lake, Sarah Caughman, Jemima tarley, Esther Carley, Susan Lang ford, Catherine Snellgrnve, John Kino lisrt, jr , Angeline RedHnhatiidi, Per dida Miller, Folder Rinehart, Eu genia Rinehart, Harriet Etheredge, Laura Curley, Ella Rinehart, Sophro nia Rinehart, Caro]ino Shoaly, Lodos os Rinehart, Sophronia S wygert, Har riet P. Curley, Matt Lout;, Jackson Long, William Lone, Sarah Curley and Amanda Whittle, Y. F. Rinehart and Ladora Rinehart, Plaintllls, again/it Wesley Rinehart, Sebastian Rinehart, Davis A. Wino, Rosa Miller, Jos. Long John Long, Charles Long, Frederick Rinehart, William Rinehart, John S. Corley, Pick. Rinehart, Rama Miller and Elijah G. Burchfield, Defis.-Atta monsfor Relief. {Complaint not served. Tu thc Defendants,, Wesley Rinohart, Se bastian Rinehart, Davis A. Wise, Rosa Miller, Josepn Iiong, John long. Chas. Long, Frederick Rinehart, William Rinehart, John S. Corley, Pickens Rinehart, Elijah G. Burchfield and Bar na Miller, absent Defendants. YOU are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is filed in tho office of the Clerk of Court, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said oom ?taint on the subscriber at his office, at dgefieldC. H., S. C., within twenty deys alter the service hereof, ox elusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this ac tion will apply to tho Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Edgefield S. C., Aug. 10, 1885. J L. ADDISON, Plaintiffs' Alfy. To thc absent Defendants above named. You will take notice, that the com plaint and summons in this cause has been filed in the office of tho Clerk of [Jourt of Common Pleas for said County. I L.s.] D. R. DUKISOE, Clk. C. C. P. 1 J. L. ADDISON, Plaint ill's' Atty. Aug. 12, 1885-OUSC_ State of South Carolina COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. In Common Picas. X P. Jones, Plaintiil", ayninsl Charles Jones, Mary Newman, Sarah Blaken ship, Lotty Guizel breath, Nancy S Jones, Emma L. Jones, Maggie M Jones and Charlas C. Jonas, and otb ors, Defendants.-Summons fur Relief. {Complaint not served.) Vo the Defendants, Charles Jones, Mary Newman, Sarah Blakou.ship, Letty Oui/elbreath, Nancy S. Jonas, Emma L. Jones, Maggio M. Jonen, Charles C. Jones, and others, whose names aro unknown. Srou are hereby sum moued aud ro- "j . quired to answer tito complaint in ?8 Iiis action, of which a copy is filed in tie office of tho Clerk of tho Court of 'ommon Pleas, and to serve a copy of our ann wer to the Haid complaint on the ubscriber at his office, at Edgefield C. A [., S. C., within twenty days after tho H\ srvico hereof, exclusivo of tho day of to lieh service: and if you fail to answer ul ie complaint within tho time aforesaid, io plaiutiUr In tbiaaction will apply to io Court for the roliof demanded iii tho unphdnt. Dated: Edgefield, S. C., Aug. 10, IHNS. 111 J. Ii. ADDISON, Plaudit]'sAlt'i/. I P1 ? I dr b thc absent Defr.iolants. You will lake notice LliaUHt'Oiuplainl ul summons ii. lliisH?WHH| has hoon led in the oOle.y?A Brk ot' LI io JU rt of Common T^B ,.a.] D. H. DCKISOKTSHMP'. P. ':< j. LEVISON; co Plaint)(Hs A tl'y. ' go Aug. 12, 1885.-0130 ' '? vo [ill and Gin ?carin?, MUI Rocks, &c, for Sale" . IAVING discontinued my mill, I of fer for salo oheap, a good setofMill jcks, Mill and flin Gearing,Gin Jtead, ?ess, Ao. BENNET!'HOLLAND. ? ? Aug. 19, '85.-371_A il ~ ?ad WHISKY HABITU ?and wi ut. hom? without pain. BOOK 1 pa Mi MM: of particular* Bent PHEK. . at WOOLUT, tl.' D,, AU ,&U,0?, HOT 5 S! Thc rush continuos to bo tremendous for tho last of our Ladies', Gents' and Children's Low-Quartered SUMMER SHOES, but for the next two weeks we will offer the remainder of these goods at a tremondoiis sacrific? to make room for the Largest Stork of Fall Goods that has evor boon brought to tho Southern market What's the Usc of Wasting a Dollar When You Can Save It! ??ig Prices will not do in these times, whoiroven the wealthy cannot afford to waste their money ; and the poor require double , duty of every dollar and every penny. 69c. Worth $1 25. Ladies' Im?ia Kid Button at G9c; worth $1 25 in any house in the South. 75c Worth $1 25. Ladies' Grain Button Boot-8 at 7?c.; worth $1 25. Thia ?hon ip un doubtedly a great bargain. 65c. Worth *I 00. Ladies' Kid Polish Boots at 05c; worth $1 00. Thjs is a gn at, natch, and you nhnnM see them. $i oo won ii $2 oo. Ladies' Kid Button Boots, worked button hole, box toe, at $1 00; worth $2 00. Let* than manufactur?is' oust. $1 50 worth $2 50. Ladies' Curacoa Kid Button Boot, worked butl?m_Jmle. hoxton, ul. J $1 50; wir warraT?.TiT ' r-?i_uoi|wm.iUj . > 49c worth $1 25. Ladies' Kid Opera Slippers at 49o; worth $1 25. This is the gr li est bargain in the house. 9c worth 250, Lidies" Toilet Slippers at 9c; worth 26c. This is not half the oat. 75c worth $1 CO. Men H Calf Ties. We do not propose to continue these prices long. $1 25. Men s Calf Strap Ties Hewed, at $1 25. This i-lioe is strictly first class in every respects Only 75c. Gents' A Calf Congress Standard Screw nt 75c. Never sold before for less than $1.25. . si 00. ?'mts; B Calf] & worth $175] We will sell you . Straw Hat -worth 5Uc for 15c. Also pell you a Straw Hat for 25c. Somethjng/very Nobby worth $1 25 for 50c, an?Kwill sell you our best Manilla1 H us worth $3.00 for $1.75. FAMOUS! 740 BROAD STREET. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 1), 1885.- SO Tie Augusta Cotton Crin Go., Munuja- 'iircs THE AUGUSTA COTTON (?IN. [-:,:-J For Fin* Sample, Clea? Seed, Fast Woik, Fine Finish ami Su perior Mechanism, ?Iiis (.in is rot Surpassed, Planters of Edgefield should remember it is made cloe to them, where broken parta and repairs can be furnished promptly and at small cost. We REPAIR Cotton Gjna of any make in the bebt manner. EXCHANGE NEW FOR OLD GINS on fair terms. Have an assortment of SECOND-HANDED Cotton Gins, of varions mnkes, overhauled and in perfect order, for sale at extremely low figures in fact bargains. We sell AMES ENGINES, BIRDS A LL ENGINES, LIDDELL BROS.' COTTON PRESSES, SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, &c, and the best TRACTION ENGINE made in the United States. It will travel anywhere. For Circulars and Term-", address, O. M. STONE, Manager, Office No. 7, Warren Block. AUGUSTA, ?A. :o: AUOUSTA, fi A., Juno 2flth, 1RS!. Hr. O. M. STONE, Manager Augusta Cotton Oin Co. Dear Sir-At your request, wo have seen tested the "Augusta Cotton Gin," naniifheturea by tho Augusta Cotton Gin Company. Tho first toft waa made with !oed Cotton, vory leafy and slighty sandy. The lint produced was very clean and )eautifiilly ginned. Tho second test was with a low, inforior grado of Stained Cot on and very sr.ndy. Tho lint produced was perfectly clean, and would soil in any narket HS Clean Stains. After such a satisfactory test, we do not hesitate to reeotu nend this Gin to planters in every section as being tho boat wo havo soon. Very lospectiuUyf" J. J. DOUGHTY, of J. J. Doughty & Co., Cotton buyora. 14 D. KELLEY, Cotton Buyer. W. A. GAUKKTT, of Garrett A Latimer, Cottou Factors. CITA? F. B?K KIT, of J. M. Bardell A Co, Cotton Factors. .7. K. EVANS, Cotton Shipper. UKO. W. CRANK, Cotton Factor and Buyer. .INO. P. ROBERTO, of Wm. S. Roberts ?fe Son, Ci tion Factors. I'.KUNA un FRANKLIN, Cotton Broker. J. C. MODRNNALO, Cotton Broker. JAMBS TORIN, of Phinizy A Co., Cotton Factors. N. li. WILLETT, of Pearce. Willot.fc Ballard, Cotton Factors. J. J. Russell, of H. F. A J. J. Russell, Cotton Buyers. EDWARD B. DICKSON, or Dickson Bros., Colton Buyers. V. Coo IN, Superintendent Augusta Factory. . CHAS. ESTES, President John P. King Manufacturing Co. G BO. T. JACKSON, President Enterprise Factory. MCCORMICK, S. C., May Otb, 18S5. [r. O. M. STONE, Manager, Augusta Ga. Dear Sir-During tho fall of 1884 I gi unod about 450 bales cotton with theGO AW AUGUSTA COTTON GIN, using for power a ? Horse Birdsall Kngino. I sually ginned 450 lbs. lint cotton an hour. The gin cleans tho seed perfectly, and ie lint from it sold last season in Augusta at 4 to lc per pound above the Hut from her gins in my section. My patrons were woll pleased with my work. The gin now almost in perfect Order. Yours truly, WALTER TALBEBT Auou.sTA, GA , December 23rd, 1884. r. O. M. STONE, Manager / esta Cotton Giu Co. Dear Sir-During the past .-tesson 1 have ginnod 400 balas cotton on tho 00 Saw ugusta Gin. It cleans the seed perfectly, makes an unusually line sample and a ileudid turn out. My gin Las not failed' to make a yield of over one pound lint 3 pounds Heed. My usual time of ginning a halo of (Milton is from 40 to 00 min os. I can renom mond tho Augusta Cotton Gin to the public COG Mr. J. Fi. Cogbnrn, of Cogbnm it Slovens, also states e entiro season, yiidded moro lint from seed cotton than any s section. This result was not obtained from ono plantatii any plantations, since he need it as a traveling ginnory willi a Birds? igino. Tho splendid yield was duo solely to tho Augusta Cotton ( oulh had eau >od short crops, and therefore tho staple could not have plionally good. ft. M. STONE, Mai NEAR HAMUURO, S. C., January 29tl r. O. M. STONE, Manager Augusta Cotton Gin Un. / Dear Sir-During tho past ginning season wo used ono of vourOO-Sawf^ Augusta itton Gins, with a (i-liorse power Amos Engine. We usually ginnod Abale of Lion in 4f> minutes. The seed was alWS? i perfectly cleaned, and the tuen out ar od as could bo ex pooled from any gin. Thu sample was very fine. The gin is ry strong aud woll made, and has gi von perfect satisfaction both to ourselves uud Irons. * The 32-inch mill, built for us by tho Augusta Cotton Gin Co., makes excellent ja I JIU d works well. We grind s bush?lMHkpur whon ronks aro in order. \ HUDSON A SONS. .. O. M. STONE, Manager Augusta Doar Sir-Tho attachment whic^ in Augusta Gin, causes tho gin th it It gives me pleasure m io ale planters. Yours " SSTNOTE.-Mr. Veazey m ak ssriNo at