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J. ADAMS, PROP'S. ! EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1885. (VOL L.-KO. 45. Cocclcsion of The speech of capi, F. R of Edgefleld, At the B< Tille Agricultural ( vent ion. Resolved, 1st, That a cor five be appointed by the Ch moriajizef the .General Aa ita next sitting, and urge ti of such legislation as will a established at an early day i cental farm in South Carob Resolved, 2nd, That the morial further urge the L to compel the Board of Tr ibo South 'Carolina Uni versi cute in good faith the law the statute book requiring establish" an agricultural sch< South Carolina College, wo name, by appointing euch p: and making such changes in : culum, asEhall make it ru /e such of "Wfloie^raduates as eau come forth from its walls cal and scientific farmers, r enter upon the practice of as well aa to be only fitted i the BO-called learned" proieesic Resolved, 3rd, That in our such consummation will be brought about by placing m OJ ere on the Board of Trustees. Resolved^ Atk, That the pa morial further urge the creati larger and more repr?sentatif Board of Agriculture, to coi one from each-'congressional I selected by the Legislature fr names of farmers serit in by tb cultural societies in said distri that the Governor, the Master State Grange, the.* President ?tate Agricultural Society ai Commissioner of Agriculture, be ex-officio member^ thereof. Resolvedt btk, That it be rn? duty, among other, thing*, State Board of Agriculture to i iza and, hold annually in hg Counties of the State, Farmers' tutes,, and that we ask for an t priation of five thousand dolli defray the'expeusea of said insti Now comes the tug of war ! Chairman, if I have not rirosslj taken the condition of our fai iuterests, there, is preying ne something to be done. I cannot flatter myself that ai propositions will gd unchallengt that seme of these resolutions not arouse opposition. I would incorporated a resolution asking repeal ol the< infamous LiBn Law that is a sore subject with the ? Agricultural Society, and I woulc have alludHiio itatall.' ii any coi ?diagnosis of our diseased agrien] ^ ^r?ksB^^ofcur State'have i the p2/5re in your hearing by t UBed^|rd^^L^^n^ogr^|^o^ have so1ong8criveni?nJv?iin^to g stricken from our statute books trust the day is not far* distant v we can demand what you hav< long begged in vain. But let ui ganize, and the thing ?B done. As regards the first of these i lotions, asking the establishment State experimental farm. I feel I should be insulting your intellig to say even one word as to the v or the,necessity of such a facto: our Agricultural advancement. They^re no new thing ; and Sc Carolina can no longer alford to laggarplir* providing one, to. ak solving the many .unknown prob! in out farming." j * - . The establishment" of a Schoo 3?griftdfiA worthy the name, in South Carolina College, would E to need as little argument to make give it your appr oval. I shall kno your votes whether I am addres farmers or not. South Caroline, ah alone of 'alt the State's, has no A cultural' College. Claflin College tablished with the national fund propriatod for that purpose, and dr?wing one half ot: it, is a negri stitution, and of course cannot white boys The Legislature has already EC it the duty of the Trustees to in iporate -such a* feature in the ? College at Columbia. But wbl ' " would n*bt ed wrong those honor men" as to give ear to the accusa that thia section of the act was pi with no intentiou of carrying it SS a sop. to Cerberus, a bribe to ob the support of the farmers in Legislature to carry through a rc _ ure which had already been defei wo cannot but have a suspicion Buch was the case, from the fact the Board of Trustees was chosi - of course without design-of notoriously known to be opposei the idea of Agricultural ?duca and Disincorporating that featur the curriculum of the inBtitu This is an assertion for which I ! no proof. I have been told that a statement has been whispered al the corridors of the State Hi and I have long since learned the "true inwardness" of the dc of our Solons at Columbia can b? be found out thus than by readinj newspapers. Were it not openly proclaimec the friends of the College that word "Agricultural" was usec order to steal-tho word is no iJiey say "use"-the national ar priation, circumstances would coi these Trustees of gross ignoranc to what an agricultural college sh be, or of a wilful disregard of statute. Yon perceive that I si hard, nor shall I dodge any blow return, like the gentleman who terday gave this agricultural fan Columbia a slap and then apolo^ for it. And why should these Trustees e know or care about an Agriculi College ? They ars, almost every men "learned in the law." Alth H large majority of our Legisl ?ire always farmers, not a farme the State could be found worth lill the position ; and I must cong late those farmers who were in Legislature upon their havinp that occasion, so signally ur. the dignity of our calling. No wc we are told, by ants if not in w all the use there is for us i St? - ia to pay taxes and vote in, wonder the Board of Trustees t Jj nominated by a lawyer don and elected by farmers, who, souls ! were intent probably on ing their per diem and retu horne, anxious to be rid of theil 0 too mighty duties : no wonder, le" that the Truetees, thus chosen at emboldened "to keep the word of] lS8 ise to the ear, and yet break itt t be heart." 1 n" Sir, what have they done ? I appointed a professor of Agricu e- j and then placed upon his shou re the duties of President, thus at .of renderingjt utterly impossible :?- he should do anything worth na: 311 in his own department. Hie ex to mente at the University of Tenne he which had boen conducted with m ho ed-abiiity, and his reports thei '8? which were read by every one 'J* could get them, with pleasure 11 profit, have ceased, so to speak. 1 m were only incidentally conuected y c} his duties any way. And the A *? cultural Schoo' had last year tl to students 1 Three years; ?igh R> Thousand Lollars; and Three i >?" dents ! These three boys should sti to do great things for agriculture n South Carolina, for they have < it enough to be Solomons. Their naj i- should he placed on record, that tl fellow citizens may remind them h< j alter of the great things expectec a them. e Mr. Chairman, it is not usual, (f wise, to put a child to nurse in ! ? house ol its enemies. An agricultu e college should be controlled by farm? r? or, at least, they are entitled to a ci \ trolling representation on ita board Q management. Let it be shown the e is no faimer in South Carolina co g petent to fill th* position, and r 1 lips shall be dumb. I know the Pre dent of the State Agricultural Socie j and the Master of the State Granf 3 two ex-officio farmers, have recent " been added to the Board ; but hi 3 not every professorship been filli . and the course of study already bet mapped out by those first chose ) among whom there was not a aing farmer ? I would not be misunde stood. I am no enemy of the Soot ' Carolina College, and only endeavc to show what injustice is being dor '. the farmers of th? State by pretenc ing to call it an Agricultural Collep while it is something else. I woul not have it cease to teach the classic? or any of those higher branches whic are deemed necessary to thoroug culture and the high destiny 6t eve: a supreme Judge or Governor; bul sir, all of us cannot be supreme judge or preachers, or doctors or lawyers Half the five hundred lawyers in Soutl Carolina now, and I defy any membei of the profession to deny it, are on tb< ragged edge of semi starvation. Wher I return home'with'their sfce, and thev I piornas, nine out of ten of tfiem can not read them I After we have paid [ out our hard earned money-far toe 1 T3ucn"?r^whlch seems to be required to stay at such places-they return to us entirely spoiled ; and to be noth ing but a professional man will soil their high aspirations-taught bj precept and example that to be c farmer iv to be a nobody, "And all their after lives Be bound in shallows and in mieeriep.' i .Although their families have beer ) pinched, and every economy has beei i used, to make these fine gentlemen too often instead of doing any honoi i to their training, they become dronei i and end as vagabonds. The fool o i the family-God save the mark I ii 3 kept between the plowhandlea, an< considered good enough ior a farmer f even without training, although it ha s come to require more brnina, mon a judgment, more executive ability, am a more scientific knowledge, to make i y first class farmer than any professioi g of them all. it Farmers of South Carolina, I bej i- of you to give this resolution a anani )- moiis vote, and put these Trustee ) and this Legislature too ou notic ie that we know our rights and dar i- maintain them ; that we know ou ;e wants and dare exprees them ; tba we know our needs and will hav e them. Already the war-cry of th r- denominational colleges is eoundin ;e in the North, and their cohorts ar I gathering for the fray. Let thei le arouse the agricultural Samson froi >n his lethargy, make him understan in what haB oeen done and is bein it, done to rob him of his rights ; and a in sure HS there ia a God in Heaven, th he Board of Trustees will see the tem ,s pie of their idolatry topple to tb d, ground. at Although I come to this meetin ,at as a representative of only twentj - five of its best citizens, who have ri en cently formed an Agricultural Society to I do not hesitate au instant to claii >n, to express the sentiment* of ita 4.0C in white voters on this question. Li >n. this iniquitous wrong remain unrigh ive ed, and I guarantee that if her pr? ich ent delegation does not so vote, tl mt next that comes from Edgefield wi ise, come instructed to do their utmost ! lat smash this institution to atoms. If igs cannot pass tbip resolution here-an ter I fear I cannot-because the few ge the uine farmers here are afraid to tal for fear of getting confused-whi by the politicians are afraid to vote f the fear of offending some one-I kno in I can pass it in Edgefield. I ea ne; awhile back that our college-bri >ro- sons were often ruined by the irai riet ing they received, because they we as averse to using the culture they hs uld obtained as a basis for any thing b the a profea^ion, while from some defe ?ike in their characters they could nev 3 in succeed as professional men. Tin yes- might have succeeded at somethii e at else if they had had an industri ?zed education, for the good God abo never intended to create a worthW ther \ *ing. Many a petti logger or ru ural chine doctor who is a dead failui one, would have made a good blacksmi (Ugh or shoemaker. The Germans, w itors are perhaps the most progressi r in people in Europe, require every mt y to oven the eons of their nobility, to i ratu- quire a trade, with which to make that living in case of adversity; and , on do not think that any one will dot ?held their wisdom in so doipg, if he * mder give the subject any thought, ords, But for every college trained m o the who fails to justify his father a . sending him there, fifty me - ruined by what 2 may call a p< , couree of training. Sir, list, \ r a tale unfold of what are uav ? consequences of entering the pc j arena. It will explain many a , lies. We will take a farmer fl ' stance, and I wish it diatinctl t deretood that I have no part . man in view, and make no pe i allusions whatever; for the t intend to portray are become i meroua that eacn county afton ' prototype. Our farmer, who m a successful business man, thou^ often it is otherwise, induced b " friends" to come out lor the I lature, after a reasonable amou: handshaking, which he rather likes at first, is sent to Colui The coveted "Honorable" is atta to his name. Alas 1 that it shou often prove a badge bv which tc tingnish those who have "bari their birthright for a mesa of pott -and he gets there full of virt zeal for his constituents, and k high resolves as to what he inti to do for their good. He entert State House a farmer; he erne from it after one seBsion a politic He went there to try to do somet? for ?he people. After breathing I polluted atmoaphere thirty days, returns home intent on doing so thing for him&elf. The contact v General this and Jndge that i Colonel something else, who h shaken him by the hand and m much of him, has debauched h He likes this being a somebody; t his first resolution offered and pas in his own mind, is that he will main a somebody if he can. M He eaten of the insane root which tai the reason prisoner," and if he is unfortunate as to be sent a seco time, he becomes thoroughly iuocu] ted with a poison that will ne-, allow him any more peace. If we send him to the House, 1 thoughts soon begin to tra to t Senate. If he succeeds in getting the Senate, Congress next looma before hia gaze. And should he fl to Congress 11 To be Governor, United 8tat Senator, a Cabinet Officer or Foreij Minister, and even President, nc tickles his fancy. He is ever reac to serve the dear people. But som bow these big places, these plum are reserved only for lawyers, an 5ur farmer rarely gets beyond Coi gresa. A laudable ambition is to fc admired in any man. But why shoul be crawl to it "on hiB belly" like th 3erpent io Paradise when he tempte Eve, our first mot her, rather I ha walk erect like a man, tho -loriou 'image of hie maketej B???^M ie become a bootdi.Jof^MH tod a fl.tterer to tVh&ye opinior? ihould he cease to L e?piesa tbdP ?8 own, or marcad to battle. to? ;??e rignr, whelher lit is popular or tot, and Jay claim flo his own soul ir corn of coneequoiKOUQ ? I shall not attemjpt to answer thee? luestionB, No ono can answer them, the fiat seems toi have gone i or tl hat to attain preferment in our State i mau must "crook ?he pregnant hingei )t the knee that thrift may follow fawning." But as God is my judge though I too have ambition, I canno crawl through"^ Blime and filtl now deemed necessw/ to gratify it and "I would rather be a dog anc bay the moon than auch a Roman.' South Carolina in her better dayi was the mother of statesmen who hai no thought save for the good of th< commonwealth; and the people fol lowed them blindly, feeling tha though they might be misled, the; would never be betrayed. Has ah? "lost the breed df noble nen ?" O are her people asleep, not to se whither we are drifting ? Demagogue! and sycophants are far too numeroui in her council halls ; and aa eure a like begets like, unices the "how-dye do statesmen" are sent to the rear there will ere long be a revival of tb good old Radical rule of "Additior Division and silence." Gentlemen, you must pardon thi I digression. I am not near through with this picture of those who ar now ruling South Carolina, and ruic ing her, but I must return to tb college. What would I have the Legislatur do ? 1 will tell you. While leavin the main features of the presen foundation unchanged, let them et tab?Bh in connection therewith A{ ricultural and Technological echooU together with aa experimental fara where the young men and young wc men of our land, allowed if they d< sire to pay their board in work, coul be taught all that those names ii ply, and come forth at their gradui tion ready not only to oarn their In ing, but to aid in building up ou I State by the introduction of othe ? occupations than tbat of farmiuj ,' andanother kind of farming tha that of which the gentleman froi j Laurena accuses me-that of tb [ bull tongue and gullied hill Bid ) Many of our young men aro leayin [ the farm and flocking to tho citie I moat of them to become clerks, bi . cause they know how to do notbin j else, and remain clerke all their live 3 An industrial education, instead of r smattering of Greek and Latin, am v too often, a smattering of Englie j too, would open up other avenues i rj fortune to them, and ?H time cam ,. what are known aa the smaller ii e dustriee, to get a home among u i Instead of all relying upon farmin] it as at present, and having to batt ?t with tue consequent deadly compet ir tion which it entails, our inanufactu y ing and urban population would it 0 crease, and a maraet be found fi al other producta besides Btaple ero] re like cotton, Ihe over production BS whioh, at the expenae of food crop a. has been the cause of our continut e, poverty. th Mr. Chairman, "God helpe tho ao who help themselves." Our new r/e papers have strained a point to g? ,n, flattering accounts of our progress io- a State, and they are constantly har a ing on the many openings there a 1 for the investment of capital hei ibt The less we boast of our progress, t ill better perhaps. But I am not alo in thinking that our resources are an remain undeveloped till we do it uv for selves; aud we, and we alone, w ' have to make the money w to do it. I have about cease for its advent from the Nort tal is scarce in our State, i but knowledge and skill are er. Will any one deny tba ally supported State institut us I have described, where poorest boy could obtain tl needed training, would do m aught else to hasten the day 8ified farming, and that div pursuits, which are both so tively demanded before we v, any real or lasting prosperity I would say nothing about penae of properly equipping institution, merely remarking thinking man can want tha I hesitate an instant on that a but there are mea now-a-da1 regard niggardliness aa econo; to eave a dollar will loee ten. ] it is the stock in trade of a gogue to tell the dear poople h I against thia thing and that, ti down tares. Our people ar' poor, I know, and they cannot any laviah expenditure ; bot tl who would expend several hi thousand dollare to complete ou Houee, and would then plea poverty as a reason for not es ti ing a first claaa Agricultural, Ti logical and Induatrial School, wc at the shrine of vanity rather wisdom. And woe be unto us i men aro in the majority in our I If we cannot afford the latter, w not afford the loi mer ; and indee ting ou a substantial elate roof that ehould be done to the State 1 now. If our people are wise, will prefer to spend their mon train our youth to a diversity of suits, rather, than invest in granit marble to complete, ae d?sign?e monument to her glory which South Carolina had planned. Another thing ; if ?icse i?idu, are so much more profitable than/ ina as wc pursue it, and I do doubt it, why should we and our iron continue to farm, while wc olore our Northern brethren to t lown with their capital and brat; Uart them ? Why not train our ions and daup/ders to do it? Sir: I am tired of all thia twa< .bout Northern capital and bri Doo would think we Southerners h io brains of our own; and to tell ruth, wo do not much act like But equip us as they are equipj ind train us as they are trained, ; for one, will die swearing that, E >y side, wo are their equals any d anywhere. The trouble ie, we h oo few etateamen and too many de go^ues. whp^inaiead of leading, ?pnle, .follow thenv?^C?^^ '(Hnkhuir headc aro made to Wi ats on, and not to think. Thero is another phrase very por ir nowa-days, whose echo is nev llowed to die away: "The Ni outh." It ia dinned into our ei ay by day, and atarea us in thc fin rom the columns of every newapnj ou ?lick up. I have peered thron he gloom of gathering poverty a: ommercial servitude which slow inshroude us, for a sight of this I dirie vision ; but I have failed to f t. If thero be a " New South," ives only in our cities. The asBunc ;ion which the very name implies, \ slander upon the memory of o fathers, unworthy the sons of m wbo were the peers of any mau ; wh this hastening to worship at the shri Bf Northern utilitarianism, this co fession of inferiority to those wi though four to one, required fouryes to overthrow that same old South, unspeakably disgusting. The oil attributes we proieea as a people, whi are at all admirable, we inherit frc those earn? grand old elaveholdei and though ? would have our peor imitate and adopt the good quaiiti and they are many, which Northe men possess, let ua not claim, at lei not yet, that we are superior to o ancestry ; for it is an infamous 1: I beg your pardon for this digreaaic but I could not refrain from ex pre ing my sentiments emphatically cc cerning theee twin pets of our frieni the Editora and Reporters. I I will now say a few words on t 4th Reaolution. I want it diatincl understood that I have no quan with our State Board of Agricultuj I feel that their sins of omission m be forgiven them, even though th anay not be ready to acknowledge th the duties imposed u;ion them are t r.-omplex, too multifarious, too onere in fact, to permit a proper diachar of them. And all must agree th lawyers and merchants would BP< to have no business on that Board, least until the available supply farmers ie exhausted. In God s nau cannot the Legislature allow the far ers to run eome one thing without t Hupervision of an attorney? Do th put farmers on the Judiciary Co: inittee, and have they any busim there? The mere idea ia absurd ; a it ia equally as absurd to have a Boa of Agriculture composed aa ours ; I have no desire to wound auy on leelinge; I am coniending (or a pri i ciple, and hope that no umbrage w , be taken at anything I havo ea i Confino its work solely to the prot< f tion, advancement and encouragent i of our benighted and poverty etric ? ?n farming. Let it turn the phi . j,hate royalty business over to t , Comptroller Generale office, where a properly belongs; and keep the whi . of the privilege tax on guanoe for - own specific uee. Even double th . tax if need be, for we farmers pay r and we alone; and I feel warraDt s in Baying the distant mutterings ?f gathering discontent with ita woi i, inga will die away. Why, air, it d an outrage to take the funda need for the Agricultural Department a m apply them to the expenses of colle ?- ing the phosphate royalty! And e it is but considered for a moment tl ia three of the five members of the Boa ?i- hold other most responsible offices, a re are memberB of thia Commission, a e. that Board of Trustees, and foti ae aomething else, who wonders that th ae have not made of the Agricultu to Department what the intelligent far :?>.- era of the State have had a right ill export? I have long known that i i I honored friend, the Commissioner, ari ; his able clerk, Mnj. Ransom, wei ? overworked, and I believe that ever , member of the present board v/i . welcome euch an increase in the: . number as will divide responsibility and possibly-13ay this with fear an trembling-strengthen their bael bones to Btand up and DEMAND tba the rights of the farmers be r?sped cu, anti that their Department shu] cease to occupy the.dftKraded positio einong the other departments of th State government hitherto accordei to it. I ara the moro anxious for the Log islature to simplify the workings o the D-ipartmout and increase tin Board, because the duties which mj fifth resolution would impose on them would alone require the whole timi and attention ol the ablest of theil number. Ii is argued bv some thal this Board of eleven is too large, ant qould not bo got together. The rea sob of this, I will try io-tell you. Whenever any office is created by th? Legislature, they turn around imme diately an'd fill it with one of their number-or some other broken down politician. They have even been known to create useless offices to peneion old 'political hacks in the State treasury; and it ia small wonder that krge Boards thus composed, of men who have no higher conception of duty than to draw their salaries, cannot be got together. Let the Legislature so Ifict men as the resolution requests, and I warrant there will be no trouble in getting them to attend properly to their duli?s. I will now briefly explain, aa beal I- can, the meaning and scope ol "Farmers' Institutos." I cannot hope that anything so entirely new-I have not found a man here who ever hoard of one before-will attract much-, ol your attention or approbation. Every thing has to have a beginning, how ever, and I am eatinfied the more you rfarn about them, the more you will like them. A Farmers' Instil ute is a new Yaukce invention which is growing in popularity at the North, where they always got value received for any money spent. I never heard of one until two or three years ago, and I cannot claim to be posted on the subject as I would like to be. Luckily I ?hall be able to make you understand very clearly what they ire. This joint Hummer meeting of the State Agricultural Society und the State Grange, attended by delegates 'rom all over the State, and by? thc armers in the neighborhood, ?3 noth ng moro nor less than a Farmers' In ititute on a grand peale. Let us sup ?W H II* 1f' Wfcre practicable to have HHIRP^IIWPWrl^Pcsticnc which! gight arise, and having .essays read? >y experts. Lot them meet os many T nore times during December and Fob iiary in other Counties, and continue pe circuit of the State, meeting once I every County overy other year, who can estimate the benelit.such peelings would be to tho farming in ?prests of the State, which ail ac nowledge to be eo paramount to all thers? Who doubts that, there would e an rgricultural revival, so to speaic, lind rapid, steady improvement in our forming? See the effect ol this meet ?jog on Marlboro, our banner cotton county. A vigorous young agricul tural society, just formed, and an em bryonic fair; both justly attribute tile to no othei cause. But this would be one Farmern* Institute travelling Around and giving exhibitions like a Circus. It would grow monotonous. The programme usually followed at the North, and in Mississippi, the only Southern State to adopt them that 1 know of, is this: Under the direction of some one whoee duty it is to con trol and supervise those institutes, the profepsors in the State Agricultural College and other Roten tifio men, ofUn irom another State, together with noted farmers who are specialists in certain lines of farming, as tbs late David Dickeon was in cotton culture, foi instance, meet at easily accessible parts of the State during the timo of ?ear when work is not pressing, and old these institutes. Thore would be a now audience each time, and anj one could ask questions and take part in the discussions which follow each essay or lecture, just as we have beer doing. Experiences are exchanged and the exercises aro some ti mes in ter?peraed with munie to relievo th( monotony. The local agricultural eo ciety takes a leading part, if there b one; otherwise the director eu?Bt volunteers. The cost is not great, ani the people arc aroused and educate* at their homes. The work of reforr comes from below instead ot fror above, and you attack the great ene my, ignorance, in front and re.tr at tb same time. The experimental fan and agricultural collego will benof the moro enlightened; the Farmer Institutes will reach the most benigh ed. And if these three, properl handled, cannot galvanizo tho corps and revivify our cgriculture, thc nothing will. Let such institutes I held, and I warrant agricultural s cieties to be forced all over the Sta to continue the good work. And, M Chairman, Ihene county and local s cietifs pouring their little streams Columbia, will mnkn yonr own Sta organization grow in numbers ai power, and your State fairs assui proportions undreamed by the m( sanguine. Thanking you all for your kind attention, and apologizing fo." tr passing so long on your patience, yield tue floor. Do Yon Know a Man Whose wife is troubled with debility, r vouancBS, liver complaint or rhouroatifl Just tell him it is a pity to let the li Buffer that way, when Brown's Iron 1 tera will relieve her. Mrs. L B. Edge Dexter, Mo., eays, " Brown's Iron Bit cured mo of debility and palpitation the heart." Mrs. H. H. McLaughlin Scarborough, Mo., say- tho '?ittera ci her of debility. Mrs. Harding of Wi hara Centre, in the Bame state say cured her of dizziness in the head, i it has cured thousands of other ladies. tc ir Pl ?j Master's Sales. I Slate o? South Carolina EDGEFIELD CO UNI Y. In Common Plata. Agatha Woodson, Plaintiff, wu Elcann Abney, Defendant.-Partition. NOTICE ia hereby given that by vir Uto of tho doeretal order of tlie Hon. Judge T. B. Eraser herein, datod Inno '*>, 1883, I will soil at Edgofiold C. li. on the first Monday in November next' tho following real estate, via: All that house and lot ol' land situated in tho town of Edgeliold, containing eight aeres, adjoining lands of Thomas J. Ad ams, tho Male Academy lot, J. L. Addi son and others. THUMS: One-third tho purchase mon ey to bo paid in cash, tho balance on a credit ol'one and two years with interest from day of sale, to bo seen rod by bond of tho pureliasor and mortgage of1tho premises. The purchaser bi insure and koop insured till tho bond ls paid, the house, and to assign thu policy to tho Master a? collateral security, Titles and Mortgage oxtra. S. .S. TOMPKINS, Master E. C. Oct 5, 18 '.r>. Slate ol" MourSa Carolina, EDGEFIELD COUNTY. In Common Picon. Wallaco & Wallace, vs. CoraS. Richard Hon. VTOTICE is hereby given that by vir XI tue of tho judgment of foreclosure horein, dated 12th August, 1885, I will soil at Edgefleld Court House, on the lirst Monday in November next, tho follow ing described mortgaged premises, viz: All that parcel of land in Edgefleld County, South Carolina, containing one hundred and forty-six acres, more or loss, bounded by lands of Wiley Bur nett, D. Hipp, Mrs. Marie Minor, W. A. Hilton, J. W. Minor, the same beluga portion of the land conveyed to J. A M Ricbwrdson by H. C. King on tho 25tb r March, 1852. TERMS: One-half tho purchase money to be paid in cash, the balance on a cr ed | tl it t>i ono year, to be secured by bond ol' tho purchaser, with a mortgage ol' the premises sold. Titles and Mortgage extra. S. S. TOMPKINS, Master E. C. Oct. 3, 18?5. Stale o?* Smtth Carolina, EDGEFIELD COUNTY, In Common Plans. J t| Samuel Tannahill, Ex'or. of S. W. Nich olson, dee'd., v.H. E. ii. Harris. NOTICE is hereby given that by vir- I -"i tue of tho judgment of foreclosure ' herein, dated Aug. 13,1885, I will .soil at Edgefleld C. H., on tho lirst Monday in November next, the following described mortgaged premises, viz: One house and lot lu tho town of Edge flold, Statu of South Carolina, boiug tho place whoro E. B. Harris now resides, on tho public or main road, containing ono aero, more or less, adjoining lauds of D. K. Dnrlsoe's residence, audothers. Also, ono small triangular lot, in Hie forks of the road near tho colored Meth odist church, lu said town of Edgefleld, South Carolina, and near lands where Mrs. Lewis now lives, and being about one acre, moro or less. TERMS :-One-half the purchase money to bo paiil in cash ; Hjojaihince on a cred it of one year, to K^^^.dliv JjoudjiL, tho purchaser BODKINS, Masi?r ft. cs ?sos sold. Titles an:! mon ^-"-"^V/i Oftt'wio* Pican. A. W. Corloy and J. W. Curley. Plain tills, u.V. Elizabeth M. Corley, Deft. NuTICE is hereby given that by vir tue (d'the decretal order of tho lion. Judge J. ll. Kershaw herein, dated Aug. 12th, 1885, 1 will sell at Kdgeliuld C. H., on tho lirst. Monday in November next, tho following described promises, viz: All that tractor parcel of laud, situate, lying and being In tho County and Stale aforesaid, containing two hundred and fifty seven acres, more or loss, bounded by lands now or lately owned by Eliza beth Asbill, land of John C. Watson, William Powell and others. TKKMS: Tho cost and ono half tho pur chas? money to be paid in cash and the hillanco on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, to bu so cured by tho bond of tho purchase:- and a mortgage of tho promises sold. Titles ami mortgage extra. s. s. TOMPKINS, Masler E. C. Oct ti, ia>if?. State ol' Son I Si Carolina, EDGEFIELD COUNTY, Court of Common Picas. Emma F. Corloy v.f. Dick Holloway and others. NOTICE is lioreby given that by vir tue of Uie decretal order of the Cou rt horein, dated Aug. 14, 1885, I will mill at Edgefleld C. H., on tho first Monday in November next, tho following realty of ostato of Ransom Holloway, dee'd., viz: All that tract of land, situate lying and being on branch waters of Cull'eotown Creek, in tho County and State aforesaid, and containing by survey of Isaac Boles, dated 15th May, 1885, three hundred and ninety-two acres, bounded by lands now or lately of tho estate of Dr. Thos. Lake, lands ol Mrs. Matilda Holloway, Mrs. Whatley and others. TERMS: Tho cost and one-third tho pur chase money to b? paid in cash, tho bal ance on a credit of one and two years, lu equal instalments, with interost froui day of salo, to bo secured by bond of tho purchaser and mortgage of tho prem isos sold. Titles and mortgage oxtra. S. S. TOMPKINS, Master E. C. Oct. 3, lb8.">. ft I a te ot' So eil li Carolina, COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. In Common Pican. David W. Padgett, M. D. Padgett, and ethe s, vs. Mary A. Padgett, A. E. Padgott. and others. NOTICE is hereby given that by vir tue of tho decretal ordor of tho Court heroin, dated l'2tll August, 1885, I will sell at Edgofiold Court House, on tho first Monday in November next, tho following described realty of tho estate of William Padgott, dee'd., viz: All that tractof land, near Mt Willing, in County and State aforesaid, contain ing two hundred and twenty-five acres, more or loss, bounded by lands of M. D. Padgett. James Lowery, Perry Barnes and W. J. Padgett. Also, all that other tract of land, in tho County and Hiato aforesaid, containing two hundred and twenty-live aeras, more or les?,bounded by lands of Nancy May son and others. TERMS: Ono-Afth tho purchase money to 1)0 paid in cash ; tho balance on a cred it of ono, two, three and four years, in equal annual instalments, with interest from (late of salo, to bo secured by bond of t' ~) puichasor and mortgage of the premises sold. Titles und Mortgage Extra. S. S. TOM PKINS, Master E. C. Oct. R, 1885. ? V THE undersigned has boen Agent for Edgofiold County fortheOEORGIA HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, ol Columbus Ca., for tho last twenty-five years, and knows it to bo a Reliable Company. And with Ample Assets, Fail Adjustments and Prompt Payments, il has morited and received a liberal pat ronagi from tho peoplo of Edgofiold. If you want Fire Insurance in a trust worthy Company, please call on. or ad dress, D. R. DU RI SOB, Ag't., Foll. ?R. 'Rfi. VblffMflalfl, H. C. This lias no relation to race, color o previous condition-it moans Jewelry ! Jewelry that is Jowelry ! Co to PENN' and seo it. WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, STRISG8. fte. _ , ; t;.. BUY YOUR HOLIDAY QOOD8 AT KLEIN'S JEWELRY AND MUSIC STOW. Repairing a Specialty? 538 BROAD ST. AUGRTSTJfc. GA. "There Is Plenty of Room at tn* Tpp.M AND OUR AIM IS TO KEEP The Best Shoes in Augusta at the Lowest Prices! .:o: 20 Logical Points for Consumers. 1st. When yon buy. you want to buy 12th. They originated feat ayatesa to irood Shoe. Isn't that so? Augusta. Wi that sol ~ 2d. When you buy s Shoo, you want a oaler to tell you exactly what a Shoe la \Ztb- N- 3& Mwphey * Bom sae the sn'l that so? only Shoe Dealers ia An^iBta. that sdi 3rd. N. M. Murphey ASou never mis- [ j&t$S^' ?*to>*,?h^ ppresent a shoo merely to sell lt. Isn't irtfiirqa ?"it ?j? 14th. N. W. Murphey A Soc SM the ?Uh. They represent the oldest Shoe only Shoo Laalcrs in An?nate that stU hm-o in Augusta. Experience is cor- the A. A. Battle>260 Shoe, fsa'! tftatso? duty worth somethiug. Isn't that so? 5th. Having money to buy with, and J?* T^l^^"tj2*t? SS uylng exclusively for cash, and from ?Sr^ ^e cv^ ??*^^^ lanufacturers, they get the lowest pri- SiSTS** 1390 8bo^ ** *W* *** 4 *H. Isn't that so? that so? 6th. They are good buyers. Isn't that 16th- I*?* ?all ??n Bhoss lb to? aae ) ? plo of Edgefleld County chan sar other 7th. They aro conscientious men. Isa't Shoe House in August*. Isn't**!**? '"V0! , 17th. K. W. Murphey A Sus ftc? bettor a'.b. They are not like aoiuo d??alors, { known se selling a good Shea than say anting to make n barrel of money on othor Shoe Houe* in AufnahL tm*b io pair of Shorn. lun'r that so? that so? im*' Effl?SS* iU thelow-Pr"utay?- l*th. If our goods wer? ne* eatfefccSe. im. isn t th it so? ry to ^ peopiV, then oar fed* would Wi; II. .V. W. Murphey A Hon nre the falloff. Isn't that sof -.Iv Nh-? rVialors in Auxu?i? that buy ,",. "". ?i . . _^ id i?.-:i Mmes exclusively for Cash. ^ ^J** nun7J,^?2? H I th-i*. so? systom, and the rapid a*wwt? ef ow mi v? M- ?xi . trade, proves that ?vir rv??rSi is . ecod . ?V ?.,,Mur?h? A ?" thH one. len't that sof ily Kh.si Dealers In Augusta that sell ^ " ?.>'*; Shoes with the price marked 20th. And we know thal tsahstfesifti ?inly on the bottoms I?n't that so? j tho sincerest lattery. IftalHateoT Every wearer cf Sheep owes one big duty to himself, that ia, either te itrot.i/. un or to Hay which o' the above points ia not veli taken. N. W. MURPBOBYIcSO?. Sept 8. I885.-40J Bron? StM Atagtwta, ?41. Po? the Ife^S^?*^^8^^! "EWING K?Cf.i??! - DOMESS??, NEW HOME, KOUSEEO?iD. DAVIS, And several othergood makes-all WARRANTED FOR f YEARS. 200 Good Second-Hand Sewing Machine?, at $6.00, flO.OO aad.fS ?.00 ach-Warranted. , NEEDLES nod ATTACHMENTS for all machines. S-wine Machines Adjusted and Repaired by a FUst* Class AdjasW. AGENTS FOR DOMESTIC PAPER PATT1BN8. ?ny- Send tor Catalogue and Price List. THOMAS, BUT4I * IH, July 21, 18S5. ?21 * ??8 t???4 it? MSWHgSjk Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry SILVER and PLATED WARE, OlVO0tS,*a I have received and am receiving daily, the finest lins of tba aba ve Mada ever brought to thia city, at PRICES LOWER THAN EYBA. A?iat fer the BRAZILIAN SPECTACLE. WATCHES and CL00I8 reared ead warrante.] WiTI. SCHWEICfiB-T, Oct. 18, '82. ly] 732 Broad St., Under Ceatrai IUI, Upe**. PADG1Tf The Mammoth Furniture Store Man te the Following Awfully Low Prifte* Grooas Guarantee*: An entire Walnut Bed-room Suits, foll marblt top, 10 t**?, 1^1? ? very Large and Elegant Solid Walnut Parlor Suits, coratad WrUI Koah, only $42 50 ; an Elegant Wilnut Parlor 8uite, covered witt oitfcec Good Hair Cloth or Fancy Ramie, at $27.50; a Large Assortaeal> a? JMwjBad* room Suites, full marble top, at $32; or, in wood top, fro? $16.59 te $25. A No. 7 Flat Top Cook Stove, wi?.h 50 pi?ces wara, fey 0*39 j Ko. 6 ?Step Stove, 25 pieces ware, $8.75. Every kind and every article of every kind in tas Formtor^, leddisg and Stove Line; also, a fall lins of Window 8h4vdss, Carpats, ffa&, Clocks, Pictures, etc. In Undertaking Department you can find Coffins and Oaaksts, Gentle men's Robes, Ladies' Robes, Odd Fellows' and Masons' Tr?Mai??, ?ai a full line of all other Tiimmings. Any information will bs cheerfully givsn. Writs br ftilt p?F?euUw and priccp. _ : _. ? L. F. PADOTTTS, FXJRISnTTjrJEiB STOB?, IMO and Ult Brat? it* fUtst*, f*. Atm ll. 1885.-19 _._j_ 1865. WHELESS ft CO., AUGUSTA, GA HAVING TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE in handling COTTON, wa feel warranted in promising Batisfaclion to those who nay fafor na with their patronage. SPECIAL ATTENTION given to WEIGHING and SELLING. f@r Consignments solicited. T? jw