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^leefield Advertiser Tl'OS. J.ADAMS,.EDITOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1S95. A chorus of two thousand chil dren's voices will be trained to sing on opening day of the Atlan ta exposition. All the national airs will be sung. The question of exemption from road duty having been referred to Attorney-General Barber, he de cides that all able bodied male persons between the ages of eigh teen and fifty, except teachers and students of schools and colleges, and ministers of the gospel in regular pastoral work, are liable to road duty. In a recent interview granted a reporter of the News and Courier, Senator Tillman says, "the politi cal mind of the State (South Car olina) is in a nebulous condition." Now is the time Senator to get astraddle of the fence, if you have not done so already ; as an old darkey said, Stan' by yo' frien's and nebber mek trouble, An' so, ef yo's got any sense, Yo:ll know bit's a good fing to be sor ter double, An' walk on bofe sides ob de fence. Our Working Committee. Hone. J. C. Sheppard and J. B. Suddath have been appointed by Gov. Timmerman the working committee of the Forty for Edge field County. These gentlemen, according to the resolution of the 40 Convention itself, are to "co operate with all organizations hav ing a like purpose as this conven tion, and always in subordination to the State and county democratic organizations." Gov. Timmerman has made no mistake in appoint ing these gentlemen, and the com monwealth of Edgefield will re ceive no detriment at their hands, and we take it that they will see that she receive none at the hands of others. An Important Matter. Cashier A. E. Padgett of The Farmers Bank, of Edgefield, has been selected to examine the State Treasurer's Boofc, and to make au examination generally into the merits of the claim of Samuel Lord, Receiver, against the State of South Carolina. This is the matter that came up in the legis lature last winter in which our fel low-townsman J. Wm. Thurmond, Esq., made so stubborn a'fight to protect the interests of the State tri l. : Vi -?^?^ *i3>~!~!t!^Ppx? -- .??tr -<SJWT<V*? .j? claim, somewhere i-ear one hundred thousand dollars> through that body. WTe say nothing against the claim, it may be all right, but the payment of so large a sum lo the State without a thorough in vestigation was not to-be thought of and Mr. Thurmond acted well his part in postponing the pay ment until such investigation could be made. Dun's review for the week end ing April Otb says : "While the returns fully given on other pages cannot be condens ed Into a single comparison, and in view of widely differing condi tions in different sections and branches, might in that form be the less useful, there is gratifying evidence that in most trades and districts marked improvement over 1894 is realized, though on the whole, trade is smaller than in 1893." Full of Hope and Promise. A number of Eastern Manufac tories and mill men have been travelling in the South during the past two weeks with a view to get ting the inside facts as-to the man ufacture of cotton goods in this section. Mr. R. H. Edmunds, of th* Man ufacurers' Record, who baa been ? with the party since it left for the South, has given the correspon dent of the News and Observer some valuable and pertinent sta tistics of the mill situation, which indicates that there is plenty of roora for ::otton mills in the South. He says : "There are in the world about eighty-five million cotton spindles. It is claimed that cotton h the largest single industry in the world, and that it has an aggre gate investment of about two bil lion dollars. The South raises about GO per cent of the entire crop of the world, but has only three million spindles, less than 4 per cent of those operating in the world, Southern cotton mills at present, notwithstanding the .great increase of recent years, consume less than 10 per cent of the South ern cotton crop. It is estimated that the capital invested in the cotton mills in the South aggre gates a little over one hundred million dollass. These figures en able us to form some conception of what the development of the cotton industry of the South means iu the advancement and prosperi ty of this section. The Southern cotton crop now averages about three hundred millions in value, while if manufactured at home the aggregate value would be over one billion dollars. It is not to b6 ex pected that the South will for many years to come, if ever, con sume in its own mills all of its cotton crop, but if the future in crease in cotton manufacturing can be centred in the South it will mean a very rapid rate of growth in everything connected with our industrial interests. .'The increase of the cotton mil1 means the building up of indus trial towns aud cities-the crea tion of a home market for the di versified agriculture, thus making Southern farmers more indepen dent than they can in any other way become, lt also means steady and profitable employment for thousands of hands that would otherwise be forced to remain in idleness. No other industry in the South is attracting such general attention. While the South has coal and iron and timber in great er abundance and more suscepti ble of utilization than any other section, nevertheless it. does not have a monopoly in the raw ma terial in these industries, but in cotton the South has an absolute monopoly in production so far as America is concerned, and it is al most a certainty that it will for all time to come be able to maintain its present position as the chief ccttou producing region of the world. "With the development of indus trial towns furnishing a ]ocal market for farm products added to the very general increase iu the production of food products du ring the last two years tho Sputh is steadily strengthening its abili ty to produce cotton ata low cost, thus insuring a future against for eign competition. Under these conditions it is ot' the utmost im portance that the South should devote its energy and capital to the development of its own textile interests and thus prove its faith in its own business. This will be the strongest argument that can be advanced to the capitalists of other sections to prove the South's pre-eminent advantages." Upland Rice. The following bulletin on the culture O? upland rice has been sent out by the Georgia Depart ment of Agriculture. "I consider upland lice a fine and profitable grain to grow-the grain for the table and forage for cattle. I select the stiffest land on my farm for rice culture. It would grow equally as well if not better on swamp land. I break up my land very thoroughly, then run off rows thiee feet wide, bed ding the laud as if for cotton, and using about 200 pounds commer cial or other fertilizer to the acre. I then open the bed with a small plow and drill the rice seed in the drill, using only about half a peck to the acre. Then putting a board on my plowstock I drag it over the furrow, covering the seed about 1'1-2 inches deep. I plant from April 1 to April 15. I cultivate with '-weep, as with cotton. . I hull it ? .t for table use in an old fashioned wooden beator or huller; bushels per acre. I have been planting rice for three years, and have been successful in making a good crop each year." A gentleman near Ridge Springs, S. C., showed not long since what seemed to be a very small plat of ground, yet he grew on it a two years'supply of rice for his fam Another at Sparta, Ga., grows upland rice solely as a forage crop. He plants it quite thickly cuts it like oats-heads and all-after ward feeding the sheaves. He makes at least 40 bushels per acre of seed. His cattle are more fond of it than oats, ile considers the rice a better food, and he can make more of it than of oats. In the March number of the Southern Cultivator is a most ex cellent article on the culture of upland rice in southwest Georgia. Before the war, and several years after, when Ave planted in that sec tiou of the state, the industrious negroes on the various plantations had their patches of rice from which they not only added to their own family stores, but had a sur plus for sale, and the oldfashion ed mortar and pestle by which the hull was separated from the grain was not at all an unusual sight. The Edgefield ADVERTISER sug gests that the conservatives of Edgefield court house give an ex ample of equal division by elect ing a town council composed of half reformers and ha'f conserva tives. If four or five prominent men in Edgefield village should get to gether and ogree to recommend that voters elect half and half, that would be the Tillman-Barn well plan. It would probably be Hat and ineffective because citi zens would go ahead aud vote ac cording to their individual prefer ences. If a mas3 meeting of the people should be culled and a strong club should be organized which would put up and work for a mixed tick et, that would be the "Forty" plan and would probably prevail. We presume there rre reformers in Edgefield village whom the con servatives would be very glad to elect wardens; but to bring about that result some concerted, organ ized action among the people is necessary. In this home illustration the ADVERTISER can see exactly the difference between the Tillman plan and tho "Forty" plan. Greenville News. Money to Loan. 0-\" both City and Improved Coun try property. For -information, Call and see K. C. PADGETT, Agent Atlanta Nat. Building and Loan Company. Mardi 2G, '95. CORRESPONDENCE A Strong Presentation of Edge ' field's Great Need ol' a Cotton Factory. MR. EDITOR: I cannot remain silent when so important an op portunity for the prosperity and welfare of Edgefield is upon us as a Cotton Mill. I do not wish to assist in writing or talking an en terprise of so much importance ag this to death. But the time bas come when we all must talk a lit tle, and we must work a great deal more. If Edgefield fails to get a Cot ton Mill now, it is doomed. It. is impossible to stand still. If Edgefield does not go forward with the progress of the times, then it will go backward. The IBank s of our town, whose slock is good and now worth one hundred ceuts on the dollar or more, will see the day, unless we get a Cotton Mill, that their stock will go begging. Store houses will not rent fer 5 per cent, on the investment above taxes and insurance. Lauds in and around Edgefield will bring no more than they are worth to produce four cents cotton. Sala ries of clerks will be reduced. Our schools and our churches will all suffer. These ar?.' not extravagant ly gloomy pictures, but are things that we are going to realize before a great while. lu fact we have already commenced to realize them, aud we all know it. Let us build thie Mill and our lands in and around Edgefield will sell for four times as much as they would now ; our stores will bring higher rent (no merchant 'object to pay ing good rents, if he can have a prosperous business ;) our schools will flourish ; our Banks will be benefitted; plenty of poor people will be helped, and those who have a little property will have its value enhanced. This is something that requires a desperate effort, and if weall will make it, we will get thc factory. If Ihad $25,000 I would put it in the stock of this Mill first, be cause I believe it would be as good an investment as I could make, and second, because it would help to do for Edgefield what would U its salvation. I havn't got. the $25,000, but I am going to gi VP every cent that I can poss.bly raise and work for it to the beat of my ability. It would be better 'or \u to sell one-fourth of our property and give it to a Cotton Mill, than to miss getting it. If we will go to work and do all we can, we will have a good Colton Mili running by November 1st, 1S95 ALVIN IT A HT. EdgofieJd, S. C., April 9, '95. Ea wy er Ko. 2 Disagrees With Lawyer and Maintains That lie has Something Better. Mn. EDITOR : In the last issue of your valuable paper "Lawyer" suggested a provision for our Con stitution that he believes would pieserve white supremacy. I am satisfied his provision would be ? . j.:t .-.-i-vo^ox-a-ttvT?lTai lor two reasons: 1st, Because his criterian does not relate to physical form. 2ud, Because the courts would de clare it unconstitutional as being against public policy, iu that it would induce baldheadness, which encourages disease. Moreover, cuffee would shave his head and be as much entitled to a ballot as any naturally baldheaded white man and there would be an epi demic of baldheadedness. I suggest the following provision as the only safeguard : "That no person, white or black, with thisk lips and a flat nose be ever allowed to exercise the right of suffrage in this State." The leopard cannot change hi? spots nor the Ethiopian the shape of his nose or lips. The courte watch with a jealous eye whatever is agaiust public policy.. The dif ference between the United States and the State Constitution is this: Under the former the people have no rights except those permit ted or granted by that instrument ; under the latter tho people have a'l the privileges and rights not prohibited by it. We have de prived women of suffrage because of physical form ; now by analolgy we can likewise deprive men of suffrage because of certain phyfii cal forms. LAWYER.NO. 2. Cleora Happenings. MR. EDITOR: On Monday last Miss Emma Foss gave her pupils holiday and they spent it clown on old T?rke}7 creek fishing. I was asked to go with them to keep the little ones out of the creek. Miss Emma having a severe sore throat could not accompany them. Well we met at the lower bridge and fished up to .Rocky creek and then back to the bridge for dinner. We all enjoyed dinner and then for fish again. We went up the creek to Mr. Steve Morgan's fish trap and '.herc we found a large cattish which one of the boys went to get, and his foot slipping he went into the water. You never heard such hollering and it broke up the fishing and we spent the balance of the day gathering wild flowers and ?.laying games. Mr. Jim Williams of Georgia came over on Saturday and his many friends were glad to see him back on Turkey creek. The winning Miss Lizzie Cori ey has gone to Johnston to visit her sisters, don't slay long Mis^ Liz zie we can't do without you. Mrs. Henry Hill has been quite sick but is convalescent now. Dr. K. C. Mayson and Miss Em ma (Iriflis were united in marriage at the bride's sisters, Mrs. Strom, March 12th, 1895, by Kev. J. L. Ouzts. W. C. Jackson says we have been having HO much rain and he has been sleeping so late that i! takes two alarm clocks lo wake him up. Mrs. Mary Griflis while going out the door made a misstep, and fell and wrenched ber hack so, she has to keep her bed. Mr. Bob Griffis is the happiest mau in Moss township, it's a boy. SNIDER. Cleora, April 4. OUR RAILROAD LETTER. SHALL MONOPOLY WIN? They Gamble on our Cotton. Will Tliey Control Our Rail Roads. BUREAU SOUTHERN NEWS, I PlNEBLUFF, N. C., ) There is a great Railroad war fare being waged in the South, one that will decide whether or not Wall Street Gamblers will force a line of Railroad to do their bid ding and thereby kill the only movement of independent action shown by any !?.rge system in the South. The Seaboard Air Line owning its one Road from Wilmington, N. C. to the Blue Ridge Moun tains, via Charlotte, N. C., and from Atlanta Ga., io Norfolk, Va., via Raleigh, N. C., from which point it reaches Baltimore over the magnificent Bay Line Steam ers, as fine boats as are found in the United States. At Norfolk the Seaboard Air Line connects with the Old Do minion Steamers into New York ; the Merchants into New York; the Merchants and .Miners into Bos ton, and the Norfolk and Wash ington into Washington, D. C. Piach of these lines run the fast est pa^senfier steamers, fitted up in the most elegant style, and pas sengers are put- into the principal points named on quick time and by a pleasant and safe route. In fact, there has beeu no accident on either of these ?ines during the long years of their service. They now have tine new steamers from Norfolk. The Seaboard Air Line feeling that it hud a good route North by a'l rail and watnr, ?and that with the extra water facilities could ii fiord to carry passengers cheaper than other lines, and have been in? isling on doing so, there by showing a liberal disposition toward the traveling people. Com peting li HOB saw this disposition (ni the par? of the Seaboard Air L ne to favor I he people, and they also p?i\v thal if the Seaboard should succeed in maintaining its independent position outside of the big Rail Road Combination the probability would be that ?he Railroad Trust and Combinations would be largely, if not utterly broken up. The Seaboard Air Line some weeks since withdrew from all Combinations and Trusts, thereby saying it was going to act independent. A claim was made that the Sea bord Air Line was cut ting freight rates and the Rail Road Combine ordered a boycott that is, all roads that belonged to the Rail Road Combine were .no tified by the chief official of the Combine not to receive any goo is from, or deliver any ^oods to the jkajWj.rj),,,) j,r,J'il'? q> ? rhnfrr-Q*., or any poiuts where lhey connect. This order went iuto effect on the first day of March .last, and on the sixth day of March the Seaboard Air Line issued an ord<T to its agents to sell tickets to Richmond, Va., Norfolk, Va., Washington, D. C., Baltimore, Md., New York Citv, and Boston, and from these points to points on its line aB far as Atlanta, Ga., at greatly reduced rates. The other lines said: "This cut don't amount ro anything, peo ple won't travel over the line ; thev have been going our route aud will continue to do so." But this pre diction did not prove true. Peo ple from all sections were anxious to stand by the Seaboard Air Line in tho fight, and this has been proven by the fact that the freight receipts have almost doubled, aud the passenger business is five times greater than heretofore. * * * * * The people are pleased and the fun continues, and the Seaboard A.ir Line has the best of the fight, with the people un her side to ap plaud at her success against the big Railroad Monopoly. C. Another Liverpool Letter on Cot ton and Cotton Acreage. MANCHESTER BUILDINGS, ) TlTHEBARN STREET, V LIVERPOOL, March 23,1895. ) DEAR SIR: After considerable activity in the spot market actua ted by a good demand from the east and the improvement in sil ver, it has again sunk into quiet tude, as a result of the heavy movement and the constant cables received here that there will be no decrease in acreage. On this latter point, we' would beg to call the attention of pur correspondents to the fact that there is scarcely a house of any note in the trade in Liverpool, Manchester, or on the continent, who have not representatives at all important points in the Cotton B311, either directly or indirectly, who are watching the acreage question. So. if the planters and farmers of the South attempt to deceive each other, they certainly cannot, succeed in misleading; the shrewd spinners and i-peculators of Europe. A few weeks hence and it will be definitely known, as near as these agents can gather it, what next season's acreage will be. If there should be little or no decrease, we will again fall into the same rut of stagnation, as iu the past six months. John Bull will feel satisfied I hat beean buy his spinner wants for next year nt his own price. On tho other baud, should lhere be the requisite re duction fn acreage, and only a moderate crop be thus assured, it would be reasonable to believe in a steady improvement in values, conmu'iipurale with I be prospec tive s ipply and demand lor IK-XI season. \ Very truly, V BERU, COWELL & Co. i omplete Fertilizers for potatoes, fruits, and r.ll vegetables require (to secure the largest yield and best quality) At Least 10% Actual Potash. Results of experiments prove this conclusively. How and why, is told in our pamphlets. They are sent free. It will cost you nothing to read them, and tliey will snve yon dollars. GERMAN KALI WORKS. 93 Nassau Street, New York. JOHNSTON and EDGEFIELD, DEALERS IN Vehicles of all Kinds, FURNITURE and COFFINS, Jan. 29-1895. Fine Harness, Saddles, - HARDWARE. Large StocR of Engines, Cljssp m Boos. ! AMR?Rn \ ,R0N W0RKS AND UUiVlDArlJJ (SUPPLY COMPANY. A.TJGUST^, GA. Machinery and Supplies. Repairs, etc., Quickly Made. Get our Prices before you buy. WM. SeHWEi?ERT & 0o., m J E WELERS& -HAS KOK THK HOLIDAYS THU FIT'KST ?TOCK OF Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, find -Silver Novelties, Sver displayed in the city. When visiting the city you are invited to inspect ?ur stock and pct prices. RELIABLE GOODS OULY, . VOR. BROAD and 7'TJT JSTTJ2ET. - AUGUSTA, GA Keep Ont the Cold BIT usinera FELT ? WEATHER ) tint ir a a s a f SOLD BY LEWIS F. MILLICAN, mm, T1LI&, GRATES, ANS IRON FENCING. CALL A3STL SEE STOCK. 337 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA., above Planters Hotel? YOUR ATTENTION ? -^HE^IP 1TOTJ isl EED^: Cool Steves, Stove Pans, Stove Pipe, Tinware, fell Bnckets, EAITOX G-BOCERIES, Loaded Shells, Canned Goods, Confectioneries. ^Evaporators Repaired or made to Order. ?mi?EST^??K STOVE ?5R THE MONEY? Coffee Pots, Milk Buckets, and Covered Buckets made from the best of Tin in the market. Repairs for Cook Stoves I sell, kept in stock. Call on or address CHAS, ?. AUSTIN, vJOHHsTSTO^I", S. C. CGG'S, $2.00 TO $2.50 PER SETTING. W. D. OUZTS, ELMWOOD, S. C., CHAW! -(oj Isn't the word when you speak if N. Y's. fish. They do not need 0 be chawed. All that you have lo lo is to eliminate the few bones md let 'era go down. FRESH WATER AND SALT. The choicest varieties, E. G. >had, Trout, Sheephead, Mullet, kearn dre, And at prices that ir oui d make the piscatorial tribes )lush for very shame at their iheapness. Jome fn the evening or come in the morn ins:, jjme when you're looked for, )r come without warning, V smile and a welcome Viii be there before you, Vnil the oftener you come here .'he wore I'll adore you. NORMON YO UNG BLOOD, Fishmonger and Purveyor for !i the people. NOTICE. ROAD WGRKING. 1 HE Township Committee will have their respective roads put in good or der by the lirsr. of April. Also have all loose rock removed from the road, and put up all mile posts that are not up. You will hear some of the overseers say their road is good enough, that is aiming at nothing and hitting noth ing. Raise your road-bed higher in the middle and put good ditches on the sides of the roads. There are townships in the county that have no representatives, at least they never meet with the county board. Those who, having been ap pointed, will not serve, are requested to inform someone of our members of the legislature so that others may be appointed. M. A. WHITTLE, Supervisor. J. D. FRASEO, CKk. B'rd. Tobacco! Tobacco ! ! -(0) TAMERLANE. r " His Celebrated Stallion can be mind at my house, for the present, bree miles south of Kdgelield. Terms: Insure foal, (8.00; Insure stilt to stand and suck, $10.1)0. Will make stands at. different places, n thc count v, for 8 mares. S. Il, MAYS, March 5, ?95. Kd ge li rid, S. C. 500 lbs. of Choice, North Caro lina Chewing Tob?ceo just rnceiv r?d at prices from 27+ to 50c. p?-r lb. put up in small package con venient for Farmers?. (Jive us II trial on Tobacco ?ind IVR will paye yon pom? money. Our oOc. Tobac co it? a good article. JA S. M. C 0 B ll. Jan. 20-95. Subscribe s co the K?gHUdd An? KRTISKR. Liens for rent and advances; Iii 1 ls of sale of personal property: Land deeds and Mortgage*, fur sale at the AuVKUTIgKB Oftice. FIEL? & KELLY; 949 Broad ?treet: ancl 9+6 jone? Street, AUGUSTA, Cr A. WE SELL ALL THE COUNTRY PEOPLE THEIR BUGGIES, HARNESS AND WAGONS. "WHY?" Because we give them the best goods for the least money. Here Is Another Easter Novelty, That there isa place in Augusta where YOU can get something nice and tempt ing to eat in the FANCY GROCERY Line? DOSCHER & CO., carry a full line of the latest Home and Foreign Delica cies. , When you visit Augusta come and see us. Prices will please you. DOSCHER & OO. GOG BZE^O-AJDW^IT, -A-ULSTULSta,* - Gr EL. -FOR- E FIRE, ACCIDENT, TORNADO, I and Ginhouse Insurance, I Come to W. J. McKERALL, Agt. g EDGEFIELD, S. C. ALWAYS IN THE LEAD /. C. LEVY & CO., TAH.OR.FI7 CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA. - GEORGIA,. Have now in store their entire FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF CLOTHING Tlie largest stock ever shown in Augusta. We ami to carry goods whic.i are not only intrinsically good,'but which also, in pattern, style, and finish, gratify a cultivated and discriminating taste, and at the same time, we aim to make our prices so low the closest buyers will be our steadiest customers Polite attention to all. A call will be appreciated. I. C. LEVY &. CO. TA ILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, GA