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fcdffefield Advertiser Tl'OS. J.ADAMS,.EDITOIt WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1895. A chorus of two thousand chil dren's voices will be trained to sing on opening day of the Atlan ta exposition. AU the national airs will be sung. The question of exemption from road duty having been referred to Attorney-General Barber, he de cide? that all able bodied male persons between the ages of eigh teen and fifty, except teachers and studcuts 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 nebbar mek trouble, An' so, et" yo's got any sense, Yo'll know hit's a good fing to be sor ter double, An' walk on bofe sides ob de fence. Our Working Committee. Hons. J. C. Sheppard and J. B. Suddath have been appointed by dov. 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 oryanizations." 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 3Iatter. Cashier A. E. Padgett of The Farmers Bank, of Edgefield, has been selected to examine the State Treasurer's Boo&, 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 claim, somewhere t ear one hundred thousand dollars, through that body. We 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 Crtb says : "While the returns fully given on other pages cannot be condens ed info 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 1S94 is realized, though on the whole, trade is smaller than iv. 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 tli3 Man ufacurers' Record, who has 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 room for ;:otton mills in the South. He says : "There are in the world about eighty-five million cotton spindles. It is claimed that cotton is 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 :ntire 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, nctwithstauding the .great increase of recent years, consume less than 10 per cent of the South ern cotton crop, lt 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 in the advancement and prosperi ty of this sectjon. The Southern cotton crop now averagrs about three hundred millions in value, while if manufactured ac home the aggregate value would be over oue billion dollars. It is not to be ex pected that the South will for many years to come, if ever, con sume in its own millB all of it cotton crop, but if the future in crease in cotton manufactur? can be centred in the South it wil mean a very rapid rate of growti in everything connected with ou industrial interests. .'The increase of the cotton mil means the building up of indus trial towns aud cities-the crea tion of a home market for the di versified agriculture, thus makin Southern farmers more indepen dent than they can in any othe way become. It also means stead; aud profitable employment fo thousands of hands that wouli otherwise be forced to remain ii idleness. No other industry in th South is attracting such genera attention. While the South ha coal and iron and timber in great er abundance and more suscepti ble of utilization than any othe section, nevertheless it does no have a monopoly in the raw ma terial in these industries, but ii cotton the South has an absolut monopoly in production so far a America is concerned, and it is al most a certainty that it will for al time to come be able to maintaij its present position as the chie ccttou producing region of th world. "With the development of indus trial towns furnishing a loca market for farm products added t the very general increase in tb production of food products du ring the last two years the Sputl is steadily strengthening its abili ty to produce cotton ata low cos? thus insuring a future against for eign competition. Under thes conditions it is of the utmost im portana that the South shouli devote its energy and capital ti the development of its own textil interests and thus prove its fait! in its own business. This will b the strongest argument that cai be advanced to the capitalists o other sections to prove the South' pre-eminent advantages." Upland Rice. The following bulletin on tin culture of upland rice has beei sent out by the Georgia Depart ment of Agriculture. "I consider upland lice a fin and profitable grain to grow-th grain for the table and forage lb cattle. I select the stillest lain on my farm for rice cn] tu re. I would grow equally as well if no better on swamp land. I break uj my land very thoroughly, thei run off rows th iee feet wide, bed ding the l?ud as if for cotton, ant using about 200 pounds commer cial or ocher fertilizer to the acre I then open the bed with a smal plow and drill the rice seed in th( drill, using only about half a peel to the acre. Then putting a boarc on my plowstock I drag it over tb( furrow, covering the seed about 11-2 inches deep. I plant fron April 1 to April 15. I. cultivait with a sweep, as with cotton. . ] hull it out for table use in an old fashioned wooden beater or huller f&?WW?> fr, H bushels per acre. I have bee planting rice for three years, an have been successful in making good crop each year." A gentleman near Ridge Springi S. C., showed not long since wha seemed to be a very small plat (. ground, yet he grew cn it a tw voars'supply of rice for his fair Another at Sparta, Ga., grow upland rice solely as a forage croj. He plants it quite thickly cuts i like oats-heads and all-aftei ward feeding the sheaves. H makes at least 40 bushels per acr of seed. His cattle are more foni of it than oats. He considers th rice a better food, and he can mak more of it than of oats. In the March number of th Southern Cultivator is a most ex cellent article on the culture o upland rice in southwest Georgia Before the war, and several year after, when we planted in that sec tion of the state, the industriou negroes on the various plantation had their patches of rice fror which they not only added to thei own family Btores, but had a sui plus for sale, and the oldfashion ed mortar and pestle by which th hull was separated from the grail was not at all an unusual sight. The Edgefield ADVERTISER aug gests that the conservatives c Edgefield court house give an ex ample of equal division by elect ing a town council composed c half reformers and half conserva tives. If four or five prominent men i Edgefield village should get tc gether and agree to rec "amen that voters elect half and hal: that, would be the Tillman-Barn well plan. It would probably b flat and ineffective because citi zens would go ahead and vote ac cording to their individual prefei enees. If a mass meeting of the peopl should be called and a strong clu should be organized which woul put up and work for a mixed tick et, that would be the "Forty" pla and would probably prevail. We presume there are reformer in Edgefield village whom the con servatives would be very glad t< elect wardens; but to bring abon that result some concerted, organ ized action among the people i necessary. In this home illustration th ADVKHTISER can eee exactly th difference between the Tillmai plan and the "Forty" plan. Greenville News. Money to Loan. Ox both City and Improved Conn try property. P'or -information, Cal and see K. C. PADGETT, Agent Atlanta Nat. Building an Loan Company. March 2?, '9f>. 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 has 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 Banks of our town, whose slock is good and now worth one hundred cents 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 aud insurance. Lauds in and around Edgefield will bring no more than the}' 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. In fact we have already commenced to realize them, and 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, wc will ger thc factory. If I*had $25,000 I would put ii in the stock of this Mill first, be cause I believe it would be as good au investment as I could make, and second, because it would help to do for Edgefield what would bi its salvation. I havn't got. the $25,000, but I am going to gi VP every cent that I can poss.bly rah:e and work for it to the beat of my ability. It would be better 'or us lo sell one-fourth of our property and give it to a Golton Td ill, than to miss getting it. Jf we will go to work and do all we can, we will have a good Cotton Mill running by November 1st, 1895. ALVIN HA HT. Edgefield, S. C., April 9, '95. Lawyer ?io. 2 Disagrees With Lawyer and Maintains That lie has Something Better. MR. 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. ....... - , CT ?*VKV nj A al lor two I reasous: 1st, Becau69 his cri terian doeB not relate to physical form. 2nd, Because the courtB would de clare it unconstitutional as being against public policy, in that 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 baldheadedne8s. I suggest \ the following provision as the only safeguard : "That no person, white or black, with thick lips and a flat nose be ever allowed to exercise the right of suffrage in this State." The leopard cannot change hi: spotB nor the Ethiopian the shape of his nose or lips. The courts watch with a jealous eye whatever is against 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 the people have a'l the privileges and rights not prohibited by it. We have de prived women of suffrage because of physical form; now byanalolgy we can likewise deprive men of suffrage because of certain physi cal forms. LAWYER.NO. 2. Cleora Happenings. MR. EDITOR: On Monday last Miss Emma Foss gave her pupils holiday and they spent it down on old Turkey 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 '.here we found a large catfish 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 clay gathering wild flowers and playing games. Mr. Jim Williams of Georgia came over on Saturday and hi.' many friends were glad to see him back on Turkey creek. The winning Miss Lizzie Corlea bas gone tu Johnston lo visit her sisters, don't slay long Miss Liz zie wc can't do without }rou. Mrs. Henry Hill has been quite sick but is convalescent now. Dr. R. C. Mayson and Miss Em ma Griffie were united in marriage at the bride's sisters, Mrs. Strom, March 12th, 1895, by Rev. J. L. Ouzts. W. C. Jackson says we have been having so much rain and he has been sleeping so late thal i! takes two alarm clocks lo waka him up. Mrs. Mary Griffia while going out the door made a misstep, and fell and wrenched tier buck so, she has to keep her bed. Mr. Bob Griffis is the happiest man in Moss township, it'a a boy. SNIDER. Cleora, April 4. OUR RAILROAD LETTER. SHALL MONOPOLY WIN? They Gamble on our Cotton. Will They Control Our Rail Roads. BUREAU SOUTHERN NEWS, / PINEBLUFF, N. C., j There is a great Railroad war fare being waged in the South, one that will decide whether or not Wall Street Gamblers will fcrc? a line of Railroad to do their bid ding and thereby kill the only movement of independent action ?hown by any large system in the 3outh. The Seaboard Air Line owning its one Road from Wilmington, N. C. to the Blue Ridge Moun ;ams, via Charlotte, N. C., and Prom Atlanta Ga., io Norfolk, Va., ria Raleigh, N. C., from which |)oint it reaches Baltimore over the magnificent Bay Line Steam ers, as fine boats as are found in ;he United States. At Norfolk the Seaboard Air Line connects with the Old Do minion Steamers imo New York ; :he Merchants into New York; the Merchants and .Miners into Bos ton, and the Norfolk and Wash ington into Washington, D. C. Each of these lines run the fast ist passenger steamets, fitted up 10 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 fuel, there has been no accident m either of Ihese Hues, during the long years of their service. They LIOW have fine new steamers from Norfolk. The Seaboard Air Line feeling that it had a good route North by a'l rail and water, and bat with the extra water facilities jould afford to carry passengers diaper 1 han other lines, ann* have aeen im isling on doing so, ihere >v showing u liberal disposition ..ward the traveling peuple. Com peting 1 ines saw this disposition m the part of the Seaboard Air Li ne to favor Hie people, and they 11 so paw that if the Seaboard should succeed in maintaining its ii denen dent posilion outside of lie big Hui! Road Combinai ion ho probability would be that-he Railroad Trnsi and Combinations von ld bf largely, if not utterly >roken up. Xbe Seaboard Air Line some weeks sine* withdrew ( 'rom all Combinai ions and Trusts, ! hereby saying it. was going to act ndependent. A claim was made hat the Seabord Air Line was cut ing freight rates and the Rail 3,oad Combine ordered a boycott- / hat is, all roads that belonged to I he Rail Road Combine were no ified by the chief official of the j bombine not to receive any goo is rom. or deliver any gooils tb the kab^andiiAiiriiyffi.^ "V^-Wr or any points where lhey conner;:. This order went into effect on the first day of March last, and on the sixth day of March the Seaboard Air Line issued an order to its agents to sell tickets to Richmond, Va., Norfolk, Va., Washington, D. C., Baltimore, Md., New York Citv, aud Boston, and from these points to points on its line as 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 ; they have been going our route and 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 the 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 Air Line has the best of the fight, with the people i.n 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, \ TITHEBARN STREET, \ 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 our correspondents to I he 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 Bait, either directly or indirectly, who are watching the acreage question, co. if th* planters and farmers of the South attempt to 1 deceive each other, they certainly cannot, succeed in misleading the shrewd spinners and t-peculators of Europe. A few weeks hence mid it will be definitely known, as near as these agents can gather it, i what next season's acreage will be. If there should be little or no decrease, we will again fall into ; the BA mo rut of Stagnation, as in the past six months. John Bull will feel satisfied that beean buy his spinner wants for n^-xt year at , his own price. On the other baud, should lhere be Ibo requisite re. i duel ion fn acreage, e.nd only a 1 moderate crop be (bus assured, it would be reasonable to believe in ?i steady impr.veinent in values. somtn?n?urulH wi!h the prospec tive s.jpply and demand tor nexij season. Very truly. Bu ic it, COWELL & Co. r Complete Fertilizers for potatoes, fruits, and ell vegetables require (to secure the largest yield and best quality) At Least 10% Actual Potash. F.csults bf experiments prove this conclusively. How and why, is told in our pamphlets. They arc sent free. It will cost you nothing to read them, and they will save you 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, Saddle?, - HARDWARE. Pratt and Aipsla Coln Gins ni Presses. Large sroe? of. Engines, CQeap ano Goos. ! OMRAOn JIRON WORKS AND L-L/EVlDAr(L/ I SUPPLY COMPANY. A.TJG-TJSTA.,. GLA_. Machinery and Supplies. Repairs, etc., Quickly Made. $5F* Getour-PriceB before you buy. WM. SeHWEisERT & Co., ?UEWE'LERSi -HAS FOR THF. HOLIDAYS THK FITTEST STOCK OF Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, a.ucl Silver ^NToVcsltie?, Ever displayed in the city. When visiting- the city you are invited to inspect mr stock and get prices. RELIABLE GOODS OJSCLT, COR. RR OAD and 7 77/ * TTE ET, - -4 UG US TA, GA Keep Out the Cold ZBir usines EAT ER STRIPS, > r / M r r SOLD BY LEWIS F. MILLISAN, I/HIS, ?1L16, GRiTlS, il IRONIEN? - CALL JL3STJD SIB IB STOCK. 337 Broad Street AUGUSTA, GA., above Planters Hotel? YOUR ATTENTION ? - TTPP IrTOTJ -N EE3D^ Cool Steves, Stove Pans, Stove Pipe, Tinware, fell Buttels, IPAILSTOir OROCE?^LES, Loaded Shells, Canned Goods, Confectioneries. Evajoratprs Repaired or made to Order. QuRSTEST COOK STOVE TbR THE MON Efl 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. A.. AUSTIN, J'OISHSTST03ST, S. C. Rocks Buff EGG'S, $2.00 TO $2.50 PER SETTING. W. D. OUZTS, ELMWOOD, S. C., CHAW! Isn't the word when you speak of N. Y's. fish. They do not need to be chawed. All that you have to do is to eliminate the few bones aud let 'em go down. FRESH WATER AND SALT. The choicest varieties, E. G. Shad, Trout, Sheephead, Mullet, Bream &c, And at prices that would make the piscatorial tribes blush for very shame at their cheapness. Coate fa the evening or come in the morn in?, Cjme when you're looked for, Or come without warning, A smile and a welcome Will be there before you, And the oftener you come here The snore I'll adore you. NORMON YO UNG BLOOD, Fishmonger and Purveyor for ?ill the people. NOTICE, ROAD WGRKING. 1 HE Township Committee will have their respective roads put in good or der by I he first 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 suv their road is good enough, that is aiming at nothing and hitting noth ing. Raise your road-bed higher in tlie 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. ... WHITTLE, Supervisor. J. D. FRASEH, Cl'k. B'rd. TAMERLANE, j T\lis Celebrated Stallion can be j lound at my house, for the present,: three miles south ol' Edgefield. Terms: (usure foal, $8.00; Insure colt to stand and suck, $10.00. IVIJl make stands at different pinces, in the county, for y mares. S. ll. MAYS, March 5, '?">. Edge Held, S. ll. . SiihBcribt' ?y the Kdgeh>ld An VKRT18KR. Tobacco! Tobacco ! ! -(o) 500 lbs. of Cboicp, North Caro lin? Chewing Tobacco just meuiv '.d at prices from 27\ to 50c. p*-r lb. put up in small package con venient for Farmer?. Give us n trial on Tobacco and wo will pave you roma money. Our 80c. Tobac co in a good arricio. JA 8. M. C 0 H B. Jun. 20-!95. Liens for rent ?nd advances; Hills of sale of personal property: Land deeds and Mortgages, for sale ai the A DVKRTLSl?R Olllce. FIELB & KELLY, 949 Broad Street and 9-j-(> jone? Street, AUGUSTA, GA. WE SELL ALL THE COUNTRY PEOPLE THEIR BUGGIES, HARNESS AND WAGONS. "WHY?" Because we give them the best goode for the least monpy. Here Is Another Easter Novelty, That there isa place in Augusta where vou 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. OO^CBTOR & 00. GOG BROADWAY, ,-FOR- E FIRE, ACCIDENT, TORNADO, E and Ginhouse Insurance, I Come to W. J. McKERALL, Agt. ? EDGEFIELD, S. C. S IN THE LEAD /. C. LEVY ? TAIL O R. F 17 CI O THIERS, AUGUSTA, - GEORGI/\. Have now in store their entire FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF CLOTHING. The largest stock ever shown in Augusta. We aili) 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. TAILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, GA