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WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1879.
VOLUAIB XIV.-NO. di).
45 Years Before the Public.
THE GENUINE
DR. C. Mc LAN E'S
CELEBRATED
LIVER PILLS,
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint,
DYSI'lirr.IA AND StCK 1IBADACIIB.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
I3AIN in the right side, under the
edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; thc patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes thc pain is
felt under thc shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to thc top of thc
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appc- I
tite and sickness; thc bowels in gen
eral arc costive, sometimes alternative ?
with lax; thc head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in thc back part. There is
generally a considerable loss of mem
ory, accompanied with a painful sen
sation of having left undone some
thing which ought lo have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. Thc patient complains of j
weariness and debility; he is easily
startled^ his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a prickly sensa
tion of thc skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer
cise would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
?Yt?i'y remedy. Several of the above
.symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex
isted, yet examination of thc body,
after death, has shown thc LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
T)R. C. MCLANE'S LIVER PILLS, IN
-CASKS OF AGUE AND FEVER, when
..taken with Quinine, arc productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after laking Quinine. Wc would
advise all who fire afflicted with this
disease lo give them a FAIR TRIAL.
For all bilious derangements, and as
a simple purgative, they arc unequaled.
Jil , Vt Alt I', OF IMITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on tbc lid,
with thc impression DR. MCLANE'S LIVER
PILLS,
Thc genuine McLANK's LlVKR PlLLS bear
tbc signatures of C. McLANK and FLEMING
BROS. on thc wrappers,
is. Insist upon having the genuine DR. C.
MCLANE'S LIVER PILLS, prepared by Flem
ing Uros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being
full of imitations of thc name MCIJCMC,
?pelted differently but same pronunciation.
JProfessionaJ O ards.
J. H. PITCHFORD,
J?ut t oi'MLO y ? .A.t:? Xa ?v\7fcr .
OFFICE ON COURT HOUSE SQUARE,
CLAYTON, Oa.i
WILL give prompt attention to collec
tions und nil other business confided to
Clim.
May 15,1870 2G-ly
Hy. EDMUND HAVENEL,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
No. B 33 rc sud. Street^
OhtarloiStOn, JS?. O
?Qy* Oorrrospondonee from tho Interior
invited. Will practico in all the Coutts of
itbo State.
July 17, 1879 35
$y>I. 0. KP,ITU. JOHN 3. VERN UR.
KEITH & VERNER,
A T T O R NJ'J Y S A T L A W A ND
Solicitors in J'j\juiti/f
VVlll practico in tho Stato Courts on thc
Ki gut h Judicial Circuit and in thc United
/.States Court
Office on Public Square, Walhalla, S 0
.lan G, 187o 8 tf
MCGOWAN, R. A. THOMPSON
Abbovillo, S 0 Walhalla, S Cl
MCGOWAN & THOMPSON,
AT T 0 R N J'J Y S A T 7, A W,
Will givo prompt attention to all business
confided to thom in tho Stato, County, and
Unitod States Courts.
Office on Court House Square, Walhalla, S C
'I tie junior parin or, MR. THOMPSON, will
also practico in tho Courtsof Piekons, (Jroon
villo and Andorson.
January, 1870 tf
onergolio canvassers to engage in a pleasant and
pronial.lo business. Goo?l mon will find this a
raro ohnnoo
To jVTeblv? dVIonoy
Huoli will pienso nnswor thin advertisement
y lcttor, enclosing stniup for reply, stnting
what business they havo been engaged in.
Nono but thoso who moan business noed apply,
Addross,
Finley, Havvoy & Co, Atlanta,Qa .
March 13, 1870, 17-ly
Song* of tho Newspaper.
I nm n newspaper;
I carry tho new?
To oil of your dwellings,
Wherever you choose;
A more faithful servant
Can hardly bo found;
Almost omnipresent,
I'm scattered arouud.
Like thc stars in tho llcavctm,
And tho sands on the shore;
Iii lt o leaves that have fallen
When Summer is o'er,
I fly o'er the land,
I pass o'er tho sea,
I brave every danger,
It's pleasure for ino.
i gather thc news from
Tho steamers and cars
And telegraph, sparkling
With trade, pence and war?;
I fill up my mission,
Defending thc truth,
And teach youthful lessons,
For old men and youth.
[From thc Cincinnati Oom morotai.
Tho Lumber Crop.
IMMENSE DESTRUCTION CV DINK FORESTS.
Thc cutting season in thc pine forests of
Wisconsin and Michigan is over. So suc
cessful havo thc loggers teen that tho lum
ber dealers, who, during the psst winter
Imo been wearing loi.g faces and predict
ing o shortage, have brightened up and oro
expecting an improved business. Compar
atively little snow fell in tho pineries of
Wisconsin, and it was thought thut, as a
result, thc yield would not bo up to thc
average; by means of iee roads and rail
roads, the loggers have been cnublcd to
bring in about ns large a crop ns usual. I
Michigan there was an abundance of snow,
and thc yield in all quarters is equal to,
and in somo places exceeds, thut of former
years. Tho amount of lumber cutis almost
inconceivably largo. lt is estimated by
well in formt d persons to bo about u3 follows:
District. .Lumber, Feel.
Flint Uiver. 91,000.000
Tittuhawasscc and tributaries 405,000,000
Jtillc Uiver 80,000.000
Ku,vk a wi in River 10,250,000
Hud Uiver 27,000,000
Cuff und Pigeon Hivers ?18,500,000
Swan creek and Hay shoro 27,000,000
AugrcM and shoro ' 80,750,000
Huron short*, including Au
Sable, Thunder Jhiy and
Cheboygun 485,250,000
West shore, including Mou
istcc fl it, Muskegon, Pont*
water, l'ero Marquette,
White and Grand Iii vera
and tributaries 1,150,400,220
Menominee Uiver 210,000,000
Cedur Hive* 13,000,000
Ford Uiver 20.000,000
Flat Hock Hivrv 0,000,000
Monnstiquo Uiver 22,000,000
Sturgeon Day, Big and Little
Sturgeon 15,000,000
Point St. Ignace and Mack
Uiver, near Mackinaw 17,000,000
Mississippi Itivcv and tribu
taries 1,350,000,000
Wolf Uiver 85,000,000
Dig Suamico Uiver 5,000,000
Little Suamico 7,000,000
Pcnsaukco 0,000,000
Goon to 00,000,000
Pcshtigo 70,000,000
Total 4,834,210,220
It would bc interesting to know how long
thc pine forests of these States will endure
such enormous demonds upon them. Many
lumbermen think thut tho supply ?3 so largo
thut it is well nigh inexhaustible, and tl-M
a century heneo there wilt scarcely bo a
perceptible decrease, One gentleman hus
stated that along thc Mcnominco Uiver
alone, oven if os much is cut every year as
last, tho supply will hold out, over eighty
years. Ile, like many others, is deceived.
All who think our forests to bc inexhausti
ble have only to visit thc older ond inorc
settlcd States which havo in no less thau
half a century been nearly entirely de
nuded of trees.
Steps should bc taken in tho pino-prc
duoing Statis to replant tho olenred terri
tory with young trees, so that by tho timo
tho original forests have entirely disap
peared others will havo attained suflicicnt
size to bc lit for uso.
Tho Pross.
Few people, porhops, oan imagino thc
number of newspapers in tho United States,
or cun begin to concoivo tho mighty influ
ence of thc PrOSS. It has been unid that
"tho per. is mightier than tho sword," and
wo hiivo vory little doubt of tho truth of
thc saying. livery day hundreds of thou
sands of newspapers enter tho homes and
business places of thc laud. In them is to
bo found discussed nearly ovcry subject
undo? tho ?un.
Tho Press is a most potent agency os thc
cnlightcncr of any pooplo, Tho poor man
in his cottage, rends tho annie arguments ns
tho rich man in his palace, and is influenced
to tho same extent.
Show us tho newspapers of a country
and wo will tell what its pooplo oro. Tho
vuluo of now3pnpors onnnot bo over esti
mated not only for tho varied and extensive
information they givo upon nlmost every
subject, but for tho great influonoo they
exert upon society. Tho tono of tito Press
will effect the tone of society in exactly tho
samo propottion na it is good or bad. Tho
high tone of tho Press has done moro good
to society than almost any other known
human ogency. At home, around tho fire
side, it brings tho family together in pleas
ant intercourse, mid nil aro happier, wiser
nnd better on account of thc newspaper.
In a political way what a power for good
is an honest, open, outspoken and indepen
dent newspaper. Tho dishonest mun fears
tho newspaper;;, for they will expose his
vain trickery to tho public. Tho newspa
pers arc tho ever faithful watchmen upon
tho walls of n people's liberties, ready at till
times to sound tho alarm upon tho approach
of danger and to contend to thc death
against tho encroachments of on enemy.
No enemy lo justice or liberty can pass, un
noticed, this watohful sentinel.
lt isa noted fact, tho newspaper men
work harder and moko more sacrifices for
ihcir country than any other class of men
on earth, und whilo this is thc case, they
arc tho least appreciated and poorest paid.
If our pcoplo could be made to appreciate
newspapers (paid for) more generally, they
would only bo thc better off. Thc poorest
newspaper in thc land ia worth several
times thc amount it charges for subscrip
tion.
Gen. Hagood and the Abbovillo
Voto.
Thc Abbovillo Presa and Banner and
thc Barnwell Pcoplo have been amusing
themselves with a little skirmish over tho
suggestion of tho propriety of nominating
(Jen. Ilugood for Governor next year. Wo
would not bc guilty of intermeddling with
thia tete-a-tete, but for tho fact that wc
think thc position of our Abbovillo contem
porary liable to bo misconstrued to thc
injury, perhaps, of party discipline through
out tho State, for tho Pres? und Banner
says thc people pf Abbeville will not vote
for Gen. Hagood for Governor, because he
waa a member of thc State Hoard of Equal
ization, which raised tho assessment of Ab
beville County lust year. Boes our conten?,
porary moan that thc people of Abbeville
will not vote for Gen, Ilugood if bc is nom
inated for Go vernor? If so, they uro a
very diff?rent people from what wc believe
them to bo. Indeed, if this is what our
contemporary means, wo must expresa tho
opinion that it is wrong, for wc do not be
lieve that tho pcoplo of Abbeville would
encourage anything like an independent
movement on nccoutit of their personal
likes or dislikes. If, on the other hand, it
simply means that thc people of Abbeville
will try to nominate some other man, that
is what they have thc undoubted right to
do; but unless they cnn find somo stronger
reason to urgo against Gen. Ilugood ihuti
his action in this mutter, they had aa well
vote in silence, for thc unroaronablcncss of
their opposition will stroogthon Ocn. Ha
good with impartial votera. Wc do not
mean by this lo indicate un advocacy of tho
nomination of Gen, Hagood, for we believe
that Gen. McGowan ia largely thc favorite
of Anderson County; but wo do want to
sec fair play, mid have an idea that it will
bc thc best policy for all parties lu tho long
i un. Gen. Ilugood should neither bc norn?
mated nor defeated because of his idea of
tho value of real estate in any particular
county. Tho reasons which induco thc
nomination of a Governor in South Caro
lina should and will bo of a moro substan
tial nature.-A ndcrson Intelligencer,
Squandering tho State's Money
on tho Columbia Canal.
Now that tho Legislature ta ".bout to meet
wo think tho pro*.*? Ul" live State might willi
propriety discuss matters whioh are to come
before thc body. Thc canal ut Columbia
has COSt tile State thousands of dellars, and
nt tho lust session SI 1,000 additional was
appropriated to that great humbug. Hut
aa good luck would have it, lhere was sonic
flaw in tho appropriation und tho money
has not been spent, and it ia not too late to
save a depleted treasury from this draft.
Much baa been said on thia subject and
valuable limo hus been wasted on thia ques
tion, and wc hopo lo sec tho Legislatura at
its next session take such Steps as will for
ever 6Cltle it. Tho cana) ia a local enter
prise in which tho pcoplo of Abbeville
County arc not interested to tho amount of
u cent, and wc cannot sec why we should bo
taxed hundreds of dollars to build up Co
lumbia when our towns and farms arc lan
guishing for tho want of money. It seems
WOrso than folly to tux tho pcoplo ol* Long
Cano to enrich tho pcoplo of thc Cougarce.
Let tho Legislature promptly relievo tho
Stato of thia extravagant nnd foolish appro
priation. Wo aro sure that it is not tho
wish of any of our pcoplo to ndd ono far
thing to their own shoulders for tho canal.
It would, in our opinion bo belter for tho
State lo appropriate money to develop
Ctosar's Head aa a health resort for thoso of
her citizens who may livo in malarious dis
tricts, Wc want to invest no money in tho
Columbia canal, mid hope that our Repre
sentatives will look after thc interest of
their pcoplo in withdrawing this appropria
tion. Let our exohnnges speak out on thia
humbug.-'Abbeville Press and Banner.
Tho Georgia Lcgislutuso lina passed on
not providing for thc appointment of three
Railroad Commissioners, with a salary of
82,500 each, to hold office for six years,
filia ellice of Railroad Commissioner socms
to bo coming into favor nt tho South, and
is in cxistenco iu ? great many Northern
Stato?.
Nows Itoms.
Continued fine weather lias removed all
fems of a poor cottou crop in Georgia.
Corn is still soiling in some portions of
North Alabama at twenty cents per bushel.
I A ucgro woman eighty-live years old is
going to school at Cnrcouvillc, Georgia.
A Stanly County, North Carolina, baby,
thirteen months old, weighs 40 pounds.
Hogs maybe kept from measles by mix
i ing n handful of good wood ashes wi'h their
I food twice a week.
Mr. b. P. KS nord, of Williamston, South
Carolina, has n squash hilf tho sizo of a
flour barrel.
Charles Wise, a soil of Prof. Wisc, tho
aeronaut, has given up all hopes of ever
hearing from his father alive.
North Carolina owes $27,000,000 omi
owns only $127,009,000 of pooperty with
which to pay it.
Thc court house bell is tolled nt Salem,
North Carolina, when a trial is on hand
before ti magistrate
The Southern cotton this year is much
liner than lins heretofore been raised.
Buyers say it is tip lop.
Ex-Scnator Patterson, of "South Caro
lina," is running a liultiuiorc horse our
linc.
Georgia has made provision for her crip
pled soldiers. They oro to receive sixty
dollars a year for live years.
Tho return of deaths in Charleston for
tho week ending October ll, shows u total
of 21-Q whites und 15 colored.
Bishop Payne, of thc M. E Church,
South, who is in his 80th year, is still vig
orous mentally, und is now presiding over
tho Tennessee Conference.
Dr. J. If, Ensor, late Superintendent of
tho South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, has
received un appointment us Surgeon in the
United States Army.
Judah P. Benjamin, tho remarkable
mun, who has made tinmc and fortune over
nguiu flinco the end of thc war, recently
sent n pour country editor in Louisiana u
check for .C500.
The colleges at Duo West openad with
very encouraging prospects lust week.
Kighty pupils answered to thc first roll call
in tho Female Collego and thirty-live in
Erskine College.
A noted uud successful colton merchant
predicts that if frosts bc postponed until
November thc crop will bo uot lejs than
5,500,000 bales.
One of thc largest wool growers in Penn
sylvania says thut thc rod hills of tho Caro
linas and Georgia ore vastly better for rais
ing sheep than any part of Pennsylvania.
Gen. Walker, who is (o superintend thc
United States census of 18S0, estim?tes that
tho population will bc between forty--fc.ix
und forty-seven millions.
An nolivc Northerner who Bottled nt
Richmond Halb, in Richmond County, Ga.,
has sold 111 thc Augusta market, during tho
season, ?39 worth of grapes from u singlo
vine.
M ark Hopkins, one of thc four magnates
of tho grout Central Pacific Railway mo
nopoly, left property worth $23,800,000.
There ave about 27,000 waiters (n New
York. Their wages run from $10 to 845
a month and board. About 10 per cent, of
them oro man-icd.
Harvard College has engaged nu accom
plished Chinamen to teach his language ill
tho iustitutiou at a salary of 8200 per
vr eek.
North Carolina lins moro licensed grain
distilleries than any other Slate in the
Union, the record showing 101), Kentucky
comes next, 140.
Palmers should plan wisely, and carry
out thc plant to the best of their ability.
They should have tl diversity of crops, so
thut if lhere is a failure in clift, thora may
be a hit in another.
Tuc manure of cows and pigs rcsiat de
composition for a longer timo than that of
the sheep and horse-both thc latter being
drier than tho funner, and decomposing
moro readily in tho soil.
Tho Houston Telegraph doola rca that
General Hancock will rcooivo thc solid vote
of tho Texas dohg.ition in thc next Na -
tional Domocratio Convention. Gen. 1 (un
cock will receive strong support from Geor
gia also. His boom is rapidly becoming
vigorous.
An exohnugo says: if a man during fifty
yours chows every day two inches of solid
plug, il will amount at tho end of tho half
century to ?.8G0 feet or a milo and a quarter
of solid tobacco, half an inch thick and two
inches broad, for which ho will have paid,
at present prioOB, $2,373.
Squire Chirk (negro) is in Lexington
jail under charge of killing ?Mr. W. S.
Hook (white) October 8, nod placing tho
body on tho ttuok of thc Charlotte, Colum
bia and Augusta Railroad, between Sam-'
mit and Gilbert Hollow. Tho mangling
of tho body by thc night train was horrible.
A little girl about four years old and a
little boy about six had been cautioned
not to toko away tho nest egg} but ono
morning when they wont for ibo egg tho
little girl took it and started for tho house.
Her disappointed brother followed; '.'Mo
thor, mother, Susy's got tho egg tho old hc?
measures by."
Tho Memphis Avalanche proposes that
tho old town bo cutircly depopulated and
destroyed, and that u new Memphis bo built
ot a place known os Bartlett, eleven miles
distant. It suggests that "!iulf a dozen
railroad Hocks" could do all tho transporting
betwecu tho uew city ond tho river. There
is no hope of the cessatic of tho fever till
(rost.
Tho following from o icorgiu paper raises
u question nu to which is thc more dange
rous end of the mule. Ono of them in thc
lower end of (Jordon County, a few days
ago, got Mr. Reuben .Iones' linger in his
mouth and refused to let go. After he
had kept his unfortunate captive in misery
for half on hour ho gave ono quick jerk
and literally pulled the flesh of thc linger
from the bone.
(Joh Robert M. Douglas, a son of thc
lite Stephen A. Douglas, who drew
$08,000 from thc treasury thc other day
on a cotton claim, is having a world of
trouble with the Washington sharks.
Several lawyers uided him and now charge
such enormous prices for their services that
Col. Douglas refuses to pay them aud will
content their demands in the courts.
Count do Areysy, who shot and killed
Baron de Vauloo in a recent duel in Belgi
um, though possessed of enormous wealth,
waa orrested und put into prison, his oiler
of *200,000 bail being refused. Those
Belgian officials arc of thc right grit, for if
a murderer should not bc imprisoned who
should? And if a duelist is not a murderer
who is?
Kdison, tho inventor, lias had an agent
in Western North Carolina for sevor.il
weeks searching for mineral platinum, for
use in tho manufacturo of tho electric light.
Thc agent reports his scinch successful arid
expressed the opinion that it was absolutely
thc best field for minerals in tho woild;
that nowhero is there anything like the
variety which she furnishes, mid as a rule,
they aro by fur thc most perfect specimen?
known.
In regard to the Presidential nomina
tions tho veterun Thurlow Weed is quoted
as having said to a recent interviewer:
"There ore two facts well established: Ono
is that Tilden will not be u powerful candi
date. If Cornell is elected Tilden will fail
to pet even tho votes of his own State, and
if Robinson were re-elected his (Tildcri's)
chances in tho Democratic Convention
would not bo materially improved. Thc
fact is, Tilden's natue does not appear on
thc slate; he has been 'ciphered' out."
Tho Anderson, S. C., Journal says:
"Wo uro informed on tho most reliable
uuthority of thc following remarkable inci
dent. List week a little white girl, living
with Mts. Joe Neville, of Walhalla, fait a
disagreeable buzzing in her car, when Mrs.
Neville undertookt o relieve it by pouring
in a few drops of sweet oil. When this
was donc a common house fly made its
appearance from thc orifice of the, ear, and
it was followed by others until sixty four
came out by actual count. Being covered
with oil, tho flies were assisted out with a
feather, but how came them there is thc
question."
Normal schools have become groat factors
in thc work of education. They ere de
voted to tho special training of touchers
Our people do not appreciate thc necessity
of them, 't eaching is now a profession,
and training for it is ns groat a necessity as
for other professions Inno way can edu
cation bo so vapidly extended ns by tho
special training of teachers. This training
is ?i separate work, A lid should not bc im
mediately connected with a college.
Octobor.
October is one of thc busiest and most
important months for the farmer. Corn
should lo gathered ut once, livery hour
that it remains in the field after it has ma
tured, it is subject to tho loss from thc
rains, the birds, and the encroachment of
Dalmain. Bvcr enterprising razor bael: and
pike nose is out on thc rampage, mid no
post bellum lenee is proof against their in
stincts. Your seed com should bo selected
from tho hold, taking the best twin oar.
Thc niau who selects tho biggest ears for
seed is taking pains to have ono-oarod
stalks. Colton should bo picked out,
ginned and pucked, and put out of tho way
ot thc incendiary as soon us possible.
Keep a sharp lookout for matches. If you
owe money ut big iutcrcst sell and pay olf
if not, hold on to your cotton for better
prices. Have you prepared burley or rye
lots for winter pasture and spring soiling?
If not, seo to it ut once. Thoro is nothing
about ii farm which pays better than a rich
burley lot. Have you dug your sweet pota
toes? Do it beforo n freeze. Put them up
in bunks of forty or fifty bushels carefully,
aud protect them from freezing Have
you sowed oats? If not go about il nt once.
Sow nothing but thc red rust-proof oat if
you want to bc successful. Thoro is no
crop which pays better when proper care
hus been bestowed upon it. Thu oat should
not bo sowed os Q mero "makeshift," us it
often is on thc poorest land, but it should bo
mudo a standard crop. Half thc pains
taken with it that is taken with cotton, and
it would always bc successful. Wheat,
should bo sown in Ootobor if possible.
Select soino curly vuricty-Tappalninnook
is ono of thc best-soak tho seed in a
strong solution of bluo stone, plough in
closo with scooter, and brush or harrow.
Th'j smoother your ground tho easier your
harvesting and tho better your stand. Bust
ts tho great enemy to wheat. Pot sumo
years past Dr. llavonol, near Charleston, lins
been experimenting with u ma nura called
"ash element," successfully ns to rust and
production, lt is not n costly manure,
about?18 per ton, end tho experiment de
serves a trial on :i moro extensivo Bcnlo.
A. Scandal and a Curso.
''Trashy literature is thc curse of this
country nod no wonder rt groat wave of
(inmorality nnd infidelity is sweeping
through thc lund whop hundreds of press?e
uro funning night and day to supply tho
peoplo with food foi1 their depraved tastes
and wicked iniagi nat ?OUR. Tho railroad
trains, news stands und book stores aro
crowded with tho productions of a licen
tious press, and thc vulgar and degrading
publications tire forcing their way into tho
inner sanctuary of cur homes, polluting
every thing with their awful presence nnd
dragging this Christian country down into
thc very depths of thc lowest lust. Not
withstanding all tho protection thrown
around thc mails, these books oro sent
throughout thc land and half thc Clinic and
outrage of thc limos may bc traced to tho
demoralizing tendency of iluso texts books
of hell. Lut what good eau all tho Com
stock agencies and legislativo enactments in
tho world accomplish as long ns it is "re
spectable" to soil lascivious books and pi?
tures in puDlio places or they arc peddled
about on thc streets or through tho publio
railroad cars. A law should bo passed to
meet the case by our Legislature at its next
sctsiou and a mighty effort should bc made
to reform thc morals of thc people. There
should bc absolute prohibition against thc
sale of any police books and papers in
the State, on tho cars or any where else,
and when thc public morals aro reformed
the political fortunes of tho State will bo
secure. Fifty years ago any honest man
would have blushed at tho filthy contents of
the police papers-now .1 is quite thc thing
for lawyers and editors and "gentlemen"
generally lo parado their shame before thc
public Tliciv example is imitated every
where and tho young mon know littlo but
vulgarity-thc latest scandal and thc newest
debauchery. There moy bo sonic cure for
ihc drunkard, but there is little hope for
him whoso whole mind is eaten up with tho
leprosy ot low literature. Let tho press
nnd thc pulpit speak out upon this subject.
It should engage thc ottention of all who
have any hope for the future of their coun
try.-Abbeville Medium.
Little Industries.
One of thc drawbacks to thc prosperity
of thc South is thc inattention of her peo
ple to thc development of tho many littlo
industries which give employment to idle
lands, and add to tho comfort nnd wealth of
communities. Thc devotion to cotton seems
:o have absovbed all our enterprise and cap
tai. Wo noticed iu a Tcnncssoo paper, not!
ung ago, a statement that one merchant,
from some littlo town in Tennessee had
chipped moro than one thousand chickens
to Atlanta in ono day; that his daily aver
age of shipping was nearly one thousand
to Southern markets, while bc also shipped
uutty, large quantities (1,500 lbs.) of butter,
and his shipment of eggs ran up to 1,200
dozen weekly. Tn the winter he had ?ship
ped ns high as 5,000 dozen of eggs, nnd
several thousand pounds of butter and
dressed poultry a day. lie puja for chick
ens, on un average, 9 cents; eggs. 5 couts;
ind butter, from ll to 12' cents per pound.
Dining the past .summer wo have Been
thousands of chickens brought over tho
mountains from North Carolina in wagons,
cooped up nnd shipped for Southern mar
kets from points on thc Air Lino Railroad*
if cp?s, chickens and butter can be pro
duced in North Carolina and Tennessee,
and brought to Charleston nt n profit, wo
do not soo why they could not be produced
nearer home. Wo cort ?ii ii ly would have tho
era ti fica ti uri of eating a moro wholesome
article. These li Mio items, put together,
swell to a large sum, and just that much
goes out from our earnings to benefit,
outsiders, lt is hi;j;h tune that wo were
realizing tho fact that this is no lougor A
plantation State. Tho colton scepter, and
tho rice scepter have departed front ns. It
costs moro to produce cither, than they will
hiing in tho markets, und WO must begin to
tum our attention to such industries us re
quire small cipiti'. and little skill, to stop
tho leaks which arc rapidly impoverishing
us. Millions Ol' dollars go annually out of
thc Stato for supplies which should bo and
could bo produced (lt home, with profit to
producer and consumer, lt ts only neces
sary to get out of the old ruts-less atten
tion to colton and politics will do it.
TAKING TUB CBN'SUS.-Wc have re
ceived from Francis A. Walker, Superin
tendent of Census, a circular concerning
tho office of enumerator under tho census
law. By tho Act of 1879 enumeration dis
tricts arc not pennittad to exceed d,000 in
habitants according to tho census of 1870,
Tho number of inhabitants in enumeration
districts, except in cities or largo towns,
should ordinarily fall far ?hortVf tili? limit.
Tho amount to bo paid to enumerators will
' from 81 to SO per day of ten hours of
actual work. Tho work is to be done within
four weeks in tho country and within two
weeks in cities. The Superintendent thinks
'mt country physicians and schoolmasters
will provo tho best enumerators. Tho cnu"
monition is to bc made in .June, 1880.
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