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>--?. TUB CONSUMICION of raw material is 50,000 pounds a month nod tho production is 40,000 pounds of vam per month. This manufactured article solis in tho market for thirty cents a pound. When tho proposed InorcaSo in tho o-.pacify of tho fuotory is effeotcd tho daily produc tion will be 2,000 pounds of yarn. The entire property is valued at 8300,000 and during tho psst four years 840,000 has been -.expended ia improving tho water power. A dam ?lino hundred foot long, of so'id steno masonry, has been built at nu immense e.Mt, and, if it wis needed, ton thousand horse power could bo applied with little or no further expense This dam baoks water four miks, with a depth of fifteen feet Tho base is forty feet thiele, and it is eight foet thick across the top. A sixty six inch turbino wheel is used under ? hoad of four teen fcpt. Tho owner of tho property claims that ho has improved und applied tho water power ot a groat outlay of money, under a charter from tho Stato, granted iu 1874, for thirty years, and that tho char tering of TUB COLOMBIA CANAL \o Messrs. Thompson & Nuglc, under tho conditions cited il) tho contract, will virtu ally deprive him of his proporty. Tho building of a dam across tho Cungaroo Uiver, ho says, will back water ou his works and completely flood him out. ile proposes to resist to tho last degree in tho courts what ho considers un invasion of his rights. If tho Columbia Canul Company would bring their dam nero's Croad Kivcr, instead of tho Congarco, he contends, they could obtain 25,000 horso power and not interfere with him at all. Tho vote taken by tho pcoplo of Columbia to Bccure Messrs. Thompson & Naglo against any dimagc that might result from thc building of their dam across thc Cungaroo Kivcr, he says, does not really amount to a row of pins. To uso Iiis own words: "Columbia isa bankrupt city, und a corporation which bas nothing to lose can well afford to give any amount of security. Tho whole diffi culty ii that my factory does not pay taxes to thc City of Columbia. If it was located in Richland instead of Lexington there would bo no trouble." In conversing with Mr. Campbell, tho Superintendent, [ osked his opinion us lo thc feasibility of working NEOIIO OPERATIVES. Ho replied tjiat nt his factory he had worked mixed operatives with great advan tage. Tho negro was as cupable ol' in struction io thc business as tho white mule or fum?le, und could afford to work much cheaper, us they could live so much cheaper. The negro labor ho found was easy con trolled, Ltid not bubject lo strikes. Labor was vary abunduit, ho H.id, all theiropora tives being from tho South, with thc ex ception of ono boss ppinncr, who was from tho Stato of Maine. Unimproved land in thc vicinity of thc factory is worth about 310 to $15 uti acre. I asked Mr. Ol tn pb ol I .what ho thought of tho CLEM r ATTACH MENT. Ho replied that ho thought it would prove to bo a failure "You can't mike yarn that will stand the test of tho marked,' ho said, without skillful labor und attention. It may answer for carding. It is in my opinion nothing more than an improved gin. I would like to seo men who h ive thc money try it. lt ounnot hurt tho factory mon in tlx slightest degree. Wo ?rc not afraid of competition," Thc Saluda Fac tory IIDH paid A CI. BA lt 1'ltOEIT <>*' 10 PEU CENT. during thc last year in addition, to what has boen expended in improving tho property. The cost, of tho new machinery which has been ordered will bo 810,000, and it is hoped that tho profits next year will increso in proportion to thc increased capacity of ibo establishment. 'a lie .Uloiidalfl Faotory. This model little factory is owned by I). F. Converso <fc Co., and is situated live miles from Spir tan burg Court House, on Lawson's Fork, a tributary of tho Puoolet Uiver 175 horse power is used on three turbine wheels, with n fill ol ?18 feet. Mr. J.J. Hilton, of Mew York, is the Superintendent, and both Mr. Converse end and Mr. A. II Twitcholl, tho principal owners, live on the premises in handsome residences. The company is not incorpo rated, and has u capital of 8150,000. Tho factory is now maning 6,000 .spindles and 120 looms, abd manufactures sheetings, shirtings, drill? and yarns from No. 0 to No. 12. TUB CONSUMPTION of raw cotton is ?1,000 pounds per day or 2.000 bales a year. Th?) production is 175,000 yards of cloth ?ind 15,000 pounds of yuro per month. Tito factory employs 120 opcrutivos, all of whom aro white and GO per cont, women and children, who re ceivo on avcrogo of 07 cents pur day. Tho highest wages per day is 81.50 and tho lowest is 12j cents. Four hundred persons ure dopoudont upon thc fajtory for sup port. Thu operatives arc furnished by tho company rout free, with neut, and comfort able cottages ranging in sizo from throo to four rooms. Thcso cottager, numbering eixty, ore built around tho faotory, forming a neat and pretty littlo village. Tho opora tive.s arc all natives, with ono exception, who havo been educated to tho business. This class of labor is very readily obtained from tho surrounding country. Tho ma chinery usod is all American, and is mostly from tho Lowoll, Mass., Maohino Shops. Tho running exponaos arc $120 por day. For tho month of January tho cotton used was purohosod nt ll oonts por pound. The total cost of producing tho manufactured nrticlo wns 17 couts per pound and tho market prioo was '?4 cents per pound, which in nearly 33 per cont, incroaso of vnluo created by tho process of monufuo turo. Tho waste ot this faotory is estima ted nt about 18 per cent. Muoh of tho profits havo been expended in improving tho place and adding new machinery to tho fuotory; dividends of from 7 to 10 per oont. havo boon declared nhd tho not profit has varied from 10 to 25 per oont. Resides tho cotton fuotory tho company hos in op oration, run by tho samo water powor, A OllIST MfLn, a iii i-1 darts flouring mill and sevorul ootton gian. Ti?o modo of ginning tho ootton is both novel oud ing?nions, and is Mr. Con VCISO'H own idon. The wagon containing m -. tho aced cotton ?8 driven dp nod weighed on a platform scales. Tho cotton is then thrown from tho wagon luton hopper, ind passes up on an endless bolt toa second story wbeuee it is fed into three 70 saw self feeding gins. From there it passes to the baling press. Tho jood pisses out from tho gins on a belt to a small room adjoining from which by means of a (rap door sr* rangement h ls deposited back into the finners wagoo which in tho mean lime has been driven beneath tho trap door. By tho time tho plauter oao get his seed and drivo arouud to tho book door the cotton is already pressed and baled for him. Last year tho company ginned 700 bales and this year they hsvo ginned over 1,200 bales. Tho limo ocoupicd is 15 minutes to eooh balo. '1 ho oompouy has also io operation upon tho samo placo A COTTON. BATTING MILL which turns out about 1,500 pounds a mouth. A wool carding mill is also at tached, ia which 0,000 to 10,000 pounds of wool is carded for tho country people. A largo saw and planing mill is also in full operation, and is kept continually busy. The profits arising from theso several in dustries were not included iu tho statement concerning tho profits of tho factory. Twenty additional hands aro employed in these several deportments. Mr. Twitoholl, willi whom I conversed, gave it as his opinion th'it thc negro was not apt enough to learn tho business properly. Tho whites would not work in thu same room with a negro, and as most of the work was dono ?nd paid for by tho piece, tho labor if mixed must necessarily give very unsatis factory results. THE I'HOSI'ECT8 for eotton manufactures in this Stato ho considers better thau it has been for five years. There is a steady sud increasing tomo demand, no accumulation of stocks iud a good oxport demand. Tho Stato ?xemption from taxation on all new mill properly bo thought would prove a great nduccmcnt to capitalists to establish now 'actorics. THU CLEMENT ATTACHMENT, Mr. Twitoholl said, he thought, might bo used to auvantage by two or thrco planters .0 use up their own cotton, but it would never itnount to anything more. It only dis pcuscd with one intermediate machine, and ibo storage room required for thc seed cot :on would be enormous. "I don't think it ivill succeed," ho said, "but if it docs it will not burt thc large manufacturers one particle." Upon thc point of thc relativo cost of stator power Mr. Twitched said: "It do pends entirely on thc situation. I believe : hat V. MI bl. COULD BE HUN IN GUAULESTOM jy steam just tis cheaply as wo run ours, Charleston bas a cottou market all thc year ound, whilo wc hove to buy up ull wc need 'or the year before it gets out of tho coun ,ry." Thc goods manufactured at Hi?ndale arc muled to Spartan burg in wagons and ship led from that point principally to New 1'ork, Keston and Chicago. Tho demand or the goods tu much greater than tin ibtlity to supply. The factory building is a very llsndsomt i.'ucture of red brick, four and a ball itotiuh high and 180 by 50 feet in di m cn" ions ii waft originally started in 18G7 tod was under tho management nf J 'Jomar & Co. Mr. Homar died in 1870, .nd after his death it was sold to th? jre-ent owners, f he suoecss bas; boen sc gratify inn that a new company to be known is tho Clifton manufacturing company hat ?ccu organized, with Mr Converse us Pres dent, Mr. James Anderson Vice President nd A. II. Twitoholl St?creUrV und Trcasu cr. The parp?se of tho companv is to fi''*' tart u compact yarn mill of 5,000 spindles nd then open thc books (or subscription tc larger enterprise of thu same kind. Thc ? pi tu I required to start tho first mill U 125 000, SI02.000 of which has been tibscribed. This entire subscription wu: tudu within tun duys, and tho whole of thc tuck is held in thc county of Spartanburg. f this adventure is successful, a factory ol 0,000 spindles nnd 300 looms will bo cs tblishod. Tho factory will bc located or lie Piicolct Uiver, at a pince known ns Ilur cano Shoals. Tho work will bo commcne d by the first of April next. "As fur as I nm concerned," said Mr 'witchell, "I would put my last dollar ii rjtton manufactures in thin State. When Un Northern mills were le-siny ninney we torn laking money* and now while, everything ? Looming upward we are of coi&St taking handsome profits." Kvcrything nt Clleodulo betokens goot lanagemcnt and prosperity. Tho opera ves aro said to bo nu orderly, thrifty set ho ltavo laid up considerable money, am i so i no coses havo bought land in th icinity. Thc Fingcrvlllc Factory. This is a very small factory, owned b lessrs. Johnson ?fe Finger, nnd is locatci n tho Pncolct River, about ten milos fron Ipartanburg County. It has in opcratiot ,000 spindles, 10 cards and 15 looms, an uunufucturcs coarse yarns and sheeting! L'ho production por day is 000 yards c iloth and 250 pounds of yarn. Thirty-fiv ipcrotivc8 oro omploycd, with wagt iveraging 40 cents a doy. Tito capital ii rested is ?8,000. Tho factory has been ft ?onie time running irregularly, but is no milting U handsome, percentage of profit G ,ho capital invested. Tho wator power rory oxtonsivo, obout 30 horse power heir iscd. Valley lairs Factory. This is n still smaller factory than tl tbovo, and is located in Lamson's Fo: thout eight miles from tho town of Spa ;nnbuig. It is owned by Messrs. Whito Pingor, nnd runs 500 spindles. Tho pr luotion is 800 pounds of yarn por da Phis mill hos also been running irregular until rcoontly. Tho maohincry is old, b despite this foot and tho great disadvnnto af being situated in on almost inaocoss I region, tho factory is paying n liondsot profit on tho capital of 85,000 invente Fifteen operatives aro employ ed, with wog Averaging forty conts a day I should say, without hesitation, that fi cotton factory cnn moko a living Fingorvillot?r Valley Fulls, there isoortuiri millions in tho business anywhere else.. [TO BE CONCLUDED XN OUR NEXT] ME KK?W? I; ? o? IS Y Iii: I II I, ? TI ITU & co. WaUu^UA, (GI* O. --0 THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1880. For subscription, $1.60 per annum, ttrictlyin advance; for six months, lb cents. ffcif' Advertisements inserted at one dollar per square of one inch or less for the first insertion, and fifty cent* for each tubtequenl intertion. tfftf Obituary Notice* exceeding five line*, Tribube* of Retpeet, Communication* of a per sonal character, when admistable, and Announce - j ments of Candidates viii be charged for as adver tisements. t&f Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. W?*y Necessity compels ns to adhere strictly to the requirements of Cash Payments? Dr. Moorman Will bo at Seneca City on tho 24th of April, and romain ono day, for tho purpose of registering lands offered for sale or root. Dr. Mi represents tho influence aud wealth of tho Atlanta and Charlotte Air Linc Rail way, whoso owners aro making efforts to fill up our section, with emigrants who aro able to purchase, homes of their own. This is a movement in tho right direotion, and wo trust all who have lands for sale, will register them with Dr. Moorman. Railroad Mooting in Franklin. Tho Reporter contains tho proceedings of a railroad meeting at Franklin, N. C., on the 20th of March. Col. G. J. Forcacre and Mr. Skipwith Wilmer wore present and sub scribed $100,000 to tho stock of the Rabun Oap Short Lino Ruilroad, which is to run from tho Qcorgia Stato Line to tho Tennessee State liuo. A survey was ordered, and the lino of road is to bo located at once. Dr. W. L. Lovo was elected President of the rond, aud Iiiram W, Sibloy, of New York, Vice President; YV. N. Allman, Treasurer, and Skipwith Wilmer, Secretary. Tho Daily Mercury. This is tho title of a new morning daily, published in Columbia by Messrs. W. B. McDaniel, H. N. Emlyn, Edwin Forde, E. A. Nelson and J. IJ. Harnett. Tho subscription price is $6 a yenr. Theso gentlemen arc first-rate printers, and have plenty of brains and muscle. They can't li vc entirely without money, but can very nearly do 60. The Mercury is n bright, newsy poper, well-filled with advertisements, and promises to bo n success. Columbia bas threo daily papers, all good. Wo regard this ns an evidence of tho returning prosperity of that city, and believe tho "boom" will continuo successful. With street cars, a good city government ar.d tho canal improvement, and its factories in operation, that placo will soon range itself | nlong-Fidc of Augusta, Atlanta and other flourishing inland citicsl PROCEEDINGS OF THE Meeting of tho Democratic Ex ecutive Committee of tho County. Tho Democratic Executive Committee of Oconec County met at thc Court House on Mon day. April 5th, 1880, and fixed thc third Satur day in Moy for the meeting of tho County Con vention at Walhalla for the purpose of electing delegates lo thc .State Convention, which meets on thc 1st of June next A resolution WOR passed by thc committee Ihal each Club in the County bc requested to hold a meeting on the second Saturday in May for thc purpose of reorganizing thc c'.ubs and e'ecting del?gales lo the County Convention, and as thc propriety cf nominating the ticket for Stale officers will be before thc Convention, thc Clubs aro requested lo discuss this question in their club meet lugs, so that their delegates may conic Into thc County Convention prepared to state the views of their respective clubs on tho ques tion. Tho Executive CommUi?S further directed their chairinnn to call tho attention of thc Club Executive Committees lo ibo Important of a thorough reorganization, and to especially re quest them to bestir themselves rind get their Clubs In working order for thc approaching campaign. Each Club is expected to send a full delega tion to thc County Convention on thc third Saturday in May, as other important business besides Ibo election of delegates to thc Slate Convention will bo before the meeting. Thc Club representation in thc County Con vention will bo as heretofore-one delegate to' each Club and ono additional delegate to every Len members or fractional pari, (hereof. Thc following is a list of tho Clubs in thc County: Walhalla, Richland, Conncross, Fairview, Pleasant Hill, West Union, Seneca City, Damascus, Double Springs, Kock Springs, Little Uiver, Center, Seneca Uiver, Providence, South Union, Bachelors' Retreat, Fair Play, Westminster, Mount Tabor, Holly Springs, Bethlehem, Salem, Fall Greek, High Falls, Oooncc Tannery, Toll Cato, Oconco Station, Flat Shoals, Stump House. W. C. KEITH, Chairman. W. J. STRIDMNO, Secretary. Fish Culturo A corrof-pondent has kindly sent, us thc South ern Cultivator containing Professor Baird's re marks on fish culture, which appears on our fourth pago lilla week. Also an urtiolo on .'Fish Culture as a Farming Industry," by Mr. Fred. Mather. Thc propagation of fish, or rather fish eui turo, is receiving moro attention now than at any former period of our history. This is right, tor racily our homo market fish in this region aro fast disappearing Tho Ooncral Government furnishes tho different Slates willi Ibo spawn to hatch out and Slook their rivors. The spawn are le fl at certain localities for tho uso of the Slates, and tho only expenso incurred by tho SlntcH is tho freight on tho spawn to their respectivo hatcheries. North Carolina has a hatchery nt Morganton, Burke County, under tho superin tendence of Hon. S. Q. Worth, ber commissioner. Ho has been kind onough to hatch spawn for South Carolina. Hon. A. P. lintier, Fish Commissioner for this Slate, instructs Mr. Worth lo what sections of tho Stato ho wishes tho fish Bent whon hatched. So any ono desiring fish for their streams or ponds should write to Col. Duller at Columbia and through bim obtain Ibo fish from tho North Carolina hatchory. Tho fish aro sent froo and At tbe expense of the Statei Persons desiring any particular kind of fisb, not at tho North Carolina hatchery, could pro bably procure them by wriling to some friend in Washington. Tho person procuring the de sired fish from Prof. Baird, U. S. Fish Com missioner, at Washington, can have thom sent by express. Ia (his caso tho probability is the person receiving tho spawn or fish would have to pay the express charges. It would be a work of supererogation for us to urgo upon our readers to utilize tho culturo of fish in our section. Wo havo tho streams on J could soon construct thc ponds. Pish for tho tablo is the best of food and is now in thc reach of all. Manufactures in South Carolina. We have surrendered much of our space this week to the very excellent article of Mr. J. K. Blackman, recently published in thc Charleston Arva and Courier, on thc subject of manufac tories an I manufactures in this State. Our object in re-publishing Mr. B.'s report is two folds First to induce our own citizens to manu facturo their own cotton, &0.5 nnd second to show parties residing elsewhere and disposed to such investments the inducements, advantages, ko., offered in our immediate section for tho conversion of colton into thread, cloth, &c. From our knowlcdgo of tho subject wc arc in duced to believe thal Mr. Blackman's report isa correct nhd truthful statement and therefore can bo relied on. To our citizens wo say that by simply con verting your raw cotton into thread or cloth you very nearly double its value, (hereby adding yearly to your own nnd thc Slate's wealth ono hundred per cent. By co-operation you can in each section or neighborhood erect small or large factories according to your menus, and whero water power is not obtainable j ou can usc steam, cither power nnsweiing thc object in view. Wc would urge upon our readers the conside ration of Mr. BlaoKluau's report, and Iben de cide if lhere is any better or as good un invest - ment for (heir surplus capital as in Ibo estab lishment of cotton factories in their lllids.1, thus not only increasing our population and giving them employaient, but adding yearly to (hoir own mid thc wealth of tho country. Don't say you have uot sufficient capital. Join your means with the means of your neighbors. Do ns you do in your log rollings nnd OOi'U-shuck ings. fall in your neighbors. Form compa nies, und then if your location, waler power, Sic, is such as warrants n large investment to develop it, you can no doubt by investing in il yourselves indrco these who havo ample means, residing in other States, to join you. As Colonel Hammett, President of the Piedmont ] Factory, said to Mr Blackman, if our own peo ple will but put their money in cotton factories, there will be no difficulty in inducing outside parties to join th in, and thus raise whatever amount of capital is needed for thc improvement and development of suitable nnd desirably located water powers, especially in a section ol country offering and possessing thc inducement.*; which our immediate section does. To parties residing in oilier Stater, wc call their nttcnlion to what is known as thc Pied mont section, ns offering perhaps greater induce ments than any other portion of (ho South foi cotton factories. Thc lliohmond, Charlotte and Atlanta Air Linc Railway, thc main linc ol travel and freight from New York and New Orleans, passes directly through Ibis section (hus furnishing all needed railroad facilities Besides Ibis wc have a linc of railroad t< Charleston, with transportation by water to Nev York, whiuli gives a competing linc. Thc upper counties in this Stale afford mair fine water powers. Oconco County possesse as many or more limn any oilier County in th State. Thc locality, local advantages am motivo power of sonic of them moko Hiern vcr; desirable for development. Their proximity t tho Hine Ridge Mountains makes llicir wale supply constant. In this County you can fini waler powers ranging from a twenty to a fiv hundred hor=o power and upwards. Mauy 0 these powers, with tho landa around them, ca now bo purchased at mero nominal prices, n from ono lo th" *c dollars par aero. Our winter arc mild, slroani3 rarely ever frozen; both on summer nnd winter climnto pleasant, our land productive, producing all tho cereals ns well 11 coll?n. The average yield of cotton right nude thu Blue Ridge for several years past bas bee cqu,*:! to thc average yield per acre of the Stale And there is no doubt bul that thc increase i the production of cotton in these upper connik will keep up with thc manufacture of it herc, s that cotton factories erected here may rcasona bly rely on their supply of cotton being" grow herc. Wo therefore extend a cordial invitatio to alt tlispoBcd to colton or other branches c manufacture, desiring waler powers of differer capacities, to visit our section of tho Slate t soo, examiuo and judgo for themselves. Lotter from Andorson County Tho Storm Saturday Night. SANDY Sr-tuxus, AXUKRSON COUNTY, Amii. 6TH, 18S0. This neighborhood was visited on last Satur dny night by a storm which continued al) uiglil except at. intervals of n few minutes, lt com menccd nt half past fi o'clock P. M. The rai fell in torrents, accompanied with vivid flnsht of lightning with loud peals ot thunder ut s 1101 intervals during thc whole night. We had continued succession ol hail storms. Thc olde: citi/cns do not remember Ol' having wiluesse such a washing rain. Thc ground, which ha been prepared lor planting colton, is literal swept away, making wide ronds through fiel? thal never had been known to wash beloro. Tl worst is, the guano has been washed olf wil (he surface of the earth. We ol' Hie Sandy Springs community hm been peculiarly unfortunate. Not quilo tli 1-1 years ngo we were visited with one of the mn elcstruclivc hail storms which destroyed ail ll young colton nnd Stripped Hie fruit trees bulli fruit ami leaves mid killed a great dca, lilO lorest timber and many more arc still d,yii Irom thc ell'eels ot the hail. If this storm has extended over all thc coll bell a high price for cotton may bc expect next fall. Wo have fruit enough left for ealing purpoi if Jack Frost does aol pay us .mother visit. Wo are about dono planting corn, but it loo now like it never can come up. Thc ground so run together and beaten willi hail wo Ihiuk probablo that wo will havo lo plant over, wh< there is any ground to plant in. W. 0. SMITH, Tho proprietors of Norman's Nickol t logno aro sparing no pains in advertising it, they fools satisllod that nil it needs is introduction to thc people. SVBSCIUBK FQU~TUH CQC MBA. Sweet Potato Sood. The following letter was addressed 16 a gen tleman ni Newberry Court Houae (rom Wm. G. LeDuv, Couim?88?oncr of Agriculture, Washing ton, D. C. It will no doubt bo rend with imp rest by our people: DSPABTMBKT OV AORlCUI.T?BE, WASIIISOTO.N, D. C., March ll, 1880. SIB: At tho instance or Hon. 1). Wyatt Aiken I send you some sweet potatoes obtained hist year from Peru nud grown ia this district. It is thought these will bo found valuable, not only for their edible, but for their keeping quality, as they came to us in barrels, and notwithstand ing tho long voyage and crossing thc equator arrived in excellent condition. Col. Aiken assures mo that they will find suitable soil and receivo careful attention at your bands, and it gives me pleasure to scud them to persons (hus oudorscd, because I shall have to rely mostly upon your experiments and your crop for my further distribution. lu thus complying with the request of Col. Aiken, I cannot forbear tho observation thal his constituents may very properly congratulate themselves on being represented by a gentleman whose purity of lifo, independence of character and Bignal ability have given force to thc earn estness of his efforts, not only in behalf of his constituents, but of thc agricultural interests of thc United Slates. WM. G. LBDUC, Commissioner. - - - tm ? tm A Farm iii Western Texas. Hans Micket, tho traveling correspondent of thc San Antonio Express, has rondo a visit to Capote farm, which was purchased by Major Alexander Moore, nn ex-army officer, com prising 20,097 acres, fronting on tho Guada lupe Uiver on thc North, and running back ten miles, taking in Capote hill. It is situated in Guadalupe County, fifteen miles Southeast of Seguin, und ten miles from Kingsbury, u elution on thc Sunset Itailroad. Major Mooic to< k possession of tho farm on tho I Ot li dav of November, 1873. Tho tir-t part of thc faun visited was a field of 1.300 iteres. Herc were growing, wheat, rye. barley, cots and alfalfa, ur Cali fornia clover. In thc rear of the Hold was a gang of men working on a ditch which drains a number of springs near tho Caputo, ami said ditch is over throe miles in length. It is ilirec feet ?ide at the bottom, and ave rages over I lu co and a half foot in depth, ll is intended not only lo drain and make available M me 700 or SOO ac es of very rich land, but will ulso bo used f.r irrigating puiposcs. At thc South end of Ibo field were three breaking plows ut work just finishing ibis year's breaking of new ground. Each plow bud attached seven yokes of large osen, and ibo plow was run len inches deep, lu the field were three teams harrowing with tinco horses in each team; two rollers, and two two .horse grain drills, while two men weie cowing oats broadcast. J?y Oie time wc had mudo thc lound of Ibis field wc traveled eiglit miles. This field comprises the actual farming, or grain raising, thai will be d' iio ihix season, hut it i? ibo inten tion, which will, pia baldy, be UCCOIU? nibbed by another year, tu ?rot ff otu 1.800 to 2.000 under cultivation, Porty miles of fence were built within tho la>t fourteen mouths. Thc entire farm is enclosed, an 1 there arc numerous cross or section fences, making field pu8turcs--ono of which has 12,000 acres-farms, lots, etc. The corral is a hollow square of sheds and stalls of about five acres in extent, in tho cune of which is a watering trough, filled hy a wind mill. Tho stock is one of thc leading features of ibo Capoto farm. Thero aro about 150 horses. 131 of which aro fine blood inures, selected personally from r.omo of tho finest stock farms in thc United States. They are used as farm horses and for breeding tir-t class draft and carriage horses. There uro I0S luig i work oxen. In tho rear, on thc South of Capote, is tho Mock rancho, having 2,800 head ofcuttlc. Thcroarc also twenty-nine head of short horn and Devonshire hulls and calves. Tho bog rancho is also located in thc Southern portion of tho farm, and has on it now over G.000 henil of line Berkshire hogs, for whose special benefit lhere will bo planted thia season fifteen acres of Jerusalem arti? chokes. Tho goat ranch i pomprisos twelve full-blooded Angora bucks, and some six hundred nannies. Ilosl les tho obovo is a large poultry .bouse, with several improve 1 breeds of chickens, docks, turkeys and pea fowls. On (.'apote (aria mo Om pl lynd ell itu average, about seventy-five men thc year round. Everything is done willi military precision. There are fiheen < r twenty IO inches sulky phrws, harrows, cultivators, self dropping corn planters, corn husker and sheller, thresher und n portable eighteen horse fleam engine, which is used for grind ing corn, hurley and rye for food, v.l. ch is mixed with out straw, threshm;*, und at present is running thc saw mill, bot will .-oon bo replaced hero by o station?r,? engine Thc saw mill "M used to saw timber f .r homo use, and will bc employed to convert thc black walnut into lumber I ir shij mont Bast, of which it ia estimated thai thero hi 07er 3,000,000 feet on the farm. Tho blacksmith shop employs two skilled men. tho time of ano being taken np in sharpening plows and keeping tools in older. BosidoH t!?.< re ?ular Held crops, a regular gardener i< employed for tho raising of all kinds of vegetables for the table use of tho proprietor of ibo hosne and his large force of laborers; also, a fine Dreh ard of all kinds of fruit?, and a vinci yard is being planted thia -pring. Ali this luis been done in fourteen months. KC Y JVC 33 1ST Bl A. x j. Married, March 31, 1880, ol thc residonft? of Iso bride's lather. James Heard, Bsq . hy Ito/. 3. T. (tresham. Miss Anna Hoard, uf noonee, und Mr. Thomas Scrliygs, ol' fairfield County, ?5. 0. Married, ut the roddnilCO of Mr. IJ pp, on ibo 1st of Amil. |880. nv Vt I'. Veiner, Mr. James Pu I man lo Miss Josephine Lipp, all il' Oconeo County. On the the pnmo evening, by the same, at the residence of .Mr. Hum:.loton Put man, Mr. Brack Lipp to Miss Florence PiAO'tW, all of Jcoreo County, Married, March 18tll, 1K80, ul the rosidonco >f Squire Bussell, Tligaloo Valley, hy Kev. li. b, Sisk. Mr Jool M .Iones, of Oeoiicc, to Miss Rtigcnia Bowell, of Franklin County, (la. New Ad ccrliscMfints. 3VEOC?C3?L1 O ard.. Dr. ll. GTSLOJIJY, HA VI NC located in Walhalla, offers his professional services to tho oitizons of tm.- and surrounding country* fiwy* Office ai ibo rosidonco of Richard La? is. Main Street. April 8, 1880 21-1 mn* Final Settlement. NOTICE is horoby given that tho under signed Executrix of the will of Johanna Langmicr, doccusod, will nppty io ibo Probate Court, on tho lOlh day of Mi y next for final settlement of tho Estelo of said deceased, and for a full dichnrgo therefrom as Exccu? trix. C. BAUMGARTEN, A'bni'ii?iiairi*. April 8, 1880 21-lt " Go to your druggist or merchant and call for Norman's Nickel Cologno, which is des tined to ho ono of tho most popular perfumea ?a tho United States. rever and iluuc. Tho true antidote to thc effects of miasma I? Hosteller's Stomach Hitters. This medicino it; one of thc most popular remedies of an age ol' successful proprietary specifics and io in d^n-. meuse demand wherever on this continent fever and nguc exists A wine glass full threo limes a day is thc best possible preparativo for cn counttrlng a malarious atmosphere, regulating' thc liver and invigorating ibo stomach. Tor sale by all druggists and dealers geucrally. Final Settlement HPIIE undersigned Administrator of tho' I personal estate of Lewis lt. Maret, de ceased, will apply to Riobard Lewi", JudgO of Probate fur Ocohoo County, S. C.. on tho Sib day of May nest at his office in Walhalla, fiir a final settlement of the said estate und a discharge therefrom as administrator, J, W. ST IU ISLING, Administrator. April S, 1880 21-4t* JXolicc to Creditors. State of South Carolina. Oeoii?c Comity. IN Til H MASTER'S COURT. Jesse \V. Stribling, ns Administrator of tho E?tntQ of \V. N. Craig, deceased, Plaintiff, against S. E. Craig and others, Defendants COMPLAINT mn Rr.ur.r. np IIB Creditors ol W. N. Craig, deceased, \ are hereby t equi red to provo their dc. mauds before mo on tho 25th day of June, 1*80, and failing taila so may be barred of all benefits under tho decree in tho nbovo stated action. RICH A KI) LEWIS, Master Oeonco County. April 8, 1880 21-lOt Sheriff's Sale OF ?^V virtue of nn execution to mo dirootod. ? I will sell, before tho Court House door in Walhalla, S. C., oh Monday, thc 3d day of May next, between the legal hours of salo Ooo Tract nf Land, situate in Ooonco County, near Pendleton village, supposed to o intuit) sixty-live aeres, more ur less, adjoin? ing lands ol Capt. Wm. Simpson, Bird Abb itt nut) nthers, hoing that portion of tho tract ol'land known as tho '.;Wooiiwtaa'ia E"! usa (af iota," lvin/ in Oeonco County, and adjacent to tho balance ol' said traci lying in tho County of Anderson, S. (!. Levied on as tho property of James Adgor A fl > . nt ibo suit of Willis Wilkinson, Plain? ?i|?', vi. Ci"). H. Walter & Co. and James Adgor ? t'.i . Defendants. TERMS-CASU. Pu rel) asor to pay extra for titles. J. II. ROBINS, Sheriff OeotlCO County. April 8. 1880 i>l-4t TAI BU ut et? ? i-;. TREASURER'S OFFICE, April 8th, 1880. .1 N accordance with tho Supply Bill, ap proved December 23d, 1879, notice is hcroby given that this office will bo open for tho collection of taxes SATURDAY, MAY 1, and will remain open until May 3Ut. Tho rato per centum nf taxes is n* follows: State purposes, 4?? mills.. County purposes, 3 mills, Past Indebtedness, \\ mills. Selm i ls, 2 mills. . Poll Tax, SI 00. For ibo oonvenionoo of tho tax payers, ?'. will bo ni tho following places nt tho timoa-> staled for tho oollcotion of Taxes: Seneca Township, nt Seneca City, Thurs day, May 13th. Centro Township, nt Fuir Play, Friday,. May 14th. Tu git hm Township, at Westminster, Satur day. May 15 th, Pulaski Township, nt Fenton Hall's, Mon? day, May 17th, Chalugu Township, nt Mrs. Burkor's Tues? day. May 18th, WhitOWfitor Township, nt Wm. Rowland's Wednesday, May 10th. Koowco Township, nt High Fulls, Saturday, May 22d. And for tho balanco of tho timo during tho month of May at my ollicoin tho Court IIouso nt Walhalla. Taxes aro pnyablo in tho following kinds, of funds and no other: G.dd and Silver Coin, United Stmes Currency, National Bank Notes, And for County Taxes, Jury and Wit-? nosso^ Tickets. All information no to taxes frcoly givocihy mail or olhorwiso. TREASURER OCONEE COUNTY. . Anni 8, 1880 2.U