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V?t5 K??WilK C01/1??I.U. BX Klil'Ji: tl, SMITH A CO. TIJ.VRSDAY, JU6Y 21, 1881. H-it^-,-^.--. i ? . .T* EIR IVE ?s V5<2r* /'or subscription, $1.60 ;>er annum, s'Crictly in advance; for ?ix month?, lo cents. ?dctrtltemenl? inserted at one dollar pce ?tunart of one inch or l<*s for th? Jirst insertion and Jifty cent? for each subsequent insertion. ffcgr Obituary Notice? exceeding Jlv? lines Tribubes of.Hespeet, Communications cf a per tonal characttr, when adtnissable, and Announce ments of Candidate? will be charged for as adver tisane II ti>. ??y Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed t&m Necessity compels a? to adhere strictly to tits requirements oj Cash I'aymtnt*. THE COTTON EXP0S1TI0N OUR DUTIES AND PRIVI LEGES. _ Tho sohemo of a groat Colton Exposition nt Atin?la, Qeorgin, this fall, originated and wae put into simpo by tho fertile brain of Edward Atkinson, of Boston, Massachusetts, who has boon fur immy years identified with tho manufacturing interests of tko North. His letters BIIOW him to bo n mao of broad and liberal views, ready to lend tho fruits of his matured judginont and wide experience lo to whatever is likely to promote thc progress and prosperity of tho whole country. Ho ecoms, ns said by tho Now York Herald, to huvo given muoh study to tho material re sources cf tho Sooth, and while ho regards us ehietly an agricultural people and has given us many valuable suggestions fur tho utilization of what has been, in tho past, re garded as wuslo maller on the farm, still ho seems not to have fully realized and appro* oiated our manufacturing icsouroos ami ad vantages. Truo, we aro an agricultural people in soil, climate and thc leading staples of tho world, but we aro also a mauufacluring people in climate, materials, water powers and other facilities. In other words, tho Southern States aro almost a world within thcinsolvoe, possessing such a variety of soil, climate and natural resources as to enable them to grow profitubly all tho core?is, cotton, rico and tobacco, peaches, apples, grapes and other fruits, and equally capable of manufacturing thom into cloth, wino, Hour or other valuable articles of commerce. It could hardly bo expected that a man of Nortborn extraction, with Northum ideas and associations, should, upon cursory visits, appreciate fully our advantages. Tho fact is, our pcoplo havo vory imperfect ideas of tho bounteous hand of nature as displayed in this country. Tho barrenness and bleakness of Now Eogland gavo birth to Yankee inge nuity and converted its frozen and unproduu tivo hills into thriving mauulacturing villages and oitios. On tba other hand, tho prudi" gality of nature in Uppor Carolina baa damp ened the spirit of inquiry and progressive de velopment. That necessity which has been the mother of- invention, i* in truth nothing moro than tho spirit of inquiry directed to tho development and utilization of tho pow ers-of nature As enid in a prior issue ol' this paper, in tho past we have brought up n taco of. gentlemen, who, following tho foot steps of their ancestors, havo sought wealth in raising slaves or making cotton to sell lo othors. Wo havo blindly neglected tho ele ments of a higher wealth and prosperity with which nature loni blessed our country, und havo thoroby contributed to tho enrichment of loss favored sections. Withaative talon! infe rior tonopooplonnd educational ftioiliticsoqunl to those of tho North, wo havo labored for ono hundred years with implements brought from abroad, traded with gold dug in distant mines and clothed ourselves with goods woven at Northern manufactories, and this, too, while our own section nbounded in precious metals, w hilo our native hills wcro clothed with the host variety of timber, and our water powors, inviting tho wheels of machinery, wore lying idle and worthless. The truth is, our educated talent was ncvor driron into and never sought employment in the many avenues of material prosperity. Wo have been n conserva'ivo and self satisfied people. Tho peculiar system of labor amongst us made us an agricultural pooplo, aud oven in this pursuit brute forco and authority woro rogardod as moro available in thu production of largo crops than Boieotilio instruction. Tho eumc system was repugnant to tho in troduction of skilled labor, which would havo utilized tho various resources of our Stale This has psescd away. Slavery, tho oncioy of immigration, is dead. The resulting ne cessities of our people havo broken this lung enso, not to say lethargy, and awakened-.a bpicit'Of energy and inquiry which will fon der tho losses of thc past a 6oureo of a higher prosperity. From thc sumo cense a deeper interest is felt by outsiders in eur section and ns tho knowlodgo of its advantn' ges extends, population will flow in. TUB EXrOSITIO.V. Tho Exposition at Atlanta will afford our pcoplo tho opportunity of exhibiting not on paper alono, but in kind, tho varied resources I <. of our section. Through tho activo exertions ?if ' > Mr. Kimball, the Diroctor (lenora), seconded by tho bendsof tho Agricultural Departments of several States, thc exposition has assumed a scopo and magnitude not anticipated by its projootors. Tho Now York Sun calls it n world's fair, which promisos to bo of tho greatest interest and to bo followed by the most beneficent results. While the cotton department will bo mado thc central and distinctive feature of u comprehensivo dis? ploy of the' products of industry, and tho natural riches of tho Southern States espe cially will bo prominently brought before visitors, still contributions from thc manu? fnoturers of Europe and of all parts of this country will bo roeeivod. There will bo a piuco for overy produot of human thought ? nnd labor, unless it should bo in any way dangerous or ellen si ve. That is so far as possiblo, it ?B to bo made a universal exhibi tion. An exhibit of tho minorai, agricul tural and manufacturing resources of tho South, ns yet hut little known, will constitute a leading foaturo of interest and value of tho exposition. Another feature of tho fair, says tho Sun, which will havo a groat valuo, will be tho dis play ol' .specimens of the ores, soils, minerals, nativo woods, indigenous plants and other natural products of tho Southern Staion. Thoso are to bo collected by tho railroad companies and by individuals and will oc cupy three buildings. They will servo to convoy to thoso who doo thom nn idea of thc variety and inexhaustible extent of Southon) nnturnl rosourcos. From all we cnn gather tho exposition will bring together all thc great industrial interests of tho civilized world through their repr?sentatives, nt tho nnmo limo that visitors of nil professions and avocations will attend it. In this view it promisos both a material and social iulluonco and may oporato largely to bring, n bettor understanding between tho people of tho North and South. A common meeting fur a common purposoof. tho growors, spinners and weavers of cotton und of thoso ongaged in other industries will accomplish more io uni fy the country than any political gathering could liopo or expect lo do. At ?all events I he inotrensing demand for space and tho wide discussion of this groat fair points with cer tainty to its being nn unprecedented gathering for a good purpp?W^ftnd our pooplo should usc o?cry effort tol?hihit the products and resources of our oounty fully. To visit it Will also bo Interesting and inst mot ivy to all futtnora. They will foo oyory varloty of oolloo grown, from Ibo seed to tho conversion of lint into cloth; also ntl varieties of im proved machinery for tho cultivation and manufacture of cotton, as woll as tho di fi?r ent variollos of grains and improved ma chinery for all departments of funning. It will o flo rd 0> bird's oyo view of tho original products of tho country, tho implements used in their cultivation and their manu facturo, 08 also nativo minerals, timbers and every element of wealth. It will afford to our pcoplo an opportunity not likely to occur again in a generation for tho display of every attraction of our county, and considering our need of capital und labor and our oloso con? neetion with Atlanta,, wo cat nosily hope its promised advantages will not ho neglected. Our advantages uro not a u low. OUR CLIMATE Is mild, being fi ce from extremos of boat nnd cold. Our water, spring, well and river, is clear and cold, und our atmosphere is salu brious, exempting this section from nil ma larious und all epidemic diseases, at tho sumo timo that it keeps tho system in such tono as best fits it for uotivo mont.il and physical exertion. OUK KI) CC AT l ON AL FACILITIES Aro equal to any offered in tho Soulh. In tho Piedmont bolt in this State wo hnvo a malo und t?male college at Walhalla in suc cessful operation, with ll good corps of pro? lessors; a mule and female oollcgc at Green ville; a mule and (emulo collcgo in Spartan?. burg county; a malo college at Newberry; n malo and Female Oollogo at Duo Wost, in Abbeville county; n ?einalo collego nt Wil lititnstoii, in Anderson county. Uesidos tbeso Ibero uro n number ol classical schools in nil tho upper counties ?ind a perfect net work of join moil schools, which, with tho aid of tho public funds, will annually become more beneficial with an increased population. lu Oooncu county wo huvo upwards of fifty diuretics, including Baptist, Methodist, Pros ty tot ian and Lutheran, so that no neighbor? toad is destitute of schools and churches. This desirable io.-ituro will nut bc found in lowly settled countries. ont raonucTs. The staple products grown und adapted to ?ur county arc corn, wheat, rye, oula, pens, icc, cotton, tobacco ?ind borloy; lleforc tho var Mr. J. 0. Neville harvested from ono torc of land on Tugaloo Hi vor 112 bushels of torn, without irrigation. Dr. ISroyles, years iga, was awarded a premium by tho Pcndlo oii runners Society fur 107 bushels of rice Frown on one nero, and Mr, Maxwell, on I'oXOWliy, abovo Wi lhulhi, gathered from two icrcs of lund 2,800 und ;},0!)0 pounds of ont? on in tho seed. This was bolaro tho uso ol ommcieial fertilizers and tho im pm vernon I n seed and far ul'tig und shows what may bo loeom pli shed by proper manuring and til agO. The experiment of growing upland rice s being fully tested Ibis year and premiso: 0 bo ii * uccess in y ?old und profit. In thc tally seulement of tho county tobacco wai 'rown largely and 1,000 pounds to tho ncr? vilhnut fertilizers was a common yield or resh hillsides. Tobacco growing is again at lading tho attention of our people and wt no sure it will prove profitable. Wo him it Walhalla a manufactory, which is turning mt ti good article. Tho small grains uri veil adapted to this county i ns much ns 41 jiishcls of wheat und 85 bushels of oats hov? ng been harvested from ono acre and fiann xpoiimcnts OU ti small soulo wc aro satisfied ho glasses and with them slock raising cat io made profitable. No section can pro.loci greater variety of staple field crops that or J, as also Irish and sweet potatoes, cab iago? and other vegetables. ru ui TS. Wherever npplo and peach orchards havt )00il tried they huvo proved a success, nm thor fruits, such as pears, plain-', ukurrie* trawberrics, &o., return'.a good-yield. Sinai inoyards in Walhalla mid oilier sections o bc county demonstrate ibo adaptability o ur soil and climate io tho growth of tin ;rnpO. We huvo novor known ibis crop tt ail, mid recently several German immigrant nive projected vineyards of considerable ex out, so that wino making, BO profitable it 'nineo and Germany, may at un carly d i iccoiiio ono of our leading industries. Thor s certainly no reason to tho contrary vhether in point of profit or tho fitness tl ur climate. OUR SOIL. Tho topography of tho couoty is divers! icd with hill and valley, with large plots c able lands in thu lower section. Th ippcr part verges to tho mountainous an s, except on tho streams, not voluabl xcept for tobacco, grape?, fruits und stool sining. Thc large humber of stream? fiov ng through tho interior furnish rich valley ?hero corn grows luxuriantly, ll and a ithcr grains oati bo profitably grown; uh n tho tablo lands. Tho soi!, though nt itilurally fertile in many places, his nude ying it ii stiff clay subsoil, rendering upablo of tho highest productivo power I . roper fertilisation and drainage. OUll l'OPUI.ATIO.. ls n thrifty, industrious and law ahidit icoplc, representing several natiouolitU ihiclly German aud English. It has pr< tressed rapidly in skilled agriculture, inte igenco and general prosperity in thc pa :on years. Thc whites outnumber tl ducks moro than three to one, and the rat 8 widening every year. This insures lealthy loci! government and its atienda >lcssings. Crime is of rare occurrence ai soufJocd chiefly to negroes; Our cri m in murts rarely last abovo two days, and oft it thc summer term not a case of crime ried. Ina period of lify two years whito man residing in thc bounds ol Goon bounty has been executed and but o legro for murder. Wc liront peace amone, mrselvcs and with thc world and only nc capital and skilled labor to becomo one he most dosirablo and prosperous 9cclio n tito South. There oro in tho cour lecweou four and livo hundred thousa mrcs of land, nearly four hundred thousa )f whioh uro in nativo forest, with a por ution in 1870 of devon thousand, will ms increased in 1880 to a littleov?. r f ixte thousand, Of course from th?3 lands ni 30 cheap. ont TIMBER; Perhaps no country eau boast of a larger nore valuable variety of timber than i inc counties of Upper Ott roi i bo ; AVo hn n abundance, pine, white oak, post oak a >thcr varictico of tho oak, hickory, popl logwood &0.j ?nd a good though scattori ?upp'y of maple, black walnut, black loci iv i 1 cl cherry, black gum, eic. Those timbe iro of a tougher mid closer texturo- tl tho30 grown in colder regions i licnco more valuable. With such n sup )ur pcoplo should becotno munufuctut ind sellers of wagoos, buggies and fn implements, instead of buyers, and this ?xpcot to occur in tho no distant future OUll MINKRAr, wealth in kind and value is but little kne Tor wont of such educated talent as is nee to explore nnd dcvclopo it. Enough \\< aver is known to Icod to the boliof i both extensivo and vnluablo. Deposit f. jon bo found in all tho upper portion of uouuty, and yoars ago o numbor of mi ?vo.8 worked iu thc Chchoce region profltn _. -1_?? ? ?? >?--*:-A. Small veins of gold io quarts havo boeu opened io a few pluora, but UOt followed or worked sufficiently to oaoortuiu their rich - ness. No copper or filver has bcou found, but it is believed both exist in tho county. Mioa, asbestos, oorruudum, iron oro nod other iniuerals buvo been found io various paris of tho oouuty. The oharaoter of tho country above Walhalla and surface indica tions point with oortaioly to tho existence of abundant minerals, which in limo will bo opened and developed. ' WAtKR VOWER. There is iu tho county upwards of fifty water powers, ranging from fifty to twclvo hundred boree power. There aro somo near Walhalla, Seneca City, Westminster and Fort Madison. Tho most of them aro with in easy distance of tho railroads, especially when wo consider that cotton is grown near them and can bo bought at market prices withoat hauling. These could bo utilized for manufacturers of wood aud cotton, aod those too remote for those purposes could ho convened into tho purposes of mills and tanneries profitably. Tho groat quantity and variety of oak mokes tho tunning busi ness an easy and profitable ono. TAX KS In South Carolina aro low, tho capenses of thc Stato govcraincnt being between thrco and four hundred thousand dollars per year. Tho rato per cont levied for Stato, county aod school purposes ranges from eight to cloven mills, ou a valuation of less than one hundred and fifty miltons of dollars. Ou a full valuation of thc property of tho Stato it would hardly otoood half tho present rato. Our government and laws aro faithfully administered und bear equally upon nil cit izens and are opprossivo in no sense. What wo have paid of Oconco county is true mainly of ull thc counties of thc upper part of thc Staid. SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY. At the tho breaking out of tho R?volu tiona ry War tho Chorokoo Indians owned and occupied thc .Vor: h western section of South Carolina,bounded towards tho South west, and Weat by Georgia, towards tho North by North Carolina, towards tho South Fist by th? upper boundary hues of Abbe ville and Laurens counties, and towards tho Fist hy u directly Northern lino from tho point where tho Laurens linc crosses Reedy River to tho North ?a roi i mr Hire. British iiitlucnoo induced them in thc sum mer of 1770' to uodcrtako a war with tho StatOjWhich was ended in one vigorous cam piign ly Ootoborio that year. Col. William fljtj compelled them to sue for poacc and agree to cede all this territory, lyiuj? below a line running Northeast from thc Georgia lino across thc top of Oconco Mountain to tho North Carolina linc, now known hero us thc Old Indian Boundary Line. Tn is cession seems never to have been perfected until 1783, and tho next year, 1781, it was opened to whito settlers, ao much of thc land as had not previously been located for soldiers' bounties, being offered at ten pounds sterling per hundred acres Tho lands between tho Tugaloo and Ivcowec Rivers were specially rcso:ved six months longer thin other lands that soldiers' boun ties might bc located upon them. AV hen thia Territory wa? ooded to* thc State, it became part of tho District of Nino ty-Six, which, prior to this timo, embraced what, on our latest mups is marked Abbeville, Edgeficld, Laurens, Newberry Spirtanburg and Union Distriots. At thal timo there was a double system of Court; in tho State, viz : Circuit Courts and Coun ty Courts. The Circuit Courts for thc Dis t riet nf Ninety-Six, were hold only ul Cambridge, otherwise called Ninety-Six C. II.;" but tho County Courts were held o thc Court Houses of thc several .subdivision: just named, then us now, designated n? Counties. That part of this territory Wes of thc Saluda, was auncxed for COUDU Court purposes, to, and became a part of Abbeville county, and t>o continued unti 1780, when it wi s separated from Abbevilli and organized as Pendleton County, li 1701 a now Circuit Court District, calle* Washington, was constituted, composed ol thc Counties of Grecuvillo and Pendleton and a court house established therefor a Piolccnsville, nour tho present location o IC isley, on thc Atlanta und Charlotta Ail Lino Railway. Tho County Courts wer abolished in 1700, und thc Circuit Court of Common Picas were held in tho severn Counties, which had iu thc Constitution c 1700 been designated us Flection District) and after thc Act of 1700 they wei known as Judicial und Fleetion Distriots which, in this part of thc State,were severa ly identical in extent und boundaries unt 1S128, when Pendleton wai divided into t\\ Judicial Districts. Anderson and Pickon: but remained ono Flection District unt 1852, when each of tho lutter becaino separata Flection District aud entitled to Senator in the State'Legislature, and Rc rescntafives accurdiug to tho oggrcgu of population and properly us provided I thc Constitution of 1700. [n 1810, the Cherokee Indians ceded thc State that portion of their ten ito Northwest of tho boundary lino nero Oconco Mountain, which lies within tl: S'.ate, and it beoamo a part of Pcndlcti District, then of Dickens District and last of Oconeo County. This County and P?ckooB were form by a division of Pickcns District in 180 When this Division was made a majority thc citizens of tho Court houso town, th u pl icc of somo three hundred iuhabitan moved, some to Walhalla, the County st of Coonee County, ond others to New Pic coo, thc County scat of PickoDS Couui currying ?mt only thoir household gooda a personal property, but actually remov? their dwelling houses, store houses, offic Ac, leaving thc town a perfeot original Goldsmith's word pioturo of tho dosen village. Two circumstances induce tho belief't no white settlement wus mado in thc pi cot limits of this county prior to 17' Firstr because of rcmotcuoas from the wli settlements; second, the raging of tho ll olutionary War,.and the treacherous if actualy hostile character of tho Indisns v still lived hore. Tho numerous grants soldiers in 1784* and to others soon af wards of the best hmds.show that they w appreciated even then. Tho Indian hi of thoroughly burniog tho woods every j kept down tho undergrowth and tho hi pines, oaks and hickories did not prov tho luxuriant growth' oTu" nativo gr which ufloudod an abundant summer past ngo for cattle and gamo. Only a foi tho bottoms, selected with reference to I tility, easo of cultivation nnd freedom f ^ i ' ' .' '. ?, _1_ I "-..-r .^ . n m ovorflow ?oro cultivated by tho Indians. Tho rest weru covered witli oauebrakes whioh supplied winter p&sturago for stook. Much game of every variety, from thoblaok bear to the partridge, added an additional attrnotion to this ?inmediato section for tho soldiers whoso lifo during tho seven years War just olosod had cultivated his natural distaste for fartnwork and his lovo for tho ohrvso. And sltoh were, perhaps, a majority of tho oarliest settlers, Tho sumo disposition to tuko lifo ea?y, work four or Ovo months in tho year oud hunt, Ash and visit tho other soven or eight, provailod with rno.it of us until tho war between tho States burst forth in 1801, although gamo had become less and less plentiful. This i nd if forouoo had a further encouragement tn tho want of fuciltics for iuteroourso and oxohaogo of commodities with thc outer world. Tho Bluo Ridgo Railroad was oxtended to Walhalla in tho summer of 1801. Prior to this time, Augusta, *120 tuiles distant, had boen our market aud was roached by a two weeks trip with wagons. Ootton and tobacco wcro rriscd in small patches for homo consumption. Indian corn was our principal market product. When tho war closed iu 1805, wo wcro illy supplied with provisions, tools and stock; our furtos were sadly out of repair and wo hod been bereaved of thc flower of our young men. Wo hod hardly begun . to recuperate when military govorttmcnt was in 1807 foroed upon us, succcded in 1808 by a oorupt aud prolllig;?to govorumcut after reconstruction. This ten years of misgov eminent, wes hardly lees injurious to advancement thou war itself. During this period, however, tho Atlanta and Charlotto Air Line Railway from our Eastern to our Western boundury was built and wo learned that cottou, tobacco and rico could bc successfully ranted for market, whioh vt ns now at our doors, and with thc return of good government in 1877, wo entered upon a career of great progrese und prosperity. A full statement of our present condition and resources will bo found in another col umn, and a detailed history may bo hereaf ter expected in U scries of ai tides. THE PK?FITS OF MANU FACTURING ?o tho spring of 1880, Mr. Blackburn, n correspondent of tho Charleston JVcios a)ul Courier, prepared Mid published in that Journal a loug and interesting article on the "Cotton Mills iu South Carolin?) their number, production and piofits." Thc following Btatcmcnt, tabulated from that article, gives thc results of tho manufacturo icg interest iu thc State: Piedmont Factory-Spindles 10,024, looms 240, yards of cloth per day 15,f)(J0, pounds of yuro per day 2,OOO, pounds of cottou per day 8,300, number of operatives ?WO, persono dependent on operatives 0U0, capital employed $884,000, present value ?5100,000, horse power 350, wages ol' 'pinners per day 50 cents, monthly pay rolls ? 1,107, cost of production 3.7, profit per cont 25J, waste per cont 13. Reedy River Factory-Spindles 2,000, looms 78, yurd.s cloth per day -1,500, pounds jf yarn per day 800, pounds ol' cotton per Jay 1,500, number ol'operatives 05, persons lepcodent on? operatives 120, capital cm ployed$17,500, prescut value $50,U00,horsc power 125, wages ofspiunurs per day 50 jeuts, monthly pay rolls 8100,00, cost of production 1, profit per ccut 23, waoto pel ion t 0 5. Glendale Factory-Spindles 5,000, looms L20, yards of cloth por day 0,730,pounds of irani per day 577, pounds of ootton per duy 3,000, number of operatives 120, persons lepcodent on opcrutives 400, capital ; to ployed ?150,000, present value ?100,000, lOido power 175, wages of spinners 07 lents, monthly puy rolls ?2,000, cost of noductiou 3.50, per cont 22, waste per lent 13. Eingcrvillc Factory:-Spindles 1,000, ooms 15, yards cloth per day 000, pounds faro per day 250, pounds of cotton per day )00, number of operatives 8>, persons inprudent on operatives 150, ca j. i tu I imployed 83,000, present valuo 810.000, ?orso power 80, wages of spinners per day 10 cents, monthly pay rolls 8100, cost ol production 3 75, ptolit per ceut 20, waste per cent 11, Orawfordsvillo Faotory-Spindles 480, ooms 12, pouuds of yarn per day 285, pouuds of cotton per day 800, number ol jpcrntives 12, persons dependent on opera, ives 75, on picul employed 825,000, present yuluo 830,000, horse power 15, wages of spinners per doy 83), inouthly pay rolls ?110, cost of production 2 44, profit pei :cut 25, waste per cent 13. Cedar Hill Factory: - Spindles 800, looms 10, yards of cloth per day 1,000, pounds of yaru per day 150, pounds of jotton per day 500, number of operatives 10, persons dependent on operatives 125 capital employed 830,000, present value 535,000, horse power 20, wages of spinnen per day 35 couts,monthly pay rolle,$250,cosl af production 2 50, prolit per cout 23, waste per cent 14. Batcsvillo Faotory:-Spindles 1.162 looms 50, pounds of yarn per day 1,050 pounds of colton per day 1,200, number o operatives 40, persons dependent on opera tires 175j copittil employed 812,000, prese? valu? 815,000, horse power 40, wages o spinners per day 38 cents, monthly pay roi ?400, cost of produotion 2.50. Fork Shoals Factory:"--Spiudlos 2,000 looms 50, pouuds of yarn per duy 1,500 pounds of ootton'per duy 1,000, number o operatives 05; persons dependent on opera tivcH 225j capitol employed ?25,000,presen valu? $30,000, liorso power GO, wages u opinncrs per doy 40 cents, monthly pu roll $700,o:)st of production 2.80, prolit pc cent 18, wusto per oent 13. Buena Vista Factory: - Spindles 2,000 looms 40, pounds of yarn per day 1,50C pouuds of colton per day 1,000, number o operatives 05; persons dependent on opera tivca 200, capitul employed ?20,000 preacut vuluo ?25,000, horso power 10C wages of operatives per day 40 conti monthly puy rolls ?700, cost ol product io 2>;75, profit por cent 18, wasto per noni li Saluda, Factory:-Spindles 7,000, loom 100, pounds of yurn per duy 1,538, pound of cotton per day ) ,923, number operative 100, persons dependent on oporutives 85( capital employed ?800,000, present valu ?300,000,. horse power 100, wogen < spinuers por doy 50 ocnts, monthly poy roi ?2,000, cost of produotion 3., prolit pi cont 18, woeto por cent 14; Oamyordown Factory:-Spindles 12,841 ? pouuds of yaru per day 0,000, pouods of OOttoo per day 7,000, number of operativos 200, perooos dependent ot) operatives 400, capital employed $168,000, present valu? ?200,000, horao power 250, wages of spinners per duy 00 coots, monthly pay rolls 84,200, cost of produotiou 8., profit per neut 20, waste per cent 18 Oruuitovillo Factory:-Spindles 24,204, looms ?84, yards of cloth per day 85,000, pounds of cotton per day 18,800, number of operatives 775, perseus dependent on operatives 2,500,oapitul employed 8000,000, present valuo ?1,000,000, horso power 000, wages of spinners 78 couts pct doy, monthly pay rolls $0,877, cost of produotiun 8?, profit per coot 20, waste per cent ld, Yaucluso Factory: -Spinales 10,000, looms 800, yards of cloth per day 10,500, pounds of cotton per day 8,490, number of operatives 800, persons dopendcot ort operatives 1,650, wages of spinners per day 78 cents, monthly pay rolls $1,877, cost of produotiou 4., profit per coot 21, waste per cont 18}. Lingloy Factory:-Spindles ll,880,looms 828, yard? of cloth per day 20,508, pounds of cotton per day 7,745, number ol' opera tives 330, persons dependent oo operatives 825, copitul employod 8100,000, present voluo 8500,000, horso power 300, wages of spinner? per day 78, monthly poy rolls 46,405, cost bf produotiou 3., profit percent 22, wusto per cent 13. lied Babk Factor) : - Spindles 1,930, pounds of yarn per day 423, pounds of colton per duy 500, number of operatives 31, persons dependent on operatives 105, oapitul employed 815,000, present value 860,000, horso power 50, wages of spinners per doy 00, monthly pay rolls 8700, cost of production 3 , prc fit per cent 28, waste per cent 13. Pondletou Fjctory:-Spindles 1,600, pounds of yaru per day 850, pounds of col ton per day Oil, number of operatives 00, persons dependent on operatives 200. copi* tal employed 820,000, present value 825, 000, horse power 03, wages of spinners per day 40, monthly pay rolls 8230, cost of production 2} , pi ult t per ocul 30, waato p'. re?ut 13, Westminster Factory:-Spiudl.8 3(54, pounds of yarn per day 160, pounds' cf cot lon per day 167, number operatives 8, persons dependent on operatives 18, oapitul employed 43 700, present value 81,000, horso power 20, wages of spinners per day, 25 cents, monthly poy roll 808, profit per cent 40, waste per cent 13. Total spindles 95,438, horns 1,933, yards of dui li per day 101.33S, pounds uf yarn per day 17,lb8, pounds of cotton per day" 54.0 19, number of operatives 2,593, persons dependent GI) operatives 8,113, cupi?ur employed 82,288,000, present value 82,844,? 000, horse power 2,208, monthly pay tollo 838.034 Since these figures were mode, in April, 1880, a number of new manufacturing establishments have been inaugurated, und thc capital of some of those mentioned largely iuorca.scd, I Springfield (Mass.) Republican j A Prominent Lawyer's Opinion. I ir ono of our New Knglund exchanges wc observe that Wm. T. Killey Kxi., of Riltsliohl, A dorney-?!. how ?lid Ass!. Judge Col ice Court, ami late County Conimlssioiicr, was icsiercd tu perfect health and activity, by the uso of St. Jacobs Oil. Ile had suffered willi Rheumatism for years intensely ; bul hy thc recent m?e of thu remedy he was, as staled, completely cured, and says the Oil deserves I lie highest praise. Our Manufactories. Wo publish the estimated profits of tho few mar ul'actoi ies in ibis Slate for thc past your, l?rom reports SO fur received this your ibo net profits of all our mills have bren from 12.1 to 17 per cent, on the capital invested, making tlie net minimi profit lf> per cent. On tho Clement Attachment lhis> years annual nert profit bus been uboOt thirty per cent. Thc following i< ? gen ci tilly admit ted fact, that tho actual diflVrenco in thc cost (>f ibo manufacture of colton where grown and tho Kori h Rrtst or elsewhere ls' from ono und a quarter lo me and ii bull cents per pound on ibo raw material in favor of tho Sooth. With an increased population and special attention devoted to tnnriofucturing these profits can bc increased. At al) events wo cnn manufactur? cheaper than ibo North .ind thc day is com ing when our willer powers will bc thc source of greater wealth than our fm ming interests. Wc can do boll) and succeed in both: HONORED'ANO BJ.EST,-When a board of eminent physicians and chemists announced thc discovery that bv combining sumo woll known valuable remedies, which would euro such n w ide runge of diseases that most nil oilier remedies could bo dispensed with, many wero skeptical; bul proof of its merits by actual trial bas dispelled all doubt, and to-day thc discoveries of (hat gr?a', medicine. Hop BittorS, aro honored and blessed by all ns bene factors,- l)cin?cr<it. iiiiiifisa, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of tho Chost, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Foot and Bars, and all othof Pains and Aches. Ko Preparation on earth equals ST. JACO?W On, ns a 8Ufe,?ure.*lmploo.ftH <7?jffj> Kxternnl Kernedy. A trlftl ontttlls but tho eompftrntlvely'trllllnp outlay of no Centn, arid every ono suffering with pain can have cheap and positive proof of its claims, J->lrcet!ons lu Ikoven UiUKUtiges. BOLD BY ALL DRTJGQIST8 AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE. A. VOGELER Sc CO., UaUlmoro, Md., u. a, Tho dondld?* nt Albany n?iji luon ,br>!cou. Worner Mill?ivnn. administration candid ito,, has hoon elected to tho United Statos Sonatcr in Platt'? place. Oo tho J3th instant, n torriblo ovclono dos? troyod tho toWrt of tt*'# Ulm. MinnrHSOtn: Tho town ooittaiuod 3.OOO peMiiM and H now a mass of ruins.- A no mb jr of porion? wor?" killed nnd wounded. VX?JL INDIAN WORM ll?IddiTS^BT PELLETS SAFE. SURE AND QUICK IN THEIR AC - TION. The Ari of. Heal ina had its Origin in thc Woods and thc Furctt is filil? thc licit Medical Hohoul. i Il bas been tho c'nnso of much study by tho' Proprietors of the KAUOJMTA INDIAN Wornt PKM.KTS, to oller lo I he public such n remedy ns will lie entirely free from Ibo unplo.isant tasto . of all other medicine? of (his nature. In pre senting (lils reiiioJy--iliiU Suited lo all ages., perfectly tasteless und thoroughly cfl'ecftlal-tho proprietors only ask a trial ot' its merits to ill sure its popularity. Thc principio ingredients of these PKM.KTS have been gathered from thc mountain forests of North America und were used willi gre il satis faction by tho aborigines who onco ruled this country willi ibe muscles of I licit' warriors, which were mado strong in infancy by tho uso Ol' these simple, harmless herbs. So many children stifler with worms, nnd (ho symptoms are so Well understood, thal it is unnecessary lo describe them. Price, ten aiul twenty live cools per box. For salo by nil druggists and dealers geno rull.y. EXCELSIOR CHEMICAL COiVfPANY, SOU-l PROPIUBTORS, WALHALLA, S. C. Y. L. NORMAN, -AND MANUFACTURING CHEMIST, WALHALLA, S C. Walhalla Female Coi lego. \V A ls Bl A BJ BfA,, S. C. 'IMUS Institution will opcu its Filil? Session 1 SEPTUM DISH Hilt. 1881. THUMS: Collegiate' Department, IO months, $10 00' Academic Department, 10 months, 10 Ol) Primary Department, IO mouths, 8 00 Juvenile Department, 10 months, <r> Ot) Board, Fuel, l.lghl nnd ltoom per month. 10 00 KA'Cellenl facilitie for studying Music, Wax work and Painting. Send for a Catalogue. J. P. SMEETH ER, D. D., President. July 21, 1881 o?-lf AUDITOR'S OFFICE, WALHALLA, S. C., July 18, 1881'. 'Pilli Coll til y Do'nrd of Equulizniion will meet/ 1 in (his otiicc on Ibo first MONDAY (Isl day)' of August, tor tho purpose of hearing com-' plaints and canalizing the assessment of 1881. JOHN J. SMITH'. Co ii n I y Auditor. July 21.1881 8oV2l KR VIN ? VKKNF1?V Bankers, (tom misst on M?r c', tt ni ti and J\Ievchaiiicli80 Brokers, JJ allia!kv, & C. A general Exchange mid Ranking Puniness done. Special dttonilo.1 given lo collections. For Salo, 9 fifi ACnr,H of ? ? ,ft,ul' 011 Crcoked Crock', /vUU in Ooone.e county, 8, C , four miles front' tho depot al Walhalla. lUiildings und tilly acres ol' open hind on the pince. Fine pine' limbers on tho traci. Price, per nero. Ii, W. MOKOAN. WA 1,B9A.EL.fi .<!, S. CL 'PJl'l'l session or 1381-'82 will begin on THURS-' 1 DAY, Sop!ember UHII Stiulen's niny olact' between ldc Classical, Scientific und Oom m ero! ul Courses. Hoard uni tuition very reasonable; Ibu whole expenses (cjicept for ololliing and traveling) neod not exceed !*> I ?O ' per annum. Thu siiidenls ui'o drilled in miliinry tactics. Located nt tho base of Ibo Rino Uhlgo Moun tains, ibo climate is unsurpassed. For cata logue app'y lo Poor. W.rW. Ll-IOARR, Secretary of Fuoulty. July 21, 1881 3?tf Boot, Shoo & Harness1 Shop. D. A. M?LKEY, W Af J Bl A L. Ii A,- ?. C.) WITH Oood Stock, is prepared td rrfako your* Pools' amt Shoos at short nolioo. Ho ia* also in ibo Harness Business and can tit. you out/ in a nico sci ol' harness nt Ibo most reasonable-" figures. Olvo bim a call. Work warranted. GEO. W. HAYS, WAf'iflAlifiAYS. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Stoves? Hollow Sund: Tinware, Rufling and 0uttering done at short notice All work and waro guaranteed. &u\te of South Carolina* Jig Richard Lewie, JCmj., Judye of l'robatc: WiiKiiKAs; Mrs. Rosa Schroder lins mado suit1 to mo to grant her Lei I ors of Administra tion, af tho F.sloto nnd Effects of Edward'1 Schrodor; decensed These ure, Ihcroforo, lo cite and admonish all?' and singular tho kindrod and creditors of Ibo* Baid Edward Schroder, deceased, that they bc, and appear, bofor? me, In' tho Court of Prbbate,' to be held nt'Walhalla, 8" C., on Saturday, Otic of Anjmsi next, after publient!' '.. - ?*fy at ll o'clook in the forenoon,- lOiWo%fv"7 1* if any they have Why Ibo 'said-nilniiiilBlr&t?^^* should net bo granted. Oiven under my hand nnd seal, this Hie'.'.Olh ? day of July Anno Domini 1881. RICHARD LEWIS, Judge of Probate of OconcoGounly. July 20, lb8l 3(???f mm