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??y* Necessity compels us to adhere strictly
i 0 the requirements of Gash Payments.
Congressional Representation?
Mr. MoCoid's apportionment bill was rc?
ported to tho Honro on the 27th ultimo with
tho amendments suggested by tho committee.
It proposes to go into effect on tho 3d of
March, 1883, and fixes tho ?umber of Reprc.?
eentativos in tho IIouso at 320 members, to
bo apportioned among tho several Statos in
tho ratio of ono to ovory 154,285 citizens. It
also pr?vidos that whon n now Stoto shall bo
admitted into tho Union tho representativo or
representativos assigned to it shall bo in ad
dition to tho number of 320. It provides
also that each Congressional District in thc
sovoral States shall bo composed of contigua
OUB torritory and shall contain as nearly as
practicable an equal number of inhabitants.
Under this bill tho Southern States, in?
eluding Marylnnd, Kentucky and Missouri,
gain twelvo representatives. New England
loses thrco. Tho Middlo States gain three
Tho Wost and Northwest gain fourteen.
Tho Pacific coast gains ono. Tho greatest
gain in any Stnto is in Texas, which gots
four additional representatives. South Caro
lina gains ono, giving us six. Florida loses
ono, hoing tho only Southern State which
losen a member.
It is reported that Representativo Tillman
Will proposo an amendment to increase tho
number of representatives to 730. Would it
not bo hotter to halvo rnthor doublo tho
number, as tho btdy is already too largo for
prompt or judicious legislation.
Guiteau.
Tho trial of Guiteau in Washington cnilcd
on tho 25th ultimo willi ti verdict of guilty
as indicted. Tho trial began seventy three
days ago and tho prisoner has had during its
progress unlimited uso of his tongue, being
allowed to abuse bis own and opposing couti'
BOI, to denounce witnossos und disregard nil
orders ot tho Presiding Judge This contin
ued to tho end of tho argument, tho prisoner
branding statements of Judgo Porter i ri tho
dosing argument ns false and giving him tho
lio ns suited his whims. Wo ?over read or
heard of such license hoing allowed in any
court nor of so gross abuso of it as Guiteau
made Ho certainly lind n fair trial, being
allowed tho aid of counsel and of spenking in
his own behalf, ns well ns thc funds and
power of tho Government to securo tho atten
dance of his witnesses. Aftor tho verdict
was announced by tho foreman, tho jury, nt
tho rcquost of Mr. Scoville, was polled, and
ns tho last namo culled pronounced tho word
"guilty," as had dono tho olhors, Guitoau
screamed, "Tho vongcanco of Almighty God
will bo upon you for this outrago. My blood
will bo upon tho bends of that jury. Don't
you forgot it." Ho claims that tho oourt in
bano will rovorso tho finding and is reported
to bo in good spirits. Mr. Scoville has given
notice of a motion for a new trial and if this
ho refused an appeal will bo taken. Thero is
ono ground which tho defence will take on
which much doubt is entertained. That is
tho jurisdiction of tho court, Garfield having
died in New Jorsoy. It is said tho dcoisions
aro conflicting, and Guitouu may yet bo al
lowed to air himself through another long
trial. Every possiblo ground will bo taken
by tho defence and a long limo may elapso
beforo Quitcau muot face tho scaffold,
Tho Usury Law,
A resolution has passed tho Scnato to
?ofor to a committee tho propriety of re
pealing tho usury law, with leave to report
by bill. Tho present Legislature has
adopted sovoral measures which aro dis
tasteful to a largo portion of our citizens,
but they aro mensures on which differen
ces of opinion aro natural. On trial tho
laws now condemned may bo applauded.
This is not tho oaso with thc usury law.
Hoary with ages of cxpcricnco und sup
ported by reason, it cannot bo successfully
attaoked. Wo havo tried unrestricted in
terest, and city journals prc dieted that tho
repeal of tho law in this State would pour,
a flood of capital into her borders, which
Would build manufactories, and give lifo
and activity to every branch of industry.
Vain hope! Monoy becamo scarcer, every
industry languished and tho pcoplo bcoamc
poorer. Siuoo tho ro-onaotmcnt of tho
law our Stato has boon prospering and now
io tho faoo of reason, long experience and
nofcual trial to repeal tho law would bo tho
most disastrous stop ever taken by tho Leg?
islaturo. Theorists and speculators may
assort that monoy is a commodity and should
bo governed by tho law of supply and de
mand, but monoy is not a oommodity in
tho sense of corn, wheat, ootton and other
articles, lt has little or no value iu itself.
It cnn not clothe or food or warm a person,
nor is it as useful os tho plow or nxo in
praotioal life. It is tho reprcsoutativo of
value and by tho consent of nations is tho
common modiam of exchange. Dy legis
lativo enactment it has tho power to pay
debts, stop intorost on notes by a tond er
pay taxes and other rovonucs and heneo to
pu roh nae any article of real valuo. No
other ortiolo has this power and honoo it is
not as other commodities.
Nothing would tend moro to tho with
drawal of money from productivo industry
than unrostrioted intorost, tho capitalist
Manipulating his money to his own profit
und tO tho ruiu of the needy. If WO Want
mauufaoturos nod internal improvement,
keep tho usury law, for mou will raroly iu
vost whoo they may take ndvantago of the
misfortunes of others end maka moro out of
their money. No mau eau farm success
fully on borrowed capital at moro than
seven per cent, interest. Some say it ts
better than to drive pcoplo to tho Hen law
with its ruinous profits. People who have
to rosort for credit to tho liou law can't
borrow money, because they can't sccuro
tho lender. If they could they could se
cuto tho merchant and buy on as good terms
as with tbo money, or at least as any person
could. Tho fact is, banks and mouoy len
ders not ody would charge high rates, but
would, 08 they always have done, require
unquestionable scoury. Others say tho law
is not enforced, it can bo enforood aud
should bo, and oren now it is only violated
in a fow instances. Tho Legislature had
bettor moko it criminal to loan money nt moro
than seven por cent, and also make such on
Aot a forfeiture of both principal und in-?
terest of tho debt thou again to open tho
flood gates of oppression by a repeal of thc
usury law. Wo oannot bcliovo our Legis
lature will toko this step.
Tho Legislature
Tho proceedings of this body for tho past
week have contained but little of public lu
te re-1 and rcquiro no goncral roview on nor
part. Wc refer our renders to tho communi
cation of Mr. Vernor ns embodying tho
lending fentures of legislation.
Tho election bill ns passed permits every
person, without distinction of nico or color,
who lins resided in tho State for ono year and
in thc county in which ho oilers to vote GO
days prior to any general election, to vote,
provided that no person while kept in any
alms house, or of unsound mind, or cm G ned
in any public prison, or shall have been con
victed of (reason, murder, robbery ol' ibo
goods or chattels of nnother, with or withoot
violence, wbelber taken from Ibo person or
otherwise or of duelling, shall bo allowed to
vote. All electors ure required to be regis
tered lind provision is mudo tor the appoint
ment in eneh county of a Supervisor of Regis
tration, who shall reccivo as compensation
$1,000 in ibo county of Charleston and $500
in euch of the other counties of tho State,
who shall keep his office ut the oonrt house
and shall register nil electors, Provision is
made for books of registration, for (ho
decision of all contested cuses and for appeal
to tho Circuit Court without fee or expenso to
thc elector, nnd nlso for changing townships
and counties. Tho voting shall bo by ballot
und there shall be eight boxes, ono for Gov?
omer nnd Lieutenant Governor, one for other
Stnto officers, ono for Circuit Solicitor, ono
for State Senator, ono for Representatives ono
for county officers, one for Ilopresontnties in
Congress, and ono for Presidential Electors.
Tho system is complicated, but it Will, if
properly enrried out, prevent repeating and
other frauds.
Tho two Houses have failed to agree on
thc railroad bill, tho Senate favoring thrco
eommiesioncrs and tho IIouso ono. A com
mittee of free conference has been appointed.
Thc 8th of February hus been agreed upon
as tho day for adjournment, thc Seimto
favoring tho 3d nnd thc House tho 10th. Tho
House controls tho matter, ns thc supply bill
must como from that body and up to thc 28th
ultimo il had not been reported. Wo cnn
soc no reason why tho body might not havo
adjourned by the 1st instant, m nil important
measures could havo been disposed of by
that day nnd thc supply bill should and
might havo passed before tho holidays. Tho
general levy for State purposes, including
interest on thc public debt, will bo about livo
mills. Add to this two mills for school pur
poses und thrco mills for county expenses
and wo have nn aggregate levy ol ten mills
for Ibis county.
A bill lins been introduced in tho House to
meet tho legislativo expenses for this ses
sion. Thc tottil nmount a; proprintod for
this purpose, including tho per diem and
mileage of members, pay of officers and
attaches, together with legislativo printing, is
nbout $1 lf>,000. This is nbuut one mill on
thc whole taxable property of tho State.
Tho Legislature has accomplished a groat
deni of work, but much cfit meeta tho disap
proval of a largo portion of our population.
Wo think, however, tho people will (ind many
of their objections groundless and will in tho
ond bc pleased with tho work ns u whole.
On tho (10th ultimo a largo cumber of
bills poseed tho third reading ic the Semite
and tho calendar was disposed of.
Fifty-ono new nets nnd joint resolutions
were ratified, among them thc Act to
prohibit tho salo of intoxicating liquors in
tho town of Soncon, nnd several other aots
on tho salo of liquor.
Tho bill to crcato a new Circuit, to bo
called tho Ninth Circuit, was rejected.
A oommittco of conferonco was nppointcd
to adjust somo differences in tho bill revis
ing tho General Statute; also, a similar
oommittco on tho bill relating to assingn*
ment of insolvent debtors.
I Kookuk Constitution,]
i;Vi:it? TIMI3.
A mnn, or oven a piece of machinery that
docs its work right cvory time, is, wo think,
very correctly judged valuable. And cer
tainly nono tho loss valuable is any article
desigeod to relievo tho ills of mankind and
which docs 60 ovory limo. Messrs. Jones,
Cook it Co., liny Stnto Brewery, Boston,
Mass., write: Wo novo used St. ?Jacobs Oil
nmong our mon nnd Hud that it helps them
every timo. Wo therefore heartily recom
mend it ns a pain healing liniment.
A WOMAN'S EXI'RHIF.NCB.-Mothers nnd
daughters should fool alarmed whon wenri
ness constantly oppresses them. "If I um
frotful from oxhnnstion of vital powers nnd
tho oolor is (ailing from my fnoo, Parker's
Gingor Tonio givos quiok roliof. It builds
mo up and drivos away pain with wondorful
cortninty."-Buffalo Indy.
4--? .-.
Tho boilor explosions in tho Unitod Stntcu
in 1881 numborcd 1G0. Two hundred and
fifty persons woro killed and 328 injured
tboroby. Tho loss of proporty by those ex?
plosions must havo Leen largo.
Legislativo Co ITO s pon do nco.
COLUMBIA, S. C., January 29, 1882.
Editora of Keovoco Courier:
Tito most ohooring nows that I oan an
nounco, nt lo.tot to mysolf, Is that tho dny of
adjournment of tho Qouoral Assombly has
boon virtually ngreod upon. Tho House
passed n ro8olution to adjourn on tho 10th of
February. Tho Sonate ^urnod it to tho
House with ni) nmondfi>>Mt*a?M2goiting tho
8th, Upon ono or thov^tihor orv thoso days
this session will oloso. In eomo rospeots
this session has boon tho most renou kable ono
held in the State sinoo tho war. There hnvo
hoon groat and very perplexing quostious up
for tho consideration of tho monibor?, At
tho last session commissioners wcro appointed
to reviso nnd oodify tho Statute Law, to con
sider tho election laws, tho railroad law, tho
tax laws and also to suggost nmondtnonts to
tho constitution. Thc reports of thoso oom?
missioners wcro tho result ol' vory much la
bor and thought nnd suggested ninny ohanges
in the laws, These reports hnvo nil been
thoroughly invostigatod and tho hills reported
by tho various commissioners adopted. Tho
revision of tho Statute-) has boon n great task.
Tho volume of tho luw as now abridged nnd
rovised will contain over ?ix hundred pages
and three thousand sections. This work will
bo of very great vnluo to our pcoplo. Tho
laws will, thus bc in a v/do^c, which, when
thoroughly indexed, will bc convoniout to all
cl lasses who mny desire to know our laws.
Heretofore they hnvo boen so much confused
lu tho various acts of legislation that ninny
of tho best lawyors wcro at a loss to know
tho law.
Tho election laws have, loo, boon a sub-,
joct of much thought. Thc frauds practiced
under tho old law made it imperativo upon
tho Assembly to do something to check tho
system of carrying elections, which had
grown up in the Sinto nuder Radical rule.
Registration was thought to? bo tho remedy
of theso evils and henco the commissioners
reported a bill embracing this feature, Al
though I did not vote for tho measure, because
of its too great stringency, jot 1 hope it will
work well in thc remedying bf oil tho de
lects of out* past election i.^.vs.
Tho railroad bill ns passed embodies tho
system as practiced in Georgia, lt gives the
commissioners power to reca?ate passenger
rates and freight with general supervising
powers over tho roads. This Act, if properly
administered, will prevent tho extortions in
freight, ito., to which our people huvo been
sometimes subjected and of which Ihoy huvo
inado much oom plaint.
Thc bill on tho tax lawn liinkca many
changes in tho law to unfotCO tho collection
of tases. Tho main chango is that which
proposes to rent thc lands 10 tho bidder who
will pay tho taxes on tho land fur tho least
number of yours. If the land" and property
arc such that they cannot bo ron tod, then
they are sold und titles made, with time to re
deem. If tho lands arc not redeemed then
tho title becomes absolute in thc purchaser
and all presumption of law is in favor ot the
Validity of thc lido and nu??ainst it ns
heretofore.
Only two of tho amondraiuittf reported by
tho Commission on the Constitution wore
adopted.
Tho amendment to disfranchise any person
convicted of burglary, perjury and other in?
lanior.s crimes was adopted in thc House, mid
also that amendment suggested hy tho oom-?
missioners, which proposes that Stato officers
and members of the Legislature be elected for
four years, passed tho (louse, Tho other
amendments in reference to tho courts and
tho tOrmn of tho oflieo of tho Judges and
the appointment of School Commissioners was
defeated.
If td theso gravo subjects be added tho
stock law, tho liquor laws and tho phosphate
question, always a great SOU ree of debato,
t li on your readers can have sume idea nf what
aro tho duties and responsibilities of a leg
islator.
Many attempts hnvo been ni ado, both In
tho llouso and Senile, to brean in on the
General Stock Apt. All theso kayo thus far
failed. Tho Senate considered on Saturday a
bill to oxompt Beaufort, Col loton, Charleston.
Williamsburg, Clarendon and Georgetown
with an appropriation of ten thousand dol
lars out of tho State Treasury to build tho
line fence. On tho absenco of somo Sena
tors tho vote on this measure was a tio and
Gen. Kennedy, President of thc Senate,
killed thc hill by the casting vote. Tho ma
jority of Senators nnd members aro opposod
to any exemptions and hence repeated fail
ures to huvo any section exempted from Ibo
operations of tho Act.
Tho subject of education has had tho log?
ininti vc touch. Tho University and Citadel
hnvo been provided for with liberal appro
priations. I was opposed to tho appropria?
tion fur tho ro-opening of the Cita?iol Aoad*
erny, hut favored the appropriation to the
University, notwithstanding tho fanatical
howl with which many rend tho air against it.
Tho University has been an established
institution, with lino libraries and buildings,
worth over six hundred thousand dollars.
This investment has been returning no beno
fits to tho Suite und was almost idlo. Tho
higher education which wo aro avrom to
support, and which nearly every Stato in thc
Union maintains, has boon hero in our Stato
without Stato aid, although for over Illly
years tho South Carolina Gallego ?.rna tho
foremost in thc country. Hundreds of our
young mon, not tho sons of "broken down"
aristocrats, have had to sock other States for
education, boodueo tho parsimony of out
State hus refused thom tho education they
needed. Privato enterprises and colleges
cannot do this and Ibo Stato should do it.
J'lvory yeav thc Stato is taxed over six linn?
tired thousand dollars for ibo free common
schools und this (as hus increased fi\>m year
to year as tho value of taxable priorly in?
croasos and will continuo to incroaso willi
tho development and growth of tho State.
Yot when the times in ovory departmont of
lifo demand tho higher education, our Stato is
in tho back ground and members aro cnllod
extravagant usors of tho people's moody when
tho modest appropriation of ten thousand
dollars, tho ono hundredth part spout by
Massachusetts or Now York for tho mimo
purpose is given to dovelop science and Inr
oroaso tho advantages of education to our
young mon. I wish (lint some of thoso
would bo critics could hayo hoard tho addross
of Hon. J. L.M.Curry. Gonornl Agent of (ho
Peabody Fund tn his address to tho Oenornl
Assembly on Friday night last. In this ad
dress Mr. Curry showed from tho oonsus that
ovor ono third of our pooplo could not road
nor write and that our teachers woro tho
least efficient of almost any Stato in the
Union. Yot whoo an offert is mado to bring
education of n high ordor in tho roaoh of cur
own pooplo, wo aro mot with tho cry of tho
demagogue thut extravagance is abroad,
when it is only ono tenth of a mill on tho as
sessed v niuo of property of tho Stato. It pays.
Tho phosphates, which yield $100,000 por
annum to tho Stato, is tho return sho gots
from having such educated men ne Haimos und
Uuvonol.
I um howovor happy to report that tho
tnxos will this year be lightor in our county
than last year or (ur tho past few years- Tho
State tax is ti ve mills, tho sumo ns last year,
tho county tax thrco mills and tho school tax
two mills, malling altogether ten mills-1\
mills loss than last year. Our county bas
but little past indebtedness. There is money
enough in tho Treasury now to pay this nnd
can bo appropriated under tho tupply bill to
this purposo when it passes.
Tho income from the phosphate beds nnd
tho penitentiary has been increasing and will
tho next fiscal year yield a larger income
than over before, so that by management,
equal to that heretofore displayed by tho
D?mocratie pat ty, lhere will bo]u decrease in
taxation.
Tho most of last week linn been consumed
by clearing tho calendar in tho IIousO. Most
of the measures passed upon mo of a private
oharaotor. Bills re-incorporating towns have
been numerous, but bills incorporating mil?
roads and manufacturing comptinioa hnvo
boen tho most numerous. Theso hist two
industries ure becoming vory nctivo and
money everywhere is seeking investment in
thia direction. Railroads and cotton milln
aro being incorporated in every section of tho
State, and frein tho reports of members nnd
Senators with whom 1 converse, tho people
have money to invest in theso matters, nl
though ibo ebert crops of thc past year have
been discouraging. Upon tho whole I think,
nod tho ligotes will boar mo out, that thc
prosperity of thc State is now greater than
since 1870, notwithstanding tho croaking
of tho press in stone Feet ion s of thc Statu?
Two bills of a general nature, worthy of
notice, passed thc House Friday last. Ono of
tho bills is tn prevent preference Oil tho part
of insolvent debtors. If the debtor assigns
and makes preference muong bis creditors ibo
assignment is void.
The other bill was u bill to allow the
Courts ni Common Pleas to declaro marriages
void when at thc lima of marriage ibero was
troy Incompetency on the part of either party
to tho contract.
A bill to redistrict tho Congressional Dis
tricts created quite lin exciting and lengthy
debate, but was defeated,
Tho legisla!iva appropriation bill nnd tho
supply bill wcro introduced friday night and
Saturday morning. These bilis will bc neted
upon in the House emly this week. Thc
supply bill however pro&?nts u difiioulty
which has given rise to somo controversy und
apprehensions bf confusion. Thc tax Act
has not yet become law. Tho custom is to
make tho supply bill conforms in the matter
of enforcing collection of taxes to tho General
Law. There being now no general law en
acted, huton its passage it is difficult to con
form tho fupply bill to what that act may bc
when passed.
There is nothing else now that I havo to
Write Senator Shanklin and Major Dendy
continuo well and ut their posts. Tho
burden of our song is adjournment.
J. S. V.
[Cairo (III.) Radical Republican]
VJ lint We Know About Qt.
"What do yon know about St. Jacobs 0.1?"
said ono of our oldest subscribers. This was
a fair question and wo answer that we arc
reliably informed that ti gentleman ol' this
eily who has sufforcd untold agony and spout
a mint of money to got rvlief from rheuma
tism, in desperation bought koine and tried it
and declares that it is thc best remedy for
rheumatism ho ever heard of.
Kl.UUANCR AND PuitlTV. - Ladies wllO Up
precinto ?leg'.uiO0 and purity aro using
Parker's Hair Balsam . lt is the besr article
sold for restoring gray huir ti its original
color, beauly and lustre.
----.> ? --
[Prom ibo Atlanta Methodist Advocate]
South Carolina Conibronco.
Tho South Carolina Conference has just
bold a very interesting session at Spartan
burg. Bishop Foster presiding, and J. B
Middleton, Cioorclnry. Thc year hus been
one of prosperity to tho conference, tis u
whole, notwithstanding thc severn drought
in some parts of tho State and tho unset
tled condition of society in others. Thoro
has been tm incrcaso of 1,400 in members
mid about ?3,000 wcro raised for benevo
lence and church proporty gained in value
S50,000.
Tho following aro tho appointments for
thc Greenville District:
L M Dunton, Presiding E'cler.
Anderson, lt A Fletcher.
Anderson Circuit, S. A. King.
Bethlehem Circuit, to be supplied.
Blacks and Thicltctty Circuit, George W
Beckham.
Oowpons Circuit, II F MoHlwoo.
Chester Circuit, York Ooodlott.
(.Mover Circuit, Benj. Robertson.
Ha sloy Circuit, to tie supplied.
Greenville, J B Middleton.
Groonvllo Circuit, to bc supplied.
Golden Grovo Circuit and Greenville
Mission, to bo supplied.
Greenwood Circuit, A McLecs.
Gaffney Circuit, S Green.
Greer's Circuit, George Gray.
Liberty Circuit, C F Hopkins, t no to bo
supplied.
Marietta Circuit, to bo supplied.
Rockhill Circuit, J R Bookham, ono to
bo supplied.
Rcidvillc Cirouit, S Thomas.
Wilford Circuit, N C Davis.'
Spurtanburg, J W White.
Seneca and Pondlcton, B F Wither
spoon.
Williumston and Bolton Circuit, J R
Roscmond.
Westminster Cirouit, Patriok Fuir.
Walhalla Cirouit, A B Franklin.
York ville, F 13 MoDboald.
"Indopondence in Oconoo."
SENECA CITV, February 1, 1882,
Independence ! ludependouoo ! ! la tho ory,
Llttlo Mahono shuts ono oyo half up at Doa.
Hill and audios becnuso Old Virginia bas gono
ludopondont. Dig David Davis chuckles over
bis two millions cash and bis independent party;
wbilo in Georgia and our own Slalo Ibo loadors
of this ucw movement aro activo and sooni tobo
bent on fight. Now Ooouoo must not bo loft
out. Sbo is chucked up against tho mountains,
but only tho hotter for that, siuco ber sweet air
and water lond spirit ami vim to hor sons and
daughtora. So ou with independonoo. Wo will
take up tho oborus and send it ovor our wbolo
up oountry If wo can.
Now wo bad bettor explain what kimi of in
dependence il is to which wo rofcr. It has not
for its purpose thc election of Stnto and county
officers and to got lots of Ibo poor pooplo'?
money, which is being squandered fast enough
hy our rich law makers; nor is it thc hind ono
bears so much of now-n-days, as being "Inde
pendent" or "liberal;" nor bavo wo any desire
to break a lance with these kind of independents.
Our iudopcudcuco begins at homo. It is tho
golden thought of being indojisndtnt of Western
corn, bacon, wheat, oats, hay, ebceso, &o.
What mean theso car loads of supplies thal aro
brought us each day? It means no less than
that wc do not raiso our own bacon, ooru, liny,
&c, but aro dependent on tho West for them.
Until wo remedy this evil wo are not freo nor
independent, but are held down by a chain that
ST ?I I keep us poor und dependent away down Ibo
ages.
"Colton is King," wc bear you say. Wo will
raise colton and buy corn, bacon, hay, &c, for
it is cheaper nnd less trouble. Wo grant you
that "Cotton is King," but most kings have or
ought to bavo a queen. Then let that queen be
"The Grasses." A great voice comes to us from
the West which saya, "Grass is King." lang
land speaks out, too, saying that she refers her
greatest wealth and prosperity to thc time when
she began to plant largely thc grasses.
Until we plant less colton and moro clover and
grass wc cannot expect to hecomo really pros
perous. Grass ii only nnothor name for bacon,
corn, wheat, hay, cheese, butter, fino stook, and,
in short, wealth and beauty at home. Many a
Western farmer will tell you (hat his land is
"corned lo death," and that ho must seed lo
clover and grass and rotate crops to keep ll
fresh and rich. We say truly that, our lands are
"cottoned to death." Dut seldom do we seed
our lands to clover and rotate crops lo keep
thom rich and make them richer. Tho sooner
we do this tho better for us. I (bink 1 bear
somo farmer laugh and say we have not lands
like (hose in (he West. Another asks will our
lands prc .luce clover and grass? Cnn wo make
a suooess of il? Wc answer most ein pb at loni ly
yes. To prove it we have not to resort to far
fetched arguments on thc chemical composition
ol' our soil, &C, but we have tito proof at hand,
and that, too, where ?my one may see it. Look
out upon tho uplands, especially in the Southern
part of our county, whero you may sec thc
fields green with clover and orchard grass and
some plats of low land well set with timothy.
Go to some well filled burua and tho sweet scent
of clover hay will semi a thrill of joy through
you. Then will you ask again whether all our
lands will produce it? I will say, and that not
at random or from hearsay, but from actual
knowledge, that any of our lauds thal have a
gooil clay bottom will produco clover. Of
oourso if the land bo poor it will require a
dressing of some kind of manure (0 give il n
start und cause il to get a goo l catch. After it
is OIIOO well set and properly managed your
land need not bc poor again, nor need you want
for Western bacon, corn, wheal, good beef, hay,
?o, Many Western farmers have told mo that
our lands Would produce clover well if they
were given a fair trial. We have several ad
vantages over thc West. There, from tho
severity of thc winters, clover is liable to
"freeze out." Herc the winters, being shorter
and mare mild, lhere is llttloOV no datlgovof its
"freezing out." Another ad van .go here, wc
eau sow earlier in Ibo latter part of winter or
in ihe early spring, because the ground thaws
earlier and tho snows, if we have any, tire soon
gone. Dy thus sowing wc are almost sure to get.
n catch carly (hat will lil it to stand tho sum
mer's heat.
What do wo eec many of (ho farmers doing
now? Why, (hey are asking to buy corn, bacon,
bay, oats and guano on a credit! This rich dirt,
and not very rich cither, is a curso to thia
country, used ns it now is. On analysis tho
best brands have been found to contain only
Hirco hundred ond twelve pounds of really
valuable, activo manuring matter to tho lon.
This amount of laanuro could bc made twice
told from a singlo pig-pen in less limn six
mouths, if leaves and a little lime wcro thrown
in to rot thc leaves and disinfect the j en at thc
same time. Or from 11 singlo cow yard, where
two cows are kept, more than a (on of tho best
manure can bc procured in three months if
properly managed, being scooped up and de
posited, at regular intervals, in a pen containing
leaves, straw anti a little limo. Some wit, who
was by no means a fool, bas said that in order
to iniiko a good guano one need only iling a pole
oat into ti san I bunk, then sack anti brand.
Wc would not speak light of guano did wc |
bavo nothing better to take its place; for poor
statesman indeed is ho who decrios present
customs and oilers no better substitute for
them. Now clover is not only a splendid bay,
but it is moro valuable as a fertilizer, ns wo
proposo lo show further on. Von say that il is
cheaper for you to buy corn, hay, bacon, oats,
&0., and devoto your timo lo raising colton.
That may bc lino under our present system of
farming, bul it is by no means true, if wo culti
vate the grasses and clover, which would in tho
end fertilize our lands.
Where aro wo lo get our fertilizers that nro
to enrich our lands? Doy them? Yes, if wo
continuo to import our meat wo will have to
buy them always. Mako your own ferlili/.ors.
To tlo this you must havo stock, nnd (0 bavo
stock lo amount lo anything, you must grow tho
grasses. Somo wiso farmer bas said much in
tho following lines:
"No grass, no cattle; no calilo, no manure;
no manure, 110 crops; no crops, no farmers; no
farmers, no nothing."
In another articlo wo wish to discuss somo of
tho principal grasses and clover.
[TO UK CONTINU*:?.]
Mus. PAKTINGTON SAYS, don't tnko any of
thc quack rostrums, ns they uro regimental
to Ibo human system; but put your trust
it) Hop Hitters, which will eura general
dilapidation, costivo bnbits and oomio
diseases. Thoy Bavod Isuao from a scvoro
ox tract of tripod lover. Thoy aro tho nc plus
unum of medidnos.- Boston (?lobe
HYMENEAL.
Married, on Sunday, 29th of January,
1882, by Hov. Hugh Strong, Mr. A. J. Wilson
to M Us JO. J. White, both of Goonoo county.
Roport of Clerk and Troasur
of the Town of Walhalla, S.
for 1881.
1881. To C. Ii. REID, . . . Dn(
Marou 7. Mrs O 12 Becca's liquor li
censo, $300
II D A Riemann, liquor 11
conso, 800
ll D A Ricmanu, billiard (ablo
1?0CU80,
II 1) A Riemann, livery stablo
liconso,
II W Piopor, billiard (ablo li
conso,
Calaboose (lacs,
Auction license,
Street tax.
Market Rouso rent,
Town scales,
10 0(
2? (X '
10 Ot
43 60T
5 004
104 961
10 oot
7 lbl
$005 CO
Cu. I
By oasb paid to Treasurer, 006 C(jk
1881. To J. W. STHIBUNQ, DB. W
Maroh 5. To oasb from ty C ErvIn, $17 7^^
To oash from C L Reid, Clerk
of Council, 905 G^l^
To cash from J W F Thomp
son, (tax 1880) 1 40ft
1882. IX
Jan. 9. To cash from town taxes, 805 80'f
$1230 CO
1881. Cn.
Maroh 7. Ry paid J W P Thompson, ao $3 80
By paid Marshal's salary, ?.
August, 1880, 31 OJ'
Ry paid Marshal's salary,
September, 1880, 30
By paid .Marshal's salary,
October, 1H80. 31
By paid Marshal's salary,
November, 1S80, 80
By paid Marshal's salary,
December, 1880, 31
By paid Marshal's salary,
January, 1881,
By paid Marshal's salary,
February, 1881,
By paid A P Crisp, ono day as
Marshal,
By paid Ishnm Williams, ono
day as Marshal,
By paid Clerk and Treasurer
commissions for 1880
By paid C L Reid & Co, cash
lo street hands
By paid J E Hendrix for work
on street
By paid J K Hendrix for work
on street
By paid B Franklin and J
Keith for burying horse
By paid 1) Biemann & Sou for
work on street
By paid 1) Iticmaun & Son for
work on street
By paid D Biemann & Son for
work on street
By paid B Oicuiann & Son for
work on street
By paid ? Biemann & Son for
work on street
By paid Jacob Edwards for
work on street
By paid J Kaufman, lumber bill
do do do do
do do do do
do do do do
By paid KKOWKK COU WI KB for
advertising in 1880
April 7. By paid Marshal's salary for
March, 18*1
By paid W li White, lumber bill IC 85
By paid ll Tietgen, manager
of election
By paid V L Norman, manager
of election
By paid J J Ansel, manager
election
By paid II Tietgen, marshal
service
By paid A Kisohcssor, atten
tion to clock
By paid J W Striming, plaster
for tank
By paid marshal's salary for
May, 1881
By paid marshal's salary for
June, 1881
By paid J J Norton, attorney's
leo
By paid John Dowis for brick
By paid C ll Hesso for work
on tanks
By paid 1) Biemann ? Son for
work on streets
By paid It Rutledge for work
on well
By paid J M Baldwin for work
on tools
Ry paid j M Baldwin for work
on streets
By paid 15 E Smilli for prepar
ing tax bonks
By paid J W Cronsbnw
By paid marshal's salary for
April, 1881
July 5. By paid O L Heid & Co
cash for work on streets
July 8. By paid J K Hendrix for
work on streets
By paid J K Hendrix for
work on streets
July 23. By paid J McCarcy, tox
refunded
August 5. By paid marshal's salary
for July, 1S81
By paid insurance for col
lego
Sept. 7. By paid J F Sullivan for
lumber
Hy paid marshal's salary
for August, 1881
Hy paid Baldwin's black?
.smith account
By paid C L Reid & Co,
cash for work on streets,
c?o.,
By paid A Fisch csscr,
lumber bill
By paid 1) Biemann & Son's
account 20 50
Ry paid Firo Company 13 00
Oct. 7. By paid C L Reid As Co,
oash for work on bridges
Nov. 7. By paid marshal's salary
for October, 1881
Hy paid marshal's salary
for September, 1881
By paid C L llcid & Co
cash for work on streets
Deo. 8. By puid C L Reid & Co
oash for work on streets 28 00
By puid marshal's salary
for November, 1881
May 81.
Juuc 1.
July C.
April 12.
June 1.
23 20
10 35
19 30
7 45
1 00
5 84
17 IS
IS G8
11 87
30 00
28 0O
1 00
1 0O
1 0i>
3 00'
10 00
4 20
31 00
30 00
f> 00
3 00
8 90
8 75
2 00
GO
8 00
4 00
31 00'
1 35
4 13
2 50
G 25
31 00
30 00
7 28
31 00
1 30
03 03
5 04V
7 90
31 00
30 OO1
8 15
1882.
Jan. 5.
30 00
Jan. 0.
By paid J F Sullivan,
lumber bill
By paid J F Sullivan,
lumber bill
By paid J W Hollcmnn
for copy of charter
By paid 0 Ii Reid & Co
oash for work on streets
By paid marshal's salary
for Dcoouibor, 1881
By pnid KEOWKB COU
iur.it for advertising in
1881
By paid KROWEE COU?
Ul KR for printing tox
roooipts
By paid marshal's salary
for January, 1882
By paid ll S VanDivicro
for lu tn bor
By paid C L Roid ?V Co
onsh for work on stroots
By paid J F Sullivan for
lumber
9 18
ll 40
1 50
0 30
81 00
30 00
8 00
81 00
1 30
7 25
3 00