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Clothing ! HOYS' SUITS from $1.25 to $3.00. yOUTIIS' SUITS fron? $2.00 $0.00. MEN'S SUITS from $3.50 to $15.00. PANTS, all grados, stylos and sizos, from 50c. to $5.00 per pair. CASHMERES, KEHSEYS, CHEVIOTS, JEANS, *c. Wo defy competition in tho ahovo lino. $3,000.00 Worth of Shoes. Wo havo tho finest stock of SHOES in Oconco County this scanon. Shoos from 25c. per pair up to $5.00. Dry Goods and Notions. >. HENRIETTAS, CASHMERE, NUN'S VEILING, ALBATROS. g=1 BROCADES, SOLID AND FANCY SATEENS, CHEVIOTS, HEAUTI r^T* FUL PLAID AND STRIPED GINGHAMS AND CHAMBRAYS. I 1 PRINTS TN ALL STYLES, Fancies, Shirting, Mournings, Solids, Indigo Hines, heautiful line of Musiins at all prices, Crotonnos, ?KO. White Goods, Hleachings, Lonsdales, India Linen and Lawns, Plain Mg I and Checked Nainsooks, Corded, Checked and Fancy Piquo, Swiss Mull, CC3 Scrim's Bleached and Drown Ducks and Drills, Shooting, Shirting, ?Sic. r? Jp Ovorshirts, Underwear, Corsets, Cuffs and Collars, Handkerchiefs, Embroidery, Gloves, Hose, Ruchings, Grope, Voiling, Trimmings, Ribbon, ^ Ncckwarc, Parasols and UmbrollaH"SuHpondors and Bracos, Towols, Nap kins, Damasks, Oil Cloth. Daisy Patent Flour. We aro headquarters for Schumacher's DAISY PATENT FLOUR, tho well-known OVEN LIFTER FOUR, a good wdiito, sound, sweet Flour at $.'1.75, $ 1.25 and $ 1.50 per barrel. Our stock is immense, our m icos low. If you want to bo treated fair and square de your trading at tho CHARLESTON HOUSE, OTTO H. SCHUMACHER, Proprietor. SJ^-'* Goods Pfteked and Delivered Free. February 27, 1800. Walhalla Church Directory. Presbyterian Church-Rev. J. K. Fognrtle, 1'aHtor. Preaching llrst and third Sundays morning amievening. Sunday school ato'/j A. M. Methodist Clinroh-Hov. M. I? Carlisle, ras tor. Preaching first, second and fourth Sundays mut niii|; und evening. Sunday school at 10 A. M. Weat Union Haptlst Church-HOV. Hasll M. Pack, Pastor, Preaching ovory inst Sunday night, nt V/i o'clock, and third Sunday morning, nt ll o'clock, nntl on Saturday before. Kpiscopnl Church-Hov. T. P. Ondiidon, pas tor. Preaching every 5th Sunday. Lay Head ing every Sunday morning at ll o'clock hy V. I<\ .Martin. Sunday school al 4 o'clock, P.M. Iiaptisi Church-Rov. Hash M. rack, Pastor. Preaching every first Sunday morning and Sat urday before at ll A. M., and on the third Sun day night at "Vi P. M. Sunday school at IO A. M Evangelical Lutheran Church-Hov. J. V".. Heit/, rna tor. Preaching every Sunday, llrst and third Sunday* in (?crinan and second and lum th sundays in Kngliah, In the. morning. Sunday aohool at 9% A. M. Catechetical inst niel ion for the young, at 3 I?. M., hy the Pastor. I> I Ifc !E O T o i r Y . MKMMtKS OBNEUAl. ASSi:.\||||,Y. Senator-H. E. Mason. Representatives-A. Zimmerman and A. H. Broylcs. COUNTY OFFIOKU8, (Merk of Court-Jamoa Sealiorii. Sherlir- Vf, W. Moss. Probate Judge and Master-Hiehnrcl Lewis. School Commissioner-S. I?, Strlblhlg. Coroner-David S. Craig. County Commissioners-A. P. Crisp, .lames M. Humileutt and M. Nicholson: Clerk -Joe. \V. Shelor. Hoard meets on Tuesday aller salesday In each mouth. Steward Poor I louse-A. lt. .Mci ?ullin. Auditor-T. H. Norris. Treasurer-J. \V. lloUcman. Supervisor of Hegistration-N. C. .McDonald. .Jury Commissioner- Wm. >l. Neville. Titi AI, lilfSTIOKS. K. L. I [erndon, David S. Craig, H. A. Mathewson. .). W. Todd, S. II. Johns, J. H. KftriO, l'\ D. Hothell, Warren J. Denton, J. II. Sanders, A. P. Heeder, J. J. W.lall, .P. 1). Land, T. 8. Pennell. WALHALLA TOWN 01W1?KK8. Intendnnt-D. H. Darby. Wardens-C. !.. Held. II. D. A. Hie mann,' J, W. P. Thompson, O. II, Schumacher, I). Oelkers, (I. W. Prall. Council meets on Ibo Hist Wednesday nights of each mooth. Clerk-C. t" Heid. Ti t'ltMtl Ul ll. I). A. JUomunn. Notice THIC PARTNERSHIP EXIST ING between Dr. I,. li. Johnson and tho undersigned for tho practice of medicino has been dis solved by the dentil of Dr. Johnson. All poisons indebted to tho firm will mnko immediate so tl lomon t. W. J. BRAMLEf T, M. D. December '20, 1889. L ! FE oi'" rup HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS, ll Y MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS. TO UK SOLD UV SUDSCRTPTIOlf ONLY. Tho prospectus and complote outilt for canvassing will ho ready immediately. Agents Wishing- Desirablo Ter ritory on this preat work will olease address, as soon as possible, thc pudlishers, BELFORD COMPANY. 18-V22 Kast 18th Street, Now York. Pure Grape Wine. 75 Cents Per Gallon. 25 Cents Per Quart. G. WAN?ER'S Ono Milo South of Walhalla. January 0, 181)0. 1 -Hm Merchant Tailor. IJIR?DEIUCK T1IHII.KITII1., lalo of J Germany, a professional tailor, is riropared to do any kind of work in his ino on reasonable terms, (?ive him a call at his ofilco on Main Ktrcet, next door to Bank, Walhalla, S. C. Octobor 31, 1881). <M-tf Wm. F. Ervin, Surveyor,, Land Agency and Commission Business. OiTlco in tho Bank Building, WALHALLA, S. C. Valuable Land for Sale. rTUJE hoirs of Tilomas D. Morgan, de X ceased, dosiro to sell, at private sale, the land belonging to bis estate, whereon ho died. The place contains two hundred and twenty ncres, and adjoins lands of Jesse McMahan, Lawrence McMahan and others, and lying in tho fork of Cane Creek and Little River. Terms reason able. For further particulars apply to .J. M. IIUNNIO?TT, Seneca, S. 0. February 0, 18SM). f)-8t EAGLE DRUG STORE, I have just opened a Fresh Stock of Drugs at thc Perry Stand and intend to sell you Drugs at a living uric*;. Proscriptions tilled at any nour, day or night. Give me a call and examine stock of FANCY GOODS, STATIONERY, CHINA, GLASS WAU E, &c. Yours very respectfully, 0. E. FARMER. February 27, 1890. . Final Settlem: it Notice. NOTICE is horoby given that thc un dersigned will apply to Riobard Lewis, .bulgo of Probate, in his oflice, at Walhalla C. IL, S. C., on tho M th day of April, IWio, at ll o'clock A. M., for a final settlement, and discharge as guardi an of W. H. Davis. WM. J. STIMULI NU, Guardian. March 0, 1800. (Mt J. s. VKU.VKK, I I ki h. IIKCNUON, Columbia, S. C. J I Walhalla, H. C. VERNER & HERNDON, ATTOHN F. V S- AT- L A W, \\ AI,OAI,I,A, ?. O , Prompt and careful attention given to all business entrusted to their care. March 0, 181M). o-Sm ft ciagin ol tte World. Fariner .l>'*ako, ot Marlboro, Stands ni thc Head. SOl.TII OA KOLI NA MAKKS Tl IK UH? Q MST COHN CHOP BVISU OIIOWN OX ONK A CK IC-MOW TUM AIAKMIOKO VA KM KU 0APT?HKD HIS Vinxts, [Prom tho American Agriculturist.] Tho acre entered by Mr. Z. J. Drake was a sandy soil in Marlboro county, South Carolina. The origi nal growth was oak, hickory and long leaf pine. Three years ago, before the Inud was improved, eight dollars per acre was a fair valuation, while, thirty years ago, the planta tion, of which this acre is an average specimen, was called hy its owner "Starvation's Empire." It had a gentle slope, with Northern exposure, and was naturally well drained. Thc acre was a fair specimen of. much of the poor land in the South, and its improvement and productiveness affords an instructive lesson. As late as 1885, when it was in corn, it made a poor ero])-practically nothing. In 188(i the acre yielded about P% pounds of seed cotton, two dollars' worth of nmmoniated fertilizer being used in thc way com mon to ordinary cotton culture. Thc fertility was so reduced that in 1887 the yield of corn was not over five bushels per acre. But now Mr. Drake, undertook to improve it. To pr?vido the vegetable matter or humus so much needed, the land was liberally covered with rnkings of leaves, straw, otc, from thc neigh boring woods. On top of this, 26 horse-loads of stable manure were evenly spread broadcast; also, 75 bushels of cotton seed, 500 pounds of Wilcox, Gibbs & Co's, manipu lated guano, 250 pounds cotton seed meal and 250 pounds of kainit. The heavy dressing was all ploughed under with Starke's Dixie turning plough. It was laid off in rows with the same plough, two furrows to the row, four feet apart; 100 pounds of guano were applied in tho furrows, and then each pair of fur rows were thrown into a ridge with the same plough. The Petorkin cotton was planted with a Leytch cotton planter, and made tho great ero]) of 017 pounds of lint cotton on the acre, ?bowing conclusively the result of the improvement. PUKPAKIXO 1*011 THU 1IIOOKST CROP o.\ RKCORD. Mr. Drake decided that this acre was the one for him to enter in the corn contest, and he determined to make the biggest crop on record, season permitting. The last of Feb ruary, therefore, he hauled upon the contest acre, 50 one-horse wagon loads of stable manure, averaging '20 bushels to tho load, or 1,000 bushels of man uro in all, worth $50, to which should be added $4 for hauling and aproading. This was tho droppings of horses and nudes fed on corn and fodder and was not moved until hauled to the acre. At the same time 500 pounds each of manipulated guano, cotton seed meal and kainit were also broadcasted, and the whole was then ploughed .under. Follow ing the plough whole cotton seed were liberally strewn in each furrow, 000 bushels being applied to the acre. A subsoil plough came after, breaking the soil to a total depth of 12 inches and also burying the whole cotton seed deeper than the other manure. Thus the decaying seed would back up the crop later in tho season, when its roots had pene trated below the first layer of manure. Ono horse and a man did the plough* ing, also the subsoiling; both jobs being Completed in ono day, (?March 1,) at a total expense of two dollars. The acre was harrowed on the same day with a Thomas smoothing har row, one man and two horses doing the work in about one hour. Thc next day, March 2, thc acre was laid off, with the Starke plough, in two furrows to the row, followed by the subsoil plough in each. row. The rows were alternately three and six feet apart-that is, there were six feet between two rows, then three feet, then six feet, and so on. TMK VARIETY AND Cl*LTi:UK. Thc seed planted was one bushel nf thc common goa vd variety of the Southern white Dent corn, but it was a strain that had been improved hy twenty years of careful selection from the best of cor., grown on this plantation. The pUnting was done in half a day hy four hands, on Milich 2, tho weather \being wann arid tho land moist. I'M vu or six kernels woro droppod to o ach foot of tho row. Tho lattefworo live inches deep, hut tho ?cod Mhs only covered lightly an inch deepjjy raking lu tho side? of tho funoWi!' Hain, the next day, washed in mor? Hoi!, and cov ered the need rather doeply. There were good rains AJUVrcli'lO and 15, tho plaits began to.show on tho 16th, and hy the 2f>th thurn was a tolerably good stand. On tho orop was hood for the lirst time, thinned to ono stook every $W&0* ?tx inches, and the few missing^p?aees replanted. On the 20th tho vvtide spaces (six feet) between thb aiternato rows were ploughed ou^ with tho snbsoil plough. Then a lUixturo composed of two hundred pounds each of manipulated guano, kainit, cotton #ced meal, acid phosphate and animal bono, was evenly applied by sowing in each furrow (thus confining this application of plant-food to tho wide spao-es,) after wIlion the whole aero was gone over with a Thomas har row. There was rain on tho 24th, and two days later the orop was again havrowed villi the Thomas harrow. Now, oir/May 15, the nar row or three-foot rows were ploughed ont with thc subsoiler, and 300 pounds of nitrate of ?orta was sowed in these rows, and worked in with a hand-harrow or cultivator. On thc 25th the Thomas harrow was nin througe tho wide rows to break the crust. Tt will be seen that by this time thc soil was not only well tilled with plant-food, but had been thoroughly cultivated on the surface, and also well worked underneath by thc subsoil plough so that thc whole soil was in that light and open con dition that best facilitates root growth. KOOT DKVKLOPM1CNT. To stimulate a still further root development, especially in thc widi spaces between thc alternat.? rows, where there was more room for th ii purpose, three furrows were run, sid< by side, in thc middle of the wid< rows, with thc subsoil plough, and 20( pounds of manipulated guano wai applied in these furrows, the row; being then worked hy a Thomm harrow. Tho next day there wa about an inch of rain, about si: inches of fain tell four days latci and, on June 2, the land was light 1; stirred with a hoe. A little cart! was hoed into the corn, making th land about lovel. There was mor rain June 4 and 5, ami, on tho 8ll three furrows were again turned i thc middle of the wide rows, th i time with a 20-inch Campbell swocj Now, 500 pounds of a mixture com posed of equal parts of manipulate guano, cotton seed meal, and kaini was strewn in thc wide spaces, an thc corn on tho entire fidel was hoe? Kain came thc next day, bul, o June ll, 100 pounds of nitrate < soda was sowed in the narrow row and hoed in. Tim WONDKRS or 'lil io CKOl*. The crop was now a wondcrfi sight. It soon became necessary t put up posts and nail sluts to then on both sides of each row, to prevei the corn falling. No hilling was don but the whole acre was kept perfect! level. Arrangements tor irrigatic had been made, but tho season wi carly and wot, as compared wil other years; rain followed frequent] and no irrigation was necessary. 1 fact, as Mr. Drake says, "thc scas< was tho most favorable for corn ever saw." Thc fame of the (tonie acre aproad far and wide, and fan ora and planters came from all par of Marlboi w and adjoining couriti to behold it, 1?. L i beeden, great colton planter, and ono of ll most progressive fanners in tl State, says it was "a wonder behold." S. A. Brown, editor the Marlboro Democrat^ write '..Thc harvest was indeed a curiosit One laborer told us that the coi when pulled, was knee deep on t ground. The yield was not much a surprise to those who visited 1 crop while growing, and some .Mari county farmers put the estimate 300 bushels." THE MAU V li ST AND I TS OOltKKCT XKSS. Tho acre was surveyed Juno hy Wm. li. Alford} a legal surveyi ?and also a trial justice, who tal loath that the plot was measured an accurate Quilter's chain, and vt 200 48-147 foot long and 117 f( wide, containing 451,5(51) square ie or precisely one acre. Tho bom cries wer. marked by stakea Dru driven in the ground, but tho. p caution was hardly necessary, as other corn was grown in the vieini j tho acre standing alone by its? * Tho harvesting was done in thu presence of a largo n.umbor of gert tlenion-representative farn)On? including J. C. Campbell^ as the official representativo of thoN/imcri can Agriculturist, and G. B. W. Dunn, J. W. Reynolds and John T. Tart , ns Mr. Drako's th roo witnesses. The aero was first re-measured and found-to bo of tho dimensions just noted. In order that the harvest might bo completed in the presence of the witnesses in ono day, about thirty hands wero employed to pluck and shuck tho ears and weigh them. Mr. Dunn personally attended to the gathering, tho weighing was done by Mr. Reynolds on Fairbank'* tested scales, and the tally was kept by Mr. Tart. Mr. Rey olds also kept a tally, which corresponded .with Mr. Tart's record. Mr. Camp bell supervised the wbolo affair. In addition to ?ill these precautions, the number and character of the specta tors made any cheating impossible, bad it been thought of, and the fact that no other corn grew in the neigh borhood rendered impossible tho addition of any grown outside tho contest acre. Air. Drake and his witnesses certified before .justice Alford that the ero]), as harveslCvi November 25, was 17,40/ pounds of corn in the ear, of which I 10 pounds was soft or poor corn. Fach witness selected, from different parts of the (ield, un average lot of ears, and from 100 pounds of ears so gathered Mr. Tart obtained 80.J pounds of kernels and 10.J- pounds of cobs. Mr. Reynolds obtained 82 pounds of kernels and 18 pounds of cobs, and Mr. Dunn got 88.J- pounds of kernels ami KU pounds of cobs. Averaging these tests shows that 82 per cent of the total crop was kernels, or VI,278 pounds of shelled corn, equal to 264 bushels, 19 pounds of shelled corn at 50 pounds to the bushel. This, if kiln-dried until it contained only 10 per cent of water, would shrink to 231) bushels, and if the water is all allowed for tho crop would be 217 bushels of actual dry matter ia the shelled corn grown on one acre. VKRIKY1NO 'I'llIO RKCORD. In addition to all the safeguards narrated to insure faithful accuracy, we have made several independent investigations, all of which fully con fi hu the honor and integrity ol the parties concerned. Not onl) Mr. Drake, but the surveyor, justice; and witnesses are men of anim peachnblo standing in their com in u ni ties. While tho American Ag riculturist is fully convinced of tin correctness of Mr, Drake's repon from beginning to end, vi hav< deemed it wise to explain tho bash of our opinion, so that every farine: may be equally convinced of lin absolute fact that within a fractioi of 2.r>5 bushels of shelled corn havi been actually g''own on one acre, ii a single crop, m one season. Titi: being the largest crop of corn ?we made on one acre in thc history of th world's agriculture, the American Agriculturist deems itself fortunat in having made it a matter of recon beyond disputo. 'I HK COST Ol-' TIIK ( KOP. This was heavy. Look at th items of manure and fertilisers aloin lo which arc appended Mr. Drake1 Other statement of expenses : 1,000 bushels sta'ole manure.$ 50 (J 8<M pounds Gorman kainit. 7 8 807 pounds cotton seed meal.... 10 t 200 pounds acid phosphate. 2 ( 1,000 pounds manipulated guano. . I.'! .' 200 pounds animal hone. ll ?100 pounds nitrato of soda. 12 ' OOO bushels colton seed. 120 t Total cost ol' r>() loads manuro, 5,000 pounds of fertilizers and (loo bushols of whole cotton seed.$210 < Applying Hie sanie. 7 1 Total cost of plant food applied to tho contest acre.$220 I Interest on value of land, at ti per cent. . 1 ? The ploughing represented lahor worth. '1 I Tho harrowing cost. 21 Other preparation of (lie soil. 1 1 Cost of tho seed. I 1 The cultivating represented lahor worth. 0 Other work of carting for tho crop. Il The cost of harvesting. s Total COSt of OlllttU'O, aside from plant-food.? 87 Grand total, Inoludhigali expenses for entire crop.:.. . ,$204 Corn is valued at seventy-fi' [.cuts per bushel in South Carolin or $191.10 for the crop, to whi( innj be added -flo for one ami un half tons of cured top-stalks, ma ing the total receipts $200.10. A ruining that the plant-food in t stalks will bo nil roturnod to tho land, tho soil is robbed only of tho nitrogen,, potash and phosphoric acid in tho kornols and cobs, amounting in voluo to *60 or *00. Thero would, thoroforc, bo-loft in tho soil, at least $150 worth of tho manurial elements put on in tho spring. Crediting only half of this bnlnnco to tho crop makes tho receipts exceed.expenses. On tho most practical basis, there fore, it must be admitted that tho improvement to tho land will fully mako up for tho dcfioionoy in the value of tho crop. Tho financial showing of tho largest corn crop on record is therefore on thc right sido. Contrary to tho prevailing impres sion, also, tho quality of the South- i ern white corn is quito on a par with the best average Eastern or I Northern corn. The experience of the best feeders in the South shows that practico fully confirms tho the oretical equality between Eastern (or Northern) and Southern corns, especially for fattening purposes. This is nnolhor great argo mot) t for home production of tho meats and I dairy products consumed in tho < South. It is notable that Mr. Drake's < norn had from twenty to thirty-si.v 1 rows per ear. Mississippi's Agricultural College * PUK SbU'P?f CAROLINA COM MITTI.', IC IX- ! Sl'liCTIttti TUM MOOKI. FOR OU H I CI.KMSON COM.Kt?IC. I Col. H. 13. Bowen, bf Picketts, 1 ivho was one of the sub-committee of f Lhc Clemson College Trustees sent to investigate tho Mississippi Agricul- 1 Lural College, was in the city y ester- ' lay morning on bis way back from ] Mississippi. Colonel Mowen said to i i reporter for the daily JVews thal 1 li? had been called home on import- I Ult business and had been compelled < 0 return home before the rest of the - .emmit lee. ..* 1 The committee, consisting of li, ' W. Simpson, 1). K. Norris and Col- I mel Kowen, left last Thursday for ^tarkville, Mississippi. At Atlanta, [hey were delayed for twelve hours, 1 part of which lime they devoted 1 o a visit to and inspection of the I State Technological School, recently i istablishod lhere. Another delay 1 tvas experienced at Birmingham and , t was not until Sunday morning that Slarkville was reached. The 30inmitlcc was mot at tho depot by Senernl S. 1). Bee. president of the college, who made them his guests luring their stay there. Monday morning thc committee icgan their investigation of the col ego, devoting special attention to thc construction, arrangement and furnishing of the buildings, with a now tb securing ideas for the cstab ishmont of tho new college at Port Mill. They witnessed an examina tion of the junior class in agriculture md were shown through thc dormi tories, recitation rooms, mess hall, md .barns, yards and stables con lcoted with the institution. These .bey found to bo excellently equipped md in the most satisfactory condi tion. Colono] Bowen was compelled to eave Slarkville at 10.80 o'clock Monday morning, so that he had no opportunity of making a thorough .examin?t ion of the college. Ile eft bis two coll, agues, Colonels Simpson and Norris, on the grounds, rhey expected lo remain at Stark rille over Tuesday and will probably get back homo to-day. Colonel Bow !ii was delayed on his way back and lid not reach Greenville until yes ,onlay morning. Thero are now in tho Mississippi Agricultural College, Colonel Bowen mid, '250 students. From what he jaw of the institution and from his conversation with President Leo, he was convinced that there was no loubt of tho college being a succoss. lt had been seriously hampered in be past by opposition in tho State ind its operations had in lato years joell pinched by small appropriations, bast year, however, tho appropria tion had been liberal enough to put :ho college on a better footing than .vcr before. Another serious draw back had boon tho destruction by ire of a number of the college build ngs a year ago. The barns and (tables were burned, which had iccessitated the sale of a numbor of be cattle and the temporary limita ron of some of the practical farm ipprati?hs included in tho college .ourse. Temporary buildings were low occupied in place of those mri.'cd. Tho special committee will moko i report of their investigations at bo Mississippi Collogo to the Board [WKJCKXY,] -^-KSTA?I.;SnE? ..Vi Old Pickens in 1840, -MOVKD TO- ' ' Walhalla in 1868. Destroyed by Fire Jui 21 st, 1887. OA.CAlAklUU.J *-- 7. ?L x\\, kOlClMIIOIIOU MU&Uttl i887. of Trustoos of the Clemson Agrio tural Collego. Colonel Bowen that tho comniijtfio would bo ?ble givo the Trustee's much useful valuablo information as tho result their trip. They had been vory pitably treated by General Lee, \ distinguished president of the issippi College, who took tho est interest in the proposed eat liShmont of a similar school in State.-Greenville Jlfeioe. Dangerous Innovations. Thoro sro Ovonts occurring tl have a rather threatening look tho Stato Detnooraoy. At tho pt tint rate, it will not bo long bofot the Domooratio party in tho Stute api it into half a do/.on factions, a? thus beeoniQ the easy prey of ai Republican or "Independent" mov? mont that might spring up. Capt. Shell's call for a Stat? Ccag volition is a dangerous move. Loav ing out of consideration his long and? | in Home instances at loast, Unjust cen suro and oritioism of tho State's oflicors and institutions, tho purpose i)f tho cailis full of danger-tonot?^fl' ?unto Stato officers. Another dangerous innovation was tho convention, or oauous, at Belton on Friday last by certain Alliance-';; men of tho Third Congressional Dis-. irie.t., This meeting was secret, and ibo dolcgatcs rofu80 to toll whs transpired; but it is thought to bo a movement in tho interest of a cor Lain candidate for Confc?i?88-not of thia county. Of both these innovations iT^jay 1)0 truthfully said that they aro the spontaneous movements of tho people ?it large, but aro tho work of ; ? individuals who aro attempting to lead tho masses of farmers, either tor their own political advancement, )r the advancement of their friends. And they aro using tho farmers' or ganizations for this purpose; which sve venturo to say is a perversion of Lheir objects. Tho men who aro engineering tbcBO political movements outside the Democratic party are treading' rm dangerous ground. Thoy may mean well-wo do not deny that; ?8 but they may put in motion influ tiiices and stir up passions that will go clear beyond their control. Tho whito peoplo of South Caro- : lina had bolter stick togothor a whilpVji longer and make their contosts within ; the Democratic party in their con ventions and primaries. When two ; sets of white peoplo got to nomina ting State tickets in this State, and-, when Democrats try to "fix" a Con gressional rae oy class iniluonoo and secret conclave-when such things ' como to pass it is time for tho peoplo to call a halt. The mass bf the people in this . Stato have no other interest in poli tics than to seenro good ofllccrs and thereby good government. Theso they know they can got through tho Democratic party in tho established way. Tho attempts to go out of tho tried and safe ways that havo here tofore prevailed will lead to trouble, and the people should discourago all such attempts.-Newberry Observer. Tho New Interest Law* Wo are frequently asked what aro thc provisions of tho now law in re gard to thc rato of intorest in this State. For tho information of tho public generally, we publish the law ?is amonded by tho Act of 1889 which is as follows : "!No gi'catc" rate of lutcruou ^M?i teven per contum per annuity fhall bc charged, taken, agreed upon or al lowed upon any contract arising b this State, for thc hiring, lending of usc of money or other commodity, oxcept upon written contracts whore in, by express agroemont a rato of interest not exceeding oight pei cont, may bo charged. No porsor or corporatian londt.:g ol? advanoinj money or other commodity upon \ greater rate of intorest shall bo al lowod to rccovor in any Court of this Stato any portion of tho inter 38t so unlawfully charged; and tho principal sum, amount or value? so ?ont or advanced, without any intor ?st, shall be doomed and takon by thc Courts of this State to bo tho true legal debt or moasuro of damage Lo all intents and purposes what loovor, bo recovered without costs : Provided, That tho provisions of mis Act sholl not apply to conti ??t? >r agreements ontored into, or dif counts or arrangements made Lho first of March, 1800. Dick Hawes' body was buried i Oakland ccmotory, Atlanta,