Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Election Notice. , A PRIMARY election is ordered by tho ExJZx. ccutive Committee of the Democratic party of Union County to be held on Saturday, 18th October 1870, for the nomination of a Candidate for member of the llouso of Representatives. The following named pcrsous have been appointed to act as managers, via : JJratftonville :?F. G. Latham, Jobu Barnhill, Thomas Little. U'?V;fci/Mt>iWe {.?Milton Patrick, T. M Liltlcjolin, Calvin Whisenatit. TMrtiber Rulge John D. Jcfferics, Noah Webster William Jones. Glamiyhurg Mills :?F. W. Eison, T. J. Orr, Elijah Fowler. tiarratts :?W. R. Hughes, J. M. Greer, J. R. Poole. Kelly's ;-T-Jamc8 R. Smith, T. Kelly, II. T. Call man. Hughes W. G. Hughos, W. R. Briggs, W. A. Moorliead. Sanluc:?John R. Jeter, C. E. Sims, James Carter. - * Pith Dam:?J. B. Steed man, W T. Jeter, J as. Hancock, Goshen Hill: J. T. Douglass, J. E. Cofield, It. B. Lyons. Crots Keyt: It. J. Bctsill, W. S. Gregory, R. T. Eastern. Gibbt' Store: Mitchell West, G. W. Tcako, R M. Robinson. Union: It. C. Johnson, Win. E. Tlumson, A. C. Lylcs. Jonesville : B. F. Kennedy, W. T. Littlejohn, J. G. Long. So uiuch of the Rules adopted by the Committee as relates to tlie duties of Managers it hereby published for their guidance. II. The polls shall be opened at U o'clock, A. M., and kept open, w.thout intermission, until * 4, 1*. M.t when they shall be closed IV. Tho managers at each precinct shall furnish a ballot-box, for the secure keeping of which they shall be responsible. V. At tho opening of the polls, the ballotboxes shall be emptied of all contents, and exhibited thus emptied to any persons in attendance upon the polls. The boxes shall then be closed und locked, or scaled, and shall so remain until the polls ore closed. VI. Tho managers snail keep a poll list and n tally list, and for this purpose shall appoint a Clerk. VII. The ballots used shall be cither printed or written, and shall contain the names of the persons voted for, and the ofliccs, in the same manner as is prescribed by law in the case of county elections. 1 VIII. At such primary election, all persons eligible to vote at the next election of county ' officers shall-be allowed to vote, who can satisfy J the managers by the vouching of known Demo- i inula, in unicr?ri!n:, iiiui uiey are ucmocrats, and Hint they propose to vote in good faith ; provided, that no person who has heretofore > voted a Republican ticket Bhall be allowed to vote, unless he voted the Democratic ticket at the last general election. IX. For the purpose of carrying out the requirement of section VIII, the managers, or any one of them, or any by-stander shall be authorized to challenge any voter, and put any questions to him which tlicy or he may deem relevant to the object in view, and the managers shall determine his right t<7 vote hy his answers or other proof, aud may accept or reject the vole thus ofTcreu. X. On the close of the polls the managers shall proceed immediately aud continuously to count the votes in the same manner and under the same regulations as arc prescribed by law for general elections. XI. When the votes shall have been counted the managers shall make out, iu duplicate, returns showing the number of votes cast for each person voted for ; the otlice for which he is voted for, and the total number of votes cast, and shall deposit one of the returns in the ballot box, and file the other as one of the l-ccords of the club. The returns shall he signed by all the managers, who shall likewise certify to the correctness of the same. XII. The ballot-ltox, containing the ballots, the poll list, and the certified return of the managers, together with nny other papers they may dcctu proper to include, shall within three days after such election he forwarded, securely locked or sealed, to the Secretary of the Comity Executive Committee, For the purpose of litis forwarding, tlie managers shall select and appooint sonic discreet and otherwise suitable person to act ns messenger. 15y Order of the Committee, WILLIAM MUKRO, Chairman. 1st Oct. 1870. 41 2i The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF UNION. In the Court of Common Pleas. Joseph W. Leech and Violet j Mitchell, J'laintijja, against, John L. Guyton, Joseph W. tiuyton, Geo. C. Leech, 11. Maria Whitcsides, Mary A. II. Wilkersun, Martha J. E. Smarr, the children and licirs-at-law of Isaiah Guy- Summons ton and of Elizabeth Kennedy, deceased, names, for relief, number and resideucc to Plaintiffs unknown, Julia Complaint S Itoberts, the other children t and heirs-ai-law of Isaac not t Uuyton, deceased? names, i number and residence to I Plaintiffs unknown, Dru- 1 cilia Love, and tlio other children nud heirs-at-law > of Ahrnm Guylon, deceased, < ?names, number and resi- t donee to Plaintiffs un* I known, J)efrn<l<in(tt. I i T<> the I/rfeiulaiits above named and above dc- | scribed : t YOU arc hereby summoned and required to i answer Iho complaint in this action, which 1 is this day tiled in the office of the Clerk of the j Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, I and to serve a copy of your answer to the said 1 complaint on the subscriber at his office, in i Yorkvillc, South Carolina, within twenty days t after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to answer the com- t plaint within tlio time aforesaid, the plaintiffs I in this action will apply to the Court for the re- t lief demanded in tho complaint. I Hated October IHh, A. I?. 1871b t T. .1. PRIX, Plaintiffs' Attorney. II A Iff & II APT, I Of Counsel. I Oct 10 11 C.t l Graded School*. The increased interest in education in this Stntc for the past two years is a matter of sincere congratulation, as giving promise Of schools of a high order in the near futuro* With the public school system of the Stale as a basis, first-class instruction at cheap rates will in time be afforded. Thus far the friends of education look to "graded schools'* as the means of accomplishing their purpose. With many the term "graded school' conveys no definite idea, but they have been told that it is the "open sesame" of good, cheap instruction, and they are desirous of trying it so soon as they may learn what it is and how to set it iu operation. For tho benefit of this class generally, and inoro especially for onr friends in Montioello and Fcasterville, who desire iucreascd educational facilities for their children, we will give some description of a graded school as..lhc term is now understood in South Carolina. Ordinarily a graded school is so named simply from tho method of classifying the pupils. But in this Si ate it mean* in addition a school nupported-partly "by flTtfStfctb Hf1* " propriation' and partly by luuds raised irom other sources. As to th'e method of raising this supplemental fund usage varies in different parts of the State. In Winnsboro, where the first graded school, in tho new acceptation of the term, ivilq ftrrrnntThil an o/l/lili/vna! l l? - local tax of one mill, lu Chester, Abbeville ard other towns, the fund is raised by tuition fees nud subscriptions. A movement is on foot iu Chester, llenncttsvillc and other places, to secure u local tax law similar to that iu operation iu Winnsbora. Of this, more unon. Now, as to the character of the school. The graded school iu its primary sense is defined by Wells, in his book on graded schools, to bo "a school in which the pupils are divided into classes accoiding to their attainments, aud in which all the pupils of each class attend to the same branches of study at the same, time." IraDivall, superintendent of schools in St. Louis, says : "All the pupils in any one class attend to precisely the same studies and use the same books. In each room there will be a first aud a second 1 class, and it is important that the identical pupils who constituto the first class in one branch Bhould constitute tho first class iu every brauoli pursued by the class. By this arrangement, while one class is reciting, the other is preparing for recitation, and an alternating process is kept up through the day, ailordiug the pupils ample time to study their lessons, uud the teacher ample time to instruct each class. This is what is meant by a graded and classified school. II. C. Hickok, late Superintendent of Education of Pennsylvania, also says : The due classification aud grading of the schools is but the application to the educational cause of the same division of labor that prevails in all well regulated business establishments, whether mechanical, commercial or otherwise. It is not only the most economical, but without it there can be little progress or prosperity." The quotation from Mr. llickok shows why ho graded school solves the problem of cheap 1 instruction. Simply because of the aggregation 1 if a considerable number of pupils into one ' dass, the teacher can employ his time to the ' jest ad van tagc. An unclassitied school, in which 1 i whole hall-hour may be required for a class of ] me or two pupils only, istoo expensive. Txven- ) y pupils can be taught as easily as tavo, and 1 with more satisfaction, alike to the teacher and j lie child, owing to the life impnited to the re- ' :itution by numbers; so that the graded system is 1 idopted for its cheapness. A graded school is jut a college on a small scale, with its different , jlasses, no pupil being .in two ditl'ercnt grades * it once. This is the graded school s3'stcm.as it , tus been in use for years in all the Stales. . We will now speak of the term as used in its ( ,vidcr sense in iSouth Carolina: The public ( school fund raised by the two mill tax is too j small to support a school a sufficient length of j ime, while the curriculum does not embrace the anguages or the higher mathematics. InWiuus- j joro, tjie State quota, the local tax, and hereto- ( ore a contribution from the l'cabody fund, have ( tufliccd to give to all the school population of . he district the full public school curriculum, j ibsolutely freo. No child is debarred by pov- ( ;ry from receiving the fullest advantages of ? ivhat the school law provides. If, iu addition, . ho parent desires to have his child insfructed , n those branches not embraced in tho school , aw, lie can secure his end by the payment of a minll tuition fee. This, we believe, is the cor. rcet principle, but it requires the levy of a local ax. We are not ablo now to give our views . fully upon the question of local taxation, especially as we have so often done it heretofore. iVe may do so hereafter. In other towns which have no local tax law, s he usage, so far as wo can learn, differs. In Jheslcr, if we are not mistaken, children in tho lower grades are taught free. In the higher common school grades they pay a small fee, and for classics, higher mathematics, and instrumental music, they pay an additional charge. In r\bbevillc, as we judge from the address of Mr. ^ licnet and from the papers, all the pupils pay j tuition, but the State fund is used somewhat in ] he nature of a rebate to lessen the chargo.? : I'his, Mr. lionet contends, is the proper idea, .hat the tc'tate fund shall supplement private tuition, instead of being the basis of the school. , lie would not have a free, school. Taking the , theory that we do, that the State, as the mother f >f all her citizens, is bound to educate the child- j rcn, we beliovo thoroughly iu free instruction, j 'to many poor children sccnro nn education ( hereby who would otherwise he debarred, tbat } he State must, for the sake of Iter own future, | maintain free schools. A further discussion of his point, however, must be deferred for the 5 present. Whatever be the method of supplementing the hate tax, additional funds must he raised. The i citizens of any placo deserving increased facili- i ies must meet and discuss this question first, i Having provided for the money, the next thing i us to get the school. No particular number of | pupils is required, except that the larger the i number up to a certain limit, tho more cconom- i eal the school. Km ploy a teacher and, if need ] lie, assistants. Then get all tho childrcu together and class them into grades, fomc will 1 fiavc to be pulled back, others pushed a little, < but very tittle, ahead. When a pupil is ad- < tranced in one department and backward in mother, lie must gravitate to his proper place, i l'his is the trouble in the beginning, hut parents i must he content to nbide by the decision of 1 cachers. After tho school has gotten under way. and the grades rise in regular succession, this difficulty will not exist.? Winnaloro Neiot aid Herald. A OnMKSTir SriNUAi..? It is a singular fact I hat a great man who is second in command at tiomc wants to rule the whole creation when, he gels outside his yard gate. For the Times." "Destruction and Reconstruction," Is the somewhat startlinglltle of a work from the pen of the late Qen. lt?hard Taylor, recently issued by tho Appletoui of New York. Qen. Taylor was a gallant C?ofisdOrate soldier, an accomplished scholar, ani a ehiralric gentleman. Whatever may be said of the merits of the work, no one can deny but beftras terribly in earnest and conscientious in liik beliefs. The book is written in a bold, dashing style, abounding in classical allusions oullod from the fields of war, poetie and romance. The descriptions of the battle scenery are vary interesting. Nothing could be more draraatio than the sketch of the campaign in the Valley of Virginia, under Jackson, during which many lights are thrown upon the character of the "Great Captain." Gen. Taylor's sketches of character are bold and striking. Dy a Few strokes of the pen the salient points ot tlio individual character are brought oat in bold relief woliftjr * matter's pencil.? There is a ^hwiaajballian coloring about the sketch of that Alls you with bW?, a grandeur nbonl Lee, a spirspirted life-like picture of "Diok En-ell," who, with "his hue tactical eye on the battle field, was never content with his own place until he had secured tho approbation of another's judgment, was the boldest of horsemen, invariably leaving the roads to take the timber and water. In fact, all the sketches of character are done with a frankness and skill which cannot fail to iuterest. Mr. Stephens, the "greater commoner" as the Georgians love to call him, is fearfully brought out on the cunvoss. As was said by the witty canon as of St. Pauls of Francis J effery, "bis mind is in a state of indecent exposure." A trained and skilled politican, he was for muny years before ^lie war a member of the House of Representatives and his "device" scorns always to have been fiat Justicia mat cotlum. In December 1849, though au ardent whig, his independant notions secured the control of the house to his political adversaries.? During the exciting period of secession he avowed moderate opinions, but, swopt along by the resistless torrent, he discovered and proclaimed that "Slavery was the corner stone of tho Confederacy. As the struggle progressed, with all the impartiality of an Equity Judge, Mr. Stephens marked manv of the virtues of tli? Government North of tho Potomac anil all the vices of that on his own side of the river. Aa to the military operations in hand he entertained md publicly expressed original opinions. The war was for principles and rights, anil it was ! in defence of these as well ns of their property that the people hud taken up arms. They could , il ways be relied on when a battle was imminent, but when no fighting was to be done they had best be at home attending to their families and 1 nterests. As their intelligence was equal to i .heir patroitisui they were us capable of judging )f tho necessity of their prcscnco with the col- , irs as the ccmmaudcrs of the armies, who were jut professional soldiers, lighting for rank and 1 iay, and most of them without property in the south. With Mr. Stephens, like other ills, fee- < >lo health has its combinations, especially for i huso who uuitc restless vanity and ambition to t i leminiuc desire for sympathy, &e. Mr. Ste)hens seems determined to play thVsame role of ndcpcndcntisin to the cud. Ilia Delphic opin- 1 ons, delivered on various occasions of Into, have nizzled his admirers, and the people of his own State do not know where to place him and stand n dread of his independentiatn. X. A Confederate Mitk.?We opened a note, lays tho editor of the Columbia llegiittr, adIresscil us editorially which, though marked 'private," is too touching and tender a tribute o a noble old private of the Coufelcrate ranks I o be withheld. We are not ashamed to say it < >caded our eyes with tears of sympathy. God i less the poor old bare-footed soldier. Wo feci ( lis twenty-five cents will be the means of openng many a purse which would have otherwise been closed against the orphan children left to 1 lie enre and sympathy of the Confederate sol- < liers. There must to-day be left no less than i 50,000 men in South Carolina who were attached ; o the Confederate service. If all were animncd by the same splendid sentiment of this oncirmed, barefooted veteran, and should give only 1 wenty-fivc cents each, South Carolina's contribution to the Ilood orphans would be $7.500.? ] IVe appeal to our fellow-citizens to take up such j :ontributions, and again offer the services of the Register freely to receive and faithfully forward ill amounts which may be Intrusted to us for his noble purpose. None of us have much to 1 jive. All of us can do something to help these j lclplcss children without doing hurt to our own. Here is the letter, which no old soldier can j cad without brimming eyes. This contribution :oines from Oakland 1*. O., Clarendon County : j (Private.) September 17, 1870. T. W. R. Pope, Esq., Editor Register, Columbia, S. C. : Dear Sin?As the Register has offered its services in behalf of the children of Gen. Hood, I 1 orward the enclosed twenty-five cents to you. [t is asmnll amount, but, considering who sent t, and how he got it, it almost equals the wid* >w's famous mite. A one-handed, barefooted, poor old "Confcd" vorked at cotton picking to get it. He served veil and faithfully through the "great war," ' ind came back broken in health and purse. 'He s the only survivor of six brothers ; the other ive (with a brother in-law) fell before Appomatox closed tlio scene. Armless and poor, he vunders about earning a precarious living as jest he can. I ain, dear sir, respectfully, your obedient iervant. Goiiey's Lady's Hook voii October.?Will be received with pleasure by its subscribers, being in unusally beautiful number of thin ever popular magazine. The steel plate, by Darley, represents a merry-making at the timc-liouore 1 festival of All-Hallowe'en. The Autumn fashions ire shown in a mammoth colored steel plate, and numerous pnges of additional illustrations, which have full descriptions in the fashion department. (Jailer's fashions have been unsui passed for nearly half a century. The literary matter is of the best, comprising the continuation of "The Rosebud Harden of Girls," which increases in interest with every number; the conclusion of Gentle Relic," one of the best novels of the day : and short stories and poems by popular authors. The usual pnges of music, amusement, household matter, architecture, home adornment, and fancy work arc given, and the entire numbor is a proof that the editors keep their promise, in offering to the public the best fashion magazine in the country. The Publishers will send to any address, post-paid, on receipt of f>0 cents, tlie remaining three numbers of the present year, or for $1 will send the full current volume. Address flodcy's body's Rook, Philadelphia. I--- II - I t. - ' 'f U. I< .. e anything else, and always reaping failures. ' Bro. K. P. Chalmers?Expericuco with ' wheat is poor ; efforts to raise generally re. suiting in failures. Wo huvo climate and 1 soil nud need only duo diligcnco and caro to succeed j advise tho young farmers to 1 got rid of planting so much cotton and they can succeed, not only with wheat, but with , tbo whole farm. When wo havo all cottou , to pick'thcro's no time to sow grain, and ; when grass is growing in a big cotton Gold 1 we havo no time for harvesting, Oats is a gross feeder and will succeed whero other irrnirm ?will Kn?1 - 1- - - - . Goon Will Between the Pestle or Tin State.?Wo deem it essential to say a wood 01 ao to the people of South Carolina Upon the above subject. God knows we do so in no spirit of dictation but simply as a citiien having noth' ing to ask and nothing to seek but peace and good will between all classes and seotions of out fellow-citizens and of the State we own and cherish as a common mother. We fear our unoffice-seeking people are losing sight of the common good in the personal partisanship wc are indulging in iu some localities. To shout for this or that man is catching, and depraving as well. We may in the end lose sight of South Caroliua and our supreme welfare in the angry personal broils iuto which we may fall. We arc the best of us but human, and when the feeling of opposition is fully aroused we may wreck a world in betting on a fly. Verbum tat. Tub Smallest of Bakes.?Mrs. George Fromm of New York, has just become the mother of a boy baby, which weighed at its birth eleven ounces and three-quarters. The head of the child, although smaller than a small applo, is covered with an extraordinary growth of light brown hair. The features are regular, the eyes bright and clear, and the skin is fine and delicate. The arms are the thickness of an ordinary little finger, and the fingers are the size of extra large pencil leads. The nails, although not much bigger thnn u good-sized pinhcad, are perfectly formed. An ordinary luncheon basket is an ample cradle for the babe. His height at birth was 6 inches, and breadth across the shoulders 2J. . WHEAT AND OATS. At a Called Meeting of Newberry Pomona Grange, No. 4, field with Maybinton Grange, No. 133, Sept. 12th, 1879, the following discussion was held. Pursuant to adjournment, Grungo met this day and was called to order?W. M., J. S. Hair in the Chair. Bro. Jno. T. Bynuin was requested to act as Secretary. On motion of Bro. W. D. Hardy, it was resolved to proceed at once with a public discussion of the subject for to-day, viz :? j no uuiuvaiton ol Wheat ana Uat8 all persons present being invited to participate, and that the Grange hold its private session afterwards, in the afternoon. Bro. T. W. Holloway opened the discussion by reading an Essay. Bro. J. T. Bynum followed by considering the subject of wheat under the following heads, viz : Best locality and soil, preparation aud manure, variety of seed and treatment before sowing, time and manner of sowing. High, dry Gelds naturally drained, northern slopes best, stiff red soil, cloau fallow the best preparation?for that reason our ?otton Gelds aro best?got in Gne tilth by plowiug and harrowing to make all ingredients readily available to the numerous Gbrous roots. Cottou seed best manure, from 20 to 50 bushel per acre ; must bo evenly distributed and covered to do greatest good. Early maturing varieties best for us, Amber and rod are hardier aud better udapted to our climate and soil; has succocded best with "Fultz," obtained from Pennsylvania ; ^liuks it best to obtain seed from the North every three or four years as a palliative nrvnitiaf rncf VVn K*>?>/v h.?4 ~ M^u.uuw ?uuv. VV M liu V U UUk mu I'UUUUl'D bU contend with?smut and rust?as we never sow early enough for tlie "fly." Soaking seed in a solution of Blue-stone?libs, in enough water to cover 5 bus. of seed?is a sure preventive of smut, ltust can be palliated by localty. well drilled lands, and it ilrilliug, run drills North ond South to ad* in it suushino and help get rid ot the superfluous water froui our spring rains, early maturing varieties, and, as said before, obtaining seed froui further North every three or four years. After taking seed from Blucstone solution, where they have remained say 12 hours, roll iu plaster or guano before, sowing. From 15th Oct., to 15th Dec., best time of seeding; land must bo dry when plowed, never wet. Break and pulverize soil well, then cither plow, brush in or harrow in seed, considering soil and time of sowing, but don't think it advisable to cover seed more than two inches ilecp no matter how late seeded. Broadcasting ashes or salt, say 2 to 5 bus. of former and 100 to 200 lbs. of the latter just beforo expecting rust, is said to be a preventive. All of us should raise enough wheat for homo consumption at least. Consider the oats crop the most important one to our farmers?the chcapost horse food we can raise. Would recommend from experience, where one desires to seed on cotton land nftcr picking over first time, running a furrow on each side of cotton, leaving tho ridge about one half the distance of width of cottou rows; sow oats and manure in these furrows and cover by running the plow in the centre?in 3 feet cotton rows, wo would thus havo oats in drills 18 inches apart. After cottou is out and al any time during winter bent dowu cotton stalks, and from 15th Feb. to 15th March cultivato oats by running small plows be tween drills, plowing up old stalks. Con sidcr this tho cheapest and best plan tc raise oats on cottou land, as the sccdini can bo done tho lust of Sept. or 1st Oct. Bro. J. W. Kpps?Last year, by break ing cotton land latter part Nov., thre< tiiik s with bull tongue twisters, applying 30 bus. cotton seed and l(?7lbs. Am. Dis Hones, lie nvernged 2GJ bus. of wheat t( aero; sowed "Bowden," a white variety likes it best, makes fiuer and whiter floui than red. This year, with only one break ing and 25 bus. cotton seed, he averaged It bus. per acre. Not much experience will oats, like nearly ovcry one olsc, sowin; them upon laud considered too poor fo n- ..... ?? Ktiuuiuuu muu (ICUIUIUUli , better tlian any other. Don't think theso red lands in vicinity are as good aud safo for oats as tho gray and sandy soils of other parts?they need Silica. Oats is an important and necessary supplement to a short corn crop as horse food, so sow largely this Fall. Two bus. of oats better than one of corn, and wo can get threo times as much oats ns corn frotn same land and saVo expensive cultivation. High time our farms were made self-sustaining by raising more grain. Bro. ?T. L. Sims?lias made a total failure in raising wheat since the war. On land where previously he was accustomed to mnko from 30 to 40 bus. he cannot now make more than 5 bus. per acre. Have tried all manner of preparation and plowing without success. Mr. K. Geo. Keitt?A vonnrr fnrmnr -?; ? J ~ *""0 ? 7W' without a wife and no probability of having one, consequently doesn'tcaroto raise wheat, but prefers to devoto whole time to corn, cotton and other products of the farm. Bro. W. D. Hardy?lias nover niado what he considers a good crop of wheat, highest yield obtained 111 bus.; but has never taken auy extra pains in preparing or manuring. In Dec. last sowed 2 qts. of "Moles' Red Winter Wheat," obtained from Agricultural Department; although so late in sowing it littered well, belter far than any other variety known would havo done, rusted badly by being so late, yielded 2Taus., without rust would have made onethird nioro. Better success with oats tlinu wheat; have mado from 35 to 40 bus. of oats sowed iu cotton when ''laying by," upou laud that would not make ordinarily 5 bus. of corn. Cousider oats tho most important crop to our farmers here, and hope all of us will realize at once the necessity for largo sccdiugs this Fall. Bro. Setzler?From 1 bu. of Bowdon Wheat and 25 to 30 bus. of cotton need plowed in with common twisters on corn land, realized 17 bus. per aero 2 years ago. Saw no difference last year in wheat that was plowed in from that harrowed in?preferred to harrow, but sometimes on account of corn stalks, &c., could not do it successfully, stalks, &c., clogging harrow. Havo made generally 30 to 40 bus. of oats with cotton seed, and can always make oue-half that much on ordiuary laud without extra caro or manure. Bro. B. II. Mavhin Tina rnrir limifrwl ^ ' ~'J experience with wheat; efforts to raise it have been spasmodio and nearly always resulted in failures; have several times sown peas in order to turn under for wheat, but tho luxuriant vines wcro so tempting to cure as rough food ho had invariably cut them off the land. Is not discouraged by failures to rareo good crops, but is determined henceforth to give more core and better preparation. Accidentally made one good crop of oats. Thinks that on most of our bottom lands we could lap oats with coru and succeed well in raisiug both crops on samo land, drilling or checking oats in Fall, and when Spring couics plow out middles and plant oorn therein ; tho oats would come off before interfering with corn crop. Bro. Young?Has littlo experience with small grnin, having devoted the most of his attention to corn and cotton; what little he has coincides with that of those speaking before. At this point an adjournment was bad lor dinuer. Upon reassembling aftor dinner the discussion was resumed. Bro. J. S. Hair, W. M.?Has some experience with wheat and oats; thinks it a mistaken idea about red lands being unable to produce good crops of oats, but thej require better preparation and earlier sowing ?instance the country around "Old Cambridge" in proof of this, whero they raise ' immense crops of oats on red lands.? Thinks that with proper cultivation and improved agricultural implements and machinery for gathering, &c., wo could better afford to raise oats at lOo. per bu. than cot, ton at 10c. per lb. Best crop of oats he J ever raised was froin seed turned under with two-horso Wa't plow. Has h'-en sowing " Summer's lied Wheat" for 22 years, can't ' see any deterioration, has tried several other kinds, but prefers the "Summer's lied" on account of yield, carlin ;ss, &c. Has invariably succeeded in raising good crops from ' it; one year made a fine crop from as lato seeding as January; thinks 15th Nov. best [ time to sow; made from four acres, well prepared and manured, 1GG-j bus. weighing O.'l ' lbs. to bu., and lost some from wasto in ' threshing. Has turned under seed with two-horse plow hIso, with good results. ' Bro. T. W. Ilolloway?Believes in harrowing wheat in Spring; tried the "Rotary ! Harrow" oneo in Feb.. u.ndc it grow so fast i a Into Spring frost killed it ; concludes tho , time was too oarlj, thinks March and even r os bte a? April a good time to harrow