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. 1 > A PRIMARY election is ordered by tho Exjt\. ecutive Committee of the Democratic party of Union County to be held on Saturday, 18th October 1870, for the noiniuation of a Candidate for member of the llouso of Representatives. The following named persons have been appointed to act as managers, vis : Draytonoille F. O. Latham, John Barnhill, Thomas Little. WiUcin*vitle {?Milton Patrick, T. M Litllejohn, Calvin Whieen'abt. Ridge :?John 1). Jcfferies, Noah Webster, William Jones. GlandyUry Mill* :?F. W. Eison, T. J. Orr, Elijah Fowler. Sarratt*:?W. R. Hughes, J. M. Groer, J. R. Poole. Kelly'*.'-rJames R. Smith, T: Kelly, II. T. tiallman. Kuyhe*W. G. Hughes, W. R. Briggs, W. A. Moorhead. "1^*J*antuc:?^olui C. E. Sims, James Dam :?j. Steed man, W T. Jeter, Jsis. Hancock, Qo*hen Kill: J. T. Douglass, J. E. Cofield, 11. B. Lyons. Cro** Key*: R. J. Bctsill, W. S. Gregory, R. * T. Rasters. Gibbt' Store: Mitchell West, G. W. Peako, R M. Robinson. Union: R. C. Johnson, Wm. E. Thomson, A. C. Lyles. Jonetville : B. F. Kennedy, W. T. Littlcjolin, J. G. Long. So much of the Rules adopted by the Committce as relates to tho duties of Managers it hereby published for their guidance. 11. The polls shall bo opened at U o'clock, A. M., and kept open, without intermission, until $ 4, P. M., when they shall be closed IV. The managers at each precinct shall furnish a ballot-box, for the secure koeping of which they shall be responsible. V. At the opening of the polls, the ballot boxes shall be emptied of all contents, and exhibited thus emptied to any persons in attendance upon the polls. The boxes shall then be closed and locked, or sealed, and shall so remain until the polls are closed. VI. The managers shall keep a poll list and a tally list, and for this purpose shall appoint a / Clerk. VII. The ballots used shall be either printed or written, and shall oontain the names of the persons voted for, anJ tho offices, in the same manner as is presoribod by law In the case of county elections. VIII. At such primary election, all persons eligible to vote at the next election of county < officers shall be allowed to voto, who can satisfy the managers by the vouching of known Democrats, or otherwise, that they are Democrats, and lhat they propose to vote in good faith ; provided, that no person who has heretofore 1 voted a Republican ticket shall be allowed to vote, unless he voted the Democratic ticket at 1 the last general election. 1 IX. For the purpose of carrying out tho ro- 1 quirement of section VIII, tho managers, or 1 any one of them, or any by-stander shall be ' authorized to challenge any voter, and put any ' questions to him which they or he may deem ' relevant to the object in view, and the managers 1 shall determine his right t<7 vote by his answers or other proof, and may accept or reject the vote 1 thus offered. ' X. On the close of the polls the mana- i gers shall proceed immediately and contin- 1 uously to count the votes in the same manner < and under the same regulations as are prescribed < by law fur general elections. XI. When the votes shall have been counted the managers shall make out, in duplicate, returns showing the number of votes cost for each < person voted for; the offioe for which he is vo- i ted for, and the total number of votes cast, and 1 shall denosit one of i- 1 , , ? -- V?u? ua |U I lie UU1I0I box, and file the other as ono of the records of the olub. Tho returns shall be signed by all the managers, who shall likewise certify to the correctness of the same. XII. The ballot-box, containing the ballots, tho poll list, and the eertificd return of the managers, together with any other papers they mny deem propor to include, aksll within three days after such election bo forwarded, securely looked or sealed, to the Secretary of tho County Executive Committee, For the purpose of this forwarding, tho managers shall select and appoointsome discreet aad otherwise suitable person t? act as me-setiger. By Order of the Committee, WILLIAM MONRO, Chairman. _lst Oet. 1879. 41 2t The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF UNION. In the Court of Common Pleas. Joseph W. Leech and Violet "| Mitchell, Plaintiff?, againtl, John L. Ouyton, Joseph W. Guyton, Geo. C. Leech, 11. Maria Whltesides, Mary A. ]I. Wilksrsun, Martha J. K. Smarr, the children and heirs-at-law of Isaiah Guy- Summons ton and of Elisabeth Ken. nedy, deceased, names, for relief. < number and residence to i PUintim, I-11- I ?- ' . auaHvnu, VUM* VyUllipiftlUl Roberts, the other children and heire-at-law of Isaac not Uuyton, deceased?names, number and reeidenoe to Plaintiffs unknown, Druollia Lore, and the other children and hcirs-at-law of Abram Quyton,deceased, ?name#, number and residence to Plaintiffs unknown, Defendant*. To the Defendant* above named and above described : YOU are hcroby summoned and required fo answer the eomplaint in this action, which is this day filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common P)eas, for the said County, nnd to serve a oopy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office, In Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days .A it-- ? 1 " ' * ' ' mini uio nrnos iwreui, UOIUIITI OT 116 flftJT Of such serrioe ; and if jou fail to answer the com- i plaint wilhin tlia time aforesaid, the plaintiffs I In this notion will apply to the Court for the re- < lief demanded in the complaint. I Dated OotoberlHh, A. D. 1879. < T. J. BRLL, Plaintiff's' Attorney. IIART & IIART, I Of Ceunsel. 1 Oct 10 41 ?t I J % * Graded Sohoola. The increased interest in education in this State for the past two years is a matter of sincere congratulation, as giving promise of school^ of a high order in the near future- With the pubiio '7 school system of the State as a basis, fitrst-class Tt instruction at cheap rates will in time be affor- ac ded. 4'hus far the friendB of education look to w "graded schools* as the means of accomplish- nt ing their pmrpose. With many the term "gra- ac ded school"'conveys no definite idea, but they Wl have been told that it is the "open sesame" of ?'< good, oheap instruction, and they are desirous P? of trying it so soon as they may learn what it is and how to sot it in operation. For the benefit 00 of this class generally, and more especially for ca onr friends in Monticello and fcostcrville, who 10 desire increased educational facilities for their J? children, we will give some description of a gra- Ts ded school as^the term is now understood in 8tl South Carolina. Ordinarily a graded school is P? so named simply from the method of classifying 00 the pupils. But in this State jit means in addition a school supported'pasfty by 1HI proprlatiofa"' and partly by lunds raised Jrom S? other sources. As to the method of raising this aP supplemental fund usage varies in different parts w' of the State. In Winnsboro, where the first gra- wt ded school, in the new acceptation of the term, 'ia was organised, an additional fund is raised by a m< local tax of one mill. In Chester, Abbeville and 'cr othct towns, the fund is raised by tuition fees I n ? i r 1 * * ' - " * -u? xiuounpiiuus. a. uioTcineni is on loot in Chester, Bennet tsville and other places, to secure 'DJ a local tax law similar to that in operation in er Winnsbora. Of this, more anon. 'y Now, as to the character of the school. The graded school in its primary senso is defined by "h Wells, in his hook on graded schools, to bo "a A. school in which tho pupils are divided into class- ma es accoiding to their attainments, and in which all the pupils of each class attend to the same IC( branches of study at the same, time." IraDivall, superintendent of schools iu St. Louis, says: "All the pupils in any one class attend to pre- ,r0 cisely tho same studies and uso the same books. In each room there will be a first and a second aT< class, and it is important that the identical pu- ,,u pils who constitute the first class in ono branch ?^a should constitute the first class in every branoh l'lt pursued by the class. By this arrangement, w'* while one class is reciting, tho other is prepnr- Stc ing for recitation, and an alternating process is Go kept up through the day, affording the pupils T'c ample time to study their lessons, and the teach- to er ample time to instruct each class. This is an< what is meant by a graded and classified school. wa II. C. llickok, late {Superintendent of ?ducation of l'encsylvania, also says : l"3 The due classification aud grading of the schools is but the application to the educational ^ul cause of the same divisiou of labor that prevails ^es in all well regulated business establishments, whether mechauical, commercial or otherwise. Gie It is not only the most economical, but without it there can be little progress or prosperity." ?rs The quotation from Mr. llickok shows why the graded school solves the problem of cheap P*1 instruction. Simply because of the aggregatiou So1 of a considerable number of pupils into ono "'o class, the teacher can employ his time to the t'tc best advantage. An unclassified sohool, in which a'* is whole half-hour may be required for a class of P*1' one or two pupils only, istoot expensive. Twen- jD" ly pupils can be taught as 'easily as two, aud lon with more satisfaction, alike to tho teacher and PU1 >1 LM.l ! lik V.UHU, uwiug io ine me imparted to the re- * "" citation by numbers; so that the graded system is 'Q adopted for its cheapness. A graded school is ^ but a college on a small scale, with its different classes, no pupil heing.in two different grades at once. This is the graded school system, as it ,, has been in use for years in all the States. (Q We will now speak of the term as used in its ( < wider sense In South Carolina: The publio ()Cf school fund raised by the two mill tax is too ^ jc small to support a school a sufficient length of time, while the curriculum does uot embrace the . languages or the higher mathematics. In Winnsboro, tjio State quota, the local tax, and hereto- ,|1C Tore a contribution from the Peabody fund, have jjje sufficed to give to all the school population of gQ the district the full publio school curriculum, t0 absolutely free. No child is debarred by pov- (cJ cry from receiving the fullest advantages of an, what the sehool law provides. If, in addition, the parent desires to have his child instructed ^u, in those branches not embraced in the school ^ye law, he can secure his end by the payment of a coc jmnll tuition fee. This, we believe, is the cor. ^ rect principle, but it requires the levy of a local lax. We are not able now to give our views ^ Fullv UDon the nueatinn nrWI ? "? eially as we have ao often done it heretofore. Wo uay do ao hereafter. j In other towns whioh have no local tax law, rei Iho usage, so far as we can learn, differs. In C0[] Uhesier, if we are not mistaken, children in the lower grades Are taught free. In the higher sommon school grades the/ pay a small fee, and j for olassios, higher mathematics, and instrumen- ' < lal music, they pay an additional charge. In j Abbeville, as we judge from the address of Mr. Tjc Uenet and from the papers, all the pupils pay for tuition, but the State fund is used somewhat in j the nature of a rebato to lessen the charge.? j, This, Mr. lionet contends, is the proper idea, 0^i that the State fund shall supplement private { tuition, instead of being the basis of the school. W01 lie would not have a free school. Taking the we| theory that we do, that the State, as the mother Am if all ber citiiens, is bound to educate the child- jB ( ren, we believe thoroughly in free instruction. ^V( 3o many poor ohildren secure an education tox thereby who would otherwise be debarred, that wa the State must, for the sake of her own future, ^C8 maintain free schools. A further discussion of j this point, however, must be deferred for the Mr nrnxnl Whatever be the method of supplemonti ng the < Slate tax, additional funds must be raised. The ree citizens of any place deserving increased facili- an lies must meet and discuss this question first, uls Having provided for the money, the next thing res is to get the school. No pnrtioulnr number of tlvi pupils is required, except that the larger the art number up to a oertain limit, the more econom- nu leal the school. Employ a teacher and, if need ha< he, assistants. Then get all the children to- Qo gether and class them into grades. 8ome will hal have to be pulled back, others pushed a little, cot but very little, ahead. When a pupil is ad- Qa ranoed in one department and baokward in wii mother, he mutt gravitate to his proper plaoe. tie This is the trouble in the beginning, but parents am must be content to abide by the decision of Th eachers. After the school has gotten under mi way. and the grades rise in regular succession, cy this difficulty will not exist.? Wintuboro New* pr< md Herald. fei thi A Domestic Hcanoal.? It is a singular faet ad that a great man who is second in command at rei home wants to rale the whole creation when, foi ike gels outside his yard gate. dr For the T lines. "Destruction ud BwcnstrueUen," Is the somewhat etarUingMtle of a work from' e pea of the late Oen.H^kard Taylor, recentissued by the Appletooi of New York. Gen. lylor was a gallant OMsdfrate soldier, an compliahed scholar, aofAtcklvalrio gentleman, hatever may be said ofnfcaacrits of the work, > one can deny but bejras terribly in earnest id conscientious in hig beliefs. The book is ritten in a bold, dasMng style, abounding in wsical allusions culls* from the fields of war, e*<? and rotnanee. 'The descriptions of the kttlo scenery are wry interesting. Nothing uld be more dramailo than the sketch of the mpaign in the Valley of Virginia, under Jackn, during which many lights are thrown upon o character of tha "Great Captain." Gen. lylor's sketches of character are bold and riking. By a few^gmkes of the pen the salient lints ot the individual character are brought t in bold relief woMHk master's pencil.? icre is coloring about ii >thae> sue u wrtn aWe. a granueur aboiI Lee, a spirirted life-like picture of "Dime Ewell," who, lb "his fine tactical eye on |he battle field, is never content with his ownlplace until he d secured the approbation of ^another's judg;nt, was tho boldest of horsemen, invariably iving the roads to take the timber and water, fact, all the sketohes of character are done th a frankness and skill whion cannot fail to Merest. Mr. Stophens, the "greater common' as the Georgians love to call him, is fearfulbrought out on the canvass. As was said by 9 witty canon as of St. l'aulsof Francis Jcflery, is mind is in a state of indeceat exposure." trained and skilled politican, ho was for my years before ^he war a member of the >use of Representatives and his "aevico" imi always to have been fiat Jtuticia mat corn. In December 1849, though an ardent lig, his independant notions scoured the con1 of tho house to his political adversaries.? iring the exciting period of secession he >wed moderate opinions, but, swept along by ) resistless torrent, he discovered and proimed that "Slavery was the corner stone of i comoueracy. As the struggle progressed, th all the impartiality of an Equity Judge, Mr. ipliens marked many of the virtues of the vernment North of tho Potomac and all the es of that on his own side of the rirer. As the military operations in hand he entertained i publicly expressed original opinions. The r was for principles and rights, and it wsb defence of these as well as of their property it the people had taken up arms. They could rays be relied on when a battle was imminent, t when no fighting was to be done they had t be at home attending to their families aud crests. As their intelligence was equal to ir patroitism they were as capable of judging the necessity of their prescnco with the colas tho ocminanders of the armies, who were . professional soldiers, fighting for rank and r, and most of them without property in the till. With Mr. Stephens, like other ills, feehealth has its combinations, especially for se who unite restless vanity and ambition to j m mi lie desire for sympathy, &x. Mr. Stems seems determined to play the same role of cpendentism to the end. His Delphic opins, delivered on various oocasions of late, have tiled his admirers, and the people of his own de do not know where to place him and stand dread of his independentism. X. e< V Coxfkdkratk Mitk.?We opened a note, rs the editor of the Columbia Register, adssscd us editorially which, though marked rivale," is too touching and tender a tribute a noble old privato of the Confederate ranks be withheld. We are not ashamed to say it tded our eyes with tears of sympathy. God ss the poor old bare-footed soldier. Wo feel twenty-five cents will be the means of open; many a purse which would have otherwise in closed against the orphan ohildren left to i care and sympathy of the Confederate solrs. There must to-day be left ho less than 000 men in South Carolina who wire attached the Confederate service. If all were animaby the same splendid sentiment bf this oncned, barefooted veteran, and should give only inty-five cents each, South Carolina's contriion to the Hood orphans would be $7,600.? appeal to our fellow-citizens to takeap each itributions, and again offer the services of the litter freely to receive and faithfully forward amounts which may be Intrusted to us for 3 noble purpose. None of us have much to e. All of us can do something to help these pless children without doing hurt to our own. lere is the letter, which no old soldier can d without brimming eyes. This contribution. . ies from Oakland P. O., Clarendon County,: (Private.) Seitrmbrr 17, 1879. W. R. Pope, Etq., Editor Reguter, Columbia, 1 C.: )bar Sir?As the Regitter has offered its serM i. k.K.lf ?? ?-- -l.ll l rs? ' * ... uvumt ?1 ?IV vuuurcu U1 uen. UPVU, 1 ward the enclosed twenty-five cents to you. s a small amount, but, considering who sent and how he got it, it almost equals the wid's famous mite. I one-handed, barefooted, poor old "Confed" rked at cotton picking to get it. He served II and faithfully through the "great 1 came back broken in health anapurse. lie he only survivor of six brothers ; the other i (with a brother in-law) fell before Appomatclosed the scene. Armless and poor, he nders about earning a precarious living as it he can. [ am, dear sir, respectfully, your obedient vant. Iodky'b Lady's Hook for October.?Will be eived with pleasure by its subscribers, being unusally beautiful number of this ever popr magaiine. The steel plate, by Darley, repents a merry-making at the lime-honorel feskl of All-Hallowe'en. The Autumn fashions i shown in a mammoth colored steel plate, and merous pages of additional illustrations, whictt re full descriptions in the fashion department. der't fashions have been unsui passed for nearly If a century. The literary matter is of the best, uprising the continuation of "The Rosebud rden of Girls," whioh increases in interest Lli every number; the oonolusion of "A QenBelle," one of the best novels of the day ; 1 short stories and poems by popular authors, e usual pages of mosio, amusement, household dter, architecture, home adornment, and fhnWAvW ura sriwan aar) il?a ? ? 5- - .. v. . m>? * vii, puu vu? cihiio nuiuuer is ? oof tbii the editor* keep their promise, in of* ing to the publio the beet fuhion magazine in t country. The Publishers will send to eny dress, post-paid, on receipt of GO cents, the roaining three numbers of the present year, or r f 1 will send the full current volume. Adess Godey's Lady's Book, Philadelphia. 4 Goob Will Between tub 1'kui'lk or tiir State.?Wo deem it essential to say a wood or so to the people or South Carolina upon tho above subject. God knows we do so in no spirit of dictation but simply as a citizen having nothing to ask and nothing to seek but peace and good will between all classes and sections of our 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 Carolina and our supreme welfare in the angry personal broils into 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. Tits Smallest or Uauks.?Mrs. George Fromm of New York, bos just become the mother of a I boy baby, which weighed at its birth eleven ounces and three-quarters. The head of the child, although smaller than a small apple, 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. Tho 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 than a good-sized pinhend, aro perfectly formed. An ordinary luncheon baskot id flti amnln amajIIa 1 ' * * w ..u vi uuiq tur iiiu uauo. ins neigiu at birth was 6 inches, and breadth across the shoulders 2J. WHEAT AND 0AT8. At a Called Meeting of Nciobcrry Pomona Grange, No. 4, held with Maybinton Grange, No. 133, Sept. 12th, 1879, the following discussion was held. Pursuant to adjournment, Grange met this day and was called to order?W. M., J. S. Ilnir in the Chair. Bro. Jno. T. Bynuin was requested to act as Secretary. Ou motion of Bro. W. D. Hardy, it was resolved to proceed at once with a public discussion of the subject for to-day, via :? "Tho Cultivation of Wheat and Oatsall persons present being invited to participate, and that the Grungo hold its private session afterwards, in tbe afternoon. Bro. T. W. Holloway opened tbe 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 and manure, variety of seed and treatment before sowing, time and manner of sowing. High, dry fields naturally drained, northern slopes best, stiff red soil, oloan fallow the best preparation?for that reason our Cotton fields are best?get in fine tilth by plowing and harrowing to make ull ingredients readily available to the numerous fibrous roots. Cottou seed best manure, from 20 to 50 bushel per aore ; must bo evenly distributed and covered to do greatest good. Early maturing varieties best for us, Amber and rod aro hardier nud better udapted to oar climate and soil; has succoeded best with "Fultz," obtained from Pennsylvania ; y^inks it best to obtain soed from the North every three or four years as a palliative agaiust rust. We have but two enemies to contend with?smut and rust?as we never sow early enough for the "fly." Soaking seed in a solulinn n Itlno.jt/inn?ItKo !n enough water to cover 5 bus. of soed?is a sure preventive of smut. Rust can be palliated by locally, well drilled lands, and if drilling, run drills North ond South to ad> init sunshine aud help get rid ot the superfluous water from our spring rains, early maturing varieties, and, as said before, obtaining seed from further North every three or four years. After taking seed from Rluestone solution, where they have remained say 12 hours, roll in plaster or guano beforo sowing. From 15tn Oct., to 15th Dec., best time of seeding; land must bo dry when plowed, never wet. Break and pulverize soil well, then cither plow, brusn in or harrow in seed, considering soil und time of sowing, but don't thiuk it advisablo to cover seed more than two inches deep no matter how lato 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 tho oats crop the most important one to our farmers?the cheapest horse ? ... ? J? w?u iwvi nu vuu ruiou. UUIU rCCOOTHlCnQ from experience, where one desires to seed on cotton land after picking over first time, running a furrow on each side of cotton, leaving tho ridge about ono half tho distance of width of cotton rows; sow oats and manure in these furrows and cover by running tho plow in the centre?in 3 feet cotton rows, we wonld thus have oats in drills 18 inches apart. After cotton is out and at any time during winter best down cotton stalks, and from 15th Feb. to 15th March, cultivate oats by running small plows between drills, plowing up old stalks. Consider this the cheapest and best plan to raise oats on cotton land, as the seeding oan be dono the last of Sept. or 1st Oct. iito. ii. 4T. pps?Jjaft year, by breaking ootton land latter part Nov., three times with bull tonguo twisters, applying 30 bus. ootton soed and 1671bs. Am. Dis. Rones, he avernge'i 26J bus. of wheat to aero; sowed "Bowden," a white variety, likes it best, makes finer and whiter flour than red. This year, with only one breaking and 20 bus. cotton seed, he averaged 16 bus. per acre. Not much experience with oats, like nearly every one also, sowing them upon land considered too poor for ? 1 - . - 1. ? J . IL .m. I'llfUl. . X-U-JJLl ? anything else, and always rcapiug failures. Bro. E. P. Chalmers?Experience with wheat is poor ; efforts to raise generally resulting in failures. Wo have climate and soil aud need only duo diligenco and caro to succeed; advise tho young farmers to get rid of planting so much cotton and they can succeed, not only with wheat, but with tbo wholo farm. When we have all cotton to pick'thcre's no time to sow grain, and when grass is growing in n big cotton field we have no time for harvesting. Oats is a gross feeder and will succeed whero other grains fail?will withstand bad treatment better than any other. Don't think these red lands in vicinity arc as good aud safe for oats as the gray and sandy soils of other parts?they need Silica. Oats isnn important and necessary supplement to a short corn crop as horso food, so sow largely this Fall. Two bus. of oats better thuu one of corn, and we can get tlireo times as much oats as corn from same land and saVo expensive cultivation. High time our farms were made self-sustaining by raising moro grain. Bro. J. L. Sims?Has made a total failure in raising wheat since tho war. On land whero previously he was accustomed to make 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. E. Geo. Keitt?A young farmer without a wife and no probability of having ono, consequently doesn't care to raise wheat, but prefers to devote whole time to corn, cotton and other products of the farm. Bro. W. D. Hardy?Has never mado what bo considers a good crop of wheat. highest yield obtained lit .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 lato in sowing it littered well, better far than any other variety known would have done, rusted badly by being so late, yielded 2 "bus., without rust would have made onethird moro. Better success with oats than wheat; have mado from 35 to 40 bus. of oats sowed in cotton when "laying by," upou land that would not make ordinarily 5 bus. of corn. Consider oats tho most important crop to our farmers here, and hopo all of us will realize at once the necessity for largo secdings this Fall. Bro. Setzler?From \ bu. of Bowden Wheat and 25 to 30 bus. of cotton seed 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, See., clogging harrow. Havo made generally 30 to 40 bus. of oats with cotton seed, and can always make one-half that much on ordinary laud without extra caro or manure. Bro. B. II. Maybin?Has very limited exporienco with wheat; efforts to raise it have been spasmodic and nearly always resulted in failures; have several times sown peas in order to turn under for wheat, but tho luxuriant vines were so tempting to cure as rough food ho had invariably cut them off the land. Is not discouraged by failures to raise good crops, but is determined henceforth to give more care and better preparation. Accidentally made one good orop of oats. Thinks that on most of our bottom lands we could lap oats with I corn and succeed well in raising both crops on same kind, drillimr or ehenlcinrr in - P v-*u 4U Fall, and when Spring comes plow out middles and plaut corn therein ; tho oats would come off before interfering with corn crop. B*o. Young?lias little experience with small gram, 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 had for dinner. Upon reassembling after 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 produoe good crops of oats, but they require better preparation and earlier sowing ;??????? ? * i /%* * ~ ?iuqvuiiuu tuo vuuuirj ttruuna "Uld U&m* bridge" in proof of Ibis, whore they raiso immcnso crops of oats on red lands.? Thinks thai with proper cultivation and improved agricultural implements and machinery for gathering, &c., we could better afford to raise oats at lOo. per bu. than cotton at 10c. per lb. Best crop of oats ho ever raised was from seed turned under with two-horse Wa?t plow. Has b^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, carlinjss, &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 timo to sow; made from four acres, well prepared and manured, 166} bus. weighing 63 mi?. iu liu., nua ion some irotn was to in threshing. Has turned under seed with two-horse plow also, with good results. Bro. T. W. Holloway?Believes in harrowing wheat in Soring; tried the "Rotary Harrow" onoe in hcb.. u.nde it grow so fast a lato Spring frost killed it; concludes tho time was too early, thinks March and even it lata as April a good time to harrow