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' "" glcivfi af the gai|. VOL. XI If.?New Sekiks. UNION C. II., SOUTII CAROLINA, NOVKMRKR 10. IS82. NUMBER 45. GREAT BANKRUPT SALE, < >1" 1)11Y GOODS, BOOTS AM) SHOES, C I, O T .511 N G. HATS AND GAPS, CLOAKS AND JCAKETS, TRUNKS AND VARICES, At prices ranging from 50c to 7~> oti the dollar. $15,000 worth of the above goods to be sold at the above urices. I c!aiui 11?>\v to liavo tin: largest, beat selected ;a?tl most fashionable, as well as the cheapest, stuck of goods ever ufTero i in the tipper part of the State. I cordially invite inspection, believing that the taste of the most l ast id ions can he well pleased, at the same time the prices will be found to suit the most economical. The following prices will bring joy and happiness to many a homo that high prices have long weighed down with melancholy; Head those bankrupt prices and rejoice that y u have not yet eh lie your trading : Calicoes, Percales and Satines. Calico worth (!\ Sold now at -lc. i Calico ' til ' " fie. " Calico " 7 " " 5. Kxtru Standard fine Calico worth He sold now at. (?e. i'areilcs nearly yard wide worth 1<> and 121 sold til ami He. Cine Printed Satines worth 10c sold at tile. Solid colors. All shades, equal low. W I I) E A N 1) F A 11 The Slaughter of low Prices calls the people to our counters I'liiou and adjoining' counters wake responsive to the echo and when in search of anything usuaily kept in a first class Store call synonymously, TlIE NAME OF ELYNN. Our figures ring defiance to the markets of America. 1 yds dress goods at (U worth l."?e. 1A Pieces line Worsted dress goods 10c worth 18e. 12 " " Worsted Shuduhs 15c " 25c. Fine I'higlish Serge dress material 1 le cheap at 221. 50 Pieces Fancy broaches 12], 1 f 11>ri, 18 and 20. those goods are worth from 20e to 85c per yd. elsewhere. Our dress department is now filled with the tarest and choicest novelties to be fiiun 1 in any house in the State together with a complete line of .Jirsev Tricot's ('min is llair billiard cloths Knghisli flannel Suiting etc. Black French cashiiiier 35 worth 50. I>Ik French Cashmere Lupous 15 cents, cheap at G5 \ 1 >1 k " ' " 51) " 44 44 80c. .4 It .. it (J7 tt .t It i. it tt tt 7'*.' " a n | *'5(. Blk Henrietta Lupous Dye 7-1 41 " " 75e. 52A u 44 S5e. I invite the ladies that send .North for samples to bring them in and compare Shades <|ti tiity and prices and they will find that they will save at least 20%: on the dollar by buying their good at home we have also a line line of trimmings of the latest stile to match those dress goods including silks Hroche, Velvets, Braids Bullet butt jus Cord i ami tassels and every trimming that is fishionahle. Black Silk the cheapest ever seen in South Carolina. Black Silk good uuality 521 cents worth 75c. tt .. n o (m " 44 85c. " 44 extra 75 " " 120e. Bonnets Black Silk from 80 to 85 worth 130 and 150. Fine colored yilk from 45. to 00c worth from 75 to 150. Balmoral aud Boulevard 'Skirts from 35 to 250 worth llfty per cent more. Ladies Cloaks at 100, 125, 150, 200, 250, 300, 100, and 500, worth 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 450, GOO, 750. Ladies walking Jackets'from 300 to 750 worth 50c on the dollar more than they are sold at. Those gooods are the latest and most fashionable stiles. Laces, Finbroidorics I'ullitng, BuHltng Lace ties collerets Fshuei Inserting at 50c I on tlie*dollar. Luces at lo. I', 2, 21, 3, 5,8, 10, 15, worth at least double. Trimmings in great Variety at 2c per yd worth 5c. 4 The following prices arc a puxzlo to every person to think how FLYNX can Sell go ds ... i. . .o i : i.i. . .i. i f uv oukii (fix > ->. >11 I'l is< .1 iim; LII.3u ivc u cI v COilljlCllllUI], 1 11 good iiiiltous lor .?o. 1'auts Luttons per box lite. Dress Luttons 2 dozen I'or 5c. IJettons ol' all styles at less than hall price. Spool thread le a spool. I 'ins lie a paper. Lead Pencils as good as 1'abers le each 12 fur l'le. Combs .">c worth 15. 4 Vaults 10 worth 25. I'ibbons selling very cheap. ('orsest 15o worth S5. Corsest 50 wo t!i ! (?. Corsets t!5 worth 125. CursofR 75 worth 15t). Those goods a?e guaranteed t i love lilting. Keep yo tr eyes open and see about shoes. Woinetis Shoes at 5l), (!lt. 7 ?. I'd and luo, u nth S5. !>5, 1 lit, 125, 150. La die,-, line Shoes 100, 12.?. 15(1, 175. worth 50o on the dollar more. Ladies (7 arser Kid buttoned Side lace and Congress Shoes at from 1(14) to 15(1 less titan the same gootL can be bought elsewhere. ?den's Loots, Shoes and brog.aiis Saerilieed to make room Cbihlrens shoes at all prices from 25c. up, those goods 1 am selling very chean. Checked homespun t?J, 8, l<). those goods are :i surprise. Shirt ing by the b >:?It at factory prices. J 'ants . I cans. I n those goods the prices are fearfully low. the prices are as follows, io, 12', 15, is. 20. 221 25, 5o. 55. lit. 15, worth anywhere in America at retail 15, IS, 22 j 25. lit). 55. It), 15. 50, (?0. 75, I hive au immense stock of those goods but at those prices they cannot last long. In (M "thingand hats I am the King. I can lit any ago from 8 y.mis to the largest man in the County and at prices never heard id' before. Cull Suits commencing at the re llculeoti.dy low prices of 250. 55o, 50(1, 705, those goods Would be cheap for 500, 700, O.t !, | |00. All wo d suits 85 i, io. 12.50, worth 700 a suit more. 1' itie i parted Worsted deagoual niatla.se < 1 rauile and Scotch Ca simer Suits, at 81 1, 815, J? 17.50, 820, worth nearly d uible the money. Any man wanting a suit can now he fitted but further on in the season it will not be so easy. There is no use in a man coming to examine a suit this week that will want to buy next week or next mouth as the goods will he. sure to he gone. - M K N'S, fi () Y'S, AND CHILDREN'S HATS, Uio latest :i11<1 iiobio.st stylos at very low j?ri? ?-s not iti?>i*?* tlian foe mi tin- il<tM:ir. Any person wanting to l?i.y !'oot|s I n- t'a^li tins is a grand opportunity. We have won golden opinions from all sorts of people. So, if \oii want to lie liappy, e ili at once ami su.t yourself out of the bankrupt stock l?yw on the counters, at D. C. FLYNN'S, Loader of Low Prices. i\ 1>. S.>!:! ' I it';! ti {i it 11 Ov< fronts vmv fltf.ip. <>ci :! > toil WO.vj.aI'UL \vCiS.i 0?? A SCitTJJ) 1 A* I.I (!r >iri'ii<j I'Vi'in /i.i/is ../ (' iff' ti i ii ! Si'.f'-/ / ' < . I. v- s ,' ? (J.i' //'(;?.'/. ' 7?il/?X, /?;< / //'<// //<< /trr is.'/>"/ ?/''i-.u it 'll f ur . /.';/ / //<< I'.'.tt/Ii ? S.'itrtfirr/ f'r/urts. Aii.ani'a. <i\. September JJO?1 suppse tlio are lew real.'tsol' tli i stitit'i'it who J'i imi rotuoiiibor Laii-h l\r> mart. lie was a bright ati'l ittv senater in 1ST ii, and?led the fij.it.:! campaign against Atlanta?was mentioned I'm* I' m.'ivvi --and I always esteemed him as imuof the best e(|ui|i["i d and most ea jtible >! nur younu politicians. A tew years a^n he i|uil poll tics ami went to firming. I hoard ill t he hud settled ou a thin piece of land with poor prospects, and. in common with many of his friends, thought he had dropped out of aHairs. At the last airrieultiir.il convention he eloclrilied the older farmers of the State with the details of the most astounding live years' firming ever tlono iu at solfrfacrn" State, and is to lay more talked about in the State than if lie had served in congress twenty years. 1 have heard the record of his wonderful work several times within the pa.-1 lew months, and the eomm -nt with which it is usually gnu-ted is, "Id'-u't believe it." 1 simply say that 1 have the authority of at least three excellent gentlemen for the truth of t ,e following to liu points : l-'ttrman started work with sixty live acres of the very piuivst. laud iu t.iiddl: tieorgia live years ago. The !i*st year lie made eigi t bales of e ?tton on the sixty live acres, or hvs than one hale to eight acres. This shows tliat.il was the poorest of scrub land. The second year lie put .") f .) pounds of compost to the acre, at d made twelve bales III* Ihlflit I w!i >1M lt<> in I., oi .li* l?-'l .? The third year lie used 1,1100 pounds of compos! in the amy, ineivu-e 1 the yicl 1 on tile ti5 acta s to 2i> li.ih'S. The fourth year lie used 2.0<?i) pounds of compost to the acre .uid i jcrcuscd his crop to 17 bales on 05 acres The lit ill year he used -1.000 pounds of compost to the acre, and has crop is certainly above SO to the 05 acres, an 1 any roach 100 hales. lie has done all his work with two plows and eighteen uiys extra plowing. His official and detailed statement shows that the total expenses were ?2 .'MO. and hi.- net prolit ?2,7-5, a line rocorcd on a two horse farm. In addition, the land t li.it was worth S5 an acre five years a^o is now with >Ji<M an acre. .So with two males this year he his raised at least eighty ha Is ol' e 'ton, 1.00(1 bushels ol oat.- and J 00 bush ds o.' Corn. Isn't that a bettor record than he could have in.oh in con^iv.-s Hasn't lie done the State more <p?nl by this deni.lustration than he could have done by ten years of political speeches '! WHAT .Mil. Ft; It MAN SAYS All JUT IT I had a talk with Furmaii t i-day. He is the very picture of health, prosperity and intelligent enthusiasm, with a perfectly independent income, an 1 the secret of a better one in his hand, ho is truly a happy uiau. 1 lo said to mo : "When I determined to t 1 farming, five years ago, 1 saw that it would uot do to farm in the old way 1 saw (armorsaround me getting poorer every day, though they worked !iko slaves. 1 saw them starving their la id so that each year their yield was scantier, and their farms loss valuable. I | saw that it wa> still the plow following the a\o, and that as fa->t as a finner starved one piece of laud he cleared out a now piece. With S'lU.UU'J immigrants pouring in'o iiiis country annually, and tin; public domain virtually preempted 1 realised that this wasteful system must stop somewhere and soon. Worse than all, I saw that my own land rented lo small farmers WAS IT) J'EU OKNT ANI> I.l'SS V.\!< L'A 151, K than it was a few years and that it would soon cease to pay me rent. I knew that Meorgia was blessed with tlie best con ditions of seas >u ami soil and that, if properly treated, it#woit!d yield largo results, i . i r V . a < .i 1 lU' li ioif Mifni >1 III? liens "1 lilt' |> IrI est laud 1 li.ul a id went to work. Tliulir.it i t111 11;.'. of coll'sc, w;:< I" < lirieh the soil. To il tliis (Iktu wis hut ouo way to leod it, and to ??ivi; it more fool t .ins tlio urojis to ik I't u:n it?a oil a hove a!! to ^ivc it tin1 |?r< :j?or | fuotl. I Know that ?-? 11 tin phosphide manure-stimulate! tin' soil so that it preduced iioavy cr 'j'.s f.rawliiio and then lull oil". I wa led none of this. 1 ili.l not believe ia Foil analysis. That Was not cx tut enough. Ti'.sl'IMi TIIK A I'I'K i'l'l'i: <?: ' TIIK KAItlTI hit I wanted was to k11 i\v exactly what perfect coll m plant took liom tnc s That ascertain al. then to restore to tin; soil exactly those rh ino its in I sfoer <1 a tntisy than the crop had ab.-tr icli d thcin. This is the basis of intensive tannine, and it will always make land richer year alter year. I lisd a cotton plant analyzed, and found that 1 needed ei^ht elements in my manure, of which commercial fertilizers furnish only three and the soil only one, I therefore deterniii ed to loiy chemicals and mix them with humus:, muck, decayed h ave.-, stable manure and cotton seed, till 1 had secured exactly what was needed I did so. and at last produced a per feet compost for cotton I then ascertained that my crop of ei_'ht bah'- had lakeu out of each acre of my land as much of the con.-titu nils of cotton a- was In Id hi _u<> pound- of my j compost. I tin rel'oie put oiUI pounds of coinpo.-t on each acre, restoringdouhle what tin- i r< j? <>l lln' )*"?r b I'Hc It:. I ta<>nt. i ll.- ro.suil \v;is that I iii:i<1v linn-bu!<-> -xtr.i. 1 tl.i-ii r wli ii th tw. lv,- 1.11 ' !i:ttl lnk< :i '>iil .ili.l in nl<- iv.i tif, tlir- K ilri I ?i- iil'l' tl tip- i< it. .;: tin it. xt .r .m i j:>! f vi \ >< V i 1. .! - li! 'tiik-tin ..11 1 j \ i! linVr lit loiM eighty ' i>111 <1 l v li i cntmriii ]. i) I muietiscly. 11 'TO are my figures ? 2 O i l poiiiiils i'1* hiv compost easts ?7.2.">. or >o.l)D :i t!iou-iii l pounds. The first voir I put .*>00 pounds i.i the acre?cost ?1.S0 an acre. or J? I 1 I for ?' .*> aeres. lint my crop i rose i'roui 8 to 12 bales, the extra 1 lilies j oi\in_. mo ?200 surplus, <>r ?SI> net en my i in inure. The next year my manure | i 1.000 p iiuiils to acre ) cost ?2.'ll; hut J my crop iucrei-eO to 2."? bales from 8 on ; i utunauuri'.l land. Tiles.; extra bales eive , i ina S-7.1 I or ili't nro!ir mi inittiiro ill' Sail! ! i Tlii* next year i used 2.000 pounds per aero ' at co>t of 87 25 an acre or 8171 for total ; lint my crop went from S to -17% ties. i*ivitij? j increased iiicniu ol" 81 ,050, or not over oo>t lot' inauuro of about 81,500. This year I i ; used 4,000 pounds to aero, costing 81 I, 50. ! or 80 12 for total manure. l?ut my crop is at least SO bales with tliis manure, where it was S wihout. This increase of 7 ? ha! :? is worth 8Ii,ti00 Deduct cast of manured 8050, aihI have 82,050 as the prolii o use of manuro. 1 an Avr.it mjr' or^TfiRElT'"thk AC It K. ' Where will you stop i:i tliis progres v'? j I MUII . "I don't know. I shall double iny maunring next year, putting 8,000 p oinds to the acre. I believe I will get 1 .~?0 biles Irom (lie (?."> acres, i h<?pj to push it up to three bales*an acre. 1 have a lew acres on which I put 10.000 pounds ol" compost ::s an c.xp M'itut, and every aero ol' it will give too three bales this year." ".Mr. Warlhcti raised live bales ito the acre' "Yes, but left his latnl pjorer. He posited i's, stimulated it. ami t ink the very In art out of it. Alter taking off tny eti"rt:ious cu p. 1 leave my land richer than he!' re. I eultivate my sixty-live acres with two plows, and 1 will make 150 hales with tluse two plows on sixty live acres. That will he glory enough for nie, an 1 will he a rvelation to the world. I believe 1 will get ninety bale-.s this year wi'h two plows. 1 have already picked thirty hales and the best judges say hardly one third is yet picked. This is un astounding result, and simply shows what ititcti-.ive farming will d v11K ruUML i.A roit YIH: CO.MI-OSY. "llow do you make this compost?"' 11 ere is tny formula : fake ihitty husheis Well retted stable i manure or well rotted organic matter, aI Laves, muck, etc , ami scatter it about three ! ' inch s thick upon a piece of gr mud so sitI u .1 d that water will not sto.i I on it. hist | | shed off hi every direction. The thirty j j bushels will Wiigli ab >ut nine Iran hi: ! : pound- ; take two hundred I' Minds ol' good j acid jili ojMi.itr, which t'i.-t m ; ifJli it J per I ton, delivered, making tlie lidO poinds cast fll 2.~j, and lull jMii i !i kaiuil, which coat I uu 11v tin: ton if 1 I. delivered, or !' iviils ! | for lit;) pounds, and mix lite acid phosphate ; mil kaiuit thoroughly, then scatter evenly on the m.iuure. Take next, thirty bushels i j green cotton seed a?4 distribute evenly over j the pile, uliu. wot ib cm 'thoroughly; they I will weigh^vnlDO'vJfnn lied p muds, t ike I again two hun<5Vod pounds acid phosphate ' j and seven 'hundred pounds kainit, mix, and I spread ovor hfr-toeed, begin again on the tuanure and keep on in this way, building 1 up your heap layer by 1 ayar until you got it . | is high as uouvunicut, the cover with j inches of rich earth from fence corners, and j j leave at least six v.ccks; when ready t i haul t i the iield cut with a sp id : or pickax sij'i.iim j down and mix a> thoroughly as p issible. Now, we have thirty bushels of manure 'weighing nine hundred pound-, and three I hundred pounds chemicals in the lirat layer, an 1 thirty bushels cotton seed, weighing nine hundred p e.m Is and three him Ired | pounds of cheiiii'.'als in the second layer, j and these two layers combined lunii the perfect camp ?st. V'Jtt perceive that the weight is 2,-UM) |i muds. Value at cast i-: o() basil* Is cut tun seed, 1-} cts. I? 7 a Id!) pounds acid phosphate. 1 ">() 1 liiM) pounds kuiult. 1 -10 ; St tble manure nominal. ** Total. (?JJ, ti.J ! Or I'd" - i p Minds a total Valusof S'.l tja. i j This uiix Ml re makes practically a perfect] j manure l a* cotton and a splendid apjdic..- j i lion lor corn. " This restores to the sad everything; the i Cutt >:i to ik from it j "Kxcvpt silica, which is in the soil in i inexhaustible quantity. So that when you put in a larger ipiiutity of these than the ! cotton took out, your soii is evidently richer." You da not believe in commercial lerliii iters J:i u i ertai.i respect. There are many I'eitiliz is lit it are in id with a view to showy results that really parch and imp ?verisli the land, besides taking ail the farmer's I cash. I do Hut heheve in lliein. lillt the I clidiiieals i hat are prepared fir com post in 4 : arc very reliable, and We caul I not do with , . j out them. I he secret o| suee< ss is Luring 1 these chemicals judiciously and composting j with leaves, iiuuitls, cuttoii seed, etc. *.0 farmer can succeed pcriii.iuciitiy without j coin postim;. The greatest w.i. te in liie i s milli is with stable manure. Many I n iiitiA \ never think of saviair it In Ohio tin: coinpost raised on one aa acre larui, Irani ten i iiu.ul "I li.irs s :i!nl tliitty lioa'i of cati| in ! ' OIK' V '.ir. W is i* (:: 1 i(<.' 1 1>V llio S tali: ? 11? III i.-l at : :i (i.V?, InJ .1 ID.O'IU |. mils ! , to tin; acne, UJ ado a Hot j-roJil of td'JO :ii j ' wcr,?- , , . . ' AimtliiT t'liOj? loiit our larincis 1 > j | tint ajiproot'ito ootloii to. 1 I a at ? :?. > ; noaror in l>t i:iu a porfoct I rliii/or linn any I ono lliin^ in tii \\ ; ! !. An l y< t <<i 1U > i dU'l In i ! - * ill at :.iw j. jL u v. I i ?' a trill 1 tin i 1. ail. 'I in ..j \ nil ilo not !> *lijv : in o 'it ?ii I .tills I tli-n 1 I ? I til": ' I'l 1 ! i- jo ! I T'ti'l i i'vrt i 1 /. w :?flor the o.l is extracted as b lore. The trouble i'. when it i< sent ??> the oil mill it never comes h:iek Omv made i.i'k?> iviithi meal it is sea' to Holland tor stock to > i, :uiJ the tleorti i t'lnn is rol> bi d of it. "You s .> the 1! i^lish or northern f.irmer can all ir l to ?uv more for it linn we nil, because lie leeih it to !ii- stock, ami then saves tli* (lrop|?ino.s of the stock In this way he fattens his cattle with it and still u-c.s it as a manure alter it h is |icriormeil this function. We il > not reach (lie ee uio- | my because we li ivu'l the stock to fce<l it to and because we do no? save the manure of the stock we do feed. The ideal system wiijiM be to take the seed to ail oil mill, sell the lijjht to the oil. have the piv.-si d cake returned, fee 1 it to stock and then return it ! > nit* s"il in tlii! siiapc I'l droppings I10111 tin* animals. This will come in time. It is oiio ol t!io results of llio intensive system of fanning, 'l'lio tnoro inaniiro wo uoo?l lor compost, tin* more she -p and cattle we'll of dollars annually from the failure to pen our stock at night. There is iiocxoii-o for any Georgian staying pour or starving l?is Intnl. "With his e?>ltoii seed and stable manure saved and composted with decayed leaves, pine straw, etc., any farmer em become rich if he wauls to and double the value of his laud in three years." "llow much couipost should bo used to the a ere '{ "It is hard to use too niu.di. In France the average is 20,000 pounds to the acre. A Georgia farmer will hardly average 100 pounds l) the acre. 1 will average 10,000 pounds next year. .Nothing navs so well.' ll.r.v do you .so.itlor so much to the acre ?' '"Simplest tiling in the world. I star :.t two-horse wagon thrunoh the hold. I put eight negroes with hall' bushel baskets without handles under their amies in the track dI each wagon. They silt the com post out of the baskets as they walk along, and have their baskets lillod 1 Tom the wagon." I have ohangod the position of my oo'.toli-rows Ibur inehes to the light every year, so that the eompost would he thrown in new strips every year. In this way I h ive fertilized my whole Held, instead of enriching the same rows year alter year. 1 shall h jrealtor broadeast it." "Your whole secret then is cheap and intelligent manure, and plenty of it?" "Yes. I've shown you the money profit i;i manure. I 've shown you the added value it gives to I and. There are many other advantages. You make your crop miiekcr and will le.-s danger. 1 made last year?mark this?17 bales on 05 acres in three months and live days. It was planted .June 5th and tlm caterpillar finished it on Sep tciubcr lUlli. 1 showed the agricultural society a stalk live foot high with l"ti bolls by actual count on it. The seed from wliieh this plant grew was planted j list fifty nine days before. Cotton grown this way can be picked with half the cost aud time of ordinary cotton. On my cotton land this year 1 raised one hundred bushels of oats to the acre, and after cleaning oil the stubble 1 planted the cotton, one stalk of which 1 showed the convention." UI course in your live years of study you have discovered other improvements in cotton planting "Certainly. One is not to drop the cot ton seed in a continuous row, hut simply to put a lew s< i-d in the hill where you want a plant. l>y strewing the seed in a sprin kled row there is a j^roat waste. A eottuii seed is like an eitir. W'I.eu the chick is horn there is nothing hut t!i shell h it. When the so -d has sprouted there's nothing hut the sheli left. The fertilizing power ol'thi.i seed is hist. Worse than this. It draws from the soil lor the elements that make it urow. It is lull to deplete the soil in this way lor two weeks at least, and U theii chopped down, leaving only one out of twenty plants loyrow to fruitage. My plan is to pi nit lour or five seed in a hill, the hills t? stand in four feel stjuarea. Of theso 1 Would i>t two pi ants to the hill ?;r<>w to perfect ion. it takes from two to lour bushels of.'till to plant an acre in the old way Uy piy plana peek to the acre is eii'-ii^h, and the soil is 11 L drawn oil to support a multitude of surplus plan!.. (V?r two or three [ weeks.'' . . I , 1 f ' Is Jti.l II11 !l ^ III Killt' I l/t NjU l .S l.letlel drill tin; old way ' \ t s, cotton i> a sun plant iiikI needs room lor its routs When cramped to I 'J or lf? inches it cannot attain its perfect ^rowdi. My aim is to put tin- plants two tujictlicr in lour fool Mpiait s, ami average To to 1 .V) hills i? (lie plant. This will jt'Ve inc a pound of see 1 cot ton to the plant, or three biles to the acre." lit: >KVK!t Hi IKS III-. COTION. ' Wii.it ah .nt hoeing' your cotton ?" I ii vi r o eh l with a hoe The "ro\t t!i ol cotton comes Iroiu the spreading lilaim-nts dial ieach oil'. from the ro >t an 1 feed it If tlie: u are destroyed the "rowth stops till dr y are restored. I am s.ili.sli d thr-" lioein^s lost me i i^htccn days ol <>m\vlli, or stx days eaeh. 1 run a shiliuw plow a! mo the < .Iton rows, ami never "o deep i-ii .noli to cut the loots. I'ut there are more details in wi.ieii men may dillcr. The main tiling is tin* intensive .system of ma iieriiio ;m I (lie hu-hamlin^ all the drop pin^s ami v.a-i > i tin.- la.an com,. ?l. I call lal si:^ Iti'i aero ol land in fieor^isi, ami ..t a nominal cost can hiin^ its prolineti n Ir '."i a si::lii .-I a h li to three hales an ai re in live v |... Any man can do it" 1 |s ymir sy#t un :o-itimr many lullowora." I "My t- i u.l :ir adopting t! in: n pi hi, a .1 ire v< rv iinicli eiieotii i. unie ! w ii i . is are iny f-ruiula. I : i\ iit r i H!|.; i i.?. :: i ! r ; iMiiiji ; ! : J 1 * I 11?1 ! . i r ilia I I I '? ii' l ( l '!l ? p "i I . 0 uit*iit th in anything in years. Tin- inctitbei* did ii>t ivlidi my statements, I s.iw plainly. I They s>?nt Mr. hi t\ (irier. tin* si nvt try. ! In Millt tlj?? v 11c tn Mr 11 iv ci'i ps and verily ! my st iteuteuts lie is tn <1 iv the most en* | thusiustic ma:i in (Jcorgiu over the system I ! am workitit; mi." j "You understand," added Mr Kunii in in conclusion. "tli it I have no possible interest i in this mutter nut si lt of ti.y crops. 1 liuvo ! no receipt t.isil . no plinsph.it.", no fancy seed, tin ltiiil \\ hat I have done h is been with c ilium a seed on p. or land, with cheap manure, and any man, without price or purchase, can do what 1 have d ue I am satistied to make my ninny out of the round, and I want none from my fellow farmers ' ' Are yon enlarging your work Yes. hut slowly. The dilli.uiliy with us all is Hi at we try to farm too much land. I'm good for ?1>,000 with two mules and sixty live aeivs. Next year I II beat this. Iii ilio meantime, I nut 'bringing up" twenty live new ncris. I never want ovurono KSssasa*^ rfftiy ore t Ton on U>' :7l eddes, : 11 the corn and oats 1 need.'* 4-I am anxious," ho added, ' to see my plan adopted If it is done we shall hive the best State in the wotld. Why, look at France! Her rooupi rativc power is the wonder of the wot I 1. And wit it is it based on '! Simply that she can raise two crops one of these a lentil crop ? in one season. Hut in middle Georgia I can raise three crops per season on a piece of laud and leave it richer than when L slatted, viz : oats, cotton or corn, and peas. There is nothing like it. Give mo 100 acres of 1 in J like the (id I own now, and 1 don't want an orange grove.or a factory, or a truck farm, or anything else. lean live on my 100 acres of Georgia scrub land like a king, and lay up money every year. Any Georgian can liavo this in five years, if he wants it. The rulo 1 have followed will bring it, ju-t as surely as the sun brings heal and light." And yet the best class of the State University graduated lawyers, (i j innialists, and not a single farmer. 11. W. ( i . ? . o Amu r an liAisi.ikit Comkp. ? In vi w of the reigning uncertainty as to iho coniet of 1NS1, it may bo timely to reproduce liom tin! I' rbaaa ( 111 ) ('oustilulioii of May, 1 <Sf>7 , the fol'owing iutercst'iig but irreverent speculations touching tiie cornet which was expected to strike the earth ou .lutiu llllh of lliatycar : "Zimmerman, :fter observ ing the *ei ittcr' carefully with the in-trunu ills of the I rb itta brass band, comes to the conclusion : " 'That the comet will not strike the earth ; but. " "1 bat if it d ?cs stiike it it will never d> it a second time. "'In anycase, however, to any geulleim.n who holds opinions diIll-rent from the above and is willing to back bis views to a limit, ed extent, in order to arrive at the truth in this momentous matter, we hereby make the following propositions: " '1* We will wager $20,000, more or loss, than if the comet offers to strike, we will dodge it before it docs; in other words that it can't be brought to the scratch. " '2. A like sum that, if it docs strike, it will be knocked higher nor a kite. " '15 J'weuty-Iivc times the above amounts in case the couict strikes it won't budge the earth six inches by actual measurement. ' 1 A like amount that after the Comet strikes its tail drops. " An optional sum that the earth can knock the oi.net fuithci than the cot: et can knock the earth, nine times out of eleven. ' '(?. Thai after the e unet is through striking the earth it will never want to strike anybody else. " 'These propositions are intended to e ver the ease of any gentlemen on this globe or on the c on t or elsewhere. Mon iy to be deposited in the banks of Newfoundland. " 'Time of striking and other arrangements to be fixed by th" p irt ics. ' I V t.i.lm ...i- r.... I : ' . . j j'livuaiio I'M l/V" ?3 ll.l > U it 11^ lit I 'J select any (vtiiict they choose.' " o - Cotton Skkh Oil,.? It is only a l*? %v years since both m ister and servant indignantly denied iliit co'.t >n seel in any siap? Was ever used as human lb id; new the refined oil is as generally used in the cuisine of the rich as in the liinpl.: diet of the poor A year's experi nee in using it as a substitute* for various other fats has given convincing proof that it may take the place of any of them, for frying purposes it is superior, as it does not scorch as rjuickly as anything else and gives a richer flavor to some things, like Indian meal pancakes. It is excellent for frying fi>h and doughnuts ; the latter do uoi fit soak as readily as iu lard, and tho oil left ovt i- even better to use again.? Mrs. II* <S'. 1 humus, in Rural A Vic Yvrfc o Never let go a good tiling ) u I jaliy liavo for a better tliiiigabout which there is some doubt. The dog in the laLle who dropped a piece of meat to snap :.t a shadow Went hungry the re.?t of the <1 iy. A Willi uii>hai^ debating socic'y is no vin.; il.-cli" uji to wiv.mL- will, tin: (jiiCttion, Wli.-n :i wuiiiiiii .ml a tii(>r.:-o mi ct, which i I in- 1 I i'i ii| II- 1