The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, December 13, 1881, Image 2

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I 9 V s " . - THE A1KEX RECOHHEK. I .aw IS«*“ Cli.VH. 15. H. l»KAYTOV. I'^licor. TERMS OF THE RECORDER. Hf useriitiox Hates.—One copy, on*- v«*ar, $2.00; six months, $l.t)0. If |>ai*I in advance, one copy, one year, $!••>(); six months, 75 cents. Ai>vekt!8IX<» Hates.—One scjuare. first in-ertlon, $1.00; ea<*h suhse- «|uent insertion, Si) cents. Ooitimrie- at regular rates of advertising. (V>MMrxicATioxs must Ih.* «cer»mpa- nied hy the true name and address of the writer in order to receive at tention. Rejected manuscripts will not i»c* returned. • the Lien pi aiers. It will he seen elsewhere, in our re port of tiie Ijegisluture, that the repeal of the Lien law has l»«*en defeated hy the decisive vote of 70 to ."7 in the House, upon the question to strike out the enacting clause of the hill. This is what weexpeeted, and we are glad we have not heeu disappointed. The Lien law, while involving many strange incongruities of finance, equity and economy, is a law which a(Iordc»d to our people in the years immediately following the close of the war the only means by which they could give the necessary security for rehabilitating their shatt<*red homesteads and gear-: i-iXiisLATiviS riujcFi:i»ixc;s. Drief SnniRiarj - of the Most impor tant Is'gl'.liition of ilic AVcck. < 'oi.t'Mhia, I>**c. 5.—The thinl week of the legislative session began this morning witli neariy ail the memliers of the Senate at home enjoving a re cess of three davs, and a siim att*-n- dunce in the House. The bills to amend the election laws, to regulate the railroads and remodel the Consti tution were postponed for furthureon- sideration laMbre a full House, a’>d on ly routine matters of small public im- Isirtance were taken up. Uf course there was some speaking. The follow ing are among the bills introduced: ity Mr. Hissell, a bill to exempt tiie County of Colleton from the provisions of the Act to regulate tiie sale of intoxicating liquors in this (oiuted for rfhe te iis graduation. Section l,i)71 of r-Iiip in the Univ* d so as to provide ■aim accepting such beretit i tiie common schools of from which hr was^ap- tenn of two vears after ries of sehol was amend every studei t shall teach i the County 1» id »f tlse Hotul law was amende/1 so as to make the agesrbe- tween which js-rsons shall be liAlde to road duty from Hi to 50, in allfthe counties; aiul section 1,072 wasnnujud- ed so as to exempt from road “t>-aehers and students of schoolsfiud colleges, ministers of the gospel lers who are employed on mil!? | farmer to store up tire forage from Ids fields for winter food for horses and cattle. Rut of tins I feci assured, that i there is no landowner xfutlioii* of hi* : own inhrtxfx who will refuse to fur nish pasturage for Ids tenants during summer at least, and also during win- Asriciiltiiral Department. mere, TC KK1)A\, DECF.MBER 13, 1W<1. juj. to tiie ploitf the jaded war horses ■ State, approved December 24, 1-S81. I assembled our peop! ! without A Word of Caution. Representative men from ail see- tioim of tbe Htate are now in Columbia, who are the exponents of decency and civilization and the | honor and glory of the Common-, wealth. Now then is tiie ap]M>inted time to take friendly counsel concent- : ing the methods by which (lie next campaign is to he conducted. The first thing to be done is to recognize ; the fact that every effort is being made by our enemies t > organize the battai- , ions of ignorance ami ajmstacy into a | formidable phalairx against us. Any one wlio expects to see the Democracy ; walk over the course as in the last election will meet with a sad delu sion. Already we have notice Shat the dans of ignorance are to gather in February. They are to be bolstered j up with money and brains from other Htates, and when the campaign opens : itinerant Republican politicans will | be here to give them personal aid and ■ comfort from tiie stump as well as from | the eomniittei-room. There is no use ! to blink these probabilities; the better plan is to accept them as facts and i clear our decks for the hardest fight I that was ever fought in South Caro-j linn. We, therefore, as a preliminary stop j to organization, advise that a search ing investigation be made as to the ' best means for obtaining a full and fair expression of the popular will in the primary assemblages of the party, wisely on tin By Mr. Williamson a bill to amend Chapter C VTI of the Revised Statutes j relative to the time to be allowed coun sel in the argument of cases in courts i of the State so as to allow two hours in court and one hour in the Supreme Court subject to limitation of the pre siding judge. The following were among the bills passed: A joint resolution to author ize the county commissioners of Aiken County to pay George Edmondson a claim of five hundred dollars, j A joint resolution to provide pay- iccept this view of | ment of the clerk, messenger, and -contingent expenses of the commis- j. , sion appointed under the Act to pro ve believe that a v jde for the appointment of a eontmis- which, after all, is I sion to consider and suggest amend ments to the Constitution of thefdate. A bill to regulate the laying out ; i and working of new roads and high- > ! ways. After getting through with about; 1 one-fourth of the busines on the cal endar, a very interesting little skirm- i ish was brought on by a motion of Mr. S Fierce, of Anderson, to take a recess J : tinliil half-past 4 o'clock. This was ! | voted down. Another motion made ; ! to adjourn, and this shared the same I | fate. Divisions were demanded on ; both motions, and the yeas arel nays j were called on tiie motion, the vote ; J standing 35 yeas to 52 nays. Another; j motion was then made and adopted to I take a recess until halt-past 4 o’clock. which had borne our veterans on the battle-fields of the Lost Cause. It cannot l>e denied that in those years >uld hardly have existed it. A large and respectable portion of our citizenship still look upon it as a beneficent and equitable law. They feel grateful to it for its operations in tiie past, and believe there is still a field of usefulness for it in the future. While ve do not tiie case, we are glad it has not been repealed, hocaiist measure like this, regulated to a great extent by the laws of supply and demand, and which in volves no infringement of the personal rights or liberties of the citizen, can safely be left to those who utilize its provisions for the establishment of the necessary cheeks which justice, common sense and sound economy will naturally suggest. We do not desire to enter into a dis cussion of the Lien law, as the news papers throughout the length and breadth of the State have rung the monotonous charges on this subject for months past; hut we do say that if the objections to the existing law in tiie House barely a quorum tvas present, some of the members h:\ , in<r gone home. No business of impor tance was transacted. • , __ Hook Farming vs. Experience. [BY 1IOBKIRK.] , Seeming differences constantly arise ter, where cane or other swamp growth ; from a mere misapplication of terms, is available. This arrangement will! and this is never more evident than t be a matter of contract between land-j in the ease now under consideration, lord and tenant—as it is in every I In advocating the claims of what is 1 country where cattle are confined culled “Book Farming,” \re propose to within boundaries—and no good ten-• be liberal, and admit that those who ] ant will lind cny more difficulty in , rail out at “Book Farming” mean to ill- i obtaining protection for his cattle than condemn theoretic farming as distin- I nit | in procuring house room or garden guished from book farming, for it ! ml must be admitted that books may be ! written with no theory in them, but of j merely containing lists of expert-i nients; writing or printing cannot! change a spoken or acted fact; but while we are thus liberal, we propose to act aggressively in behalf of theo retic planting, not defensively; we! carry the war into Africa, and claim | that theory must pre-exist before prac- Reduction AT HIIOIfSAH AND RETAIL FOR DASH O WING to the short cotton crop and the high prices of provisions, we i determined tootterour very large and carefully selected Stock of • BOOTS SHOES IHA.T working at least >ix rfftys iftVhe i privilege*, i»* required, for himself. week, and tiie Warner for live diA's.” family. Cori MinA, Dec. lo.—In the S*l fate j Third.—There is another feature Mr. Henderson offered a concur-ent the existing law in its economic resolution for the appointment »if a ! aspect too little understood. From the joint committee of three fromj the impoverished condition of our people, fsenate and three Irom the Hon? e to from the scarcity of timber in some consider the invitation of Dinfctor j sections and of Tabor in others, tiie (icneral H. L Kimball to the Leg isla-j great bulk of the fencing in Aiken ture to attend the Atlanta Kxposit ion. i and Barnwell Counties is merely ilie resolunon was adopted, and ! nominal, a sham, not a reality. Hun- Messrs. lienderson, >> alker and ins- j gry and vicious stock roam thecountry sard \\ ere pointed on the part ol the j and invatlt* the plantcil fields at all i .''■elude. i seasons. Home cattle hook the fences FOIl FA LL A XD FOR FALL AND FOR FALL AXD WINTER TRA DF. WINTER TRADE WINTER TRADE AT REDUCED PRICES!! AT REDUCED PRICES!! AT REDUCED PRICES!! Orders by mail receive prompt and careful attention. We extend a cordial invitation to all needing goods in our line to examine t ice can be of any vul ue—that approved our Btoek, as we are confident they will save time and money by so doing, practice is valueless unless sustained by theory Agriculture is a science, and for the down and droves enter after them, j thousand theories which teach of the Hogs and pigs penetrate even our best ; growth of plants, etc., there would be fences. It often happens that both \ no practice, no experience in agrieul- ! the corn and cotton crops are materi- ture, and no experiments whatever ally injured in this way during the | have been made but for a pre-existing The Stock Ijuxv—A Vigorous Pr<Jlen- whole summer, and the production i theory. tation of Arguments in its Fav >r. seriously diminished. In addition we ! No practical experiment in agrieul- re/v . f ■ i ;/-.r /•,. .7^,.. have much bitter feeling engendered j ture can be of any value unless sus- ncuor oj iiicsiiLtn Jiccoxi i. among neighbors, and now and then tained by reason, common sense and At first an opponent of this la w, I bloodshed. | judgment, and as soon us one exercises have come at last to lie its advo ate. On a careful consideration of the i these faculties he is theoretic; but if I make every allowance, however ' for whole matter then, I have come to the we were to demonstrate all these prop- those who oppose it, for they amt un- conclusion that it will be best for the ! ositions with logical and matheniati- doubtedly conscientious in their <jppo- i State and all Its citizens that the Stock ! cal precision, we would meet with the sition. ▼ ; law should A>e passed, and I should reply “that is theory,” “that is book The merit of every public metfuire | regret much) to see any County ex- j fanning.” We, therefore, propose to is best determined by the applicsteion 1 eepted from /its provisions. It might illustrate our position by practical ex- ot that golden rule, “The greatest good | be well, if practicable, that an amend- | perieiiee: to the greatest number.” Argued ment shouhl be made extending the I First.—In 1845, a year memorable time for the/hiw going into operation, for the destruction of the corn-crop of so as to a fib*, i an opportunity for the people to jlisposo of their surplus from that point of view alone, i^ani now convinced that a general rkoek law is one of the best measures which the present Legislature can pass. I shall lea Ye out of consideration all questions of political expedtenoy— questions which, I am sorry to have hitherto had too much w attached to them. I shalh^dso i ail questions of abstract rigi even enquiring upon what prim dock, wide! ficed eo’ year and in the face of so respectable an opposition. We regret that they did not act as Stock law, but hope it The .State Convention is too small by i will flicker out in defeat at the hands half for such an important body, and | of the Senate, if by never so small the Congressional and Solicitor’s Con- ! a majority. This is no time for radical „„ ,, of social polity, short of Commur i lie cause oi <ul t:us voting v>as the ; jj. c ,, 0 s-essions of one can be inv coming this morning of the Humpty | ) 1V jj,,, s wore even greater than they are al-1 1)11,1 l>‘y tro ; >P Clmrleston. The leged to be, still the members of the ^•raKo nieinoer ean’t 'vork for the Tr ’ . . . tetate when there is a show m town, House have acted wisely in refusing a u ( j the scarlet uniform, brass band i to repeal it in the face of a hard crop and innocent donkey were more than tiie statesmen could stand. The grand street pageant” took up sm, ded ck of another, or a tresA a . s , i witli impunity by rtfi, lieh world lie punishejj j by the stor committed brute, which _ done by its owner, and proceed at i O discuss tiie matter from a pi utilitarian point of view. . ; First.—In the first place South|£’ar tlu ‘! olina is not, and never will lie a .f i otherwise iniglit be sacri- utting the market witli Kappa. Williston, S. C.) Dec. 8, 1881. i Tire Cotton Planters in Convention- Atldref^ul' Hon. Geo. B. Boring in Ati ant a. the State hy drought, a friend of ours made a splendid corn-crop by this ac cident : Early in April lie had plough ed and hoed over his young corn, it was in beautiful order, but his cotton crop was not ready for him; he turned rigid back and gave his young corn another thorough working. TJie re sult was that his corn was so pushed forward that lie laid it hy on 21st of May, and a fine crop was made before the efiectof the drought was serious. Now here is a practical experiment of WM. MULHERIN & CO. 722 and 933 Broad St., Augusta, Ca. AtlantajyDeeembor 7.—The Na- the I tional Cotton Planters’ Association great valure when theory is applied, if | continued in session to-day, and trails- j but if used only us practical oxperi- ventions are shameful farces and in- xcusable insults to our civilization. tlie.se things are to continue, we prepare for defeat and disaster, he people have already stamped from Existence County Conventions and es tablished Primary elections, from Much there can be no bolting and no and they now, demand that they’have u-reasonable voice in the poufination of State officials, Con gressmen and Solicitors. The boss and caucus system lias had its day; but the necessities of the future and he experience and intelligence of our iople demand a more enlightened tern and a freer and more liberal ression of their hile ours^presO changes in our established modes of; tiie militia bill doing business. Our State ing under the rule of oeratie administration. Let us try and preserve it. Let our motto be “Justice to all—oppression to none.” Let us avoid the introduction of nov elties in legislation, and devote our selves to tiie building up of the indus- , liueot march about the time themem- ra j g i n g it, lacks the lime|^. )e j ! K ‘ rs " ere going to the t apitol and has | foundation for the production of (those i been the general topic ol convoisation . geju^es essential to the proper to-day. „ t • I opement of cattle. Its inhahnunts Con'MBiA, Decemher 6.—The husi-j must, therefore, limit their !^j>ck- rnising to domostie purposes, andreon .. .. . tine their operations as t'armcrsclfj.qiy llie section provid- to cotton and cereals. Their a; in the House to-day was devoted to routine matters and the discussion of • State is prosper- | in £ a lov .V of one-tenth of a mill tax i \ tn 1 was bitterly oi)posed, but the section an honest I>^»-j i ilia ily passed by a vote of 59 to 37. '#F.e House adjourned to 11 a. m. to morrow, tiie use of tiie hall having been tendered to the Alumni Associa tion of the South Carolina College. Tilt Senate met at 7 p. m., but with- pbia we earnest 1 insider Chest; i«ta daj^ ve men are in ^iope that they ns. We sug- Jy early the .c together to arrange a plan for a more numerous representation in the next State Convention. By tills means they will confer additional authority and dignity upon the nominations of that body. We do not recognize the Congressional and Solicitor’s nomina ting caucuses as anything but no-callcd conventions; because, first, of their in significant numbers, and next from out transacting any business adjourn ed until 11 o’clock to-morrow in order to accept an invitation to be present at a meeting of the Alumni in the Hall of Representatives. Columbia, December 7.—In the Senate, the committee on agriculture submitted majority and minority re ports on a bill to repeal all Acts re lating to agricultural liens, excepting landlord and labor liens. The major ity report is unfavorable and the mi nority favorable. Ordered for consid eration to-morrow. Mr. Smythe presented a petition from citizens of Aiken County against tiie passage of the stock law; also, resolutions of the Democratic club of Shaw’s township, in citizens of MeTier’s township, Aiken County, against the stock law. Tiie bill to establish a general stock Senator Blair has introduced a i aw um i a large number of other bills bill for the support of common schools j were received from the House and ap- whieh o.t.ii,i.1 toa u iiiitwiniii nn*.! oropruitelv leteired. trial and educational interests of the State, conferring the benefits of a beneficent and honest government upon all alike, regardless of race or color. Let us strive to harmonize and solidify the best elements of society under the banners of Democracy, for the preservation and dignity of our civilization and for tiie honor and welfare of our beloved State. This is no time for experiments. A porten tous cloud is gathering in the distance, (tNve should nrcnarti^to me<4. it NOTES AND COMMENTS. ]*> •115,000,000 will be used the first year and $10,000,000 each subsequent year until the aggregate sum is exhausted. Senator Teller has introduced a simi- the fact that under the present system j appropriating *10,000,000 an- they are generally made up of defeated j nmi Hy among the several States and candidates for the State Convention. Territories according to the number But whatever they arc or whatever they may be called, we say abolish the miserable absurdities and establish a means, either by a convention of de cent numerical strength or in any other way that may be suggested, to obtain an authoritative expression of the will of the party. We want our best men—men who will confer dignity upon the offices they are expected to hold, and who can aid us manfully in the next cam paign; and the way to get them is to give the rank and file of the party a fair and free expression of their opin ions and a decent representation in tiie deliberative bodies of the party. We have alluded to thiiAhiatter be- of their resident population M ho can not read. The amount so apportion ed to be applied to the education of children between the ages of six and eighteen, without distinction of sex or color. We should like to see one of these bills pass, but as such just and sensible measures generally have a hard road to travel, we suppose the day is far off when the South will be aided in her efforts to educate the newlv enfranchised negro race. On the line of the Pittsburg Erie It. It., a fire occuved on the 10th inst., in a farm hoarding house, by wiii'-h ten men were burned to death, three more will die and eight are seriously burned. The lire was caused by the C n k<>r<>«(*ne hum,. The Th fore. We now invoke the attention of our representative men and the press | explosion of a kerosene lamp, generally throughout the State. 11 is j house was a place for laborers, a most important malter, and in the ' lower story was used as a kitchen and interest of that party by which alone dining hall and the l<>ft furnished we can hope for the continuance of!'l^eping accommodations to forty-five good government and prosperity in the ■ men. i'he combustible nature ot tiie future, we respectfully urge a most building together wth the fact that careful, candid and fair consideration ' the loft was covered with straw upon of its merits. • which the men slept, and that there — ! were only two small windows by A Miserable Mail Arrangement.! <!u “. v col,M tho stails or ! ladder having been cut olf by the We desire to call attention <>f the j (!;inillSj sufficiently accounts for postoffice department to the fact that tural enterprises should legitims expand in this direction, and all^ retards such expansion is a viob of the laws of political economy/ it is evident that cotton and e< under our \vretched fence systetj only be cultivated after a lieav; penditure t>f money for fencingi poses. Bui the landowners of Carolina are not capitalists, in faj chronically! impovt extension A>f arable acreage fit barrier in ’ that poverty. Here I we find an obstacle to material] perity not only aiieeting the owners, but every class and eonq of a rural population, as I will ently show. The one item of fjj stands in tjie way of many a pj enjoying tiie fruits of the vei possession ^>f which lie has with rigid ffconomy, yea, 4 i moniously j for many a 1|'‘ this item tlieu an eneui land ioherrnt in the. made .so lf>y Statutqf m ItJJlf the nature c direct] in its nature, If insidious of all taxati strain® upon the usufin I’ublie policy seems t Why? That the promiu _ of the* citizens should roam at over the State, “monarehs of a purvey.” A stranger would nat coneiude that cattle in South Caf are either highly venerated, lii: Egyptian apis, or that they are breed of excellence so surpassing demand that their free paste raj common should outweigh State p 1 perity, agricultural advancement the rights of private property.-, what would he his astonishmen told that the stock that roam over woods and along our highways Lnd byways are little better than ferae naturae, and such as a skilled gra zier would scarcely recognize as fit for market or dairy purposes, evan if propagated under the most favorable circumstances for three generations. If you will take Into consideration the vast amount of capital sunk in agri cultural fencing throughout the State, the loss of thousands and thousands of unproductive acres, you will see what a price we are paying to bolster up this w re tolled state of thing.4, de scended to us from Colonial times, when the (State was sparsely populated, presenting almost one continuous for est. In fact I doubt very much whether the (Saxons suffered more under the Forest laws of the s Con queror and his successors, enact.ed for ; the preservation of game, than the nut his purpose to provoke public dn-t f. irmers of South Carolina are irom emsion, he would now move to lay I year to vear enduring umler the pres- his previous motion on the table, lie ! out operation of the fence law. ,'hieh contemplates a national ap- ; pi’Dpi intely reterrect. • r ,i,, nAA f . The Committee on Public Buildings ropnation oi $100,000,000, of this sum ro p 0r t e( j unfavoraldy on the petition of the City Council \>f Charleston to remove lioudon’s stafqe of Washings ton from the State eapicvl to Cljy^J^s- ton, with a joint resoluthiy jj^Tiumeu- ding that tiie statue be susably moun ted and placed in a conspicuous loca tion about the State House grounds, the pedestal to be made of native Carolina granite, and the Superinten dent of the Penitentiary to furnish such labor and material at his dispo sal as may be requrired. The following passed a second read ing and was ordered to be engrossed for a third: Bill to authorize the con solidation of the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad Company and the Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad Company, under the name of the French Broad and Atlantic Railroad Company. In the House a number of bills were i introduced, ami the reports of thesev- I oral committees received, after which i the House took up the election law, I tiie question being a motion by Mr. Parker to strike.out all of Chapter 1, j relating to registration, excepting See- ■ lion 1. Mr. Parker said he had before j explained his object in making tins ; motion. He was aware that the ; friends of this bill were prepared to ; defend ’.hi?, feature ot it, but as it was acted regular business, ti. 8. Com- i once, it would be of little value, for it missioner of Agriculture Loring de livered an address on “The Mutual Relations of American Industries,” in the course of which he said: “The re lation existing between the cotton plantation ami the market, created by American manufactures, is deeply in teresting to this Association, which represents that great branch of agri culture. 1 learn from the ‘Cotton Movements and Regulations,’ com piled by R. P. Salter, member of the New York Cotton Exchange, that of the total crop of 1870—71 of 4,352,817 bales, 1,110,196 were consumed in the United States; of the total crop of 1874—75, of 3,832,901 bales, 1.193,005 bales were consiunes in the United, and of the crop of 1880—81, 6,005,750 bales, 1,988,937 bales were consumed in the United (^tittes. The increased home consuiruJtion during ten years, 1, was 828,741 bales. _.t :• is more important, eon- 'o_f£ fact that the loss of eot- n the English market is _/o cents per pound in freight, irges and loss of weight on etc., and the average price, -81, in Liverpool, was 6 48-100 Pand in New York, 11 .34-100 )er pound, the advantage of the :-an market being nearly 2 cents hind to the producer. This im- >t relation will continue to in- in value. As American man- irers extend the home market is ad }<nt] will vmdaubtedly pr »- tse inAie average yield ■‘v'— the cr«p in the cotton ranee being made for dif- :his sc now that’ ■ i nays, which re- 0j» the mail matter for Graniteville over the South Carolina Railroad from any point south does not reach its destina tion until the next day. In other words, the mail from Aiken, only five miles distant, which leaves on the 2:29 p. in. train is carried through io Augusta and returned the next dny f by the C. C. A* A. R. R. The difficult v arises from the fact dreadful loss of life. that there is no regular carrier to re ceive mail matter from the 8. C. R. R. trains, therefore the citizens of an im portant n anufaetnring town like Graniieville hare to wait until it is carried over into Georgia and then transferred to a railroad which hap pens to have a depot conveniently near the Graniteville post office. This mat ter has been a source of great annoy-- Hiice for a long time past. We take this public method of calling the at tention of the proper authorities to this matter, feeling assured that Post Master General James, so celebrated for efficiency in his department, will speedily rectify the nuisance. . I 8malls trios to make himself very amusing, in Washington, by illustra ting the manner in which lie alleges ids constituents had red peper thrown in their eyes at the last election. He is oven said to execute some very won derful feats of sneezing; but while all lids may be very funny, he will find it very unprofitable. The lion. G. I). Tillman has gone to Washington to serve his full term, and so Smalls had better return to Beau fir t and go pos sum hunting, as they are said to be plentiful and very fat at this season of the year. Ir is rumored that the prominent Republican leaders in this 8tate are to hold a meeting in Columbia, sometime in February next, for the purpose of maturing plans for an active State campaign. Pivminent men from other States are expected to be present, and the corruption fund is to be drawn on freely.* Mr. Isaac Basset has been door keeper of the Senate for sion, ht pivviou j called for the ’> l suited yeas 59, Mr. Johnson thought that his course ! ion ibis measure h.;d disclosed sufii-j eientiy to the House that he was in j i favor of the hill, to which there were | . strong objections, and as it was one of j | tiie greatest problems ffi’ legislation j i upon which they had been ( idled to j | act, and as it was now apparent that i j the session would be prolonged, he deplored haste, and regarded it as ein- | incntly proper that the large number j who concurred in his views should : have ample time to consider the bill ; and put it in such form as would re move tiie objectionable feature, which ! would certainly defeat the bill if its | passage were pnssi-d now. He moved i the po-iponement of the bill until the 120th. The bill was postponed by r a eonsidcra >le majority on division, i Columi5ia, Dec. 8.— In the Senate the Committee on tiie Judiciary re ported unfavorably on lull to prevent trial of a defendant for misdemeanor unless personally present. Mr. Smythe, in behalf of the Sena- j f ;u q j s j tor from Aiken County, presented the i jjj s • petitions of citizens of Aiken County protesting against the passage of the stock law for that county. The following were ordered to a ; third re. ’ing: Bill to alter the times for holding the Courts in the Second Circuit; Bill for the payment of the .expenses of the Commission on the j Constitution and their expenses. In the House Mr. Sawver introduced Second.—I have hitherto viewed the question from a landlord's poiat of view. Let me now see how it affects the poor tenant. Following the law of supply and demand, thc.reut of land will deregulated by scarcity or plenty. As the area of arable land extenils, so rents v. ill diminish; as it is limi so rents will increase in proportion. ; I have already shown that under our ! present law the area of temfhtble land j is limited by the capacity* to tend, and i that capacity is limited by want of ! capital. Tims say twelve acres of land r )il and dlimate. This art icle diversity of farming, be adopted here, will do velope the agriculture of i. It is undoubtedly true he cotton belt needs variety of crops to" fill the vast unoccupied acres not suited to the cotton plant. Nine-tenths of tho superficial area of these States yield no production in agriculture except in a limited degree in pasturage and wood product, but three acres in every hundred are in cotton, which occupied one-third of the bredth of land actually cultivated. Tiie cotton urea in 1879 was 14,402,438 acres; the area of the ten cotton States is 45,000,000 acres. The cotton crop is not evenly? distributed in these States. The whole mountain system of the south slopes, as well as the summits and broad table lands of high elevation, are suited only to products of high temperate latitude, mixed Sinning, grain growing, darying and orcharding. It is grown mainly on the limestone belfr of Southwestern Georgia, Central Alabama and West ern Mississippi. In general terms, one-tenth of the counties yielding cot ton produce half of that crop. Tiie largest average yield per acre, accor ding to the census, discloses local belts of greatest productiveness. The rich est cotton land in the States is on tiie Mississippi, above and opposite Vicks- burg. To prove the superiority of this district are East Carroll in Louisiana, Chicot in Arkansas and Washington in Mississippi, respectively, which stand the largest rate of production in these States and in the cotton belt, yielding in is79 but little less than a fade per acre. The second best dis trict is also on the Mississippi, and represents the best yields of there States: Dunklin in Missouri, Lake in Tennessee and Hickman in Kentucky. In the same way* are grouped Chero- ed, j kee in Alabama, with Polk in Georgia and Marlborough in South Carolina and Richmond in Nortli Carolina. Nine counties north and east of Ral eigh, N. C., scarcely a tenth part of the State, and an adjoining district in * Southern Virginia nroduce all the are worth $5 per acre; to fence ttelvc acres requires an expenditure of(4,U00 rails at *10 a thousand—*49. Wsithu- have a ta.x of • 0-j per cent, imposed on the land before it is tenai table. Here then is an essential reason why* the rents of farming lands in this State are out of all proportion totheir remunerative production and the area of land capable of cultivation ; so that it lias almost become an established aphorism in iny* neighborhood' that “once a tenant always a tenant.’| Tiie he poor man instead of ising condition of poverty* ip his labor, is rolling year after fceaf the stone of Sisyphus, “that nev stiii beginning toil.” Tiie who] tern is a dead weight around tiie like a collar of servitude, whi does not even see in its true ligi cause hi 5 ? attention is divert I 11 of that State. The President, e crop while presiding wears a suit of clothes made for him i yesterday from cotton that was pick 1 ed in the morning of the same day. Through to Hie Pacific by Kail. [New Orleans Democrat.] Five hundred and twenty-one days ago, the work on the Texas Pacific was begun at Fort Worth and gradual ly the track traveled westward at the rate of one mile daily. Five hundred would teach that, under all circum stances, y r ou must turn round and give your corn a second working im mediately after the first. We happen to know that this lesson has benelitted others more than it did our friend who taught it. He saw the fact, others the fact and theory; he ever since pushes Ids corn by early and rapid working, but he did not learn all the lesson, amt discovered that the early working was only the part of the cause of the good crop, the not working it late did also great good, for he sometimes now, after advancing his corn crop by rapid and early work, retards and impairs it by giving it a late and deep plough ing," cutting roots when they are wanted for the maturity of the plant, while the theorists learned the whole lesson, and practice rapid and early* work, and ‘let it alone severely’ at the proper season. Second.—We have planted oats in June, August, September, October, November, December, Janurary and February*, and are satisfied that on our sandy lands October is the best month to plant. We have soared black oats, white oats, red oats, etc., and are satisfied that tiie red oats are very far superior to any of the others. Now a son settles a part of the old home place. ^Jhall he commence try ing experiments with all these seed and in all these months, in order that he may learn by experience, or shall he on tlu/other hand take the -e — L * ' L'* 1 **-••*■» 11 nmrely ^because Daddy did so liCii apply theory* to practice, has seen iikJJie end tiie benefit of ids practic; it nmy or may not be the best. Let him examine the reasons; he will find as to tiie time of planting July and August will not do, in sandy lands, for the heat and drought will kill out the oats. That September is unsafe, unless you can keep down the oats by pasturing them, as they will root and fruit, and be killed by freezes in winter. November, December and January are too late, for they will not get well rooted before heavy freezes will probably kill them. February is too late, and there will be danger of rust, drought, etc., while in October, the roots will have time to get hold of the earth before the freeze, and the early? maturity will push them ahead of rust and drought. As to the seed lie will find that the red oats is the best for the reason that it does not take rust, and that being a month earlier than most other oats it escapes drought, as the winter and spring sup ply* of rain is sufficient to make it, if not a drop fall in May. Third.—A and B, two planters, years since applied manipulated phosphates to their cotton, two hun dred pounds per acre, each found that it added about four hundred pounds (400 lbs.) seed cotton, per acre, to the product. Now here are practical ex- j periments, successful and very satis factory*, and both these planters de termined to push tiie phosphates. A takes the practical experiment alone. He finds phosphates g< ad; he not only persists in their use, but he applies them in excess, puts even four hun dred pounds to the acre—wears out his land. Ilis cotton “tires” and “blights” by* the loth of July, and lie “damns” the manufacturer of the phosphates tor his own fault and folly. B on the other hand “theorizes,” lie learns from “hooks,” that his soil only needs four elements to grow cotton successfully, and that manipulated phosphates on ly profess to have three of these, the other being absent in the soil; lie looks-,. around and finds he has that element in abundance in straw, leaves, muck, stable manure, given crops, etc. He continues to apply his two bundl'd pounds of phosphate, but he supple ments it with some one of these ingre- wliich, in addition of other values, supplies the element missing in the phosphate, and he goes on year after year, improving his crop and* im proving Ids land, at less cost than A goes to in diminishing his crop and ruining his land. Now, Mr. Editor, do not these three illustrations, for the truth of which you will vouch, demonstrate that ag- ! Myers & Marcus, Jobbers in and Manufacturers’ Agents for DRY GOODS, NOTIONS HOSIERY BOOTS SHOES CLOTHING. T HE undersigned would respectfully inform the Merchants of Aiken County that their Fall and Winter Stock is now being received, atad in price and assortment is unequalled by* any that has ever been brought to this market. A special feature of our business is the estabi^nlunent of a WhouTssle boot, shoe m hat housF Entirely distinct from our Dry Goods, Notions and other departments. In out new store will be found the largest and best selected stocks of Boots and Hats we have ever had, and we feel satisfied that it will be to the interest of pur chasers lo inspect our goods before buying elsewhere. ZMTX’IEIR.S «Sz: IMZ^YZROTTS, 286 AND 288 BROAD STREET. - - AUGUSTA,, GEORGE THE DRY GOODS EMPORIUI -A.TTG-'CrST.A-! Avoiding, as heretofore, the senseless rant and boq hast so prevalent in Dry Goods Advertising, we pr( to our friends and the public FACTS, solid, stuhboi facts, that cannot be truthfully disputed: WE OFFER THE FINEST, MOST COMPLETE AND BEST SELECTE1 STOCK OF DRY GOODS EVER BROUGHT SOUTH. WE OFFER AN ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE AS TO PRICES AGAINST ] EVERY MARKET IN THE UNITED STATES. r. •r«!i WE OFFER EVERY FACILITY TO THOSE WHO WISH TO INSPECT] OUR GOODS; AND WE PROMISE PROMPT AND CAREFUL AT TENTION IN FILLING ORDERS INTRUSTED TO US. FINALLY, WE CORDIALLY INVITE AN EXAMINATION OF OUR STOCK, ASSURING EVERYBODY THAT NO MISREPRESENTA TION WILL BE PERMITTED, AND CONFIDENTLY RELYING ON THE MERIT OF THE GOODS AND OUR GUARANTEES TO GIVE AMPLE SATISFACTION. mmAiJL. & ARMST ice. He " IflMIH STOCK OT W CAW P URCHASED FROM THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS country, are offered to the Trade, our Friends and the Public*, at l?ock Bottom Prices ! Body and Tapestry Brussels, Moquet’s Velvet, 3-Ply Ingrain Carpets, alL qualities Crumb Cloths, Door Mats, Hearth Bugs, a full liueof NewCnromos, flair Cloth and Upholsterers’ Trimmings, Floor and Table Oil Cloths, Lace- Curtains, Cornices and Bands, Window Shades (all sizes), Piano and Table Cov ers, Wall Papers and Borders, French Terrys, Curtain Goods, Cretonnes for Lambrequins, China and Cocoa Mattings, and a big stock of goods in my line. JAMES G. BAILIE & SONS, Old Original Carpkt Store, 713 Broad 8t., AUGUSTA, GA. Fresh Stock of Groceries! Brooms, Scrub Brushes, Long handle and short handle Hair Brooms, Tubs, Pails, Clothes Hampers, Clothes Baskets, Market Baskets, etc. All of which I offer at the lowest prices for cash. JA3IES G. BAILIE & SONS, Old Stand James G. Bailie & Bro., 113 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. Bowles & G -WHOLE,SALE AND RETAIL- 2 TREE*] N°- 717, B ROAD S -A.TX G-TTST-A.;, - - C. H . LUDEKENS & SON -DEALERS IX- and twenty-one miles of iron have ' t4 )e mere following of instinct, to been laid, and Thursday evening, De cember the 1st, the Texas Pacific and iling, j the Southern Pacific were united at I-s. sys- the great Blanco Peak just as tiie even- ; leek, | ing sun was sinking in the West. | i lie | Tims lias been accomplished a dc- ) , be- sideratum that lias been longed tor by I riculture, like any? other pursuit above be uceessful inns( combine Theory and Praetiee, “Book Farming and Expe rience'" d (from All of the South Carolina Congres sional delegation have been sworn in, and although Stollhrand, Sam Lee, Smalls and E. W. M. Mackey are pres ent, tiie chances of successfully con testing any? of their seats is improba ble. Mackey roams around Washing ton-like a hungry? wolf and threatens Congressman Dibble with trouble, but the Democratic minority Is too strong for the Republicans to try? any radical experiments, and so Mr. Dibble may? w'ith tolerable safety count on relain- and the other day* Judgi from Ids seat as President, called at tention to the fact and wished 1dm, in the name of the Senate, health and happiness. It was a graceful act pleasant to record. a bill to ascertain the inrt< htertm -s of ; the public schools of Aiken County?. The bill to repeal the Lien law came ! up as a special order. The morning I session was taken up in its discussion. Nearly* ~h dozen speeches were made „ | on bothside, and tiie House adjourned n.iy years, , )en ,jj n g {j. e discussion. David Davis, ; ( om/miua, Dec. 9.—In the Senate ! the bill authorizing tiie consolidation 1 of the Atlantic and French Broad On Thursday* the 8th inst., a theatre in Vienna was destroyed by* fire, and the^people of tins section. Slowly*, j i* estimated that six hundred lives the real source of trouble by* spfdous ! day* by* day, the wearied laborers toil- j have been lost. The fire was caused generalities about the tyranny « the | ed on, while their course lay* over wide 'ty artefeet in the electric apparatus, rich man and the selfishness of llnded i and arid plains where but seldom the ! lot* lighting tiie building. Subscrip- proprietors. Pass tiie Stock lar and j foot of white man had ever trodden, ! ^ions to the amount of $28,000 have there are tens of thousands of iban- and the sound of the workman’s mat- j been raised on the Bourse in aid of the donert fields, choked with woe< $ and tock or the carpenter’s hammer for the j suflerers, and the Austrian Emperor undergrowth, but rich in miner I and 1 first time broke the sepulchral silence ; l»as give i a large sum. vegetable ingredients, which will team , that had for untold ages brooded over i m with valuable products under t Inf land ; tiie solitary Texan plain. ) ?r, IRK E of the joekies got thrown in the hurdle race at Charleston on Sat GROCERIES AND CONFECTIONERIES GROCERIES AND CONFECTIONERIES GROCERIES AND CONFECTIONERIES IMPORTED AND DOMESfiC WIHESXlIQUORSj^CifiMS^I The news from Texas of the 10th ; inst., reports tiie murder business un- 1 usually brisk, so much so that coffins ! are in active demand. Four murders , and one suicide are reported as the net ! results of that day. Ex-Senator Frelinhuysen will prob ing his seat io the end of his term. 1 ably be Mr. Blaine’s successor. Railroad Company and the Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad, under tiie name of tiie French Broad and Atlantic Railroad Company was pass ed to a third reading. In the House the bill to repeal the Lien law was taken up for renewed discussion, and defeated by an over whelming majority, the vote standing j means of support. Our usagesnerw yeas 70, nays 37. ; if depended on for sustaining ea ;le in The special order—being a bill to winter, wouid prove starvatio and revise the General Statutes—was taken ! cruelty to the beast. Coasoqi ntly, up and tiie reading resumed at Section j instead of turning our fields ito a 934, and continued to section 1,0”J- ! common after harvest, itfis th< duty Section 1,027, relating to benetjeia- of everyone worthy* of ix’tfng c^ied a ! the solitary? Texan plain. oi honest, earnest and unlraiiiAelied | The mountains of the Southwestern v.,.. toil. But it is alleged that the i nant Territories groan under the weight of j i ( rdav"one of them wits seriousl v hurt, may* have a milch com and oth< * cat- ; tiie precious metals they bear, while j horses, however, avere uninjured, tie essential to tiie support f his i wirtefieldsMiiereout cwopptngsof coal, j consequently the sport was not inter- ^ ” * * ’ how is io to iron, lead and even tin are visible, i runted. them. ‘ his is j have been seen by adventurous pros- 1 family, and it is asked provide pasturage for no argument against the Stock iw at j pectors who, at the risk of their lives, all. You may as M*ell say he uis a { ventured over the mountains where mule or a horse and ask how h is to j tiie Hill Apaches hold their ferocious feed it, having no land of his own. i sway, and explored fertile valleys He must, of course, make pro ision j where the Apaches of the plains have for them in planting his crop His j always made their home. These pre- j stock must be in proportion > his { cious metals are the legitimate prop- ! usage*"OM- ertv of tlu* neonie of tfiK sootino tru-: Grant, Cameron, Conkling and Arthur M ill get so mixed up before long that it will be difficult to tell who is President. ^"Clothing Made to Order. Clothing Made to Order. Clothing Made to Order. Cutting a Specialty. Cutting a Specialty. Cutting a Specialty. Laurens Street ----- Aiken, S. C. HEW GOODS! The Grant erod'd have all got back erty of the people of this section, tor ! to Washington and have made ar- they, and they alone, are the natural rangements to stay, get rich and grow jioHsessors of that vast unknown ter-! _ ritory that will now be opened to travel and traffic by the two great railroad lines that were but a few hours ago united at the Blanco Punk. Congressmen Tillman, Evinsand Dibble have drawn good seats and all ■' sit together on the same row. T IS WITH PLEASURE I INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT MY STOCK . of Goods is now [TPTklT And invite an inspection before you make your purchases. Best Goods at the Lowest Prices. I will also pay market prices of Farm Produce. Don’t fail to see my? HAND-MADE SHOES Made CLOTHING. Respectfully, I will gel/ you the rit** for all kinds and Ready- 0. XL Henderson.