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& ■r -- - Ov »- THE AIKEN RECORDER. CM AS. E. H. DHAYTOX. E.litor. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1W52. CITHRENT KVEXTB. —The Wllliwton and Elko Actde- mioH have Ixtter patronage than for years past. —Oen. Grant pays #1,000 a year for his pew in Parson Newman’s ehureh, in New York. —There is some talk of starting a Republican paper in Abbeville County for the political campaign. —The week’s failures have been greater than the last, with the South closely lapping the reckless West. —It is stated that the Hon. James Callison, of Edgefield, is a candidate for the office of congressman at large. —The smallest percent, of illiteracy In the United Btates is in Nebraska, and the greatest is hi Bouth Carolina. —The National House of Renrescn- on Thursaa tatives passed a bill on Thursday last f raming a pension of #5,000 a year to Ira. Garfield. —The Georgia Agricultural Society met in Augusta on the 14th Inst. Two hundred and fifty delegates were pres ent at the meeting. —Senator Kellogg goes in for a whole hogshead of Goverment pap. His Louisiana appropriations amount to nearly a million of dollars. —Oscar L. Baldwin, late cashier of the National Bank of Newark, N. J., has become a gate-keeper in the State prison at Trenton, New Jersey. —Gen. Gordon and his brothers, MiwiMmirsm&v , cent speculation in the south e.t.A. TILLMAVS great triumph. “Well, You’ll See. IT1 Make Them Listen to Me.** These were his words to the corre spondents of the A'ctt’s and Courier and the Augusta Chronicle before speaking, and nobly did he redeem his pledge. On the afternoon of the J5th Inst., at 3:30o’clock, under v?ry unfa vorable circumstances, Geo. D. Till man sprung to the front at one single Ixaind, and demonstrated his intellect ual vigor, force, originality and elo quence to the assembled wisdom of tlie nation, amid the cheers and plaudits of an usually undemonstntive audience. His hour expired and the gavel of the 8]>eaker came down with an emphatic nip. “Go on, go on EDITORIAL BREVITIES. —Park ham Adams, aged dent in the University of Tennessee, is dying. He smoked forty cigarettes aud'inhaled the smoke on a wager. —A negro tramp, named Graves, from Oxford, Ala., was taken with disease in Cartersville, Ga., a few days since, which proved to be smallpox. —A new cotton mill is to be built in Hpartanburg. Fifty thousand dollars have already been raised. It is pro posed to make the capital of the com pany #200,'WO. —Capt. D. II. Sally, of Johntown, recently received a large lot of im proved implements to be used in the preparation of a large area of rice land which he will plant this spring. —The cotton market has been in a great state of excitement during the ujfcSt week, and many men in New York and New Orleans and other large cities have been ruined by speculation iu the staple. —The Columbia Rcgixtcr says: It is rumored that T. E. Miller, the colored Republican Senator from Beaufort, lias received a government appoint ment at Washington, and will resign his seat in the Senate. —Mr. Barnum has just had his new baby elephant insured for one year for #.']00,G00, paying a premium of #1,000 a week for the insurance. Should it live, the baby will be put on exhibi tion in New York early In March. —The residence of Mr. L. L. Kreps, about four miles north of Ridge Spring, was robbed and fired on Saturday night, the 11th inst., during the ab sence of the family. Loss, about #1,000; insurance, #500. No clue to the per petrators. —The Saluda Argue says: To fight down the spirit of Indepcndentismi in politics this year will require the united efibrts of every true blue Dem ocrat In tlie State. Stand by your colors, give no quarters and seek no compromise. —A Louisiana paper says that a negro by the name of Jeff. Jones rent ed they cried, and by unanimous consent he did goon, and from tlie depths of a cultivated and well stored mind he demonstrated with the clinching force of a mathematical demonstration the necessity for the popularizing of all our legislative assemblage*. Right ill every principle he announced, he swept on like an electric current, car rying everything before hia unanswer able logic. The time has come when Northern and Southern men know how to rec ognize and admire each other as citi zens of the greatest nation and most wonderful country in the world. The Republican members from New Eng land were among the most gratified biiti UviixbK-d oi his auditors. Whuii ic elucidated the theories of that mas ter mind, John Adams, who has left 14, a stu-J the blessed stamp of liberty upon our popular institutions, where that other great mind, Alexander Hamilton, w ould have hud all in subjection to tlie mailed hand of the one-man —lE&'rtsret .* w « planted in cottcfa, from which he gath ered ninety hales of full weight. He gave ten or these bales for rent. —The ten plagues of a newspaper office are bores, poets, cranks, rats, cockroaches, typographical errors, ex change fiends, book canvassers, delin quent subscribers and the man who always knows hoiv to run tlie paper better than the editor himself. —One of the recalled Chinese stu dents. in a letter to an American frienu, says: “The first two weeks we had a pretty tough time of it. The officials thought w'e all had our cues cut off and had Yankee wives, and all sorts of nonsense; in fact, they thought wo were perfect barbarians.” —A savage attack w'as made recent ly on a detachment of the Salvation Army In Sheffield. A procession, headed by tlie officees of the army, was pelted with mud and bricks by the jiopiilaeo. Four standard-bearers were dnigged down by the hair and one man was very seriously injured. The police made no arrests, nor did they interfere at all. —The appropriation bill fixing tlie number of Representatives at 325 passed the House on Thursday last. Tlie present number is 293. The basis of representation established by the bill is 151,917 of population to each congressman, which will give South Carolina seven congressmen instead of six. —In recognition of tlie courage shown by Prince Bismarck the other day in the Reichstag, in interpreting and defending the Prussian Constitu tion, the Emperor meditates conferring some higher military rank on his do- voted chancellor. He is already a gen eral of cavalry, attached to the Seventh Cuirassiers. —On Saturday night, 11th inst., the night express train was boarded by robbers somewhere between Branch- Ville and Orangeburg. They threw out a case of clothing, a lot of bacon and other goods from a freight car. A colored woman who hud a hand in it lias been arrested, and others will .probably be caught. The parties were nil whymf.- power, the men of New England felt that we are again indeed one people in mind and sympathy as well as in ter ritory. Three hundred, said Tillman, should sit in the United States Senate, and eix hundred in the House of Represen- ta^ves. With this increase of mem bership these bodies would be less liable to corrupt influences. The ad ditional expense of $2,000,000 annually to effect- this reform would be an actual measure of economy, from the fact that it would save millions to the country that are now squandered upon swindling jobs under the corrupt pressure of the lobby. In this State our primary assem blages of the people are too small, and the same principles applied by Colonel Tillman to the National Congress ap ply with equal force to the Legislatures of New York and every Southern State. Tills splendid speech on the apportionment bill covers eight of the large donble column pages of the C’on- gressional Record. We regret that we are only able to find space for the fol lowing eloquent extract : “Mr. Speaker, I rejoice from the center of my heart that a better day appears dawning upon this country than has been witnessed since the war. I sincerely believe, as I have stated, that the war was brought on very largely, if not entirely, by the small representation of the people in their Federal Government, and that nothing will serve so much to restore cordial relations as enlarged representation upon this floor. ivrmi N«.rUi and The debt of Charleston is #1,000,000 less than it was ten years ago, tiud a half million dollars less than it was^ a year ago. The total debt now stands* #4,204,050, making eighty-five dollars of indebtedness for every man, woman and child, white or colored, in the city. Mr. Wit. E. Robinson, of Brook lyn, X. Y.. commonly known as “Old Richelieu,’’ has recently had a most bitter wrangle with Secor Robeson, of New Jersey. If they hail been .South ern men it would doubtless have been curtly called “plantation manners.” The Egyptian Ministry have deter mined upon the abolition of slavery. Such a news item may read stran’ge, but, nevertheless, Africa, which has supplied slaves to tlie world for cen turies, in the i——^ f»»^ rt t nmvillf.Ti,g. department of the earth to give up tlie nefarious institution. of equity, right and Agricultural Department, qtate of south carolinN, , „ , t County ok Aiken. Thebii is a formidable insurrection in Virginia among the Readjuster gang, and a resolution was offered last w eek In the Legislature by a Senator requesting Mahone to go back to Washington and attend to his duties, and not try to shape legislation in Richmond. * This looks healthy. Augusta was so crowded last week that the hotel accommodations were found insufficient. The Messrs. At kinson, the popular proprietors of that elegant establishment, tlie Globe Ho tel, were sometimes compelled to turn away as many as fifty applicants for board in a day. This speaks well for the acknowledged merit of this popu lar resort. Tll*i iiermit ASI ATICS I of Education has recommended an appropriation of #50,0!X) for education al purposes in Alaska. Send the money to South Carolina and help us to dis pel the darkness of illiteracy by which we arc encompassed. The seals of Alaska can’t learn how to read, but we can improve the condition of the ne gro—and the Federal Government ought to help to do it. were so once, why not again: Time, vve have had a bitter quarrel, and oven a bloody war, but why should that longer keep us apart? The best of families will fall out sometimes, and when two brothers disagree, the one that forgives and forgets first is the better of the two. We must become friends some time, and why not now ? We have had but one civil war, while England and France and many other nations have had several, yet now they are one people, and all trace of discord has long passed away. In our family difficulty you got the better of it, and therefore can afford to be magnani mous; so let us say unto each other, as Ruth unto Naomi, “Thy people shall by my people, thy God my God.” With this end in view let us try to bring the North, the 8outh, the East and the West nearer together. I fer vently believe it can be done in no better way than by enlarging repre sentation here and increasing it in the Senate by admitting ^n hundred, or even two hundred, new'States into the Union. At the same time let us keep up a strong and numerous body of lo cal legislators in the States to protect their reserved rights. This is the way to make us truly “one and indivisible” and cause every American to exclaim with pride, “i? pluribun union—esto perpetua.” It was a grand forensic triumph by a loyal citizen and an upright statesman, and we hope it will be extensively cir culated through tlie country. Aiken County feels proud of her Representa tive, and extends to him her cordial congratulations. The ‘Weekly News is a most val uable and interesting paper. On and after the22d inst. it will be enlarged to an eight-page paper. We understand also tliat its agricultural column has been placsd in the hands of a scien tific and practical farmer, who will publish nothing but what is adapted to our latitude and climate. This alone will make it cheap to anyone desiring a good family paper. It is very pleasant to notice tho im proved and improving condition of the country press of the State. It is cred itable to our people, and affords tangi ble proof of the fact that the school master is abroad. Moreover, the ame nities of the press seem to be observed in a spirit and tone hitherto unknown. This is all right, gentlemen, we can not afford to quarrel with each other, for we have too much work to do. The honor, happiness and prosperity of our grand old State demands our atten tion, and we must not prove recreant to our duty. A PRACTICAL VIEW OF IT. —On Thursday of last week, the special order being resolutions of re spect to the memory of the late Mr. M. P. O’Connor, member of the House of Representatives from the Second District of South Carolina, eulogies were pronounced, by Senators Butler, Bayard, Jones of Florida, and Hamp ton, and as a further tribute of respect, the Senate adjourned. The Orangeburg Times and Dem ocrat says: “We are pleased to see that the State printing has been awarded to the Columbia Register office. This Is as it should be. The Register has done work for tho Democracy of the State, and we think it nothing but right and just that those who bear the brunt of the battlo should, have some of its snoils.” We coincide witb our Orangeburg friend. The Register is a patriotic and ably conducted paper, which has done the State a world of good, and whose services have never been properly appreciated. We wish It increased prosperity, and rejoice at this manifestation of proper recogni tion from tlie powers tiiut be. *—Tlie Atlanta Post-Appcal reports that a gigantic scheme is on foot, said to have originated with Mr. Edward Atkinson, which, if carried out, will abolish the cotton warehouses in tlie Bouth. It la claimed to be the pur pose of the company of which Mr. Atkinson is reported to be the head, ta establish ginneries at every accessi ble point near to and on all railroad lines, purchase the planters’ cotton in the seed, gin it, and, with tho use of the Dcderie prose, press it into bales of 125 pounds, and sell direct to the fac tories. It is stated further that it is of the company to secure > in Oglethorpe Park for the erne- gins and presses to manipulate coming into the Atlanta Our Duty ns Wo See It. The guage of battle has been thrown down, and we accept it. The Aiken Recorder belongs to the people of Aiken County, for it Is established in their best Interests. We regard the so-called “Party of the People” as an organization for the promotion of adiisk interests, and defy them at every point. With the Democratic colors in our hands, we will tight for the maintenance of a white man’s gov ernment, equal justice to all, good common schools and a plenty of them, open alike to white and colored, a free ballot and a fair count. Upon this short and well defined platform we are prepared to meet all issues. We have no private axe to grind. We want it distinctly understood that Ave are a candidate for no olfiee. Our sole ob ject is the promotion of the prosperity and the elevat ion of the dignity of our grand old Commonwealth. Address by Commissioner Butler on the Advantages of the Stock Law System. [From the News and Courier.] Augusta, Feb. 15.—At a meeting of the Georgia State Agricultural Socie ty, held in this city to-day, Col. A. P. Butler, the Commissioner of Agricul ture of South Carolina, delivered an address on the Stock Law. Colonel Butler said:— Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Society: .. In.rtapouiiO to tho invitation of your courteous secretary, I have prepared a short essay on the fence question or stock law. It affords me very great pleasure to meet with my brother farmers and friends of agriculture in my sister State to discuss questions of vital interest in elevating and further ing the agricultural interests, which I regard of the highest moment and worthy of the highest commendation. I will not consume the time of this meeting by referring in detail to the numerous advantages of this law, and possibly nothing I shall communicate will bo new, as this subject has en gaged the earnest attention of our most progressive and practical farmers for years and provoked a very able and interesting discussion in your Society at your spring meeting held at Ameri- eus, in 1878, but I shall endeaver to present the subject in such a manner as to at least interest you in a matter of such vital importance to the agri culturists of our country. The subject of the stock law is one that Interests almost equally all classes and every occupation in society, from tho man of millions to the hewers of wood and drawers of water. As agri culture, to which this law peculiarly relates, is tlie very source of physical life ami comfort, the only foundation of all material prosperity and progress, it naturally divides itself for discussion into two grand divisions: First, its moral, legal and equitable aspect de serves attention; and, second, as a measure of economical expediency it is entitled to the careful consideration of every 'p a tri°t'i c and u|iou principles justice. It is a vast sailing of labor ami ma terials, it brings thousands of acres into cultivation that would otherwise lie idle for the lack of timber for fenc ing, thereby increasing its \-alue. Lands rapidly improve when stock are no longer allowed to trump and graze there iu and out of season. No damage is sustained on account of fire and wind, no hedge rows to be cleaned annually, no time lost in hunting stock, no quarrels between neighbors about joint fencing. Tlie labor iu tlie early spring required to repair fences can be devoted to manures and com posts and to the proper preparation of land for grain, which lias always been neglected; it causes better beer, more milk and butter and fatter work ani mals; it permits farmers to sleep with out fear of finding their crops destroy- ed in the mornimr: checks the stealing of stock ; ai’oids the puckiu*; of lands, rendering them less liabic to wash, more porous and more capable of re taining moisture; causes more grain to be sowed, thereby encouraging a diver sified agriculture. These are not reck less assertions, hut the experience of the farmers in the counties of Houth Carolina where the stock law lias been in operation for several yean. But, aside from all the advantages spoken of and many more that could be mentioned, the no-fence law, viewed in a purely economical light, should" commend itself to our farmers. Iha\'e no doubt but that the annual cost of building and repairing fences in this 8tate equals if it does not exceed tlie value of all the cattle owned by the farmers of Georgia. Governor Hagood, of South Carolina, in a recent message on the stock law, says that “the abo lition of tlie boundary fences saves an- tq 11,10 .agricultural, industry twice as much money as is paid in taxes by all the industries of the State combined.” The Legislature of South. Carolina at its recent session passed an Act pro viding a general stock laAV for the State; but previous to that time se\ - eral counties had, by popular \'ote or special legislation, adopted the law, and it has operated most satisfactorily, even where it at first met with the most violent opposition, and now not a voice is raised against it by white or black, rich or poor, and no one can be found to agitate its repeal. The last census shows that the seA’en stock law counties made one-half of all tlie but ter produced in the State and nearly two-thirds of the cheese, and owned less than one-fourth of the milch cows; they slaughtered nearly one- tliird of the beef killed in the Htate and owned only about one-fifth of the beef cattle. Anderson County, the first to adopt the law, made 290,000 pounds of butter^ while Barnwell, where it was not in operation, Avhieh is tlie largest corn-producing county in the State, vitli 1,000 more milch cows than Anderson, made only 80,000 pounds. These, facts pr:>\ r e conclusively that while a smaller number of cattle are kept in the stock law counties, the quality has greatly improved. This is also proven by the fact that at the last State Fair nearly every premium for stock was awarded to the stock law counties, which shows also that the law encourages the hr ceding^ f better stock. In the debate upon the bill to pro vide a general stock law, in the South Carolina Legislature, several counties asked exemption from the Jaw upon the ground that a large part'of these counties consisted of pine batons and swamps well adapted to grusing pur poses and totally unsuited to cultiva tion. In one of these countie# the cost of tlie fences for one year wffi #3,000, and in another #2,000, in excels of the value of all the milch cows tu\d their products, milk, butter and cheese. The secretary of tho North Carolina Board of Agriculture writes.to n>C that-tlie_Iuu: h; giving tion in the counties of that 8’atowher it bias been adopted, and lie adds that wherever the law obtains a great dis position to be embraced in the territory affected by it is manifested, and that cattle, hogs and sheep, whil* fewer, perhaps, in number, are more valued and receive better attention. These statements are corroborated by the testimony of the people wherever the stock law lias been tried. The earnest co-operation of our sis ter State of Georgia, and the adjoining States, will not only be mutually ad- A’antageous to us all, economically, but will be the most certain means of quieting and eliminating this disturb ing question from our political issues. Tlie last census revealed the avou- derful progress of the South since the devastation of her territory by inva ding armies and the oppression of her >pprc people by aliens and robbers. The great International Cotton Exposition held at the capital of Georgia, the Empire State of the South, confirmed all the census had shown, and we sur prised the strangers and our oAvn peo ple by the magnificent display of our varied resources. If avo would con tinue to hold our position in the line of progress we must learn to adopt the best methods that Avill subserve that purpose. We must lie economical as well as hard-working and energetic. The adoption of the stock law Avill be a long stride forward in our progress, and Avill be but the forerunner of other equally advantageous measures for our advancement and improvement in the science of agriculture. »*ery patriotic and progressive mind. Under the first head, tlie right gnr his ■ Congressman Tillman. On faithful Congressman, Hon. Geo. D. Tillman, has sprung to tlie front and is getting iu some admirable A\*ork. Mr. Randall, stuff correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle, thus speaks of him In a recent letter: “In the House Mr. Tillman made a brief speech upon a point of order rel ative to the apportionment bill, which commanded the undivided attention of his audience. A leading Congress man, of national repute, said to me: ‘Tillman is developing gloriously. He has at last rewealed himself. He has come out of the chrysalis state and will be heard to some effect hereafter, because he ka* exhibited brains ami originality, and, unlike so many other*, talks from a full, exact and ca pacious intellect.’ All of wlrioh I heartily endorse. In this connection, let me add that my dear friend ana companion has lately become much more of a society man, and is sought for at all the eutartaiwuents ol Ute po litical wqtid.” of every man to the sole use of (»Am property might be enlarged upon, carefully refuting the proposition that custom can, under any circumstance, or however long continued, confer vested rights to tho use of another’s property. Custom can no more than might make right, of Avhieh truth the South has had a most bitter experience. Besides, our condition has changed since the establishment of the old effete system of fencing. On the first settle ment of the country agriculture Avas tlw smaller and comparatively insig nificant interest, ami therefore rightly made to protect itself by fencing from the greatet and more prominent in terest. In fact, such protection was rendered necessary by tlie M ild ani mals that roamed the forest in count less numbers. Nom* the whole situa tion is reversed; while agriculture counts its Investments and produc tions by hundreds of millions, hun dreds of thousands Avould tell all the stock interests. It is but just, there fore, and unquestionably expedient in an economical point of A’ieAv, that the dom' infinitely smaller must in its turn give way to tlie larger and all-impor tant interest. Under the second head of economic expediency the discussion might be extended indefinitly, with statements of an infinite number of facts, figures and illustrations. In 1871 the National Agricultural Department, in a report upon the cost of fences, estimated their cost in South Carolina at #21,230,890, including cross and boundary fences. It Is a weU es tablished fact that the cost of boun dary fences is about #4 per acre. The last census shows that there were in South Carolina 3,772,005 acres of im- f iroved land. Estimating the cost of >oundary fences at #4 per acre, it Avould amount to #15,090,420 for such fences alone. The duration of an or dinary rail fence is estimated at ten years. Yi’itli this annual depreciation of 10 per cent, and interest at 7 per cent, upon the investment, it is con clusive that the boundary fences cost the farmers of South Carolina annual ly #2,565,371. The abolition of fences in South Carolina amounted to a remission of ail State and County taxes for two rears. I regret that I had not the sta tistics before me for arriving at a sim ilar calculation for the State of Geor gia, but I feel safe in asserting that, if made, It would prove that the stock law would be equally advantageous to this State. The no-fence system is in the interest of the rich landlord and hia poor tenant, because it is based Cou- Rcproscntatiou in Democi-aiic vent ions. [From the News and Courier.] The subject to Avhieh The Aiken Recorder inifites attention is one of great importance to the State. We are disposed to believe that the repre sentation in the State Convention is too small, and it is evident tluit the Conventions which nominate , Con gressmen and Circuit Solicitors must he subject to personal infiuenccs'in an injurious degree. The larger the Con- ventions, the greater will be the strength of the chosen candidates. It would not do to make the Convention so lage as to be unmanageable, as in that event some committee or clique Avould control it. The State Conven tion could safely be increased in size, and larger representation in the Con gressional and Cireut Conventions would unquestionably be advantage ous. We doubt, hoiA'ever, that the Democracy would be Avilling to meet in ConA’ention this summer fur no other purpose than to change the rules of the party. [From tlie Greenville Ncm's.] The Aiken Recorder suggests that the membership of our Democratic CoiiA'cntions should be increased so as to give them more of a popular char acter. The Recorder is right. The greater number of men, within reason able limits, the more difficulty there will be in coustiucLing and operating n machine. The basis of representa tion should be the Democratic \'ote, and not general population. It is liot right that Beaufort, which can give no appreciable aid in electing a State ticket, and is represented by black Radicals, should outweigh Greeirvilie or Spartanburg Avith their invariable majorities of 2,400 and 3,000, in the councils of the party. [From the Anderson Journal.) There seems to be a growing senti ment in favor of increasing the repre sentation in our Democratic conven tions, in order to more completely pop ularize them. As to Congressional and Judicial conventions, nearly always conducted heretofrre in a farcical manner, AA-e heartily concur in the de mand for an increase, say double, of the present plan of representation, but as to the State com’eutlon, we are of the opinion that it Is large enough undfer the present rules of the party, but it should be popularized by the people sending delegates to represent them instead of delegates being al lowed to send themselves. Almanac IV»r the Week- DAYS. keb’y SUN RISES SUN SETS MOON R. A* 21 Tuesday «:2H 5:32 9:13 *» Wed’sday. 6:27 5:33 10:14 23 Thursday. 6:20 5:34 11:15 24 Friday 6:25 6:35 morn 25 Saturday 6:24 5:30 1:02 26 Su nday . . 6:23 5:37 1:47 27 Monday 6:22 5:38 2:33 Garden Note*. February is a most important montli for garden work. Be sure to have the soil M ell pulverized and liberally ma nured. Soav successional crops of green peas of any of the early varieties. Those already planted should haA*e the earth draAvn up to their stems, and Avhen four or five inches high should lie stuck Avith brush or suitable rods. Sow full crops of carrots, salsafy, beets and parsnips immediately. Don’t forget that delicate and toothsome vegetable spinage. It always com mands a ready sale in Aiken* and we have never known the supply to ex ceed the demand during the spring, while the hotels and boarding houses are full. Sow radishes, a few at a time, but sow frequently—say every two weeks, so as to keep up a supply. Sow' lettuce where it is to remain, thinning out to five or six inches apart when you have obtained a stand. Turnips of the Globe or Flat Dutch variety aro tlie best to soav at this season. Transplant from the seed-beds all the cabbage plants you have on band; and if you desire to haA’e more, sow where theA’ are to remain, as you may now do without danger. Curled cress and mustard should not be forgotten; and be sure to give your asparagus beds their spring dressing at once. We repeat our caution not to plant Irish potatoes until the 15th of March, as when planted earlier they are al most sure to be ruined by the late frosts which avc iirvariably haA’e every spring in this latitude. Potatoes once cut doAvn by frost never produce Avell, and in some instances avc haA'e known them totally destroyed. By Avaiting until after the middle of March and planting in well prepared and highly manured land you are sure to haA'e fine tubers and a plenty of them. Now is the time to soav onion seed from Avhieh to obtain sets to plant next fall. The onion sets planted last November should haA’e the dirt around their roots frequently stirred, hut be sure not to draw the dirt around them if you want fine bulbs. You should also plant in some favor able spot a small patch of garden corn. Should it get injured by frost you cun replant at little expense, and it is worth the risk to obtain an early crop. Farm Notes. Plant a plenty of corn if you wish to have fat horses and mules and a clear conscience. Prepare your land as thor oughly as you would for cotton* and manure liberally. The 10th of March is quite early enough to commence planting. For heaA'en’s sake let there be a plenty of this useful and nutri tious cereal planted both for man and beast another year. Aiken County ought not to buy a grain of Western corn; on the contrary Ave ought to be able to make all we can consume, with some left to spare to our neighbors Avho are afilicted with the cotton craze. Plant on toavs not less than six feet Avide if you want to make a good crop, and after it is up cultivate entirely with tlie sweep, and be careful not to let your ploughings be too far apart. Many a fine crop of corn is ruined by injudicious ploughing. Get voiir potato ground, watcruadon pateli and cotton ground in good order as speedily as possible, and be sure to haA’e your mules and horses in good order, so that they can endure the summer work with greater ease. The VVcekly News. We haA’e the pleasure to announce that Mr. H. W. Ra\’enel, of Aiken, S. C., Avill have charge hereafter of the agricultural department of the Weekly News. The effort A\;ill be ta make the agricultural department useful to the people of the Southern States at the present time and under existing con ditions. It is particularly desirable, therefore, that planters and farmers shall get into the habit of talking freely to each other and giving their expe rience in the Weekly News. All com munications relating to the agricultu ral department should be addressed to Mr. H. W. Ravenel, Aiken, S. C.— Ne ws and Cburier. We chronicle the above Avith pleas ure. The Weekly News is the cheapest paper in the State, and is pressing us poor country editors to the girth. It is brim full of useful information, and no better school book can be intro duced into the family. In securing the serA’ices of Mr. Pi. W.-Ravenel, our felloAv-toAvnsman, our cotemporary has obtained the services of cue of the most distinguished botanists in Amer ica, and one who understands farming and horticulture thoroughly. We con gratulate onr friends upon their cap ture. It is only another evidence of the fact that no expense is spared by that progressiA’e journal. Gaining Popularity. The Aiken Recorder is gaining popularity by the force of its editorials and the ability of its management. We differ from some of its conclusions, but this is a free country and eA’ery man lias a right to express his own opinions.—Abbevillc Medium. Official Advertisements. PETITION -FOR- A New Public Iloud!! Petition from J. N. Galphin, C. W. Sinikins, It. J. Hankinson and other citizens of Aiken County, for a pub lic road branching off from the old Pine Log Road near Win. Parrott’s, Avhere the old road knoAvn as the Silver Bluff Road leaves said Pine Log Road—said road runs in a south erly direction—and to continue the old road as near as practical, with such changes as may be necessary to strengthen the old road passing Mr. Wellings’, Mr. Jackson Cleckley’s. Israel Green, Gasper T. Ramsey’s Mill, and then pass on by Joseph Ways to It. J. Hunkinson’s Mill to Rainer’s Bridge, then intersecting the Miners Bridge Road. ’VJ'OTICE is hereby green that the Jln Commissioners will, at their meeting on tho 16th of March, grant the charter for said road, unless objec- 1 tion is made. WM. STEVENS, Chairman Board County Com’rs. , Bridge Notice. T HE contract for the building of a New Bridge across the South Edisto lireer, on a ucav road running from Ridge Spring to intersect road close to John Seigler’s Mill, Avill be given out to the lowest bidder, on the 18th of March. Plans and specifica tions will be submitted on that daj’. . WM. STEVENS, Chairman Board County Com’rs. Bridge Notice. T HE contract for the building of a Neiv Bridge at Addison’s Old Mill Place Avill be let to the lowest bidder on the 17th of March. Plans and specifications Mill be submitted on that day. WM. STEVENS, Chairman Board County Com’rs. * C««ra F. signee, Phillip Ed>N. dants. Ki tebing, as- plaintilf, a’s. Kitehing and I.rodie, defen- Execution. Execution. Execution. Della Kitehing, assignee plaintiff, A's. Phillip Kitehing, Ed. Wim berly and W. W. Pitts, defendants. Harriett C. Kitehing, plaintiff, A’s. Phillip Kitehing, defendant. B Y virtue of the Executions in the aboA’e stated cases, I M ill sell in front of the Court House at Aiken, on tlie First Monday in March next, within the legal hours of sale, the felloAving property, levied upon as the property of the above named defen dants, to wit: First.—All that piece or parcel of laud in the County and State afore said, containing (»00 acres, more or less, bounded to the East by lands of Clara A. Cook, Est. Solomon Cook, John M. Cook, estate of John C. John son, Elijah M. Ready, and others; to the West by lands of James W. Cook, Susan Cook, Wm. P. Cook, lands for merly of James Coleman, Margaret Johnson and others; to tho North by the Cedar Pond Tract, and to the South by lands of John Cook. Tills piece of land Avill be sold in two separate pieces, Avhieh will be explained on the day of sale from the plat thereof. Second.—All that tract of land in the County and State aforesaid, con taining 1,100 acres, known as the Ghi»ar Pond Tract, and bounded to the West by lands of Margaret John son; to tlie North by lands Gantt; to the East by lands Ofct, um<) «» the Houth Francis Kennedy and Mathew Ready. Third.—All that tract of land in the County and State aforesaid, contain ing 450 acres more or less, bounded to the North and West by lands of Eld- ridge Johnson; to the South by the South Carolina Railroad, and to the East by lands of Jesse I. Johnson. Terms—Cash, purchaser to pay for papers. M. T. HOLLEY, Sheriff Aiken County. Feb. 7, 1882. GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS! AUGUSTA, CA. W E are mnv niepared to fill all orders for any of our Brands of FERTIL IZERS, or make them to order as may be desired. As our faciiitim have been greatly enlarged the past season, M’e can furnish High Grade Fer tilizers to the trade at prices which defy coni|ietition when the grade of our goods is considered. Remember that a Fertilizer Avhieh contains only one per cent, more of Soluble I’hos. Arid Is worth #2.50 per ton more than another M’hieh contains just that much less. Our central location enables us to deliver our Guanos to purchasers in the interior much more promptly, in better con dition, and at less cost than a Northern manufacturer or ono located on the coa&t. Ammoniatkd Guanos—Our brands of Mastodon and Georgia Patapsoo Guanos and Lowe’s Formula are so M’ell known in the South, lonly refer to them to say that they are fully up to the standard of past seasons. Acid Phosphate—The demands for this article in the past have exceeded the capacity of our Works. We challenge competition In the practical re sults obtained from the use of It. We have a stock on hand wnich we are lared to sell at a very small profit to dealers. - By reference to the report for the present season, it will be found of the Commissioner of Agriculture that our analyses M-ere as follows NAME. Mois ture at -2 C 3 Solu ble Rever ted Avai lable 08 i 4-! if —> Rel. Com. value The Georgia Patapsoo Am- moniateu Sol. Phosphate.. 1220 1.40 2.06 | 9.07 1175 *3.00 1.00 #46.60 Georgia Chemical Works Mastodon Guano 1200 1.3o 1.85 9.95 1180 3.05 0.95 #45.39 Georgia Chemical Works Acid Phos. with Potash 1235 2.55 4.00 1100 | 1500 ,11.96 #$9.84 are The Fertilizers M’e manufactured by us, laying in their supplies for the coming season making this season are fully up to any ever before Dealers M’ould do well to communicate with us before iff. A. STOVALL, .Treasurer Georgia Chemical Works, Augusta, Ga. S M. TATE OF SOUTH County urgaret John- ■ mmm j ■ ■ ■ ■ I- ! .V/ando Fertiliser! The old and M’ell established Wando Brand was the first made from the South Carolina Phosphates. WANDO ACID PHOSPHATE! ! This is a good manure, used alone, as farmers knoM’, who have tried it, par ticularly on CLA Y LANDS. KAWT, OR GERMAN POTASH SALT I! ; CAROLINA, ok Aiken. (GENUINE LEOPOLDSHALL,) Louise Lyon and Kate FI. Delph, Plaintiff's, against J. Virginia Delph, Defendant. Decretal Oreler for Sale of Real Estate. By virtue of a Decree of his Honor, A. P. Aldrich, in above cause, now on file in this office, I M ill sell at Aiken, iu front of the New Court House, on salesday in March next, within the legal hours of sale, the following Real Estate, described in the Complaint as follows, to M’it: All that parcel or parcels of laud, containing fifty (50) feet front and one hundred ami five (105) feet in depth, commencing tM’enty-three (23) feet from the corner of tlie cross of Cook and Centre streets, being two frac tional lots, No.’s 61 and 62, in the ■ Tom’u of Hamburg, South Carolina. Also a lot or parcel of land contain ing forty (40) feet front and one hun dred and fifty (150) feet in depth, being a lot composed of parts of No.’s 60 and 61, commencing seventy-three (73) feet from the north-east corner of the cross of Market and Cook streets. Also an alley or fraction of Lot No. 61, having thirteen (13) feet front on Mercer street, and running back fifty (50) feet to rear of said lot. Also a lot or parcel of land in the Tom’u of Hamburg, lying ou the south eastern comer of (Jook and Mercer streets, having fifty (50) foot front Cook street, and running back ono hundred and fifty (150) feet. Also a lot or ppreel of land in the said Town, having a front of forty-five (45) feet on Cook street, and running back seventy-three (73) feet, being a part of Lot No. 63, being one hundred and five (105) feet from the corner of the cross of Cook and Market streets. All of the above mentioned lots are situated iu the Town of Hamburg, County of Aiken and State of South Carolina. The above land M ill be sold hi three lots, as folloM s: No. 1, or Homestead Tract; No. 2 and No. 3. Terms of Sale.—One-half of tlie pur chase money to be paid iu cash, and the balance to be paid at the expira tion of tM’elve months, secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of tho premises sold. Tho purchaser to have the option of paying thowholo of the purchase money in cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. [seal] W. M. JORDAN, C. C. P. & G. 8. I'd). 14, 1882-3t Imported from Germany djrect by the Wando Phosphate Com This is a valuable addition to the list of Coramarcial Manures, and ularly valuable on light sandy lands. It Is used largely in Germ other parts of Europe, Brazil, and in the United States, is said to prevent rust: rust, though, Is caused by bad drainage. WANDO ASH MIXTURE This is a capital manure, and should give good results. Its a it to be very valuable. I2?“The above articles are offered by the Wando Phosphate Charleston,* South Carolina. Office, No. 7 Exchange Street, in Post Office. Works near the City, Mines near Bee’s Ferry, on Aside] FRANCIS B. HACKER, President^ ' JOSIAH 8. BROWN, Treasurer. E3FFor sale by Alfred Holmes, agent at Aiken, S. C. rtic- Ashley COIMIZP^IENnZ" jlust o-TT^UNrc^ COTTON SEED MEAL, 20 sacks to the ton, one ton equal to three tons of Cottou Seed, a superior F’ertilizer for Flower Gardens and Truck and Field Crops, and the Richest of all Food for stock. Sold by sack or ton. SCRAP of superior quality ,* also Pure Ground Raw Bone; l Phosphate Rock, Nova Scotia Land Plaster, GROUND FISH Pure Ground S. C. MARL, Dried Blood, Acid Phosphate, Soluble Guano, Ash Element. GENUINE IMPORTED KAINIT. CSTFor Illustrated Almanacs, Colored Cards, &c., address the Company. DYEING AND CLEANING WORKS!! YTE OF SOUTH CFROL1NA, By W. W. Williams, Esq., Probate Judge. Whereas, W\ M. Jordan, C. C. P., bath made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the estate and effects of Stephen Williams, These are, therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Stephen Wil liams, dec’d, that they be and appear before me in tlie Court of Probate, to be held at Aiken C. H., on 23d F'ebruary next, after publication thereof, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon to shew cause if any they have why the said admiir- istratiou should not be granted. Given under iny hand this 9th day of February, * in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. [seal] W. W. WILLIAMS, Feb. 14, 1882. J. P. A. C. h i v BlOTTCE. iw Office County Auditor) Aiken, S. C., FYb. 6, 1881. f Mr. L. H. Hankinson will take notice that Miss Tabitha Way, “party in interest,” has this day deposited in the office of County Treasurer the amount requisite to redeem the land of Joseph Way, purchased by you at the delinquent land sale held i'ebru- ary 6th, A. D. 1882. J. H. MORGAN, Auditor Aiken County. Feb. 8, 1882. {Svcceessor to J. II. JIULSE.) Office No. 310 Jackson (8th) Street, Augusta, Ga. Gentlemen’s Coats, Pants and Vests cleaned, dyed, pressed and repaired M ithout shrinking by experienced bushelmen. Ladies and Children’s silk and woolen dresses, cloaks, shawls, ribbons, sashes, etc., cleaned and dyed. Curtains, Piano ami Table Covers, cleaned and dyed in fancy colors. Kid Gloves and slippers cleaned. Work done in the best manner. Orders by mail or express attended to. Remember the number—316 JACKSON (8th) STREET, Augusta, Ga.^ New aud Choice Goods at Exceedingly Low Prices! -A.TT Q-TTST THE LEADING MERCHANT TAILOR OF JHE SOUTH !! I S offering at exceedingly low prices, his entire stock of Fine Cloth and Doeskins, Paris and London Overcoatings, suitings and trouserings. Newest patterns in Domestic Cassimeres of tlie best make. Leading styles in silk, stiff and soft Hats, Ready-made Overcoats, Umbrellas, slilrts, linen collars and cuffs, eleeant neck wear, Paris kid, castor and dog skin gloves, merino and wool underwear, hosiery and suspenders of every description. £3P“Novelties iu silk and linen handkerchiefs, Ac., Ac., at prices that defy competition. AUGUST DORR, 718 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. PRICES REDUCED. ROBT. D. WHITE, MARBLE AND GRANITE j ‘W'OIR.IKISir FRENCH MILLINERY! Consisting of French Pattern Bonnets and Hats, the latest importations; a beautiful line of Untrimraed Goods in all new styles: full stock of Handker chiefs, Corsets, Hosiery, Ruchings, Neck-wear and Fancy Goods at BOTTOM PRICES'. If you can’t come to select in person, seud your order, and wo guarntee you perfect satisfaction. L. J. LECKIE, 625 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., a few doors above Augusta Hotel. JOHN. H. FEAREY, OPTICIAN, JEWELER AND ENGRAVER. repaired. We have a Workman for each of these Departments. 729 BROAD STREET, OPPOSITE CENTRAL HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA Watches and clocks repaired. 2 -SOLE AGENT FORr- PLANS FURNISHED. —ALSO— *oooooo<>oooooooooooooooooo* o IRON RAILINGS! o o o # 00<)0000000000000000000000 # 107 Meeting St., cor. Horlbeck’s Alley CHARLESTON, 8. C. DIAMOND SPECTACLES. DEALER IN RELIABLE JEWELRY. Personal attention to all New' Work and Repairing. MILLINERY & FANCY GOODS. m .. O'- 725 BR< STREET, - - - ~ AUGUSTA, GA. ■ iRf! mi Just received, one case of springj-m er^ojfjFXCE prints, five cents per yard, at P. B.i Zephyr W< Henderson’s. i .u mariiines. Ai of spring all machines. Age* ;k of Millinery always i south of the Potomac.- Bazaar Patterns.