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ill ii\ AJI£K> T . S. e.. JUNE 21. OrasHcs. Aikex, S. U., May 30, 1SS5. Jt. P. Butter, Commissioner. Dkak Hib: I have received your letter of the 2Sth inht., in which you c.«k “what I consider the best varieties | (A grasses Cor the different sections of South Carolina.” This is a question °f frequent recur rence strong our agriculturists, and jt is one yerv difllcult to answer, with out a good deal of explanation. } wjl} giye 3S briefly as I can my views of the matter. Ip the njountain valleys—through out Uie Piedmont .region—and all through the upper part of our State, Sphere the rich day soils predominate, tfyQ clovers and pasture grasses, which are In such high rgpnte elsewhere, will do well. Red clover, orchard i£fa»9 i tjiTjothy, hcfds gross, and many others thrive ant} tjo as well there as }n more Northern regions. But in the region of country below the falls pf the rivers, where sandy soils pro- ^omjqate, what is known as the “low country,’' and extending from 100 to 150 miles from the sea coast, these clovers and grasses do not thrive, and f doubt jf they can bo iqade profita ble. | have seoq all these grasses grow ling In this region, but always, and gijly, In favored spots. They cannot survive the heat and dry seasons, un less on exceptionally good lands. But It Is only the part of wisdom, xphen one thing fails, to use others as euhttitutes—to make the most of the surrounding conditions. For this region (the sandy soils of the low fguutry) we have substitutes that have been tested and found profitable. Those are Bermuda r/russ and Means or Johnson grass, both perennial root- grasses, and wljen oijco set become permanent for pasturage or for hay. These and such like grasses which can grow on the liglit soils of the low country and withstand the hot and often dry Summers are the only kinds which will give satisfaction. I have 2000 repeated ctibrts to qse the grasses which do so well in cooler regions tried hero, and always with failure. So I now always advise against them. The effort does more harm than good, ji^fjuso failure discourages future attempts. Besides these wo have here as a sub stitute for red clover a new cow .pea. * , i Jt is equally good for cutting a*;<f for turning under, and the yield per acre js greater than cloyey. J have always thought that the trou- bie hero with the farmers j$ tluj,t they insist upon following in the footsteps f)f other regions not similarly situa ted. We must learji to adapt our selves to the circumstances (soil and climate) by wliieh we are surrounded H. W. Ravhxki,. June Report of Department of Agri culture. , n> , ‘1 ‘.u 1 snmed seldom needed Lis services, j We thought what a pity that everv ; ! farmer in the land could not he eon-1 I vinced of these truths. It is a de- j piorable fact that farmers’ families do not enjoy that robust health that country air and out-door life, with plenty of exercise, should give. It is also a fact that living on farms, who.-e rich acres are aching to produce abundant, crops of the varied fruits hut very few have plenty, and many never have any fruit, except it may he an occasional apple. The stand ard food in a majority of farmers’ houses consist largely of bread, butter and meat (mostly pork; fried in grease, and where pastry or cuke is used, it has lard in h;rge proportion in its composition; and this food is eaten at least twice, and, in many families, three times a day, year in and year out. Is it any wonder that they are not more healthy, and that their prevailing diseases are such as indicate an over-consumption of greasy food? If fruits were expen sive or difficult to raise, there would he some excuse; hut there is no part of the country without plenty of va rieties adapted to its spij and climate and such as are fitted by nature to both nourish and cleanse the body and no more skill is required to grow them than to grow corn or wheat. Why is it that so few farmers make any attempt to provide an adequate supply of what would add much to their pleasure and save many times its cost in doctors’ hills, to say noth ing of the sufferings and loss of their dear ones? W r e entreat you, decide just now not to let the season pass without planting a fruityard. Surely it is better to grow fruit than to be continually dosing with medicine! Jtill Arp on Farming. It’u-ft wonder thM cverytroefy -don t - -amJ-HgoUe haw farmers Ijchs Colton, More Corn. Oats and Wheat. Newberry News and Herald. The country is poorer to-day than it has been since the war. There is in deed no money in it, or in fact so little that we ipay say there is none. The last cotton crop is sold and the' price of it gone. Besides this there are comparatively no provisions in the country. Farmers have been making no meat for a decade of years, and the common resort has been to the West ern market, and net only for meat, hut corn and to some extent flour. It is evident to all classes, outside of the farming circle, while to this c!ass it is clear as noonday that a most deplora ble condition of affairs exists, and that it is leading to worse* What is the cause of this? \Ve answer cotton —cotton—all cotton. T v venfy years ago our advice to the farmer was to plant less cotton, cultivate a smaller area, hire fewer hands, and improve a less number of ares >ear after 3 ear, until the farm should blossom like the rose, and increase thereby in value. The piqp raised thereon would be worth vastly more in proportion than that raised on five or even ten times more land, and the px^oceeds, too. in stead of going to pay a larger numher of hands he put into the pockets of the happy farmer. Year after 3’ear has this advice been given, and time agreed with us that this was the course to be pur sued, and that tiiey would follow it It does indeed seem strange to us that advice so full of reason should not be followed, when, too, year by 3'ear the farmer has been growing leaner, poorer and hungrier than ever before Does it not seem wiser to enrich five acres of land, so that it will produce as much as twenty acres, and be more valuable each year following than the past, apd the crop raised with one, or perhaps no hand but your own labor, at an expense so trilling as to amount to almost nothing, and 3’ou be saved a world of care, annoyaiceand trouble which the larger number of hands would give you ? go to farming. Lawyers and doctors h«ve to sit about town and pla3’ check ers, and talk politics and wait for jjoihebody to quarrel or fight, or get sick; clerks and book-keepers figure ? :nd multiply and couitt until they get o counting stars, and the flies on the ceiling, and the pefls in the dish, and the flowers on the papering: the jew eler sits by his window all the 3’ear round, working on little wheels, and thelmechanic strikes the same kind of a lick every da3\ These people do not be long to tftUffi^elvbs; the3’are all penn ed lip like convicts in a chain gang; they can’t take a da3* nor an hour for recreation, for the3’ are the servants of employers. There is no profus ion that gives a man such freedom., guch latitude and such a variety of employment as farming. There’s no monotony upon the farm. There’s something new every da3’, and the changing work brings into fL^tjpn every’ muscle in the human frame. We' plow jujd hoe, and har row and sow, and gather it in at har vest time. We look after the horses pnd cows, the pigs and sows, and the and lambs, and the chickens and the turkeys and geese. We cut our own wood, and raise our own bread aijd inept, and don’t have to be stingy of it like city folks. A friend who visited us not long ago, wrote back from the town that his grate doesn’t seem bigger than the crown of Iun hat since he sat by our great big j!riendl3’ fire-place. I may be injst^ken, but it seems to pie a little higher grade of happiness! pasture and grain food will be neccs- to look out upon the green fields of j s ar3 T and it will, of course, be desira ble to have cows receive these at first cost, as produced upon the farm. The dairyman cannot make 11101103’, if he expects to sell his products and buy his food, any more successfully than the cotton fanner can make 11101103- l>3’ selling his cotton to furnish his farm supplies. A daily in town is a foregone failure. The business re quires an abundant suppl3’ of pure eold water, pofjveniently obtained. It demands without compromise regular and prompt attention. Manure should Tie held as much a product of the dairy as am’ other accepted yield, and such arrangements should be made for saviqg and applying it as will te the most complete. No business demands a more per fect cleanliness. If milk is allowed to absorb the odors of the barn, or take from the vessel the cespains of slothful methods, the manager would j do well to abandon his business, or it i will soon abandon him. flutter mak- ! ing is a sqiencp, and a great inary’ peu- 1 pie who c|aim to qpike it know noth- | ing of its first principals. To succeed and control the market, the business must be studied and understood. The Who Should Keep a Dairy? It is not desirable that every man controlling a farm should make a daiiyinga specialty. If so, the profits would greatly diminish because of overproduction. Only such.farmers as have a partiality for the business and fondness for its details will suc ceed best. Bailing requires special adaption, as does ever3 r other busi- noss. The daiiyman must be fond of his stock and humane enough to see that the3’ are well cared for, and not required to furnish their products without a sufficiency of proper food. Locality has much to do with the success of the daily; not 0UI3’ conve nience to market and a good and con stant demand for products, but such appliances as will accommodate the purposes of business. Much of wheat and the leafing trees and blue mountain in the distance and hear the dove cooing to her mate, and the whippoorwill sing a welcome to the )tiglir, and hunt flowers and bubly blossoms with the children and make whistles for ’em and hear ’em blow, ^t^ij^ee .’em get after a jumpin’ frogor a garter snake, and hens’ nests, and paddle in the branch and get dirty- and wet all over, and watch their penitent and subdued expression when they go iiome, as Mrs. Arp looks at ’em with amusement and exclaims: “Mercy on (lie; did ever a poor mother haw such a set! Willi ever get done making clothes! Put these on right clean this pjorplng, and ijot another clean rag In the house! (io get a switch, right straight, go! I will not stand it!” But she will stand it and they know U —especially if I remark: “ Yes, they ought to he whipped. ” That saved > .’em, and b3’ the time the switch comes the'torn pest is over and some diy j clothes are found, and if there is any ! !*• , ; • - i cake in the house tljeyget it. Blessed mother! fortunate children! What would they do without her? Win-, her very scolding is music in their m d qre some things that corner in the domestic circle that Wall street can not bii3’ nor money’ kings depress. ereurs. I’m thankful that there ! onl\’ reason that the butter used in our Southern cities is shipped from sec tions north of us, is because our peo- : pie have not 3’et understood the pro cess of making butter, on they are not j willing to undertake the labor. It ! should be the policy of every farmer Fruit Haters Need no Doctors. Itunil New Yorker. We were struck rec£nll3’b3* the re-! to put his product? upqu the market ffiqrkig of doctor a friend of ours, in the best possible condition. Passionate, irritable people eonnot manage cows successfully. Farmers who cannot eonuuqdafc themselves to these essential demands of the dair3’ Official Directory. United States. President, Gboveb Clevet.axd. Vice-President, Thomas A - Hkxdhicks. Secretary of State, Thomas F. Bay a up. HecKftarg of the Treasury, Daxiei. Maxxixg. # A ttorney- General, Augustus A- Gaheaxd. Secretary of War, Wii.uiam C. Expicott. Secretary qf the Navy, William C. AYhitney. Secretary of the Interior, Lucius (j. O. Lamak. Postmaster-General, William F. Vilas. -:o: one imicli to make people independent of Hie medical profession as the dail\’ free use of fruit. He had noticed that those farmers in whose families The State. Governor, Hugh S. Thompson. Lieutenant- Governor, John C. Sff ei*£akd. Secretary of State, James N. Lipscomb. Attorney-General, Chakles Itichaki^sqx Miles. State Treasurer, Johx Peter Richardson. Comptroller- General, William E. Stoney. Superintendent qf Education, Ashury Cowarp. Adjutant and Inspector-General, A. M. anIQAL’ijT. United Siatcs Senators, Wade Hhmpton, M. C. Butler. Congressmen, First District—Samuel Dibble. Second District—Geo. D. Tillman. Third District—D. Wyatt Aiken. Fourth District—W. H. Perrys Fifth District-r^qhi) J. Hemphill. Sixth District—George W. Dargan. Seventh District—Robert Smalls. Agrricultural Department. A. P. Butler, Commissioner. L. A. Ransom, Secretary. Railroad Commissioners, M. L. Bonham, L. J. Walker, B. P. Duncan. Penitentiary, T. J. Lipscomb, Superintendent. Supreme Court, W. D. Simplon, Chief Justice. Henry McIver, Associate Justice. S. McGowan, Associate Justice. pircuit Courts. First Circuit—B. C. Pressley. Second Circuit—A. P. Aldrich. Third Circuit—T. B. Fraser. Fourth Circuit—J. H. Hudson. Fifth Circuit—J. B. Kershaw. Sixth Circuit—J. I). Withprspoon. Seventh Circuit—Wm. II. Wallace. Eighth Circuit—James S. Cothran Solicitor Sccqnd Circuit, V. Hay Qaxtt. 53^*Congress meets on the first Monda3’ in December of each year. rarThe Legislature meets on the fourth Tuesday in November of each year'. ISTTlie Circuit Court for Aiken Couut3’ meets three times a 3’ear, as follows: first Monday in April, third Monday in June, fourth Monday in September. Congressional Districts. First—Charleston and Berkeley— (St. Phillips and St. Michaels, Mouut Pleasant, Moqltrieville, St. James Goosecreek, Summeiville), ten town ships of Colleton, fourteen townships of Orangeburg, and the entire County of Lexington. Second—Hampton, Barnwell. Ai ken, Edgefield, ami CqUetoji—(.Brox- son and Warren). Third—Abbeville, Newberry, An derson, Pickens and Qcqi}e<-‘ ; Fourth—Greenville, Spartanburg —(except White Plains and Lime stone Townships), Laurens, Union— (except Goudeysville and DnD’ton- ville Townships), Fairfield, Richland —(Upper Township, Columbia* and Centre). Fifth—York, Chester, Lancaster, Union—(Goudeysville and Dra3’ton- ville), Spartanburg—(White Plains and Limestone), Chesterfield and Kershaw. SiXTit—Clarendon, Williamsburg— (Kingstree, Sumter, Lees, Johnsons and Lake), Darlington, Marlboro’, Marion and Horry. Seventir—Georgetown, Williams burg — (except Kingstree, Sumter, Lees, Lake and Johnsons), Sumter, Richland—(Lower Township), seven townships of Orangeburg, Charleston and Berkele>’ not in First District, six townships of Colleton, and the entire Count3’of Beaufort. Judicial Circuits. First—Charleston, Berkeley and Orangeburg Second—Aiken, Barnwell, Beaufort, Colleton and Hampton.’ Third—Sumter. Clarendon, Wil liamsburg and Georgetown. Fourth—Chesterfield , Marlboro’, Darlington, Marion and Horiy. Fifth—-Kershaw, Richland, Edge- field and Lexington. Sixth Chester, Lancaatpr, York, and Fairfield. Seventh—Newberr}-, Laurens, Spar tanburg and ITniqu. Eighth—Abbeviljo, Qeonee, Ander son. Pickens and Greenville. The County. Senator, Jpiix M. Bell. Representatives, F. P. Wqodward, 4- Q* Guigjiard, James Aldrich, A. S. Sei^ler. Sheriff, Mili/epgk T. Holley. Clerk of Court, Wm. M. Jordan. Probate Judge, John. T. Gaston. Schcol Commissioner., R. H. Harley. County Commissioners, John F. Murnqv, H. W. Woodward, J. Cal Confine)’. O. P. Uhqmplain, clerk of board. Auditor, David H. Wise. Coroner, W. H. Harden. Jury Commissioner, R. L. Evans. who constitutes the Board, with following ex-officio inemty the Auditor aud the chairman Board of County Commissioners Board of School Examiners, R. H. Harley, ex-officio chairman. W. W. Woolsey, M. B. Woodward, Board of Equalisation, B. W. Moseley, Aiken. J. H. (piattlebaum, .Chmmiapin. J. G. Sall3’, Giddy Swamp. James Powell, Gregg. H. L. Mayson, Hammond. Macom Gunter, Hopewell. W. E. Saw3\er, McTiejr. Martin Holley, Millbrook. Daniel Jeffcoat, Rocky Gi Jamas M. Cook, Rock3’ Spri J. S. Cour|n.e3’j Sljaxj ’s. Jus. C. Hammond, Schultz. R. H. Huiikjqson, Silverton. Joe Stallings, Sleepy Hollow. James K. Brodie, Tabernacle. R. L.*Evags, Windsor. Chairman—H. L. Ma3’son. Secretary—J. C. Hanpnoml. Ex-officio CJerk—I). H. Wise. i^o; I W Town. Intcndcnt, Quiijiv* Davis. Wanlctis, J. Zed Dunlap, R. A. Chafe*. H. F. Warneke, John Heriof, I. A. Givens, Jno. Phillipj Clerk of Council, J. R. Jordan. Trial Justice, O. G. Jordan. Policemen, T. A. Kaney, John Gribbiii Eire Department, Steam Fire Engine, Button & Son Maker. President, Henry Hahn. Captain, J. L. Courtney. Engineer, William Turnbull. CS^Besides the Steamer, the samfc Company have a fine Hook and Lac - tier truck. -:o:- 11 Ai kcnjhurqU Directory St. Thaddcus Episcopal—corner Pen r dlcton St. and Richland Avenue. Rev. E. C. Edgerton—Services a. m., 5.30 p. m. Sunday-school 9.3 ) a m. Presbyterian—^corner Park Avcnitjp and Laurens St. | Rev. T. P. Hay—Services 11 a. m 8 p. m. Sunday-school (j p. m. Baptist—corner Richland Avenue Chestcrfichl Si. Rev. Lucius Cuthbert—Serv a. m., 8 p.m. Sunday-school St. John's Methodist Episcopal- •comet- Richland Avenue and Ncu-bcrry St. Rev. W. M. Duncan—Services 11 a . m.,8 p. np H-Mnda.v-sciiool 9.30 a. Homan Catholic comer Richlam Avenue and Chesterfield St. Rev. P. J. Wilson. — —:o: Colored Churches. Baptist—corner Richland Avenue an Kershaw St. ItevWohn Phillips—Services 11 m., 8 p. m. Sunday-school 4 p. m. A. M. E. Church—Kershaw St. Rev. E. Winston Ta3’lor—Service * 11 a. m., 8.30 p. m. Sunda3*-8choc 4. p. np Presbyterian— York St. Rev. W. R. Coles—Services 11a inf>- 8.30 p. m. Sunday-school 4 p. m. COMPILATION OF THE HOAI> LAY * ItclAting'to and for the Use of Rape r * intendents of Highways aud Ko«r* Overseers. 1:1 All strcr f iq8 w|ijoh have dered, or can heruntjec bP been rei rondere capable of being navigable by rafts lumber or timber by the remov therefrom of accidental obstruction 3 and all navigable water courses ai cuts, are hereby declared navigatf® streams, and such streams shall common highways and forever A ■il ut ill a- 10 ■iu ^ u- Jee 11 lra e » and if aipy person shall obstruct t je same, such person shall be deem*:^ guilty of a misdeineanqr, such struction ma3* be abated as other pt lie nuisances arc b3’ the laws of tlf' s State. ir. Public Iiighwa3’s shall be laid by special commissioners who sh be appointed b3’ the County ComuJ 3 sioners for this purpose, and w shall have such powers, receive s compensation arjd perform* such ties as may be required by law. ( Act 1883, No. 404.) III. [ It shall be thedut3’ ofSuperinM u ‘ dents of Highways to cause all ro;p 8 heretofore laid out, or hereafter to’ 1 ’ 6 laid out, leading from 0113’ part of *J 18 State to Charleston, Georgetown, umbia, Camden, Han|burgqr Cher w to be made and cleared 30 feet w] and all other roads shall be dean feet wide. . IV. The Superintendents of HighwfJ 8 shall cause nil thq roads in their : r ®" spective districts to lie posted f 11 ” numbered, and at each fork of road a pointer tq bp plqpetj declar* n j? the direction of such rqijd?; an^ K any person or persons sbajj cpt do^ vn or burn or deface any mile pos; or stone or pointer erected as fores# 11 *’ he, she or they, upon conviction tbU®" of, shall forfeit and pay the sum*^ $10, to Ikj recovered by iiH|ictment on information in any cqurf of coiTP®" tent jurisdiction. • Any Superintcndenk of neglecting to cause ?aid roads iwsted and numl,ered aud IH>iliters erected as aforesaid, liable to pa3' the sum of $10 foi and ever3 T neglecf, to be recovei indictment iq tljq poqrt of Geq Hessions in the county wherein sanies occurs, to be collected and to the Treasurer of said count; the use of the county; Provided, said penalty who puts up said ( ey8 at such times £s lie works the road division. VI. It shall be lawful for any citizen of his State on whose land any road may pass other than a public high way, to erect gates thereon, and the rsons owning or erecting such gates shall be liable to be indicted for a nui sance if they fail to keep them in good order. VIL In case any person shall interfere with, injure, destroy or wilfully leave pen any such gates, spell person or lersous shall be liable to indictment as for a misdemeanor. ym. Any inhH|ljitant of this Sfate shall lave power, fof the gf drain ing his or h.er Jands, to cut a ditch or ditches, caqa| or canals, across 0113’ lublie highway in this Htate; Provid ed, such person slmJJ be bound to bridge such ditch op canal under the direction of the Superintendent of lighways for the district in which such ditch or canal shtdl be cut, and : keep the same in good repair for one year, after which time the Superin- endent of Highways foj: that i|istriet shall take cflafge of such ditphes or canals and keep them open aiukiu re pair. IX. The Board of County Gohmiission- ers are authorized to allow the erec- ;ion of gates unon highwa)'s, and any person who shall cut or destroy such gates, or leave open the same, shall pay a penalty of $20 X If any person shall wilfully or ma liciously destroy, injure, ijurt, dam age, impair or obstruct any of the pub lic highways, of any P art thereof, or any bridge, ditch, causeway, or other erection belonging thereto, shall be fined and iiuprisqnet}. XI. Each township shall constitute a highway district. The Board of County Commissioners shall annually ap point some suitable and proper person Superintendent of Highwa3’s for each highway district, and by reason of his office is exempt from road duty. He shall hold his office twelve months from date of his appointment, unless sooner removed. He shall have gen eral supervision of the highways and roads in his district under fhe direc tion of the County Commissioners.— He shall, once in every three months, report to them, In writing, the condi tion of the road? and br|dges in his district. XII. The Superintendents of Highway districts shall divide the highways in his d'strict into suitable sections or districts of not less tlian two or more than five miles each; and shall ap point an Overseer of Roads for eacli of said sections or districts. He shal also divide the persons liable to roar duty (see Sect|on XVII,) in his high way district in convenient squads or companies aiidab^iKH a squad or com pauy to each Qversoer of a section or district. He shall, as far as practica ble, assign the road hands to the near est road. Ffo shall require the Over seer of Roads in IjS li{glnvay district to Qgll it. hands nssitrned to tlqy respective sections or districts and work the roads aqd repair aud build bridges of same, whenever he ma3’ deem it necessary, after 12 hours no tice ; aud shall require every road hand to bring with him for use, a hoe, mat tock, spade and other tools, for work on the roads or bridges’, He shall de termine the number of da3’s for each working and the tools to be brought by each road hand; Provided, That not more than twelve da3’s* work are required of an3’ one hand in a 3’ear. When the County Commissioners, or any of them, gives orders to the Su perintendent of highway districts to have any wqrk done iu ips district and he neglects to do the same, lie shall be deeiqp4 guilty of a misde meanor, and upon convictiqn he shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars: and the Over seer of districts, for neglecting to call out their hands and )york tjje roads when required b3’ the Superintendent of highway digtlicts, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction he shall bo not less than live nor more than twenty dollars. Whenever a highway puns along the line of two highway districts the Superintendent of the same shall jointly divide the highway into suita ble section^ and appoint an Overseer for each of said road sections; and they shall assign to each Overseer from their respective district, or from either district sqel} laborers aqd road hands as may bo necessary to ^’ork thesame. Eacli Superintendent of dis tricts shall cause his Overseers, when working sections iq wjpeh there are bridges, to have sqch repairs or work done qn sqch bridges to preserve them and keep them in good order as can conveniently be done by the road hands. ^\nd in case the i;ceded repairs to bridges are of sqch a character that they should, in the opinion of the Su perintendent, be giyeq oqt finder con tract by the County Commissioners, lie shall report the saiqe to tjajd Com missioners \yithout dela3’. XIIL A113’ person liable to toad tlfity (see .Section XVII) who shall have been uly warned twelve hours before the day fixed in his notice for such work ing, stating t).p |p>firs and place of working, shall be subject to tjje direev tion of the Oversper in charge. If any per on of the legal age ?htij| npglect to appear, or shall refuse to q ork upon the highways aqd Hinds (hqvjng no justifiable excuse) according to the directiqn tM e Oversepr, he fchull be deemed gfiUty of a misdemeanop, am i upon coqyicfjqfi therpqf shall be fined or imprisRqed’ ■f* 1 T * On any extraordinary occasion, when any highwa)’ shall lie suddenly ohstrupted by storm or otherwise, so s to require jq^mediate Iqbor to re move such obstrqcfjfiii d slmlj be the duty of the Overseer in whose district such obsjtructiqn occurs, to proceed forthwith to have sqph qbstrqcUqn removed, and for this purpose shall summon to his aid a sufficient number of workmpn |q opeq qqd repair such highway. If an)’ person shall, in such case, perform more days labor than is required by law for the )'ear, he shall be paid for any such overplus at the rate of one dollar per da)’ by the County Commissioners, upon the cer tificate of the Overseer showing that such overplus of labor was performed. If, on any such extraordinary occasion the Overseer shall, for the space of one da>’ after application made to him for such purpose b)’ any citizen resid ing i 11 his district, neglect to call out a sufficient number of persons to W. J. POLLARD, Augusta, Ga. J. L. RDBERTSpN, Aiken County'. POLLARD & ROBERTSON, COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS!—77 speedily open and rppair such high-1 JteVIlOldS street, r «■ T AttgUStd, 00Orgia. way, he sha>| forfcit and pay the ** 9 f .7 # d Treasurer of this .county, po be expend ed in the rppa«r of highwa)’s when and where necessary in the district, the sum pf $15, unless ttye Overseer shall show sufficient rgason for such neglect. If on an)’ such extraordina ry occasion any person liable to road duty, after bejng sunimpned for the purpose pf Removing sqch obstruction by the order of the Oyerseer, shall neglect to turn out aqd oasiat in open ing and repairing suph blKliH' a 3’ 8 i he shall be dgefqed gu||ty of a misde meanor, aud upon conviction thereof, shall be fjud $3 per da)'. XV. Any perspn "dj° shall receive bodi- 1)’ injury or da 11 )*^ lb. 41 s person or property through a defect in the re pairs qf a highway, causeway or bridge ma)' recover in action against the county the amoqn|,of damage fix ed by the finding of q jqry. If such de- fec tin an)* road, causeway or bridge, existed before sq.cii ilijqry or damage occurred, such damages shall not be recovered by tlfp pepsoq ao injured, if his loud exceeded the ordinary weight. XVI. The County Commissioners shall authorize the Overseer of any district to allow a man working one day and also furqisinng a horse, plo>y or cart, two days labaFI an 4 0, » working him self for qqe d»yj b* 11 * furnishing a wagon and tvfq hqrse#, uiu|es pr oxen, three days |abpr. XviD All able-bodied male persons be tween the years shall on the pub|ic highways and toads not less than three, nor more than twelve dn)'s, .inder the direction of the Over seer of the district in which they may reside. In warning ffipn to work upon the public roads, the Overseer shall make out a list for the warner, re quiring hiiq togiye notjee to each per son the kind pf tpoj be ahall use iu working upon the highways and roads.—And it sb»U be jbe duty of any employer to ffipn| s b t° the Over seer a list containing the naiqp? of all persons iu his employment liable to road dut)’, whenever the same shall be required of hjm by sgid Overseer, and upon fqilqpp t0Cfimfi|y wjth such de maud, he shall be guilty of a misde meaner, and upon conviction thereof, be fined and imprisoned XVIII. All Member of State and County Boards of Examiners and School Trustees, Members of the Boards of Assessors for the assessment of real estate for taxation, teachers and stur dents of scl)oo)s find colleges, aud ministers of tbP Gfl»|ipl, Millers en gaged in gpi?t qr jqepcbftnt; niijls that are kept open six days in each week, guards, keepers, employers and other T JqniH, and Uie warner for five days, 6haJ| bp exempt from road duty’, Manufacturers and General Agents for the following Machinery: consisting in part 100 Fairbanks Standard Scalps. 100 Thqiqas fciuoolbjiig Harrow*. 100 Acme Pulverizers ami Clod Crushers. 100 Reapers. Different MakCs a»d ^vles. (sir.Klo 9r .cprqbjned.) 25 Hubbarq Gleaners and lenders, ZIndeiH'iiui 25 Thre|i)icFs) a ’ 25 Watertowp 20 C. & G. Coq c ._. _ t 10 Oneida fttettm Engines, (ajl size? and styles-) Smith'* Hand-Power Cotton and Hqy Presses styles.) IO Pollard < 25 Neblett _ . . 10 Nebjgtf A GphdliPb ^“fjd-baHd I^f* Cotton Gins, at $1 JiO^er s«)f, ^ S iqd onler. reble 50 Pollard Champion Gins, Feeders aik^Dondengers. & (joodrieh IXL Cotton Gins at $2.00 per saw. 5 Wood-w reble Engines, ’ork^ng Map|i lour and ^ •*js and Mill Machinery, Hanooc !! Ifioda- Otto riilent Gas Engines , Hanoock Inspirafo rs, Milburn Holler JBreast Ginff, Feeders qnd Condensers, Sfeam l*umps, Carver Sped Cotton CJeanprs, Newell Cotton Aepd Hqllers and SeparatofR Colt’s Power Cotton Presses, Bhaftlng, Pulleys and Hangings, Hteaqi and Water Pii»es, Fittings, etc., Belting, Lacing, Hoes, ct$ SSTCotton Mil| Supplies a specialty. A ful| liqepf Machinery of all kind! in stock aqd for aide |q\y, C a d and examine before purchasing, an% save money. Bend fer catalogue. Correspondence solicited aud promply at ten o4 to, . POLLARD & ROBERTSON. -C! W. H, WELCH, EANIER EASON. WELCH & EASON, W 127 and 12P Mating StFPgt, W: Cqfner Market, CHARLESTON, S, P. E degl exclusively in FINK PAMILV OHOCERIES of erery descriB evpfy||i|ng you want, sell TO sol), aud think weeny} die*. Try us and be con- packing and drayage. tjqq, carry an axtpnsiyp assortment, koi* -uoaieu ma:e persons ue- ^ - r- aires of sixteen and fifty astonishingly ipw prices, guaraptpp “ rt i(de w ages 01 sixteen aim vy 8ttVe you money on )’our pureimsps pf Family Bunn l»e liable annually to work v j, u .ed. J3;“Catalogues mailed froo- No ubapKe ntp ALFRED BAKER, President. JOS. S. BEAN, Cashier. THE AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK, =3C^0E AUGUBTA, geohgia,—— Ugsh Assets Surplus - T . #1100.000.00 r 220,000.00 Transacts a Geiipfal Deppaft ftpd Di$cofint Business. I uteres interest oq Dppo?it$ pf Fivp (p Two Thousand Dollara, pits received on f avorable pecial Httept jop giypn to Co|leptlon$,. The steady suoocss whlj^ Apponnts of Blinks, Banker? aipl M l ‘rcbui[ts receives! on Fayoiw] Sliecial attention gjyt has attended opr management, Terms. -- r - - w ww-m ^ r and pur assets principally boncis bought belq par, aud now wortli high premiums, fitford l»ene|it» in which our customp$$ share. YVealwa)’s have money on hand to ioaij, and ftftord special accqiQ} modntions to our customers. We buy and sell bonds pud stocks, aud always happy to give information- „ Directors—A1 fred jjfikpr, Edward Q'Dqnfiell, W* B* Young, E. Bj Schneider, Jpspph >5. Bran. Watches and Clocks] repaired: 72() 15poad Street, Opposite Central ffntp)> THIRTY YEARS P? Watches and Clocks Kcpairad. If any person, having been notified or warned as heretofore provided, shall pay the County Treasurer of the county in which lip may reside the sum of one dollar for each da)’’s work required, the same shall be received iu lieu of such labor. • XX. The Overseers {n tbejp rpsppctive districts shall l) ttV P 44* power to cut dowd and iqake use of any timber, wood, earth qr ?tqnps in or n c P r road, bridges or causeways, for the purpose of repairing the same, as to them shall spem qeppssary, making just compensation therefor, should the same be demanded. Overseers shall not authorize the cutting down of an)* timber trees reserved by the owner in clearing Ip* Iqnd qr planted for thppurpospof qbnde or ornament, either in the fields, around the springs or about the dwelling houses or ap purtenances, nor thp cutting down of any rail timber, when fdbP r timber can be prnpurpd at or near the place, or take stone or earth fi-oiq within the grounds of any person enclosed for cultivation, without ponscut of the owners of the sume. If any person or persons shall b)’ any means hinder, forbid or oppose the said Overseers, or either of tbeni, from cutting down and making use of aqy timber, wood, stones or earth, in or near the said roads or causeways, for slight repairs of bridges for the purpose of making or repairing the same, or shall in an)’ manner obstruct (bp pn^age of said roads, causewa)’s or bridges by gates ^fences, ditches, or apy other obstruc tions except where nqtbprjzed by law, or shall hiudpf, forbid qr threaten an)’ traveler ffum traveling any public road, every person, for such offence, shall Ik* fined in a sum not less than five nor more thaqjteq dollars. XXL If any person liable to perform such labor shall remove from one county to another., " bo had prior to such removal performed the whole or any part of it, or in an)’ other way has paid tbo whqle oraii)’ part of the amount aforesaid iq lieq qf sqch labor, and shall produce a certificate or re ceipt of the same from the Overseer of the district from which such person has remoypd, such penifipato or re ceipt shad qperqte as a complete dis charge for tbp amount tberpin speci fied. The residence of qqy person who has a family shad Up he|d to be where his family resides, and the resi dence of any other person shall be held fo l>e where he. boards in the county qf tbl* State. The County Commissioners have special supervision of the building of new bridges oyer riveia aqd creeks; also of extra and extensive repairs of old bridges, (t^ce Section 1 ,qti.4 Gen. Stat.) It shall bp tbp duty of all owners of mill daqis and bridges ip connection therewith over which any public highway shall pass tq beep tl,e same in goqd repair, and qqpqqq|y ah«H b® responsible for repairsupoq thesame, except 4»e Superintendents qf High- wa)’s may have the said dams and bridges repaired, if in the opinion of the County Commissioners such ordi nary repairs be just. Pleasure and Pvoflt to All!— JOHN H. FliAHY, OPTICIAN, JlWELl h, EIRAVER. Augusta, Ga. xperioncp in fitting lenses in Spectacles makes I Dpticiaq Pupartment Complete* Sole Agent for Diamond Spcjctaoleg, Pea|er in Beliable Jewelry Also SijvenPiated Ware at the I*ow< ty Personal attention to all monogram e'hgraViqg. — T H 12 — BARRETT MANUFACTURING CO. NOW pU^PAKET) Tfi NEWSHAiqillS WITH FINE NEWS PAPEE! When taliPll In HHUntitlpe Of FfFTV hkams, or nypr, w e wi|l‘deliver ou| pa]>er free to any pond lR HflHlll at Cents ]>er pound. Til# Rkuordkr is pi’intcd on paper inaUUlRctnrud at Bath, H. C. We arc also prci pared to furnish tl»P trade with BOOK, MANILLA ami WRAPPING PAPER! PATftQNfgE EQME ENTEBpiUHE! RAGS! RAGS! RAGS! Wp " ill purchase country free of woollen or fo^ign ered at thc'iniil at Datbi ^* U., at PPUt 8 per pound. Adi substances, deliv- dress: P. G. BAERETT, President, AUGUSTA, GA, ■VBB GIN RIBS! GIN RIBS! I HAVE secured Patterns and propose to furnish RfRB for all makes qf Gins at reasonable prices. CASTINGS of all kinds iu Ipqn and fit “hurt notice. Kpecial attention given fo l|epairs. ttatisfautinn guaranteed! THE^ PENDLETON^ FOUODRYnHW |ICH|HEllO«Ji ■ — '•" m. 1VWJ g—BHeWWg tSMjy'-K'TEVJ.'MKU w * 11 " r >— Nos. Gi5, 617 and 61Q, I^qllqci^ fjf., - - AUGUSTA, GA. CHA8. F. i/)MBARD, Pi*^>rieto f . WM, PENDLETON, Sap’t. OTTO F. WIETERS, —zrrr-WHQLLd*\LE UliODKll AND DEADER IN LIQUORS, CIGARS & TOBACCO 1 Hole agents for T, T. and J. G. FROHT 8 FLOUR, and THORN BROTHERS’celebrated celebrated SELF-RAISING BUTTER £yOffice and Salesroom Ml East Bay; Warehouses, Noe. 114 and 110 East Bay, CHARLESTON, & p, CRACKERS. 106, 110, llt t =1 THE AIKEN WAGON! MAN UyUTL’BKD BY TH^r MATTHEWS BROS., ^Opposite the Asldey Hqm-e) - - AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA Which fqr (itreng^b, dumhility and flq|ah pHfiBftt h« surpassed. Planters aq« farmers wlH uiid H to |hRi r intent tq ai»d exam' axle-cutting niap|mit» for taking mil Buggies for sale! Ifepairinu of afl hanie-string fastener* tot sale* Ilhi with us. All work promptly atteiK examine our work. Improver t motion without the cost of new axlea inds promptly attended to. -Improve^ ^miMjjhif and horse-shoeing a specialty ' to. .‘satisfaction guaranteed. AW SMALL GRAIN SPECIFIC! TRB fa. (i. a. is the chea|*eat and }h c iJiest and $ha qr,ly Spec!fie FerMliaaa for small grain on tiie market. ASHLEY A HR ELEMENT, a yery cheap aqd oxpa)|a}t$ noa-amaaeBi- ated fertiliser for smali guiii; qrqps, fruit trees, grape viqcit, fas. ASRLEY COTIO^ AND GOBI* CQY|Pfil>ND, a oqmplete fertilizer fo$ thq^e two crops, and also used by the truckers near diaries ton for vegetable^. A&OfLEY COMPLETE GARDE ( M FERTILIZER, specially adapted tq roses, geraniums, pansies, flqwtqang annuals, Ac. Cy For terms, dirqqtlong, testimonials, and fer thu various attraeMve and instructive pub|ieaMqqs of the Company, addfqas, The Ashley Phosphate Company, Charleston, - - 8. C.