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BY FORD & McCRACKEN. AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1889. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR. ProfMsional Advertisements. 1 Miscellaneous Advertisements. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. D. 8. Hkmdkbson. E. P. Henderson. Henderson Brothers, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Will practice in the State and United States Courts for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lections. James Aldrich Walter Ashley. Aldrich & Ashley, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, S. C. Practice in the State and United States Courts for South Carolina. John Gary Evans, Attorney-at-Law. Will practice in the Counties of II pn Aiken, Edgefleld and Barnwell. 0. C. JORDAN, ATn'WerRY-AT-LAW. • AIBJEN, S. C. Dr. Z. A. Smith PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, VAUCLUSE, - - - 8. C. {^Office near Depot. REGISTRATION NOTICE. I WILL be at my office the First Monday in every month for the purpose of registering those citizens who have come of age since the last election, and to attend lo other offi cial business. WALTER ASHLEY, Supervisor of Registration for Aiken County. Capital paid in, - - #50,000 Aiken County Loan and Savings Does a General Banking and Collec tion Business. Savings Department. Interest Allowed on Deposits on Most Liberal Terms. W. W. Woolsey, I W. M. Hutson, President. | Vice-President. J. W. Ashhurst, Cashier. DIRECTORS. W. W. Woolsey, H. H. Hall, H. F. Warneke, H. B. Burckhalter, W. M. Hutson, J. W. Ashhurst, C. H. Phlnizy, G. W. Williams, jr. CTEAM ENGINES O SAW MILLS, ;» & Horn lowers Cl A LTlEftfalso Grain Drills and Standard Imple ments. Send for Catalogue. A. B. FARQUHAR CO., (Ltd.,) York, Pa. P CQ CD 5-Ton Cotton Gin Scales, $60 Beam Box BRASS TARE BEAM. Warrantor for 5 Years Freight Paid. A0 W. T , s r .W.SJ.F D - "JONES HE PAYS THE FREIGHT." h'or Free Price Lixt, Adiirexs JONES of BINGHAMTON, Binghamton, N. Y. Fearless—Outspoken—For the People. SOUTH CAROLINA'S LEADING PAPERS- THE WORLD. 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THE Works known as “The Enter prise Brick Works,” where the cele brated Hamburg Bricks have been made, are offered for sale. Everything complete and ready for work. Ad d J. e! MURRAY, Aiken, S C. THE HOTEL! Augusta, - - Georgia. BEST $2.00 HOUSE IN THE SOUTH. Headquarters for Commercial Men. Centrally located nearR. R. Crossing. B. S. DOOLITTLE, Proprietor, Formerly of Tontine Hotel, New Haven, Conn. Also, West End Hotel, Long Branch,J. N. CITATION. John T. Gaston, Esq., Probate Judge Whkreas, 8. L. Plunkett, hath made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration on estate and ef fects of. Mrs. Julia Owens, deceased. T’Hese'.are, luereRffts to cite had ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. Julia Owens, that they be and appear be fore me in ihe Court of Probate to be held at Aiken Court House on Mon day, 9th day of September, after pub lication hereof, at 12 o’clock noon, to show cause why said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this the 24th day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. JOHN T. GASTON, Judge Probate Aiken County Largest—Strongrest'-Best- The Mutual Life Insurance Com- PANY OF NEW YORK. Established 1843. The Largest Company in the World. Assets $120,082,153.56 Receipts (1888; 20,215,932.52 Surplus 7,940,003.63 Paid policy holders in 1888 14,727,550.22 Note.—If the Mutual Life compu ted its surplus as do the Tontine com panies, that item would represent about $34,000,000,as dividends amount ing to 20,000.000 have beeen credited to policies now in force, hut aie not payable until such policies become claims. THIS GREAT CORPORATION lias earned for, and has paid to its policy holders in CASH SURPLUS during the past twenty-one years the enormous sum of $73,000,000. For safe and profitai)Ie investment insure in the Mutual Life Insurance Company. J. W. ASHHURST, Agent. Office in Aiken Co. Loan and Savings Bank. Alex. B. Williams Deader In Fine Importei & Domestic Goods. Park & Tilforcl’s Liquors. Per Bottle. Fine Old Monogram Whisky.. . .$1 50 “ London J maKaRum. 2 00 “ St. Croix Rum 1 50 “ Sheiry, pale 1 00 & 1 25 G. H. Mumm «fc Co.’s Extra Dry$l 50 Brunswick’s Private Stock, L-pts .75 Catherwood’s 3-Feather Rye .. .$2 75 Old Baker’s, in qts 1 50 Gibson & Son’s Old Rye 1 50 Imported Port Wine 1 50 BRANDIES—J. & F. Martel . .. 2 00 Jas\ Hennj , in pts 1 00 California Brandy, 5 years old 1 25 Per Gallon. North Carolina Corn Whisky.. .$1 75 North Carolina Peach Brandy.. 3 00 CaMiet Making Upholstery. In addition to my regular carpenter work I am now prepared to repair and upholster furniture, and do all kind of cabinet work in tliebest man ner, at my shop near the Town Hall. I. A. GIVENS. ORANGEBURG COUNTY. From The Times-Democrat, August 28th. The Rowesville Alliance is going to open a store of its own at Rowesville. A great deal of cotton bagging is be ing hauled out of town by farmers who are determined not to use jute. Capt. J. D. Shieder, a well known and influential citizen, living i eight miles from BrauciivilTe, died suddenly on Wednesday, the 21st. A tenant house on Mr. Thos. W. Oliver’s place near Centre Hill was burned down last Monday and a lit- three-month’s-old colored child was burnt up in it. Capt. P. H. Rielly. a prominent merchant of Greenville, who at one time was a resident of Orangeburg, died at the former place last Monday. The cotton caterpillars are on the rampage in several sections of the county, and unless they are checked they will do a great deal of harm to the cotton. Mr. W. H. Bull died at his father’s residence near Vance’s last Monday alter a protracted illness with fever. Mr Bull was an excellent young man and was about twenty-four years of age. The Governor has refused to exer cise clemency in the case of J. M. Davis, white, convicted of selling liquor without license, at the May term of Court for Orangeburg Coun ty, and sentenced by Judge Kershaw to six months in jail. A heavy rain fell in the neighbor hood of Whaley’s and Springfield ast Thursday, which washed up a part of the roadbed of the Blackville and Alston Railroad, causing a de- ay of the passenger train, which was saved from running into the washout by a timely signal from Mr. J. J. Whaley. Two of our progressive farmers, Capt. E. R. Walter and Mr. J. A. Weathersbee, of Orangeburg, have small tracts of the famous “Bailey” cotton in cultivation. The cotton now presents a beautiful appearance they cordially invite their farmer friends to inspect. The origin of the “Bailey” cotton will no doubt be of interest. In the summer of 1885 a colored man in North Carolina named H. C. Bailey, on the banks of the Cape Fear River, discovered the plant, which had eaves resembling those of the okra. Closely he watched the plant and at its maturity found it to be cottou with a very long and fine fibre. Each year watched and planted the seed, always keeping it distinct, and an nually it was reproduced with all its icculiar characteristics. In 1888, on wo acres of fair laud, without extra manuring, he produced two hales to he acre. During this year he sold us right to a company and the Bai- ey Seed Company now offer this seed and guarantee their genuinenefss. This cotton differs from all other cotton on the following points: First, the leaves are different from all ntbef, being shaped Uke ^iMa, leaves. _8 has very small seeds. Thi nine to ten seed occur in ealih lock, fourth, it has five locks to the boll, nfth, the bolls are longer than those of ordinary cotton. Sixth, it is be- ‘ieved to be rust proof. It opens more regularly than other cotton. This is due to the free access of suu through the peeularly shaped leaves. Its length aud fineness of fibre make it the only possible rival we have of the sea is land cotton. Its average yield is thirty-eight pounds of lint to one hundred pounds of seed. BA RN WELBCO UNTY. ugust 29tli. popular young d formerly a School there, P. Erwin on Our congratu- llonquist, who nwell, died at ter, Mrs. Kate ight the 24th. from Texas, might benefit From the Sentinel. Mis Zula Skinner lady of Bamberg! teacher in the graded was married to Rev. Wednesday, the 21st. lations to the happy Miss Eupbemia Hi formerly resided in the residence of her s: Brown, on Saturday She recently returhi thinking the change her health, but all efforts were of uo avail. Miss Hallonquist, with her sisters, once coudueied! a flourishing school here. Mr. R. M. Harden, doe of the old est citizens of Great Cypress, died on Tuesday morning kilt at about 3 o’clock. Mr. Harden was familiarly known as “Georgia Bob,” having come to this county from that State man> years ago. He yvas a man of owerful constitution and enjoyed tie health up to a few days of his death. From The People, August 29th. Announcement cards are out for the marriage of Miss G. Baggott of Bamberg, and Mr. Eugene R. Walter of Orangeburg County this evening. Gov. Richardson, on Thursday, ap pointed Capt. Jeff Stokes Trial Jus tice at Midway to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Capt. J. C. Miley. The annual protracted meeting of Ashleigh Baptist Church began on Sunday. Rev. J. D. PejMjock, the pas tor. is assisted by LffV- Welcome Moseley, of Aiken Lawrence Lee, a went on the excursi last Friday mornin at George’s Station, again fell and got his foot cut off. He was carried to the hospital in Charles ton and left there for proper treat ment. G. E. Hutto, who shot and killed Trial Justice J. C. Miley on the 12th inst., has been reRksed by Judge Aldrich oq bail in the sum of $3,000. >red man who to Charleston l^ot off the train id in getting on EDGEFIELD COUNTY. From The Chronicle, August 28th. The following is the settlement of Treasurer W. L. Stevens with the Comptroller General for Edgefield County: Total State tax charged 124,556.05; commissions, $431.50; aba ted by comptroller-general, $10; nulla bona $99.68; executions in the bands of sheriff, $27.94; cash retained by sheriff for nulla bona costs, $142.99; paid State treasurer, $23,852.94. Mr. John Hudson, of the Curryton section, has brought us a fine speci men of the Mosby corn—five stalks growing (from one hill—containing nine perfect ears. This was grown on real upland; and Mr Hudson told us that his brother william, who planted this corn almost exclusively on low grounds, had hills of eight stalks bearing sixteen good ears. Our Ridge friends, Messrs. W. J. and 8. L. Ready, have cultivated this corn so largely and so successfully, that it is known among many of our people only as the Ready corn. The expenses of the August term of Court were.—Amount paid wit nesses, $400.30; jurors, 1st week, $348.- 30; 2nd week, $111.50; grand jurors, $90.70; constables, $92.35; special dep uties. $12. Total, $1,061.15. Edgefield Monitor. August 29th. Married, at the Methodist parson age, Johnston, Sunday, August 18, 1889, by Rev. J. B. Wilson, Miss Dora Pollard and Mr Jesse Hart, all of this County. Mr. J. H. Bouknight is having the Gaston Mansion, in Edgefield, thor oughly renovated and repainted for engineer John Whaley, who will soon move his family there from Aiken. A fatal accident befell Mr. Richard Rushton of Trenton, near Hook’s saw mill last Wednesday afternoon. A tree h&d been cut down and lodged against another tree. It was left in this position, and afterwards, as Mr. Rushton was walking in the woods, it fell on him, injuring him fatally. He lay for several hours in an unconcious condition before he was found. Last Thursday, as the children of Mr. Jno. Miller, a leading planter near Trenton, were playing under their father’s gin house, one of the little boys, Frank, aged 7 years, was seriously hurt by having his head run over by the cog-wheel. His injuries were not fatal, however, and he is recovering. This is the third accident of the kind that lias occurred in this immediate neighborhood within the last two years, and should serve as a warning to builders of gin houses to construct the cog-wheel in such a manner as to be less dangerous. NOTES FROM SALLY’S. Sally’s, 8. C. t Aug. 27,1889. Editors Aiken Recorder: As I have not seen anything from this section in some time I will try to ;ive you some of th<H»ews. Sally’s is still in its progressive way, building, and opening new stores seem to be all tUe rage. J. W. Martin has opened » new store of furniture and general Merchandise. First bale of new cotton was ship ped to-day, by Mrs. C, A. Milhous of Sally’s, on the B., & N. R. R. Cotton crops are veQLshort to what was expected. Corn its own. Melons at and the doctors are Gf railroads have left, ftr 11 holding over now, Vydl the seems to benevo- thejvoung grand suc- be a prevailing epi We bad a unique Qu4. iL lenLpqrposes d, from ladies, whicB cess. . Miss Sally Rice, of Bamberg, is spending some time with her sisters, Misses D. and H Rice. I had the pleasure of entertaining Mr. McDuff, correspondent for Jour nal and Review. Mr. McDuff is very energetic and bids fair to hold a good stake in the future. Miss Carrie F. Price and Miss Em ma Sally spent Sunday with us. They are both worthy young ladies and their Jacob will not be disappointed when they grow old. The protracted meeting is being car ried on at Sally’s by Bro. Kesler. No additions have been made yet, but we hope a good harvest will be the result of the meeting. Con Amore. ITEMS FROM PERRY. If your liver is clogged, take a ta blespoonful of Frog Pond Chill and Fever Cure in half tumblerful! o water every night until relieved. 50 cents a bottle. Sold everywhere. Perry, S. C. t August 29, 1889. The protracted meeting carried on here by the Revs. Peacock and Jewel, I think did much good. The people seem to be enjoying the finest kind of health. The Farmers’ Alliance organized a club here last Monday evening. I am glad to know that we have at last got something to lift the poor farmers out of the bog. Mr. F. S. Smith, organizer of the Farmers’ Alliance of Aiken County, is an eloquent speaker and he bids fair lo do his part in the work. Mr. J. P. Hill, President of our club is a very industrious and intellectual man, aiid I think he is well fitted for his office, and will do all in his power to build up a flourishing club here. Mr. Willie Tucker, a very iutelli- gent young mau’of our midst will leave here soon for Charleston, where he will take another course in col lege. Mr. Henry Sawyer killed a rattle snake last, week, that had sixteen rattles. The farmers have at last got all of their melons off their hands and many of them say that they will never plant another “Gem Cobb.” The cotton crop has tbrowu off full one-half of its fruit, the pea crop is very fine and the corn excellent. M. The C. C. tt. & C. Railway Bonds. Township The News and Courier of the 27lh says:—Major Ernest Gary, a promin ent lawyer of Edgefield, was in the city yesterday on professional busi ness. He went to Summerville yes terday morning to see Judge B. C. Pressley to obtain an injunction on behalf of Shaw Township, in Edge- field County, from the levying b> the auditor of a special tax for the pay ment of the bonds of that township voted for the building »f tbe Carolina, Cumberland Gap aijid Chicago Rail road. The ground upon which the injunc tion was urged by [Major Gary was that the Act authorising the election for the levy of the t^x had been vio lated ; that the election was illegal, insomuch as a majority of the land holders of the township had not sign ed the petition to the county commis sioners to order the [election. The county audit levy the tax and th posed io it on tbe g, ployed Major Gar. ' Why Augusta Was Not Burned. The question, why did not General Sherman come to Augusta instead of going to Savannah when he made his march through Georgia, has been so often asked and commented on, and without a satisfactory solution, that Mr. P. A. Stovall, editor of the Chronicle, wrote to Gen. Sherman on the subject, and received the follow ing insulting and characteristic reply from the champion Vandal of our age: Mr. Dear Sir: I am just back from a visit to my daughter, who resides at Rosemont, near Philadelphia, and find your letter of the 18th. The “March to the sea” from Atlanta was resolved on after Hood had got well on his way to Nashville. I then de tached to Gen. Thomas a force suf ficient to whip Hood, which he, in December, 1864, very handsomely and conclusively did. Still I had left a very respectable army, and resolved to join Grant at Richmond. The dis tance was one thousand miles, and prudence dictated a base at Savannah or Port Royal. Our enemy had garrisons at Macon and Augusta- I figured on both and passed between to Savannah. Then, starting northward, the same problem presented itself between Augusta and Charleston. I figured on both, but passed between. I did not want to drive out garrisons ahead of me at the crossings of the Santee, Catawba, and Pee-Dee, Cape Fear, etc. Tbe mo ment I passed Columbia the factories, powder mills and old stuff accumulat ed at Augusta were lost to the only Confederate armies left, Lee’s and Hood’s. So if you have a military mind, you will see I made better use of Augusta than if I had captured it with all of its stores, for which I had no use. I used Augusta twice as a buf fer. Its garrison was just where it helped me. If the people of Augusta think I slighted them in the winters of 1864- 65, by reason of personal friendship formed in 1844, they are mistaken; or if they think I made a mistake in strategy, let them say so, and with the President’s consent I think I can send a detachment of 100,000 or so of “Sherman’s bummers” and their de- cendants, who will finish up the job without charging Uucle Sam a cent. The truth is these incidents come back lo me in a humorous vein. Of course the civil war should have ended with Vicksburg and Gettys burg. Every sensible man on earth must have then seen there could be but one result. The leaders of the South took good care not to “die in the last ditch,” and left brave men like Walker. Adams, Pat Cleburne, etc., to do that. Yours truly, W. T. Sherman. Cotton Receipts. The News and Courier of the 27th says:—Although everybody is looking forward to a good cotton crop this year, the prospect for the next few days looks rather discouraging just now. Yesterday only 4 new bales wore Japjettod -atUie f-utliyi ExeJiaoge against 283 for August 27, 1888. The crop, as everybody knows, has been thrown back very much, and is at least ten days, and some say two weeks, behind time. In many por tions of the State a great deal of cot ton planted on the best of lands did not get up until June, after the heavy drought of the spring had been brok en, and the heavy and continued rains of the past six or eight weeks did much to throw it still further be hind. Some of the farmers are undoubted ly holding back their cotton on ac count of the determination of the Al liance not to use jute bagging, but at this early stage of the season it is hardly probable that enough of the cron is being kept at home to affect the receipts very materially. Most of the cotton men in the city expect the receipts to be very light for the next two weeks, although after that time they are confident that the fleecy staple will roll in by the whole sale, and they are all making prepar ations accordingly. were still swearing vengence against the whites. It was clearly a case of accidental killing and the bloodthirsty feeling of the aegroes is somewhat difficult to understand. Griinlteville Notes. Mr. E. W. Stothart has gone trayel for Messrs. Dowie & Moise, Charleston. Rev. J. L. Knight has concluded a very sucessful protracted meeting at the Baptist Church. Mrs. B. W. Hard’s and Mr. W. N. Marcbant’s excellent schools were re opened on Monday last with full at tendance. Mr. H. W. Howland is now in Nashville, Tenn., where he has the K ositiou of Superintendent of the rational Cotton Mills. Miss Lula Donald died on Saturday and was buried on Sunday in the pub lic cemetery, the Rev. J. L. Knight conducting the service. Mr. H. H. Weeks, who was shot last week in the difficulty with Mr. Sam’l P. Kitchings, jr., died on Wed nesday at noon. He had made friends witli Kitchings before his death, and acknowledged that he himself was the one to blame for tke occurrence. Whiskey was primarily responsible for the fatal affair. The verdict of the coroner’s jury was that “Weeks came to his death bp a shot from a pistol in the hands of Kitchings, and the said shooling having been done in self de fence.” Dear Commodore : —So you could not sink one of your own little'tubs’ with all the lead mines in Colorado! (a very good reason why!) but a gen tle zepphyr, you think, would com pletely unsettle my ‘hash’ and blow it into the depths of the sea. —Now, didn’t you say it Old ‘Wink’? Just answer me. Well, lest you should try to sink others, as you are trying to sink me, 1 humbly sug gest that every patron of the Lake, shall, before going there, knock off the heels, and put copper toes on his shoes, if he hopes to enjoy that degree of freedom and safety which is com- patable with sound and healthful en joyment. Of course he won’t be reck less enough to take of his shoes until in the water, and for heaven’s sake don’t let him keep them off one sec ond after his bath is over, and he has reached the dry land! Blow (once more) P. S. It is reported, but I didn’t believe it dear ‘Cousin’, that, while trying to shut the door easy the other night, you lost your balance and fell forward and severely mashed several fingers of your right hand, (poor fel low you were sle :py,) AndLas doctors have not yet reports lie natuarally feel very anxio you, for they cant help but fea 1 for you, a private secretary wo utterly out of the question wonld load the poor fellow into middle of next wetk, and then out form or ceremony blow hi ‘at’oms.’ Moral: A squeak is someti netter fliati a squeeze, atad sometimes the parent of a cruel putation. Hard Blow (Old Wink.) Editors, The gun was only half loaded. the The Trouble at Mt. Pleasant. junction. After aj matter Judge Pre| junction. r was about to e who were op- unds named em- to obtain an lu ll hearing of the ley granted the in- On last Friday a fatal accident oc curred at Mt. Pleasant, on the south ern side of the Cooper River, opposite Charleston, which for some hours threatened serious rioting and blood shed. It seems that about 9 a. m. a negro woman named Mollie Holmes enter ed a grocery store in the village and made some purchases. The clerk, Fred Schaefer, a boy about seventeen years of age, had been cleaning a gun which is invaribly kept in such stores. The woman passed in front of it while the boy was handling it. The gun went off and mortally wounding her. As soon as the news got abroad the negro women, as it their custom, started on a crazy crusade, They asoused the men and in a minute the whole population was in a ferment. The boy ran to the Sheriff and gave himself up and was locked up in jail. The women surrounded the jail and demanded his blood. The men sent out to the surrounding plantations for arms and ammunition and threatened to take the prisoner, sheriff and jailor and hang all of them unless the boy was given up. The sheriff had a half dozen deputies sworn in and stood the siege, in the meantime sending to Charleston for help. By order of the Governor two companies of white militia were despatched to the scene of disturbance. Thev left the city at one p. m. and forty-five minutes later were at the jail. The woman died at about two p. m. having made an ante mortem statement to the effect that the shoot ing was accidental. This, however, did not appease the infuriated negro men and women. The prisoner was sent under guard over to the city at seven p. m. but in the meantime great numbers of negroes from the sur rounding county had come in and the crowd threatened to burn the town. The Charleston troops encamped around the jail and prevented any at tack, and five of the ringleaders among the rioters were arrested by Sheriff Hale, and lodged in jail. The troops remained at Mt. Pleasant all Friday night, but on Saturday return ed to Charleston. In tbe afternoon all the bar-rooms in the place were closed at 3 o’clock as a further precautionary measure, and by night everything was quiet, although some loud mouthed negroes am- Do you know that this little town of Aiken boasts of an establishment the first in point of excellence in the State? We speak of C. K. Hender son’s doub’e stores—clothing, hats and gentlemen’s furnishing in one, and shoes exclusively in the other. Just now Mr. Henderson is displaying summer goods (we mean comfortable wearing apparel and shoes for the hot days) in endless variety—in fact his stock and prices would give him prominence in the large northern cit ies. Call and see this place. We think it will gratify the pride that you must certainly feel for your town. The "Weekly Crop Report. The weekly crop report issued on the 24th by the weather service bu reau of the State department of Agri culture, is as fellows: Rainfall for the State was below normal. Temperature for the State was slightly below normal. Sunshine for the State was normal. Weather conditions during the past seven days have been decidedly favor able. A marked improvement in the condition of the cotton crop, which may yet yield a fair average return. Fodder aud hay has been harvested and housed in good condition. Corn is safe and will yield largely. The crops of peas and potatoes also prom ise a lull return No reports have been received from the rice districts, but it is rumored that the crop will be short. Unsuitable Cotton Covering. The Savamiah Morning News states that considerable new cotton is com ing into Savannah covered with cot ton bagging, and there is general com plaint by tlie merchants that the bales are not properly covered. Mr. E. Karow, representing Strauss & Co., one of tlie largest expoiting honses there says that this insufficien cy of covering will cause serious in convenience to exporters and shippers as already one case lias occurred in which the exporter had to accept a bill of lading from ihe steamship company which stated the cotton was not in good order, otherwise the ship per is required to make the transport ation company an indemnity bond to protect it from any claims on the other side of a bad delivery. This bond is required before a clean bill of lading will be given. There is a law preventing steam boats from carrying cotton without every bale being covered on all sides, and in cases where a bale is not so covered tlie boat is subject to a fine for each bale. It is said that mer chants in Norfolk are stripping the cotton covering from the bales re ceived there and are covering them with jute bagging. They are making a handsome thing out of it, owing to the great difference in weight and the price soaiearly on a par with the other. The cotton covered with cotton bag ging compresses satisfactorily, but there is ^ome dissatisfaction over the effect of the hooks in handling the bales, as big holes are made in the bale almost the length and breadth of it by the hooks. A Model Dairy Farm. Many of the residents of Aiken are not fully aware of the attractive and successful character of the work going on at Mr. B. P. Chatfield’s dairy farm just outside of the town Lmits. Such a place where the production of milk is the motive, is not to be seen in many parts of the South, and is one of two that Aiken can boast of. Like every other business, dairy farming, to be successful, must be conducted with the utmost skill and economy; and these are shown in the housing of the cattle, care given to them, and in all the other work on the farm. With the large barn, aud stable ac commodations most of our readers are familiar, but just at this time the en silage question is tlie most interesting and really, upon this feed problem, depends, to a great extent, the success of the business. To one who knows the natural poverty of the sandy soil of that locality it is difficult to under stand how anything can be raised on it, and a visit to the place itself is necessary to a full comprehension. So far as tlie dairy work is concerned corn, peas and millet are the crops grown, and these are luxuriant be yond belief for that soil, resulting en tirely from skilful manuring and good cultivation. We know this place well, and know that its natural yield of corn is about two acres to the bushel; but now there are 56 aires in corn, of which 40 are estimated to have pro duced this season at the rate of 65 bushels to the acre, aud the whole crop an average of 45 bushels. To make this corn the land has been gradually brought up, year after year by heavy manuring and deep plowing and particularly by the use of liquid manures, applied by means of a regu lar watering cart." Tlie drills were laid off about four aud a half feet apart, and the grains of corn dropped about six or eight inches apart. The crop, of course, is planted only for ensilage, and not for the special pro duction of grain, but the yield is en ormous. and the total cost of pro ducing this crop is $10 00 per acre, or about 22 cents per bushel as it. stands ungathered in the field. But it is be ing rapidly cut down and hauled up to the barn, where it is being cut up and poured into the silos, and in the shape o, ensilage the yield is about 15 tons per acre. This system of ensilage is one of the most inieresting features about the business. The corn stalks are cut down when the grains on the ears are well glazed, at the same period when’ farmers usually strip fodder. They are then hauled to the baru yard and dumped in great pilos alongside of the cutter. A powerful Ross Giant Cutter, worked by an eight horse-power en gine is used to cut up the stalks con taining ears and all, which are fed by o men who have all thev can do to he machine supplied. This buts up about fifty iq^k. of en- per day, and disebarg ictly into the silo. As i| rved this ensilage is coi he stalks, ears, fodder and fact nothing is lost. As sooa is fyjfiiLLLia-allowed to remaij daVf _ contents may settle thorougl the surface is covered with sawdust to the debth of four or five inches, and the work of preserving it for use is fiuished. It is e'stimated that this coru ensilage costs about $1 per ton, stowed away in the silos. There are twelve silos in a row. built of rocks: each one of them is 21 feet long by 14 wide, and they have an average depth of 13)a feet, and are protected by a long wooden shelter, with a door opening over each pit. They have a capacity of about 1,100 tons, and will be filled this season with the several crops grown for this purpose, and thus contain food enough to support 120 head of grown cattle for one year, with the addition of a little other food occasionally. This a at total cost of $1,100, or a little over $9 per head, for the main food supply. This seems in credible, but it figures out this way, and it is said that mathematics do not prevaricate. The daily ration of a cow varies from 40 to 50 pounds ac cording to her size and other circum stances. There are now 73 head of cattle on the place, of which 35 or 40 will be in milk by the 1st of Novem ber; and the average yield of these is about ten quarts of milk daily. With a few exceptions all of the cattle are Holsteins, a few of them thorough bred, and the others grades. One of the bulls is a particularly handsome specimen of his breed; being not yet five years old and weighing over 2.400 pounds. From all this it may be seen what can be done in South Carolina with a dairy farm. Here we have not the grasses and pasturage that are such an aid in the North aud West; but the system of eusiliage is superior, and enables- the dairy business to thrive wherever a market can be had for the product. South Carolina's Kicc. A Georgetown special says that the recent freshets in the Pee Dee river have done a great deal of damage to tlie crons. The entire rice croo on the upper part ot tlie river will he a total loss, tbe plantations having been submerged for eight or ten days. The June rice on tlie upper part of the Waccamaw river will also be a total loss, and some of tbe May rice, is bad ly damaged. The crop along the middle and lower sections of these rivers aud the Black river are safe, so far, and if they escape tlie rice birds and the annual equinoctial gales, there will be a good average crop har vested, notwithstanding the unpro- pitious spring. The April rice is ten days behind in maturing, and the June rice, owing to constant rains is advanced two or three weeks, con sequently it is feared that tlie birds will destroy a great ileal of it. To prevent chills and fever, take Frog Pond Chill and Fever Cure Kr/tlrort rlstaoa S2nl<l CVGryWllCTB broken doses. Sold 50 cents a bottle. Blackville ami tlie Railroad. Blackville. August 24.—Judge Aldrich filed his decree in ihe Black ville side track case on Tuesday, re fusing to dissolve the iiijunctlon. It is thought that Major Brawley and Major Islar mav effect a satisfactory adjustment of the matter between the town and the railroad.