Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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of falling off there ^will proOfioly Oe a further decline in prices, with no prospect of any improvement. The time is approaching when farmers will be making their arrangements for the next crop, and it will rest with each individual farmer to decide for himself whether or not he will reduce his own acreage this spring. We have always been satisfied that reduc tion would come only through indi vidual farmers being forced to it by individual losses. We have no confidence in the reso lutions of conventions or Alliance clubs, and do not think they will ac complish any results. And we also are not confident that the acreage this spiing will not be just as great as that in 1891. But there is no disguis ing the fact that another large crop will be ruinous to the South. The railway companies and factors would benefit by it, but the mass of the population would be depressed as by a great weight. While we all feel or see the great evil of over-production, the question arises what is the remedy? The only answer we can find to this is, for each farmer to plant more corn, oats, peas, etc., raise more cattle and hogs, and raise his own horses and mules. In other words, live oft the products of his farm entirely, and raise enough of all these necessaries of life not only for his own use but also to have a surplus for sale. The farmer who owns his farm and is amply self-supplied with all the necessaries of life, is not much wor ried about the price of cotton. We see it stated that a meeting of the Southern State Agricultural Com- missiouers will be held in Memphis on the 8th inst., to consider plans for diversifying Southern agricultural produce. Especially will the com missioners discuss the topic “Over production of Cotton as Belated to Exclusion of other Soil products and the effect.” It is well that these discussions should be bad, but we are afraid they will not affect the condition. The difficulty in the South is similar to that In California; we are afflicted with negro cheap labor. Under the tenancy system, and small farming negroes produce cotton at prices with which it is impossible for white men to compete, and we are unable to see how this one cause of overproduction is to be removed. Mr. Louis A Beatty, who has been doing such excellent editorial work « on The State has severed his connec- ticn with that paper and assumed the duties of chief editorial writer of the Savannah Morning News. Mr. Beatty is an acquisition to the staff of any newspaper, and since the demise of the Charleston World he has become associated with two of the best conducted, and most readable papers In the South. sis ot vtm^^Hfor persistently^^^^for by the Comp troller Gene^H^Rtnk and railroad properties. “Believing thaf^bmptroller Gen eral Ellerbe cannot longer put his iudgment against that of the people as to what shall be a proper basis of assessment, and that he will now obey the mandates of the constitution and will do all in his power to secure uni formity and equalization in the as sessment of all property for taxation as herein required, the railroads will now ask him to abate the taxes as in dicated. The Bank Cases. The times for hearing two of the most important cases in which the State is involved have been fixed by the State Supreme Court. The Marl boro Bauk case, which was argued by Attorney General McLaurin, will be heard on January 11. lu this case the auditor changed not only the fig ures on his own book, but the treas urer’s duplicates. The Newberry Bank case will be heard on January 18. In this case the auditor obeyed the mandamus and changed his figures to conform to those of the board of assessors. The mandamus to compel the treasurer to make the same change will be argued on the 18th. A Pacific Coast Blizzard. A dispatch from San Francisco of the 31st ultimo, says: The severest storm in years has been raging on the Pacific coast for the past thirty-six hours. The Southern Pacific Kail- road is forced to keep snow plows going night and day. At Yreka seve ral buildings have been crushed by snow. The low lands have been flooded by heavy rains, while the mountains are covered with snow from ten to twenty feet in depth.' The snow storm on the coast is the worst for years. The record of ma rine disaster will be heavy The snow is twelve feet deep in some places. Union Meeting. The union meeting of the First Di vision of the Edisto Baptist Associa tion will meet with tlie Montmorenci Baptist Church on Saturday before the fifth Sunday in January, 1892, at 10 o’clock a. in. The Rev. J. B. Bolin or H. W. Cooper will preach the in troduction sermon; the Rev. J. D. Peacock or J. H. Sanford will preach the missionary sermon on Sunday at 11 o’clock a. m. The following are the subjects for discussion: First Would it be conducive to the effi ciency of our Union to permit the Sunday-schools to co-operate with us in the Gospel work? First speaker J. M. Price or A. W. Corbett. Second. What is the duty of church members, in reference to the whiskey traffic? First speaker Dr. A. D. Morgan or R. S. Quattlebaum. All the churcher belonging to this Union are requested to take up a col lection and send us for mission pur poses. J. D. Peacock, Moderator. J. R. Tillman, Clerk. On Wednesday Capt. W. C. Cooper, a Pinkerton detective arrested in New Smyrna, Fla., Irvin Jenkins, the negro who first gave the alarm, and jailed him at Deland, on a charge of killing the Packwood family. The detective claims to have sufficient ev idence to convict. There is great excitement there and lynching is threatened. A guard of thirty men has been placed around Deland jail. Is a complaint so commbn that compara tively few people are entirely free from it, so insidious that itgains a firm hold al most before its victims are aware of its presence, so dangerous as to seriously threaten the general health, and liable to develop into bionchitis or Consumption. It is a mistake to consider Catarrh merely a loca> trouble. It isuiHpiestionabld a dis ease of the blood, and therefore the right way to cure Catarrh is to remove from the blood the impurities which cause and feed it. This is to be done by taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier, which effectually expels all traces of poison and germs of disease. “I have been troubled for years witn CATARRH and have never received the least benefit from the many so-called catarrh cures. Of late I have been taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla and can honestly sav that I am certainly improved. I know Hood’s Sarsaparilla to be a good medicine.” H. A. George, Athol, Mass, Stuffed-up Feeling. “For 3 T ears I have been troubled with that terrible disagreeable disease, Catarrh. I took Hood’s Sarsaparilla with the very best results It cured me of that contin ual dropping in my throat, ond stuffed-up feeling.” Mrs. S. D. Heath, Putman, Conn. Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Is the best blood purifier, the best nerve helper, the best strength builder. Try it. HOOD’S PILLS—For the liver and bow els, act easily, promptly, efficiently. Price 25c. BROWN’S IRON BITTKRS ALMANAC For 1893 Contains One Hundred Recipes for mak ing delicious Candy cheaply and quickly at borne. This book is given away at drug and general stores. Citation. John T. Gaston, Esq., Probate Judge W hekeas Martha Pardue hath made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administratiou on estate and effects of J. 8. Pardue, de ceased, These are, therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said J. 8. Pardue that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate to be held at Aikeu Court House on Monday Jan uary 18, after publication hereof, at 12 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause why the said administration should not be be granted. Given under my hand this the 1st day of January, in the year of our Lord oue thousand eight hundred and ninety two. JOHN T. GA8TON, Judge Probate Aiken County. PERFECTED CRYSTAL LENSES ▼h<.dk mark. finality Firrt and Alvayt. H. H. HALL, Druggist, has exclusive sale of these celebrated glasses iu Aiken, 8 C. KELLAM & MOORE, The only Manufacturing Opticians in, the 8outh, Atlanta, Ga. 0^“Peddlers are not supplied with these famous glasses. STATE OP SOUT Count S. H. Meyers, Assf Marci J. L. Woe Execut B Y virtue of the to me directed, ken, on the first Moi next, in front of tl within the legal hi sales, the following upon as the pro] named defendt All right, defendant land in the] said, conU less, bount of W. J. on the east and Chitty bv lands Willis \Y^ Terrm, pay for | Decemt Shi STATE Ol Ctl B Y virti! to mt ken, on tlW next, in fi^ within the sales, the fb upon as tl named defei All that L] and being h State and Co^ on the south west by Cookl the M. E. Chul lands of Charll Terms of sa] pay for papers. She! Dec. 8, 1891. GREAT T HE entire Si AUGUST/ out REGARDL] The stock cons Groceries, Hardware, Oi Harness, Si And everythin first-class cout must be closedJ bargains shoulej are marked do\ J. P. G. W1 J. N. M. 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