The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, September 15, 1881, Image 1

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BY E. B. MURKAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 23. 1RftT VOLUME XVI.-NO. 50 Bf AHME KS ASI? HttlK UM???HK B Two ?Leadlng .Southern '.Jourual Bb of tu? Savannah Township' Ile? ft_ThfV are Peolared to Favor It? Ellon ?nd Ileadju.tuieut. Bi/ in ?'.t: (.'??ir?fi?c? AVu'l and Courier Erne part? of the State there Is Ktion among tho farmers to ask fo Kiona from the soliere of eommer ?fertilizers. The farmers use< ?ors liberally and expected t K biu crop. In consequence of th ? thc cotton crop will be a fourtl Rn was counted on. Tho farmer Hha' tbey will be imablo to pa; Kebts in full and want to effect ; Boniise. There is no evidence tba dre is general, and tho only plac? Ebb readjustment has taken practica Bj* ia Savannah Township iu Au ? Countv, where fifty or sixty far ?bave solemnly resolved, (1) tba ir-? duty is to preserve unaulliei Boncstv/integrity and self respect Bit they call on the merchants am BT;?. fertilizers to make such dis Bas their profits will justify and u HIV feel willing to give; (8) tba B?o'ney thc farmers nave shall tu d nut'/"" rata among all their cred (4t that any niau is p public ene B? altem pla to enforce the collcctioi B contrary to the pro rata plan ; (5 Bc colored labores shall have all tin B? ttliat, the whites can Hecure fo ?Ivis. This is readjustment ap Bo merchandize and fertilizer bill?; Bf of the State debt, and the fiftl ion bringa "Africa iuto the war,' HCauieron ha? done in Virginia. B Savannah Township resolutioui tlik'jlv to find much backing, foi Bprat''>cable, on the face of it, ti [Bettie first resolution with theothei BtbeHecond with the third. Then ?Bo danger to integrity as well ai Boped, when a person who has th< Bin law and morals, to enforce hil Bri for- the payment of what is du< B is branded in advance as "a put) Bmy " Suppose too that the mer BnnU dealers in fertilizer-* pay thai mihi- will not justify them in mak Bcounts, and that they are, there Bnwilliug to mako any. Is it pro Rhen, in defiance of the third reso Bhich leaves it to the creditors to Bat ikey can and will do, to pro Bnclertho Prorata and Public ene uiscs in the third and fouth rcsolu B The Savannah Township farmer.' Bin baste, and will do themselves Bparm than good. Bffeis no copartnership between thc B 'n fertilizers aud tho farmer Killy the farmer has the right t< Br tl>e fertilizers in cotton at a fixci: ?Bpi-r po.Mid. At this price he can ?for the fertilizers even if thc markel B>e two or three cents lower, whili ?hn goes above the option price tin i^B sells his cotton and pays the stin Bl,r'ce in money. This is certainly BvantaSe()U!i arrangement for thc jar. Beyond tho option described Bmor ta^e h'3 cnances- When bc Ba bno crop and sells it at a high fgp docs not divide his profits with the Bin iertilizers. The dealers do not B meeting and resolve that, in view B crops and inflated prices, the far Bhould pay A premium over and Bettie price agreed to be paid for the Sirs in the first instance. There ia ice in exspecting dealers to divide Waes without sharing in the profits, jamill not do it. Breading manufacturers of fertilizers triestou told the News and Cou ?nteniay that they cannot make any ?tor discount, aud that their agent? B instructed to collect their accounts BRl. They say, too, that they would BBS by occasionally inability to cn iJBayment than they would lose by B80'11!? iuthe notion that their bills ?be reudjusted each season that the BB less tbp.n was anticipated. The Bnrc DOt large iu any event. Last Mie cost of manufacturing coramer Hkrtilizera was from $0.50 to $6.50 ?tban in previous years, nnd there is Hrn fur a reduction in price if there H disposition to consent to it. B farmers will suffer seriously. B ij Dn -ioubt of that. They will B'orked hard the whola year to find Helves in debt at the end of it. Elut lyaiinot mend this by proposing oi Baning readjustment. Tho harder ?lies the worse the crop, the inure ?taut is it that the farmers shall Ram their reputation for square deal B^hey will then he able to go on ?other year. What chance, on the ?hand, will the Savannah Township Efts have of getting fertilizers and gandise on credit next seasou ? The ?sting resolutions will confront them ?where, and will force them to "pity By go" in a way they did not calcu Jttm. Not only this, but the move Kn Savannah Township will injure ?mers everywhere. Merchants "and ?aclUiera will not, if they know it, Beir g??>ds go into slippery, hands B>e slightest manifestation of tho re ?lu8 spirit will impair tho credit of ?hose who are not immediately con ?lin it. The dealers will lose con Be and grow suspicious. They will ?ess credit, and charge higher prices fig they give credit at all. ? merchants and dealers can take ?f themselves. They are rich and ?.^ The farmers, especially tho Jg .armers, are tho persona who will IIn ouo way or the other they obtained the means of carrying en operations from year to year, n most instances, have improved Position. They rely on tho Lien ? enable them to farm and live next el the Savannah Township ros lin denounce as a public enemy ono hums what is dim m hitr. tinder il IThia spirit, if it spread, will be a injury io the poorer farmers than peal of the Lien law would bc. t will be of no avail to the. farmers re in better position. A bad name eavy load to carry, and a Bingle a* ?ct will somet?ales put n stain ^community that it will take years have spoken of tho proposition of !?nnt? Township farmers as read ni- 1 hero is no other name that Plan so well, from the declarations n'"g honesty and integrity to the "7" to tho negroes. The Stal ewspapers will rejoice to find that ?entijUHter doctrines are gaining i, and we may expect that they n fl r y lhrow 1,10 whole forco of publican party on the sido of Sa ^.township aud against such Kd'X" lmy,n? ju?t debts. Some debt, to be readjusted are due to wrn men, but that ?? of no conso e ""en principle is at stake! !?Umr Tl1"" ln 8onth Cftrolhm-Tho , th0 F*Ter. Endangered who ?*h r??m^ p">Po?ltlon of tho Ba Norial in tht Atlantn 0"M"-,|(,-," it K!' ofMatl'onism-tho idea that ? rwi11 a"d pleasure of thc i'ind?nt?? K,OMwl ?vcr and so sim Ur ' WC ure not ?urprised to ;B,m"^ movement elsewhere. The ? movement to winch wc allude has boguu in South Carolina and a? it is completely shorn of all political complication?, our esteemed republican contempor?nea will no boubt join and go beyond ua in depre cating the spread of tho moral disease which under other circuniBtaucea they would gladly nurse and foster. ^n,m?J:JaJaD.?a?,t0'?.n"Lil, ln Anderson county, South Carolina, fifty or sixty tannera havo assembled togcthe- ?.nd re solved, thal it is their duty, first to pre serve unsullied their honesty, inteeritv and self-respect ; second, that they call ou the merchants and daders in fertili zora to make such discounts as their profits may justify and as they may feel willing to give ; third, that what money tho farmer? have shall bo divided out Pro rata among all their creditors; I lourtb, that any man is a public enemy wno attempts to enfore the collection of debts contrary to tho pro rata plan ; fifth that tho colored laborers shall have all tho benefits that the whites can secure for themselves, j If these resolutions gave rise to any : political ?Ksues-if Savannah township ! Imd a representative iu the aenate whoso vote was worth purchasing-here would i bo the Mahone plan over again ; and who ! knows but the action of these farinen ! not ?ervo as the basis of some future may ! campaign wherein a South Carolina I Mahone may have to appeal to the ro j publicans for aid and comfort in carrying out the niau of readjusment and repudia tion and in crushing tho bourbons who I believe iu an honest payment of debta both public and private? It will bo ob served that the fifth resolution purpose? to enlist the enthusiasm of the colored people, thereby bringing the South Caro lina plan for readjustment in thorough sympathy with the Mahone movement iu Virgiuia, which is earnestly defended by the great majority of republican or gans in virginia, as well ashy such inde pendent journals as the Springfield lie publican. What ia the result of this attempt to give practical abane to Mahonism in South Carolina ? 'Ibo probability is that tho adoption of the resolutions alluded to, will ruin the credit of the farmers who countenance them ; but there is a pos sibility that aomo Buch demagogue as Mahone will seize upon the idea, rally the debtors both white and black in all sections ot tho state, cover it up with some talk about bourbo mun, a free ballot and a fair count, und so formulate an is sued which the republican organs may be glad to indorse as ono of the methods of breaking up the solid south. The Condition of the Crops, The follow ing condensed statement of ! the condition of tho crops for the month \ ending September 1, in South Carolina, i is made up from returns to the State Dc J partment of Agriculture: The estimates are based upon 121 re plies, covering every county except one. 85 correspondents rc-jrt the weather un favorable, 8(3 favorable. COTTON.-The returns show a still fur ther decline in cottou prospects from the August report?. Many correspondent aro of the opinion that the August crop will be too late to mature. Others say that with a very lato Fall, a fair yield may be obtained from tho second crop. Wind and rain in many sections inflicted aomo damage by beating out open cotton. Rust and shedding ia reported in various localitieB. Picking is very general, and some correspondents think that half of the crop is now open, and that thc entire crop will he gathered by October 1st. In some counties the bolls are very small and lint short. The prospects are cer tainly uot encouragi. OI bul correct esti mated aa to yield cauuot be definitely stated until the probable outcome of the top crop ia determined, which now de pends upon the lateness of frost. An early Fall will possibly reduce the pres ent estimate. The average for upper Carolina is 51, middle Carolina 54, and lower Carolina G4, a decline for the State from August reports of 16 percent. Cons.-There has beeu very little chango in the condition of the corn crop ?ince last report. Early coru was too far advanced to be benefited by August rains. Correspondents report some improve ment in luto planted, which brings the preseut estimates above the August re turns. The average for upper Carolina ?3 GU, middle Carolina 42, lower Carolina 47, an increase of II per cent, for the State. RIC E.-Upland rice baa been improved bv August rains aud tho prospects are fair. In tho low country the crop suf fered severely from aalt iu the rivers, and great damage has been done by the storm on Auguat 27th. Our correspondent in Georgetown county says: "Ihe recent gale flooded with sea water (overtopping for one tide) all the crops for fifteen miles above Georgetown. Damage to old rice planted in April less thar, that planted in May. Jnne planting in many places killed by aalt water beyond recovery. Loss to crop not leas than 50 per cent, with favorable harvest. Continued rain? and high tides may make it greater." In upper Carolina the condition is reported at 78, middle Carolina ?G and lower Car olina 51. " . , PEAS AND SoRoiirM-NO material change ia reported in either ol these crops. In some sections an improvement U noted but the general condition varies but little from the August report. THE OUTLOOK-WO regret that the outlook is lesa promising than ?-as ex pected a month ago. We cannot do bet ter than to quote from an esteemed cor respondent, himself a practical and suc cessful farmer: "Cotton is .clone for, and estimating not more than a half crop, the wise, energetic planter will save t u clean and nice as possible, hold it, it lu cnn ?uni above all things "OW a larg.- oat crop as soon Mp?t^r?Mr?g meneo to economise n^n* Ior -- will most assuredly be a bad year tm ul who are not forehanded. Crazing lots o barley and rye will bo of great help in keeping stock and assist very much through the trying months of next March and April. Rye on rich ^ ?MT' nish earlier forage and more of tJ? taite the place of fodder H'an anything I know of. It cnn be cat three or four times with A cradle, commencing ns soon as it hoads out and curing like hay. Mules and horses relish it, thus cured very much, and a crop can be made on it, with very little corn." _ Hcnrv M. Stanley, the famous Afri ca traveler, ia dangerous*aick inithe wilda of that country Hos foreign !",m hm nails from tho t.nitcd States, and was first ?cut out by Kennett. Thc Washington Capital iyi of Garfield's iron constitution : Tho man who can improve for thirty-six hours nf ter a lill nt has occurred in the past two " eek", wa" "ol bom to die of anything which humanity can survive. _ Hob ItiKersoll: A Wisconsin wo , that State, this Summer, and it waa .1 t hn Thus, you see, the devil ir u?cm ng o business during tl , hot ca o > as well as nt other times, while Sonable ministers clo* their business Rod g?abroador to tho mountain... "THE NEU KO AS A FAUMEK.? A Vigorous Ezpretalou of Caufreuinan Aikcn'ii Opinion?. CoKESuuiiv, S. C., September fi. The editorial fraternity are not prone to run counter to public opinion in their publications. On the contrary, tho posi tion of a newspaper upon all questions aneeting the people is usually considered an index of tho sentiment of tho commu nities among whom that paper circulates. If thia be true, I, for one, beg leave to enter my emphatic protest against any Buch construction being placed upon your editorial, "Tue Negro as a Far mer," contained in you;- issue of the 2d September. No one gainsays the fact that the no gie is a laborer, and that it ia through bis labor that, perhaps, two-thirds of tho cotton crop of South Carolina is produc ed. Hut I do deny and denounce the idea, as you express it. that "he docs un derstand farming as fr.rming goes, and he possesses generally as much knowledge of agriculture as his wllito neighbor." This assertion is absolutelv untrue, as every intelligent farmer in "South Caro lina well knows, and would never have been fathered by you hud you ever had any agricultural association with the negro. What think you would become of your rice and sea island cotton plan tations if they had not tho superior j udg ment of the white man to control and direct the labor? Cross over but for a morning and seo those section of James Island, for instance, where the crops are controlled by tho white man and com pare them with those left to the super vision of the negro, and you will regret ever having penned that aeutcuce. Aud all through the upper couutry and obser vant traveller might go with the John Gilpin speed through the country, and point out, without the shadow of a doubt, every farm left exclusively to the con trol of the negro. In ninety-nino cases out ufa hundred it will be the most infe rior crop in the neighborhood. Thia ia the case throughout the upper country where the negro ia a creature of a far higher order of intelligence thou be is upon our coast. No ono dnubta that occasional exceptions eau be found. But they are BO rare that they only the more firmly establish the general rule. In all iny experience, and it haa not been very limited, I have found but two negroes that had tho judgment necessary to control and conduct Duccessfully even a one-horse farm. One of these ia to-day Hewing his twelfth graiu crop on my land, and has made money every year, and when asked by me last week why he did not enlarge bia funning operations, curtly replied: "Sir, the old niggers I couldn't control and tho young onea are no account." The next injustice you have done the farmers of thc State is where you instance as evidence nf the negro's success as a farmer the increased cotton crop of 18S0 over that I860, aud tiing ironically av the "accurate knowledge" of those men known before the war aa ovoraeera. You may not be aware of it, but it is a fact that that very class of men since the war hos made the most aucceasful far mers in tho State. They were inured to work, understood tho negro character, and gcuerally said to him "come on," and whatever the}* did JUCCGSS was sure to follow. I can count within my own knowledge scores of auch meu who were pennileaj at the close of the war, and who to-day are land holders, and aomo oi them independently wealthy. They have in almost every instance made good citizens, and would that our waste placea were full of such men. You claim "to have only given the negroids due;" yea, aud far more. If you are disposed to write him up as a "farmer send one of your staff to the sec tions of our State where, through thc rascality of Leslie and his confreres, the negrocB have congregated as landowners, and let him see for himself, and truthful ly report the condition of things. There is a section in Abbeville Count;' known as "The Promised Land" which prol ibly would he worthy of a visit from such ai; inspector. 1 further protest against so low ar application of my profession as to say, that "the negro ia king in the cotton field and farming is bia sphere." Betweoi the plough-handleB he can lay no mon claim to princely recognition than tin animal at the end of tho beam. Ho i: a failure, a teetotal dead failure, when not controlled, guided and supervised bi the white man. And to succeed to-da: as a farmer requires ns much int? Uigenci energy, push, enterprise and tat1 i required in any of the so-called learned professions. Agriculture ia a science aud to master it even partially require learning thought, judgment and indus try. Tue competition in thc agricultura race tod-ay is tenfold greater than it wa even ton years ago, and unless the pracli cal farmer learns somethingof thisacienc before he goes to tho field, bc ia sure t< be distanced in the race. And wdio eve beard of a uegro being scientific excep by imitation? And being the most imi t?tive creatures in the world, some c them aro bound to bo a auccess in almos every vocation. These strictures may appear e^en and possibly some may say the neg. deserves an apology at my hands for ut tering them. Hut not so. 1 would no abuse him, and I givo bira as I woub Satan-"his dues," if ho had any ; but will never consent to your proposition that he deserves tho credit of bavin mndfi the State richer, if it has becom so, agriculturally. And this, too, I deny which brings me to another point upo which I tako isauo with you. i It has becomo the habit latterly of I Mr. Atkinson, of Huston, and otbt j Northern manufacturera to b'ow loudl i about tho nnmirnnisnd BgtiCUltUfal rr I sources of tho South ; and they to prov I 'hem invariably instance the increase ' cotton crops of the respective Souther Staten, eipecitiilv of South Carolina, i you have dono in your editorial. Yo say tho cotton crop of 1880 in thia Stal amounted to 163,178 balea more than was in 1860. This can be accounted fi without giving credit to anybod because it bas been done largely at tl expense of other products. Before tl war South Carolina grew nearly ono ar a half millions of bushels of whoa principally in tho upper counties, in which it was a larc thing to see a barr of flour imported. Now-ndnys tho very counties import more flour for hon consumption than is grown within the limita. Hefore the war South Carolii grew over 15,000,000 bushels of cor chiefly in tho middle and upper cou i ties. Now-a-days uoi a cuuuiy in il State but that imports as many tho sands of bushels of Western corn. Befo thc war tho middle and upper counti cured enough home raised bacon supply*largely the home consumptioi now-a day? millions nf pounds of Wt I tern pork are. imported into tho sai j counties. Before the war fried hu ' home cured, was almost n univeo I breakfast dish in upper South Carolin < Tn day auch a diet would cure the BCI I vy Hut apart from this deficit of otb Ernducts, this increased cntton crop c e casilv accounted for in another wi which prives that as a State wo arc not growing richer aa we increase in popula tion. The increased area of land in cot ton will account for at least 100,000 of theso surplus bales. lu every county in tho State, perbups, the area bas been increased; Anderson, Oconec, Pickens, Greenville and Spartsnburg supplying us from this source alone with probably 50,000 bales, and in these counties, tho very best and moat progressive in the Stute, the negro (give him bia due) is greatly iu tho minority. Then, too, our increased population ol'25 per'cent. and more in a hingle decade, with little or no diversity of occupation for ''int in crease from the universal cotton crop, would require a greatly increased pro duction to austuin it. But I need go no farther in reviewing your peculiar editorial, and will only express my thanks if you will give thia article the same circulation you did tho editorial. Very respectfully, 1). WYATT AIKEN. Tlio Xovrg and Courier's Reply. Congressman Aiken senda the Actos aud Courier a letter in which ho gives his reasons fur dissenting from tho opinions expressed in a recent article, in this pa per, on "the negro as a farmer." The letter is not written in kindness, and the author seems to be anxious, like the Col umbia Register, to make thc people of South Carolina believe that we are dis posed to uxalt thc negro at thc expense of tho white man. Such charges or sug gestions have no perturbing effect nj.on the New? and Courier, as wo have no ap prehension that South Carolinians, in general will ever insist that injustice to the white race is involved in doing jus tice to tho negro. The immediate purpose of thc article which baa aroused tho Columbia Register aud Col. Aiken was to point out thc claims of the colored people to considera tion, inasmuch aa tho advocates of the Lien law argue that the negro cannot work bis own farm to advantage, and that he should, therefore, be deprived of the mei. of obtaining the credit by which bc ia enabled to farm ou nia own accouut. Thia belief, or desiro to be lieve, that tho negro cammi walk or Bland alone is at the root of tho whole discussion. Congressman Aiken, wo believe, is in favor of the repeal of the Lien law, and it ia easy to seo why. In bin own words : "Between the plough handles, be (the negro) can no moro claim princely re cognition (i. e. to be 'King in the cotton field') than the animal at the end of the beam." The negro and tho mule, in their relations to the cultivation of cot ton, ure put in the same category, und are treated as equally incapable of devel opment and improvement. The Newt and Courier cannot allow this view to pass unchallenged. We hold that the negro can and will learn, and that it is easier for him, under favorable conditions, to realize his re sponsibilities and duties by laboring for himself than by working always for the other people. This is as true aa it is that no mau can be qualified for free dom by remaining in slavery. There ia indeed little hope or safety for the State in any other view. The negro ia a voter. Ile will remain a voter. And his vote cannot be suppressed forever. When he ha* native white allies and leaders his vote will be counted, coat what it may. Upou the intelligence and good ?ense of the negro, therefore, the well-being of the State, in a large measure, will ultimately depend. If bc remain thoughtless, un provided aud intolerant, the injury will be incalculable, for he will become tho sport and prey for designing politicians. The magazine ia there, and tho match is ready. There is thia likewise to be remember ed: The measures which oppress or keep back the colored man, can keep back and oppress the pour whites. Their cause ia one. We have not as much information aa we could desire regarding the success of the negro as a farmer on his own land, and we Bbould bo glad to hear moro on that subject from those who know tho facta and can give them without preju dice. We do not, by any means, over j look tho circumstance that, as the negroes acquire farina of their own, laborers are harder to obtain and wages tend to grow higher. This is no reason, however, for striving to prevent laborers from improv ing their position. Labor cannot bo controlled in a free country in the way in which some landowners desire. It is best for the State, in thu long run, that every man, white or black, bbould have a fair chance to rise in the world. Equality of opportunity is the right of every citizen of the United States, and for that the Netvs and Courier con tends now and always. In doing thia we aro governed nol only by a desire to bo just, but also by tho conviction that the shafts now aimed at the poor negro will, if they hit tho mark, be aimed at the poor whites also. There ia no escape. The idea of "controlling labor," by mak ing it next to impossible tor laborera to be anything but wot kera for wages, will have to bc abandoned sooner or later. Ths tyranny of class is only a degree less odious than the tyranny of race. An Eloquent Plea for Honest Dealing. A poor man's credit ia of incatimnble , value to him, and without it he can do i but little A bag of cotton ia of little moment in a lite time. Act honestly. Surrender all that you havo promised, and more, too, if necessary. Stand to I your merchant in this extremity, and ! even if he ia unable to help you sg;>.in, i your honest acl will inspire confidence i in another, who will appropria*', tho i nnrt.hv net. on vnur nnrt lind will ho ! ready "to help you when help ia needed. With us "all i-? lost save honor. Lui na not nov lose that. It ia our only source of credit, and without credit wo aro un done. Let no man who deterts his crop, or leaves it for tho merchant to gather, again hold up his head or lay claim lo honesty. Let tho poor men of thia coun ty not ruin their credit. It ia bad policy, to Bay nothing of bad principlea. The dishonest action of every man will bo i noted, and in alter years tho dishonest man will be brought to shame, while the man who withstands thc present tempta tion haB forever established an honora ble record, of which his children's chil dren may be proud. In a country like ibis no industrious, honest mon will RO hungry, even though he be penniless, nor will the Beed of tho righteous suffer for food. Let tho moat discouraged citi icU E?tu?i liio CfOp ?nd nuncuuei il. Then ho must work a little moro econom ically, and encourage tho hope which finally securca a competency. Let no man eacrifico his honor, or give up to disgraco himtelf and his children for tho sake of a store bill. There ia no man in Abbeville who cannot survive tho los* of '. a crop. Many have lost much moro than . that, and Btill preserved their good name. ' I I're.'n and Banner. - The forest acreage of North Caro lina is probably greater than three or four of tho Northwestern States com bined. STRANGER Til A?' FICTION. A Malden Fall? lu Lovo ?Uli a Murderer, Staat? the Keys of tito dall ?nd Ueleane* Ulm, Travels Mundrods of Mlle? with Ulm Disguised ?s a Itoy-Tinnily, after many Adventures, They aro Captured. ST. LOUIS, MO., September 3. A year ago Laclede comity, thia State, was expecting to see a first-class hanging at the county neat, Lebanon, about 1G0 tuiles froni Ibis city, on the St. Louis ami San Francisco Railroad, but a technical ity in tho trial of William F. Martin, charged with murder in the first dcuree, took the caso to the Supreme Court, where it remained several days too long, ns .viii be shown by tho details below. Martin was born aud raised in Laclede couuty, and tvhilo not a dissipated young man, was always known ns u high-tem pered desperado. His first sliooting aflair was when ho killed a mau named Charles Prewitt and badly wounded a brother, Jesso Prewitt. For these of fenses he was tried, and by tome means ouly known to tho average jury was ac quitted. About that time, June, 1870, Martin became involved in a quarrel with nis uncle, (ieorge Miser, the undo accusing the nephew with making inde cent proposals to his wifo. That matter was only partially souled, and it is mid tho uncle made a remark to tho effect that ho would tell what ho knew about Martin killincr Prewitt. That caused a deadly enmity between the uncle and nephew. Soon afterwards the uuelo (Miser) was assassinated wdiile ploughing in his field by some ono concealed in a fence corner near by. Martin was sus pected, and, circumstances being strong against him, he was arrested, indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced to bo hung. The case was taken to tho Su premo Court, as has boen mentioned. During tho timo tho case was in the Court, Martin was confined in the Leba non jail, und to pnss away his timo he wrote loving little notes, addressed to one in particular, but which Maggie Wil son, a niece of the Sheriir, J. Ar Wilson, always managed to get hold of. Then Maggie becamo interested in tho author of the loiters, and it was no difficult mat ter for her to get tho position of waitei and carry Martin's meals to him and pass them through the little iron wicket That wa? not all that passed through tlu wicket, for it was but a short time until Martiu was pouring into Maggie' cars tht most, ardent tales of love, and she in turr responded in terms that satisfied "Bill/ as we must call Martin when mentioning him in connection with Muggie. Snot there was a first-class caso of love in pro gross, and tho prisoner's life was a hupp) one. Quiet little talks, great big piece" of pie and cake, many stolen kisses nm un occasional sly hug, all through tin cruel jail bars. About that time the prisoner though how nice a little freedom would be, um he suggested as much to Maggie. Stn tried to get tho keys to unlock her lover but the careful Sheriff would not lo.^.v them around. Then when the faniil; discovered that Maggie was paying mor attention to jail matters than cunio in th line of her duties, they suggested J diminution. Then Maggie became angry and left her uncle's house, sought un obtained employment in tho houso c Mr. Bowman, and there sho romaine six months, and then returned hom< Thc absence did not cool thc ardor of hi affections for Bill, and thc two took u just whero they left off six months bc fore, each with a stronger lovo for th other. After the election ;;i November las when Mr. Wilson was defeated in his a ?orations for a second term of Sheri! dania saw that the time was fast grov iug shorter in which he might expel delivery from jail except by thc usui louie, for Mr. R. P. Uoodall had ju been elected and would take possessio in a few days. Explaining to Magg: the case, she consented to give her lo vi froedom, and she did it. Un tho loth i last November, early in the forenoo she appeared at the jail door with tl keys to the colls iu her bunds, und, gi ing thc right, one to her lover, ho quiet walked out, mid tn u convenient corn'; where it had been placed by the roma tic Maggie, be picked up thc Sherill trusty Winchester rifle, and, with Ma gie by his side, was soon makiug his wi out of town by bach streets aud alleys. At that time a terrific snow-storm w goiug on, aud it continued without ubi iug all day. That perhaps kept t crowds in pursuit of tho young cou* from capturing them. For days t Sheriff and Deputies scoured the counti but could get no information of the ml ing prisoner or his sweetheart, a though tho search was continued nothi was beard of the two until a fow woe ago. Then Sheriff Goodall, by mes orly known to detectives, ascertain that Martin was writing under an i sumed namo to an uncle, Dr. J. Burch, of Wheeler, Ark. The lett were dated at Piney Flat?, Tenn., and that placo Mr. Goodall made his w moro than ten days ago. Piney Flats ia a small town in Su1 van county. Tenn., on the East Tenn see, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, is a towu just largo enough for every c to know every oue'a business. Mr. Goi all inquired of the combined mcrchfl postmaster and bank'.r if he know c Frank Fatclitfe, residing i*i that ncij borhood. "Of course 1 do," said combination of officers. "He's a ii young man, and eau just play thc fid better'n any man in this section." Tl Mr. Goodall told why ho wanted to Frank Ratcliffe alias Wm. F Mar I The merchant objected to tho ?toro be j made the place of capture, but waa * I minded that no place was moro > nita provided the Missouri HheritT would le bia revolver iu the store safe. Tot Air. Goodall consented, and then he t hi? punition in thu ?oft Ol" ttlO luerc.t'.tl establishment and waited for deve! meats. All day last Friday, Suture Sunday and Monday did tho dctermi officerwait. Tuesday morning ho hi the dulcet atraiua from a violin in storeroom, and correctly judging only a Luclcde couuty violinist coule correctly olay "The girl I left bel mc," he crwpt down the ladder loadin the loft, and before Marlin knew v was tho matter he was in handcuffs, was listening to tho warrant from State of Missouri endowed by tho ( ern..r of Tennessee. Sheriff Goadall arrived in thia with thc prisouer yesterday morning companied by thc heroine of this al Maggie Wilson, or rather Mrs. Marj Martin, as she should now be ca Tho prisoner waa put in ino Four Ci calaboose to take a rest ; bia young was provided with u room in tho C Avenue Hotel, near by, and Mr. Got took up his quarters at thc Laclcdo tel for thc day. The woman in this ca^e was seen reporter ai the Clark Avenue Hotel, terday afternoon. She was sitting o edge "of a bed and appeared to be a man 20 years old, poorly dressed, oi verge of maternity. Sho boa a fnir plexion, clear bluo ey?, auburn hair a set of pearly-w hite teeth which i a belle would nnvy. Her voice wa and ?oft, and whilo her language ?Iii (.how that alio wan educated, tsho ?puke os n woman of good BCIISOJ and appeared t'ust such au ono as might sofleu the icart of tho hardest criminal or call for sympathy from tho uost tender-hearted. At Drat she decliucd lo talk about her troubles, but on becoming interested in the reporter's account of what was said about her when shu left su suddenly last November, she gavo her side ol' thc story. "No, there is no uso of mc denying that I let Hill out, and then ran away with him," she said. "I hud learned to love him months before, und determined if y soible to keep him from hanging, so 1 selected as the hist opportunity tho time when my undo was about to give up the jail, after his tenn expired. I knew bo would uiovo out of tho building, which is connected with the jail, in a lew days. So, on Tuesday morning, thu 10th of November, I slipped the keys out of the drawer where my undo kept them and fjavo them to Hill. At a signal from me ie unlocked the door, and, taking a gun I had placed in the yard hall, ho walked out. I soon followed. We went through tho ?now to his father's house, about tea mites from Lebanon, and thero concealed ourselves for ten days. Then wc saw that was not n safe pince to remain. 80 Bill procured for mc a suit of boy's clothes, und with a pair of dull scissors ho cut oil* my loug hair, and ono night wc mounted a pa'.r of his father's mules, and wcro soon on our way out of tho State. We went to Howell county ami there traded rjiff the mules for a pair of horses, and rode these until we canto to the Missis sippi Kivcr, somewhere down in Arkan sas. About that lime one of thc horses died and Bill sold the other. Wc then took u boat and went to Memphis, and from there through Tennessee, Alabama and several other States I do uot remem ber, and went to Martin Station, in Vir ginia." "Whcu wero you married ?" interrupt ed tho reporter. "At Martin Station Bill and I went to a Justice of thc Peuce aud had him per form the ceremony. Bill gave his Darno ns Frank Ratcliffe, and I told them my right natue-Maggie Wilson. Bill got work in a blacksmith shop and was do ing well. But one day two North Caro lina detectives went to the Hhop to arrest Bill, thinking he was a man who com mitted some '.rimo in that State ; and he, thinking they wanted him for tho Mis souri crime, struck ono of them with n hammer and ibo other with a piece of iron he was welding. Then they shot him, once in the arm and once under the arm. Then he rau away, and afterwards they fuuud he was uoi the mun they wanted. We packed up our goods and went to Piney Flats, in Teunessee, und was thero when Mr. Goodall arrested Bill. The first I knew of the urrest was when Dr. Marlin came titter me in a buggy. Our household goods wero sold, and wo left there the next morning early. Bill got the money for the guoda. Tho icporter suggested that she would have fared better had she remained at homo without following Martin in hts efforts to escape justice. "No, Bir, I wouldn't. I saw more of tho world than I ever saw before, had lois of fun, mid would let Bill out again if I had a chance. I did not got nlong with my uncle or his wife. I liked his daughter, though, mid used to tell her all about my love affairs, aud she knew I was going to let Bili out." "What will you do uow in your pres ent delicate condition?" asked the re porter. "I will go to Bill's folks and they will take good care of mc. They aro good people. I will never desert him under any circumstances. I dou't believe he killed his uucle, and 1 dou't tbluk ho ought to be punished any more." Martin will likely be hung, or nt least sentenced to a long term in the peniten tiary. The circumstantial evidence is very strong ugainst him. MARTIN A<1 A IN ESCAPES ITIOM CUSTOM". A dispatch from Lebanon, Mo., says that Martin, tho murderer, wdio waa ro cently recaptured, has again made his escape. A detailed history of Martin'? crime and his romantic release from prison by the jailor's niece appears above, in which it is stated that the prisoner was on his way to the Lebanon jail, in charge of an oflicor. It appears that the Sherill" hud fallen into a ?ozo, and short ly after midnight, when tho train wai rounding tho up-grade curve near Dixon, running slow ly, .Martin jumped from thc open wiudow. The train was stopped us Boou os possible, but not within several hundred yards of whero tho escapo was made. Sheriff Goodall at onco started in pursuit of his prisoner, hut it it) not known whether he was successful or nut. Martin was iu shackles, but it was an ensy matter to break them with stones, and if ho succeeded iu doing so ho will doubtless givo his pursuers a lung chase. After his escape his wife, who occupied a Beut near by, Beemcd much relieved and went on with tho train to her old homo ut Lebanon. The Chicago 7'ivics says that reports received at that office from most of the Western States ind?cala thut fat hogs will be scare and high nt i."ne season when they aro generally marketed. There is not the usual number of pigs in the country and there is a deficiency of food with which to fatten them. The cold weather during tho early Spring killed macy young pigs iu Iowa and other Western Stales, and tho high price of pork during tho Bummer mouths induced farmers to dispose of most of their hogs then in a condition to be slaughtered. Thero has been no unusual mortality since the commencement of warm weath er bul cholera -?.r.d seme ether diacr.oCj nre reported in ?. few sections, although they havo not been general in any State. It must bo remembered, however, that cholera ia most likely to prevail and prove fatal after hogs are pul on a diet consisting of little else thau corn. Tho condition of hogs in general is reportod as poor fer this season of the year. Those that were in good flesh havo pass ed into the hands of tho butchers. In Ohio and Indiaua, where hogs are gener ally kept in pasture during the Summer, a severo drought has prevailed for nearly i two months and in consequence tho grass and clover Live dried up and in somo places there is a scarcity of water. lu theso States farmers are reluctant to feed corn to hogs at present prices, as they think it will bring moro money if ; sold on tho cob. In most sections thero 1 is, or will be, sufficient corn to fatten the ; hugs and to supply tho other demands ! for thiB crop. The reports show that tho i number of .logs in thc West is at h ..? I ! 2o per cont, below the average, ami that ', they aro of small size and in poor cundi . tiou. - A Deadwood minister recently j preached llireo sermona, led the Sunday . school, acted as referee at a prize fight, ; traded shot-guns, licked a deacon for snoring during service, and married throe couples, all in ono day. Aud yet some of our Eastern ministers who preach two sermons a week claim that they are over , worked. The Western Hog. FARMING IN DAKOTA. Fifty TboumnU Dollar?' Worth ot Wheat from a Flfty-Flvo Thousand Dollar Fanu. FARGO, DAKOTA. August lo. What is known as tho li ay mond farm is declared to bo perfection itt crop, equip ment and management. It lies twelve miles Northwest of Fargo, and contains , ahout 0,000 acres. It is managed by '? John lt, Raymond, United States Mar? , slial, "one of the men (tod made," ns I they say up here, and is owned Ly bim ? and Mr. Greene, a bunker of Jackson, . Miss. Mr. Raymond is au Illinoisan. , and went to the war asa member of Gen ! eral Logan's old regiment, thc Thirty-lint I Illinois, enlisted at Pekin. He was ono j of the "boy veterans.," entering at the j age of Hi, ami serving with ii uor until j tho dissolution of the armies, when bo : settled in Mississippi. Captain Raymond is well known as the last man who spoke j to General McPherson before the latter's i dentil. Ile was ti few feet from the Gen eral when he fell, and was takeu prisoner hy tho squad that killed him. The po litical revolution in Mississippi, and the overthrow ol thc Kept '?can party there by thc impeachment t..id resignation of Governor Ames, destroyed his business, and bc concluded to go where the de spised carpet-bagger was welcome. Ile sought the office of United States Mar shal for Dakota, in order to secure a foot hold, and after securing tho appointment and looking the Territory over, concluded lo settle in Fargo and become a land owner. In company with Mr. Greene, an old Mississippi friend, he bought, in Au gust, 1370,11 sections of land, comprising 8,000 acres. "For four sections," said Mr. Ray mond, whom I asked for n history of his farm, "which bad been cultivated ouo year, we paid $8.00 an aero ; for the uew laud we pnid ?;'< an aero to the railroad company. We sold throe sections of the new land to Marshall Field, of Chicago, "When did you get your first crop?" "This year. Last Fail we broko three sections, 2,000 acres, for seeding, and put j up buildings." "What is your crop go ing to bo ?" "Wc will have nu average j of twenty-five bushels to tho acre, or about 50,000 bushels of wheat." "What waa your entire investment ?" 1 "Hefore wc received a return from our crop wo will have invested $ii.r),000. That includes tho purchase of our lund, tho erectiou of five barns, a dwelling house, au elevator capable of holding lOO.OOU bushels of wheat and oats, all tho stock and machinery necessary to run tho land, planting and reaping the crop aud delivering it at the market, but you must remember that we havo owned our farm two years, und that the first year it was idle, so that wo lost tho interest on our money by not cultivating it. Wo have 2,000 acres in wheat, and enough oats to keep our stock. Wc will got about twenty-five bushels to the acre, which will I bc50,000 bushels from tho entire place. We will save out our need w heat for noxt year, and can then sell the crop for about $50,000." "That is your dividend upon a $50,000 investment?" "Yes, a two years' divi dend; about 90 per cent, for two years, or -15 per cent, for one. If wo had worked thc farm last year we should huvc made as large a crop, and perhaps larger, for that was a better year." "Have you figured up what your first crop hus cost you, outside uf what na ay bo considered permanent improvements ?" "Yes, 1 cnn tell very nearly. It cost us just about un even $10 an acre to make our first crop. It will cost less to make the second, hccatiso thero is ono less ploughing. It lukes from $7 to $8 an ncic to get off a crop, with prudent man agement." "How many hands and horses do you work ?" "Fifty mules and horses and about forty-five men." "What do you do with them in the Wiuter?" "Send them all to the pineries, tho lumber re gions of Minnesota, uuder my foreman, who goes along to Bee that they are well treated. We get $12.00 a month for each mule for six months in the year, that is $75 and his keeping-about one-half the cost of thc animal-during that time, and the rest of the year wo work him ourselves." Mr. Greene, of Jackson, Mississippi, a native Southerner, but one of the linerul kind, came up hero the other day to seo the farm, of which he is a part owner, for tlie first time. Mr. Kaymond made up a party of ladies and gentlemen, soaie residents and some guests, and we drove twelve miles across the prnirie, golden with yollow grain, to tho Ray mond farmhouses. There were no fences on tho way ; nothing to divido farm from farm except a strip of unploughed turf that marks a section linc, and which, under the. law, must be reserved for a highway, but miles after miles of the waving grain stretched beforo UB, restless with a soft and undulating motion as tho f;entle breeze Bwept over ii. A green awn is charming in June, but thero is nothing in nature BO quietly beautiful as a ripened harvest field. "How fur does your land go?" some ono asked of Mr. Raymond when wo reached his boundary fine. "It runs six miles that way," he replied, with a mo tion, "and four miles tho other."' There are some jogs in it, and right in the cen tre, only a ?tone's throw from our UOUBO, an old soldier hus a pre-emption claim which he is working. Wo tried to buy him out, bul he thinks too much of a good thing." Tho farm house was reached just as forty-five sun burned, hard-handed men were coming out from their dinner. They had been at work since ti o'clock in the morning, and had laid low thirteen strips of grain, each four miles long. Most of them wore Swedes. Many were : "homesteaders," who had ono hundred ?i'ttt Bixtj acre iurms somewhere- in tho neighborhood, and were trying to carn enough to build a house und barn, or ! buy a team, so os to set up on their own book next year. They went to tho barns -long, low-roofed, but substantial, build ings, and brought out thc horses and mules, which were drawn up before the house in^inililary lino for inspection, and then sent to tho field where the thir teen harvesters had been left, two miles away.- Cor. Chicago Inter-Ocean. DRILLING WHEAT.-Many of tho most earnest opponents of this method of sowing wheat are being couvcrtcd by the result of actual experiment. It is claimed that tho uso of the drill increases the number of bushels to tho acre. Wheat sown broadcast and not covered moro than one or two inches cannot find sufficient moisture during a dry B??sOri lo sprout the grain. Deep sowing is not, advisable, but drilled wheat leaves tho soil in ridges and the wheat in little ditches, tho seed really being only two inches under ground. It withstands high winds better than if sown broad cast, which in many localities is a de cided advantage. - A goose 40 and a donkey over 50 year? of ago are prized relics of .Stewart couuty, Georgia. - There was . heavy snow storm in the Black Hills on Monday night and Tuesday morning. NOTTS and Gossip. - The Ohio State Fair made a profit of $10,000. - George Pettit, of Caldwell county, Ky., has cut 150,000 pounds of hay. - There arc 1.0,000 brass bands in tho United States. No wonder the insano asylums are crowded. - A mastodon tooth, weighing six and a half pounds, has Leen found in the Kentucky Uiver, near Marion. I - Tho Richmond State says that waler is scarcer than milk in that city, and thc milkmen are forced to bring in thc pure quill. - There are 225 Indians still remain ing in Konlh Florida. They are peaceful and hold friendly relations with the white settlers. - A Liberal is defined by a Virginian ax "a man who is willing to get uihee in any way he can.'' Have we any Liber als hereabouts .' - A little daughter of Gcorgo Darrow, saloon-keeper at North Adams, Mass., drank from her father's bottle thc other day. arni died in a few hours. - The chair in which John Hancock sat when ho attached that handsome sig nature to the Declaration ol Independ ence, now stands ill St. Paul's Church at Norfolk, Va. - . It is reported that the order of "Mollin Maguires," under vurious names, is boing reorgnuized in the Pennsylvania coal regions. Great trouble is appre hended from its revival. - Dr. Bliss's bulletins are good for something after all. Six thousand dol lars in a single day H reported as having been picked from pockets of people rentf ing street bulletins in Washington. - Gilbert Hanking n wealthy farmer, who has resided near Iowa City for many years, committed suicide because of the failure of his crops from floods last Spring and drought in the Summer. - Tho accounts from tho peanut sec tion in Virginia are discouraging. That crop has been damaged very badly by thc drought. This is bad news for tho members of tho Georgia Legislature. - At least five hundred persons nie now scouring Stono River, io Bullier ford county, Tennessee, fur mussels yield ing penrls. The range of value in pearls which have been found is 60cents to $25. - A New York girl has married a Zulu Prince. However, if tho Prince retains his native costume she will have the best of most girls who marry foreign titles. Tho Monday's washing will oe lighter. - E. N. Welch, ot' Bristol, lt. 1., had a diamond worth $1,000 snatched from his shirt front at Hartford tluriug tho races. A few days Inter he received a letter offerimj; to return thc jewel 'for a cadi considers! ?on of $450. - Tho Now York Republican State Convention will meet in Nev York city i Wednesday, October 5tb, for 'he purpose I of nominating a State ticket. A great ! many "Half-Breeds" will bo surprised to find that Conkling is still alive. - The Mexican Minister at Washing ton says that General Grant is so popular in Mexico that the people there would bc glad to havo him reside permanently in their midst. A great many people in this country would he equally glad. - A mammoth tree cut down in Lewis county, Kentucky, recently, and believed to be MOO years old, produced 33,4(52 feet of lumber and twenty-five cords of fire wood. It was sixteen feet in diameter and a hundred nnd twenty feet high. - A fund of about $50,000 is now available under the will of the late John McKeegan, of Charleston, to commence the rebuilding of the onco stRtely Catho lic Cathedral of St. John's and St. Fin bar's, which has been in ruins since the <rcat fire in 18?l. The original edifice eosi ?T 10,000. - A few days since a loud noise was heard iu the mount .ins, on the Weet side ol the Bitter Boot, in Montana, the report resembling the firing o? cannon and reverberations. It was caused by the fulling of a high peak, and was dis tinctly heard for several milos. Thou sands of tons of rock caine down in the graud crash. - The law ot Alabama in regard to thc collodion of vital statistics, passed by the last Legislature, nos had a pecu liar effect upon the negro female popula tion. They believo that tho mother of every illegitimate child will bo taken up and sent to tho coal mines, and infanti cides which have occurred in North Ala bama are believed to have been caused by this belief. - Mr. Gridley, tho rich young mau of Bloomington, 111., who recently married a beautitul young lady of that city, ano. on tho day following tho nuptials was sued for breach of promise and $25,000 by a Miss Farley, to whom ho had plight ed his troth in the mollow days of Octo ber, 1880, hus returned from his wedding trip and soothed tho lacerated feelings of tho bereaved young woman by paying her $6,000 cash. - Every housewife declares war to tho spider, but what aro her injuries from the industrious spinner compared to tho woes of tho Japanese surveyor, for tho Scientific American asserts that in that country the trees bordering the highways swarm with spiders, which spin their webs everywhere, interfering with the laying ot telegraph wires and covering alike earth, posts, insulators, trees and couducliug ?ires. Men aro employed with bamboo brushes to Bweey the wires continually, but the spiders are so indus trious that they usually get the best of it. I - The selection of New York City at lue placo of meeting for tho next r?ew York Republican Convention is nccepteil in all quarters os proof that the Stalwart! intend to make a tight in thc Convention and have chosen the battle-ground ti suit themselves. The New York Time and Tribune uro extremely solemn oi the subject, and unite in suggesting that if thc Stalwarts will only consider hov sure they aro to get licked; they wil harmonizo themselves inside of the Half breed majority. This ia i.ui lue ?tai war view, and thoy havo tho ndvant ago o being perfectly ready to provoke dofea for the party, while tho Half-breeds ar anxious to win. - Djalel Agha, a Persian maraudei waa executed recently at Teheran wit croat pomp. Upon a largo platform i the middle o? tho squaro was placed cannon with its muzzlo raised upwarc After Djalel Agha had recited a brit prayer, the executioner and his assistnnl attached him securely to tho mouth ( tho caution, and then applied a match t tho toucbholo as coolly aa if they wet lighting their pipes. Tho explosion fo lowtfd instantaneously, and tho body < Djalel Agha, blown into a tbousan Cicccs, was hurled into the air. Of a is boucs, only ono rib was found whol ami this was given un to bis wives, wi had boen present at trie execution.