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_? ? 1 ''''' 1_ . " ' ~ '' . ' ' " " i - ]3Y E. B. MURRAY & CO._"_ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9. 1882. VOLUME XVT-NO. 30. ' MK KI.FfrflON VOJI.. 1 - : In Text ot it? Moro Important Pro- ? " vision?. The following are the moro important ovisioux of the Election Bill, tvs finally ised hy both houses of the G?n?ral I&TSEIT?ON 1. ?? uia?K citizens or the Baited Slates, of the n?o of tweuty-oue Kars and upwards, not laboring under Hi disabilities of tho Constitution, with Sft distinction of raco or color or for* BL condition, who shall have been a HCident of the State for ODO year, and ia Bf county in which he offers to vole fe r Bktv days next preceding any general Kction, shall be entitled to vote : Pro aSded That no person, wbilo kept in any l?mshouse or asylum, or of unsound ?Hod or confined in any public prison, Kl shall have been convicted of treason, ?Burder robbery of the goods or chattels RB another with or without violence, Bftelber taken from the per?on or other ?Ese or of duelling, shall bo allowed to ??SEC. 2. AU electors of tho State shall SR registered aa hereinafter provided, mid WK pergon shall bo allowed to vote at any BEction hereafter to bo held unless rcg flStered as herein required. HBSEC. 3- On or before tho fir.it day of Bardi next, and on or before the same By >u every second year thereafter, the Borernor shall appoint, by and with, the Blvico and consent of the Senate^ if iu Basion, and if not in session, subject to Be approval of the Senate at its next Hkaion. and subject to removal by. tho overnor, by and with the advice and flftnsent of tho Senate, one competent id discreet person in each county, who Ball be a qualified voter thereof, and Bfflho shall bold bis offico nt the county Bat, who shall bo known as the auper Hborof registration of such county, and Bhoso duty it olin!! be to supervise the ?Bgistration of tho electors of ouch couu B as 1'crcin specified. The said super '?cor o.r registration Bhall keep a record Hf all ah official acts aud proceedings. Bhe term of his offico shall be for two Sears from the dato of bis appointment, .ho shall continue ia office until his B>ccessor is appointed und qualified, nd ho shall not be eligible to any other Met during the term tor which he is ap ?I The Governor shall have the authority B> appoint an assistant supervisor in case nf tho inability of the Mupervisor to act. ibo, when so appointed, shall have all B>fl powers and be charged with the Huties of the supervisor, aaa shall receive Bye dollars per diena when actually em ? loyed. The Governor aimil also appoint Bro assistant, supervisors of . election who Kail serve ?vitEout coihp jaaation-who Kail Bit with the supervisor, i ri- all casca Where the supervisor shall refuse to reg Hiter tho applicant. Bj SEC. 4. Tho Secretary of State shall, nv the 1st March, Anno Domini 1882, fjjHu36 a sufficient number of registration B>oks and blanks to be prepared, so that ?ere shall be two of the said books foi BHfrch precinct in each county, which Bjoks shall be ruled in columns, with Hkoper headings, BO as to ind ?cato the ?ime, age, occupation and place of resi BDCe ?f eacD elector, with a separate BBlumn to the right side of the page foi Bcb entries as may be necessary. BB SEC. 6. After the approval of thia Act Be supervisor of registration, in thc HBonthB of May and Juno next, shall Sake a full and complete1 registration o: B qualified voters in the following man Br! Ho shall give three weeks' notice o He times and places of registration bj ?Bvertising in oue or more county papers SS by posting IQ a public plncu iii cud lg?t'Dg precinct, where no paper iu pub Rhea in the county. The time for reg Ovation shall not be less than one no HJore than three days at each registratioi (Becinct. Immediately after closing thi BBjgistrntioa at tho precincts, ho dial Ken his books at the county seat, to cor Httct errors in registration, and to regime Heh electors as failed to register at thei Hspective precinct?, and who shall thei Hbd there present themselves for tha S?pose; entering the names of eitel HStere in his book for their proper pre Bncts. At the conclusion of tho regia Sation hereinbefore provided fot th Hgipervisor of registration shall 're ' me th Bggat ; and in case it be made to appear t Mp satisfaction that there is a qualifie ??ter in a precinct who has failed to reg Hiter, ho may, upon such ovidenco as h Kay think necessary, in his discretiot Serrait the name of such voter to b glaced on said list, and to issue a certii ?aie therefor. f nat for tho purpose ( Registration, each township as now lai Bit and defined be, and ia hereby, d< ?Bared a registration precinct, and i IKose counties in which there are no sue ?bwnshlps, that the parish as former] ?pown and defined be, and is hereby, di Bared such precinct, and ia the cities < ?l?0 and Charleston "each wai Bo ^eaNitration precinct. ?B SEO. 6. When the said registratio Ba;l nav9 been completed, the bool Hpall bo clo?ed? and not reoponed fi ?registration, except for the purposes ap HP hereinafter mentioned, until after tl ?ext general elections for State officer \Wi\A v.toe M^ noxt ?eneriu election ti grata booka shall be reopened for regiBtri rapo of such persons aa shall thorcafb H?ceme entitled to register on the fir ?ooday in each month, to and until tl ?rat Monday of July, inclusive, pr agttdiog the following general electio Bf0.?,which lent named day the ano Bi - c'03eQ and not reopened for re. ?nation until after the said general ele ?a|.on i and ever after the sata book eb? Br* oponed for registration of such electo Hn tue days above mentioned, until tl B) . ay ot> J?'y preceding a goner rejection, when tho same ahsil be closi mg aforesaid until tho said general ele Bon shall have taken place. ISEO. 7. Each elector in the State ah? ? required, at tho time advertised ( ? precinct as hereinbefore provided, Ppear before the supervisor of registr ?T at the place advertised, and ma n ^ or? tho said supervisor, whi Wa the said supervisor is hereby authc *d and required to administer, that t wis then and there to be stated by hi ? to his name, ago, occupation, anti pla i residence, and duration of residen i county and State, are true, and thei pon the said supervisor shall enter t ame, age, occupation and place of re ence of the elector in tho approprii olumn in his registration book. I lall make and keep allst of the cc *ted applications for registration whl 6 rejects, and report tho sama for hei >g before tho assistant supervisors he: >fore required. ^n?j 8* *uP?rvisor of regiatrati &*11 determine aa to the legal qualifi 'ons of any applicant for registration nnimary procer?, requiring oath, e ?ace, or both, if he deem proper, st wt to revision by the assistant sup ??ors and himself in all cases where refused to register the applies from the decision of ibo supervisors H?" ration any applicant who is reiec MT L e the "I?01 10 a review ther Wy the Circuit Courts, provided he g ?*once in writing lo the supervisor ?jach review and the ground thereof wi ?P live days after the day of rejecti ?u? .iHHWH mg proceedings wi'hin ter, days after tho filing 0f auclfnoUce. iJ? . An3r.Per?0? coming of seo and becoming qualified aa an elector ma! appear before the aupervuor ofPregi?2 f??i?if on 4hich thertSErffi opened aa aforesaid, and take oath as ? bis age and qualifications as hereinbefo?? r*V;M?U| ?uu a iue aupervisor ?nd him qualified he shall enter bia name unoT tho registration book of the prec nc SST h? E?idrC8' Such P^on ebal ??1 ? li6 ri?ht 0?. apPeal M aforesaid, it case the aupervisor ?hall not find hill qualified: Provided, That io case a per BOD aball not be of age to qualify bin? ai fb"fc??r ?n fy of1 the closing o. tho booka of registration before any gen. ara election, but ahall be of auch age ai will qualify him aa auch elector befor; the aaid general election, and ahall ap pear before the supervisor of registration audiit?flk<!i0?rh there;?? andtheatnervisoi aball find him qualified, he aha\l entei his name upon tho registration book ai aforesaid. SEC, W. Each, elector registered ai aforesaid shall thereupon be furnished bj tho supervisor with a certificate, whicL shall contain a statement of his age oe cupatiou and place of residence, ai en lered in the ?aid registration book, anc which certificate ahall be signed by tb, said supervisor, and no person shall bc allowed to vote at any other precincl thau the one for which he is registered nor unless he produces and exhibits t< the managers of election such certificate : Provided, In case there shall be no elec tion precinct within any township oi parish, the supervisor ahall designate it tho certificate at which of the neighbor jug precincts tho elector shall vote; anc in case there be moro than one precinct in any township or parish, the supervisoi shall likewise designate in the certificat! at, which of thc said precincts thc electoi ahall vote. The certificate of registra tion shall bo of the following form : Registration Certificate, Number-, -County,- Township, Elec tion Precinct-. The bearer, is a qualified voter in the above precinct and resides at -, in ?-Town ship or P?rish, and is- yeara of ag? and entitled to vote at said precinct. Registered on the-day of- A D. 188-.-_ Supervisor of Registration. SEC. ll. That every elector shall have tho right to a reuewal of his certificat* without fee or charge, when the same be comes defaced by timo or accident, upon his surrendering such certificate, so de faced, to the (supervisor of registration. SEC. 12. In case of the removal of an elector from one residenco to another in the same precinct auch elector ?hall notify the supervisor of registration, and shall surrender his certificate of registra tion to the said supervisor of registration, who Bhall enter the fact upon tho regis tration book, and ahail give auch electoi a new certificate in accordance with such change of residenco. 8EC 13. In case of tho removal of ac elector from one precinct to another pre cinct in tho same county, BU~ electoi shall notify the supervisor of r .stratioti and shall surrender his certifier J of reg istration to the Raid supervisor of regis tration who ?hall, by the said elector enter tue fact upon the proper registra tion bouk, and shall give such elector a new certificate for the precinct inte which he has removed. SEC. 14. In case of tho removal of no elector from one county to another, suet elector shall notify the supervisor of reg istration of tho county wherein he it registered, and shall surrender his certifi cate of registration ; and the said super visor of registration shall thereupon entei the fact of such removal upon the regis tration book as aforesaid, and shall give such elector rt certificate of transfer tc the county to which such elector shall have removed, upon the presentation ol which the'supervisor of registration foi such county shall cause such elector tc be registered in the precinct of suet county to which he sha* 1 have removed and shall furnish such elector with acer tificate aa hereinbefore provided. SEC. 15. No elector removing from one residence, precinct, or -jounty to anothei shall be allowed to register or vote with out a transfer of registration aa above provided. SEC. 16. The supervisor of registratioi shall, immediately preceding eacL elec tion, revise th? registration of elector and mark off the names of such elector! as have died and such as havo removed from oue residence, precinct, or count} to another, without notifying him and obtaining s certificate of transfer at hereinbefore provided. SEC, 17. At each and every election the BUpti-viBor of registration shall fur nish the managers of election with one of the registration books for each pre cinct, for the care and custody of whicl the managors receiving the same shall be responsible, and which they shall returi to tho supervisor of registration withit three days after the close of election and no olector ahall bs allowed to vote whose name is not registered as heroin before provided. SEC. 18. The supervisors of registration Bhall receive for their compensation in the County of Charleston ono thousant dollars, and in each other county in thi; Stato five hundred dollars. The compen nation of the supervisors after the presen year to be fixed by the General Assembly " # ?. ? * * SEC. 24. The polls shall bo open a Buch voting : laces as shall be designatec at 7 o'clock in tho foronoon, and close a 6 o'clock in the afternoon of tho day o election, and ahall be kept open dunne these hours, without intermission or ad journmeot; and the managers ahall ad minister to each person offering to volt an oath that he ls qualified to vote at thi election, according to the Constitution o this State, and that he bas not vote? during this election. ***** SEC. 27. All bar rooms, saloons an other places for the sale of liquors b< retail shall be closed at 6 o'clock of tb evening preceding the day of auch eleo ???n and remain closed until 6 o'clock ii theT'nioming of tho day thereafter, am during the time aforesaid the sa\o o intoxicating liquor* in prohibited. An; person duly convicted before a competen court of a violation of this section abai bo punished by a fine not exceeding fift; dollars, or by imprisonment not oxceed ing six months, or by both, such fine an imprisonment in tho discretion of th court. SEC. 28. The voting shall bo by bailo which ballot shall be of plain whit paper, o? two and a half inches wide b five inches long, clear and even cu without ornament, designation, mutili lion, symbel, or mark of any kind whftl soever, except the name or nat .ea of th person or persons voted for, and the offit to which Buch pereou or persons ai intended to be chosen, which name e names and office or offices ahall be wn ten or printed or partly written or parti Krlntect thereon in black ink ; and sue allot shall be so folded as to couceal tt name or names thereon, and so fold? shall be deposited in a box to be coi atructed, kopt and disposed of as her after provided: and no ballot of at other tiescription found in any electlc > box ahall be counted. ' SEC. 29. There shall be separate and distinct ballots for the following officers, 1 to-wit: 1, Governor and Lieutenant ' Governor; 2, other State officer?; 3, Circuit Solicitor; 4, State Senator; ?, i Members of the House of Represouta I Uvea; G, County officers; 7. Representa > Uves in ("Vir.?T?? . u Prtn'icuti?l siec ! tors; on which sb?ll ?o the names of the i person or persons voted for as such t officers, respectively, and the office for I whieh they are voted : Provided, That i whenever a vote is to be taken on any i special qu?stion or questions, a box shall ? bo provided and properly labelled for that i turn?se, and the ballots therefore shall F be deposited therein. SEC. 80, The commisaiooers of election i shall provide for each election precinct a s sufficient number of boxea to meet the ? requirements of the foregoing section. : Au opening shall bo made in the lid of each box not larger than sufficient fora r siuglo ballot to be inserted therein at one i tune, *. 'irotigh which each ballot received proper to bo placed in such box shall be > inserted by the person voting, and by no i other. Each box shall be provided with i a sufficient lock, and each box shall be ? publicly opened and inspected, to show ? that it is empty and secure, and locked I just before the opening of the poll and s the keys returned to the managers, and I shall not be op-^ed during tho election. : Each box shall be labelled in plain and , distinct Roman letters, with the office or > officers voted for, and tho managers, on : tho demand of the voter, shall bo re quired to read to him the names on the r boxes, and no vote for any office other i than that for which such box shall be . designated and labelled shall be counted. I At each precinct a space or enclosure, t ouch as the managers of election shall r deem fit and sufficient, shall be railed off * or otherwise provided, with an opening " at one end or side for the entrance of the ? voter, and an opening at the other for his exit, as a jelling place in which to hold , the election for the State, circuit and ? county offices. A similar but separate , and distinct space or enclosure shall be ? railed off or ot her wise provided as a poll ' ing placo for the election of Congressmen ) and Presidential electors, at such distance rrom the polling place for State officers i as the Commissioners of election for each county ahall determine and appoint for each election precinct. But one voter ) shall be allowed to coter any polling i place at a time, and no one except tho ' managers shall be allowed to speak to the i voter while in the polling place casting his vote. t _ Ingersoll's Tribute to the Peaceful Rest or the Grave. Mr. and Mrs. George O. Miller buried ' a babe in Washington Congressional > Cemetery a few days ago, and before the little white coffiu war lowered to the S;rave, Robert G. Ingersoll delivered the ollowing address : MY FBI ENDS-I know how vain it ie i to guild a grief with words, and yet I wish to take from the very gravo its fear, ' Here in this world, where fife and death 1 are equal kings, all should be brave - enough to meet what ali ?ho dead have met. Tho future hes been filled with > fear, stained and polluted by the heartless East. From the wondrous troe of life uds and blossoms fall with ripened fruit, > and in the common bed of ear b the patri archs and babes sleep side by side. i Why should we fear that which will 1 come to all that is ? We cannot tell, wc ? do cot know which ia thc greater blessing > -life or death. We cannot say thal ' death is not a good. We do not koon ' whether the grave is the end of this life ' or the door of another, or whether the ' night here is not somewhere else a dawn > Neither can we tell which is the mon > fortunate-the child dying in its moth I cr's arms before its lips have learned U f form a word, or he who journeys all th< * length of life's uneven road, painfully 1 taking thc last slow Bteps with sVaff ant i crutch. , Every cradle asks us "Whence?" ant * every coffin "Whither?" Tho poor barba nan, weeping above his dead, can answe i as satisfactorily as the robed priest o ' the most authentic creed. The tearfu * ignorance of the one is jus', ns consolinj > as tho learned aud unmeaning words o the other. Nu man, standing where th ? horizon of a life has touched a grave ? has any right to prophesy a future fille i with pain and tears. It may be tba i death givea all there is of worth to lift I If those we press and cu.iin against ou ' hearts would never die, perhaps that lov 1 would wither from the earth. May b * this common f'Me treads from out th paths between our hearts the weeds o i selfishness and hate, and I had rather liv - and love where death is king, than hav i eternal life where love is not. Anothe * life is naught unites we know and lov i again the ones r;ho love us here. i They who stand v?ith breaking henri i around this little gravti need have no fea: > The larger and the nobler faith in a ; that is to be tells us that death, even t J its worst, is only perfect reBt. We kno1 - that through the common wants of Iii -the needs and duties of each hour I their grief will lesson day by day until i i last this grave will be to them a place < I rest and peace-almost of joy. There > for them this consolation : The dead c * not suffer. If they live again their liv? t will surely bo as good as ours. We hai * no fear. We are all children of the san mother and the same fate awaits ua a t We, too, have our religion, and it is thi I Help for tho living, hop? for the dead. F COULDN'T BEAT 'EM.--An Englis I man stopping at a country inn in one " the Eastern States, was continually boat " ing about the superiority of everything 3 England, and deprecating the produ I lions of America, .he landlord, as mi J be surmised, did pot relish this, and thei * fore thought of a plau to get even wi the boaster. Procuring half a dozen fine healtl * ! crabs, he poured them into the Englis ? man's bed, and telling his guest that 1 0 bed was ready, ho lighted a candle a * escorted him upstairs. Upon reachi 1 the door the man managed to putout t * light. Of courso it did not make mu f difference to the Englishman, so he u f dressed himself and jumped into^ bi 1 Immediately ho gave a terriffic yell a cried: Y "Landlord! Come hero! What i * theso in bed ?" .... a Tho landlord who was outside tho do 0 and w JO had lit tho candle, came a looked in tho bed and coolly said : t, "Them's bod-bugs. Can you b e them in England ?" t, _ Senator David Davis has begun \' give aserieaof once-a-weekdinners, w 'jj plates for thirty-one men. !B - A dispatch from Broadway, Ro "0 ingham county. Va., says that two dau >r tcrs of Michael Faidley, aged 18 and t- and Miss Leua Wilt, *ere drowner] ?the Shenandoah river on donday. Tl attempted to cross on an unsafe bri ie nnd fell in. v The Nebraska City (Neb.) Prest sa 6- St. Jacobs Oil strikes heavy blows iy good all around, and Its virtues for ri in matic pains aro landed uopn every hs Try it, all ye who suffer. GREAT WEALTH. Some r*cU and Figure? Concerning tue Vatao'or Cotton Seed. H. W. 0, in Atlanta Constitution. ATLANTA, Ga., January 31, 1882.-In ! rtflnnrt* . ?v. u:"ny inquiries ??oiu parties trho desire to investigate the matter as to the cost of cotton seed mills the prob able profits and methods, I submit the following : In ordor to give the best information upon the subject I sought a gentleman in this city wno has been connected with cotton seed mills for years, who is now engaged in selling cotton Bced oil, and who is vouched for as authority on any subject that ho will give an c-.inion on. Re is careful, prudent, and with ail so modest that be forbids tho use of bis name. In reply to my question as to what would be the coat of a mill with a enpacity of ono hundred bir-ela per day, ho said : "That is a very large mill, and larger than most of tho inquiries that I have call for. A mill with a capacity of fifty barrels a day ia what ia usually wanted. Such a mill completely equipped would cost about thirty thousand dollars. This would give four presses and twenty-four boxes, and would have a capacity of fifty-barrels of oil per day." "What makes the machinery so expen sive?" "In tho first place tho machinery is most of it built expressly for the par? poso. The hydraulic presses which are used are the most expensive part of tho outfit. ?V great deal of ground and Bheda are needed in ordor to keep tho ?cod di y, and these must be fitted with elevators on which thoaeed is passed from ono room to the other occasionally so that it will get an airing and nrevent beating or fermentation. This ia the first process in making oil. The ; ccd having been aired and put in right con dition for the mill they are then passed to the linters. This is a very important process, as an average of throe per cent of lint is taken from the seed right here. This lint, amounting to sixty pounds to every ton of seed, ia Bold for batting, and tho average prico obtained for it this year was 6 i cents, making about four dollars worth of lint taken from every ton of 6eed. After thc Beed leaves tho linters it is then put in tho hulling tnacbiue. Thc hulls, when taken off, are used as fuel. The hull furnishes more fuel than is necessary to work the seed. Tho resi due of the burned hulls ia called cot ton ash and contains 16 per cent of pure potash, and has an immediato commer cial and fertilizing value. Tho bulk of the seedB, after being hulled, are rolled over a series of rollers that press them into a flat substance without expressing any of the oil. Thia ia then put into bair cloth boxes which are themselves very expensive, and put in boilers. They are not put in water but are sub {"ected to steam boiliug, and after having leen properly boiled are then nut in the press and the oil is expressed. "This is tho crude oil, is it not?" "Yes, air, and tho process of refining is entirely distinct from tho seed oil mill. The refi"r;:y is a distinct establishment calling io? a distinct set of machinery for a distinct process and is usually un der another management. It is no more connected with a cotton seed mill than a cotton factory is counectcd with a gin." "The machinery and outfit will cost $30,000 you say?" "Yes, and you can seo where the mon ey will go to by running over the ac count oftho process required." "Where can this machinery be bought ?" "Il can be bought piecemeal from va rious machine worka that make it, or it can bo ordered in bulk from persona who are prepared to fill such orders. There are two or three such places in the Uni ted States, all of which are reliable and have frequently filled ordere for mills. They understand where the best ma chinery can be bought and thc best com binations made." "What working capital would it re quiro in addition to the $30,000?" "That depends upon circumstances. If a company is properly organized and has sufficient credit very little world be need ed, but it would be best to put asido about $20,000 as a working capital, ma king an outlay of $50,000 for a fifty barred mill. You Bee the work is all done iu the wiuter, and it is necessary to bave the capital to command tho mate rial in sufficient quantity whenever it is wanted to run the mill for the entiro six months." "What are the profits of the business ?" "I am not willing to state. Indeed it would be t-ery hard to state definitely what tho profit would bo under any giv en circumstances, there aro so mnny con tingencies. This season it happens that all the products of the mills-tho cotton ash, Oe cotton meal, tho lint and the oil are in demand, and bring high prices, consequently tue mills have made a great deal of money. Other years have not been BO fortunate. It ia fair to say however that tho southern mills have been prosperous to a very great degree, and the results ach'-eved havo been such aa to induce the building of new milla with great rapidity. Thero woro four teen new milla nut up in tho south last year. A significant fact is that three of the new mills were put up at Memphis, where four were already running, and '.'/here information on tho subject was the fullest. Without fcoing into details, I will say that there are few investments that will pay better than this if it is properly managed." "Will tho increase bo very rapid in the future ?" "Undoubtedly. There arc two char tere for mills in Atlanta. Companies stand behind each ready and anxious to build. Two will be built as soon as it is thought that enough seed can be pro cured to justify two milla in starting." "Ia the buying of aced a great trouble 7" "That is the only trouble, and that is really tho first point that any ono about to build should investigate. He should bo certain that he can get a sufficient supply of aeod delivered at the point at which his mill ie to be located. There is less trouble now about getting seed than formerly as the price has risen to about fifteen cents a bushel. When the ?trice was ten cents to twelve cents, the armers did not caro to sell but used it on their farms or wasted it. At fifteen cents it payB the farmer to look after it and ECO that it is delivered at some mill and sold. It is my opinion that in a few years every available point in the south will bo occupied by a cotton seed oil mill, and that tho bulk of the crop 1 will be utilized." 1 "You find no i o? ble about the sale of the oil?" "None whatever. When we first star* . ted this trouble was in our way ; we had to mix our eil with linseed and other \ oils in order to sell it, and we were r afraid to say that it was cotton seed oil ? that we were offering. Now all that ia changed and the cotton seed oil bas dem onstrated its purity, efficiency and value, : and tho mills could soil at profitable r figures very much more than they pro* . duce, I might say an indefinite amount.'1 "Ia it being used much for domestic purposes ?" "Ye?, very much more than we had hoped. "Ita growth for kitchen use ia dimply amazing. We get inquiries every day concerning it from all parts of the coun try and the interest ia very general. Partios will naturally prefer it to hng'n lard ii it can be demonstrated that "it will take ita place. This it does when ever it gets a chance. We sent out sev eral hundred boxes as sam?les when we first started. The groceid would not touch it at all. Tho demand for it from fnmiliea nbo havo tried it is now leading them to take hold of it, aud thero is sc question but that it will shortly super sede lard almost entirely. It is cleaner, cheaper and better. Mr. Barnett, who is a prudent and experienced man, tried it and writes that ho has used it in best biscuit, and that it is simply impossible for any one to detect it, even if his at tention has been called to it. I suppose no more delicate test could be given than with best biscuit." [I may stop here to mention that it is said that Mr. Barnett is so susceptible to poorly cooked food that Le has claimed that ho is able when lying on his back and suffering dyspepsia to tell exactly how many licks aro put upon best biscuit, claiming that 031 stout blows are necessary to bring a boat biscuit to full perfection.] "This testi mony is that of almost every one who has tried it." "Does the meal sell as rapidly as thc oil?" "Yes, the meal ie undoubtedly thc best cattle food tn the world. The chem ish of the German government having been ordered to make an p.ualy,. of thc leading stock foods and give the nutritive qualities of each, made the following ro port : Taking oat meal as a standard o: 100 he reported that com meal was 113 pea meal 130, and cotton seed meal 170 The American dairy association made ? report upon thia subject, and d?clar?e that one bushel ot cotton seed mea would produce as much milk as tw< bushels of any other food they bad triod The producta of tho cotton seed aro nev sud ihey havo been required tu maki their way agaiust prejudice, to aupersedi established articles of commerce and o common use. They have therefore hat tojjmovo slowly, but thoy have move? none tho leas surely. Their superio: quality is now confessed on all sides am tue future is plnin sailing. There is m doubt in roy mind, and I am not nn en thusiastio man, and have studied tb question very closely, that in a few year we shall have cotton mills at every avail able point in the south and that the bull o? the seed of tho cotton crop shall b made merchantable as cotton, nab, linl meal and oil, and that the oil prouucc-i from tho seed shall bo refined so that i will commnnd a high price and con mend itself to domestic use. In this wa we shall add millions to the value of ou staple crop, and establish two importan industries in the south in addition t what we have already." After securing theso facts I sought Mi Albert Thornton, who is now engaged i purchasing tho machinery for a new col ton poed oil mill to be established in Al Uv,ln, and who before determining upo this Investment made careful envestigt tions as to the probable profit. I giv give what he says : "The cost of our mill will be aboi thirty-five thousand dollars; this ii eludes the very best of machinery thi is for sale. Cheap machinery could t bad for less. Thc capacity of this mi will bo twenty barrels for cvury ton hour In estimating the capacity of machiner; however, m nice ru usually consider a dri as twenty-three hours, running nigl and dav. The capacity of our mach in: ry on thia basis would be fifty barre per day." "What working capital will you use' "I Bhould say probably ten thousar dollars. This added to the cost of oi machinery would make $46,000-say c investment of $50,000." "Now, what profits do you expect?" It's hard to say definitely, but I ha' no hesitation in giving you the 6gur that have induced us to buy. ?ix bushels of cotton seed make a ton. Tl price now is from icu to twelve cents, b i estimate to lay them down at our mi at 20 cents, as the prico will advant On this basis a ton of seed will cost si $12. Now for the product. We will g thirty-five gallons of oil which now se at 40 cents a gallon. I think tho pri of this will advance with tho price cotton need, and with ita general inti auction, but at present prices the 35 g lons of oil which a ton of seed wot yield would give us $14 fur the oil. Th we get, say 25 pounds of lint saved fr< the seed. Many put this at sixty poun but with the improved gins now usi there is not so much left on the se< This lint sells at oix and a half cent pound, would give us say a dollar a sixty cents. Then we have 900 pour o? cotton cake worth a dollar and a qu ter. The hulls aro used for fuel, and I potash iu each ton of the ashes is woi say 30 cents. This makes the total p duct of a ton of seed which cost j worth about $17.15, or a press profit about five dollars a ton ; as the mill v work twenty tons by runuing ten hour day, this would be a profit of one hi dred dollars for tho day's work. 1 cost of making this would be $15 a c for labor, including a superintendent book-keeper, a skilled workman and common laborers. Fuel wonld be j vided by the hulls of the seed. The terest ou tho investment would bo, ten dollars a working day. For incid tals ten dollars a day, and for wear i tear of machinery, say ten dollars a cl This makes a total cost of $45 per c or, to put it in round figures, $50 a on a gross profit of $100 a day. 1 would give us a return of about 30 cent on our investment above the in eat of eight per cent, which is char up in expenses. These are the gen figures upon which we have determi to go into the business." "If these figures are correct, why : that more cotton seed oil mills are being built?*' Simply because the business has been established. The growth in co seed oil mills has been wonderful, an my opinion has just fairly started, other tiling that has retarded the dc opinent of this interest is the diffic ot getting seed. That is the one p that bothers us now, but I believe we {jet enough to run us. I have soi otters now from parties wanting to seed for us, and guaranteeing to se at less than fifteen cents a bushel. U the system of custom gina which ia being established, it is easier to buy than before Most of the cotton accumulating at these gins belong tenants, who would sell it at almost price rather than haul it back to farms. Mr. Sykes, of Hogansville, roe that be could havo sold me 21 bushels of cotton seed last year i cents a bushel. I believe that wc get all that we need. I am intereste i no way in getting people to build oil mills, an I am going into the bus , myself, my interests would natural i the other way. I simply desire to an answer to your questions and to t ' of letters that have been writtei s making inquiries similar to those have received. I don't know tba figures I have given you can be realised by any ono else. I dou't know tbat wo ? will realize them. I simply know (bat > they aro in general terms the basis on which wo have determined to make an investment of about $60,000." The t?bore answers all the questions that I can think of in connection with i th's subject. What I have written has i been with a view of presenting in goner-1 al terras the figures of cost and profit in i an industry that must provo of vast ben- j efit to Ibo south if developed, and I be- ' lievo profitable to those engaged in it. j Of course no business man should mako | any venture involving an outlay of $50,-1 000 without personally investigating tho details for himself and acting on h>.:i own judgment. If what has been written will servo to simply call the attention of peo ple hnving money to invrat to this indus try that promises so much, all the purpo ses for which it has been written will have been fully met. On Picket. The relief is going out from tho reservo picket, Between the reserve and tho camp, where 10.000 men aro slumbering, is haifa milo of woods, fields mid broken ground. Between the reserve nnd tho enemy ian thin line of picket?-a man stationed here nud there to give ndvatico warning of any movement. Follow tho relief and you will notice how cautiously thc men tread. The dark lino winds around through the trees, flits across open spaces, and hnlts boro and Ibero for a moment to relievo tho old picket. A musket shot away aro tho pickets of tho enemy, and a loud word may bring n volley of bullets. Tho lino might pass twenty feet away and you would hardly catch n Round. Sit you hero on this batik where you can look down upon tho picket-nyc, almost touch him. A little creek runs between you. There is an open spneo of | thirty feet, and nil around it are trees, stumps, logs and brush. It would be a lonely place in which to pass two long hours ovon in times of poace. There is a warning in the midnight br?ese ns it rustles tho branches, and tho waters of | the crook havo moro than once been col ored with blood. Tho lono picket takes his station under a tree. In the dark ahadow you eau hardly make him out. Aa bo finds him self hin eyes aro constantly searching the darkness in front, and his enrs catch ovcry sound. They tell of men asleep on picket. It must bo a atrango man who could closo his eyes in sleep with the night wind whispering in his ears: "Bo ware I beware I In tho bushes lo the loft is n fool" and tho waters of tho creek aro plainly saying : "Keep watch to the right I right 1 right I" That man has been in a dozon battleB and has been wounded three times. Dou't call him a coward, and yet ho trembles and turns pale before bo bas been fifteen ruin otes alone. The skirmish lino with its deliberate murder, is not as bad a placo as this. If that man ia dead when the relief comos again it will be worse than murder. Cati that babbling creek company ? Hark I hoar what it ia s lying to him uvury word us plainly ns if theil language was tho same ! "Lookout 1 lookout ! Thero is a fierce faced guerilla crawling through the bush es toward you 1 Ho has a knife in his teeth and ho is coming to assassinate you 1" If the creek did not tny BO, and if the picket did not understand, why did he givu that sudden alnrt and change his po sition? Why does ho kneel to get a clearer look around him ? Why does ho 1 keep his eyes fastened upon that stump - until the very ititcusity of bia gaze brings out every kuot and splinter? If fifty men were asleep in that Bpaco and ono other wem awake ho would feel the loue lineas and danger. Hy daylight a Behool girl might weavo a romance from tho bab ble of the waters. Hark ! is thcro any romance in thia? "Bcwaro 1 beware 1 That man with tangled hair, fierco eyo and savage face ia still advancing ! De on your guard, watcha listen !" Coward I Count the scars in bis body, look up his record I No, not a coward, and yet his pale face comes to you from the darkness almost like a candle's light. If it was cowardice ho would hide, or desert his post. No, it in not fear, and ?et he thinks it a feeling unworthy of j im, and he braces against it. Ho turns a deaf ear to tho whispers of the creek. He refusea the warning bushes. You can almost Bee bim as ho shuts his teeth bard together and tries to force his thoughts into auother channel. "Look out I look out 1" whispers the creek, but he refuges to bc?t. Something is moving over the ground behind him. You can see it from where you ait. It is something darker than tho dark ground beneath. Now it mores now it halts-now its fierco eyes almost j light up the darkness, as it makes out tho muflleu form of tho picket leaning against the tree. "Murder 1 murder! murder!" gurgles the creek. You hear it, but the picket is thinking of home. A thousand miles away in quiet farm house. If the same night wind blows there it kisses the apple blos soms and lu;.o the wife and children to deeper slumbera. You ace the darker something coming nearer. It is creeping un behind him. A tiger would rustle tho leaves or snap a twig, and his victim would have limo to callGod' a name before the spring. Thia is a human tiger. God put mercy in bia 11 heart but it was driven out by hnte. "Save him ! Save him !" cried the creek. You start at thc call, but ho docs not j ir."vc. He is thinking of tho wife whose ! tears wet bis chcok-of tho curly heads who clung to his arm-of the miles and ' the danger between him and them. I The terrible knife is transferred from I mouth to hand. "Murder! Murder! Mur-"but it' II was done. Not a cry-not even a groan. 11 The head sank down with only a sigh. The picture of wife and children was 11 hardly hidden between earth and Hca 11 ven. "Ono less I" biased the human tiger, as ho peered into the blanched face, and with a gurgle in his throat, as if be had lapped at tho hot blood flowing toward the creek, ho crept away to seek another victim. "This is war !" whispered the creek as it shrunk away from the blood, "and war is murder !" - The Atlanta Cotton Exposition cos? about $250,000. Its receipts from ?til sources were about $240,000, and the building is still lo be sold, which will probably cover all the expenses. Thus this revelation of the resources of tho South, thia education of the people in the knowledge of their own wealth and power, and this grand advertisement to Atlauta and spur to its business, cost absolutely nothing. It shows what brains and public spirit can do. The druggists who hesitates now ia lost for tho winter. He should aling together ooma awect oil and liquorice and bring out bis cough cure at once. Dr. Hedi's Cough Syrup dow not pay him enough profit. A DIU TERRITORY, "Wonderland," Otherwise Known as Da kota-The Resources of tito Country-Ita Area nnd Growth. A comni?N.-.nner of the Republican was dispatched to tho Arlington last night to fina Major Edwards, whose paper, the Fargo Daily Argus, published in the Territory of Dakota, gained a national reputation preceding tue National Re publican Nominating Convention of, June, 1880, by its advocacy of Grant and the Stalwarts. Our commissioner found thc Stalwart Dakotinn and nt once began thc work assigned, "You have been described to me aa weighing Borne three hundred and fifty pounds, ovei BIX feet high, and I take it you are tho editor of the Fargo Daily Ainu?, Major Edwards?" "Yes, sir." "I have scon tho Argus, and its eight pages are filled with local advertisements, evidence of its wonderful prosperity." "Yes; I founded the Argus a little over two years ago, wbeu Fargo bad Icao than two thousand people ; now it has six. I own it and print nn eight page daily, a Sunday paper aud a weekly, bo sides n Scandinavian edition with a large circulation among thc Norwegians of tue great Red River valley." "Speaking of that 'Wonderland,' as you term it, what is Dakotn Territory as to sire now, and what would it bo if divided as proposed ?" "Dakota Territory, as uow formed, extcudu from Nebraska cu tho South to tho British Possessions on tho North. It contains 150,800 square miles. The proposition is to divide it on tho forty sixth parallel, leaving tho South half under tho name of Dakota, with Borne 83,000 Hqunro miles, and erecting tho Territory of North Dakota out of ail that part of tho present Territory between tho forty-sixth parallel and Manitoba, with somo V2,0UU squaro miles of land, over 95 per cent, of which is susceptible of a high state of cultivation. New York has somo 47,000 squaro miles, Pennsylvania 46,000, Ohio about 40,000, and all New England only 68,048. The population of Dakota at tho laut census was, iu round numbers, 240,000, of which about 200,000 is South of tho forty-sixth parallel." "I am surprised at tho figures you give as to area. What are your roaources, capital and improvement:! Y" "You only havo to look at the reports lo verify the figures. North Dakota has come 600 miles of railroad in operation, 200 miles graded, and 300 under contract, to bo finished mostly in time for the crop this year. I am giving you figures gath eicd by tho gentlemen here from North Dakota, who como as delegates to lay before Congress the winheB of their peo ple as lo division. There was somo 600,000 acres cultivated last year, yield ing in wheat some 8,000,000 bushnls, and thia year it is estimated there is u00,000 acres ready for crop. "Wo huve never issued a dollar of bonds iii aid of railroads, and only three counties have been bonded for court houses, aggregating $115,000, nil selling at a premium. Thor? was sold last year $1,750,000 worth of farm machinery in North Dakota and $4,000,000 worth of lumber. There are ten national and somo fifteen private banks iu operation, and no lack of money for every enter prise. Wheat brings money at all times, and wheat is surer than gold mines usually. They have 21 flouring mills, 136 schoolhouses, 19 churches, 1,000 milcB of navigable water, upon which ply Bixteen steamers and numberless barges, besides tho twent" o? thirty steamboats on tho Upper Missouri com ing through Dakota for several hundred miles on their trips." "Why do you want division ? Thcro is a sontiment in favor of ono largo State out there." "There is no bond of unison between the two sections. Tho trade and traffic of North Dakota tend entirely to points North of the forty-sixth parallel, to St. Paul and Duluth. South Dakota goes to Milwaukee and Chicago. Her lines of railway tend there, wh. a ours reach an outlet higher up. To go from Fargo to Yankton wo travel some 700 miles through Minnesota, Iowa and back into Dakota to reach our capital. From Bis marck, Pembina and other prominent sections of North Dakota tho travel is from eleven to thirteen hundred mil'-:.. Tho United States District Judge at Fargo is compelled to travel 5,200 miles to nttond the regular isessionu of the Su preme Court at Yankton every year. Tho United Stntes Marshal and United States District Attorney aro compelled to attend two sesslous of tho District Court each yenr. Prisoners, insane patients and other wards of the people have to be transported long distances without the jurisdiction of the Territory to reach tho public buildings. The two sections have no interest in common, and the pooplo of North Dakota, not enring for Statehood, are anxious to be set off from tho older Bottled section that tbey may be knock ing for admission as a State." "In talking with thc parties I find there is a disagreement between your Delegate in Congress and tho Governor. Which is right?5' "Both gentlemen nssuro our people they aro earnestly in favor of divisio. , and the labor of each is appreciated." "I seo you do not care to express nn opinion of tho gentlemen's merita. Have you plenty of statesmen, in the event of division, to fill tho offices?" "Tho custom prevailing, I fear, would hardly warrant our expecting any such concession. The statesmen required for Governor, Secretary, Marshal, District Attorney, Survoyor General, Collector, Judges of tho United States District Court, clerks and other officialn, are usually sent from the States selected for their well-known merit by Congressmen, who 'set up nights picking out tho fitten est men,' so to speak. Our people are willing to leave all Hint to the President and Congress if they may be allowed a division of tho Territory." "Will not tho cost of maintaining all these officials be a reason for objecting on the part of Congress?" "Most of them are paid in fees, the judges' aro acquired anyhow, and tho Governor's is about tho only additional salary to be paid. The general oxpenso would be lighter because of the great de crease In miles traveled and time spent on tho road." "You seem to have thy case well in band. Who will likely come up for del egate in tho event of division?" "Oh, thero will be no lack of material, There are a dozen mon in the presont delegation able to represent, North Da kota satisfactorily. Judge Barnes, thc chairman, has a large following; Gov ernor Lounsberry, tho editor of the oldesl paper in tho Territory, will bo a strone candidato if be consents to run: Gov crnor Walsh, one of tho leading Rcpub \ cans of Grand Fork county, would bi hard to beat, and dozens of good mei might be mentioned.'' "All these named aro Republicans, . take it. What hold has the Democrac; ; in North Dakota in event of division ? 1"Well, Cass county and the imm?diat section adjacent ts strong Republican but Burleigh county, ott the MJa&bui River, M eeven or eight hundred D?mo cratie. The leadere claim that the thou sands of Canadians who have come into the North border of the Territory will vote for their man. In the event of the Democracy nutting up a popular, strong man, like W. B. McConnell', the contest would be lively. I would not be sur prised to see Mr. McConnell carry Fargo If be was nominated. Tho Democracy have a number of bright, active men. 8. C. Dalrymple, one of the great wheat farmers ot Casa, is a life-long Democrat. I believe tho Republicans can elect a Delegate if they put un a good man and a proper man, but it's no child's play, especially as against Mr. McConnell or any of the gentlemen named." ''Who do you want lor Governor?" "Anyone the President may send ; praying it may not be a hypocrite. Give us anybody that will deal fair, tell the truth and keep sober."-National Repub lican, January 28. Mews and Gossip. - Tho failures last week in the United States wero 106, of which 59 happened in tho South. - There are over 10,000 Southerners in New York City who have located thero since the war. - There are in Congress eight Iriah men, four Scotchmen, five Englishmen and threo Gormans. - It ia estimated by the New York Herald that the property destroyed by fire during thc year 1881 WSB worth $100,000,000. - Thomas II. Benton and John C. Calhoun were born, like Daniel Webster, in 1782. Tho centennial anniversary of tho Missouri statesman comes on the 14th of March, nnd timi of Calhoun March 18th. - The Loudon Neto? is authority for the statement that it ia not tho Hebrews who, without giving up their religion, became citizens of Russia, but thu aliens, in basto to be rich, who were subjected to persecution. - Missisaippi levees have begun to brenk. It ia only the beginning, but tho conditions of weather in the North indi cate that thero will be no overflows in tho spring, when a great deal moro dam age would bo dune. - In the Iowa House last week a bill was introduced prohibiting the giviug of railroad pns3cs to any public officer of State, county, city or town, or tc any juror ; also reducing tho fare on all rail roads to a half cent. -The laborers living in the small town of Penomene, near Panama, and working on the DoLes8cps Canal, refused to be vGCcinated. -During the threo months East up war Ja of one thousand deaths ave taken place there from smallpox. - Mr. John Kelly, according to the outgivings of some of his followers, has determined to organize a personal party in New York. It is hard to conceive bow - n party moro personal than tbo Tammany organization under Mr. Kelly's despotic sway can possibly bo engineered. - Mr. E. M. Boynton, an inventor, of Brooklyn, bas invented what he terms a bicycle railroad, to solve tho problem of rapid transit, by means of an elevated tunnel, with latticed sides, supported by a row of peats or pillara. With wheels fifteen feet In diameter he calculates to effect a speed of 150 miles an hour. . - Among the charred debris that have been removed from the ruina of the Ring Theatre in Vienna, were tho remains of L'enry Snmek, the chief of the claque, who, afV. displaying extraordinary gal lantry in rescuing several persons from the galleries of the burning house, lost bis life in tr i og to cr. o his overcoat. - Mus West, the daughter of the English minister, is much admired at Washington for the skill and taste with which she plays the hostess in her father's house. She is only eighteen, and bad not long been out of ber convent when she started for Washington. She shows in entertaining thu grace and self-possession of an experienced married woman, and a youthful gentleness that adds tc her charm. - Alabama returns ns subject to taxa tion mechanical toola of the value of $228,500; fanning implements, $77,500, making a total value of mechanical tools and .arming implements of $306,000. Of guns, pistols and dirks, $354,250; or about $48,000 more invested in guns, pistols and dirks than in farming Imple ments and mechanical tools combined. The avcrago vnlue of weapons in each county ?B $5,000. - Ouo of the curiosities of tho North Carolina Penitentiary is a white man; named Lew*' Sheior, who has taught some litrb- ./ay mico remarkable feats in ascending ?nd descending miniature lad ders ana ropes, standing in the stocks, balancing, etc. He is a half-witted man, and becomes sometimes perfectly wild. Yet he is always gentle to his little peta, and they are neither afraid of him nor others, out lire in ihn cell with bim. - An old mao named Woods, who was once a wealthy citizen of Kentucky, counting fifty negroes among his assets, i ia now living in Cincinnati in happy de pendence upon the charity of a colored man and his two sisters, who were Mr. Woods' slaves before the war. They ara tho members of it family separated at the auction block, bu1, repurchased at a round I price and united by Mr. Wooda, under Ilia own roof, after much trouble and do lay, and thoy are now paying a debt of gratitude. - One of tho meaneat men in exist ence ia a prosperous Kentucky farmer. It had long been his custom, when he had a letter to write, to drop in at the 1 bank where he kept bis account and bor row a sheet of paper. Having finiuK i tho letter be would ask the cashier to put I it in an envelope and direct it for him, I and then carry it to the postoffice himself. Tho frequent repetition of this perform ance seemed In itself a trifle small, but I the cashier's indignation can be imagined when he learned that the farmer never stamped his letters, knowing that the I postmaster, recognizing the cashiers I handwriting and the bank's name in the I corner, would courteously prepay them I and send the bill to the bank. , - The escape of Col. Tom Buford from the gallows after his deliberate murder a I Judge Elliott bas been condemned in. thi Kentucky Legislature, and a formal ex i pression of dissent with the verdict wa - all bat secured. A resolution to erect i s monument to Elliott WAS introduced^an' . the preamble asserted that he bad pee t "shot dov n and murdered in tb* Bight c t the capitol by the ruthless band of a : assassin, who escaped just punlshmet . undor the guiso of tho recently popttli s plea of insanity." In the spirited deba - which followed the jury and their verdi found no defender, and it waa concedj II that the murderer bad been saved by tl r wealth and popularity of his family, D '? I it was aupposed that the claude would e a reflection on Judge Jackson, who h i presided nt the trial, and it was strict ri [out.