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WY E. B. MURKAY & GO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 188?. VOIiUME XXI -NO. I WE havn't a BAT, but we have a curiosity ex ceedingly rare. 80 conic around and seo two hearts from one living animal, which is vouched forby a |riit]iful and responsible party. You will And it at ILHITE & WILHITE'S, The Acknowledged Headquarters for DR?OS, 8VI?DI?SN?S, CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY, EXTRACTS, PATENT MEDICINES AND DYE STUFFS. Linseed, Machine, Sweet and Castor Oils. Cornus, Brush?s, Hair Oils. Pomades, Bay Bum, Toilet Articles, Perfumery, Sponges, Etc. Fine Soaps, Insect Powders, Fly Paper, Indigo, Madder, Etc. [Yace Powders, ; Powder Puffs, Tooth Powders, Tooth Brushes, Ivan's Dentifrice, and Fine Toilet Goods. Trusses, Shoulder Braces, Supporters, Etc. Our GIG ABS are of Extra quality. None better in the I city. Best Coal Oil. Lair-. r< 3 and Lamp Goods. If you are troubled with Flies or Insects of any kind, |come buy some of our Insect Powder and get rid of them. Wilhite's Soda Water is still the favorite beverage. Nothing helps out the Farmer more than a plentiful jeupply of Turnips. They are good for man and beast. We I have a large Stock of JWinch we guarantee to be fresh and true to name. All varie ties, from the most reliable growers, which aro sold at lowest ?pnces. July 9, 1885 52 - GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS SOLD VERY CHEAP ^ V, Si ii v? _1_ j^fg* _jv 1 SifllTH * CO.'S WE HAVE NOW O?: EXHIBITION ONE OF THE Finest Stocks Spring and Summer Clothing in the market. COME AND SEE US. Wc will ?ass you in free, and chargo you nothing foi look ing. We have just recelvid from market a beautiful line of MENS' AND B0V8' CLOT il I NC; and FLEMISHING GOODS. HATS for Meu and Boys. Come and see our 8UIT6 TOB THE. LITTLE FELLOWS. Thc impression has gone out that we wera out of the market, but wo want to in [form our old friends that we aro h?ro yet. .Ionio and see ns, and we will treat yon right. Don't forget the place. . SMITH & GO., WHITHER STREET, Opposite Auditor's Office. _March 26. 1885_ 87 . . . ?_-_L BARGAINS FOR GASH ! * T > . / -T""f^'T^T*^T^"""T? .? ? j. - \ f f*'\ ; , i HAVE A FULL LINE' OF ; Boots, Shoes, Hats and Clothing That I will sell AT COST, and LESS THAN COST for the GASH. , I oho have a A F UM, -3LINE OF ?TH Ell GOODS that I will sell VERY LOW jw Cash. Good Bargains can be found here. If you don't believe it call and see. and |J?U 17111 not bs disappointed. . TAKE WARNING I I After tho 10th doy of April nofc?bo Wotea and Accounts of the old Firm of REED l?M?WRHEAD^HTJbOfout?^ for collection^ Time and sraonni- nnn i." __AAAr?M A.*;.. '.'???Tin? with mc. ' > ??? . TSESftib CLOCKS, &c., HHSSf tIZZIE WILUAWS ; W^????S??R SOOTS ' ; "*'! <"i 'rtA hm mi bi- t?-gmt? tfp'&t?fe Spt^M*? ^.SSSFyS?JSi?S? SSS* shad?. LOVEL? EMBROIDERY ROBES in thB OTWewsoBow. ". OutfnBWCU ANO WHITB.Wm'fllW^af^^WW"4-- WEH?" IST? f: T.*?!>rrr*;>vWfl^^ , *I*rcU2? 1B85 ' 87 > "PK0GBB8S AND POYIUtTiV?, A II?view of Mr. Henry {George's Work on the Social Problem. [Ma. Borr?n: During tho session re cently closed, an Instructor in Political Science lu Furnian University, I oiTored a ijold medal to that student in my claas in Political Kconomy who should produce tho but thetis on any subject connected with the study. The theses were written ovor llctitiona signatures and handed to ? committee. Tho decision of thocommittoo was in favor of tho article over the signa ture of "Felix Holt," which waa after warda found to belong to Mr. Thad. IS. Horton, of WilHamston, 8. O. Bolow you will find this thesis, which I deairo to liavo published iu your paper. It is a review of Henry George's great work used by ii* aspwallel reading at tho Uni versity.-WALTER W. BBOWK.] Among all tho master minds who have labored on the superstructure of tbe science of Political Economy, biuce Adam Smith laid tbe foundations in his "Wealth of Natious," a century ago, not ono hos shown more force, cloaiuess or originality in tbe treatment of the sub ject, than Mr. Henry Georgo bas dis played in bis work on "Progress and Poverty," whoso publication a lew years Bince attracted widespread attention at the timo, and bas since boen followed by criticisms of tbo most highly favorable character. To say that the success, which the work has undoubtedly achieved, has been owiug entirely to the very new and striking manner in which the doctrines of the current Political Economy have been assailed, would bi too much. For, however much that maj have contributed to tho general effect vet bad the theories advocated thereic lat ked the force which recommends thoa to tbo consideration of every thinking mau. Ibo book would have fallen as Hui as numbers of ita predecessors have dont in times past. Such a work, treating ai it does of live facts and living problems certainly deserves our careful considera tion. tit is our purpose-here, not so mud to discuss tho new theories, which Mr George has sprung upon the world, bu to review, if we can, thc argument! which he advances in refutation of th? existing doctrines of the science. Mr. George states in the outset tin ?urpose which he proposes to accomplish hat purpose is "to seek the law wbicl associate a poverty with prog rena, and in creases want with advancing wea tb.' That the received Economy has fallet to do this ia evident, and hence he pro poses to pursue his inquiry into tbe caus of this seeming paradox, not in obedienc to tho dictates of any authority or theory however well established or universal!; received. To do this, nothing must b taken for granted, but everything judge? of in the light of first principles. It i by this method of going to tho root c things, that the author bas done awa with all danger of superficiality, and ha cslabiiobed a foundation for the pursui of bis inquiry, on which the reader feel safe in placing himself. Mr. George begins bis inquiry with a investigation into the theory whereb the current Political Economy attempt to explain the simultaneous increase < productive power and decrease, of remt neration received by labor. In tho oui Bet of this, Mr. George comes in conta; with a theory, upon which the larg? part of the theories of modern Politic; Economy depend, directly or indirectly for their basis, and which he finds necessary to refute. It is the doctric that "wages are fixed by the ratio of tl number of laborers to tho capital devote to the employment of labor." He shov that this itself is founded on the evidei misconception that labor is paid by ca] ital, and is supported by capital, a pro! osltion whose fallaciousness ia plain' seen when, for capital, is substituted 1 meaning as given by the supporters i the theory themselves. It would the read : labor is paid by the results of na labor act .aside for the . production i wealth! Nothing could be more incoi sietcnt with sound reasoning. To tho objection that this discrepant would only apply to a primitive state society, and loses its force when tl operations of labor become more coi plex; the author1 produces the f?ndame tal truth that it is only by the consider tion of society in its primitive state th wo can derive any. sore knowledge of tl laws whiebjgovern* H.. For society'nc is only the elaboration of society the and the manifold processes of this ce tury are all directed toward the sar ends as were the simple expedients the simple state-tho f maintainenco subsistence, and the gratification desire. ' Taking, with Mr. Georgo, tl view of the' case, the true doctrine wages ia seen to bo that wages are pi duccd by the labor for which they a paid, and that they are in no seuss c pendent upon capital. ? Tho proof almost self evident, and it may bo safe said that had Mr. Gcnrgo accomplish nothing more, than this exposition of t fallacy .of the accepted doctrine wages,-he would have been- well rept for writing "Progress abd Poverty." With the disproof of the cum theory of wages, Mr. George places hi self squarely in opposition to a theory even more widespread acceptance-I Malthusian theory, that population .ter constantly to increase faster than abba tence, tho increase of population cont uaily pressing against the limit of st sistence, thereby causing a reduction wages to the starvation point, and degrco of want and misery sufficient keep population, within bounds. El the most ardent believer in such a thet could hardly-repress a sigh of relief w< it clearly add- Unmistakably disprpv That Mr. Georgo has done this, acare consideration of tho course of reason i whereby he reaches bkt conclusions ci cerning the falsity of the .doctrino, c not fail to sam The-T?isproof coi after a thorossftgteview of the facts i au?logieain wrasse, an&fomes toow a forcevttfat o?S?fels Its acceptance. Taking thgfflck. examples .of sur abundance or po pul ?iU on produc ?overt&d dMrtss, Irofipd. China i ndia, JUT. G*o/ge clearly demonstn thatit?EfeotSi?great population.1 is tho cause oftta well known pre tale, of povtftiy iniffcjfteooanjHes but rall a defectivo so?sala orgaoi?t?on, when labor ia denied its full return, and hoi of hun?fl)balngaarecompelled to se a wealffiy an?^l leged? w. Allow labor ita full Inward, nuO each of tl AuutrlaVcotfltiSupportft much lat rfcpnlsAtti th|mMt now aSossesses. . not thjpft theOTradi of Mb author ti when Be Mya????Xbe fnmnea of. In? 'China and Sflhrnd can no. more awaited to overpopulaa?n than Sfjlnea of spanSfr seUU0 Brazil. '. .viet and misefQSat coo-j of want 00 tawe be swHbuted flRthe nia? lines* of natnV?anam?esixiB^ slain by thr^spird of Ginghi* Kl Tanerlane's pyramid of skulls or the tenhinaUoo ot*? ancient Briton* Oj Ibo aboriginal inhabitants of the .fl Indjtos." "...V - ->:;?:Xf/}':-m /. Vr-.-H .1 ' Of tbe orgumer.Ls from Analogy dqced to pr?Vo the Malthusian thc Sottish* ?% aliffi?nTs^.r? It only doubling his numbers, goa show there is {.radically DO limit to sub- ? sistence. Beste es, man is the ouly ani- i mal who can call to his aid the reproduc tive powcr.t of nature, aod thereby cause nature to minister to his wants. As the author says, hawks eat chickens and se 1 do men : but tho inore hawkB there are ? the fewer chickens will there be, while i the more men there are the larger will be tho number of chickens. Man, too, progresses in desires and in the ability to gratify them, while animals do no such thing. Tho analogies, then, made be tween man and brute are false, when applied to theory of increase of popula tion. In the words of Mr. George, the Malthusian theory is "really a gratuitous attribution to the laws of God, of results which, even from this examination, we may infer really spring from the mal adjustments of men." So fer in the inquiry, Mr. Goorgo has only succeeded in overthrowing well established theories which failed to ac count for the problem under investiga tion. The' overthrow of the old wagas theory and of the Malthusian doctrine, developed the fact that it was not in the laws which govern production that the real difficult? lies. H.- proposed then to seek for it in the laws which govern the distribution cf wealth ; for of necessity must lie therein the key to the whole situation. With an independence of thought which ia his distinguishing characteristic, Mr. George proceeds to work out the three laws of Distribution, AR a premise thereto, ho gives the following excellent summary of the basis of the investiga t?on : "Land, labor and capital are tho factors of production. The term land includes all natural opportunities or forces: the term labor, ail human exertion ; and the term capital, all wealth used to produce more wealth. In returns to these three factors is the whole produce distributed. That part which goes to land owners as payment for the use of natural opportu nities, is called rent ; that part which constitutes the reward of human exer tion is called wages ; and that part which constitutes the return for the uso of cap ital, is called interest. These terms mutually exclude each other. The in come of any individual may be cade up from any one, two or all three of theso sources : but in tho effort to discover the laws of distribution, we must keep them separate." In the laws, then, which assign to rent, wages ana interest their shares in the results of production, lies the cause of the social paradox toward whose solution the author has been working. Assuming as correct the law of Bent, as given by the standard Economist, Mr. George simply states it as follows : "Tho rent of land is determined by the excess of its produce over that which the same application can securo from the least productive land in use." After a full discussion of interest, its cause and its perfect justice, he proceeds to deduce therefrom, by a course of reasoning os abstruse as lt is concise, and as convincing as it is simple, the law of interest Capital may be applied in fermi; wherein the vital forces of nature give to the element of time an advantage, which causes interest on the compensa tion of capital. This compensation munt equal tho advantages gained in forms wherein nature's reproductive powers are exerted, else all capital would gravitate to those forma to the exclusion of all others. Now theso vital forces tend to a uniformity which is only violated in particular cases. There must exist, too, an equilibrium between the forma of production, in which tho vital powers of nature act, and those in which they do not-i. c. in agriculture and manufactures. It is manifest that no community could long sustain a ptepon d eran co of ci tb or. Hence arises a nor mal rate of int reit, which must remain on an equilibrium with the normal rate of wages. For, should interest manifest a tendency to rise, more labor would be turned into capital, and should wages ?tow an upward tendency, more labor ould be (urned from the production of capital. il I From these considerations easily arises the law of interest; which' Mr. George gives thus : "The relation ~ between wages and interest is determined hy the average power of increase which attaches to capital from its use in reproductive modos. As rent arises, interest will fall aa wages fall, or will be determined by the margin of, cultivation." With an "equally forcible demonstra tion, Mr. Georgo discovers tbe true law of wages to be : "Wages depend upon the margin ot ?iroductioo, or upon the . produce which abor can obtain nt the highe.it point ol natural productiveness open to it v- '.thont the payment of rent." ;. ..? When there is taken into consideration, the theory of wages as already developed by tho author, that wages are produced by the labor for which they ore paid, the reason for the law as raven, needs nc d?monstration.: It ia the logical com plement of tbe laws of rent and interest aa already shown, and its exemplification is in every -day life. * By the development Of the three cor relating laws of rent, wages and interest, Mr. George hos opened broad and cleai the field for tho minute investigation el the primary problem-tho increase ol poverty With material progress. Thal the explanation lies somewhere: In th? relations of the laws of;Distribution bat been shown. Hence it is necessary .ti consider the eff?ct<which material DH ?nfhere?miV tife^?TsUaoV^f the 'ol? theory against the new must be made For, admit tho con elusion a reached coo corning wages,.the Malthusian theory and the Laws of Distribution, and of tb? conclusions made therefrom there ls nt room for doubt. Hr. George defines the two grea dynamical agents-in material progress U bo (1) increase in population", (2) I ant improvements in tbe arts. The effect o increase of population ls to iucreaso ren by lowering tho margin of cultiv?t lon or forcing lshb;r; iVom more .Jp lees pro ductive lands,'and by. conferring ?por land special advantages incident i to tin mere presence of improvements? ?nd o population upon it Invention or im Er?vp'menhi in tho arti affect the dlstrl ntten of wealth fh the same way. In creasing rent and lowering the relativ, share of wages, and interest-: A state ment of tho conelruona reached from : survey, in detail, of these effects carrie with it ita own explanation. Wealth I Any ?\f%M% ppwer? labor, create: a demand fog moro land whereon, to expend labor, end thereb; increases ront The effect of taateria propesa, et a whole, ir to ' lessen ? thi ehare of produce assigned to wages ac. interest, and at tho.same time lacreas tho charo given to rent . ' > Herein then Kee tho BO! uti on of til '?ti social ?roblcra, a solution sit oae< Mear and eirlkiog. and whose logical dc duciion from tho laws prevlouoly w?rkei out, cannot be controverted. . Privat of wages and interest The < solution ! ovident to tho leader who has ao far fol ' lowed tho Inquiry. In Mr. George's ow ?Yordo, it is this : "The reason why lo ipite of iocrcato of produotivo vower, ?rages constantly tend to a m?nimum, which will givo but a bare living is that, with increase in productive power, rent tends to even greater increase, thus pro* docing a constant tendency to forcing down of wages." Mr. George bas solved the social problem, and the solution can* not be escaped, however much it may diverge from universally received opio* ions, and even though it run counter to sur own prejudices, aud to the dictates of so-called authorities, ou the subject of Political Economy. To those, who without a fair hearing of tho "whyB and wherefores," form judgment from super ficial considerations, the theory will upper ridiculous, aud be who Is its ex pounder, will bo denominated a "crank." Having carefully paved the way for the true solution, by clear and decisive disproofs of existing theories, which failed to account for tho difficulty ; hav ing substituted for these, theories de veloped from first principles, and depeud lng for their acceptance upon no author ity other than that of correct logical reasoning; having by means of these located tbo real cause of the evil lo be in the private ownership of land, ?.Mr. George comes now to the point where he is no longer left to simple disproofs and substitutions of the doctrines of the Science, but ho has assigned to him the task of producing a remedy, which shall fulfill all tho requisites of justice, expe diency, and capability cf application. That remedy, after a careful dissection of remedies heretofore proposed, and an exposition of their inefficiency, Mr. George finds to he, not tho confiscation of land and its equal division among all men, as the Communist would say ; but the confiscation of rent and the abolition of all taxation Bavo that upon land values. In this way, all the expenses would bo contributed for the support of the government by tho land owners, and no man could long own very much moro land than ho actually needed. Mr. George BUOWS that the remedy is in exact accord with justice, by demonstrating that the private ownership of land is not an inherent right, but hos been assumed after society had loft Its primitivo Btate. It is not consistent with nature and nature's laws, that a few should have a monopoly of what is absolutely the first great ana essential factor of production. Space will not allow, here, a review of the ground over which the author goes, i-i his careful discussion of the justice, l*ie application and the effects of remedy, 'mr object bas been more especially to follow Mr. George through bis inquiry. In doing so, we have found the argu menta upon which the final conclusion is reached, sound and forcible. This being true, it only remains for the intelligent reader to discern for himself the beauti ful aimplloity and exquisite adaptability of the remedy, which Mr. George has offered. Though radical in ita effects, ita application need be attended with no upheaval of the social organism. The social state would be changed, but the change would be gradual aud would be from a condition founded on injustice to one brined on nature and God's own laws. The machinery of Government, as now administered, would be more than suffi cient to carry out tho idea, a? the taxa tion would only be changed with regard to the articles taxed. It is in the discussion of the benefits arising from the execution of this remedy, that Mr. George, if anywhere, exceeds the bounds of legitimate logical reason ing, and becomes eloquent, vii ile descant ing upon the millennial season that is to prevail then., Perhaps his speculations are too extravagant. Grant that ; yet to the most cautious reasoner, the results of Buch an action can but appear glorious. Mr. George devotes the latter portion of his work to a discussion of the law of Human Progress. With that we are not called upon to deal, for while it ls inti mately connected with the evils of the existing uocial state, it only adds empha sis to tin necessity for an immediate change in that state, as outlined in the preceding pages. Suffice it to say, that in the treatment of that subject, he has displayed no less ability as an independ ent reasoner, than in the primary inquiry into the social problem. The last chapter 1B a masterly prose poem on the "Prob lem of Individual Life." It in ? a pro duction worthy of the work of which lt forms tho flitting finale. Throughout nts .work. Mr. George displays a mastery of style at once vigorous, olear and refreshing. Out of a dry discussion, be has made a .philoso phical romance.. He bas exploded the old war-cry of Labor vertut Capital, and shown that the real antagonism lies between Labor and Land. The sum ol it all is that, with all ita imperfections, "Progress and Poverty" ls beyond com pare the most powerful production on the subject of which it treats that tun present age has had the privil?ge' ol perusing. FELIX HOLT. Wanted-A Han. An esteemed contemporary aaserU that a young lady graduate at Hoadville this State, selectecfaa tho subject ot hoi essay, "Wanted,---A Man." and though o: course she only expressen the sentiment of eve,ry girl in the graduating class and eyerV girl in the universe, for. that mat ter, tho confection appears to be creating some surprise. Of : course the young lady griuluah wanton to say tba^it wai . sot soy sor of s>T?ah that abo wanted. .It was not i dude, witli smo?<b bair, nor a moro dash lng beau in got d- clothes, much leas i spendthrift, loud but would-be respecto ble scampi who would first rain hts wifo'i Uf? arid then, moripo her silver,' Tn! young lady graduate, of course, wanted a man that amounted to something, thai waa somebody sud could do a man's par in tho household n^d tho world. . , . , In this, too, she dxpressed th? un i vcr .al yearning; ; of ali tho girl graduate rind the other girls/tod. - Dat, bless thei dear hearts, did it ever occur to them t< ask of what earthly use the average- gir grad?alo could be to such a man. Wi! sha paint plaques for him ; fling li ttl ehiprof French'in his ear*-'drum 01 the, pietro arid wrack his ncr vea ; dre?, fins for tho ?'street ?ind bo a dowd nt brezo' neglect her body end her mind and tbinl that her only mission, ia to be car*d for ' Of course, nho wants a man ;. needs on what she ML db, wltlfc bim or for hin when ho is found.-Philadclphia Tima down an iroo cabio, a distance of thrc hundred and fifty feet, by means of I Jw^Jg^to^a.s^ft.tbs^ ; g^JMj of ibo cabU. wis one Brandied feet am ita length five' hundred feet. Th American ^^deRDLH<?H?OD8?Jt Jg feat In thbvhno havingb?on accompiishei by Emma JuUviu tbs Paris hlppodronc boy? dressed |n. femalo attire. YOUD. Arteries ia cute. Ss soon learns thAti is more comfortable to njt down on i bustle than on ? pair of dud? pants. ARP'S TRIBULATIONS. Company Com? DB and tho Cook Clone. Atlanta Constitution. I am very busy now. Literature is at a discount in tbeso parts. The cook quit us last week and company coming to* morrow-company. I have had a chunk of a darkoy boy hired all the year and he was right bandy. He got up the stove wood and brought the water and milked tho cowa and so forth ; but all of a Bud den his daddy "sout alter him" to hoe cotton and he left on ten minute e' notice. These darkie*, are right clever and good natured, but they have no more idea of a contract than a hog. They will break it whenever it suits them. They will quit you without warning aud not feel mean about it a bit. The grus got ahead of Mr. Jordan Franklin, and he just sends wc* J to our chunk. Edward Frank lin, to como homo. When I remonstrate, and remind him of his contract, he sava ho isiust oblicge? to have him, and will send him back jes as soon as he ls done with him." That's all, and so Ned cute out without ceremony. We are doing our own niggering now, and it keeps mo busy. Ouroig boy bas got a baseball nose, and it waa getting well. It was sorter swaigiog down until yesterday, when a bee stung him on it, in the peach orchard, audnow it is bigger than ever. The orchard is full of bees, for the peaches are ripe, and the storm blew ?uto of them on the grounu, aud Carl got stung on tho foot, and so tho more work falls upon mo. We cut down a dying redoak in tho grovo and sawed it up with the cross-cut for stove-wood, and my folks aay "it wont burn good, and we had to work up a dead sycamore and tho sun was powerful hot and come down with power on my unsuspecting back. I for ?ot that I bad on a locust back shirt, for never wear one if I can find any other in the drawer, and now there is a blister ed streak runniug down my spine, and I am sorter used un generally, But there is no chance to stop now. for company is coming. This jelly business hos gvt to proceed. I have to gather apples, and plums, and blackberries to mako jelly, and gut wood to keep up the fire to mako jelly and jam, and gather peaches to put up in the fruit jars, and bring water to wash up tho piazza floors, ana ever and anon it is more peaches and moro apples, or more water or more wood, and they went three spring chickens caught, and tho old Feahen, with her fine young ones, has strayed ofT, and I must hunt them up. They all worked hard yesterday-mighty hard, and I knew they would oversleep themselves and so I got breakfast thia morning, and a right good ono. I have long enjoyed a reputation in my family for making biscuit, and they do praise my biscuit capturously. Mrs. Arp frequent ly says when she site down to the table, I wish I had Borne of your pa's biscuit this morning. It is n dangerous thing for a man to know how to cook. I learned how to cook in the army and Mrs. Arp says that is the only good thing that evor came out of the ol * war. I wmh I had* ent have learned or bad ?optascoret, one or the other. She saya that I can make up the best bed in the world. The only trouble I haveJibout the beds is in get ting her atrdjjfea children out of thom, for they do ?ro sleep in tho morning. If I had MHrS( darkey in old slavery times, my wife says she wonld have given moro money for me than any ten she evei saw? for she could have controlled me then. But I don't eeo any difference SQ far as the controlling is concerned, and she got me for nothing. More water tbev say. I wonder whal upon earth they do with so much water The boys gone to town after supplies, fruit jara, and jelly tumblers, and sugar andHorsford's powders, anda new broom and I don't know what all, and now tbei keep me trotting. I wlsn there wasnM any town nor any supplies. Man that ii born of ene woman and tied to auothei in of few days and fall of trouble. Bal it might have been worse : a heap worse for he might have been porn a woman and been tied to a man. That ia tin most perilous condition in all nature Nevertheless it has to bo done, trouble 01 no trouble, and I am content. And no? they want some potatoes dog and corni beana picked, and there ore more cucum bera on the vines ready for pickling These old bodies of oura are a sight o trouble I wonder if they have no gar dens nor orchards in the neat world ? ] am not sore about that, for there Is i heap of scripture that tells about treei and cities ana streets and hones, and ci forth. I reckon wo will have all th? good and none of the bad-no rottei peaches no bee stings-no stove wood t get-no water to tote un a hill, no ahick ens. to catch. Well, I don't mind catch lng the chickens for the dog does tba ana never harts'them; bat fdo despta to "Cs om." If there if anything bette than old fashioned fried chicken I don' know it, bat I want eomubody else to "fi: em," Everything that JB good has a ba* aldo nboui lt.', If I was to find a rici fold mine on my branch I know lt wool ring some trouble, but still I wool risk it. Getting rich ia like getting mai ried. Everybody ia willing to risk il Calling me again-want to know ff ?tnt for salt. Of coane I didn't. Wb should I know the salt was out. Ther I Is something ont forever and ever, bat } didn't know it was salt. Have to sen to nabor Freeman's and borrow. Tbs ia what a nabor is for-to borrow fron Folks are not naborly unltu they len and borrow. My folk o may make oat lilt of everything that io out, ana nea day there' will be cornet bing wan tee Old Major Cooper told me that he coul live comfortably on ten cents a day. H .aid ho had a cow and she furnished mil end butter and buttermilk, and ho ba ' flour ' abd all he bought tras coffee an sugar. He dident eat any meat, and h figured it all hp abd it was ten cent Why oho uki anybody beg or a tar. o 1 this country? Who ts there so feebl .bat what can make teri cents ? day? A old woman can make, lt knitting sock Bot I want moro than that. A saan ha to get older1 than I sm to bo content wit such" limited diet. A ad no if they wai mc to ont* bandle to the slop Sacka If I cant find ono Mrs. Arp thinks 1 ca Josi step' to tbe shop nnd make on And lean. Tho truth isl have illustn ted my : useful nesa and . con tr!vance i long there Is no use in say in** "I can't, W?!i*'ttW?ie 'know* thal I can, an that just means for mo to go along an db ifei Ob, tey country 1 Farcwel peaceV Farewell, literature. And tl sprlDghouH?' wanta cleaning out, too. hP?,rxf ber' aay. I havent find time < shave In three days, and company oohing to-morrow. ~" BILL Am: ? r "I n^aiii' . .i. '?. rrrTke smallest 'specimen ' of' hon flesh ever ebra hore ia tho colt at Geor? fl* Clork'a stable in Meriden, Conn. g is out of ono of Mr. Clark's ponies, %t sired by tko famous pony stallion "Toi-a j?&Lr^.i^jmm,.'?A' Jerry," *M< --vero formerly tbe property of Ford i nar. Ward,"of lbs late firm of Grant & War fiuanclem. Tho colt Is about a foot an ..half high., ; - A man may be I lo*dod to the oy brown wi th philosophy, and yet bOOOBP as helpless as ? child when he trica ? get the mst word with a woman. Watching the Convict Camps. Dr. Pope returned on Saturday from tho Twigg? camp, and h aa submitted the following report of bia inspection to the Superintendent of tho Penitentiary 3 CoLuuniA, S. 0., July 10, 1885. Colonel T. J. Lipscomb, miperintendait South Carolina Penitentiaru-Sm : Act ing nnder instructions, I left Columbia Tuesday and visited the convict camp of Mr. A. J. Twiggs, on the Savannah Val ley Railroad. 1 reached the camp about 8 o'clock Tuosdav evening and remained during thc night and until about 3 o'clock next noon. I made a careful ioapeolion of tho convicts, their sleeping quarters and rations, Ac. The location and arrangements of the camp are the same as at my last inspection. Thero are ninety-nine convicta under the control of Mr. 0. M. Carroll, wbo is in cbargo of tbe works, and of the mun ber, ninety-two were out at work ; five ! were at the camp as cooks, washers. Sta., and two were on the sick list, Henry Porter and Frank Bonley. Henry Porter, tho convict who.waa so severely whipped before tho last inspection, was still at the camp, bul bis general health bad im Eroved and bia wound was bealing indly. I examined the person of each convict and questioned each one separately. I found only one single scar which bad been made ci ncc the last inspection. The only complaint I heard waa that the walk to and from work waa too long. Tbeso banda are worked in ten squads lac first ami second squads are one mile from camp; the fourth and third are about one and a quarter miles ; the fifth and sixth are about one and a half miles ; the Boventh, eighth and ninth are abont two miles, and the tenth is about two and a half m ilea. The night I spent at camp enabled me to s?e exactly at whet! time tho hands reached the stockade at n'ght, and what timo they turned out in the morning. Dy tho city of Colombia time, it was 8.80 o'elook when the first squad reached the camp last Tuesday night, and ten min utes bofore 5 when they left next morn ing. BTA.TF.UBNT OF CAPTAIN CARROLL. On Friday, the 10th (to-day), no squad will have a longer'walk .than a mlle and a half, and by the middle of next week the camp will be moved, and at no time aftor this, except for a short time in about six weeks, will the walk be longer than a mile aud a half. He states posi tively thal he is not working longer than eleven hours each day, at the outside, | allowing two hours each day for going and coming, and chaining up and un chaining, and from two hours and a half to three hours noon rest. And on ac count of the difficulty of finding a spring tu-opcrly located, it is a hard matter to ocato his camp exactly as he desires it each time. Owing to the nature of the coentry through which he ia passing now, it ia impossible to work the men to advantage in squads of more than ten, hence the length of the line over wbioh the men are scattered. All of which is respect fully aubmitted. D. S. POPE, M. D., Physician S. 0. Penitentiary. Money In Pecan Culture. A short time ago I noticed an article in the Valdosta, Ga., News, entitled "Prosperous Pecans/' which was copied in several papen. The writer states that I a gentleman of that county (Lowndes) bas a ten acre grove of pecan trees, in a flourishing condition, just beginning to bear. He further states that there is one large tree in the town of Valdosta from which the owner sella each year $25 to $80 worth of nuts. From other statements in the article referred to it seems that tho people o? that county are satisfied from practical tests that there is a bonanza In pecans. From this article and from letters re ceived from reliable persone who have bearing trees in Georgia and other States, X, too, am convinedd that there is a big bonanza in pecan culturo in the cu tiro South and in many of the Northern States. The moat intelligent horticulturists of ?Texas who thoroughly understand the nature and requirements of tho pecan, which ls a natural growth in their State, aay that it will flourish admirably in Georgia ; but that there are many difler ent varieties, some being of far bettor [quality and coming into bearing much I earlier than others; The conclusion which I draw from numerous letters is that the pecan will succeed wherever thc hickory grows. ! Mf. Vi O. Daniel, of Crawford, Ga., an enthusiastic cultivator of the pecan, bas a bearing grove, and itt 1883, from one tree, he sold eleven and one-half bushels of nuts in Athens, Ga., for forty five doll&.-s. He usually gets nvo dollars per bushel. In the asme county, at Wintervllle, there are bearing trees from which the owner receives quite a nico income. There are, doubtless, many such trees scattered over tho South, bnt these aro sufficient to convince mb that large profits may be derived from the pecan, and it is my intention to planta grovo next Fall. If I had five hundred j trees like Mr. Daniels, I would not ex I change them for tho finest orango grove in Florida. My advice to all ls to plant a grove at once. Tho young trees will not coat much, and in a few years they will prove tobe the most profitable In* vestment von over made- Correspondence Gonya* &Ud South. ??ni ! He Still Preaches. Two or three months ago a-Detroit lawyer waa in tho northern counties on nosiness, aud one night while he waa stiylng at a' farra-house two or . three ot the neighbors drop ped in and one Of thora o^plainod : , "Y/?u, seo, wo heard you was a lawyer, and perhaps you, wouldn't mind givinn ?us alittlo advice. We want to get rid ol ..^If?^Wir?^ fv'v1 ?* WfltSy,Ws good abd kind and ama* Christian, but lib's no preacher. ; Foct is hy? todsW for the times." > 'Havo' you thrown o?t any hints ?" ; \?Lot of'em, but hejs?U sit?les." ' . "Redaos U to f?O,'r The advlco- was declared to bo sound, and i n fte coiiree of tb reo d aya tho min 'w^a^fled* that WsTKlary would IPA leducwrtd th?, flgdr?? natned. / Wheo gstfS^jftbo "<-???"> "My dear friends, thia stop waa ron thh? niW*?rC<$ fic%S? *Udd tl&rd ^o !a Nn^^^o^n ofl^don? hesitate on roy account. I am hero to servo tho Lord, and I can do ii on one ^^^^^""^ *4 Arlen vein ol. gold has bien open ed on tho plantation of Me?. Mary Mor gan, near Modoe, Edgcfield County. Coals of Fire, Farmer Dawson kept missing bis corn. Every night it was taken from his crib, although the door was well secured with lock and key. "It's that lazy Tom Slocum 1" he ex claimed tho morning after missing mort than usual. "I've suspected him all the time, and won't bear ii any longer." "What makes yon think it's Tom V asked his wife, pouring out the fragrant coffee. "Because he's tho only man around who hasn't any corn-nor anything oise, for that matter. He spent the Bummer at the saloons while his neighbors were at work. Now thoy have plenty and he j has nothing-serves him just right, tool" "Bul his family ar? suffering." rejoined bis wife : "they are sick and in need of food and medicine, should we not help them?" "No I" growled the farmer; "if he finds his neighbors are going to take care of his family, lt will encourage him to spend the next season as he dla the last. Better send him to jail and his family to the p jor house, and I'm going to do it, too I I've laid a plan to trap him this ver/ night." "Now, whilo Tom is reaping tho bitter fruits of his folly, is it not the very timo to help him to a better life?" suggested the wife. "A little course of law would be most effective," replied the farmer. "In thia case coals of firs would be better. Try the coals Ural, William, try the coals first," Farmer Dawson made no reply, but finished his breakfast and walked out of the house with the decided step of one who has made up his mind, and some* thing is going to be done. His wife sighed as she went about her work, thinking of the weary, heartbroken ; mother with her Bick and hungry babes around her. The farmer proceeded to examine bis cribs, and after a thorough search found a hole large enough to admit a man's band. "There's tho leak I? he exclaimed ; "I'll fir: that 1" and he went to work sot- . ting & top inside. Next morning he arose earlier than usual, and . tat out io tho Dribs.' His trap had jghfc a mm-Tom Slocum, the very one he bad suipeoted I He seemod to 'eke no notice of tho thief, but turned aside into the bara und began heaping the mangers with hay, Bweet-scenttd from the summer's harvest Geld. T'A on ba opened the crib door and took out the goiueu ears-the fruits of his honest toil. All the time he was thinking what td do. Should he try the law or the coals f The 'aw was what the man deserved, but hu wife's words kent ringing through, bis mind. He emptied the corn in tho feed* lng troughs, then wont around whore tho man o toed with one hand in the trap. ' "Hello I neighbor, what are yon do ing hore?" he asked. Poor Tom answered nothing, but the downcast, guilty face confessed moro than words coula have done. Farmer Dawson released the impris oned hand, and taking Tom's sack, or dered him to hold it while he filled it with the coveted grain. "There Tom, take that," rM tho far* mor, "and after this whon you want corn, come to me and I'll let you have it on trust or for work. I need another band on the farm, and will give steady work with good wages." "O, sir," replied Tom, quite overcome, "I've been wanting work, but no ono would hire. My family are Buffering, and I am ashamed to beg. But I')! work for this and every ear I've taken, ii you'll give mo a chance." "Very wei!, Tom." said,the farmer, "take the corn to mill and make things . . comfortable about homo to-day, ar? toV '; morrow we'll begin. But there's ono thing we must agree to first." Tom lifted an enquiring gase. V . "You must let whiskey niobe/' con tinued' the ' (armer ; "yon must promise not to touch a drop." . Tho tears sprang into Tom's eyes, and his voice trembled with emotion.' as bc said: .. "You are the first man that ever asked me that. Thom's always enough tossy, ; . 'Come, Tom, tato rt drink,' and I've drank until I thought thcro was noonee In trying to be a better man, Bot since you care enough to ask me to stop drink* , lng, I'm bonne Ito make the trial : that I '. wflisir." !. Farmer Dawson took Tom to tho hovt? and gave bim his breakfast, whi?o bia , wife put up a basket of food for tho suf fering family In the poor man's homo, j. *Tom went to work the, next day and the next. In timo ho came to be: an efficient hand on tba Dawson place. Ito stopped drinking and, stealing, attended . [< Church and Sabbath-school with, his?, family, and became a respectable member Iof society. "How changed Tom ia from what ho ono was 1" remarked the farmor'u .-.mMpP one day; "Yes/' replied her husband, '-'was tho coals of fire that did it." Tont Orer a Kew JLeafV ^irth?u^-'iittot the crop is finished, . will soon come. While you ate staking things essy, suppose yon do a little think? ?vi iog and figuring. Go carexnByo^(s>,-j?m^f3 corn and note how many barron swli?.'-!.; there are. Count tho. nubbins also.... Take a largo ear, with about ? thousand / grains on; lt, and yon will eoe that it is equal to about sixteen little wormy nub bins.: Now if you, or any of your neigh bon have a field planted,"say -Cxi, or 7x3. examino that and sae what th? rans* peet is. You-may conclude that you will give corn more distance next year. - Then when it comes to cotton,- wa?$ft$ that carefully. See whether ten acres of badly' worked ebtton will jrteM as much aa five that have never lacked for work a ' singlo day. The fact is, I am afraid th*t yon planted your crop with tho cspoc.ta*. $on of doing six fid! \mnt?fotk ever? week. You worked as much as was pcu slblo,. but lt is a mosVdiffichlt job fk R ' tcn'acTo band to work filles** . aerea,-. That is .what ; is the matter witb ? our cotton. Suppose you mn. a fall one horse farm, planting lg a^ses in cotton, ancf ?2incorn. A foiecropwould bio bales ana 120 bushels of eora. 8?pi>oso yon. would nae a little more manuro, : prepare tho land by deep plowing, anti plant 12 acres lu cotton and S in eora , iSLinako 10 bales of colton aud 101) " bushels of corn.i : With thialatter-aero* age'you can work it like j* cutten Mmo?l. ? YofrwUl not be ron. to death aM dn&ata >. Of toe grass growing In at doora and, win dow* and crawling in hm wltit ytkii Agata wa; say doy* HUlo thinking ami figurina fa'yc^-riw daw, and. maka, ?p your mind.watyo^wiu turn ovar a uaw . ijHa&f %f" '"T-"wnw--. ,. '...-ff 'A one? boise' tat-r \<lr.t. ?mi?vii 1 Oottut? offered; ?k? other day to '-ott'his : cropth?t no cti^iiuhld Sad lu his gotten . fields enough,- grass to ??a?to a apa?wsrtt . neat..