The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, October 21, 1886, Image 1

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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MOKNING, OCTOBER 21, 1886.^ VOLUME XXn>--N0-_15^ - " ???????????-.-_-r-.- j GOOD NEWS. ' WE HOPE THE EARTHQUAKE IS OVER I NO DAMAGE DONE IN ANDERSON EXCEPT AT W. S. LIGON & GO'S. rilHEY do business in a brick bnilding, Jt '" ^consequently the prices of their goods were shaken down conside? rably. Now, all who /eel like contributing to; the support -of these young men will call in and receive the advantage of these low figures. ?They have a large, stock of GoodB on hand, and axe receiving them daily. They deal mostly in Dry Goods, Groce? ries, Crockey ware, Shoes, jLeath er, and everything else, more or less. They will have a large stock, and intend to SELL CHEAP. Call and see them, onrv to price. '; Notwithstanding the SHOCK the Crock eryware & all SOUND. RAISE YOUR OWN HAY. PTia an undisputed fact that on a very sniaB^atoh of Clover and Crass more and better forage can be raised than can bo gath? ered, from a whole .plantation of Corn. It ? is also undeniable that the lands in this ; country-are as well adapted to the cultiva? tion of these grasses as those of any coun? try in the world, - How our people can give their- whole attention to cotton and buy .. -their-little bundle of Hay in theWest, is a questionthat it is not how necessary todis enssu* Suffice to say that a great many are f&Stfresdy alive; .-to-the necessity of raising '^th6iTOwnlfor8^ef''and^othera:are fast wa? king up. andHhat we, who have always one -: eye to the interest of the people, and the other eyeto our^own, have supplied our Belves^ahd are prepared to turniBh our friends wfth all kinds of Grass Seed, Clover, JLncern, ?kc., at bottom prices. ' Ctoni^fc^see us. HILJL BROS. P. S.?There is a prevailing opinion that ! Drugs costnqthing, and Jtoat_aU is profit. We don't propose toargue the.point. There is also a ruletoVpay everybody else up first, and than if there is anything left, let the poor Drug ! man have it I This point we propose te argue. We get. up. sooner, sit Iup iatar, work harder, and have fewer holi daye^an the Guano or Grocery man ; and If our Drugs don't cost anything, we need our money, to send- to -earthquake sufferers, bny .a'few clothes with, and pay the preach? er. So when you come with your Cotton; remember all this, and don't forget us. HILL BROS. Sept 80,1888. EXECUTORS' SALE. BY virtue of the power and authority . vested in us by the last Will and Tes? tament of the late Penelope L. Milford, de? ceased, wo will offer for sale at public out? cry, at the' late residence of Dr. Wm. J. Milford, deceased, 13 miles South of An? derson C. H,, on the 27th day of October. 1888, within the usual hours of sale, all the property, Real and-Personal, of which the said Penelope- L. Milford, deceased, died seized and The Personal Property, consisting in part of Household and Kitchen Furniture, piano, Horse, Mules, Cattle, Sheep; Wagon, | Buggies; Reaper, Cane Mill and Evapora? tor, Corn, Fodder, Cotton Seed, Black? smith Tools, Farming Tools and imple? ments, besides many other articles too tedi? ous to mention. ' .. The Real Estate consists of about one thousand .acres of fine Farnrng Lands, well watered and improved, and desirably located.: These lands are divH '.into sev? eral Tracts or Parcels, and will be subdi? vided to suit purchasers. The splendid improvements on the old Homestead place, ana the Z. Hall place; render them excep? tionally desirable to purchasers. Further information furnished upon ap? plication to either of the undersigned. TtBirs . ojf Saxb?Personal Property Cash. Real Estate?One-third cash, and the remainder on a credit of one and two years in equal instalments, with interest from day of aale, at the rate of ten per cent per annum, secured by bond an d -mort? gage of the premises, with leave to antici? pate payment. Purchasers to pay extra for the necessary papers. J. C. MILFORD, ) WwntAra . W. E. MILFORD, j Executors. Sept 80,1886 12_4__ Executors' Sale. Elmina J. McCully vs. W. W. Humphreys and N. A.; McCully, Executors and oth? ers* PURSUANT to an order of sale in the above stated case, we will sell at An? derson O. H., 8. 0., on SALESDAY IN NOVEMBER next, at public sale, the below described Real Estate, towit : The vacant Lot, fronting 22 feet on Public Square, and running back 100 feet, bounded on the West and North by Lot of Mrs. E. J. McCully, oh the East by vacant lot, and on the South by Public Square. ? Also, the vacant lot, adjoining the above, fronting on the Public Square 22 feet, ex? clusively of the 4 feet left between it and P. K. McCully's Store for stair-way, and . running back 100 feet, bounded on the North by lot of Mrs. McCully, on the East of Storeroom of P. K. McCully. <- Also, Lot No. 4, of the University lands of the late Stephen McCully, containing 81 acres, more or less, bounded on the - West by lot of Mrs. E. G. Evans, on the North by John Drennan, and on the East by Street separating it from Mrs. Allen's lot. and on the South by McCully's street. Terms or Sale?One-third cash, and the . 'remainder on a credit of twelve months, secured by a bond and mortgage of the premises. Purchasers to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, N. A. McCULLY. Executors. ' Oct 7,1886 13 4 EXECUTOR'S SALE. - BY virture of the power vested in me by Ihelast Will of John W. Poore, de? ceased, I will sell to the highest bidder, at Anderson C. H., on SALESDAY IN NOVEM BER next, the following Tracts of Land, to wit: One Tract situate in Anderson County in said State, on Saluda River, containing 187} acres, mor?? or less, adjoining Archie Cox and othars. One other Tract in said County, on Saluda River, containing 52 acres, more or less, adjoining the above described Tract, Dr. I. Cannon and others. Tebms ?One-half cosh, balance on a .credit of twelve months, with interest from ?'day of sale. Purchasers will be required to * secure the credit portion by giving ' bond and mortgage of the premises, or the whole amount may be paid in cash if -desired. Fiat will be exhibited on day of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. - W? L. POORE, Executor. OotlL 1886 14 3* ALWAYS IN THE FRONT RANK. in .if UWVLKMtt MJ; Lower Prices and Better Bargains! 0, 'JJB. IMMENSE STOCK OF GOODS is now arriving daily, and will be com? pletes when this reaches yon. Our Counters and Shelves are crowded now with the latest designs and patterns in all lines of? Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Cloaks, Hats, Shoes, Notions, Novelties, Andrin fact, EVERYTHING kept for sale in First Class Dry Goods Stores. Now is .the time to buy?all the assortments being complete ; and as to prices, would say thet we will sell our goods as cheap, if not cheaper, that any other house can i.fford to sell them for. The Ladies, especially, will no doubt remember our Grand Opening last Spring, which was acknowledged by all to be such a signal success, .both in the beauty of the display, as-well as tbe character and prices of the goods on exhibition. Had we the time to spare now, we could make a show of our stock far surpassing the former, and which would be far ahead of any display ever made in this City before. Among the many bargains offered, we have only space to mention a few: . 50 Children's aud Misses' Cloaks at $3.50?cost to manufacture $4.88. SO Misses' Cloaks at $5.00?cost to manufacture $5.18. . .. The Children's sizes are for Girls two to eight years of age, and the Misses' for youCg Ladies eight to sixteen yean. These are no shoddy goods, but are good woolen material, handsomely trimmed in latest style, and, cut to fit elegantly. The Ladies know a good thing when they see it.. These garments are being sold rapidly even now, and as we will not be able to get our order duplicated, we would advise everybody in need of these articles to make their purchases now. Large line of JERSEYS, NEW MARKETS and SHORT WRAPS. Large lot assorted PICTURE FRAMES at 25c each?worth fully 5c. Ladies, you are cordially invited to call.in when out shopping and examine our goods and prices; we believe firmly that it will be to your interest to do so. At any rite we expect to leave no stone unturned to please you, both in goods and prices. The Ladies are requested to call for articles which they do not see in the shelves or oil the counters, as many goods of delicate, shades and fine texture have to be kept in boxes and drawers to keep them from getting soiled, but will take great pleasure in showing them. Our Grocery and Hardware Departments are also complete now. 400 barrels FLOUR, 40,000 pounds BACON, 55,000 yds. BAGGING, - 2,000 bundles TIES. Ties at rock bottom prices. Large lot Buggy and Wagon Harness and Saddles just received. Groceries, Crockery, Glassware, Canned Goods, all kinds Farm Tools and Supplies, an assorted Car load of the Celebrated Tennessee Wagons in stock. Try a pound, package of Levering'a Roasted Coffee and you will never buy any other. Respectfully. BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRET WELL PQ ?ALL parties indebted to us must make prompt payment this Fall ? w .for aii they owe us, as no indulgence can be given. We need the money and it must come. BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRET WELL. _Sept 30,1886 12 THE CLOTHING BUSINESS. THE DRY GOODS BUSINESS! y-. w The Largest Stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS Now on hand since the commencement of our business. J. P. SULLIVAN & CO. Our stock Clothing larger than ever. Our stock Dry Goods larger than ever. Our determination to sell Cheaper than ever. ZPIRJEHSTTS, The prettiest in the market. DRESS GINGHAMS, CASHMERES, TRECO GOODS, and everything. $3?? Don't fail to come in?we will take pleasure in shoving you through our entire stock. COFFEES?always the best. ? ?? ? , J- P- S?LIilVAN & CO. Sep.t 23,1886_11__3m THE DAY of MIRACLES has NOT PASSED, As an eager public will see by calling on MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS, AT HER NEW ESTABLISHMENT, AND examining her ELEGANT and IMMENSE STOCK OF GOODS. She has just arrived from the Northern markets with the? Handsomest Outlay of Ladies' Goods Ever brought to this city, which she desires to sell for the gratification of her numerous customers. ; t7 But if you desire real conscience-easing and pock c-comforting Bargains, call at her Old Stand, where she will sell ont her old Stock AT and BELOW COST. The abova facts constitute no fairy tale, but a positive reality, and those who wish to purchase will find it greatly to their financial interest to pay an early visit to the Sept 30, 1886_12 Ladies' Store. SOIV1E CHANGES! rnj. 13 Firm of J. J. BAKER was changed September 1st by Mr. A. W. KAY becom X inga partner, and hereafter we will subscribe ourselves J. J. BAKER & CO. TAKE NOTICE !?The above change involves the necessity of a thorough ?*squinrliig-up" process of those who may be indebted to the old "Concern," either by Note or Account. This is a very important change to you as well as ourselves, arid will be insisted upon in every case. ANOTHER CHANGE?We have recently repaired and enlarged our Store? rooms, and with a Bousing Stock or General Merchandise, carefully so? lected, are prepared to offer Bargains all around and to everybody. Our Stock of Groceries is Complete, Flour and Tobacco Specialties. ? .Cow prices, like murder, will out, and the whisperings now of our prices will grow into a conspicuous FACT as wo have the opportunity to price YOU, and every other MAN, WOMAN or CHILD who may want to buy any (Joods. J. J. BAKER & CO, No. 2 and 3 Benson House. lispi 30, 1886 12 TeJa?he!^1 Column, J. G. CLINKSCALES, Editor. Do you take an educational journal ? if so, what one ? and how do you like it? Mr. Russell's place at Midway will be open next year for some good man or woman. We hope his successor there may be a progressive teacher, that the good work he has begun may be carried on. _ We hear good reports from Anderson's boys at Furman University. Mr. T. E. Horton, one of the Professors in that in? stitution, is an Anderson County boy, and one of whom she is proud. She has material there now for several more pro? fessors._ How many professional teachers has Anderson County? how many just teach? ing till something else turns up, or to keep from between the plow-handles? We want more professional teachers more who make teaching their vocation, not their avocation. Mr. S. G. Sterling will probably teach at Eureka. The patrons of that school could not get a more earnest, energetic teacher than Mr. Sterling. Mr. Gassa way, his predecessor, gave entire satisfac? tion to patrons and officers, but found that the condition of his health necessi? tated a change of business next year. Mr. D. H. Russell will have charge of the Townville school next year, and will be assisted by his daughter, Miss May. Mr. Russell has had considerable experi? ence and been very successful as a teach? er. He was taught by that celebrated trainer of boys, the.Rev. John L. Ken? nedy. Miss May has had some experience as a teacher, and is popular wherever she has been employed. Among the questions propounded to the teachers at the recent examination was this one: "Have yon attended any Teachers' Institute during the year?" We were glad to see that question.! Some of the applicants had not attended the Institute held here, and made no effort to attend. Others were providentially hindered. The teacher who is opposed to Institutes would better step down and out. The-public schools will open Novem? ber 1, unless,, in the judgment of the trustees, the interests of the community can best be subserved by keeping them closed until January 1, 1887. In some sections of the county, many children are compelled to gather tbe cotton, or have it wasted in the fields: Let tbe trustees consider well the needs and abil? ities of the neighborhoods in which-tbe schools are located. During next year, the State Board of Examiners will introduce into the public schools some elementary work on physi? ology. The propriety of so doing has been for some time talked of. We think it is a step in tho right direction, nnd know of no more suitable works than Smith's Primer of Physiology and Hygiene and The Human Body and its Health. These are elementary works, clearly suited to the wants of tbe public schools. Mr. Fant informs us that be has re? ceived several orders for Wickersham's Methods of Instruction. That is signifi? cant?that begins to look like business. Good time now, during vacation, to post yourselves?don't let the opportunity pass by unimproved. Every book of that kind you read now is that much added to the capital stock you propose to invest in the business of teaching. Do not suffer your stock to decrease; rather add to it. There are very few sixteen-year-old girls competent to teach, school. Don't try to get to teaching too soon, young ladies. Suppose you could pass the try? ing ordeal of an examination: do you not run a considerable risk in trying to manage a school at that age ? The first year or two of a teacher's life as princi? pal of a school, however small, will, nine cases in ten, fix her reputation as a teach? er. Don't begin too soon. Prepare yourself well before attempting to teach. Mr. Thornton has returned to Georgia. He is an ambitious young man, and age and experience will make him a good teacher. Mr. Boleman, his copartner in the management of the Townville school, will go into the mercantile business, we are informed. Our best wishes attend these two gentlemen. Of Mr. Thornton, we know but little: Mr. Boleman has taught in Anderson County for years, and his ability as an instructor is recognized and appreciated. We trust that he may find it pleasant and profitable in bis new field of labor. At the same time, we herewith express our regrets at having to erase his name from the roll of the poor man's brotherhood?the teachers. HI8T0BICAL HEADINGS. Book of American Explorers, by Hig ginson. Life of James A. Garfield, by different authors. Gen. Lee's book should be read also. Plutarch's Lives, English, by Guin. Child's History of England, by Dickens. Stories of Greek History, by Yonge. Our First Century, by Lossing. Readings from English History, by Green. Politics for Young Americaus, by Nordhoff. Life of Alfred tbe Great, by Hughes. Views afoot through Europe, by Bayard Taylor. Ancient History, by Thalheimer. Medieval and Modern History, by Thalheimer. Last Days of Pompeii, by Bulwer. Knickerbocker History of New York, by Irving. Life of Washington, by Irving. Young Folks' History of Rome, by Yonge. History of Our Own Times, by McCarthy. Ancient Mytholo? gy, by Edwards. Student's History of Greece, by Smith. Student's History of Rome, by H. G. Lidell. Lessons from my Masters: (1) Carlisle; (2) Tennyson; (3) Ruskin, by P. Bayne. Ancient Egyptians, by J. Gardner Wilkenson. Political History of Recent Times, by Muller. American Politics, by John? ston. Past and Present, by Carlisle. Letters and speeches of Cromwell, by Carlisle. Studies in General History, by Mrs. Sheldon. Judaism in Home, by liuide-Koper, Great Heroes of Legend and History, by Grube. Great Lives, a History in Biography, by Mowbcrt. The Crusades, by Cox. The Era of the Protestant Revolution, by Lebohm. His? tory of France, by Brook. History of France, by Brook. "History of Germany, by Bayard Taylor. English Classics for Schools, Epochs of History, Mediaeval Civilization, 6. B. Adams. History of Civilization, by Guizot.?Carolina Teach? er. The Mason Cotton Harvester. A practical test of the Mason Cotton Harvesting machine was made in Sumter yesterday before a committee of three frcm the New York Cotton Exchange, and committees from the Charleston Cotton Exchange, the Agricultural Soci? ety of South Carolina, the State Agricul? tural Society and the State Board of Agriculture. The committee were ac? companied by the board of directors of the Mason Cotton Harvesting Company. The New York committee arrived at Sumter at 4 a. m., by the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, and the other committees arrived at 9:30 a. m., by the Central Railroad of South Caro? lina. About 10 o'clock the whole party drove out to the shops of the Mason Cotton Harvester Company, which are located about half a mile from the hotel. On arriving at the shops the committees and other guests passed half an hour pleasantly in examining the fine tools and machinery with which the shops are equipped, and in having explained to them the several processes employed in turning out the wonderfully ingenious mechanism which is used in the harvest? ing machines. Everything being in readiness one of the Harvesters was pulled out of the shop, two hordes were hitched to it, a cotton field negro jumped into the seat and the machine, followed by the visitors, started for the cotton field, about one hundred yards off. To an observer of the machine, who had never seen its mode of operation, it would seem absolutely impossible to carry it over the cotton plants without tearing them all to pieces. Consequently when the machine was driven into the field and started down a row of cotton plants, the faces of the visitors showed how much they were surprised in seeing that the plants passed through the ma? chinery without injury, while at the same time they saw a constant stream of cot? ton pouring into the bags which are sus? pended at the back of the machine. After running it over the field for some time, it was suggested by the committees that the operation of the machine be timed in order that they might arrive at an idea of its capacity. This was accord? ingly done, and as fast as the bags wore filled others were substituted until a halt was called. The cotton was then weighed in the presence of all present and showed a picking capacity of 2,000 pounds a day. The cotton plants from which this cotton was picked were not fully fruited and it was the general opinion that in the rich fields of the far South and South? west the capacity could be counted upon to be much greater. The machined picked cotton was then taken to one of the Mason Cylinder Gins, which was in. running order on the place, and' was ginned out in the presence of the com? pany. The Gin worked superbly, and everbody present was delighted with its capacity, with the beautiful condition of the lint cotton turned out, and with the perfect safety to the pinner with which it can be operated. Several members of the different committees bundled up samples to take hoi e with them, that they might show the cotton which they had seen in a few minutes picked from the field by one of Mason's machines and converted into such beautiful lint by Mason's Gin. An hour or two more was spent at the shops examining other Harvesters of varying styles and in different stages of completion, when the party drove back to the hotel. Among those present was Mr. W. L. Langley, of New York. This gentleman, who is a mechanical engineer, and hear? ing that a committee from the New York Cotton Exchange had been appointed to come South and witness a practical field test of the Mason Cotton Harvester, came down also as the representative of Northern capitalists who own large plan? tations in Texas, and who for many years have been endeavoring to secure- a prac? tical cotton harvester. In response to a toast, Mr. Langley took occasion to say that he had been more than pleased with wbat he had seen ; that he had never seen a new machine tested with such successful results, and that he was pre? pared to report favorably to the gentle? men whom he represented. He was sat? isfied beyond all peradventure that Mr. Mason bad discovered the correct princi? ple, and that he believed that be bad solved the problem that cotton could be and would be in the future picked by machinery. The visiting committees were invited to stay over at Sumter and witness a test of the Cotton Harvester by moonlight in order to show, them that the machine can be utilized at night as well as by day. The committee, however, found it im? possible to remain over, and came to Charleston last night. The committee from New York will be shown the Charleston ruins this morning and will leave for New York on the midday train to-day. The Mason Cotton Harvester and the Mason Cylinder Gin will be exhibited ai the State Fair of Georgia, commencing j at Macon on the 27th inst., and at the Alabama State Fair at Montgomery, commencing on November the 8th.? Charleston Weekly Nexos. Protection for the Lungs. Mr. James Hess makes a very sensi? ble suggestion, in the Herald of Health, when he calls attention to the absurdity of our present curious habit of wearing cambric-back vests, while the fronts are of heavy material and sometimes wadded, and urges the propriety of protection lor both sides of the lungs. The habit of course, bas grown from a belief that the outer coat is sufficient protection for the back, while the chest needs warmer cov? ering, on account of the coat being open. But it seems a disroval of the rea? soning that the first unpleasant sensations of chilliness are the so cal ed "creepers" running down the spine. Even when the warmest woolen material is selected for a suiting, the tailor, unless otherwise ordered, will invariably make the back of the vest of Borne thin, flimsy material like cambric or silk, though he may deem it advisable to pad the front with cotton wauding. There is no proper reason why the back of the vest should be made so insufficient. The front may be made uncomfortably thick, and still fail to protect the lungs unless the back is made equally thick and warm. In front they are protected about five times as much as in the back by clothing, ribs, flesh, muscle, and fat. In the back the lungs come almost to the surface, and therefore need more protection. Mr. Hess asserts that it has been his custom for two years past, and that many gentle? men to whom he has mentioned the mat? ter have had their vests made with good, warm backs, and after a winter's trial are quite enthusiastic over the change. They have pnsserl through the entire winter and Rpring without once taking cold, which is the best evidence in sup? port of the thick vest back proposition that could bo adduced. ? Nature is a great physician. Don't be afraid to trust her ; she looks carefully after the interest of her patient's stom? ach. ? The impression prevails that great damage was done to the tobacco crop of North Carolina and Virginia by the frost. Some estimate the loss at half a crop. ONE ACRE IN WHEAT. Letters from Competitors Describing their Modus Operand! of Cultivating Wheat. From the Cotton Plant. Editor Cotton Plant: Yours of I the 8th just received asking for "descrip < tive article of my method of cultivating, manuring, &c, of the one acre of wheat planted last Fall." The land was fair gray with red clay subsoil, and had been in cultivation for two years. Somewhat rough and stumpy, produced twelve hun? dred pounds seed cotton per acre in 1885. The cotton stalks were plowed up with a straight shovel and then leveled with a Deere teveraible Harrow. Forty bushels of green cotton seed and eighty bushels of stable manure with one hundred pounds of salt was spread broad-cast evenly over the acre. The wheat was sown broadcast (one and one-fourth bushels per acre), and ploughed in with a narrow "Bull-tongue," after which the Harrow was again used. This was done about tbe 10th of November, a good stand was secured, but tbe soil being fresh and porous, much of the wheat was Winter killed. In March a top dressing of two hundred pounds of Pacific guano was applied and harrowed in. Tbe yield was twenty-two bushels with about two bushels wasted on the ground. (Reaper could not be .used). I have just cut and cured in fine conditiou over one ton of ! "crab grass" hay from that acre. M. L. Donaldson. Greenville, S. C, Sept. 15, '86. Land in cotton in 1885. Plowed out cotton stalks and cleared them off of land. Harrowed twice with Acme bar? row. Drilled wheat in o;>e bushel per acre, last week in November. Top dressed with one hundred pounds of lime March 30th, 1886. Top dressed with 100 pounds Acid, April 21st. Cut wheat in June?forty-five shocks. Threshed wheat I first of July?twenty (20) bushels of good clean wheat at a cost of thirty six and one-half cents per bushel. COST. Dr. To ploughing stalks.$ 25 To cleaning off stalks. 50 To Harrowing land. 50 To one bushel.of Wheat. 1 00 To drilling in Wheat.. 50 To 100 pounds air-slaked lime. 25 To sowing tbe same. 25 To 100 lbs. Acid, and sowing same.. 1 50 To harvesting wheat. 75 $5 50 To toll for threshing.1 80 Total.$7 30 ' RETURN. Cr. By 20 bushels clean wheat, 90 cts..?18 00 To cofct of every item. 7 30 By net proceeds.$10 70 Can any of your readers show wheat at a less coBt per bushel ? H. B. Buist. Greenville, S. C. . Editor Cotton Plant : Yours of the 6th inst., duly to hand and noted. I take pleasure in giving the readers of tbe Cotton Plant the benefit of my small experiment of one acre of wheat sown last Fall. ? , My preparation of the land was to turn it close and deep with a small twis? ter?I next broke it close and deeper with a narrow subsoil, following each plow with a guano distributor and put in 600 lbs. of cotton seed oil mill fertilizer ?made in this city?I sowed one and three-fourth bushels of wheat on the aero and harrowed twice. This process thoroughly pulverized the soil. In the Spring I used six two horse wagon loads of good stable manure as a top dressing. My yield was 24 bushels of good dry wheat.. With a favorable season, I ought to have made over 40 bushels to the acre. I am sorry to say some of my neigh? bors beat me this year, but I- propose giving them an opportunity of doing tbe same thing another season on 5 acres. I don't care to challenge tbe whole State, bnt I do intend offering my successful competitor a $25 premium who.will beat me on five acres in this County another season. If I am defeated I will take pleasure in informing you of my success? ful rival?if successful, it will afford me no less pleasure to let you know it. , I will say I was not well pleased with the result of the stable manure as a top dressing, because I did not get it suffi? ciently, pulverized and think the benefit would have been much greater with the manure used in tbe Fall and turned under when I sowed the wheat. I sowed the 20lh of September. H. G. GlLREATn. Greenville, S. C, Sept. 10th, '86. Editor Cotton Plant : Your favor of the 8th inst., is just received, and I regret that you have applied to an unsuc? cessful competitor for a descriptive article on tbe preparation and fertilizing for wheat. You may be aware that several members of our township club last Fall entered into a competition for tbe largest production of wheat on one acre, the conditions of which was that each one should give to the club an account of his method of preparing his land, fertil? izing, time of sowing, quantity sowed, character of land, &c, and that each defeated contestant should pay the suc? cessful one a bushel of wheat. The severe feezes of Winter killed out the wheat and the stands were imperfect. None of the yields therefore were extra? ordinary except that of Capt. O. P. Mills. The yields reported range from 18 to 26 bushels, excepting Capt. Mills, whose yield was 36 bushels, and he thinks there were four bushels wasted in handling and at tbe thresher, making in all forty bushels. He sowed bis wheat on cotton land. He first broke it, then spread upon it twenty-five two horse wagon loads of stable manure, sowed 1 bushel of wheat, and cross plowed in the wheat and' manure together. My neighbor, Mr. Edward Earle, was the next most suc? cessful grower. He also sowed on cotton land, but did no breaking further than plowing up the cotton stalks. He applied fifty bushels of cotton seed to the acre, and bis whole crop averaged nearly twenty-six bushels per acre. I think the yields generally were proportionate to the quantity and quality of the manure used. Tbe advantages of high fertilization and thorough preparation of soil does not stop with the increased production of grain, there is also an increased production of straw which sells in this market at 50 cts. per hundred. Most farmers, how? ever, prefer to use it as feed and bedding for stock during the Winter. According to Prof. Townsland, direc? tor of Ohio experiment station at Co? lumbus the average yield of straw on sixteen "acre plats" was a little over 160 lbs. to tbe bushel of wheat. Again there generally follows a beauti? ful crop of crab grass that yields from one to two tons of admirable bay, equal in every respect to the Western hay, that sells here for ?25 per ton. Beside this, it leaves a bountiful sup? ply of humus in the soil, without which no permanent fertility can be maintained, and last, but not least, this excessive veg? etable matter left in the soil renders it less liable to the damages of washing rains. The references deduced are that in the middle and upper portions of the State the wheat crop on well prepared and highly manured lands is a paying ope, and that the secondary advantages, viz: tbe bay crop, the accumulated vegetable mould, the absorbing quality of soil rendering it less liable to injurious floods, taken altogether more than doublo the profit of the wheat crop. There is a legend that the great Amer? ican Orator was asked the question "what constitutes the three most essential ele? ments in successful public speaking?" he replied: action first, action second, and action third. To the question what constitutes the three most potent factors in the produc? tion of a great crop of wheat, or indeed, of any other, the answer might be manure first, manure second, and manure third. Leonard Williams. Greunville, S. C, Sept. JOtb, '86. HILL AR P. The Weekly Budget of the Cherokee Phi? losopher. ' Atlanta Constitution. One by one they go. The big fish keep on swallowing the little ones. There is hardly a railroad now that is limited by State lines or by its charter. They have all been merged into the big syndicates. They were obliged to merge for they couldent run an independent schedule. They were pooled out. The Eas; and West road has sold out to the East Tennessee and Virginia. This is all right, I reckon, as long as great com petiting lines are left, but now there is a rumor that the East Tennessee and Vir? ginia is selling out to the Baltimore and Ohio. The tendency of everything is towards consolidation. A few years ago we had about twenty railroads in Georgia and every one running on its own hook, but now we have less than half a dozen independent lines. There were several hundred in the United States, but they havo all gone into about ten great syndi? cates. This absorbtiou has done good in developing the country and building new linei as feeders,, but it is an alarming symptom of consolidation of power and moE.ey. Railroad commissions are utter-1 ly powerless to regulate or to control j them, for the commission is hedged in by Stale lines and the railroads are not.! The commission can fix the tariff from j Atlanta to Augusta, but it can't do any- j thing from Chicago to Atlanta. It has top much power in the State and too little out of it. Competition is at last1 ?the only regulator. I do not know that there is any complaint of oppression or unjust charges, but I look upon the gen? eral tendency of things with great con? cern, to say the least of it. There is the Weutern Union Telegraph company that has swallowed up all competition. There is the Standard Oil company that now owes all the oil wells, and their profits are millions of dollars annually. They have taken competition by the throat and choked its life out. And now they bavs bought up all the cotton seed oil mills from North Carolina to Texas, and if tliey came across a stubborn man who refused to sell they bought all the seed in l.be neighborhood and forced him to sun ender. I see that the iron men and con' men are consolidating immense interests in'Alabama and Tennessee. The strong are smothering the weak. A few years ago there were a score of retail dry goods stores in Atlanta, now there are only eight. The small fish bad to go under and become hirelings. Capital and brains combined will crush out capi? tal without brains or brains without cap? ital. The big towns swallow up the little ones in.the same way. They swallow op their trade, and all the little towns can do is to keep boarding houses for the people who live in the city by day and go to the country at night. Country people won't take their owu County papei now for the gre it Atlanta Constitution is cheaper and four times as big, and so the country weeklies living do languish and languish? ing do live. The time was when there was a. little settlement at every cross roads and there was a wagon shop and a smith's shop and a shoemaker and a little store and a meeting house not far away, but they are all gone now. The little ? tanneries and the little mills are gone, and you will never hear a man say "I'll raeut you at the batters" again. It does loos like a pity that we have to go five or six hundred miles after a wagon when right here we have everything to make a wagon of. And it is the same way with all the carriages and buggies and chairs and furniture of all kinds. We are now sending the walnut and cherry and poplar and elm up there and even the marble to put on the tops and they send it back to us all fixed up and we buy it. What in the world is the matter with us. We have got lots of good schools and colleges and we educate our children, but none of them seem to have any fancy for the me? chanical arts. Mr. Brumby is getting ricii making chairs in Marietta. Why can't somebody try it at Cartersville and Rome and all along the line? What is the reason that we can't make as good'a wagon for seventy-five dollars as tbey make up North? The timber is better and the iron cheaper, and the freight would be saved. But it is all right, I reckon, or it wouldent be ho. If we are happy and contented that is the big thing. I am happy on my little farm, and I'm not going to make wagons. I had rather dig polatoes. I've been digging all day and I've earned my "later" by the sweat of my brow. I thought I would dig a little and pick up a little and tote to the heap a little and rest a good deal, but it is a fascinating business and you keep on from hill to hill to see the big one roll out un:il you are all sweatty and your back aches, but you enjoy it. I love to dig tat.jrs, but I miss the boys. They used to mjoy it with me and would hunt for the biggest ones and help pick up and sort out, but tbey are gone now. Their dogs are here and look lonesome. Tbey fol low me about now. Jessie comes home every Friday evening, and then I am happy till Monday. Carl comes home on?e a month and brings some of the grandchildren, and we have a big time. Wi) all went on the Mountain last Satur? day?we children did. We climbed trees and got chestnuts, and a burr fell on a barefoot and it hurt bad and cried. We took the dogs along and the guns and killed a rabbit and some birds, and we eat maypops and came back to the fish? pond about sundown^ and the chaps paddled around in the batteau and got wet,, and had no clothes to change in. and bad to be wrapped up in cloaks ana things until their clothes were dried by th ii fire, and they got a good scolding and a igood supper too, and a promise that the big circus might come and might go without their co-operation. This is country life and country happi neus. So let money and power keep on consolidating, provided they leave us these pleasures. It may be that some of the children or grandchildren will have to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for somebody, but we will not wcrry about that now. It is good to labor and toil and sweat for a living. Work has its compensations. Idleness is a sin and brings its own punishment. It is a blessed feeling to be tired and then to rest. Rest is the good man's reward. Bill Arp. ? Sam Jones and Sam Small are abjut to make a raid on Boston. At a recent meeting of the ministers, of the Baptist and Methodist Churches, to dis? cus's the meetiag, the Baptist refused to co operate with their Methodist brethren or give the two Georgiaas 3ny encour? agement whatever. ? John H. Blackstone, of Greenville has entered suit against the Camperdown M;lls for $10,000 damages, because his w?rd, Barbara Blackmonc had all of her fing/re cut off to one hand while working in the mill. The complaint alleges neg? ligence on the part of the mill owners. ? The Trustees of the Peabody Fund mot in New York last week and appor? tioned tho interest amongst the Southern States. Tennessee gets $10,000, while South Carolina gets $5,000. Tho whole amount distributed this year is $92,362, A REPTILIAN FIGHT. Fight Between a Rattler and a Blacksnake. It was a warm day in August at tbe Rock Bridge Alum springs, in old Vir? ginia, and there were 900 visitors sitting around tbe hotel and cottages, killing time until the sun weut down behind Rattlesnake mountain. Among the not? ed guests of Landlord Frazier were Pro fe?sor Jackson, afterward known as 'Stonewall;" Honest John Letcher, Governor of the State; Congressman John Kerr, of North Carolina, aud Professor Mitchell, whose name is given to the highest mountain in the old uorth State, where he met his tragic end. Hosstetter, the professional bunter, was anchored under the shade of a silver maple on the wide spreading lawn, and around him were a number of children and their colored nurses, magnetized, as it were, by a rattlesnake with thirteen buttons which the hunter bad in a gla-s box covered with drapery. Every now and then the voice of Hosstetter could be beard in the stillness singing out: "Here is the greatest curiosity on yearth; a boss snake with thirteen buttons, and the whole show can be seen for nine pence." Many children and colord people avail? ed themselves of the opportunity to look on the "greatest curiosity," and old York shillings, which in Virginia were called "ninepences," poured into Hosstetter's pockets. He was getting rich fast when a circumstance occured that broke up'bis speculation?for a time at least. Charley Mitchell, a son of the professor, and Charley Hunt, of Richmond, had walked across the little rustic bridge j that spanned Alum creek, where, in front' of the billiard room, sunning himself near the water's edge, lay stretched out to bis full length a mammoth black snake. Mitchell's pistol came out quickly from his hip pocket, and be was in the tct of making a target of tbe peaceable king of all snakes, when-Hunt called a halt, say? ing: "Virginians never kill a black snake." "AH reptiles should be sent where the woodbine twinetb, and why not this one?'' asked Mitchell in and impatient way. "Because," answered Hunt in his mild e?t tone of voice, "wherever the b.^ck, snake makes his home no other varments' of like species exist, for be either kills or drives them out of existence." ''You don't mean to say that your pet snake can whip one carrying rattles on his tail ?" said Michel!. Hunt langbed heartily at tbe younger man's lack of knowledge in regard to snakes, and said: "Rattlesnakes may .be kings in North. Carolina and further south, but that lad lying there is boss in j these mountains, and, in fact, all over this commonwealth." "That may be your opinion, but I'll back mine with $100 that he cannot lick any rattlesnake alive,'' said Mitchell. "I'll go you just once," quickly re? sponded Hunt. By this time a large crowd had assem? bled while on their way to the bowling alley to take tbeir.daily exercise and tbe usual rations of mint Juleps, and among them was "Honest" John Letcher, into whose bands the money was placed, to be given by him to the backer of the win- | ning snake after the fight was ended. Tbe black shake lay basking in- the sun- regardless of tbe discussion he caus? ed. He seemed-.perfectly-at ease, not caricg a continental for the .superior intelligence that stood off at a safe dis? tance, and none of the celebrities present cared about getting close enough to his snakeship to disturb him, a truce existed for tbe time being. Tbe black snake being on band, ready for anything that turned up, tbe question arose as to where a rattler could be found, as they were rather scarce in the immediate vicinity of the sleeping beauty. But a happy, thought struck Mitchell, and he proposed tbat a committee of three be appointed to wait upon Hosstetter and purchase his show. As Mitchell was the mover of the resolution, the self organized committee of the whole appointed bim chairman, and Governor Letcher and Hunt made up tbe trio to call upon Hosstetter?the wild son of the Allegbaneys?with all power to buy tbe rattler at any cost When the three gentlemen approached the veteran hunter be was singing bis old refrain about "the greatest curiosity on yearth." This was cut short by Mitchell saying: "Hoss, how much, will you take for your show?" "Considderin' it's worth to me^6 a day aud tbat the season is now at its height, the lowest price I'll ask is $100," answer? ed Hosstetter, in a business manner. This was out of all question ; but it did not take long for tbe persuasive eloquence of Governor Letcher to satisfy "Old Hoss" that a good deal of fun was in prospect, and a compromise was effected by banding the boss of the show a ?20 note, on condition tbat he would carry his glass box across the creek and "spill the tiger out," as Mitchell express? ed it. The committee feared tbat by this time the black snake had taken himself away, but the sun was shining bot and the gentlemen manifested great pleasure at seeing tbe king of tbe snakes coiled up in the spot where they had left bim; but for fear some accident might happen that would deprive all present of tbe morning sport, Hosstetter was ordered to let his pet loose. He did so by raising the glass door of tbe reptile's cage, and as liberty 1 is sweet even to a snake, the ratler crawl? ed out of his pen-up prison, and no sooner had he got his entire length on his native soil than his piercing eyes spotted two enemies?the black' snake in his front and Hostetter to tbe rear. With a quick movement be drew himself up and struck at his master, who jumped out of tbe way. This ungrateful action on the part of tbe rattler had'one good effect. It caused the spectators, to move further back, leaving more room for the battle of the snakes. Money was plenty in those good old times, and as everybody present seemed to be possessed of bis share of it, bigh betting became the order. The extreme southerners backed the rattler, while tbe Virginians, aided by a few North Caro? linians, accepted all offers made against the proud and gamy representative snake of the ancient commonwealth. It was estimated that $10,000 was wagered on the result, but while the gen? tlemen were arranging their bets the rival snakes were preparing for the dead? ly strife. As soon as the black snake awoke from bis seeming slumber he uucoiled himself, and limbering up sprang for the weather side of tbe rattler. Tim caused tbe latter to change his position, making more room for the tac? tics of Virginia's pride. The rattler would raise himself and strike out his full length, to be surprised at finding his enemy a few inches out of reach. The black snake kept up a slow and steady march in circular motion around tbe rattlesnake, and while making no pre? tence to act on the offensive, he always managed to keep out of reach of the poisonous fangs that were thrust at him. The men from the cotton belt said that the pride of Virginia was a coward, and offered three to two that the rattler would beat him. "There's no fight in the cur," shouted Charley Mitchell, who at the same time offered $100 to $75 that the coward would get licked. It is needless to say that all bets on the rattlesnake were taken up by the Virginians. The only fear on their part was tbat the rattler might strike their champion, and, if so, their jig was up; but they depended on the native common sense and cunning of the black Bnako, which know his enemy and how to deal with him. The more the rattler struck out tho weaker he became, until at last it was plain to his backers that unless something was dune quickly tho* game would become a draw, as they con-; eluded the black snake wi uld never show ^ fight. The scene was becoming riiorloW-*^ nous, when Hosstetter hhou'cd out: "I'll bet tbe $20 I got for mv pet that l.e'll get licked." Mitchell immediately answered: "I'll take it," but there was no more betting, as the wise men among the cotton plant? ers began to think I lint HosstetterV knowledge of snakes, from Iiis forty years' i experience among them, wrs a little bet? ter then their own, and while they . expected some new turn in the affair,; they could not tell what it would be * hut there was one thing certain, the betting life was knocked out of them when Ho?s: . tetter staked the price of his show on the \ result, n They did not have much longer to wait, for at last the time when (he black snake was to make himself famous had . arrived. The rattlesnake became ex- f hausted, while the black was apparently fresh and strong. Watching his opportu? nity, the champion of tire Virginiaus lifted himself off the ground with mar? vellous rapidity, and throwing' himself across the body of his rival, coiled his folds around his "how prostrate enemy and hugged him to death. The crackling of the rattler's bones could be distinctly heard, and all was over*. The cotton men said it was not a fair . fight, but the stakeholders gave up tbe money to the victors, and the yell of the?!*; Virginians was so loud and long that tbe echo, coming back from the towering North mountain, frightened their cham? pion more than bis enemy bad. and he crawled quickly down tbe banks of tho creek and was never thereafter Been again. Hosstetter disappeared suddenly, but at the end of three days he was stcn again, in his accustomed place. A Study in Skeletons. When the ancient Egyptians embalmed their dead with so much care they did*' not suspect that thousands of years after their time other races would open their sepulcl re3 and sarcophagi and find there ? in evidence of great value and signifi-./ cance for the explication of modern world problems. It was a custom of those ancient Egyptians to bury seeds and sometime plants with . their dead. They commonly made a light bier ioty tbe body of freshly cut green boughs with' the leaves on, and it was customary in swathing the corpse with its mortuary bandages to inclose this light bier in them." These plant remains, with many others more purposely deposited on or about' the bodies or in the' sepulchral chambers, have been resurrected recently from many old tombs never before, opened, and the information tbey give is interesting and instructive. Prof.r William Carrutbers, president of the ? biological section of the British Associa- _ tion, discussed these discoveries in his ; opening address, and while he refrained from making any application of the facts t;' ascertained, the mere statement of them is enough to demonstrate their scope and bearing. /. It results from tbe hermetic sealing of . tbe plants and seeds referred to that they have, tieeh preserved, for the most part, as fresh as when they were deposited, and ' ; 7ery fortunately their first examination?;/ has been made by an eminent botanist,' ? Dr. Schweinfurth, who has for a quarter. :, of a.century been exploring the flora of the Nile valley. By putting these plants j in warm water Dr. Schweinfurtb has re? stored tbein almost completely: *'The colors of the flowers are still present, even the most evanescent, such as the ? violet of the larkspur and knapweed, and' , the scarlet of the poppy; the Chlorophyll 4\ remains in the-leaves and the sugar in . ; the pulp of the raisins." Dr. Schwein-, furth has determined no less than fifty- '? nine species, and what is most remark? able is that the characteristics of nearly every one of these species are identical ' with those of the same family at the present day. An exception exists in the case of a certaiu vine, the under surface ' of whose leaves was formerly clothed with white hairs, which are no longer : found.. But the great majority of the plants, seeds, and even the weeds discov- - ered in the tombs, resemble in all respects the modern species, and when we realize that this fact indicates a stability of forms '?; and character daring from fonr to five thousand years, it will be seen that the . facts possess strong suggestiveness in re? lation to the evolutionary theory. Barley 5,400 years old has been found - by Marietta Bey in a grave of the fifth dynasty, at Sakbara. This barley is pre->'? cisely similar to the grain of to-day. The increase of agricultural sciencu has produced no apparent improvement in the grain during that long period, nor has it changed from its primal type in any ? way. A garland was found in another tomb, of wild celery. "The leaves, flowr_. ers and fruits of the wild celery have been examined with the greatest care by v Dr. Schweinfurtb, who has demonstrated \ in the clearest manner their absolute identity with the indigenous form of this \ species now abundant in most places in Egypt." No doubt it is true that theu? periods required for tbe cooling and gradual stocking of the earth with vege? tation and animal life by modern geology seem to afford ample space for the evolu? tion of species. But when we find that a large number of plants have undergone ? no changes at all in five or six thousand years, it is apparent that the evidence, though not in any sense conclusive, makes against tbe hypothesis which is most generally accepted at present. But it is possible to go very much farther back than Egypt/for evidence. Plant \ remains nave been found in eedimenta|y~~ deposits older than the glacial drift giving them an age of from 50,000 to 100,000 years?and those plants pre? sent no differences from tbe same species as they exist to-day. It may be said, therefore, that the testimony of ancient plant remains, so far as it goes, seems to. oppose the evolutionary hypothesis, or at least to require the ?""pfiai nf nfr \ haps even longer periods for i*^ an ? than the most liberal estimates oK>ae modern geologists have allowed for the^ earth's formation.?New York Tribune. Eggs by Weight. It is annoying to the breeder of blooded and fine fowls to find when he offers for sale eggs nearly twice as large as bis neighbors,.that tbey bring no more per dozen than do the smaller ones. Also, the consumer is often vexed to find that he must pay the same price to day for a dozen eggs weighing a pound that he yesterday paid for a dozen weighing a pound and a half. Besides an egg from a well fed fowl is heavier and richer tnan . one from a common fowl that is only half fed, so that weight compared to size is an indication of richness. Thus, eggs of which eight will weigh a pound are richer and better than those of apparently the same size of which ten are required for a pound. Of course with eggs at four and ? five cents a dozen (and hundreds of doz? ens have been sold in past years at these figures), it is not much matter as to the size; but when the price ranges from twenty-five to fifty, cents a dozen, it is a' matter worth looking after. It is high time that this old style of Belling and buying eggs is discontinued. It is ft relic of the post and reminds us of tho time when dressed hogs were sold for a . dollar each, without regard to size, and were dull sale at that. Insist upon it then, you who raise poultiy and eggs for market, that the price of eggs shallbe so much per pound, and then it will be some^ inducomcut to farmers to raise a better class ol fowls and all will get their just J