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its m ii S&.LANGSTON. DO PEOPLE REALLY EVER EXCEL THEMSELVES ? One .is tempted to believe so while locking-through the Tremen? dous Stock of Ladies', and Children's Goods with which Miss Lizzie Williams has jnst returned from Northern Markets. . ? I tt> -? J_ HE taste and care displayed in the present selection outrival even her grandest suec^e&An the^n&st,^^^r^px?tatifil>;as a skillful Buyer, which has heretofore , bot^un0?at^iikie0? ifl^?ssibie^ increase Hp-strength greatly, to the delight of her eh8l^?l^n.SwblSe?i?%?e trlan herself. To B?e is to admire! And to hear a quotation from prices is to wonder! Such Style! Such quality! And in return for such" a small amount of money! Wa3 .. he like ever seen before ? If not, come to the? _ Ladies' Store ! i ? il Vi ft .1 .-.. ? S^i-:? " ' .. " ?'" - ' . Z ? We extend a cordial invitation to any of our Friends who come to the BpS City to call in and see us. They certainly owe it to them selves to let no . chance pass to buy their :|t$l7* ; / M?rchaiitiiae Right! I ' We have a Full Line of als V' PRESENT indications warrant the Jbeiief that; a large Fall trade will be realizedj' ind we have never before since our start ;in business need . more cautioii in buying and selecting onr stock. Discounting>;eT<^'dollar's'worth of goods that comeonto our house, whether it bo Groceries or . Dry Goods, which enables to meet any and all . competition.' Come, in then, and you will find us with our " si "hands out of our pockets. Come in, and if we don't give yon cause to congratulate yourselves, why,, we'll apologize, for we are here to do busi ness, and whatever is not right we will make "'? . -tight. ?. . With, tbanks.for past patronage, we remain, EC '* ;*5 V.: -Q, :^.-Ee?pectfnlly yonre, J. P. SULLIV? & CO. - IS NINE POINTS OF SUCCESS ! , ;^D;:^EHE -fiOAD TO SUCCESS LEADS STRMGffit, THROUGH ?W. BROWN & SONS' STORK! They selected from the Northern Markets THE RIGHT GOODS at the RIGHT PRICES, AN? MEAN TO SELL TBEM RIGHT! Two lia%e Store Rooms, Warehouses and Cellar Riled with Goods! AN IMMENSE DRY GOODS STOCK. The latest and most Stylish DRESS PATTERNS, ' ri, ^ WJtht handsome, TRIMMINGS to match. 1 ? .V -'-"i ? The^c4retirated^agl?^ttd Phoenix JEANS, DOMESTICS of every description, ?0\. SHAWLS, SKIRTS, CORSETS, HOSI RY, And all thoett little Notions so necessary to a complete stock. GENTS' READY MADE CLOTHING! U ELEGANT BTYEES; > ?? '-' ;~ " L?RGE ASSORTMENT, and a PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. BOOTS AND SHOES. The largest lin^of Ladies' and Gents'.Shoes ever brought to this market. La? dies' SHc*raspeciality. Every desirable sfyle kept, from the FAT BABY SHOE to the Low Cut Easy Shoe for the aged. We are the only Firm handling the celebrated Bay State, Morrow, and Evitt Bro. Shoes. GROCERIES. Six Car Loads fresh ground new Flour, all grades and prices. One thousand bushels Texas Bed Bust Proof Oats. One thousand Bundles Ties, new and second hand. Bountiful supply Piece Bagging in 50 yard rolls, guar taateed 2 pounds to yard. Bacon, Lard, Meal, Sugar, Coffee, and everything else ne oeisary to make a complete Grocery stock. |?K; Fancy Groceries a specialty. SPOT CASE COTTON BUYERS. Bring us your Cotton, look at oar stock and get onr prices. ^^."Brown & Sons, Tb}?(&e}j$'C>olumn, tS^ AU communications intended for this Column should be addressed to L\ H. RUSSELL, School Commissioner, Ander? son, S. C. Self control on the part of the teacher is one of the highest qualities. Before he can control others be must be able to control himself. "He that ruletb his own spirit is mightier than he that taketh a city," is the estimate put upon this quality by Divine'inspiration. It is the exercise of this quality which distin? guishes man from the brute creation. When heated with passion do not strike or punish a child, but take time for reflection, for the sober second thought, and then in cooler moments punish from a sense of duty, and let the pupil so understand it. Teachers should have a definite plan of their work laid down in their minds, and it should be followed so persistently that the pupils will catch tho spirit and conform to the plan of the teacher. Have a time .for everything, and when that time comeB do that to the exclusion of everything else. We once went into a school where classes recited as they got ready. One'class would sing out "Miss ? we are ready," and another would sing out "we ain't," and so on to the end, and it was nothing but a continued scene of disorder and confusion, and when that echool was done they were glad to be rid of that teacher. We have received correct solutions of the problem in proportion from the fol? lowing pupils: Master Felix J. Sloan and Miss Minnie Gibson, pupils of Mr. W. 0. Latimer, at Pendleton; Master Claude Smith, a pupil of Miss Nettie Hall's, at Cross Roads ; MisB Mary Em mersou, a pupil of Miss Lou Drake's, at Ebenezer, and from Miss Saddie M. McAdamB, a pupil of Miss McLain's, at Shady Grove. So far the girls are ahead of the boys. Now let's try for it again, on this same pasture: The next year John's father still puts in his four cows, and lets A put in three cows and four sheep, and B two cows and eight sheep. How much must A and B pay this year if two sheep eat the same as one cow ? The rent is the same as before, $39 for the season. The Annual Report from this office has just been, completed and forwarded to the State Superintendent, and perhaps som3 of its data may interest patrons as well &3 teachers. The total number of schools in the County is one hundred and sixty-three, one hundred and ten of which are white and fifty-three are col? ored. There are one hundred and eighty four teachers, one hundred and twenty-two of whom are white and sixty two colored. There wereenrolled during the year seven thousand five hundred and eighty-eight children between the ages of six and eighteen. Of. this num? ber four thousand three hundred'and fifteen were white, and three thousand two hundred and seventy-three were col? ored. The census of 1880 showed the population of the County to be eighteen thousand seven hundred and sixty-six white, and fourteen thousand eight bun-, dred and forty Beven colored,, showing twenty-three per cent, nearly of white enrollment, and twenty-two per cent, of colored enrollment. Of this enrollment the average attendance of the whiteB shows that sixty-nine per cent, attended regularly, and of the colored enrollment sixty two per cent, attended regularly. Next week we will give more data, show? ing the amount raised by the two mill tax and the poll tax, and the amount paid the teachers, &c. COLORED TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. The colored Teachers' Institute closed on Thursday., 3rd inst., after a very enjoyable and profitable session of four days. At its close the teachers present, through Mrs. M. H. Gassaway, presented Prof. Bulkley with a handsome silver cream pitcher, as a token of their appreci? ation of his services. The following are the remarks with which Mrs. Gassaway did the presentation, to which Prof. Bulkley very feelingly responded : "Most honoired Prof. Wm. L. Bulkley: Please accept the thanks of the Teachers of this Institute for your well done work, and with our kindest regards we present this little token of rememberauce. not for its value, but to show you that we appreciate your kind instruction. God bless you, dear brother, and when you shall have finished the great and noble work assigned you, may Heaven's gates open wide and you find an abundant entrance, is the kind wish of this Insti? tute." The following resolutions were also pa^si'd unanimously, and by request are inserted here: Resolved, That we, the teachers of An? derson County, return our sincere thanks to our worthy and efficient School Com? missioner for the interest he has mani? fested in us, and is still manifesting in us. Resolved, That we do what we can to assist him in his effort to raise the digni? ty of the teaching profession. Ee8pectfully, Teachers. Anderson, S. C, Oct. 2,1889. Whereas, this being the first Institute holden for colored teachers in Anderson County, S. C.; and, whereas, the School Commissioner, Mr. D. H. Russell, and the County Board of Examiners have secured one of the most scholarly men of our race in the State to conduct said In? stitute, therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the teachers, return our heartiest thanks to the County School Commissioner and Board of Ex? aminers. Resolved, That with hearts full of gratitude we return our earnest thanks to Prof. Wm. S. Bulkley for accepting the position of Instructor, and with untiring zeal to make the session both instructive and exceedingly pleaBant. Very respectfully, E. V. Gassaway, W. A. Clark, Mrs. C. W. Gassaway, M. H. Gassaway, Committee. ? Tha Emperor of China is studying from Christian books, and he is learning about the Christian religion. ? The biggeBt thing out is what the druggist term Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup; its sale is enormous, and it haB never peso, known to fail. Price, 25 cents. ?.NDERSON, S.O., T For (he Inttlligcncer. woiids of wisdom. . Some of the Principles of Political Econo? my Applied to Agriculture; NO. 3. Aa previously inliriiated, it is a part of our purpose to show that it is our true interest to invest a large portion of this capital in building up manufactories, and that we should become manufactur? ers as well as farmers, if we would accomplish the full measure of our inde? pendence. By embarking in the busi? ness of manufacturing, we would increase the value of our farm lands and farm product?, and likewise enhance the wages of labor. This subject is illus? trated in a recent number of the Phila? delphia Press, by a comparison between some of the manufacturing States North, and South Carolina, which depends almost wholly on agriculture. It says, in substance, that according to the Ag? ricultural Department report the average value of farm lands in this State is from $5 to $10 per acre, but in Massachusetts the average value is $43.32, in Rhode Island $50.37, in Connecticut $49.34, with a corresponding difference in other manufacturing States. There is the same contrast in the wages paid agricul? tural laborers. In New York the aver? age, with board, last year (1888) was $16.30 per month, in Massachusetts $18, in Pennsylvania $16, and in Ohio $15. But in South Carolina it was $8, which is said to be an advance of the wages previously paid, attributable to the increased value of products, the result of the growth of manufactures. In North Carolina wages were $9, and in Georgia $8.81, and in oiher Southern States in proportion. This, it says, was for farm labor alone, and shows incontestibly .that the farmer in the manufacturing States not only gets a great deal more for the produce of his soil, but that the laborer also gets twice as much as in purely agricultural communities. These facts and figures furnish strong, proof of the importauce of our engaging in the business of manufacturing. Wedded to tbe notion that we are a purely agricultural people, we have left this important business to tbe enterprise and industry of others, wheu there is no rea son whatever why it should not be as successfully and profitably prosecuted by our own people as by any otber, except it be lack of enterprise and a want of knowledge of the business, but this should be no obstacle, when the great end to be attained is the diffusion of wealth, intelligence and the comforts of life among our people. The greater the variety of our industries the greater tbe extent and variety of our products. What we need is this increased produc? tion, for it is production that opens a demand for products. There is nothing in Says' political economy that be makes plainer than the error of supposing that when trade is dull it is because money is scarce. He maintains that it is the scarcity of product", and not the scarcity of money that produces this effect. That a product is no sooner created than it affords a market for other products to the full extent of its own value. That the seller of a product cannot find a pur? chaser, unless that purchaser, by the sale of a product of his own industry, has acquired the means of purchasing. That there is always money enough to effect this interchange of values where they really exist, and that although money is the medium through which this inter? change has been effected, it will be found when tho transaction is closed that one kind of product has at last been only exchanged for another. His conclusion is that the more numerous the producers and the more varied their productions, the more numerous and extensive the markets for those productions. That the true policy is to stimulate production, for the demand for products is in proportion to tbe activity of production, and that in every community which is constantly adding to the sum of its products, every other branch of industry yields hand? some profits. If it be true that increased production opens a demand for products, and that there is always money enough to effect tbe exchange of one product for another, where those products really exist, there can be no greater error than to suppose that the dullness of sales is attributable to the scarcity of money. This was the error of the Greenback party, and the remedy they proposed waB an increase of the money in circulation, in the ratio of say $50 per head. But if that exact Bum had been allotted by the Government to each individual in the Stale, be would have been without the means of further purchases after that sum had been spent, unless he was in a position to acquire such means by the sale of a product of his own industry, so that it is true at last that all exchanges are of product for product, and the greater the extent and variety of our pro? ductions the more numerous tbe markets and the greater tbe activity of business. An illustration of tbe readiness with which money is to h& had where the pro duct exists, is afforded in the sale of the cotton crop. It has been our experience for years past that when that product has been made ready for the market in the fall of the year that money is abundant, and we know quite as well that at all other times it has been correspondingly scarce. Why ? Not because money is scarce, but because products are so. With an abun? dant and varied production, it would at all times be in sufficient abundance to effect the needed exchanges. We can and should become the producers of all, or at least a large part, of the goods, wares and merchandise for which we, and our ancestors before us, have been depen? dent upon Northern producers, and when we become so we will save at home the many millions of dollars that are annu? ally paid by us to these producers, under tbe operation of a tariff for the protection i of domestic manufactures. The object of such a tariff is to protect the borne manufacturer iu the sale of his goods against competition with the importer of like goods from England and other for? eign countries. Now competition is pre? cisely what is beneficial to the home consumer, because its tendency is to reduce prices, and he should be left free to make his purchases from that manu? facturer who can sell the cheapest. This be could do, hut for the interference of the BlUELSDAY MOEND Government, which, under the pretext of encouraging domestic manufactures, imposes a duty or penalty on the sale of goods imported into this country from abroad. What is the consequence ? If the English importer has an article which he can sell at eighty cents, and with profit to himself, and the Govern? ment imposes a duty of twenty cents on the sale of the article in this country, that duty must be added by the importer to the price, and he will be compelled to charge ?1.00, instead of eighty cents. In this way the home manufacturer, who ought to be able to sell the same article at the same price as the foreign importer, is enabled to advance his price to the full extent of the duty, and to that extent the home consumer is compelled to pay to the home manufacturer a premium' of twenty cents above the actual value of the product. This is all made plain in the work on political economy referred too. This tax or duty is paid by the con? sumer on nearly every article of mer? chandise he purchases, but being an indirect and not a direct tax, it is paid without complaint, because the consumer little 'suspects that in paying the pur? chase price he is paying not only the full value of the goods, but a tax besides. No wonder when these duties are higher than they should be, to raise just such an amount of revenue as may be neces? sary to defray the actual expenses of the Government economically administered, that there is such a large surplus in the treasury of the United States. It is the very essence of injustice and oppression, and leads to - fraud and extravagance. History shows that the loss of liberty is always preceded by public corruption, and that there is nothing so dangerous to public morals as an overflowing treasury. These duties are imposed not by the rep? resentatives of those who pay the tax, but by the representatives of those who receive it. We pay it because we are'the consumers, and because we manufacture nothing from an axe handle up to the ostentatious equipages of the vulgar rich. We are without a remedy at the ballot box, because we are outnumbered. We would be equally so in the Supreme Court of the United States, as some writer maintains in the Southern Review, for that Court would say that Congress, under the Constitution, has the power to impose duties to raise revenue to defray the expenses of the Government, but that it could not undertake to say that the duties, however higb, were not necessary for that purpose. Assuming then that a tariff for protection is the settled policy of the Government, and that this condi? tion of affairs is to be continued, what is the consumer to do? The answer is that the necessities of his situation, as well as his interest, require that he should him? self become the manufacturer of the same products, and thus by competition reduce the price to its natural level. There is no difference really in the operation of a tariff for protection and a trust, except that the duty in the one case is imposed by the Government, and in the other by a company of individuals. The Government is being called on by the people to protect them against the injustice and oppression of trusts, and thus it is involved in the strange incon? sistency of being called on to remedy an evil for which it has set the example in a tariff for protection. No Government can interfere with the business of pro? duction without giving an advantage to one industry at the expense of another, and, therefore, the true policy is to leave the whole business to individual enter? prise and the regular laws of demand and supply. There are certain evils for which legis? lation never can afford an adequate rem? edy. It cannot compel us to desist from purchasing nearly every necessary of life in foreign markets, as we have hitherto chosen to do. It cannot compel us to exert those means in our power for the acquirement of wealth which we do not choose to employ. It cannot direct the methods of acquiring and investing capi? tal, because such matters are of private concern, and must be left to the dictates of individual interest and the exercise of a sound judgment. The truth is that we must rely on our own energy, industry and economy. We have thus endeavored to point out some of the numerous ways in which the profits of agriculture are reduced, and to apply some of those familiar principles of political economy to its conduct and management, which cannot be disregarded if our farmers mean to make it profitable. It has had burdens enough to bear, and when the farmer adds the cost of his farm supplies, it does seem to be really inexcusable. Whenever we become united in the determination that the productive pow? ers of our land shall be increased; tbat the crop produced sbali be sufficient to pay a clear profit after all the proper allowances are made for rent of the land, interest upon the capital and laborers' wages, and tbat a portion of it shall be invested in mechanical and manufactur? ing establishments, so as to increase the number and variety of our products, then there can be no doubt that we will enter upon a career of prosperity, which has hitherto been unknown to our people. A. T. Broyles. ? A Chicago correspondent writes: "One of the most wonderful manufactures of recent growth is that of catsup. A great number of factories have'originated in the past ten years, and competing brands are as plentiful as those in any line of manufactured articles. Tomato catsup has conquered the world. In our younger days our mothers used to put up a supply about this time every year for winter use, and it was a condiment occa? sionally served at the table. Now it has taken its place with salt and pepper in daily use. Some people eat it three times a day, and many millions of gallons are required to supply the annual demand. This popularity of catsup has made to? matoes as profitable a crop as wheat, and many farmers plant acres of vines every year just to supply the catsup factories. At twenty cents a bushel an acre of to matoes is always profitable. The farmer simply fills his wagon bed with the ripe fruit and hauls the load to town. There is no waste, for the riper the fruit the better for catsup. The old world is now using American catsup, and tue trade is always on the increase. TG OCTOBER 17, 16 BILL ilU?, Arp linn Something to Say About the Kace Question, Atlanta Constitution. What would we do if we didn't have the negro to write about and talk about? The newspaper and magazines are dis? cussing the race problem continually and doing their beat to solve it. The people are pondering over it at horns by the fireside, and all this shedding light and spreading knowledge and preparing the way for whatever may happen. But still there is nothing done nor likely to be done. It is tob big a thing to be hur? ried by anything that man can do. By slow and Bure degrees it will work itself out, and I reckon we had better let it alone for awhile and watch the workings of manifest destiny. I think that Gener? al Stephen D. Lee's brief reply to Mr. Grady on the subject i3 the moat sensible thing that has been said or written. He is not alarmed about the situation and he lives in a negro country. The appeal to Pharaoh reads well and is the result of thought and research, but in this age theories are rudely knocked aside by facts. We theorize on the war and some of our preachers said that if we didn't whip the fight they would lose faith in the providence of God. We theorized about making cotton and said that the white man couldn't make it and the free negro wouldn't. Pharaoh says: ''No two dissimilar races ever lived togeth? er in peace." When the fact ia the whites and the blacks have been living together in peace here at the South for a century. The last 25 years the negro has been a free man and we are living in peace yet; about as much peace as could be expected?in fact more peace than there is between labor and capital in the white race. He says there would have been immigration lo the South long ago if the negro had not been here. Then we ought to thank the good Lord for protecting us from the anarchists and communists and the scum and pau? pers of Europe. We don't invite immi? grants who are afraid of the negro. If the negro has done us no other good, he has ensured us a good law-abiding, hom? ogeneous patriotic population. He has some bad traits, but we don't want to swap him off for trash. His virtues are too much magnified by the North, and bo are his crimes of the South. As a race they are kind hearted, geiaerous, docile good natured, and at the same time, wasteful, careless?concerned for to day, unconcerned for to morrow, and having more religion than piety, more 'fear Iban conscience. Bishop Galloway said in bis great sermon at the tabernacle that Sam Houston was ones (raveling over Texas in a diligence, acd t wo robbers stopped the coach and robbed him and his com? panions of their money and! watches, and, worst of all, took their lunch of biscuit, and sausage, and one of them unrolled it and greedily bit off a half sausage, when the other jerked it violently away a id Baid: "Don't you eat that, you heathen heretic?didn't I tell you this morning that to day was Good Friday, and you musn't eat any meat," He had more religion than piety, and so with most of the negroes. A little stealing does not conflict with their religion. If you hire one it does not conflict with his contract. We all recognize that eight dollars a month means eight dollars and perquisites. The law presumes malice when a man commits a crime, but there is not a bit of malice in a negroe's heart when he pilfere from you. He loves you all the better for having something that he can pick up. He takes it upon the idea that you have got it to spare and won't misss it, and he wants it?that's all. Another mistake that Pharaoh makes is in arraigning somebody for ever bring? ing the negroes here from Africa. We be? lieve that it was a good thing and wisely designed by Providence. What would the 6,000,000 have been if their fore? fathers had been left in Africa. About thirty years ago there was a cargo of negroes secretly landed on our coast just below Savannah, and they were sold and distributed among our farmers. I saw some of them at Coilonel Motts, in Colum? bus. They were working in his garden, or trying to work. They couldn't speak a word of English and had to be trained by signs. They didn't want their meat cooked, but begged for it with the blood. But they were docile, and soon learned to talk and got reconciled to wearing clothes and eating like white folks. They never pined away or grieved for their kindred or their country. They made excellent servants, and I have no doubt but that tbeir children are now well-behaved and civilized citizens. I have long ruminated over this and my faith is that our northern brethren ought to send over there and get some more and civilize them as we have done. There is a broad field for their philan thropby. Why don't those northern negro preachers, who kicked up such a dust at Indianapolis the other day, go over there and begin the missionary work. If the other great nations had done as much for tbe negro as the South has done Africa would be civilized. But then there is another serious question which Pharaoh's advanced sheets have not discussed. If the negro is sent away and . colonized, will he remain civilized, or will he relapse into barbarism like they hav? in Hayti and San Domingo. If history and ob? servation prove anything, they prove that close contact with the white man and dependence upon him is absolutely necessary for tbe prosperity and happi? ness of the negro. I dou'c mean slavery nor serfdom, but I mean a dependent association. Thousands of them are in that condition now and they are the beat and happiest of their race. They arc at work every day and earn their daily bread and give no trouble. Our colored townsman, Gasset, struck the key note in his card to the Constitution. Let the negro go to work and attend to his busi? ness and he will have no trouble with the white race. It U idleness that is making all tbe fuss. But there h enough thoughtful conser? vatism in the thinking men?the leaders of both races?to keep down any conflict. Such negroes as Taylor and Turner and Frince and Gassett, will control tbeir race for peace and the best interests of S89. - ? * all concerned. If the time comes for them to go ft will be because Providence has willed it. I said (big to Mrs. Arp while she was sewing some buttons on the boys' garments, and she said she wasn't ready for them to go yet. She didn't want Sicily Mimms to go at all; nor Aunt Angelina Peacock, for when she can't get one of them she can get the other, and Angelina makes the best silver cake in the world, and Sicily is the best all-round cook in the world, and just goes along so quiet and gives her no trouble. A big-mouth drayman came to the back door for a trunk this morning and walked big into the kitchen and took his tobacco out of his mouth and took a drink out of the kitchen dipper, and Mrs. Arp saw him just in time and used language on him?language, nouns and adjectives and interjections. I'll bet he don't come here any more. Mrs. Sicily I Mimms Bays its just such impudent nig? gers as him what gets up all the fuss. The'other night my wife and I were com? ing home from church and overtook a dude darky, who had the arm clutch on his girl, and they crept along at a lover's pace, which is about a half a mile an hour, and the sidewalk was very narrow with a deep ditch on one side, and they wouldn't let us by nor turn out, but just spread themselves out in an aggravating way, and we had to creep along until we got a cross street and my wife says it made her so mad that the preaching didn't do her a bit of good. There are some lazy, tri flieg negroes about and they ought to be vagranted, and there are some white folks who seem to think that it is ungeu tlemaniy to work. The funniest thing is to see these educated negroes going about with fans in their hands and umbrellas raised on a cloudy day when there is neither sunshine nor shower. They are trying to imitate the white folks and just over do it a little?that's all. A negro girl is as fond of finery as an Indian is of beads. She will pick cotton all the week in sun and strut around under a parasol on Sunday. She will wear a fashionable hat and high heel shoes and black stockings if she has to wash a month to get them. That's after the white folks, too, excepting the bad taste of the stockings, for the women do tell me that there ought to be a pleasing contrast between the color of the skin and the color of the stockings, but as that is a matter that don't concern me, I have no opinion. But I Hire the negro. I wsb raised with him and know him, and know how to get along with him, and Ihaveno fears of trouble if Sherman & Co. will let us alone. They haven't as many big sins to answer for as the white race, for money is at the bottom of most all iniquity, and as the negro hasn't got much of that nor much love for it, he doesn't do as much big devilment. He will steal and get into the chain-gang, but he is a very gen- | erous stealer. I have known him to steal watermelons from Nabor Freeman and bring them to my cabins and get my children to go.out and help eat them. ^ John Thomas would steal a melon for ( Carl in a minute; for in the first place | he loved to steal, and in the nest place , beloved Carl, but he was the best negro I ever saw except my Tip?Tippecanoe, who was named for old General Harri- j son, and the President ought to do some? thing for him right now, for I reckon he is the only living darky who was named for his grandfather. A stingy negro is a ( rarity, but a stingy white man is a very ' common institution. I was talking to Guss Bates about that ! and he said it was a race trait of the white folks?selfishness and covetousness and they couldn't help it, said be. "One time I had a nabor, who was 60 stingy he wouldn't dig fish bait on his own land. He came to my house one day for a basket of peaches and I helped him pick the basket full and then I asked . him if his orchard had failed to hit and he said no, he had right smart, but was . feeding them to his hogs. I told a friend about it and he said, why of course, I've known Jack ever since he was a boy, and he used to make a fuss and cry if his mother did't give him his full share of caster oil when she was dosing the * children for the summer complaint." ' But we will wait a little longer on this negro business. I was in Macon, Mississippi, last year, where there are thirty thousand negroes and six thousand whites in the county, and they were get- ? ting along in peace, and I reckon the rest of u3 can. At all events, let us keep pegging away on that line?Sher man or no Sherman. We are going to attend to our own domestic affairs as long as we have any domestic. Bill A bp. P. S.?The fund for the soldiers'graves is getting along pretty well. Governor Bullock has sent me fifty dollars. I received a dollar from Nova Scotia from a Rome boy, which shows how strong patriotism is. The further off a man goes the more he loves his native land and her people and the bones of her dead. A poor, uneducated woman from Senoia sends a dollar and Rays : "Please fix up won soldier's grave for me. ff you receive this Please name it in the paper, as I Am notposevt About your Address." Poor woman?good woman! She did what she could and that money came hard, but it came free. Mark Hardiusays: "Get marblehead Btones ?Georgia marble?and draw on me for five dollars more." I am going to do that if the money comes. It will double the cost, but I think it will come. B. A. The Railroad Accidents Which occur every day with such wonderful loss to human life are suffi? cient cause for a man to stop and reflect on the fate of scores of his fellow-men, but a greater causa for his reflection is any danger to his own health. If he suffers from malarial poison he may slop and reflect on the cure. Dr. West? moreland's Calisaya Tonic is warranted to uproot the malarial poison, and when the blood has peen purified it will leave the system strengthened to repulse the attacks which may come later. The wise investment of a dollar in a bottle of this valuable medicine may save ft large doctor's bill. Sold by all druggists. ? He is the most powerful who has himself in his power, volum: air. 13, F. Keese>s Prize Acre of Corn ?Yield, Mode of Cultivation, &c. Walhalla Courier. . Tug a loo Home, Sept. 30, 1889. Dear Courier: Having gathered our prize acre of corn, we beg leave to present our experiment, the cause of suc? cess and failure, confments and doduc tioDs for the readers of the Courier, in behalf of all concerned in the farmers' movement of progressive tilliage, con? testants, &c, &c. We have gathered and measured carefully one hundred and five bushels and twenty-three pounds, struck measure. Though the acre has bsen estimated from forty bushels to over two hundred by different parties, and though we have fallen far shor; of our own expectation, it is quite refreshing to realize the fact that wo have more good merchantable corn from one acre than we made on our whole farm in either of the two last years, having beeen sub? merged by the floods of 1887 and 1888. The cultivation was almost faultless. The want of a machine to drop the corn and a good hand to lay off the rows was the only irregular procedure that observation could detects While we did not make two hundred bushels or an approximate, we will make the following statements, viz: Having manured very highly (10,000 pounds of compost of cot? ton seed, stable manure and land plaster, and 3,000 pounds of guano,) the land having been deeply plowed, the spring cold and dry, the crop did not Bt?.rt off well until the last of May. The ground was thoroughly wet. The heavy rains from this time until the last of June, impeded its growth. As this particular juncture, when "shooting," talking and tasseling, the weather was dry until the 24tb of July. During this time we ex perimented a little with spraying, and on Tuesday, 22d July, we turned on a branch, but on Thursday (two days later) the rain came, and our,irrigation amount? ed to nothing, but anJnjury, the land where the stream ran 'was made too wet, causing the corn to fall "down. This is the objection to irrigation by turning on a running stream. The ground get? too wet before it will get over the entire land. Spraying is more like natural rain and far preferable, as the operation can better be controlled. During, this drought, ten miles below in Anderson county, the farmers were having too much rain and partial showers were frequent, which, together with a press of other work, deterred us from resorting to 'irrigation, thinking every day it would rain. But if I had commenced irrigation in the outset of the drought, and kept it up, I believe firing could have been prevented. One other cause of failure was taking in a poor sand bank for the purpose of test? ing the power of highly manuring such land, as compared with rich land, and because it was not so exposed to overflow. On this sand we got a good stalk, but no corn, very little at least. Two or three severe winds prostrated and split up t,he blades, preventing filling. We think the wind destroyed twenty-five bushels, taking in the sand bank twenty-five, aad the drought twenty-five, or fifty, would have given a yield of two hundred busa ds or its approximate. As it is, we would have made more if there had been less corn on the land, and, perhaps, we ivould have made a better yield had our rows been five feet instead of two and 3ne half, and thicker in the drill, and had jiven the corn mere sun light. Com planted on the new moon grows taller, giving more foliage and less grain. Eence our high corn, some ears being nearly ten feet from the ground. It is joi; a popular idea to give the moon iuch an influence, but neap tides are formed by the moon being in conjunction with the sun. So we have faith in enough the moon to. insist on planting sorn on the old moon. This would have increased our yield. Dr. Parker, of Columbus, claims to bave made two hundred bushels and a fraction on one aero, and I never disput? ed the matter when any man believes that two hundred bushels were made. Orange, Judd &Co., offer their splendid journal as a premium to the one who guesses the largest yield, or its approxi? mate, of the contestants the present year. My guess is I wo hundred and ten bush? els, three pecks, three quarts and oue pint. In my effort at large yields I feel justified in making this guess, large as it is, because over as large an area as the United States and Territories some farmer will realize all the helps of tbeseason men? tioned in my case, and even more. In conclusion I will state that I have been on probation this year, or feel so at least, having neglected my religious, social and financial duties for my farm work, or a higher and better degree of tillage. But if I have added one item to palliate, extricate, eradicate, eluci? date, fascinate, or in any way to amelior? ate the decree of disobedience, "six days shalt thou labor," "the biead by the sweat of thy face," "all the days of thy life shalt thou eat the bread in sorrow," tfec, then I hope for consolation for my shortcomings. I find it hard to be a "jack at all trades," without being good for none. To make any vocation in life a success we must be a professional devo? tee. Hence we are in fayor of applying scientific research to the most healthful, most useful and the most noble employ? ment of mau?agriculture. B. F. K. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as Mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucus surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions fiom reputable physicians, as the damage they will do are ten-fold to the good you cau possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, and acts directly upon the blood and mucus surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure that you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. .T. Cheney &Co. K??Sold by Druggist", pries 75c. per bottle. ? The musical mosquito has retired from public life, E XXIV.?NO. 15r~ ALL SO?rS OF PARAGRAPHS.' ? Snow fell in Lockport, N. Y.f od. the 6lh inet., fo the depth of sir inches. ? John Brown, a negro of Macon, Ga., in a few days caught 554 rats in a pot of water. ? At a Coshocton, Pa., pie eating match recently the winner disposed of eighteen pies in one hour and a half. ? When courting a farmer's heiress, don't tell her you love the ground she walks on. She might construe it lkV* erally. "*:~ ? An exchange tells its male readers "how to carry a baby." A better way is to put it in a baby wagon and let your wife push it _ : .IT: ? Isaac' Heed, of Burrs's Mills, 0., his raised a tomato that measures seven ? teen inches in circumference and weighs over three pounds. ? No matter how great a liar a man is, when he tells you pleasant things about yourself you cannot help feeling that for once'he is telling the truth. ? The longest distance over wbichN conversation by telephone is daily main? tained is about seven hundred and fifty ;. miles, from Portland, Me., to Buffaloi_N^ Y. ? Five hundred women of Tokio and Yokahama have subscribed to a fund for the purchase of a handsome Bible to be presented to the Empress of Japan. ? A Waverly, Mich., man saw his wife's foot sticking up above the lower end of the bed, and thinking it was a burglar he shot at it. His wife now limps. ? John Card willer, an Iowa well dig? ger, claims to have found at the bottom of one of his diggings a piece of rock on which the Stars and Stripes are distinctly , formed. ? Japanese papers place the total number of persons drowned in the floods.-, of August 20 at ten thousand, and the number of persons receiving relief at over 20,000. ? A gang of counterfeiters have been - discovered near Indianapolis. They were engaged in making $10 gold coins and have succeeded in passing considerable of the stuff. '? Warts can be easily and quickly removed by applying caster oil to them two or three time) a day. This is the' simplest remedy known, and it scarcely ever fails. ? Lillian Brill, of Carroll, N. H., not yet 9 years old, has knit all her own stockings and thoue of an older brother and a younger sister ever since she was 6 years old. ? Some one of large experience says there are no less than eight hundred and twenty-seven different terms in the Eng? lish language which express tho state of being in love. . : ? Woodbridgc Clifford, the postmaster at North Edgecomb, Me, was appointed under Postmaster-General Amos Kendall Oct. 4, 1839, and has held the office ever since that date. ? Fayetteville, N. C, is preparing to celebrate the centennial of North Carolina's ratificatien of the Federal . Constitution, which took place there on November 21, 1789.. ? At Johnstown, Pa., many people are suffering from cold as the clothing and shelter provided for them is not suf-' ficient for protection now with, the meF**. cury down in the thirties. ? "Thirty years ago," said a colored philosopher, "niggers was wuf a thousand dollars apiece. Now dey would be deah at two dollars a dozen. It's 'stomshin' how de race am' runnin' down." ? A single sheet of paper six feet wide and 7\ miles in length has been made at the VVatertown, N. Y., paper works. It weighed 2,207 pounds, and was made and rolled entire without a single < break. ? A Chinese doctor in San Francisco is uaid to enjoy an income from .the practice of his profession of $6,000 per month. He has been in America nearly thirty years, and many Caucasians are among his patients. ? In one neighborhood in Dakota last week there were only two lucifer. matches to go around among twelve families, and persons were detailed to . build fire3 and keep them alive -night and day until a supply could be had. - ? The number .of pupils 'enrolled in the public schools of this country is 11,-. 456,799. The average daily attendance is 7,279,274. The salaries of teachers ag? gregate the sum of $67,403,037 annually. Our public school system costs the nation " $111,279,930. ; ? A monstrosity in the shape of a calf with four eyes, four nostrils and foar ears, and a mouth like a fish, is exciting the citizens of Jennings-township, Fay ette county, Ind. It belongs to a Mrs. Brown, and a large number of people have gone to see it. ? In 1SS3 Judge Hudson sentenced a , man by the name of Barnes to three years in tie Penitentiary. He was pardoned by Governor Thompson upon conditions that, he leave the State and never return.'" He has returned and been arrested and remanded to the Penitentiary to fin? ish out his sentence. He thus forfeited his liberty. --- Disproportionableness, with 21 let? ters, is said to be the longest English word. Other languages furnish numer? ous examples of longer ones. For instance: One of the villages in the , North of Wales is called Lllautairpwllg yngllgogerpwllrndypilwgogo. On the Die of Mull, in Argyllshire, there is a place called Dryrotaidhotickhillichattan. The two longest words in the German language are: Gesundheitsweiderheratel lung szusammenmischungsverhaltniss. bundiger and Coastantinopolitanischer c'i u kelsackpfeifergesellschaftsvereinrnf^| her. Progress, It Is very important In this agV of vast material progress that a remedy be pleasing to the taste, and to the eye, easily taken, acceptable to the stom? ach and healthy in its natures and effects. Possessing these qualities, Syrup of Figs is the one perfect fixative and most ' gentle dtargtio eveV