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iW^^?^s: Greeting; ?l? THE umnc co-operative store! GOOD NEWS TO ALL ^ of Goods. 0N Ohrf* tmas Eye" ou r jDry Goods buyer, Mr. STRADLEY, went North, so that while otbsra have been enjoying the Christmas festivities at home,, he baa been 'i^^y^a^p^ BARGAINS as can only bo ob tJUirediln^N^^ stock taking.v Judging from the huomber of inyoiceo already received, and the prices, we know that be ia meeting with una8ual Buccesa. ? Bo that we will be enabled to offer still greater inducements to thetrading public than heretofore. We have a very large lot of? ?, ? ALL IIIS, 111; Plantatioii Tools, p?j|)^|?bt^mo9t EVE11THING that is needed on a Farm. Remember, our INVARLiBLE R?lE^ IS SPOT CASH. AND ONE PRICE TO ALL. We throw out no baits?everything is a leader with cs. We ask not the pa* . trouage of anyexcopt on strict busioe83 grounda. If ;ve cannot merit th.3 patronage of the people we don't ask it, nor do we expect iL All we ask is a fair and impartial trial. Wishing all aC happyand prosperous New Year, r^Verj respecfcfullv, R. S. HILL, M?nag?r. "Iii IS tOUR MULE ! 3leckley & fretwell's Exposition Buildingis now open for the * patronage of the Fublio?we refer to ense Sales Stable, V. On CoraerMcDufie and Benson Streets, Sl!S Cn?,our opening we have received Three Oar Loads of Fine young Kentucky' MjJLES, and a lot of Fine HORSES." We assure our friends and customers of-^ FAIR AND SQUARE DEALINGS. As-lt is not our intention to misrepresent Stock, but to sell them jnst for what they are. ; If yba need any Stock at any time, call at the Stables on MAJ'. J. N. :.VANDIVER, who is in charge of them, and will be pleased to show yon around. We have now a good large assortment fof? YOUNG MULES AND flORSES ON HAND, And <an ?eil yoa;8lso-~ BUGGIES, 1, CARRIAGES, ?) WAGONS, HARNESS, I .' '. ?ST We do not propose to deal in old rip3?we handle only clean, nice yotwg salimtls, and excellent bargains c*n be had at our Stables every day, A _a T?A?HlJ^'?OLUMN, All commanicationsi intended for this Column should he addressed to D. H. RUSSELL, School Commissioner, Ander son, S. 0. _? . ' We cannot think of Neal's Greek with? out thinking of Miss Allie Major, the two are bo intimately associated together, and the patrons there seem disposed to hold on to her. She has done good work there in the past, and is still doing it. We called there last week and spent a pleasant season with her classes, bright eyed boys and girls they were, too, and not afraid,to speak out. This school is to ran also for eight months. - The afternoon of the same day we spent with Miss Lucy Ghmbrell, the teacher at Glory. ' This "glory" has do "hallelujah" to it, belt it has what is bettor, and that is an earnest, conscien? tious teacher at work with a purpose in view. Various causes have operated to keep this school on the background, and hence the pupils,are not well np, but the teacher is striving* to overcome all this, and the people having shaken off their lethargy and employed the teacher for eight months. She will.have an abun? dant opportunity and doubtless will succeed. Miss Lizzie Anderson is again at her old post of duty with a small' bat bright school, which gives abundant evidence of careful training. Miss Lizzie seems to have mastered the art of keeping her children busy, and of having them love to.be kept busy. This school is a hive of workers, no drones there, bat every one busy all the time, and busy to good par* pose. - Here is ocular proof of the value of the traioiog at the Winthrop school, and the more we see of it the more we wish-that a dozen of oar lady teachers could go there every year. Here is a professional teacher;doing professional work in a professional way, and the children of the County are getting the benefit of it. Wonld that every school house in the land had just such a trained teacher. The patron a of Welfare colored school have recently built a new house, which is quite creditable to them, and have employed a competent teacher in the person of J. L. Williams. Bathe has more than he can attend to, and the school will be a failure unless an assist ant is employed, or the schoolls divided into two. Nevertheless, some of his classes made creditable recitations, bat there is too great a tendency to pat papils in classes in advance of their ability, and this is true of the colored schools generally. The school at the Orange Hall is again in good bands, and the advance? ment of the pupils is very marked since we were there last. There is an origi? nality and a readiness on the part of the pupils that was a constant source of pleasure, and our time was up all too soon, and we had to say good bye. The teacher, Miss Jennie Erwin, had a class in Arithmetic on the floor when we en? tered, apd the readiness with which they handled fractions showed a familiarity with the subject not often found. She has had charge of this school for several terms, and the patient, persistent work is bearing fruit. At MX. Tabor, also, the progress made by the pupils is marked^sf.nce our last visit Then there were a number of children who could not read, now every child in the school can read some. Miss Amanda Boggs is the teacher this year, and under her careful supervision we confidently expect even greater progress to be made. And the people "having a mind to work," have not let that school house matter drop that we. spoke of re cently, bat have got it up and expect to have it occupied ..very soon. These things are cheering signs of substantial progress. At the New Light colored Church we found B. J. Scott, but he is not Bap ported as he ought to be by his patrons, and unless they stop their tomfoolery up there we should not be surprised if the Trustees abandon their location: until they come to their senses, and we should advise them to do so. It is past compre? hension that a preacher (?) should be a fomenter of strife and discord. Over in the woods beyond the Eigh? teen is the Beddy colored school, pre? sided over by GVL. Scott, a teacher who would do better, perhaps, to go to school himself, rather than attempt to teach. Nothing but failure can come of an effort to teach in a house twelve by fourteen feet, with not even a window to give light, or not even a shutter to the door to keep out the cold, and the children unable to ait still on account of shivering. It was a relief to pass from here to the Altamont school, where Miss Mamie Warren is the presiding genius. She has only a small school of small children on'acecoun; of the sparse population, there being but a few families living in there, but she is doing faithful work evidently, although we saw her at an un? favorable time, 'having jnst begun her school. But she seems to have already breathed into the children a spirit of work. A good, comfortable house has already been built, and we expect the teacher to be able to give a good account of herself ere our next visit. ? The statement is revived in newspa? per paragraphs, that the women of the United States spend $60,000,000 a year for face powder and paint. It may be true, but what is it after all but woman's contributions to the shrine of beauty; before which all men worship or ought to worship. Per contra, it may be stated that the meo of this ci^^ry spend aoaually $1,200,000,000 for whol ly, beer and tobacco, and this is their offering to beasttliness and human dirt and depravi? ty. ? The ground on which Triuity church in New York standB is worth $14,000,000 ; that where St. Paul's, a few squares north of Trinity, is valued at $10,000,000. PreciouB, indeed, muBt be th? souls that worship in those churches, .NDEESON..S.C., TJ BILL ABF. Arp tells ol a midnight Adventure. Atlanta Constitution} I was ruminating about ghosts?well, of course, there are no such things?that" is to say nobody has ever seen one, but we have all come pretty near it. Several tiraeB I have almost seen a ghost. The fact is they won't let you see 'em right square and fair, so that yob could swear to It A visible ghost wouldeut be a ghost, and au invisible ghost is hard to see, especially in the dark. But there are times and places when we can't help try? ing to see thom. Now, of course, there are no such things, but still they have habits and haunts just like folks. They stay around graveyards and up stairs in dark closets, and they walk the road in dark, swampy places, and Hoger around country meeting houses in the night. They like dark, gloomy solitary places, and that makes me think that ghosts are unhappy.. They have done something bad or suffer? ed some great misfortune before they were turned iutp ghosts. The spirits of good people don't make ghosts. It was hard work for the witch of Endor to get the spirit of Samuel to come up. He didn't want to come up, and said, "why hast thou disquieted me to bring me up." And that is the reason why we are all afraid of ghosts. They are the spirits of bad people. Well, of course, there are no such things, but that is the way we feel about it I saw a ghost one dark night as I was pausing the old Fairview church, about two miles from town. It was walking right towards me in the big road, and was white?perfectly white?and had legs and arms, but no head. I was about to turn my horse and run, but he dident want to turn?he wan ted to go home, and he waaent scared'a bit, and so I let him rack on until we met the ghost, and it was the miller going home with a sack of flour across his shoulders and his head and his white hat bent forward, That liked to have bsen a ghost. In fact, it would have been if it hadent been the miller. Maoy a time have I thought how near I came to see a ghost, and I'm not sure yet but what it was a ghost, and suddenly turned- into the miller. They are mighty smart, and as quick as light? ning?that is, if there are any such things, which, of course, there are not Last night about 10 o'clock I was com? ing over the high hill that is back of our house. I had been to see a sick grand? child and it was a near way to come by the old graveyard. Nobody has been buried there.for forty years, but that makes it all the worse for ghosU. They are old, experienced gbostB, and can just raise up the hair on- a man's head most awful?that is, if he has any hair. That is one advantage which a bald-headed man has over other people. A ghost can't raise up his hair. I wish it could, that is if it would stay rained* That old grave? yard has tried the fortitude of my chil? dren many a time, aod last night it fried me, for it was very dark and the little pines were gloomy and sighed mournfully in the wind. I was coming down the steep hill feeling my way along carefully with my cane, when, just as I happened to glance upward the distant horizon iu search of light, I saw a dark shadowy figure-bob up serenely just before me and stop?and I stopped. I was just about to run into the thing, but as it dident ad? vance any I advanced a Blep?a very cau? tious step. It quivered a little, but came no nearer. Again I stepped forward and gave a sweeping stroke with my cane, as if to cut it iu two, and I did cut it in two, but it never moved. Amazed, I pauzed and pondered, and said to myself, "What In the dickens is it!" Just then in .the dark, dim light of the murky horizon away in the east I saw the mysterious thing take shape and become pointed at the top, and all at once It flashed over me that it was the steeple of the Methodist Church that was quarter of a mile away. And it was. Of course I dident strike at it any more, and I felt cheap as dirt for being such a fool, but I comforted myself in thinking how brave I was and that I showed fight at a ghost. Maybe it was a ghost. Who knows but what it was a genuine ghost, and for fear of beihg^ Caught and exposed, it turned itself into that steeple. No wonder it scared me, for the poet says: "Some have mistaken stumps and posts, For spectres, apparitions, ghosts. But when lb tarns into a steeple, It will alarm the most of people." It is astonishing how a big thing-away off can turn into a little thing close by, and vice versa. Albert Strickland tolrj me that be knew a feller to shoot 9 times at a coon iu the fork of a very high pop? lar tree and nobody could see that coon but him. Albert sayb that at last an idea struck him, and he went close up to the feller, as he was loading his rifle for another shot, and he discovered a little fuzzy animal hanging to a hair oa his eyebrow. He brushed it off with a straw, and the feller couldent find that coon any? more. The little animal belonged iu his head, but had strayed off on an exploring condition, and was teaching the young idea how to Bhoot. Albert didn't Bay who the feller was, but I have always had my opinion. I am ruminating about ghosts to-night because I am alone in a great big two story bouse, with seven rooms and a gar? ret I hear something in that garret now. My folks have all gone to the s ao w. They dident press me to go, and Mrs. Arp said: "I suppose you are going to write your letters to-night, and so you can take care of the.house;" "Yes, ma'am," said I, with my accustomed meekness. They left the lamp burning in the parlor* I know they did, and I heard the front door close. I heard the racket out there a lit tie while ago and went out to see, and found the lamp out and the front door open. What does that mean ? The lamp wasn't filled to-day, I reckon, and the door don't shut every time it seems to? sometimes the wind blows it, and some? times the dog pushes it open, so it is all right I reckon ; but it is awful lonesome when thero is no woman about the house. A man who has lived with one forty years had rather have her around raising a racket than not to have her at all. Of course she loves to go to the shows. Penned up all day at home, mending and patching, sewing on buttons and strings, hunting up lost cuffs, and collar buttons; IUESDAY MORNIN mamma, where are my socks, or my hand? kerchief, or my flannel shirt, or my cra? vat, or my other shoes, or my Latin grammar, or my Blate pencil, or my any? thing and everything. "Was there ever snch helpless children. It's a wonder yon don't lose your head." But she gets np and slips around and finds it. She always finds it. She can go in the dark and put her hands on everything. . Let her go to the show. She is not old yet. She is six years younger than her lord and loves a new dress just like she did thirty years ago, and she gets them, too. I wish she would make haste and get as old as I am. I used to think that a man ought to be a few years older than his wife, so she would look up to him, but I doubt it now. I've quit going to shows, unless they are a great intellectual treat. I had rather stay at home with the ghosts and ruminate. But these women are fnll of emotion. They love to shed tears over the pathetic, and rejoice with, the good, and despise the bad, and get all choked np with joy or with sorrow, and they love to look all round the circle and see who is there and how they are dressed, and who'they came with, and they can see behind them as well as before them, and how in the world they do it I don't know. Most of onr shows are home-made, and keep the money at home, bnt they are; getting alarmingly frequent in this town?every chnrch is running them, and they aver? age abont one a week, and we must all go or send the money, so as not to hurt feelings or be talked about. Tbe churches want money, and the women are bound to have it. It is the same way all over the country. Every day or two, I get letters wanting money for churches or parson? ages. It would break me in a month to respond to all that ask me. I am sorry that I can't, for if there is any better work than to build np tbe churches I don't know it. I wish I had a charity fund, but I havent. It is nip and tuck to get along, and onr folks-are trying to build a new chnrch, too, and want every dollar that I can spare. It iB an awful thing to be a poor man with euch a man's ways, but I can't help it now. What's that? Me ^thinks I hear another ghost, But, no, it's my family coming from the show and I'll hear it all, and then they will ransack the pantry for something to eat. I've got an awfully hungry family, espe? cially abont bedtime, when they come from a show. Bill Abp. Agriculture In the Common Schools. I am glad to Bee that the American Agriculturist is talkingcf agriculture in the common schools. I am convinced that the next great advance in the public schools must be the recognition of tbe fact that education should fit for the life work of the boy and girl, whether on the farm, in the shop, in the counting house, in the office, in the pulpit or wherever that life work may be. Our farmers' boys are going into all profess? ions iu almost countless numbers, and the farmers need not be ashamed of their boys. TBey are the strong men iu all the pursuits and professions of life. These boys who go out into other profess? ions get an education fitting them for their work. But tbe boys who-remain on the farm have no training in the schools to fit them for their life work. . It is a. marvellous thing that, although nearly all the common schools are in the hands of farmers, no provision has been made for any instruction in the elements of agriculture, horticulture or stock grow? ing. We have reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic and geography, all of which are essential. To these we usually add something hot bo essential. For the boy who wishes to.remain on the farm let us have no less training in the first three? reading, writing and spelling ; but do not vex his soul, and what is more, take his time, with duodecimals, permu? tations, etc., in arithmetic, with the details of local geography or the positions of far-away small islands . and obscure villages, nor with the intricacies of grammatical analysis or critical parsing. Let us have less of the latter for him, and in their stead put a little general instruction in elementary agriculture. How can tbb be done ? How can we bring into the common schools of the conntry some elements of agriculture? Let us see whether we can suggest a plan. In the first place, we need teach? ers who know something about agricul? ture, and for these we must be willing to pay good wages. There are quite a number of good teachers who may be obtained if they are paid enough, but we need not expect to get them for the same wages now paid to less-informed teach? ers. If our farmer school officers will make proper effort they can get compe? tent teachers. Now let such competent teachers give a short lecture every day upon snch topics as the following : What is the soil ? Difference between a rich soil and a poor one ? Soils for particular crops, drainage, irrigation, ploughing, cultiva? tion of the soil, etc. And, also, the struc? ture of the horse, structure of the cow, structure of the hog, structure of the sheep, nature of various diseases, general treatment of various diseases, principles of breeding, etc. And also, how to plane a tree, how to set out small plants, how to graft, how to prune, etc. In the foregoing I have only given a hasty outline, but without doubt a coune something like this would accomplish much good.. Let our farmers move in this matter. The colleges and universi? ties will help by Bending out competent teachers, but the farmers must make a demand for their services.?Prof, Charles E. Bessy in the American Agriculturist. ? A farmer in Holmes County, Ohio, has got plucky roosters. Two of them fought a prowling fox one night, and, having picked out his eyes, beat him till he died. ? Tbe working classes have struck against high-priced cough medicines, and indorsed Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Price 25 cents. ?There is only one thing harder to do than to say a good thing, and that iB to keep from saying a.bad one. ?"The first bringer of unwelcome news hath but a losing office." So happy peo? ple profer to tell of tbe terrible pains they have cured with Salvation Oil, G, FEBKUAKY 6, 15 SHALL THE NEGRO GO OB STAY 1 Views ot South Carolina Baslnesn Men on Butler's Bill. From the New York World. Gbeenville, S. 0., January 19?In compliance with your instructions I send the following opinions of leading mer chants, planters and clergymen in this section on Senator Sutler's bill providing for the emigration of tbe negroes: "I am in favor of the bill," said W. L. Mauldin, merchant and farmer, and Lieutenant-Governor of the State, "and believe some such measures a necessity. The race feeling grows stronger as the negroes become better educated, and it is very essential to the general progress of the South that the large negro popu? lation be reduced by emigration. As to the labor question, I do not think we would suffer long for want of labor. If the negroes should go their places would soon be supplied with white laborers. But I doubt very much whether this emigration scheme can be effected. As a rule the negroes do dot want to go, and the farmers do not want to lose them as laborers." "I am opposed to the bill," saidB. F. Ferry, a farmer and brother of Congress? man Perry. "It would deznorolize farm? ers, as we would not know where to get other cheap labor. In the cultivation of cotton cheap labor is essential, and the negro is the best cheap labor we can get. And I do not believe any serious results will follow the two races living together." M. L. Donaldson, merchant and far? mer, chief manager of the Farmers' State Alliance, and also member of tbe State Senate, said: "If I consider my indi? vidual interests, I am opposed to the bill, because I need the negro as a labor? er ; bat from a patriotic point of view I am Btrongly in favor of the measure, and would go further and make emigration com pulso ry. If all the negroes could be sent out of the South it would demoral? ize the farming interests for a time, but in the end it would be best for the State. But I do not believe the negroes will go unless they are compelled; and it will do uo good to induce part of them to go. Unless all go, it is just as well to let all stay. As a laborer in tbe cotton fields the negro is a great success, but as a citizen and a. voter he is a dismal failure, and it is no use to mince words about it, we don't intend to recognize him as the equal of the white man. I don't believe this emigration plan will be a success, but I am glad to see our Sena? tors grappling so serious a matter, and perhaps in the discussion some more effective remedy will be discovered. I regard this as the leading question of the day and one iu which the farmers are vitally interested. There must be some method of settling this race ques? tion in the South. It cannot go on forever as it is. Every year it gets worse, If we of the present age do not boldly meet the question and apply some reme? dy it will become a more serious issue for the next generation. I can only hope that some statesman will rise up able to cope with the problem when it is forced upon us." "I don't think there is any necessity for the bill," said J.H. McCullough, a planter. "The negroes are doing very well as laborers, and the farmers of South Carolina cannot do without them. The feeling between the races has been grossly misrepresented. The utmost good feeling prevails between whites a nd blacks on the farm, and when ne? groes are paid fair wages they are con? tented and happy. I- am opposed to appropriating money to induce the ne? groes to go, but if the negroes want to go let them go, but I do not believe they want to leave the South," The Bev. J. A. Mundy, Baptist min? ister, says: "I have not read the bill,. but I do not believe there is any necesssty for such a measure. The two races are living very harmoniously together. In my church there is no friction between the races. And . whatever differences may exist in the field of labor or politics will be adjusted and settled as .time rolls on and the negroes become better educa? ted and accumulate property. I do not believe that any good can be accomplish? ed by the agitation of this question, but od the contrary much harm may result from it. If the Northern people will -let the Southern whites and blacks alone we will all get along very well, and there will soon be no race troubles. All the troubles we have bad were caused by the interference of the people of other States who do not understand the situation here. But. if we are not to be let alone, perhaps it would be best to send the negroes to some other laud." "The emigration of the negroes from South Carolina," Baid Mr. Avery Patton, a merchant, "would be a good thing for the State, and especially for this section of it. I am in favor of any measure that will induce them to go. It will have the effect to dignify labor and make farming more popular." B. M. McGee, a merchant and farmer, says: "I am opposed to any such meas? ure. If the negroes were to leave South Carolina, land would depreciate ingvalue, and all kinds of business would be demoralized." Anderson Favors the Bill. Anderson, S. C, January 19.?Our people generally favor the bill, while a few are opposed to it. The prevailing opinion seems to be that in this, Ander? son County, where there are not so many colored people as there are in the lower counties iu this State, we are getting along together very well and peaceably. Most of the planters prefer the negro as a laborer. The fears concerning the race issue iu this section are not about the present, but for the next and suc? ceeding generations. The white people predominate here and have no fears on the race question now. But, owing to the rapid increase among tbe negroes, it is apprehended that in the course of twenty or twenty-five years the question may present a more dangerons aspect. In the South the negroes are making strenuous efforts to obtain an education, and are in every way pressing their claims for equality with the white man. Thfl young negroes are disinclined to be laborers, and, consequently, as a laborer or field gro is becoming more and mo each year, It has $90. been said that every time you educate i negro you spoil a good field hand. There ia a good deal of truth in this declaration. Every year it becomes harder and harder to control the negro labor and^the result is that it is worthless. The tro iblcs that have occurred among the white people and negroes in the South generally are due more to whiskey than anything else. When the colored man gets too much liquor he loses his usual respectfulness and politeness and then results a difficulty. Of course the passage of the bill will not rid the South of all the negroes, hnt only the malcontents will go, and we can well do without them, and then both the whites and blacks will get on better together. Kost of the colored people in this section are prosperous, and especially is this true of the older families. But they are not training their children to work, and consequently they will be of very little service, because this section will never yield to the colored man's claim gg: social equality. And as the colored race comes more and more in competi? tion with the, white popnlation in the different callings and occupations of life, and especially the higer callings, the race issue will become more and more serious. Therefore it is thought by onr people to be the better policy to give them an opportunity to go where they will have ample opportunity to display their ability to govern themselves and others. Just now it would be a great hardship to rid this section of the negro, for our planters have learned to look to him in a large measure for labor to work the farm and do menial service generally, but as it would take several years to effect . the population by the provisions of the bill onrjpeople would come gradually to learn to do without the negro. And this once done it is the prevailing opinion that the white race wonld be better of. One other thing that makes the white people favor the bill is the amalgama? tion of the two races. There are now very few real negroes in this section. Most of them are mulattos, ranging from a ginger-cake color to white. And it is against this in future generations that the while man would now provide in the Butler-Morgan bill. The Situation at Alken, Aiken, S. 0., January 19.?The recent unlawful occurrences in Barn well Coun? ty, which resulted in the lynching of eight negroes by whites at one time and one at another, coming as they do on the heels of the proposition to send the ne? groes to the Congo, are causing discus? sion by all classes of our people. Opin? ion is very much divided, but I think the majority of our farmers are opposed to the scheme. They argue that the negro as a laborer is peculiarly adapted to the Sooth; that he understands our ways, is easily satisfied and can be con? trolled. Not so of the great majority of poor white immigrants who are flock? ing to this country from Europe. They wonld be harder to manage, and come with their minds already poisoned with their ideas of Anarchism, Nihilism and Socialism. Still there are many of our people who would like to Bee the negro go. He'is a bone of contention, and 88 long as he remains here he will cause trouble. The prevailing opinion seems to bo that the project of. sending the negro to Africa is impracticable. It was thought by some that if ever such an opportunity was afforded the negro to leave that the better class would probably take advan? tage of the opportunity, . while the worthless class would remain on onr hands, and consequently the whites wonld be the losers. Others still think the South could easily spare a quarter of a million negroes without labor being interfered with the least. "Educate them," said one gentleman, who went on to cite that in the olden times the clergy and people who were learned enough to read and write were exempt from severe punishment for, crime. He thought that our people should adhere more to this old law than they do (said law was abolished by Con? gress in the year 1790) and educate the ignorent darky and keep him at home, so that be may help build up our country's industries. Major F. B. Henderson, who is con? nected with the mercantile firm of Henderson, Gardner & Petty, and who is also president of the Bank of Aiken, said he wonld be in favor of the proposi? tion if he thought it would have a ten? dency to draw off the worthless element. He was afraid, however, that the better class wonld go also. He wan in favor of colonizing them somewhere in Ameri? ca. Mr. H. B. Burckbalter, one of Aiken County's most successful farmers, said he favored Butler's bill. He thought that if the negroes wished to leave they should be given an opportunity to do so. He didn't think the hard-working negroes would let such inducements have any effect on them, while on the other hand the surplus negroes would take advan? tage of the opportunity, Mr. J. I/. Courtney, of the firm of Courtney & Co., would prefer the negroes to remain at home. He thinks they are more serviceable now and of more valne to the white people than when they were slaves. They can be hired cheaper and are willing to do more work than a white man would do for the same pay. We would lose by their departnre, especially on the rice farms, where no one bnt a negro and a mosquito can live any length of time. Mr. Joseph Thorpe, of the' firm of Schroder & Thorpe, favors Senator But? ler's bill, but did not think it practicable. Mr. C. H. Henderson, who is the lead? ing* clothing merchant of this city, said he did not favor either bill. He thinks they are impracticable and ought not to pasa. Should such a bill as either of the two become a law he would be more favorable to Butler's. Mr. Henry Dibble, proprietor of ""V>\9 of Montmorenci" dairy farm, Aik j County, favors Senator Butler's bill, an thinks that it would have a tendency to draw off the worthless class, and th b money expended would be well spent in this manner. Wishing to learn how the colored people looked on the subject,'I called on Edward J. Dickeroon, a colored member VOLUM of the AikeQ Bar, who is somewhat of a leader among his race in the city. * Dickerson said: "I Jam net opposed to such a movement. On the contrary, I am in favor of going back to Africa." He said: "I firmly believe . it is God's purpose some day to send the negro back to his own country. This may cot?yet be the time and it may not be in my day, but it will surely come. Just as the children of Israel were delivered from bondage in Egybt, so will the oppressed negro be delivered from the oppression they are now subjected to. Until that time comes I am contented to remain in the South, for the opportunities of life are much greater here than in the North. For the negro to live in the North he has to be contented to work as a barber, hotel porter, store porter, coach man and the like, but he is shut out from all trades and professions. Not so in the South, and speaking, for myself, I am contented to remain here until in God's providence I can go out to Africa." Dickerson said he hoped either Sena? tor Morgan or Senator Butloa'e bill would become a law in order to lest the senti? ment of the colored people. - Irish Potato Culture, With other practical suggestions made on the cultivation of Irish potatoes by Mr. Morrison, as reported by Dixie Farmer, were the following: After yon have decided what variety you wish to plant, the next thing is how to plant for best results. Some potato growers advocate planting one eye, some two, others three, others a small potato whole, some large potatoes whole, while others say all you need is to eat the pota? toes and plant the peelings. Now, I find iu this, as in other things where doctors differ so widely, the middle ground is the safest. I therefore recom? mend the selecting of large and well shaped potatoes having a clear skin, with full eyes that have not been sprouted; then cut so that each piece has at least two eyes and a part of the heart or core of tbe potato. This plan is-called by Dr. Sturtevant the scientificmethod of] cutting seed potatoes; but it is not new by any means, for it has bean practiced by our people, tbe Scotch farmers, for over thirty years, and they simply call it the common sense way. In cutting you should use a very thin, narrow bladed knife, an old table or case knife that has been ground tbin and sharp will answer. The reason for this is, that a thick bladed knife, such as a pocket knife, causes tbe potato to crack across the core or eye roots that extend from the eye to the center, although you dont readily see them; but by the aid of J a potato that has the core colo~d, you will get the idea. I have found seed to do better when cut a d*y or two before planting. The cut part becomes dryer and is more easily handled. Dry wood ashes sifted over cut seed has also a good effect. Have the drills opened in the morning and left open during the greater part of tbe day, so that the soil and the seed may get warm, which will givo the seed a quicker start than they otherwise would get. Plant seed with the eyes up, in the prepared drills, about twelve inches apart, and cover lightly. If your laud needs any additional manure, sow on top of drills from 400 to 600 pounds of good fertilizer per-acre. If the land becomes caked by heavy rains it will pay well to run a light harrow on the drills to' break up the crust before tbe plants are up; then again when three to four inches high run a cultivating harrow across the drills. From that on the soil should be frequently stirred so that it may retain the moisture as well as to loosen the ground around the plants. While I favor in the South level culture as a general thing, owing to the long drought we have, yet I have had the best results from slightly hilling or hoeing up the drills at the time of laying by tbe crop, which should be just before the tbe blossom comes on; after that pota? toes should not be disturbed. Cotton Seed Cake at the South. The fact that nitrogen in the South can be purchased in cotton seed cakes at 7 cents per pound, while throughout the North it is rated in other fertilizers at 19 cents per pound, is worthy the attention of our Northern readers. We do not wish to see cotton seed cake largely used as a manure. It is nutritious food of a high order and should be used as food first and afterwards as manure. When fed to sheep it is not only an excellent food, but 65 per cent, of the nitrogen, and still more of the phosphoric acid and potash, in re? turned to tbe soil in the droppings of the sheep. There must be many, places in the Southern States where impoverished and rundown land could be very profitably renovated by pasturing with sheep. If the sheep are allowed one pound of cotton seed cake each per day, it is astonishing how they will clean up the laud and destroy weeds, branches, etc., and the droppings of the sheep will so enrich the land that nutritious grasses soon cover the soil. Do not go into fancy breeds at first. Buy native sheep in' some of the largest markets. Feed liberally, especially of cotton seed cake, and the increase of mut? ton and wool will far more than pay you for the cake, and you get the land clean? ed up and enriched, and well stocked with grass for nothing.--.A?jmcan Agriculturist. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, 1 Lucas County, j Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and Stale aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot he cared by the use of Hall's Cataerh Cure. FBANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D., 1886. J^TlI A. W. Gleason, j seal j Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly upon the blood and mu? cous surfaces of tbe system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75 cents. E XXIV.?NO. 31. ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS, . ^_ Wort is a good medicine. Try it. ?A flonri?faing man?The professor of penmanship. g? "Are these your paternal estates?" "No, they are my annt hills." ? Why not call a balloon a tramp ? It has no visible means of support. ?- The man who has sworn not to for? give has ottered the worse bath he can -j take. , "-^K ? It may be difficult to decide which ? may pursue the most eagerly, interest or' r: fame. ? A sponge eiglit feet in circumference?% is on exhibition at a store in. New York City. ? Italy has a debt of $4,362,800,000, the largest of any)nation in the civilized world. ?Some bngs are creatures of a summer day, bu: the humbug has all seasons for his own. ? No man has yet lived long enough - in this world to doubt the infallibility of his judgment. * ? We cannot control the evil tongue , of others, but a good life enables us to despise them. * ? Women are most sensible when among women, and men are most sensible when among men. ? About the only man who ever makes anything by attending to other people's business is the lawyer. ? There are two reasons why some people don't mind their own business. One is that they havent any mind; the other, that they haven't any busi-,.. ness. ? Mr. Walker and Miss Rider were . recently married in Habersham County, ... Ga. With these two ways of locomotion they should manage to navigate through '. the world very comfortably. ? C. R. Bethea, a colored farmer, of . Marion, offers a prize of $20 to-Lhe color*--'' ed farmer in this State who raisesTthe " most corn on an acre this year. All who wish to compete must send their names to- ' , him. ? It is fairly established that the common wart, which is so unsightly and often so proliferous on the bands and face, can be easily removed by small do? ses of sulphate of magnesia taken inter? nally. ? To this day a dime is the smallest change you can get in Virginia City, Nev. If there is 15 cents in change coming to you, you lose 5 cents, and if you com? plained the whole town wonJd jeer at you. \: ? Ella?I know I am ugly, but I love you, Erastus. I have $20,000 a year. Will you marry me ? Erastus?Yes, dar? ling, I'd marry you if you were twice as ugly?as yon think yon are, my beautiful birdie. ' ? Cyquet, Ohio, has an oil well that has periodic fits of flowing at intervals of about three months. What is particularly strange about its workings is the fact that it performs its freaks always on Sunday, Vr~ and never misses the hour, 11 a. m., to be- -. gin. ? A philosopher says that "happiness, is found in chasing after something, not in catching it." When a man's hat V blows off he may enjoy more happiness while he is chasing it down the street than when he catches it, but he doesn't look that way. _ ? A stonecutter named August Boor ried, of St. Paul, Minn., has discovered a process by which the hardest stone can be dissolved and cast into any desired shape. The casting being hard aa flint, translucent and colored according to the ' stone used. ? A rancher exhibited twenty onions > ? ! at Arroyo Grande (Cal.) fair that weigh? ed one hundred pounds. Another showed a forty-fonr pound cabbage and a nineteen pound carrot, while still another took the "cake" with a beet five feet long that scaled 154 pounds. ? What a vast deal of time and ease that man gains, who is not troubled with the spirit of impertinent curiosity about . others ; who lets his neighbor's thought*. and behavior alone; who confines his > inspections to himself, and cares chiefly for his own duty and conscience. ? A new cause for a pension is report? ed by the Union correspondent of the Rockland, Me., Courier, who says that a veteran in that town "is suffering from the strengthening of the brain, general ability, and chronical information of the .' ' spontaneous hilarity of the system." ? When a car load of North Carolina negro emigrants, billed for Arkansas, reached Morris town, Tenn., last Thursday . night, they were informed that they ' would be taken to Mississippi [instead. They rebelled, and became so enraged at . the agents who had them in their charge that the latter had to flee for their lives. ?Our devotion to material pursuit witf ruin us unless we consecrate the resnltf of thorn to God in some form of benevo lence. Growing rich will injure no one if he be rich in faith, and be careful to. honor the Lord with the Bubstance which he recognizes as a gift, in the first place, from him. It is the selfish, spirit thai spoils and destroys. ?Uncle Sam pays his 200,000 employ? ees, including soldiers and sailors, an av? erage salary of $825 apiece. The average earnings of the. plain, every day citizen, who gets pay in proportion to the work he does, are abont half that much, prob? ably. This state of affairs explains, per? haps, why about 200,000,000 male Amer ican citizens make a dead set for abont; 50,000 offices every four years. ? One woman has made the silk ;; gowns of the justices of the United States supreme court for the past forty years and she gets one hnndred'dollara for each one of them. They are all made alike, the . difference being in the material, the chief, justice wearing black Chinese satin, white his associates are robed in black silks. "? The chief justice always wears a new gown when he swears in a Presi- ? dent. Entitled to the Best. All are entitled to the best that their money will buy, so every family should , have, at once, a bottle of the best family remedy, Syrup of Figs, to cleanse the ? system, when costive or v"'lo?is; For es in 50c. and $L0Q bott lU? wi druggist*.