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BT CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDEESON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1892. VOLUME XXVIL?NO. 16. For That Tired Feeling ? <? v/y* n?or t?nWA months I was affl Nervous and general debility, depression of spirits, loss of appetite, insomnia, Ayer's Sarsaparilla Prepared by Dr. J.C.Ayor* Co., Lowell, Mm. CUTOS OtherSyWill CUrOYOU ?- For over twelve months I was afflicted with general debility, languldness, depres? sion of spirits, headache, and Iobs of appe tito, followed by chills. I was scarcely able to drag myself abort the house, and no medicine did me any good until I began to take Ayer's Sarsaparilla and Ayer's Pins, since which I have entirely recovered my health." ?Mary HonricKon, Ware, Mass. OUR LEADER FOR 30 DAYS ONLY! ALL OF OUR :dir,:e3ss o-ooids AT COST FOR OASH, Including all our Fall Purchases. HENRIETTAS, CASHMERES, SERGES, BROADCLOTHS, BEDFORD CORDS, LADIES' CLOTHS, in blacks and colors. The Oa*Dinerae you pay elsewhere 30c. for we will let yon have at 15c. The 15c. line at 20c. the 40c. Hoe at 25c, and the 50c. line at SSJc, the 75c. line for bf.If * dollar, and the dollar line for 75a. Yoa will save on a $2.40 Dress Pattaxa 60 cents, on $8.00 Pattern the same amount, but the difference on the finer goods is greater: On $4.80 yoa save $1.80, oa the $6.00 line yoa save $2.00, on the $0.00 line you save $3.00, on $12 00 line yoa save $100. . Remember, this sale will foe only for Thirty Days. LADIES' STORE STILL LEADING- IN HANDSOME COOPS! O?? 3n;er baa be*o la the Northern ssjuketa lor kbswe weeks, and has bought the HANDSOMEST STOCK OF LADIES GOODS that has ever been brought to fefck mattet AT PRICES TO SUIT ALL. We have added a new feature in th,wi7-~ A B4RGAIN COUNTER. Don't rail to inapeot oar entire Stoek, for you will SAVE MONEY I Thanks for the past and hopes for the future. Respectfully, MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. Successor to Peoples & Burriss, still Headquarters for ilMCFijCIUierSetsJases, Holiday G-oods, &c. jL HE celebrated IRON KING COOK STOVE is much improved over the old pattern. We have a fine Stove, No. 7, for $10.00, with 25 pieces, as ornamental ai any first class housekeeper need want. A big lot of Second Hand Stores mast go at trims price, so come in and price them.' T1NWABE LOW DOWN ! Bring your BIGS, HIDES and BEESWAXXa nra. tes & Burriss are Account at the lai JOHN T- BURRISS. Those iadebted to the firm of Peoples & Barries are respectfully iovited to ceil in as soon aa possible aad settle their Account at the iarae old staid with Having bought the A. G. Means Stock of CLOTHING, SHOES. HATS, &C, And being deairoas of closing cut the same, vo will SELL ALL GOODS at IsTEW YORK COST I tm- When we uy New York Cost WE MEAN WHAT WE SAY. ?BL Come early and make your selections .and SECURE BARGAINS. TAYLOR & CRAYTON, Red Front Granite Row. seen WHY ORDER PIAUOS AND From any other Marlset VFlien THE C. A. HEED MUSIC HOUSE Cao and will Save you Money by Buying at Home. OUR Goods sre bought la large lots from the Manufacturers for CASH. Oar expenses are much lighter than [dealers in larger cities, who sell almost 'exclusively through Sab-Aeents, thus adding largely to the prices charged you And. "besides, we have the LARGEST STOCK IN THE STATE to select frot.i, and every Instrument is sold under A POSITIVE GUARANTEE. We respectfully solicit your patronage, which will be highly appreciated. Respectfully, C A. REED IVIUSIC HOUSE. ANDEBIOy. S. C._ tgrn?^rti^-^TTm smbbb? . .-!.-.g^gg--^_ ggsa MoGree <fc Pillingharp. W ES are very much obliged to our friends for their liberal patronage for the pas year, and will sty that we will have on hand at onr Stables? FIRST CLASS MULES AND HORSES, AND WILL GIVE YOU LIVING PRICEB. Be sore to ?all and see us if you want a First Claas Male or Hone cleap for ?niK, or with good security. We also can furnish you s first clau Turnout at any time. Our Livery De? partment is equipped with tint class Hones and Buggies. We also have oa band alot of? PHJETONS, BUGGIES and HARNESS That we will s?U at Rock Bottom Prices. McGBE ? DILLLNGHAM. Te}??h$r$'Goi,umn, "VB. All oemmunicationi intend;*! fo this Column should be addressed to C WAKDL AW, School Commissioner, An? derson, S. 0. MEMORY GEHS. No man ever failed who did his duty. "Nothing great is lightly won ; Nothing won is lost: Every good deed nobly done, Will repay the cost. Leave to heaven, in humble trust, All you will to do; But if you succeed, you must Paddle your own canoo." FAREWELL. Farewell, a word that all learn early in life, and yet one of the last words that fall from the human lips. A word that all like, and still all dislike the occasion which oalls for its utterance. A word which, when rightly spoken, has wrap pad up iu it a prayer. I coma sow at the cloea of two year's work wish and for tho ohildron and teachers of Anderson County, and I might say, in a small measure, with the educational interest of the whole State, to that time whsn I shall say to them all farewell. And I do wish tha t the chil? dren, the teachers and the oauus of edu? cation may fart well. My work in most respects has been exceedingly pleasant. My life haa boon made better by association and work with the light hearted, cheerful and bright pupils, and the noble and pure hearted teachers. It has been my pur? pose to inspire the boys and girls with higher and holier ideas of life, with more intelligent conceptions of manhood and womanhood, and to stimulate and encourage the teachers in working for such results. I hava carried as my guiding star in the work this gem of truth, "It is better to be good than to be educated." The people must learn, sooner or later, to rely less on the public schools and more ou their own exertions and ener? gies, for "there is just enough public help to paralize individual effort." The rural schools need generally better houses and better furniture. The schools I will never be what they should be until j this is accomplished. Considerable has been done along this line within the paat two years, but muoh more remains to be done, and must bs done, if we would not have the cry continue that "the public schools are s failure." The Trustees could help in this work wonderfully if they only would. It would be better if it can not be accomplished otherwise, to I stop the public sohools for one term and I spend the money ia sucuriog better I school houses, desks, black-boards, &c. I But such a course is not necessary, as has been demonstrated in Ceotreville, Garvin and Beltou Districts. One other thing I have worked for and have, by tho kindly aid of the Trustees, accomplished in several Districts, and that is to get tbe finances iu such shape that the teachers' will be paid cash at the end of each month without borrowing moaey. Another thing necessary to a good 'school"is^ft-unity of purpose andefforjL among the patrons. TheyV Coo, often let their little differences work their way into the school room. Tboy cannot agree on a teacher. One wants a male, another a female, and others are not sat* isfied with anybody unless, they can have their choice. All should join in with the msjority and make the school a suc? cess, whather the teacher is the one wanted or not. There are other things that I might refer to, but must desist. In taking my leave of tbe schools of Anderson County I feel no fears con? cerning them, while in the bands of such teachers as we have. So far as the writer is concerned, be would not give the good wishes and ex? pressions of commendation conveyed to him both orally and by letters from tbe teachers, for the office. Ten thousand times more to be desired are tbe respect and commeadation of the people than their votes. As I have said, my work for and among the children and teachers has been very pleasant and beneficial. I have always loved tbe children, and my work during tbe lsst two years has in* teosified and strengthened that love. I Bee in them the coming men and women, and feel that whstever of greatness is to be must come through them. I see also that tbe country needs better men and better women, and the only hope of se -securing them is In making better boys and girls of the school ohildren. The hope of the country is in tha children. The children have beou exceedingly kind to me, as have also the teachers, and consequently there has grown up be? tween us a mutual friendship that will not soon fade away. And in taking my leave of you, ohildren aud teachers, be assured that I will ever remember you with most pleasant recollections, and will ever be glad to hear of your pros* perity and success. If in tbe future I can, in any way, serve any of you, you have only to com? mand me. Farewell 1 ? "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers," was a line of allitera? tive nonsense, that the children used to say. Nowadays they can practice ou the Perfect, Painless, Powerful Proper? ties of Pierce's Pleasant Purgaiive Pel? lets. It will impress a fact which will be useless to know. These Pellets cure sick headache, bilious attacks, Indigestion, constipation and all stomach, liver and bowel troubles. They are tiny, sugar coated pills, easy to take, and, as a laxa? tive, one is sufficient for a dose. No more groans and gripes from the old drastic remedies I Pierce's Purgative Pellets are as painless as they are perfect in their effects, ? How you spend your time largely determines your character. Stay at home at night and you will at least keep sober; read good books in your leisure hours and you will at least not be a blank fool; keep smutty tales and fool slush out of your talk and you will at least not be a bore. Live within your means and you will at least not bo hampered with debts, BILL ASP'S TALK. An> Struck with the Pretty Town of Mar ?hall. jLUcnMa Oon?*Pkt*k>n. When a town grows to have 8,000 in? habitants it is just about large enough. No town ought to havo mora than 10,000. If the influence of great cities is pesti? lential to good morals, as Jefferson said, Iben how large can a city safely be btfore the pestilence bogins. It seems to me that 8,000 Is about right, for that number ensures good schools and per? haps a college or two. It ensures good churches of at least four denominations with good preachers who are fairly well paid?churches that living do not lan? guish and preachers whose families are not pinohed with poverty. Church as? semblies axe invited there once or twice a year and their ministers and laymen mix and mingle with tbe people iu their homes and leave the influence of their good example as a benediction upon the community. For those who like secular pleasures it secures good halls and opera houses, good shows aud troupes and con? certs, good orators aad letcuxers. It se? cures good streets aud sidewalks, aud waterworks and gasworks, and ice fac? tories and other luxuries that a prosper? ous people saa afford to indulge in. It secures a good market, good butchers atd bakers, a laundry and, last but not least, a daily aewspapar. I waa ruminating about this became I am here in Marsball, which has that many people, and is just such a place, It is big enough and everybody seems to bo content. They don't want to strain tbe town with a boom, for they say it j grows fast enough from the natural in? crease, and they don't want prosperity to go up so high that they can't pay the taxes oh. It is the outspreadinest town for its sire I ever saw, for most every family of any pretentious has got an acre or two enclosed and a grove of shade trees somewhere. Many of them have from two to five acres and fruits and flowers abound everywhere. The me: chanios and the unpretending people generally own their residences where the good wife and daughters can plant their vines and shrubbery and hang a few pictures on the walls and re-paper the room and fix up the kitchen without feeling that they will have to move when Christmas comas. If I was a king and a Croesus, my highest ambition would be to see to it that every family, however humble, should have a home, a home that they could beautify and adorn and love, a home that the children would love to think about when they grew up to manhood or womanhood and become transplanted to some other less hallowed spot. There is no purer pleasure in this life than in adding to the little comforts in aud around home. It is far better to make these improvements from time to time as the puree will admit of than to buy them already made. It is better for the children to make them if they can, aud let their own handiwork embelish and adorn tbe home aud the front yard. I thought of this the other day when our girls called me up stairs to show me their day's work. They had bought a beauti 4ui^ZgQt^SQX.2Q- cents ajd^adjmade_ the paste aud put it on their room and the entire cost, iuoluding the bordering, was only $1.80, and they bought a little can of paint for half a dollar aud re coated the mantel and the doors and window casings and evarything looked so new and clean. Most anybody can do these things if they will try and there is refinement and pleasure in it. "Make home happy" should be the motto of every family, It is common, or it need to be, to see iu a frame over the mantle worked in crochet or painted with a brush, the prayer "God Bless our Home," but a better thing is to go to work and bless it yourself. A Marshall man told me that there was but one rich man within her limits and not half a dozen poor ones. No beggars for charity aud nobody utterly poor. Old Agnee's prayer has been answered to this people. A magnificent courthouse is the only ex? travagant thing I saw, but that is Texas. If they dideut have that, Marshall would be just over the line in Louisiana. The railroad shops add a good deal to the prosperity of this place. They are very extensive and employ several hundred bauds and pay out not less than $5,000 a week for labor, aud all this is expended and circulated in the community aud keeps things lively. Without them the town would languish and soon go into a state of innocuous desuetude, or words to that effect. I never did know what Mr, Cleveland meant by that, but it must be something mighty bad. I hope it won't catch him in November. Considering the great benefits of these shops to the prosperity of Marshall, I supposed that almost every citizen would be for Clark for governor, but they say he was fairly nomiuated and they will vote for him, and they say he will be more friendly to railroads and to capital than he has been. But 1 shall take no part in the contest. Mr. Cleveland and I have concluded to keep our bands off of this factional quarrel. Last evening I saw the cows milked. Mr. Lotkop, whose guest I am, has a small hord of seventeen beautiful Jer- I seys, besides the calves. They are said to be the finest in the State and no finer in the South. It waa a novelty aud a revalation to me. There they were in a row. Every one in her stall haltered to her feed trough and all looking calm and serene and seemed to be happy to have their swollen udders emptied, some of them gave two gallons and some less, but I learned that the quantity of milk is no longer a test. We uiad to speak of a three-gallon cow or a four-gallon cow, but now the butter record is all that is mentioned. The standard is fourteen pounds a week. There are only 8,000 Jerseys in the United States who coma up to that record. Of course, there are many who have broken the record, as they say a.' ->ut Nancy Hanks. There are many co>^ who make twenty-five pounds a week and a few who have gone to thirty. Such cows are almost priceless and their calves bring from five hundred to five thousand dollars before they are a year old. Mr. Lothrop knows the pedi? gree of every one of his cows as far back so he does his own. Tbey are all regis? tered in the books and his books are well bound and make quite a library, for there are 65,000 Jeneyi registered In them. He is a director in the national atsocia tion and is desperately in love with his business. He sells 150 pounds a week of golden butter, and realizes 87} cents a pound for it. Every pound Is sold in Marshall and he cannot supply the de? mand. I saw the separator at work?the machine that has cylinders revolving 6,400 times in a minute?and the centri? fugal force sends the cream out at one tube and the skimmed milk at another. That milk is fed to his litters of Berk? shire pigs that are oomiag on In a back lot, and I kp~"/ tbat kind of pork mu?t be good amTsweet and healthy. One of the heifers dropped a beautiful calf yes? terday, but it happened to be a boy and the poor little unfortunate thing had to be knocked in the head, for he says it doetent pay to raise boy calves. Fortu? nately, the mother never cried about it nor mourned for more than a day. Give her enough to eat and she is happy. A oow has got leu sense and less emotion than any creaiuro of its size upon earth. You can teach horsos and doge and birds many things, but a cow nothing?noth? ing hardly, and this ia all for the good of mankind. Providence created them to supply us with meat and milk, and but? ter and shoes, and that is all. In haste. Bill Abf. Fall Care of Cows. Too many dairymen talk about "put? ting their cows upon their Winter feed." The good dairyman doea not koow when Autumn ends and Winter begins. With him there is no sndden change from wet to dry, or cold to warmth ; and the man who sees tbat the Summer dairy is as well cared for at the Winter one, and the reverse, will be the one who has succeed? ed in keeping hit cows giving milk until near calving t'.me. In oar dairy, judi? cious feeding and care doubly pay me by furnishing milk evsn in the mid Summer, so tbat the milk-can makes its tripi tu the creamery every day in the year, when by the old plan of dairying, tee eint rested from milk-giving at leaat eighteen weeks, and thai al the time of their greatest coat, namely. Wintor months. Few dairymen begin to stable their cows early enough in the Fall. To them it eeems a loss not to have cows in the pasture night and day until the ground is actually fronen, the idea being tbat this frosted feed will be lost if not eaten. The fact is ignored that milk, if secured in profitable quantities, ia a result of warmth and comfort, and no cow on frosted feed, deluged by lu? cold and penetrating rains of Autumn and chilled by frosts, can maintain the flow of milk tbat the would if kepi in the stable at night and on stormy Qdayt. Teaching a cow to endure cold weather, and expecting her to do well in milk yield, baa not paid since the advent of Winter dairying. The Winter dairymen have found tbat the nearer they make tht Fall and Winter albs like June, the better the results. In general prac? tice I find that as Boon at the chilly night? set in October, it pays to keep the cows in, and feed them in the stable, for a cow by preference never likes a wet and a_CQld bsdr.and by the same reason? ing it never found on the windyside ?fa fence, but hunts a ah altered nook, if one is to be found. Let us take a hint from the cow herself, and as soon as the fire is needed in the house, put this mother cow, that in her milk-giving ia more susceptible to cold than the "dry" one, into the warm stable and generously feed her, and defer the toughening period until warmer weather in the spring, and by this more generous and humane treat? ment secure many more gallons of better milk, and place ouraelvee among the more progressive dairymen of the country. ?John Gould, in O. J. Farmer. The Deacon's Wooing. Deacon Sharp, who lives in Buckeye Yallsy, has never married. He made the attempt once, aaya the Free Freu, but hia humility and piety worked against him. Ho was the same long solemn-visaged chap then that he is now, with what is known as a "gift of prayer." In season and out of season he was ready at any moment to flon down on his kneea and tell al! he knew of spiritual grace. There were those who said he like to hear him? self talk. On this occasion he aaked Jenny Price to be hia partner for life, and Jenny, who was a prime little school teacher, con? sented. Then the deacon flopped. He began In hia usual strain by invoking forgive? ness for hia sinB. He was everything tbat was vile, and as he enumerated the crimes laid down in hia own imagination, Jenny began to fidget. At last ?he touch? ed the dacon on the shoulder. "You needn't pray any more on my account," she said ; "I wouldn't think of marrying auch a wicked sinner. If you art only half as bad as you siy you are, I wouldn't have you. I hope you will repent before it is too late." And ehe left the astonished deacon to hit own reflections npon matrimony aud grace. Deafness Cannot be Cured By local applications, ae they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only ooe way to cure Deafness, and that ia by constitutional remedies, Dcafneas is caused by an inflamed con? dition of the mucoja lining of the EusUi chian Tube. When this tube gets in? flamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it in entire? ly closed Deafneaa ia the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed for? ever ; nine caset out of ten ars caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be curod by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Seed for circalara, free. F. J. OHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo50. SSrSold by all Druagista, 75c. ? It is calculated tbat 1000 thrifty coffee trees will yield a fair average of 3200 pounda of coffee per annum. A STAB OF HOPI. Interacting Communication About Who at Mining; In tbe CoHon Plant of July 80th Mr. Bodgers asks for the name of an agent or a dealer in "patent flour mil la." He can obtaia the address of such by tbe dozen by consulting the advertising col? umns of the milling aud othsr industrial journals. His card and questions relate to a sub* ject of such vital importance to those who make and consume bread that I hope the readers of this paper will not con? sider what I have say an iutrusion. To make every poiut iu every detail plain in treating this subject, from the time the seed wheat is committed to the soil un? til the barrel of flour is rollod from un? der the packer or the loaf is drawn from the oven, would require a considerable volume. As that volume is impractica? ble, and would be (to the writer) un? profitable, many things that are necessary to be known will have to remain ob? scure. Mr. Bodgers has evidently scented the right trail when he proposes to organize a joint stock company for the manufac? ture of the farmers' wheat Into flour. Such a company, composed of farmers who raise the wheat, are the only ones that would bo likely to succeed in such an enterprise, because such stockholders would And it to their interest to use their land, capital, eaeagy, skill and influence to improve the quality aid augment the quantity of the wheat that alone could make tbe business of wheat milling a suc? cess in our State. Flour milling in this State with Im? ported grain should no*, be thought of, for there are many incontrovertible ar? guments to prove that it could not suc? ceed. Flour milling in South Carolina on South Carolina raised wheat could be made remunerative if a sufficient quan? tity of wheat was raised to supply home demand. To move in this direction the first thing necessary to be dose would be to inaugurate a system that would bring farmer and miller in close touch with each other, aad heep thorn there. The nest things of supreme importance to consider are: first ample capital; second, ample water power; third, a sufficient quantity of wheat; fourth, skill-knowl? edge. Neither oao of the above named requisites could be dispensed with, and without a guarantee of all four no indi? vidual or compay could suoceed. With? out ample capital debts would be made, the interest of which would swallow up all the profits iu spite of the best me? chanical skill and business management. By amals capital I do not mean millions of dollars, but I do mean a few thousand dollars, sufficient to establish a small plant, such as any wheat growing county or comasuuity would need, and place it at once ou a solid, substantial cash foun? dation. As to power?water would be superior to steam?the verdict of engine builders to the contrary notwithstand? ing. Wattr power is steady aud free from the fluctuations and reciprocating crank motion so objectionable in all steam engines, which is a prolific source of black lash that is dreaded by intelli? gent flour millers. Water power also ?3 decided.jjdvantages over steam in the cost of fuel, engineer's v.ige-i, risk of life and properly from boiler explo? sions and fire insurance. As to wheat: that is of so much importance that it cannot receive j u'.k's in this short arti? cle. As has alrxiudy been stated, im? ported grain Bhould sot be thought of, except on a very light experimental scale, to mix with home-raised, to make fancy brands for city folks that never buy any other but the highest priced artioles, and also to keep business going when the domestic supply runs short. In the face of so many drawbacks to wheat raising in this State, such as rust, Hessian fly, warm Winters, hot Springs, impoverished land, stinking amat, cheat, cockle, rat filth, oats, wild garlic, etc., tbe very serious question arUes: Can wheat growing aad whoat milling be ever made a success ? Without attempt? ing a direct answer, I will slate that ex? perience has demonstrated the fact that great majority of the above obstacles can be surmounted, for some years the farmer makes a good crop of wheat in spite of his carolesenees. Farmer stock? holders in a small, neat, well-equipped flour mill would be likely to Investigate, and the result of such investigation would in a few years improve the aver? age quality and yield of wheat wonder? fully, and the light could not be hid but would be contagious. The knowledge, skill and experience required for such an undertaking; the ability to plan building aud machinery so as to suit both custom and merchant milling, as well as looking very carefully after clean? ing machinery, and most especially the purifying and grading of the farmer's seed, is a matter of the greatest impor? tance when a pormanont business is aimed at. Such necessary knowledge must be based upon something more thai being versed in the claims of manufac? turers of water wheels, steam engines, corrugated and smooth iron and porce? lain rolls, middlings, purifiors, bran dusters, etc , at the same time quite for? getful of the fact that such manufactu? rers and their hired agonts axe intensely human, generally making their wares to Bell, and very genorally, after a sale is consummated, a majority of them ore done with tbe transaction, and the over confiding purchaser left to lament tbe fate of a man who has been swindled. Exporience along this line, to have a money value, must also extend beyond the simple knowledge of what per cent, of ground alum or sulphate of zinc is necessary to mix with a certain grade of wheat that will produce, when ground, a grade of flour that will sell for the most money. Mr. Bodgers says: "We have only bnhr stone mills, and it makes no odds ow good our wheat is it is ruined al? most by the slow process of grinding." is too true that much of the farmer's wheat has been ruined in custom mills grinding wheat, fuzz, bran, dirt, rat , onions, oats, cheat, etc., together, akiug a dark, greasy, slick substance flour, but better named by an an millor "Jarsey Blue." Much of ' . however, the farmer himself is re ' spoislble for. The ulow process of j grinding does not ruin the floor, as the brother thinks; bat rather the reverse. Neither is the eld style bnhr entirely re? sponsible. A portion of the responsi? bility rests with the man who makes the original plan ; still another portion rests with the so called miller who has not learned perhaps that good flour cannot be made from bad, damaged or imper? fectly cleaned wheat, and that "between the atones the flour is made." Many millers and millwrights, when they have finished what in kindness ia called atone dressing, (stone butchering), both face and furrow has the appearance of an ir? regular cnt bastard file, a dozen timea magnified; then aucb sianes are in a fit condition to grind coarse cloba for hogs or cattle, and woe betide the customers who, for the first dozen, grind after that flat, clean bran, and an article of floor that is pure, clean and sweet, and though fine enough to bolt through No. 12 xx silk, it rereala, under a magnifying glass, tbat it ia perfectly granulated and has a delicious nctty taste thai!; all pure flour should have; they get bran as fine ground, aa sharp and nearly as heavy as fine pearly grits. And the floor, well, if "Janey Blue" does not describe it, Webster's next edition may contain the right word. "Tbat patent flour mill" that Jr. B. spoke of may be too costly and complicated and would hardly suit our immediate wants. Many of the de? vices of the patent sharks are treacher? ous and dangerous, as many custom and small merchant millers of the past could testify. Many of the eleborate patent processes were intended not so much to improve the product and increase the yield, so that the farmer, miller aad consumer would all be benefited; but, like the popular practice of medicine to-day, they were intended to mystify and put money into the pockets of patent rings, their henchmen, manufacturers, and drive the email merchant and custom miller to the wall, thereby putting the whole business in the hasds of the big mill owners giant monopolies. While there is more science about bread making in all ita ramifications than there ia in the art of dosing out medicine to the stock, still the farmers have il in their power to raise and manufacture the bread we eat, and we are very foolish if we don't combine and do it. A majority of the old buhr mills with the judicious outlay of a few hundred dollars, could be so improved tbat tkey would give tbeir cuatomers abundant satisfaction. The addion of an oat and cockle machine, a proper adjustment of the scouring machine tbat every mill has, would, by intelligent management, be sufficient to do fairly good work in cleaning the grain, especially by run? ning it through two or three times in? stead of once. Then the stones would have to be in good condition. A pair of simple, cheap, (not patent,) smooth break rolls, a small purifier and a proper adjustment, and clothing and bolting reels; and if intelligence and compe? tency bas planned and directed the work, an excellent rig would be the result, that might bring a smile to the entire com? munity, especially at th* breakfast table after a good crop of wheat was harvested, threshed and ground. Tho "Long Roll? er" patent systems could practically do no better workTha^_^nl8^tt^e"l^^n^n^lav tion will, and the good part would be that farmers cculd mix alumn in tbeir bread at the table to tbeir own liking. The little combination mill would cost only hundreds, while the big roller process would cost tens of thousands, and could never be reached by a company of a hun? dred farmers. To ({ire an idea of the value of the wheat that grows ia a Southern lattitude, I matures and ripens under a Southern sun, I will from memory quote in sub? stance what I read several years ago. A test was made with flour made from North Georgia wheat and flour made from Michigan or Minnesota wheat (I cannot now call to mind which.) The sample of Georgia flour contained in round numbers, 8 percent.of moisture, while the Northwestern flour contained in round numbers, 16. By calculation based upon said test, a barrel of tbat from Georgia would make from thirty to fifty pouids more than the Northwest? ern. Tbat test and analysis showed also a considerable difference in the per cent, of gluten contained in the different flours, being in favor of the flour of Geor? gia wheat, and a corresponding lest quan? tity of starch. Tho sum of that test showed that Southern flour contained lese water and less starch, but contained more gluten ; because it contained more properties that make muscle, brain and strength. Have we anything to serve as proof tbat our wheat is superior to North? ern and Western? We have abundance of It. Every housekeeper who has used flour, both home raised and imported, knows that there 1b a marked difference in the time a barrel of home flour will last the family over the barrel that is bought from the store. The barrel of imported flour is loosely packed, bat con? tains fall weight, 200 pounds net. The barrel of bone flour, if it weigha 196, it is packed solid and requires much dig? ging with a saucer to get it out. The gluten test is also familiar to all "poor" housekeepers. The woman who makes starch from flour takes about a teacupful of nice white flour, adds enough clear water to make a stiff dough. After thor? ough kneading, it Is then worked or knead? ed in a bowl of clear water until the starch is all dissolved, leaving tho tough lamp of gluten, which is insolnblo, in water. To finish the starch the water in which it is diiisolved is strained through a thick towel and then carefully boiled, and the gelatine, glucose and other im? purities is skimmed off the top; a final straining finishes. By trying Western flour for starch making, it will be found that some of it bas very little starch and still less gluten. If people were educa? ted along this line, there wonld not be so much kaolin and alum used for bread, because with a few simple testa the breadcaaker could detect much of the adulteration. In conclusion, xvill apologize for the length of this article; but there is a mo? tive behind every man's actions or writ I ten sentiments. I see no reason to keep mine in the background. I have had an interest in the trade described in this ar? ticle. I have studied it carefully with all the diligence I possess, but I see no way out, save by farmers and millers mu? tually co-operating. Flour milling must die in this State, must go overboard, without the hearty co-operation of the farmers, and the farmer's wheat would be a valueless incubus without the mill to manufacture it iu first class flour, Will we ever get government ownership of railroads ? If we do, we have not a great deal of use for home-raised wheat. But if we do uofc got government owner? ship of railroads, then we need to make our own wheat and flour. I should like to see this subject discussed by more com ? potent and able writers than myself; but if you are not ready for it, brethren, I am sure I can wait. I will say to friend Bodgers that the business of making flour is a progressive one and cannot be successfully carried on by simply investing in some com- j pany's patent machinery. It is a boai ners that has to be learned step by step, aad the man embarking must expect many disappointments and discourage? ments ; but ultimate success would mean much more than a simple competence for a single individual or company, for our depressed and downtrodden South Carolina farmers. Is the prize worth laboring for 7 P. I. Bawl. Rocky Well, 8. C, Augutt 10,1892. <<*> ? m Better Than Cotton. Mr. J. F. Erwin, of Cabarrus, the father of Mr. John Erwin, the night clerk at the Central Hotel, has been in the city for a few days. He and his son, Mr. 0. L. Erwin, are conducting a grass and stock farm in Carbarrus, and yester? day an Observer reporter had a very in? teresting conversation with him on the subject. Tbe farm consists of 287 acres and the land bad been used for the pro? duction of cotton for 75 years, or until it was washed and run down. Five years ago Mr. Erwin realized that there was no money iu cotton, though it was then sell? ing at 10 cents and he was raising a half bale to tbe acre, and that besides if he kept on bis laud would soon be worth? less. Thereupon he abandoned cotton and has raised none since, but turned his attention instead to grain, grass and stock raising. He filled the gullies with brush, fertilized the lands and sowed clover aud orchard grass seed. At the same time he began stock raising on a small scale and now has twenty-five head of horses and mules. One of these, a one-year-old colt, a grandssn of Abdul Koree, took the first prize at the recent Concord fair. He is raising stock for market and sees something in it. But as to the grain and grass growing: Mr. Erwin last year raised 1,100 bushels of wheat and oats. On ten acres of ground be made 300 bushels of wheat? an average of 30 bushels to the acre, and but for the loss from the wheat falling down would have realized 33 bnshels per acre. All of his wheat is made on clo? ver sod, clover, in Mr. Erwin's opinion, far surpassing peas as a fertilizer. He is satisfied that be can grow wheat at better profit at $1.00 per bushel than he could cotton at 10 cents per pound. He has fifty acres in clover now, makes his own clover seed and will hereafter have it to sell. Seeing that this is worth from ?M.00~to $8.00 per bushel, it will at once I appear that the clover seed industry is ! not an insignificant one. It is as good as a play to hear Mr. Er? win talk farming. He could give the cotton farmers of this section valuable points. He does not run much to corn, bat sees great possibilities in stock rais? ing and growing grasses and the small grains.?Charlotte Observer. A Thousand Cattle Burned. ? Boise City, October 2.?Blausen Bios, have received word from the su? perintendent of their stock range in the Bear Biver Valley that more than 1,000 head of fat cattle have been destroyed by the great forest fires that have for weeks been sweeping over that region. Nine houses and four cabins were also de? stroyed, and three herdsmen fatally burned. The cattle were feeding in a small val? ley ou Tuesday last. A strong wind suddenly ;blew a sea of fire down upon them. The animals stampeded, but they ran in the wrong direction. Before the cowboys could turn the maddened ani? mals the herd was surrounded by flames. The cattle huddled in the centre of a clearing, about a mile square in extent, and the cowboys thought they might re? main quiet and eventually escape. Showers of cinders and sparks fell upon the herd, however, and presently a steer ran amuck among its companions, goring them with its horns and bellowing frightfully. The other animals broke and ran iu all directions. Many of them dashed into the midst of the flames, where they perished in horrible agony. Others ran into the burning forest near where the cabins had stood and paused to drink at a water-hole, but the fluid was scalding hot, and the poor brutes, maddened by their intensified sufferings, viciously charged each other and every other living object in sight. To save their lives the four cowboys who were within the fiery cirole attempted .o force their horses through a narrow belt of grease-wood, the 6brubs standing about two feet high. Before they had gone ten feet the animals bad inhaled flames and dropped to the earth, their riders being compelled to run back to their starting place. After nine houn the wind drove the flames onward, and the men on Ransom's range attended to the needs of their suf? fering friends. 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When aerial navigation become perfected, and people from all quarter of the globe fly through the air like bird, it will be very difficult to qc tine against the cholera, The denl of the air will light down on our he and roost in our hair. True, we migl keep them off with air guns. ? Mr. Marcus Vandiver, of Whij County, Ga., has been placed in jail i Gainesville under an indictment for. by the grand jury laut week charji him with the murder of Duke Palmer,] lawyer of Cleveland, which took place i the 5? of June, 1872. twenty years ? Sam Jones addr Based the Bapt ministers of New York a few days if. and in the course of bis remarks ma the following characteristic utteranc "I have a very kindly feeling for Baj tists. I would never be the man I am] it bad not been 'or my wife, and I her out of your pond." ? The smallest post office in world is at the Straits of Magellan has been there for many years. It coj sista of a small painted keg or cask a j is chained to the recks of the extrei cape in a manner so that it floats opposite Terra del Fuogo. Each paaslj ship sends a boat to bike letters out a j put others in. ? Mr. Spurgeon was severe on mini ters who undertake the duties of most sacred calling without proper qui fications. He said; "I heard one say i other day tbat a certain preacher bad more gifts for the ministry than an O] ter, for that worthy bivalve shows gt\ discretion in bis openings and kne when to close." ? There ia a patient and Industrie man named Rila Kittridge, of Belf Me., who is putting Mr. Gladstone's gr{ speeches on postal cards, which he set to the "Grand Old man." On somej the cards bo manages to get 20,000 wor Mr. Gladstone is himself addicted to' postal card habit; but when be Borne of these missives, he must feel be bas the disease in a very mild for ? Warm quarters are essential to: comfort and well doing of cattle. Hj a shiftless farmer who allows his stoci hug the side of a fodder stack endeav ing to protect themselves from the rains, rtharp winds and sleeting stor winter. Stock well cared for, warm j drily housed from storms, regularly j and watered, will come out in the spij looking plump and sleek upon tho fo that would be consumed by these shiver around a fodder stack all wir