The people. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 1877-1884, September 11, 1879, Image 1
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Address; THE rEfl?f>r,
v. • , , BarnwollXJ. II., S. C.
South Carolina Itailroud.
CHANGE Of SCHEDULE.
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Up Day Passengers.
(This Train (foes not connect with Train for
V pnlumhia af l^ap^h^.lU )
Leare Charlaaton - ft.Od a m
•< Branchrilld^ ' JSTJo’p m
fL^_
Midiray
Itamberg
Graham’s »
Lees •
Blackrille
Klko
Willistoti
k WiBitaftt^..‘ ...
•• Mintmorerlcl
« Aiken
Arrive AuguiU
Down Day Passengers.
(This Train does not connect with Train flSr
Columbian! Brauchville.)
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12.28 p m
T2.87 p in
> 12.01 pm
1.04 p m
f}. 1;11 p m
’ ■* g ».2(5 j>iii
1.24 p ui
—- —1^04--pK5f
2.12 pm
.. 2.21 p m
3.15j> m
Lcaee AwgUsti*
, 1 *i Aiken
“ Montmorenci
« Windsor
“ \ Wiliiston
“ Elko
•> Dlackrille
<*
««
Lee’s
Graham's
“ Bamberg • |
♦s Midway
« Brauchville
Arrive (Charleston
K1UIIT EXPBESS.
Leave Charleston
Arrive Au»mia * ’
iieavc Augusta
Arrive Charleston
Down Leave Blackville '
^^^■ive BlackvHlc
- P* In e n
9.11 am
9^21) a in
19.41 am
Id.Or a m
10.US a m
10.24 am
10.21 a m
10.40 n m
lO.OH a ra
lit) 0 a'm
11.20 um
0.00 p m
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lljLACKVlLilst:
«*od Opening lor C'npltat
1 Post om ce. : 1
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For sqm^days past there has been
a consiilerablo InffatT'or the'“fleecy
staple.” v- Merchants have bo^snmore
aatly
4?ood8 than usual, and the bustltj In
the Uuslnefes thoroughfare indicates a
busy season ahead. As a point of
shipment this pluce , > perhaps, occu
pies tiie first rank among the towns on
the South Carolina Railroad. Sup
ported by a good back country trade,
: U--beast®-of a +nrger-rrtrmber of stcrcA
than any point I have visited along the
Uneof road;iihd bidsfair, with proper
energy and well directed effort, to be
in the future a place of no mean pro- t bi 8 argument,
uentloua. Like most towns of itseUs it for there pan be no argument in Its
lacks capital to develop the resourc-es favor, is easily proved unavaHable. It
which are abundant, to render it at- la truo that, iu some sections a very
tractive and place ft iu the position to-j mir brick can be made, which will an-
To the Editor of The People: -
Having heard many favorably re-
marks in reference to the views ex
pressed in my fppmer article, I will in
trude once again, with the hope of
further elucidating tho subject, and
awakening yet^ ^greater dnterest^ upoh
previous article to the unfortunate
condition in which future generations
will be circumstanced if we qontlnUo
our desTfuction of the timberTfhieh
remains’. The lack of lumbet-witk
which to build cannot be supplied by
anything at our command. What,
then,'will our posterity doToTmaTefl-
al with which to erect houses and for
other needful purposes? It maybe
suggested that they can use brick; "but
or at least assertion, 1
that thdr axes could fell, and^tbojMi
that defied their rude tools they
troyed hyflre. Now it is well known
that trees, especially when Id foil
foliage, are very powerful agents In
causing rain, inasmuch as they con
dense the moisture floating in the. air
and cause it to fall to the earth, in
stead of passing -by iu suspension.—
which it is entitled. Remarkable for
healthfulness^it might, with small ef
fort and outlay, be the cehtro of the'
trade and educational interests of- this
and adjacent countice,
11.00 pm
9 2ft a nr
S^r-j aah
10.4o p trrf 1
6.20 pm
fi.SS n i
-on. to fortune,'’ in either putting
their shoulders to the wheel bn induc
ing others to come and occupy the
laects with Trains at Bn).nciivjll« for
mUis. - ^
wwW' aww actowwuua'iitty:’'"
swer the purpose of building chim
neys, but there are very few specimens
which I have seen that would do for
constructing a house of any size. And
were of such q^lity as to
make good brick, how few could afford
tercstcd-doJioh-CCcem .Inclined to take to build brick houses! There would
advantage of that “tide in the affairs j have to be a Very marked Improve-
of men” which Shak( spearesnys “leads ment in the financial Condition of the
r|
nately, those who should be must in-
country In order to enable the masses
to live in brick housca -$fie~prevail-
ing custom has been to build dwellings
ith the Blackville and 'Rarn- of logs, hence if at present and in
times past, from our inability to put*
Evefy <trco that Is' felled has Come
effect in reducing the'quantity of rain;
and_jrhen a forest is levelled with the
ground the different amount of rain-
tall becomes marked at once.”
-Let u«, thefefore, be wipe and con
sider lest we, by bur prodigality ant^
want of foresight, inflict a similar
calamity upon our own fair Southern
land. O. K. B.
field.
well Railroad tapping the Purt Royal
lh;ad.un.thft.iaiii.»..idihi-a.tul' n-.-mhiiig In j
Leave Cliariesioa 7.10am
Arrive Aiigii»ta 6.45 p m
Leave AiifruKta ’ ~ 4 .Co a m
Arrive Cliarlcston 6.20 n ni
Down Lcawe Blackvill# ' f ,8.34 a m
‘Up Leave Blackville 2.38pm
Connects at Ui-aitchville with Train for
Columbia. I h> ihn I. Ht
Down day, yaiwcngcr connect* at Black. 1—^ Ue ' n tt l -
ville with ColmiiWa aecnminoihition train.
Ucilumbiu oh tlie other, and a good content ourselves
cotton factory in operation bete, ten
years would number it dmong the in
terior cities of the State. My opinion
is based simply upon the great natural
advantages and n sources‘ possessed
would—require a most surprising
stretch of the imagination to conbtdie
of the Unie when our poorest classes
Alnrrlnge by Candle-light,
LcVcfs have strange caprices. It
two" fond hearts determine to ubtte
their destinies, oCithOTThe fear of Im
pending parental wrath nor the grim
prospect of want and penury, wHbde-
ter them from consummating their
purpose in holy wedtoeb. Two young
and sentimental creatures of ebon huo
became euamored of each other, and
against the persuasion of friends, the
entreaties of relatives and the threats
of parents, they resolved to get mar
ried. They made many ineffectual at-
terapts to carry that resolution into
execution. Their every movement was
watched, and several ingeniously con-
MagiDlii Passenger Route.
PORT BoVaL RAILEOAP. \
AcqcsTA.OA., June 24, 1879, f
Tlie following jnssenger scliclulc will be
operateil bn alld alter mis date :
l!.U..e
11 32 Down !
RaMoc
4 12 Fp
Allcintalo ,
10 00 Down
jtUbmlals
3 45 Un
JUILY PABSENCES TRAIN.
OtcHfi Squth.
LFatc AnguMa
9 i^fTp m
Arrive nt Yemavoe
1 50 n m
L»\jvc Yeniax-ee
2 30 n iu
Arrive JMWAnunh
r. r.Z (i ui
I ^hvc 8’ivannali
4 10 a m
.Arrive Jack non villa
7 15 A IU
.Arrive C*liarlest6n
, ' B 00 a • r.i
Leave Yema-se* _
2 20 a tn
Arrive Remifart
3 45 a m
Arrive Fort Royal
. 4 -do a in
Arrive August if
6 38 a tn
l:h:ivc Yenifwsce
2 00 a iil
‘Arrive d emaijit-e
1 20 n n\
1 .eiivc Snvannalt
9 (X) p m
Arrive Savannah
8 20 a ra
|.e<tv» JackasaviRe
6 15 s m
l.o ivc -''liartestan
, .8 30put
1.Olive Remifort
11 23 p ni
Leave Fori Loyal
11 (H* p is |
Radicalism, iu its Mying throes, has
iiHicted on this community another
piece of that kindness which lias al
ways characteriz'd its dealings, with
S mthern pcop^?, viz : the appointment
of Fred Nix, Jr.,no tho postmaster-
ship. And yet for this infliction are
not the people in some measure re
sponsible ? ■ As long ns they persist iu
tolerating, countenancing and support
ing, in any manner, persons so very
obnoxious to our bi a' interests in their
eetved plans proved abortive. Last
night, bowevcr. tbey eihided tbe vlgl-
■ are-<nampeneu i.o -( aTTrc -pf- tfretrparents,■ aadrwadsg4b»
with log houses, it p re t enc6 0 f taking a moonligbti walk,
repaired to the office of Trial Justice
Fickling, where they were kept In
agonizing suspense until the venerable
could afford to construct dwellings oL Lis appearance at about
11 o’clock. The young lovers balled
his coming with .delight, and manifest
con-
rain
Savannah witliou* cliati^e, imflrtrtgclnwe <
htetion nt 8avnnnali widt A. &U.K. K. t
for all poinlain Florida - - -
lta(rgH(ie checked through.
16aJf”Throiij{h tickets for sale at all piinci
ji.d ticket offices.
Ron ray O. F>.s»iiyn.
0 eti er a IStt pe r 1 ifte ndent;
Payast^ ..
leneral I’na-enjrcr Ageni.
( hurlotte, Columbia & Augusta R P.
CHANGE OF SjfHEDULE-
Ci'Ari.nrr*. Com niua A Auocsta R. R. 1
’ Gk.neu VI. pAMK.ViKR Dkimktmknt. K .
Clou MIMA, S. t^., Jiujc 1, 187'.*. ) ^
The fbllowinff passenger sebcdale will be
tii'feralcd on and after this dntef
No. 1—Niyhl Expfcs*, South'.
tA*ave Charlotte.; - .12:45 a m 1
Arrive Columbia...T........ 5:30 a in
Leave Oolumbis..... ........ o.3*> a in
Arrive Augusta.; 0:25 a ui
No. 2—Night Expire, North.
Leate Augusta f. 6:15 p m'
Arrive Oolumbta L30 a m
Iieave CoTumbla....... 2130 a ui
Arrive Charlotte 12:10 a m
No. 3—Day JTdfKngvr, South.
Leave Charlotte SU12 p m
Arrive Columbia.. .12:00 m
-Ijeare Columbia... 1-00 am
ITfrlVe Augusta...........TTwIttf a m
No. \—Dmj Pa&tngrr, North.
Leave Augusta “.. . V 6:Cfl a nr
Arrive Columbia. .10:45 n tn
Leave Columbia .10:55 a m
Arrive Charlotte. d):00 p m
These tratM stop only at Fort Mill;
Rock Hill, Chester. Wjnnsboro.Ridge-
Ivay, Leesvllle, Bates burg, Ridge
Spring, Johnston, Tvootam and Gran-
Itevllla All other stations will be re
cognized as flag wtatlorw. u \ .
T. D. KLINE, Sup’t.
John R Macwurpo. Gen. Piw. Agent.
8avanaali ami Cfearta^ |tf8road€o.
i . CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ^
Jasi aby 1, ISTff.
. the following Schedule hr ih effect at this
date:
Fait Mail, Doily.
Leave Charleston
midst, tiny have no .cason to expect
it to be otherwise. I have heard it
sail that,- who t 'eeps with n dog
must apprehend lu ing Lj'.tcn by the
fieas.” The new F. M. is, at all events,
fahly installed in a-building amply
stfffieient to transact nil of theTTUsI^
ui ss which Uncle Sain may demand ut
hie hands. If that ‘'handsome'cane"
were brought to iho front and mad
to oHupy a conspicuous position, jt
would complete the picture, and ex
hibit Barnwell and Bluokviiie sliaklng
bauds, not ovyr the “bloody chasm,” j * 1
but "over Mr. Fred Nix! “Exeunt
om&ee!!”
It affords me pleasure to say that I
flud Thk Fe I’Ll-: growing in favor
wherever my attention is directed,
Ibere is nothing like honest competi-
tk*B to tie vein p a paper as well as any
other business. There are many in
quiries ou tiie subject-of tbe new rail-
toad to RifavfeirwIilcFIneet me ev
erywhere. If we cannot be accommo
dated shortlv with the music of the
- *> '
non-horse and incoming train, let us
at least have the “whistle” off the con
tractor occasionally^- The music is la
him if he will only let it out.
O. K. B.
as costly a material as brick. With
out Umber to saw into lumber, what,
then, will unborn generations do?
■ »*
- INCREASING DUOUGUT3 ,
Have characterized tbe history of our
country within the remembrance of
those born within the last half cen
tury. That they are becoming more
frequent and severe is, alas! a fact
too patent to be denied, and their ef
fect upon the ftgiicuUural iuteicsts of
tbe couLitiy, if they should contlnus-at
a proportloHate increase in tho future
as they frarc in the past, owy welt
r»ik
awaken the apprehension Of tbe most
Indifferent observer. Tbs
oome when this
advantages second to none, all things
considered, in paint of .adaptability to
' tho varied productions of the earth,
| will be incapable of sustaining UsdUKt
life, and be again consigned to the
{-“beasts of the field” us a dwelling
place where they may obtain a preca
rious living; and when new forests
shall hive sprung up and the/alas
again descend and clothe the earth
with renewed verdure, a new people
may como and discover evidences that
it was formerly peopled by a civilized
but unwise race. That God has chang
ed tho great organic laws which he
put into operation, there - is not at
present* sufficient ^daia to venture an
affirmative assertion. Airifinigs are
as they were, in a general sense, from
the beginning. I have read that in
some European countries the denud
ing the land of forests have so affect
ed tho operations of nature, as to
cause severe droughts, and hence they
proceeded to set out extensively forest
A Proposition to 4'roato a Hew
Office tor the Hx-Preeldeafi
T (WiuBilfngtqn Left*FIo the N. Y. HevtM. J "
Since the adjournment of Congress
a number o’f Oeo Grant’s friends have
hadufodcr Consideration a Suggestion,
coming originally from a distinguished
yTr.DUCTh-gnT^israVu^k h»ffirnr
held for the present, but whose ser
vices in military and clvio life have
won for him the confidence and es
teem of bis people, as well as the re
spect of the country at large, to cre
ate the office of Captain-General of
the Army, with, suitable pay and al
lowances, andHo have the same ten
dered to Gao. dL B. Grant, In recognl-
tlonkof his-patrlotlc services In behalf
of the Union, as well as to afford him
permanent occupation InTB congenial
employment the fem&lnder of ,hls life.
This Idea has been quickly canvassed
among the members of the Senate and
House who have visited Washington
dtirtfig the recess; as well as at Sara
toga, Newport, Long Branch and
*WhUe Sulphur Springs, it cad be
said that tbe proposition has been re
ceived with great favor, and will take
shape In a bill accomplishing tbe pur
poses named early at the next session
of Congress.
The friends of General Grant have
viewed with great regret tbe effbrts of
politicians to embark him once more
on the muddy stream of politics, and
bav^been casting about for some suit
able employment and pbattthn for the
distinguished er-Frestdent:
ed their joy in an unmistakablqmanner,
A difficulty now presented Itself; there
were' ho llgtrts' la the room. One:'
the attendants soon obviated this
trouble by bringing in several candles,
which were Instantly lighted, and they
threw over the would-bo tulde and
groom a mbllow light. Judge Fick
ling ever takes a delight la making
others happy, so he was very expe
ditious in going through with the sol-
el mu ffaremnny—Inking-minutea.thg
vows having been made, he declared
vhepa man tind.wife. Thee:
country, poesesslng ^ their ],,y can botttr
than described, when they realized
osltlon has been prematurely devel
oped in consequence of the receot_an-
nouncement that Gen. Grant was will
ing to acfcept the president^ of the
Nicaraguan Canal Company. Some of
his friends are of opinion that tbe po
sition of Comoiander-ic-Cbief of tbs
Army of the Uulted States would be
much more acceptable to him it it
could bo grabefullyt tendered by Con
gress, since it would restore him to
tbe rank he was taken from almost
forcibly by the politicians In 1868, and
which sacrifice he has frequently bad
occasion to regret. ' CN
It,Is understood that quite a num
ber of distinguished Southern men
only warmly espoused this
how Is a i
But to answer It i
Were rattier (
And yet in a bant
As tbe whf
I’ll venture th a bit of a lay^
To tell how a paper is made.
An editor *Tls at
sIvidrxyF w * .-.pew.—
yet in a bantering wat, -
tbe whlp-pqor-wlll sings In theglade,
renture in a bltof a lay
urensgll
away and got married last week.
■Pli . . ... eyillo will be
the largest ever raised h that county
.Thingssolemn,and comic, and queer—
And when he has hit on a theme
He Judges it well, to parade.
He writes, and he writes, and he writes,
And that’s how a paper Is made.
An fedltor sits at his desk, ,.
And puzXlrs his brain to make out
“Telegraphic” so «Quabbled and mixed*
It Is bard to tell what It’s about,
F.snhangeaxrs lying awn tad. - -
_ WMlo waiting dispatches delayed,^
o clips, and he clips, and ^
And that’s how a paper I
Ho clips, and he clips, and he clips,
Is made.
An editor goes out la town, .
. .In search of things that art no*—
Tbe things that people have done,
Tho things they're intending to d |
Goes peering and prying about,
For Items of many a grads;
He tramps, and he tramps, and 1
And that’s how a paperfs mac
And all that those workers prepare;
• Of every conceivable strl—
IU sent to the printer, and i
o—
Of every conceivable stripe, |
rut to the printer, and he
Proco»*deth to stick it In type,
His lines all respecting his will.
In slowjnoving oolumus parade—
and he sticks, and he sticks,
paper is made.
He 8tlck<and he st
And that's hot* a
In short, when the type Is all set.
il th<
Noel . , _
And hurried away to the press.
Ami . _
'Us “locked In a form,’’ as they
o errors cleared up, more or less,
say,
The pressman arranges bin sheets.
His iuk gives tbe requisite shade.
Then he prints, and he prints, and be prints
And that Is how a paper Is made;
Fbedkbicx Schmidt’s Mubin os.
“Frederick Schmidt,” said the Essex
Market Court Justice the other day,
Tfalrprop- j to a sleepy looking German, “you are
flued 110 for intoxication. But what’*
the. movement in both houses will be
It
JXfMmtuiaulifla^i&emstnteemen.
bo loisglard Cfkn Mid also Id this ^oonectfon tt
trofs. And In support of this theory I
beg to close this article wjth au ex
tract ffom the explorations of' Mr.
j Moffxt lit Africa : “The country hkd
even been originally remarkable for
the quantity of raia which fell in it,
and for its consequent fertility. The
old mcn > 8atd that their forefathers
had told them ‘of the floods of ancient
times, the incessant showers which
clothed the very rockfr with verdure,
and the giant trees and forest which
once studded the brows of the Ham-
hana hills and neighboring plains.
They boasted of the Kuraman and
other rivers, with their impassable
the heaviest yield he has ever obtain- torrents, In which the hfppopotami
ed. The Aberdeen (Miss.).- Examiner played, while thojowing herdawalked
Remarkable Cotton Crops.
Tho newspapers are calling atten
tion to the wonderful success of Mr.
J. J. Crump, whoso farm is near Aber=
deen, Miss. Ho has adopted a new
process in cotton planting, and the re
markable results which have followed
his expeiiments are attracting the no-
dec of planters. In 1877 Mr. Crump
produced 1,310 pounds of ginned cot
ton to the acre, 1.000 pounds in 1878;
and the prospects thisWason point to
that tbe knot was securely tied. A
modest fee was paid and the couple
hastened to a waiting carriage. It was
not long, howetef, before the young
man’s father got wind of tbe proceed
ing and he started out, armed with a
strong stick, tn search of the delin
quent. When the irate parent came
up with tho newly married pair there
was an Intensely f dramatic scene.—
When ho Icarnott that the deed was
done and could not be undone he
somewhat relented and exclaimed, In
a voice choked with rage and disap
pointment, “If it’s did It can’t be
hoped. What God has joined together
let no man put asunder.” With this
consoling utterance he clasped tbe
bride in bis arms, gave her a buss,
and the trio started for home, rejoic
ing as they went.—Columbia Yeoman.
What NIakes Home Happy.
7 15 a. ffi.
1 00 p. m.
4 17 p. in.
6 35 a. m
C 80p.m.
3 15 p. m.
9 00 p. nr
Arriv* at Savannah - - -
Arriv* Port Royal - - ■
^AvIto Jacksonville * - « .-
at Augusta • . - .
^^Kve Savannah . - - j -
Arrivs Chsrissfea * - »
ff if kt Train, Daily
Loave Charleston - ^ %
Arrivs Savannah -
hear* Savannah < [ *
Arrive Charlsston j
8 10 p. i*.
6 40 a. rii.
j^OO p. m.
v ''“‘ a. m.
Pullman cars on all Ntgbi Trains.
C. S. GADSDEN. Engr. and Sopt.
8. 6/ Bov Laron, 0. F. and T. Agest,
gives tho process. NJ. Crump prepares
his land in December by digging holes
three feet from each other, eighteen
inches equate afld eighteen inches
deep; those holes he fills with manure
to within four Inches of the top, and
the remainder of the way with the top
soil. At the . usual season ho plants
with a view to having three stalks to a
hill* and -piles the clay from the
buttons of the pits 08 deep over their
tops as the supply will admit of, with
a VleWto Keeping down tho gross, and
then cultivates with hand and hoe,
never allowing a plow to be used. Iho
preparation is made in December in
order to eubdue the fiery qualities of
the fertilizer, and tbe holes when pre
pared ifili make st least three crops
wKbout changing their contents-ths
second crop generally,, being tho best,
This plan has gone beyond the sphere
of experiment, and tkefs is no longer
pecessity for a man to scrape over a
dozen acres when he can obtain more
Gotten and betterCottoa by cultivating
up to their necks In grass, filling their
“raakukas” (milk-sacks) with milk,
making every heart to sing for joy.’ ”
“Tliat &uch tales were true were
proved by the numerous stumps of
huge acacia—trees, that showed where
the forest had stood, and by tho dry
and parched ravices,which had evident
ly been the beds of rivers, and clothed
with vegetation. For tbe drought the
mlselonarles were held responsible. It
was In vain that Mr. Moffit reminded
them that thodrought had.been known
long before a white man set his foot
on tho soil the real reason was evi
dently that whlpbMr. iMoffat detected,
and which ho tried In vain to Impress
dpon the inhabitants of the land. They
themselves, or rather their forefathers i
were responsible for the cessartion of
rain, and the oonsequapt change from
a fprtlla land into a desert. For the
If home la the kingdom of God, and
the kingdom of £lod home may be. It
is because tho r spirit of God to there.
It is because the woman who is the
queen of that home - makes hpme the
centre of her thought, her hope and
her prayer. It is because the man
who has sworn to love her, to honor
her, and to cherish her, knows that he
best keeps his oath by making her
home and his hone glad, cheerful and
beautiful; because he does not neglect
it and desert It. ; To thefe there grow
up children next their hand ; who are
glad to surprise thelt mother with a
new pleasure, or to relieve her from
some old care ; children who find their
father their beet companion, and who
have no secret from him from boy
hood’s and girlhood’s joys and sor
rows, Tbe original trinity, the trinity
from which all scholastic and eccleal
astlcal trinities were formed, Is the
sacred trinity of the father, the mother
and the child, one In three and three
in one. - It is a life individual; a life
only perfect When each share with
each, each is intertwined with each
and each suetatna all.—Edward Ever
ett Hale.
I
South will raise this_ year about flvi
million bales of cotton, two hundrec
thousand hogsheads of sugar, and
nearly six hundred million pounds o
tobacco. This Will be a half million
more bales of oottpn, twice as much
'hugar, and twelve million more pounds
sake of building their “kraals” (en
closures for cattle, extending for miles,
and made o( stocks of timber placed section of the country.*
In the ground, touching each otb
and about fifteen . feet high) and
two or three by Mr. Crump’s process. I houses, they fcalTebt dowa every tree
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kets the present crop than any other
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The population of Texas to estimated
at 1,926,496.
the matter, my friend,, you appear to
be on tbe point of crying ?”
“Noding, Shudge, I vae only dlnk-
ing.”
“Thinking ; of what f”
“Yell; I’ll spoke It, If you told me
tar
“Then I do tell yot.”
“I J ht» didklug, fthudgis, dot you vae
me und I vas you. Dot isb, you know,
midout no shange. You vas der poor
Dutchman. I saw you oome In mldont
friends and sorrowful, und JL, say,
‘Schmidt, vat vas doze droublee ?’ und
you fepoke oud, ‘Shudge, I took me
some leetie peer.’ Und Isay, mid a
have not only warmly espoused this look ou your face, ‘Schmidt, you vas
proposition, but, In fact, tbe leaders of matfled?’ You say. ‘Yah.’ ‘Und got the city and return tor one fare.
you some childen ?’ ‘Yah.’ ‘Und you
don’t vaa so trunk as you can’t vaik?’
no one In publla life whose name has
been associated with tbd Republican
nomination for thw-Presidency has
been approached oa the subject, and
tbe proposition will doubtless be heard
by them with great surprise. Inas
much as those who are id tbe confi
dence of the leaders of ihe movement
have deemed It proper to make known
at this time their intention, it is no
onger a secret that tbe idea orignl-
nated and has been fostered as the
best answer that tbe South can make
to tbe clamor that calls for Grant; It
will be remembered that on the prop
osition to pension Gen. Shields iu tbe
Forty fifth Congress-an amendment
was offered in the Senate to add the
name of Gen.Grant, which was voted
for by quite a number of the Southern
Senators. The amendmentwas adopt
ed, but the whole bill was subsequeot-
y lost in a conflict between the two
Houses. Then, however, the Senate
had a Republican majority. Now, tbe
regular session of tbe Forty-sixth Con
gress will contain a Democratic ma
jority In both branches, so that tho
proposition to add. to Gen. Grant’s
moors will be a Democratic measure,
and will, It is believed by Its promo
ters, be tbe grandest challenge that
any political party has ever given to
any of its adversaries.
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Home Made Fkbtiuzee.—Judge R
F. Moore, one oT the most successful
farmers of ouf county, bauds us the
following formula for composting
home made fertilizer, which, tbe Judge
claims, is as good as any of the stand
ard commercial fertilizers in the mar
ket, and cheap because it costs noth
ing ex dept a little labor.
The formula for one ton of tbs fer
tilizer is as follows: One thousand
pounds of rich loam earth (procured
that NWo.’
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A negro, while resisting a policeman ^
n Newberry last week, was shot and
Seuator Hampton's health haagreat-
y Improved since hto atay at the Dag
ger’s Springs. He bos returned boa&
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Mr. B. D. Billiard, of WlnnsbmV.
was the successful competitor at Sum-
tertlast Friday for the appointment to
West Point Academy.*'*"
The Aiken Courier-Journal and Re-
view have bonfcolldated, and Is now
called the Aiken Journal And-Meeietot
Mr. F. R Henderson Is tha proprietor.
A scientific gentleman of OolwthW&L *1
gives It 08 bis opinion that tho rotten ‘ *
wood pavements of Melnpbla are re
sponsible U or the fever epidemic In
that city. ' -v ..Li
. A youth by the naHj* of Gfelm, fir-
ing near GoodjHope Church In Edge-
field county, shot himself In tbe head
last Sunday, from the effects of which
he died Instantly.
An oldjgold coin valued at,f8 50 ha«
recently been picked up near Spartan
burg. It le ( supposed to have bee#
dropped.tbere by Brittoh’soldlers dur-
Ifag the revolution. .
fe-.:
A number of boys left Grant!evffia
for Atlanta lost. week. Ah agents! J
the Atlanta cotton mill Was tbere> 4 k>ok-
log up bands,‘and they will be em
ployed in that factory.
The caterpillar has made Ita appear
ance on cotton In Hampton county,
and Is'protlng very destructive. The
recent heavy rales have also proved
damaging to the crop.
The Monumental Association of Dar
lington will erect) a. monument.io the
memory of ;the Confederatt^dead. * Tt
Is to bq bufltlfof) Italian marble and
will be twenty feet high.
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Charleston baa" effected arrange
ments with the raHfoads Iu the wdH-
ern and northern part bf the State by
which merchants and trader<oan visit
,~V
horns.' Und dot vas my dink-
avay
eg.”.
“Those are very pleasant thoughts,’-
said the magistrate in good humor. “I
think we’ll make the floe 83, but can’t
let you off altogether.”
“Dree dollar! Yell, I paid It und
vas dankful; but you vaa not ao good
a shudge mlt me as I vas mlt you.*’
And rousing himself be waddled out
of boutt.
Few who have seen the brllHaot, tiny
humming-bird, gathetidg its delicious
meal from deep-throated flowers, have
not at some time or other wished to
see a humming-bird's nest But as a
rule the abets Are Ao well hid that they
arc very rarely found, and the bird-
lings are seldom moleeted. Recently
a neet was ftiund by some parties who
bad sufficient natural curiosity to over
come tbelr compassion, and who crp-
tured the nest, twd young hummers
and the old one, took them home, and
had thein stuffed. They are to be sent
to a museum of natural curiosities in
London. The neat is built on a little
twig, and scarcely the size of halt an
English walhbt. Both neat and twig
are covered with little patches of llcb
en until it to almost Impossible to tell
one from another, and the neAt looks
like a kind ot nhtuhll eicrescenoe on
the twig. The neet to pliable, like a
tiny cup of velvet; and tha inside to
lined with a white iubetanoef as rich
and Soft as white silk. The little birds
arb about tbe aize of bumble bees; very
pretty, and they sit on a little perch
just btttslde the best, with open blits,
while the old bird hovers over them to
feed them. They are put In a small
glass globe, as stuffed bird* usually
are; and are said to be very valuable.
The Greenback
When a Columbia young lady asks
In the middle of dinner what they are
ao/og-.to havs'lor mapifor. It at By be
aceepteAae ooooiuoive evitZeoee ttuU
•he to not destined to fllla sentimental.
grave.
The State flogs on the station-houses
at tlolumbia ^and, the large United
States flag over City Hall, Gharleeton,
were at half mast on Mcndoy last as a
token of sorrow for the death of Gen.
J. 15. Hood.
^tbere Is tcnslderabie sickness at
Granlteville. .Chills and fever are the
chief complaints. The different de
partments^ |thb factory are short of
bands and with difficulty get along, ao
many are out sick. I - . ;
Abbeville Medium: More gold has
been found on Little Mountain to pay-
iug quantities. On Mr. W. F. Ander
son's plantation, on tbe Savannah
River, a rich deposit of gold and si!-
ver has been dfccovered,
Tbb colored Baptists of this^dldte
have laised money enoughjl to send a
missionary to Africa. The Rev. H. N.
Bouey left this country la April last
and went to Monrovia. He writes very
cheering accounts of the succtzs of
hto labors there.
Tbe gin-houefe of Mr. M. N. Holstriif,
In Edgefield county, was Ltruck by
lightning Tas Week and burnt to tbd
ground. Mr. Holstein bad about twelve
hundred pounds of seed cotton fa tbe
house at the. time, which he Intended
to bhVe ’ginned the next day.
Alexander Brice, Jr., of Oconee, wan
assassinated by two men near his
home eleven miles from Walhalla on
Monday night. The assassins aree
known, but have not been arrested;
Brice wag' aeptlPCCd io the Peniten
tiary by Judge Cooke in 1876.
We learn from the Lancaster Ledger
that a duel was fought near Camden
from tbe fence corners, or wash places,
or surface, dirt from the woods,) and
fifteen bushels of cotton ae?ds; put
in^o the stables ot a horse or cow;
cover with a sufficient amount of
leaves or 8traw_t0 prevent the stal
from becoming muddy or dirty. IM
It be tramped twenty or thirty days,
whan it may be put In a pen and an
other supply lo the atabla.
By this method* Judge Moore says
that a ton of fertilizer for each horse
or cow can be made, equal to the beet
fertilizer offered In tbe market, which
Is distributed in the same way, and In
the same quantities as guano. AD
who know Judge Moore, know that he
of tobacco than she ever raised before. bag needed „ a farmer and h6 Is
If pricee con tin ne fair the South will bQ u dQr . We hope our farm
be comparatively richer when she mar-
Is being organized with a view of con
trolling the next Legislature of that
State for the purpose of electing Gen.
Hammohd to the Unfitted States as
Senator Maxy’s successor in 1881.
Gen. Hammond was the Greenback
candidate for Governor last year, and
has been actively organizing Green
back clubs since hto defeat, so that tbe
party to stronger now than It has ever
been. Geo. Reagau to the leading can
didate of the Democratic jtfTrty, and It
to aald that be expresses some alarm
lest tbe new party, by superior activi
ty, shall secure the State. It to thought
tha Republicans will coalesoe with the
new party tot the purpose of giving
an indirect blow by a combination
ere will give thto manore a fair test,
and save themselves the thobsandA of
dollars paid to fertilizer manufactur-
CTB.-qcorgu PeggOTf.
1 The tall campaign will eoon open..
on Monday last between Capt. T. H.
Clarke, editor of tbe Camden Journal,
and Mr. Charles Shannon. Tbe wea
pons used were Smith & Wesson re
volver* at twenty paces. Shots wiri
exchanged without effect, sad tbe par
ties left the field. It appears that the
eeoonda had determined beforehand
that there should be but one shot ou
eahh side.
Kltvstree Star: Last week a colored
youth, upon being reproved by hto fa
ther, for maltreating hto plough ani
mals, quit and went off intc the swamp
near by. After staying some hours lu
the swamp he oame back to tbe houso
and. finding everybody else gone out,
be got hto father’s loaded gun, tied
control. Thto Is ohly the bid form of
Independents under a new name, and
as we believe H to, there is very little
doubt of its overthrow;
T
which they may eventually be able to one end of a string to the bed pest and
loopiag the other passed it over tbe
trigger. He then put tbe muzzle to
if tbe Democracy of Texas to as firm hls.temple and fired the load Into his
head. When the
foun4 him dead.
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