The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, October 21, 1885, Image 4
AGMC?LT?KAL DEPA UTMENT. ' ]
The Ciliare of Ked Oat?.
As tho Hmo is already herc for farm- 1
crs to commence SOW luff small grain,
1 think it will ho beneficial to those ot'
us who follow that method of obtain
ing our subsistence, to have an cx
qhaugc of views upon this important
subject. I know there arc farmers
who aro well versed in this branch and
1 would like to get their ideas as a
matter of improvement for myself.
My experience has been limited, but
I havo made some observations and
perhaps some of your readers might
liko to hear them.
There was a period of time when
wc were not dependent on the oat
crop for stock feed, but that has long
since passed away, and we now con
sider thc oat crop our only hope, as
corn raising in this country has como
to bc but ono ot things of thc past, a
part of the agricultural history of thc
anti bellum regime. Just after thc
war closed and cotton was selling all
tho way up as high as 10 cents per
pound, when everything was in an
abnormal condition, when thc com
merce, thc linances, and the agricul
ture of the whole country was on a
boom, the basis of which was an in
flated currency, when money flowed
like water, we could atlord high stock
feed, but in a few years when every
thing settled down to a normal condi
tion, the farmer began to look about
for cheap food for the nudes that
worked the cotton crop anil thc result
was a general introduction of thc
tann rn;; red rust proof oal.
.Some claimed that it .?'as a God-send
to this country, the only hope of *\a
colton planter, while I have always
boen undecided whether it was a bliss
ing or a curse, for Ibis reason, if tho
cotton planter had been unable to get
this oat some twelve or fourteen years
^ ago, bc would "have boen forced to
?-a^|ojj[>yt-^r^tTficront system of agricul
ture and bc would have been unable
to raise cotton at thc low price lie re
ceived for it, without this cheap stock
food, consequently bc would have
given more of his lime and attention
to production of food crops, the rear
ing of cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry, etc.,
together with sowing the various
grasses and making fine pastures.
Again lie would never have known
and Buffered the evils of that vampire,
thc lien law, which, while it is grad
ually sucking his lifo blood, cools him
with the flap of its wing in thc form of
hope. The red oat, like whiskey, is
good in its place, but is anil has been
harmful as a basis for a cotton crop.
As a leader there is no better crop for
our farmers, and wc should give to it
that intelligent study that it deserves;
there is one serious draw-hack, how
ever, to our oat crop and only one
which I havo carefully studied to rem
edy so far as my own crop is concern
ed and thal is thc free/dig out process
which has provea so disastrous of late
years.
Last season I planted ono hundred
acres in oats, and planted in several
ways to satisfy myself which was thc
surest way lo get a good stand, and
thc safest way of protection from
freezes. Thc first safo-gaurd is carly
sowing always, as late sowing is
seventy-five per cent, more liable to
freezeout than carly sowing. I sowed
my crop in various ways to lind out
thc best mothod of putting in a crop.
Thc largest part, I prepared it nicely,
cotton seeded it well, then sowed thc
seed and harrowed in thc whole thing,
and such a stand I never saw on ground.
I next plowed in some very shallow
and then harrowed thc ground, get
ting as fine a stand as thc first. Next,
I plowed in some ns deep as mules
could pull tho plows, (I mean one
horse plows), and harrowed thc
ground, also got a tine stand. Ali ot
this done in duo season, not later than
20th October. I then sowed sonic in
latter part of November and Decem
ber, all of which I plowed in about an
average depth. Some I harrowed and
somo I let i rough in order to find out
il harrowing the ground had any cllcct
on tho stand, but hoing sowed late,
and tho freezes commencing, not more
than three per cent, of them ever caine
up at all, being killed in thc process
of germination. Ninety acres ont ol
tito hundred were killed out, while
thc remaining ten ncrcs were far from
having a full stand. Now the best
stand of thc ten acres were those lhal
I plowed in deepest, and the ncxl
best were those that 1 plowed in shal
low, while the poorest stand wen
-- thoa? I harrowed in.
I also took occasion to notice Hie
different stvlcs of sowing adopted by
nearest neighbors, and found nboui
the same results with them as in ni)
own fields. 1 claim if we will plow
in tlic oats deep and then harrow tlx
ground over that thc freezes will no
effect the stand more than ten pct
cent., which is a reasonable allowacci
for bad seed and weakly plants, when
if wc put them in shallow, the slant
will bo injured fully fifty per cent,
give as my ?'casons thc following: M j
actual experiment for that purpose
It is potent to all that where hats hav<
been sown on cotton land, you cai
stand mid trace thc original watei
furrows between thc old cotton beds
by thc regular stand of oats looking ai
If they hail been sown in drills. Agaii
T cnn tell where the laps of two land;
is by the oats being more r?gulai
along this ridge, because in plowing
along this lap the oat seed get twice ai
much dirt thrown over them, bj
reason of the lapping process, as anj
other part of tho land. Yet sgain,
can trace out every water furrow
between tho lands where thc oat croj
simply been harrowed in and nm un
able to account for it in any other wa)
than by more of the soil being drag
gcel iii this furrow by the harrow
Another reason why I* believe dcc|
(?lowing In of oats will savo the stain
s, that our freezes aro seldom mon
than two inches deep, and if thc roo
of tho oat is down deep in thc warn
earth below where thc cold penetrates
5t certainly will live although ibo t<>|
may be bitten off by cold. All vego
i.o on bas a tendency to come ou!
again when Hie top is' taken olf fron
any cause whatcvor but the red om
has a wonderful tenacity in this dircc
tlon, even coming out and making twe
distinct seedings. My attention wai
called to this fact last year when 1
wanted to give my mulos some greet
food, and had half au acre of oats cul
while they were in Die milk stale, ami
they cam? out and mado another cror,
^ although, not so ?food as thc first, ycl
they wero fairly good oats. I came tc
tho rondin-ion that any plant thal
could come out and mat aro after being
CUtat SO lalo a stage of development,
conld never suffer from any cause, sc
long as the roots remained intact, and
I believe If wo will plow tho oat denn
in tho ground eo Its roots will bo
beyond tho rosoli of cold that we will
never complain of freezing weather
and bad stands. Before the introducs
lon of so ninny harrows in Ulis Stato
?re ncvor lioartl so much complain of
freezing out, ami 1 regard tho common
uso of harrows for putting in tho ont
crop as the main causo of so much
trouble with had stands. Of courso
lhere aro other causes, hut I regard
harrowing in is the chief cause. There
is one more theory upon which 1 am
undecided, simply because I have not
hud nu opportunity of tenting it. I
behove it has some bearing, but don't
know to what extent, and that theory
is, that our oats having become di unit
ized, they havo boco ino moro tender
from tho effects of so much wann
weather in the fall and spring, striking
thc young plant first and then coming
again on them nearer maturity. If
some farmer will procure seed from a
colder latitude and publish his expe
rience, lie will con for a great favor on
tho generally. No one need fear put
ting thc oat seed too deep in the ?round,
as 1 have fully tested that and find 1
can ?rot a good [stand at eight inches
deep.
I would like lo .hear from some of
thc older heads on Ibis subject, men
who have been long in tho business,
and who have made it a study.
All we need in this country to make
our agricultural interests a success, is
to give it its dues in the way of brain
work, ?ct out of tho old channels, stop
planting cotton only as a surplus and
making every plantation self-sustain
ing, and last hut not least, stop the
negro from killing mules by starvation
and other equally as barbarous meth
ods. If WO could and would devote
all our time and attention to our
farming interests, it would bring about
Hint grand agricultural revolution
which I claim must conic ere wo will
have any substantial progress or solid
improvement in this country: theil
and not until theil, will WC have that
"Now South" they are writing so much
about.
Let us not leave the whole rgricul
I ural depart mcni in the the hands of j
the old men, but let cur young men
lay hold and make it an honorable
calling instead of a disgrace ns many
of us consider it now. S. lt. lt.
Tobacco Culture.
Tho following interesting letter, re
ceived I rom Commissioner lintier, will
also appear in thc rcgort of the State
agricultural department Oil thc l?lh
instant:
LANDSKORD CIIESTRU CO., s. C., /
September 21, 1885. $
Col. A. I*, lintier, Commissioner of
Agriculture, Columbia, S. C.-Dear!
Sir: Realizing, after eight years' ex
perience, both in planting and renting
out land for the cultivation of cotton
in this section, thc necessity of rinding
another or rather additional money
croii, I began two years ago to inves
tigate mid study the cultivation and
curing of tobacco. 1 soon became
convinced that a portio'n of my land
was adapted to thc growth of "bright
yellow" tobacco, thc production of
which 1ms ilene so much of late years
to enrich certain sections of North
Carolina and Virginia. Whether our
climate would prove equally suitable
could bc proven only by actual exper
iment. This experiment 1 decided to
make.
In November last I employed in
Vance county, N. C., a young man
versed in tobacco culture and curing,
and on the first day of January, 1RS."),
began work lo prepare for my first
crop. Desirous of giving it a fair trial
I cleared out and prepared for culti
vation seven acres ot original forest
laud of good quality and of the proper
kind for thc growth of bright tobacco,
viz., of gray sandy top soil with po
rous yellow sandy subsoil. I also
selected about ten acres in different
lots of old lands, part in small pines of
second growth, part in broom sedge,
and about two acres in a fine state of
cultivation, all of sanie character as
new ground already described. All of
this, by repeated plowing* und harrow
ing, I reduced to thc finest tilth during
the mouths of March, April and Mu>
and in thc latter month prepared them
all for tho reception of my plants -first
manuring them-thc new ground with
200 pounds of blood aminoilintcd sup
erphosphates, (manufactured by tho
"Domestic Fertilizer Company of Co
lumbia,") and the old land with ti com
post of stable manure, cotton seed,
kain!t and acid phosphate at thc rate
of a little more than 1,000 pounds per
vere, both applied in thc drill and bed
ded in IIB for cotton, and afterwards
"hilled" by checking with a straight
shovel and drawing un with hand hoes
and "patting" to retain the moisture
and ind?calo thc place for setting the
plant- All of this work 1 sound etisv,
and by thc 10th of May had all my
tobacco land ready with two horses
and three extra hoe hands-two of
them boys under 15 years. In addi
tion I had planted twelve acres in col
ton, about thc same in corn, besides
garden and patches. My plant beds
were prepared III January and Febru
ary, part on upland and part on branch
bottoms, thc object being to provide
for thc extremo of wet or dry, and
with thc hope of securing plants for
carly setting from the warm upland
beds. The seed, all of best varieties
from yellow tobacco virgins of North
Carolina, caine well and proved very
hardy, some even standing the severe
fast of three or four inches of snow
without burt in the middle of March.
From this dato (March 17) to about
thc 10th of June, however, we had
positively no rain, not even a shower
ni April, proberbial for her smiles and
tears. In thc latter part of May we
had two small showers, hut not enough
to wet the ground halt an inch, so my
upland beds did practically no good,
the dry cold did practically no good,
the dry cold wind "blowing the plants
oil'thc beti," ns tho soyiug goes, and
the "flea beetle" ami "fly" literally
eating up what rcinniiidcd. My bot
tom beds, however, did their full duty
and furnished me ?ill the plant- I need
ed or had time ami season to set.
Tho first shower in May (about the
20th) I set 16.000 plants, of which,
perhaps 10,000 liveth The second
shower, about the 28th, I set 24,000.
Baving not more than 12,000, the hot
sun and dry ground killing the halt.
I then set about 10,000 with water, (a
slow, tedious anti costly process:)
two-thirds of these lived and did well.
About Ibo muidlo of June I succeeded
in getting all my land once set, ami
perhaps, lind 40,000 plants then living,
but thc terrible dry hot weather tm?
Mediately thereafter killed 10 or 12,
XH) of them, and it was not until thc 1
Ith of July that wc hail a senson sufTl- 1
.?cut to wet thc ground, and. lalo as it
ivas, I reset enough land to bring my ?
iving plants uv to 50,000, or enough I
icattorcd over 17 acres of laud to plant ?
10 acres fully. From thc 4th of July 1
o 29th August wc had not a drop of
.un, and, of courso (lie tobacco grew
lowly, but tho ground having been %
.ace wet it did not dio, and I con- t
huted to work it, ploughing each way Jj
one harrow lo tho row, with 20 Inch
fe
sweep,) following with band boos,
drawing dirt lo the plant each time.
I found tho cultivation very easy ; rap
idly done, mid Well sidled to negro
labor. Un lo the 20lh July I bad no
trouble with tho horn worm, butnbout
that time they appeared in vast ami
increasing quantities, and bet?re 1
could got my raw negro hands .'edu
cated'' up to thc point Of catching all
ot them, big and little as they v/enl,
the ones left bohind, and growing rap
idly to enormous size, had done ino
great injury. As soon as thc worms
appcard I also took measures to reduce
their numbers by poisoning the moth,
whose egg laid on the under side ot
the tobnoco leaf, produces thc worm.
To this end, in the cultivation of the
crop, I had instructed my boo hands
to sparc nil plants ot Hie Jimpsou
(Jamestown) weed found growing lu
the tobacco bills, the seed going to the
Held with tho compost, 1 suppose, and
ibo consequence was that in each lot
1 bad a few very nourishing stalks of
JimpSOll just coming into bloom.
Within these blooms, which arc the
favorite food of the "hawk moth,'' and
which un; open nt night mid closed in
daylight, or, nt least, sunlight, I encl*
evening injected a lew drops of sweet
ened water, pretty well colored with
cobalt, using n small machine oil cnn
with spring bottom us nu injector. I
soon began to lind the demi moths,
and in less than a week's lime had thc
satisfaction lo note, Hrst n decrease in
thc eggs und young worms, und in
two weeks' time a totul disappearance
of all except tb s old worms neglected
in previous worming; nor havel been
bothered with them since, except once,
when my Jimpsou weeds being nearly
killed by tho continued doses of cobalt
1 di*cv*?idinuiMi the use of il a few days,
when I lound the worms again np
penriug and young moths growing lill?
merous in the fields. A few, two ot
three, docs u week bas kept them undei
ever since : ami right here I w ill say
that I believe if I bad commenced thc
usc of the cobalt as soon as 'the fl I'S I
JimpSOll bloom appeared I should
have escaped the worms almost alto
ge; ber.
My tobacco showing seed-buds tirsl
about l?lll duly -the first planting-1
topbed enough for one burn nbout
July 20. This tobacco wits cul nm
put ii) barn August 25; cured on
August 21), and the specimens I som
you are from it.
After tho rain, 29ib August, it al
grew rapidly, and for the first Him
gave mc some (rouble willi the suck
ors, which linvc been or should bo rc
moved each week until ready for till
knife. I timi the additional difficulty
resulting from the ruin of that date
that nil my bottom leaves on the oidci
tobacco arc ripe and all thc tips or to|
leaves ure green und growing. As
however, 1 must get through by frost
curing two burns n week, und bavin;
barely time to do that, 1 um coiiipcllct
to cut, and the result is that while
have a fair show of bright tobacco
suitable for wrappers, I have a vcr;
unreasonable amount ot green tip
Which ?JO skill and cure will inuke any
thing e.si of. For this the senson i
I responsible. If wc bad bad rains
even nu average amount of it in th<
spring and summer, nil the tobacci
Would have been ripe to thc top nm
ready for thc knife by this time.
I built me two curing barns of mos
approved st y lo : fitted them with dou
ble return Hues, costing barns com
pletc, about $90 each, and find then
to act perfectly. I have already cu
und cured eigbi barns of from 400 ti
600 pounds weight of cured ?caf, am
expect to cure six or, perhaps, sevei
more. I have also built u most sui]
stnnlial pucking house, 40 by 20, tw
floors, giving me capacity for stormi
about 85 boxes, besides room for st ri {:
ping und bundling. I will prepare ni;
tobacco for market during the warr
wet spells in Hie winter months; wil
puck it in hogsheads and ship to som
market in North Cnrolinu or Virginii
and when I get returns will tell yo
more nbout it an a money crop. Thu
far 1 have demonstrated to my ow
satisfaction :
1st. Thai our soil and climate ar
best adapted to the production of fin
yellow tobacco.
2d. That the kind and abundance c
labor wc have is (with good innnngt
ment, n good stock of patience, due al
lowanco for ignorance and coiiscqueii
inefficiency, until taught,) peculiar I
favorable to its production US Ult Utixi
lary crop.
:?d. That I shall oil large my facilitk
for curing und storing, and next yen
shall extend the production on my ow
place by inducement* held out to m
tenants to plant two to four acres t
thc family, lo bc worked by (hem, (i
which operation women ami childre
? a o be most profitably employed dm
lng the idle season of August mid I
loth September,) and aftewards, wbe
ready to cure, to bc sold on bill <
cured on shat os, as agreed upon.
4th. That you have not heard tl
Inst of tobacco growing as an Indus!r
in this section.
I send you a few bunds of "bright,
running from fu st grade leaf to brigl
"lug," which you cnn placo with ot lu
South Carolina products in Agrien
turill Hull, remembering that brigl
yellow tobacco will stund neilin
handling nor light, (excessive) nu
that it should not bc subjected lo tl
extremes of wet and dry. Those spc
?mens have never yet been bulked, un
arc not ul their best, but may ut len
rank as curiosities, coming, us (hey tl
from the first b'irn of flue cure
tobacco ever cured in the Stat
(August 20. 1886,) so fur a? I kliov
and certainly the (list cured in whi
will one day be the celebrated yollO'
tobacco region of Chester county.
I am very respectfully, yours I
command, W. lt. DAVIK.
< i. uni. o I. ol 11 if n Valuable Article.
Thc publisher of tho Madison Count
Review writes from Huntsville, Ark
as to the effect of Uro wu's Iron Hlttci
on his wife. Mr. Daugherty say
"My wife hus been using tuc BittOI
for some months; the effect in her cati
is remarkable". Ile also writes tin
owing to counterfeits nml imitation
it was difficult (o get tho gonuino arl
eic. That difficulty ?S now remedied
imitators haue been exposed mid pt
lo flight. There, asolncwhorc Brown
Iron Bittern can bc had of all the n
spectnblc druggists at a dollar a bottle.
-James B. Clary, who lives sevc
miles from Nowborry, whilo in a flt (
delirium I romeos imagined that ho ,vn
being attacked by a crowd of ncgroei
In firing nt Iiis imaginary oiimnics, on
>f thc balls from his pistol struck hi
ittlo son, aged six, making a vcr
icrious wound. At Ibis time it I
bought tho littlo fellow will rccovei
ADVICE TOMOTHKH8.
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTRTNO Srnvr should a
rays bo used ror children teething, lt soothe
bo child, softens tho gums, allaya all pall
urcs wind collo, and ls the best remedy fi.
Liurrham. Twenty-five cent? a bottlo.
JulyMi.tyi
OJENKKAI* NKAVS n HMS,
Fart* nf" I nt? U KI, Oathond trnm Varlou?
Quattara.
-The trial of Ferdinand Ward oom?
menced on Monday.
-Bullion in tho Hank of England
Increased ?81,206 during I ho past week?
-Now York eily is lo BOC .ld $1,000
for water lillies to bc placed in it parks.
-There were reported throughout
Spain on Thursday 107 new cse* of
cholera und ?ti deaths.
-"Llbertv Enlightening tho World"
wants $40,000 more for chains and
anchors to keep her steadfast.
-The Porto hus issued a circular to
thc Towers staling that tho armaments
of G rocco are a menace to peace.
-Juv Gould's family have an income
of $1,400,000 a year from their invest
ment in Missouri Pacific Railroad slock.
-The Democrats of Dakota have
determined to lake no part in the elec
tion for a Constitution for South Da
kota.
- lt is understood that the sentence
of death of the leader of the hall-hrcod
rebellion in Canada will bc commuted
to life-long servitude.
-The Archbishop of Canterbury ha?
drawn up special prayers for use in his
diocese with reference to the approach
ing general election in England.
-Capitalists from Dunlap, Iowa,
have formed a company with $l.r)0,000
paid up capital for a private savings
bank at Chattanooga.
-Tho Swedish bark Zacharias,
Capt. Elldrcsen, which left Wilming
ton, N. C., on April 21, for Hull, is miss
ing, and it is feared that she is lost.
-The President has appointed C.
Meyer Zulick, of At'taoua, to he Gov
ernor of Ari/.ona, ncc Frederick A,
Trille, resigned.
- A. W. Shaw, bettor known as
"Josh Hillings," died at Monterey,
Cal., on the 14th inst., of apoplexy,
Thc body was embalmed and sent Fast
- 11 a alan and Lee won tho Pleasure
Island boat race near Albany, N. Y
by three lengths in IK minutes and '.'I,
seconds, defeating Conley and Court
ney.
- In St. Louis all the street car linei
are running nearly if not quito u ful
complement of cars without molesta
lion, ami the police guard bas bcei
reduced one-half.
-The marine hospital bureau is in
formed that cholera is inc.easing ii
fatality in Palermo, and that yellow
fever is on tho increase in Guuymas
Mexico.
-The Court of Alabama Claims ha
refused to reinstate J. F. Manning, tin
attorney whose denunciation of tin
Court led to the recent ofllcial investi
gation of its expenses.
-There are at least twenty cases o
smallpox in Marincttc, Wis , the dis
ease having been brought there by i
Montreal citizen. Four deaths liavi
already occurred.
-Thirty counties in Kansas liav
nominated Prohibit ion tickets, and i
is expected that at least an equal nuni
her of Prohibition tickets will hi
chosen in additional counties.
- There were forty-one deaths iron
smallpox in Montreal on Tuesday
eight in St. Cuiicgondo, five in St
Henri, five in St. Jean Huptiste, one ii
St. Gabriel and two in Hachclaga.
-George E. GHI, aged seventy-flvi
who recently removed to Clint tatlOOg
from Wilmington, Del., was killed b
a freight train at the outskirts of th
city last week while taking a walk.
-The Harvard Collego annex, so
called, opened its seventh year o
Monday with sixty-live young wonie
oi. ' lied. It now, for thc first timi
has a house of its own, and its endow
ment amounts lo $8.1,000.
- Bids were opened at the Trensur
Department last week for the brick an
stone work on the new Federal built
iug at Lynchburg, Va. A. M. Ml
Gowan, of Washington, was tho low
cst bidder at $26,700.
-The laud office at Washington ha
received a communication stating tin
Dr. Powers, who was a Governinci
witness in thc prosecution of a fraudt
lent land case in California, lins bec
slain by J. F. Pruitt, one of thc di
fondants.
-The Georgia Legislature adjournc
on Thursday, after u summer scssiu
of one hundred days. Thc most iu
portant bill passed was thc goner
local option law, under which man
temperance elections will be held i
various counties.
--The Wa\ nc county, Mich , ( 'mn
lust weok, decreed that the law pr?
bibiting tho manufacture and sale <
alcholic liquor is nnconstitutlonal fi
technical reasons, and because it pr
vented men from engaging in legit
mate business.
-Hamer & Roberts, coal operator
.f Pittsburg, Pa., have decided to sta
their Elizabeth mino at tho thrcc-cc
rate. This is ono of thc largest min
on thc river, and thc concession of tl
rate demanded is an important victoi
for thc strikers.
-An effort is soon to be made to i
duce (be State department to take son
action in thc matter of tho const:
general nt Paris. This is one of tl
most sought of tho consulates, ai
there arc said to bo four hundred a
pllcants upon file for lt.
-Tho New York gubernatorial cai
paign brings ou a renewal of ?il
attention to matters (bat have nothii
to do with the issues. Tho war recoi
of Governor Hill's brothers ls one
(he outside points which lins cans?
discussion.
-A great sensation has been canst
in Quincy, HI., by thc publication
thc details of the defalcation of Hem
lt. Conley, secretary and treasurer
t.'O Quinev Gaslight and Coko (Jot
puny. Illu peculations co ve re? I
period oi eleven vears and amounli
to from $22,000 to $30,000.
- President Lincoln wont to tl
(hentcr ofton to forget his cares. (?ra
not so frequently. Hayes seldor
Arthur went every time there wi
anything worth seeing. He was voi
hospitable to actors ami actresses, to
President devland docs not caro voi
much for the theater, but ho goes o
casionally.
Letters from Hum ville Purish, Lu
last weok glvo particulars of tho rois
of terror which has existed in tl
parish for some time. Tho origin ?
tho trouble was a neighbor hood font
Members of several families have boc
taken from their homes and wh'.ppi
and othorwise maltreated. Two pa
ties were shot and, lt is feared, fatall
wounded. Govornor McEuory, afb
Investigation of the matter through tl
District Judge, has ordered that a
guilty parties bo arrested and punlsl
ed. Sevoral have boon iden ti Dod, an
officers aro in pursuit of them.
Cit I IM KS ANO CA8UALTIKU.
A Virginia Farmer K III. .1 by ? Young Man
who bad Killed u fellow-Student at Col
biro.
Wm. M. Brown? n prominent citizen
of 81 ann to fl i Vu., was shot and killed
lu tho rotunda of tho fair grounds on
Thursday, hy Stuart Kerner. Tho
uiurder lia? caused Intense although
Buhdiied excitement. The killing is
regarded as di-taiilly. There has
been Hil old grudge between tho two
mon. Kernel- bad declared that ho
intended lu kill Drown on sight, They
met in the crowded rotund? at thc fair
grounds, Brown's wife having hold of
one arm and their little child the other
hand. .Scarcely a word passed when
Kcrncr placed ids pistol almost Against
Brown's body and tired, thc hall en
tering two inches below the heart.
Kern jr was at mice arrested and hur
ried to jail. Brown was taken into
tlie open air where lie died in twenty
five minutes. The news Hew Uko
wildfire through ibo hugo crowd, and
in twenty minutes ibu feeli lg lound
vent Iii threats of lynching. Tho'
mayor ordered a military guard around
thc jail. Brown wan an oiiorgctio and
prosperous young farmer and wa? gen
erally liked. Kerner is a member of n
prominent mid wealthy family. When
at college some years ugo he killed a
fcllow-student in a quarrel. After a
long trial he was acquitted. His
friends claim, that bis mind is uiibal
aiiced, and insanity will be thc plea of
bis defence.
nu: WOltl.li OK LABOR.
Villon Work.urn In Mm Incite. WI* , He
?;< lr.- * Hoard lng-ll mino of Non Union
Mou
At an carly hour un Thursday a
large force of the Laborers' Union of
Mari not to, Wis., esl I mated lo bo ncarl)
a thousand strong, marched in a solid
body across the river lo Menominee
and surrounded one of thu Kirby Uar
pouter Company's boardingdiousos
before the men bad been to breakfast
not allowing a man lu go to work
This act ls the outcome ot the meeting
held lhere by the members of tho union
al which it was stilted that tho Kl rh J
Carpenter Company was employing
non-union men in I heir mills and had
refused tu sign ibo contract which the
other mill companies had signed
allov lug their men eleven hours as a
day's work, with one hour for dinner
thc balance of the season. The Union
claims thal the Kirby Carpenter Coin
puny was quietly luring and importing
men in their barges from Chicago to
work at the old standard lime as bc
fore the las! lockout, waiving all claims
and rights to themselves and to the
(011-hour law of Michigan as now in
force; that the mill bas its complement
of men and could be run in full force
from this on. Up to a late hour on
Thursday night no settlement bad been
minie ?>r arrangement on which tlie
mills will again start up. The com
nany is determined that the mills shall
oe run on the obi system, while thc
union is equally deiei mined that no
mau shall go to work under such nu
Arrangement.
Hallroad Coimnleiihiiie.
The Supreme Cou ri of the United
States on Tuesday begun bearing nrgu
inenls upon the "Mississippi railroad
commissioners' cases." These ure three
in number, having points of difference
lint similar in their main features, and
j they were argued together. They in
Volvo a decision upon the right of
'St?to'ib fix tariff rates, prescribe local
?tics for depots, and make other regit
ISsiuns for railroads which arc built
['and operated under charters of other
States of the United States. lu 1884
the Mississippi Legislature passctl
railroad commission lull providing foi
thc appointment of a hoard of cominis
sioncrs authorized and required to fix
tariff rates for railroads lying in and
passing through thc State, and to cxoi
else certain other functions in thc man
agemeet of lines, and empowered thc
commission to demand under penalties
for non-compliance such information
from tho roads as might bc found
desirable in thc performance of its
duties. Thc commissioners took steps
to carry out the law, giving thc roads
notice of the fuct, whereupon thc
Fanners' Loan and Trust Company, as
trustees of tho Mobile and Ohio ltor.d
thc Illinois Central and thc New Or
leans and Northeastern each attacked
thc law lu the Federal Courts, holdin
if to be unconstitutional, ami secure
au injunction rest raining the commia
sinners from carrying thc State law
into effect. The question comes before
the Supreme Court upon appeal from
the Court below.
lare'* Klection Aaauretl.
Tho State Democratic committee, the
Hon. John S. Harbour, chairman, met
at Kiclunond, Va., on Thursday, and
was in session for several bearing r
port s from different sections of thc
State. The news was gouerally vci
encouraging. From statements made
thc committeemen feel justified i
asserting I lint tho election of (Jen. Fitz
I^ce for Govoror is assured and that
they will have a majority in holli
branches of thc General Axsombl)
Representatives from a number
doubtful counties were preset to n9k
thc committee for help, and were
promised all the assistance tba*, the
committee could afford.
-Tho Baptists aro trying lo build
linnell at Clinton ward, KdxeHeld
county. Capt. Ward, though himself
a Methodist, luis offered to double the
largest individual Baptist subscription
in the county.
.?ri N<tura.l?l.. T^
iUt* *B Umm? ?5 wm*dy fer W*wu*s of tba
ff iaT"n"aliiabla\*tor Dtaeaaca peculiar to
Worn*?, and ali who lead aedentary IWet.
lt doea not Inju re tha teeth,canee headache/*
produc? conni r*tlon-rtAer Jrmmttdieiiutdo.
lt cnrlchet and purifica th?blood, athuulaif?
lb? appetite, aida tba aeetal tatton of toed, ra
I lavas Heartburn and Belching, and st rb nath
an* tim mu jolee and n?rvea.
Fe* Intermittent Keven. luuwttode, Lact of
Xnergy, A?., lt baa no equal.
?V The genuine baa abova trad* mark and
oroaaod rediliiea on wrapper. Take no other.
?.Se e*l> ty SaOWK CStttiCAt, 00, SAlVUPSaS, MS?
POW COUGHS AND CROUP U9i
?VC xj XJ XI JU x Tsrm
Th? inti ?um, u falhfTrd from a UM of UM ??ni? DMD?,
.rowing ?loaf th? ?mall ?trena la the Hoothtm HlaUt,
iont.Ui ? ?UinolaUot ?i[vtctot?nt print Ipi? lhal loonnl
th? pbl?gm productif th? ?arlj morning cough, ?nd .Umu
Ut?i UM Mitt I? Ibrow "*> ?>o f?1*1 ?i?mbr?u? In croup ?nd
?hooping oo?ih. Wtn oombln?d with th. h<-?JJn? mool
larri oou. prlaelpU lo th? mullrln pUol of th? <rld IWMi. pro
?HUUTtTUx'i (????-?i? RIMIOT or Hwirr OOM ara
Urama Mi? Booti known r.niMj for Cou to i. Croups
Whooping.Cough ud CoB??rnpUoD ; tod .<> palatable, ?ny
?UM U plo???) to Uk? ll. A li jour .U u?l.l f.r lt rrlr?,
???? ??a ?1. WALTER A. TAYLOR, Atlanta, Qa.
UM UR. BIOGKRH' Illicit l.KHKRRY CORDIAL fol
Warrin, a. D/MoUrr and CMIdrin Teething. For .?!? bl
TUTTIS
PBLLS
25 YEARS IN USC.
Xho Orcatcat Medical Triumph of tho Ago!
SYMPTOMS OP A
TORPID LIVER.
Loa* of a ?pol tte Dowel a costive, Fain lu
tho head, with it ililli Mciihtulon lu tho
back purl. Pulu under tho ".boulder
blade, 1'ullnonti nitor catina, with nilli
? ncllnnlloii to fxcrllonnf body ormlud,
Irritability of temper, I.nw aplrtta, with
a rccllnirof hiivina neglected -onie duty,
Woorlucaft, l>l/.7.lnes?, b'lutlcrlnp; nt the
Heart, Dot? buforolho eyed, llrndacho
aver the rlaht eye, Ucailcaoncao, with
Mt tn 1 dreania, HU-lily colored I rino, ami
CONSTIPATION.
TUTT'H 1'H.I^Saro especially adapted
to auch cases, ono tloau offocta audi a
chango of fool Inp; ns to astonish tin- nulTerer.
They Increaae the A npctlte.atld t ame tho
body ta Tithe on Klcsli, thin tho M-Mi-m ta
nonrtalteil, mid hy Hali-Tonie Arilon on
the DlkrcetlveOruniia.ltejjiilar Stool? uro
pjxid^ice^- VrWo Ufte, t * jtaiirrrty ?U..1V.Y.
TUnS HA!Pt DYE.
GHAT HAIR or WIIISKKUB changed to a
OL088V HI.ACK by a HIIIR!" application ol
thle DTK. lt Imparts u natunu color, acts
liistantuncouRly. Sold by prug|(l.ta, or
Rent by express on receipt of fl.
^fYlco. ?*4 Murray St., Now York.
THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.
How (ito Unauspecl'"K oro Often
dulled.
CAPITAL VEU8US MERIT.
It is possible that money dipped, into a
bounteous supply HI printer's ink, is to bc
used te tench false Ideas.
Why is it that MI. ! persistent anathoiuos
should all at once lu- hurled against tho usc
of "Potash amt Potash Mixtures?"
Those wht) insist that Potash is a poison
do so becau that ls tho way they have of
liahtina Ii. li ?i., as tin* latter contains
potash properly combined.
Opium, morphine, strychnine, ncouito,
whiskey, t te., are all deadly poisons, and
are dally destroying the lives nf people.
ami why do not these men cry nut against
them? lt ls because there is no money in
aifiht to do so. Potash is nut regarded as a
poison, anti very seldom harms any ene;
but those who abuse il an- usina a vegeta
ble poison ten tiiue.-i as violent. Iodide of
Potash, in proper combination, ls regarded
by.the medical profession as the quickest,
grandest and most powerful blood remedy
ever known tn mau. Those who believe in
roven led combinations ?uni indian foolish
ness arc surely in a condition to become
rather "cranky" in their ideas atany time.
Wi- assert understandingly tl.a* Potash, as
U8ed in the manufacture of H. li. ll., is not
a poison, and tho public need nut place any
confidence in assertions to the contrary.
Why is it that in one thousand letters
which we re?oive wo never hear a word
against its use? The truth is; li. li. ll. is
working such wonders in the cure of all
blood poisons, scrofula, rheumatism, ca
tarrh, etc., that others are trembling in
their boots, amt cry aloud, "poison,"
"fraud," because tin y fear its triumphant
march. Let any man or Woman ask any
respectable doctor or druggist if we are
not right, lio not be deceived, but go
righi along ami call itu ll. lt. H., amt be
cured, lt ls making five times more cures
in Atlanta than all other blond remedies
combined. We don't say thal others are
poisons or frauds; we are not that easily
alarmed, bul we say mus is the best, and
we have the proof. Send for our ?12*pag0
book, free, and be convinced.
Sohl liv all druaaists.
BLOOD IIA I.M CO., Atlanta, (?a.
Mason i Hamlin
GROANS
ORGAN AND PIANO CO.
164 Tremont St..Botlon. 4G E. 14th St. 'Union Sq.),
H.t. 149 Wabash Ave, Chlcaio.
PIANOS:
Stw modo of
Stringing. Do
n..lrri|uuoon?
l??'Ui at
ninth tuntnf ii
Hlaao* o? th?
prevailing
?tn li-ia"
tytlrm. K . -
fol
oat,
id durability.
?aartoaaa. Aoaruto car*. Not ei penal re. Thro*
.Moori |*Mjr n?r Aren??, gio? (o ?300 afr
NB?. .MN,I. M.|||,,v "", <Jr..T.?l UMJr*.
Write tu J. c. Mit urrl/ .v. <o., i-..i."" Illida l'a.
PIANOS ORGANS
The demand for Ihe Improved Ma?.,? * Il AMII*
&?l(V.0^L*? *1! ft*? .? MefJMl Mrllilon to th?
J!?2*r h" kT}T* Itnperetlre. Do not reottlre one
Mason ft Hamlin Organ aad Plano Co..
WKW TOm t flOSTOif ; CHICAGO.
AGENTS:
.COTT'8
fe leo tri o
WANTED Mfe
iCoraata. Saat alafia totB0M bi.
J eomlna; a?rente. Ko riik. nulrk ..1?
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DR.80OTT,84a Broadway St.,N.Y.
Men Think
.* .
they L.IOW all about Mustang Lin
iment. Few do. Not io know ia
not to have.
Many a Lady
is beautiful, all but her skin ;
and nobody has ever told
her how easy it is to put
beauty on the skin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolia
Balm.
NEW A l> V KUTI SEM KN TS.
AKI4? OFFI4JC. To Introduco
thom wo will give away 1000 seif
operatlii'/ WOSlllug Machines. If you
want olio BCIld as your liatno, P. O. and
express ofHco at (nico.'
TIIK NAT IONAL CO., VI tlcy St,, N. Y.
Tho Magic Insect Exterminator
nutt MOSQUITO UITK COBB.
Wo offer ono thousand dollar* for lt*
?<iunl. Bowl for circulars.
bALLADK &. CO., ? Bast ISUl St., Now York,
DKA FX UH? UH CAl'MKMnitil CIUK,
by one who was dent twenty-eight yours.
Treated by most of noted specialists of
tao day with no benefit. Cured hniurt/
In throe months, and since then hundreds of
otb? rs by samo process, A pinto, wmpie ano
Buocessfal nome treatment. Address i s.
PACK, l*a H ist Mill St., New York City,
PARKAS T027IC
If you arc wasting nwny from f.gc. dissipation
or uny disease or weakness und require a stlm
ulnni Uko PAItKRIt'8 TONIO at once, lt will
Invigorate and build you up from tho tlrst doso
but will never Intoxicate, li. luis saved hun
dreds of lives, lt may nnvo yours.
UI8COX ft CO., New York.'
WrANTKU-Agents lu every sec tion of tho
country io sell Koa. S. s. COX'w great
book, "Throe J>ecadoN <>r fed ci ul I.oa:
I-.IMII." Illustrated with Ntcwl Plates. Out
IIi s now ready Agents aro making $10 to ?14) a
day Write to thc publishers tor terms. J M.
HTODDAHT ft CO., isa i5tu st., Washington,n.e.
NEWSPAPER ADVKKTISINfl
DAUOHY & CO.,
-Z7 Va.rU. 1'lace and ?4-5?O Hurray St.,
Kew' York.
Make lowest roAs on alt towspapera in tho
U. 8. and Canada. Katabiiaiieil mur.
To mose whose purpose muy bo accomplished
bv a slmit nd tort ls* mont, or by a transient ad
vertisement, ?nd to whom prompt Insertion lu
Important, WO recommend our
POPULAR LOCAL LISTS:
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Into Beet lona
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cluded.
Titos* papers have a SOSTOLY circulation of
over
ELK VEN MILLION COPIES!
Scud tor n?W Catalogue hist out. Pari los con
templatlng n lino of ndv-ntsing, large or small,
are requested to semi mr eBtlmatt of cost.
Plo.-se mune this paper.
oem MW
THE
Columbia Music House'
WILL SAVE YOU
TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. BY lit: Y
INO
Pianos and Organs
OF TH KM.
EVERY INSTRUMENT WARRANTED
DELIVERED AT ANY DEPOT OR.
STEAMBOAT LANDING IN
THE STATE,
o-o
WRITE FOR TERMS AND fUlCES'
0-0
SPECIAL TERMS FOR SHOUT TIME
SALES.
Respectfully,
COLUMBIA MUSIO HOUSE?
N. W. THUMP, Manurer,
ivs MAIN STU KW, COLUMBIA, U. C.
Graft tm* in all htr its ps, Heureu
to her eye,
In every ?/enture dignity and lort!"
So appeared Mother Eve, and so]
lliav shine her fair descendants,
with the exercise of com mon sense,
caro and proper treatment. An
enormous Hin?ber of fomnie com?
plaints aro directly caused hy dis
turbance or suppression of the
Menstrual function. In ?riry such
ease that sterling and unfailing
Jpeclflc, BRADNKMI'S I IM \ I I
KKOULATOH, will effect relief and
cure.
lt is from the recipe of a must
distinguished physician. lt is corn
el posed of strictly officinal iiiuredl-|r
Moiits, whose happy combination has W
j j,in ver hecn surpassed. It ls prc- ??
; g i> iicd with selentillc skill from fhclgg
, ; p.n, i
HI finest materials, lt bean tin* pniini
foit.slaney of strength, cettalii-'?
Jgltv of effect, elegance of prepara- *
? ut\l\. ueauty of appearance and H
re relative cheapness. Tile testimony^
It nevell*
i *s? Hs favor ls genulUO.
j f?|fails when fairly tried.
I ?l -
^ . ( artrrsvllle, tin.
! Mi. 11'1* will certify that two nioiii-?r
B! MTS of my Immediate family, after ^
Vlhiiving suffered for many years a?
M from menstrual irregularity, and S
l???Y ,>?C ,n'!,,''<l without l.cnc- m
lu ny various medlcnl doctors, were
u 'cngtii eomaLsMg mred hy one
)oU.' l>r. .). Kradllehl's Female
?.?'KU iiuir. ts effect in ?nell casca
w only woiulorful, ami well may
"' ".nady he called "Womans
?ih st Friend."
Votirs llespeelfully,
JAMB? W. BTRANOR.
Send for .?ur book on the "llealtli
"?a Happiness of Woman." .Mall
leu free.
BlUoNRU) RKOVLA i on Co..
k.l. ... ..
HEALTH RESTORED.
With llANOVKU'H TAILORSYSTKICJOU
cut Dresses to nt, without oral Ina!
lions. DrcsH-niakers piouoiinco lt perri
Price for System, Hook and Double T
inc U i. .. aa
lng Wheel, 80.(10.
TO INTHODUGK
ill be
A System, Book amt Whee, wi
receipt of il.oo. Andreas