The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, November 25, 1885, Image 4
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. !
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8 KAKOMA ULK Nim O ESTIONS. <
pow th? Fariner May Profitably U?e the I
Pre?en.t Time of the Year. I
It is hardly necessary to urgo tho ,
prompt gathering and housing of all 1
mumu cu crops still remaining in tho 1
field. Tho days will get shorter and 1
shorter, and tho weather increasingly 1
cold and unpleasant; corn will waste
and cotton will drop on tho ground
and become-stained and trashy. Every
consideration prompts to oucrgy and
diligence. A month heneo tho days
Will bo an hour shorter, and one-tenth
less work can bo gotten out of a laborer
than at present. Indeed, with our
present labor, it is becoming unprofita
ble to employ any moro of it than
ono cap help during tho winter months.
Tho negro is BO averse to wot and
cold during that period it is hard to
got work out of him. But for this,
there is mach about a farm which
could bo done, and most conveniently
too during thc winter. Almost every
thing in tho way of betterments can be
attended to with moro advautago then
than daring the busy crop season.
1 blobing,.removing stumps and stones,
clearing and cleaning np, terracing,
filling gullies, making levees across
bottoms, making farm roads, hauling
leaves for litter, making composts,
and other like things, can receive at
tention without detriment to growing
crops. Such matters aro generally
fiut off until spring, and then there
s a hurrying, nnd rushing, and half
doing, to get them dono and out of tho
way, that preparations may bc made
for summer crops. Very much of this
kind of werk may bo advantageously
done in November, it labor can bc held
steadily to it ; end where hands aro
hired for tho year, it ought to bc done.
The fanner can give his whole at
tention to these matters-study and
. plan and supervise closoly. We And
that our presence is moro imperatively
called for by this kind of work th ail
any other on the farm. In routine
operations, trained hands can do pret
ty well, bot in betterments repeated
exercise of judgment is called for at
almost overy step.
Wo talk much of improving our
lands by deep plowing, sowing peas,
hoavy mannring, but what availeth
these if land is rolling, and tito -nil is
washed away as fast as it is deepened
or enriched. In all efforts to improve
thc soil, thc first step mnst bc to hold
it-attention, study, ingenuity, must
all bo directed to this point. Since
terracing hus acquired notoriety, hill
side ditching has been almost entirely
discarded. This may bo well after
terraces have become firmly establish
ed, but anterior to ?his, whilst the ter
races are being made, and thc loose
earth thrown up by tho {dow is easily
washed away, ditches will be decided
ly advantageous, especially if washes
have already begun. In heavy rains,
water acquires a terrible momentum
down slopes that arc long and steep,
if allowed to traverse tho wholo dis
tance; catch it in a ditch before it lias j
had timo to acquire volume and vih\\,
itv. Make the ditch _ I oloaxJi
orion-1- .-- '..-->i uo'Vil n ist ot i MIT , j
eiion?" -, - _t ??ige and deep
justice with^q.'Ytf'f???d thc water in thc heav
?- jest rains ; don t lie] timid about this,
fearing your ditch will become a gul
loy. With thc greatest fall given hill
sido ditches, it is an easy matter to
get them filled np after they have
served their purpose. Every ono who
has had milch experiouco with hill
side ditches knows that the troublo is
to keep them open. Briars, weeds,
etc., falling into them aro constantly
catching earth and making a soil in
?heir bottoms, upon which spring up
'asses and weeds; these catch moro
soil and soon tho ditch breaks over,
unless often cloancd out. In crossing
them with thc plow dirt and trash fall
in to such a degree that it ls next to
impossible to keep them open when
the plowman docs not turn at thc
ditch. Where rows arc run on a level
one year's breaking and cultivation of
tiiv. land will completely obliterate a
ditch that, is crossed.
A poorly made, inadequate ditch, is
worse thoa, no ditch, bat a properly
made, large ditch has one decided
drawback : especially on steep slopes
-the water falling into it from above
tends to start little gullies on thc nppcr
edge of the ditch; and these if not
checked tend to elongate un tho hill
In other words ditches tend to gener
ate gullies. Fortunately this can lie
obviated by leaving an unplowed strip
along the upper edge of tho ditch.
Weeds and grass growing upon this
strip binds its soil so that water will
not cut through it, but checked, in its
flow, deposits its borden of soil on
said strip and quietly percolates through
This strip should be not less than three
feet in width. Where this precaution
lias not been taken, and gullies havo
started along the upper edge of ditches,
it would bo well to put trash of some
kind lu every one of tbese, weighing
it down with rocks. A perfect edge
to the ditch can thus bo soon estab
lished, and the unplowed strip will
take care of it afterwards. Don't
defer looking after these apparently
little things; a stitch in time will save
more than afterwards.
Where . moderate gollies havo al
ready formed haul leaves, straw or
trash of any kind and put *n them-a
little brush at intervals, or a rei tv of
stob? placed across them will serve to
keep tue travos from being washed
out of them. U^this is dono, and
plowmen madotoTmthoirplowsovcr in
crossing these washes, they will very
soon fill np. More are less dirt and
trash will drop into, them fro*m thc
plows aa thep are lifted over, and this
will help to lill them. If washes arc
plowed across without lifting plow,
tho loose dirt in the wash is carried off
by the first raid, and - thus every plow
ing serves to deepen tho wash. Mako
(t an (inviolable rule to have the nlow
lifted over every Wash that can bc
crossed. Al this season of tho year it
ls well to sow a little rye, wheat, or
other grain along these washes that
aro Ailed with leaves; it will help
materially to catch and hold tho dirt
which is carried into thom by ruins;
when this ls done in the spring, a
spontaneous growth of grass and weeds
will do the same thing. It is all im
portant, however, hi every case to fix
carefully the lower end of the wash or
gully so ae to check thc action of water
there ; tho Ailing up will begin thcro
and gradually work up the hill. Wo
have repeatedly chsngod tho face of a
field br such simple devices as wo
have described, and with very little
labor.
Land thus guarded is ready for ter
racing, and terraces, when well estab
lished, will permanently hold the soil
and At lt for the reception of all the
manum yon can apply to it. Aller
the soil is prepared to receive manure,
the next step Is to At lt for labor-sav
lng Implements. These are our main
reliance for lessening tho cost of pro
duction, which is but another expres
sion for increasing net proeja. Every
destruction in tito shape of rocks,
lu in ps, otc, should bo roinoved. Of
joursctIiis remark docs not nppiy to
lcwgrounds or excessively rocky
and. lt probably would not pay to
?pend Un- requisite labor on these,
dut there is an abundauco of opon
and 111 thc country with vcrv few
dumps or rocks upon it, and this
mould bo cultivated and improved,
?veil if badly worn, in preference to
my other. On all such land tho rocks
iud stumps should bc removed; thc
jost will not bc groat, and will soon
bc paid back in thc saving of labor
from tho uso of implements which
economize labor. Tho smoothing
harrow, with its broad sweep of ten
or twelve feet, in the carly Bingos of
cultivation, and thc straddling dilti?
tors, carrying a row at a go, at a later
stage of the crop, will soon pay back
willi large interest thc expense "of dig
ging up a few stumps and hauling oil'
a few rocks. Perhaps these slump?
arc needed close by to build obstruc
tions across gullies or ravines, or
levees across branch bottoms, to check
the flow of water during floods and
gather deposits of sediment upon the
soil. Thc building of levees across
valley lands is worthy of attention.
Brandi bottoms arc in some respects
our very best lands, but they arc often
badly washed or scoured hy heavy
rains. Levees built across at narrow
tmints, where the hills project into the
lOttoms, ,rould not only stop tho dam
age from water, but make the over
flows a positivo blessing through tho
rici? sediments deposited. Whore tho
levees cross thc main ditch, abutments
of heavy rocks or of large timbers
should bc built or willows plaided on
edge of ditch. Where rocks cannot
bo had to build a levee, a double row
of willows planted across thc bottom,
with brush and logs between and
above them, will soon make a good
dam; a willow dani would ccst almost
nothing; green willow stalks driven
in along thc linc is all that is necessary
as these take root and grow readily.
A little work of this kind, not dono
because not thought of, would often
double thc value of bottom lands.
Somo time ago wo discussed at.
some length thc subject of* farm roads,
and will not repeat. These should be
looked after now and put in good
order. Hoads can kept lu good condi
tion much easier by a little work oft
repeated than by much work at inter
vals. As soon as a wash or hole
begins to form fill them at once; a
few well broken rocks or spadefuls of
dirt will do it then; a wagon load may
bc required if neglected long. Our
public roads would bc kopi in much
better order is small squads of bands
were kept working on them all tho
time, in place ol many hands upon
them twice in tho year. This is very
emphatically one of thc cases in which
a stitch in time savct nine. Hocks
should always bo broken flue when
used upon roads; no piece should bc
inure than one and a half inches
through. Small rocks will pack into
a compact mass, large ones will not; ?
the latter will continually work out j
of their berts, anda loose rock in a|
slioV\?.(?'s as objectionable as a .c'|Jr(Wdi
roau-^/i u0' better. In this Lump.
A rock hammer Will he found a very
convenient thing on a farm, where
rocks arc found. A road bcd of clay
is much improved by thc addition of
sand. This may sometimes bc very
COIlvieiiently obtained by placing ob
structions at intervals in ibe adjacent
ditches to estell tho saud which washes
into them. On thc contrary, a sandy
road bed is improved by tho addition
of clay, and this cati sometimes lie
cheaply obtained where there is an
underlying clay subsoil by digging
ditches, on each side of thc road, deep
enough to get clay and throw i; Oil
tlic road beti Farmers are more di
rectly Interested in good roads than
any other class in the cominuP'ty, and
it behooves them lo look caret'iillv
Into these matters. They : ced good
roads oil their farms over which to
beni their crops to their barns, and
good public roads to facilitate trans
port of produce to market.
A large supply ot barnyard manure,
willi which to make compost, is every
year regarded as more and more essen
tial on the. farm. Commercial fertil
izers givo so much better results in
conjunction with stall manure, than
when used alone, that every farmer is
anxious to have a full supply of tho
lutter. He wants enough to go over
all tho land ho cultivates. This can
only bo had by thc use ol'ample quan
tities ot litter. During thc busy crop
season, lie did not feel porhaps that ho
had (imo to atop his teams and hands
to haul leaves; but for some months
now no will liavo ample time. A rude
sheller under which litter could be
-tored and kept dry is very desirable,
rims arranged a limited quantity could
bo nut in the stalls at short intervals,
inti become thoroughly incorporated
with tho droppings of tho animals.
Wet leaves hauled directly from tho
woods and put In the stalls, not only
bringa discomfort to tho' stock, but
uh lr, 6s much water aa doad weight
0 be handled and hauled out.. Where
hero is a choice of oak and pine loaves
he latter aro rather to bo preferred ;
mme persons regard thom of little
nannrlal value-analysis docs not
;onfirm this viow. Freshly fallon
caves of tho common old field pine
contain tho following quantities of
nantir!*! substances in a hundred
jarte:
AN At, Y tUS OK MME STRAW.
\mmoiria (potential).0.47
Phosphoric acip:..,.0.24
Potash. .....0.12
Magnesia.0.08
Limo.,....0.28
Hilo*. .2.24
Sulpburio acid.0.05
Now compare the above willi ordi
nary damp or groon stable, -manure.
ANALYSIS OE STABLE MANURE. > tr*
Ammonia. .0.60
Phosphoric acid.0.60
Potash. . .0.40
Magnesia.0.T>0
[Ame.0.60
Tho pine straw contains about four
Iftha ns much ammonia, about one j
ml!'as much phosphorio ?cid, about
mc-half ns much lime as thc manure.
Mue straw is recommended also he
laine it breaks np and mixes with
)ther ?Jingrcdicnts rapidly, and rota
nore esslly than oak loaves. After
he pine leaves have lain on the ground
'or along time much of their fertilizing
contents havo been washed out by
rains, and they are then less valuable.
Before the winter rains set in will be
1 good time lo haul up an abundant
uipply of these leaves. Make pens of
poles or rails, All thom with the pine
draw and color with plank?, a* before
.uggested, planks make tho best tom
jorary roofs, especially during tho
?Vinter, when they aro not much warp- j
id by (ho sun.
Litter the stalls now as rapidly aa
hey will bear it. From lime to time |
'erk up the edges and dryer parts and
hrow them on tho wet spots. A vcr
largo quantity of manure oan be made
in tho next three months if one goes
about in it earnest; and ali of it will
bo needed to make up tho compost
heaps in February. To increase the
richness of the manure, und facilitate
its rotting whoro much litter is used,
cotton seed may bo scattored in the
stall occasionally. To prevent loss of
ammonia a little* kainit may be sprln
klcd in tho stalls; a pound, or less, a
day to each stall will suffice. Where
one proposes to use kainit in his com
post, this is thc best manner of doing
it; it will become thoroughly incorpo
rated with tho stall manure; and
thorough mixturo of its Ingredient*
adds much to the value of a compost.
TDK EDGEFIELU LYNCHING.
Proceedings In Ho, Court of 8es?lons--Ttae |
Trial Postponed, and t!\e Prisoners Ad?
muted to Itali.
As ahcuily stilted, the grund jury off*]
Edgelield found a "truo hill" against
all the parties charged with thc killing
ofCulbrcath. When the indictment1
wa9 read to tho prisoners, their coun
sel interposed a motioe to quash it on
dig?rent grounds, eighteen in number,
which may bc summarized as follows:
1. That thc copy Of tho indictment
furnished them by the clerk ot Court
was not a true copy.
2. A challengo to tho arrayer panel
of the grand jury.
3. Tho objections to thc validity of)
thc grand jury because some of the
jurors were removed and somo excused
and others were instituted in their
places.
4. A motion to quash the indictment
because of defects in certain of thc
counts.
Thc State, through tho Attorney
General, answered these objections,
denying that any one of them was
tenable in law.
Thc argument of the questions in
volved in thc defendants' motion com
menced before Judge Hudson on
Thursday morning.
An hour was spent in a technical
skirmish over points involving the
order in which argument should bo
heard. Thc defence then proceeded to
open thc case, Major Gary delivering
thc opening argument in their behalf.
Ile delivered a splendid legal argu
ment, absolutely freo from anything
like sensational appeals, but confined
entirely to thc legal grounds upon
which thc pica of thc defendants was
based. Ho was followed by Attorney
General Miles, who likewise addressed ,
himself wholly to thc discussion of tho
legal questions involved in tho case.
Mr. Miics took occasion, however, tn
passing, to make a public acknowledg
ment of his indebtedness to tho coun
sel associated with him, Messrs. Bon
ham & Bonham, and Gary & Evans,
for thc valuable aid which they had
extended to him in thc preparation of |
thc case.
General M. C. Butler closed the ar
gument for the defence in a vory
strong speech. Where human lifo, he
said, was concerned, it would not do
to come into Court and say tba*
solemn" *,*".\?drtw o'" lb* J" *' ?no
LT xvddo'iii.b?iilJv?on. rnrta'w should be
trifled with. Before a man can bc put
on trial for his life cvory provision,
every injunction of tho law, must lie
strictly mid scrupulously complied
with. Tho Stato could suffer no
detriment hy having tho law strictly
enforced. Thc citizen could suffer uo
detriment and would, besides, havo no
exctue for taking tho law in lils own
hands. *
Judge Hudson then delivered his de
cision orally, sustaining tho State in
every particular and overruling a'l thc
points made by the defendants, after
which the Court adjourned for dinner,
thc defendants giving notice of ex
ceptions to thu ruling of the Court.
Thc defence next moved to quash
thc panel of petit jurors, alleging vari
ous irregularities, and argument was
heard. Shortly afterwards, this mo
tion to quash* was abandoned. The
defendants' counsel then moved that
the trial of the caso be postponed till
thc next term of Court, on the ground
of tho absenco of a number of their
witiicsscs and thc expected absence of
? Lieutenant-Governor Sheppard, one
? of the counsel, and Senator Talbert,
I ono of tho defendants. Attorney
I ( 'encrai Miles said he considered that
I thc motion waa addressed entirely to
the discretion of the (.Jourt. The State,
he added, was ready for trial.
After hearing the views of all the
counsel, Judge Hudson granted tho
motion and continued the case.
A motion was then made to admit
all the d?fendante to bail, and tho de
fendants' counsel spoke at somo longth
on this. Tho attornoy-genoral said
that it was simply his duty, aa the
of beer of tho State, to call the atten
lion of tho Cond to the law on tho
subject. Tho State's attorneys, he
said, wcro glad that the responsibility
waa on the shoulders of the Court.
They made no activo resistance to
tho motion, aa they did not feel it to
bo in the line of thoir duty*.
Judge Hudson said that bo regarded
the circumstances of this ca*? ?a some
what extraordinary and peculiar, and
without expressing an opinion aa to
the weight of evidence in th? case be
would admit all the defendant* to bail
In the sum of $2,600 each.
Poor Pello'rs.
Prostrated, debilitated, enfeebled,
they feol as If they were hardly worth
picking np. They would hardly give
the toss of a bright penny for a chance
oi n choice between life and death.
But even snch forlorn people can bo
renewed by the use of Brown's Iron
Bitters. It vitalizes tho blood, tones
the nerves, and renovates the system.
Mr. Isaac C. Woed- Burr's Mills, <).,
says, MI used Brown's Iron Bitters for
general weakness, and it helped me
greatly." ^_
Speaker Carlisle III.
Speaker Carlisle was so 111 when ho
arriVed at Washington on Thursday
u'tornoon that he wa* obliged to take
o lils bcd at. once. Visitors wero not
permitted to see him and carda were
not taken to his room. He ls now inp
roving. . _
A BllnA and Deaf Wo?aa.
Miss Minnie Wallace, of Atlanta, lost
her hearing, her sight and sense ct laste.
Hores covered har body and limbs. Her
joints were swollen and painful, her limbs
pandyjad, appetite lost, and she was eking
ont a miserable life. Six bettles of H. ?. if
restored her sight and hearing, relieved all
adios and pains, added flesh and strength
and she ls new a well woman. Write to
her.
A prominent Alabama physician said:
A patient who was almost dying from the
effects of Tertiary Syphillls ana who had
been treated by several noted physicians
without bc ie flt, used one dozen bottles of
B. B. B. and was entirely enred. He had
ulcers on his arms and the bones protruded
through the flesh and skin at the elbow,
and death seemed Inevitable."
I
-Germany has acquiesced In the
Popo's settlement of tho Caroline ques
tion.
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A S ETOO IC IMO TK A?KDY.
Thr?? Mon, Fnthar and Two Sunn, Killed
by ? Kin ?mari -Particular* of the Occur
rence. ?
(From Vi? Neu?and Courier.)
At noon on Wednesday thu 18th inst,
a wi,itc. man, named Corley, and a
negro, moued Charles Brooks, galloped
into ?dgofleld with the news ot' a
most horrible crime. The victims are
Edward Prcssley, a white man, who is
ovtr eighty years of ago, and his two
sons Charles and Edward, aged about
twcnty-oix and thirty years respect
ively. The murderer is Robert Jones,
also white, who married tho grand
daughter of Prcssley and who lives
on the farm with them. Tho ?cene of
the tragedy is about eight miles west
of tho court-house.
Tho representativo of the New? and
Couriert upon hearing of the occur
rence, at once sot out to invest?galo it
amt KUI bored the following dolails ol
the horrible affair: Jones, the mur
derer, it appearn, came here from
Georgia several years ago and married
Mr. Pressley's granddaughter. The
Pressloys rent some land in the neigh
borhood, a portion of which was occu
pied by Jones, who, however, paid
no rout for it. On Tuesday evening
before the homicide Charles Pressloy
went to Jones's house and told him
that he would have to vacate thc land
ns he and bis brother could not alford
to pay tho rent for him. On Wednes
day about ll o'clock Jones entered the
Acid where old Pressloy and his sous
Charle* and Edward wcro ploughing.
A colored mau who liven near the
sccuo of the murder states that ho saw
.Iones go up to Charles Pressloy and,
without any words, raise a double
barrelled gun to bis shoulder and
empty tho contents of both b?rrela
into the body of his victim. He thou
turned and walked off in the direction
of thc woods. Edward Prcssley, thc
brother of tho murdered man, putting
down his plough, started to pursue thc
murderer of his brother. Jones waited
until ho came up and, then taking* s
knife, stabbed lum in tho right side
ripped the knife entirely across hit
chest, killing bim almost instantly. In
tho meantime old Pressley was in thc
licht trying to hold his sou's plougr
horse which bad been frightened at tm
sound of tho firing. Jonos deliberate
ly reloaded his gun, approached thc
old mau and shot him dead. Ho theil
went home, mounted his horse uni
rode off. John Prcssley, the only
remaining son, was in the'housc at thc
time and caine out after hoaring thc
tiring, onl} to And his father and lib
two brothers lying dead in tho field
A messenger was dispatched to thc
court-house to get out a warrant. Thc
Prcssleys have the reputation of being
respectable, quiet and orderly peoplo,
the elderly son, John, having servec
through the war with bravery. Jonot
came to Edgeficld about six years agc
and settled lu tho county. His sistcrt
arc married there, one of them bchu
the wife of Mr. Parkman
defendants in tho n-j" ; u,,e ot l,M
Thara I?- *.-CTT?oreath case.
. mc strangest sequel to thii
horrible adair, however. About '
o'clock in tho afternoon a short, thick
set man, attired in an ordinary home
spun Bint, entered the village, carrying
on his shoulder a doublc-barrcNcc
shotgun. He went to thc nostofllcc
left his gun witli a mau iii there, nm
? then slowlv and deliberately walket
on to the Jail, which is situated next l<
the court-house and which has a fron
yard, railed In by an ordinary Jiroi
railing. "That's Jonen," said" som
one, and as the news of the murdc
had been known for soino time a crow?
speedily followed Jone*, lie ap pl in
to the negro turnkey, who opened th
gate, aaa entered the plucc and gav
himself np. Ile was followed into th
jail by a miscellaneous erowd, but n
one made any attempt to injure him.
Upon entering the pol he rcinarke
to some of the prisoners who kne\
him that he had killel three of th
best men in the county, but he wa
obliged to do it. At this point hi
relativo interposed and advised him t
say not bi i, ; more, and he obeyed th
Iron notion.
Theevidetico beforo the coroner's jar
was brief. Charle*, llrooks, an eyt
witness of tho killing testified as to
lows:
*4 wan at my house, shucking cor
and the fir?t noise I heard was a gui
then I heard a scream, and I raised u
and saw two men running whom
recognized as Edward Pressley, Jr
and Hob Jones. I saw them cate
hold of each ot^cr and I saw or
reach out ol his hand as if he wi
using his knife but I don't know whic
one it was, but I saw Mr. Prcssley fal
and Mr. Jones walked < ' with his gu
in his hand, and then I .aw sometbin
lying on the ground that I took to t
Charles Pressley. Mr. Jones walkc
back In the direction of whero M
Charles Pressley was lying sud sto]
ped and loaded his gun, after whic
ne walked to where Edward Pr?salo;
Sr., was standing and said, "Dog goi
it, I will shoot you too," aud thor
upon ho raised hie gun and shot hin
Mr. Jones then walked on towan
his house, about 400 yards off*. M
Pressley, Sr., fell as soon as ho wi
shot. When I saw Mr. Edward Pres
ley and Mr. Rob Jones running M
Jones was in front. The first reno
that I heard seemed to be as if bot
barrels were discharged at once. >
one oise could have done tho shootb
without my seeing him. I am sall
fled from what I saw that Mr. Join
killed all three of tho Pressleys. Di
Mitchell and myself were about tl
second ones to get there after thc
foll. I did not seo any weapons of ai
kind lying about. I never heard of M
Pressfoy and Mr. Jones having ar
difficulty."
Mr. J. ll. Pressley, the only sn
viving male member of the family w
not an eye-witness, and his cvldeu
ls not important.
Mr. J. lt. Terry tost i fled as follow
"I was at my house, about ono mi
from Mr. Pressley's place, on the roi
towards Edgeflelcl village. I was
my potato patch and saw Mr. Jon
coming np through the com field, at
he called to me. I stopped, and af?
I shaking hands said that be was
1 great trouble. Ho had his gun on li
shoulder at the time. I asked hil
what was the matter. Ile said ho hi
[had S difficulty with the Proust
about land. He said he bought tl
land andfnahl for lt and had pape
for lt, sud that the Presslays had i
tempted to sow oats upon It, and th
1st bad ?old them that be would sho
i them if they did, aad that they hi
csmmenoed to sow oats In the mor
lng, and that ha had ?hot them in co
. $*quenc*. He then said that he won
it go the -Tillage and gire himself op, i
go to Georgia and die there- 1 thong
? that be was Jetting. He then went
\ the direction of the village of Kdg
! field. Ht said that he was afraid th
ho bad killed Charles Pressley, F
ward Pressley, Sr., and Edwa
Pressley, Jr. He did not give ai
reason for the shooting other tin
\
that they (tho Pressloys) wore trying
to tako bis land aftor ho lind forbid
den thom Ho did not say what ho
had Ahot thom with."
THX WAH IN rm; t.rI.K \ vs
Prliice Alexander mid Ula UIIIKIO Inna Giiln
A Great T.lUfenph.
Tho lah - i nows front tlie neat of
war In Europe shows a complote
change in the aspect ot' affairs. Tho
prospect* of Bulgaria,thanks to Prince
A ic \n ii dc r's bravery and generalship,
arc as bright now as they were gloomy
recontjy. An olllcinl report states that
tho Servians entered Brosiltk oil
Wednesday. The town hail been
abandoned by thc Bulgarians, who, in
thole haste to get away, left eight ??IIIIB
behind them. Thc capture or Brcsnik
leaves that ronlo open to Sofia. Thc
Bulgarian anny of tho Widden dis
trict may be cons d red completely
destroyed and dispersed. Thu Bulga
rians have carried every one ol' thc
Servian positions^'Idell "were menac
ing Slivnitsa. Prince Alexander lcd
thc Bulgarian columns in portion.
Later nows confirms tho tiding* of
tho great victory won by Prince Alex
ander and his Bulgarians at Widden.
Even thc Servian dispatches freely
ackuowlodgc the truth of thc Bulgarian
account, although they first denied it
Prince Alexander, however, feels thc
need ot assistance, and has given up
his claim on Itoumclia in order to
obtain aid from thc Sultan.
Bulgaria is denuding tho Turkish
frontier of troops and is sending all
her available forces to combat thc
Servium. Thc public arc allowed to
go to thc depots cn route to seo theil
relations and friends. Many of thc
villagers tramp long distances and
wait at tho depots several hours, and
in sonic instances whole days and
nights, to seo their friends and uivc
them flowers and present-. Tri ncc
Alexander's success before Slivnil/.?
has revived thc courage of those g"iny
to tho fron?, and they undcrgacxtrcmc
hardships with remarkable fortitude
In many casos they arc compelled tc
march long distances in had weather
and nt night camp in open space?
where thoy aro shelterless, not having
oven ordinary tents to protect them
from tho severity of the weather.
The Hebel lt l-l ExeouUd.
Louis Kiel, thc leader in thc half
breed insurrection against the Doini ll
ion government in the Northwest Ter
ritory, was hanged at Regina on tht
Killi inst. In his last hours he hchavct
with a coolness and courage that coin
inundcd thc respect and even admira
tion of his executioners. Ile wir
hanged, it is said, not so much for hi:
loadorship in the revolt as for partiel
pot ion in thc killing of rome of tin
Queen's subjects, which tho authorltloi
called a slaughter, hut to thc lust ht
denied participation or comnlicitv ii
rSWi.flodS cherts wert; n.ade to sci
aside thc verdict of thc court whlcl
convicted him, by an appeal lo tin
Privy Council, but this was refused
Then an effort was made to procure
from thc Govornor-Concral a comma
tatioil of sentence, which wu-- ?dst
refused. The Canadian Kreuch took
much iutercst tu his case, l.c being o
French parentage, and it was urged ii
his behalf that ho was insane. Three
physicians were selected to visit bin
and make a test of hi* sanity. Tw<
out of three wore of opinion that In
was mentally unbalanced, while tin
third refilled to say finit lie was not
But all this did not save him. Tin
edict for his execution went forth, am
thc hangman obeyed il.
Suicide lu Marlboro.
Mr. J. K. (?lass, ii promising yntlllf
man about twenty-one years of agc
who has been keeping books foi
Messrs. Pegues & Brothers, of Muri
boro county, committed suicide las
Thursday night about 0 o'clock h;
shooting himself in thc head with i
pistol, (le had made an nrrnngcnion
to conic over to Cboraw with SOUK
friends to a dance, ami while louvers
in;; with these friends bunded' over hi
pocket-book, told them good-bye and
placing a pistol to his eur, tired. Ni
cause can bc assigned for thc rasl
deed. Thc deceased was a native o
Abbeville coillltv.
MALARIA
1? titer? tiie rf ?tc ui from unknown
.ams??, at all IMWIII.
MutUai Ute Nervi?, Impair? blgratlon. and
KafWbliM tho Muscio.
htffi _
D ? ? BEST TONIC
Quickly and aamflataly oma Sf ai*H*,*nrt t Ullin
apd Kay ar*.. For Intermittent Fever*, I u?
.Und*, buk of Kn or ?rr, lt bu no o<)o?l. It
.ariah** a&d puriH.?* tho blood. ?tl cou Into* the ap
pauta, aaa atraactaaoa th* mincir? and narre*
It doaa not Injure Uia tooth, cauao hoaoache, or
pr,Kiowa oonatlpalt.m-iitt o. Arr Iron mttUi-lnrl <ln
"I nata uaad Brown'* Iron BiUar* with lha araat
eat aatlafaetlon for Malaria, and aa a preTpnttve nf
Ohllla and Ilka dlvuwaa and ?111 alwaj? kaap lt on
hand aa a raad/ Mond "
Oanaiaahaaaboro irada roark and cmaaad rad linea
t,*Dt?*' If Ase BooK-aanfiil and aOraollve. con
taining Hat of pritaa for rec lorn, Inf. ?malien ahont
ootna, ?to., tit ran awa/ by all ilaalnn. i niodiolno.or
m i fiad to any adarva* oa r*o*ipt of ! >. at&nip.
TUTT'S
PILLS
25 YEARS IN U8E
Ixo Qraatort Madlen! Trintr.ph of tho Ago!
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER,
IrM*?rap?>?tlte, Dowel? ?native, l'uln In
ta? baa?, wlib a dall aenaallon In tho
??ck aart, Pal? ander the aUontder
Mad*, Pallneaa after om In?, with ndle
laallaatlaa ta oxonian of body or mind,
Irritability af temper, Low apt rita, with
. f**n*r*rh*vla* neglected momo ?mtr,
Waarlnosa. Dlaalneaa, I'luiterlntr nt the
Heart. Dat* befare the ?yea. Headache
.rar th* riebt ey*. Keatleaaneo*. with
CtfWl dream*, Hifbiy colored Urine, and
CONSTIPATION.
I'DTI'I TnWJt are eapeola.1 ly adapted
to euoh saws, one doa? effect* snoli A
shangri offeel!na nato aatonUh tho an fferer.
. the AM*tH?,?nd eau** UM
art ^ leatijlhiia tba ayitem I?
? Tonie. A. (len en
. US
Qtyoeer BLACK by a ?Inicie appUoattots of
this DT?. It Impart? ? nutnraf ?olor, act?
tnetanuuieoaaly. Sold by invarglsta,
.ant brr exprees on reoejptof fl.
M?o*),44 Murray s>.. New Y
ron oouorte AND CROUP US?
?Syff XT XJ XJ IE313XT.
Th* iw ?et (am, ki gathered from ft tree- of th? ??me n ?me,
growing ?lon? tho imill ttrctrui ta th? Ronthtra St?(e?,
coatftlnt ft ?tlmultllaK eipeetortat principle tbftt looMni
th* phlegm produ*lng th? rtrlr morning cough, and ?tlmu
l*t?? the child to throw oft* tho f il-.? mcmbrtue In croup ?nd
whooplngcouih. When combined ?Ith th? healing rind
Itglnom principia In Ihfl mullein plant or the old Held?, pre
Kitt lt Ttnot'i Cnaaoaaa Rivtnr o? SwarrQvM tao
?'?.tini th? Uncu kn??n rcme.1/ for Cough?, Croup,
VThooplng-Cough ?nd Coniuroptlon ; ?nd to ptlauMe, tn/
child fl pl "?ed to like lt. Aili Tour drngglit ?or ll. Trice,
gio. ?nd $1. WALTER A. TAYLOR, Atlanta., Qa.
ff? DH. llttH! i RS' ' Itl'CKI.RHKKItY OOSDIAL rm
Olftrrhirt, ? >. - - s.- ry ftnd Children Teething. Foriftlibjr
^..drugglil*. >
All Sorts of
hurts and many sorts of ails of
man and beast need a cooling
lotiou. Mustang Liniment.
YOUR KIDNEYS.
They Nerd Your Immediate Ai
ton, ion.
unities A CASI:.
For six long, dreary von rs i have been n
suf?crer from a complaint ??r my kidneys,
which fulled to bu cured by physicians or
ml vert ist'd remedies.
1 begun to feel I ?'<iulil never Bocure re
lief, us 1 lind spent two hundred and fifty
donni's without success.
Tho dlsen.se was sn excruciating that it
often prevented mc from pcrforirdng njy
dailj ?liitv. 1 was advised to try tho effi
cacy of ll. ll. M., amt one si nate bottle,
cost hilt SI, gave mo more relief than all
tho combined treatment 1 hud ever re
ceived.
Its action on the kidneys, ls p^?^j^.??.??>?.
.'il','!!!', "lix! atty ?>no wno needs areal,
speedy and I.armless kidney inodlelno
should nut hesitate to give li. il- li. a trial.
One bottle will convince any one.
c. lt. KOliEUTS.
Atlanta Water Works.
Il KR K'S ANOTHER.
1 am n merchant of Atlanta; mid am
near tit) years of nge. My kidneys have
been inactivo and Irregular for many years,
attended willi cxcruelathm nain in tin
small of th
nervous lo
bini
secure,
failure,
n. n.
that
bat i;. At times I became too
attend to business, My ? ase
thc attention thal money could
but only lo result in a complote
lt. was r commended, und to say
action on nie >\;:-> magical would
he a mild tcrth. Ono bottle made ma feel
?ike a now mun - Jud iii.?' I was young
again. In all my Iii-- I never used so pow
erful ami potent a remedy. Kor thc blood
and the kidney . i1 ls the host I ? vcr saw,
ami one bottle will force any one t<> pndse
it. A. h. I?.
Sold by all druggists.
LAM) rou SAM:.
1 WENTY-TWO HUN DH KI) ACRES,
situated on tho waters <>i broad Hlvor,
in Falrllcld County, eight miles from Als
ton Depot and ona mil- from Dawkins'!
Depot, will be M>:.I m ono Intel or hi live
pail-.. Traversed by tho .Spartanburg A
Union Itulh'oad. t hie good dwelling-house ?
and lieci snry outbuildings. Correspond
? ??ii' lied.
Ocl'JTi.lm
JOSEPH b- ALSTON,
Winn ?boro, S. ( '.
SHOW ( ASMS.
IIB;!) CKlDAlt UliKSlT?,
WK WANT T< i MA 11.0U1I l'A M I'll I.HT
Tt> ALI. MEItCHANTS.
TKRRtY ri ISO W C Aft IO CO.
NAMlVII.J.r., TENN.
NovllLlm
I *nd WHISK V If A|>l I'S corad
nt home -.. iiln>..i i' On. HOOK
?.r e irtlrtiilai-N ?mil niKK.
,B. IT. WOOLLEY, M H.. AUanta.Ua.
.Koort l*tty r?>i- Awnt*. I loo In Ktoo ,>ar
to?., im?) I.- PH? ll Ina our?!, rim tl S'IMI . 11 .? t <>. ?
Pit fl. mi * ia c. tl ?;?'i-l?l? <. Ital I le* Ol . :>?-,<.. 1.1
Wu;.- lu J. *.'. il ct ittil.> ?V ? .... - \.Cit.
Baayiooaa. A certain euro. Not expensive. Th roa
month*' treatment In one pari:...-... H.-M f r Cold
ID Ul* Head, Ueadtvha. Muirlea, liar y, vcr dtc.
\ Wily Ctol*, U/. all I)niR(;K!H. ,,r |.V QI AIL
K. T. UAV.ELTIMI;. Warren, Pa
yVsi-ILEY jSoLl
The Soluble Cunno is n highly concontrat
tirade Fertilizer for ail crops.
ASM I,KY COTTON AND ( <>!:.N COM?
two oro] ti niul also largely us? d by thc True
ASHLEY ASH KLEMENT.-A very chi
tlllzer foi Cotton, Corn and Small (bain o
Vino et?-.
ASHLEY DISSOLVED BONE) ASIILE
tirades -lor use alone ami lu Compost l.enj
For Terms, Directions, l e t menials, and
publications of the Company, address
THC. ASH LIC Y 1MIOS1
Nov25|.ly
JOHNSON5
i^LINIn
tar OO?M8 - ?1ph t hf) r 1
Moaraaaiaaa, I ?ff noaia, L__
Diarrh?e*. Kidney Troublas, a
9
lari* alf manjar ot d
lia. ff
ie. Sot
la?T
dlauova
Th? info
am and ynn
No o thai
onana
wara bi
'nata.
?o wilie?]
pura and hlehljroon
'fd. One Olino?
TM)iin?!
EspJUF HI
I tatet? ia alas
1
The Mirror
is no flatterer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter tale ?
Magnolia Halm is the charm
er that almost cheats the
looking-glass.
GREAT OFFER
-TO
PIANO BUYERS!
GOLD WATCH
Given With Each Piano.
N.iccinl ? nah OITcr. <<iood Only Until
December i, INNS.
riU) EVERY SPOT CASH WITH OR
X DER Purchaser of s now risno vdu-,
e<l nt f'-'W) or upwards, between November
1st and December 1st next, we oller as a
Complimentary Souvenir
AN ELEGANT GOLD WATCH,
Gentlemen's or bailies* size, ns desired.
Guaranteed ?Solid Gold Cases and fine
movement
Speoial Conditions of This Offer.
1. The Pianos h. be sold at our LOWEST
CASH PRICES, which are uniform to all,
as we seil strictly on the ONE PRICE
SYSTEM. Not a* dollar ndvance on our
regular ju ices to he charged.
-'. With each Piano n tine Plush Top
steel, n silk Embroidered Cover, an In?
sti actor, a Music book, and all freight paid
to nearetl railroad dcjmt.
9. Cash with order, and the order before
December 1st. Remember, CASH WITH
ORDER. Nothing else can got the watch.
Money refunded if Plano not satisfacto
ry.
Three to ftvo pieces Sheet Music, in folio
mc; threo for23o. Postage2o. per folio.
No I hunbug. Try it
Hi. W. TRIT.H1?,
1 28 Mniii Street, Columbia, S. C.
MOTHERS7
FRIEND.
NO Moro TWTOrlfThls invaluable prep
aration ls truly a tri
|iunph of scientific
No More Pain ! iskil1' n,ul MO n,oro m
iNoiuwei-ami estimable benefit was
ever bestowed on tho
No More Danger! ?S???01 ?^jj,
shortens the time of
TO labor and lessens' tho
?intensity of pain, but,
better than nil, lt
TUT ii ru *IJ greatly diminishes the
Mother or Child.manger te life of both
mother and child, and
- 'leaves the mother in.a
_, _ , . condition highly fa
lli? i>r??u.i or vorahle te speedy re
covery, and far less
A- ., , ,(liable*to flooding,coi.
Mother hood pulsions, and other
alarming sy mptoraa
incident to lingering
Transformed to |a"d painful labor. Ita.
truly wonderful effica
cy in this respect en
titles tho MOTHKIIS'
' Fit i KM) Ut bc ranked;
RS one of tho life sav
ing appliances given
to thc world hy tho
md discoveries of modern
Iscicnco.
From the nnture of
HOPE
~f- S"\ ~\"7~ the case it will of
Illy course he understood
f_i 1 , that we ennnot pub
lish certificates eon
_ corning this KKMKDT
without wounding the
Safety and Ef?e v?!eJ?%K thf w. n.'
* \\ct we have huudrcdi
Suffering Woman
hundreds
of such testimonials on
file, mid no mother
who has once used lt
will ever again bo
without lt in her time
of trouble.
A prominent physician lately remarkod
to the proprietor, that if it were admissible
to make public the letters we re?oive, the
"Mothers' Friend" would mit-ell any Hiing
on thc market.
Send for our Treatise on "Health and
Happiness of Woman," mailed free.
IbiAnviKi.o KK0ULAT0H Co.,
Atlsuta, Ga.
PIANOS ORGANS
Th? flamand for the Improrci MASO? k HAMUM
V?ANOS II now ?o larva that a iccond addition to th?
factory baa become Imperative. Do not require one
quarter aa much tuning aa Manoa on Ul? prevailing
wre?i-pin ?yatem. C^naulUJatalogue, ira?.
loo Sty IP? of OaoAxa, ftt to |W0. For Ca.b, Eaay
rayment*, or K?nt?d.
Mason ft Hamlin Organ and Piano Co.,
y KW YORK ; BOSTON ; CHICAGO.
JBLE jaUANO.j
ed Ammoalated Guano, a complete lllgh
'<>( ND -A Complete Fertilizer for those
kera near Charleston for vegetables, etc.
np and excellent Non-Ainmonlnled Fer
ops mid also for Fruit Trees, Grape
V ACM) PHOSPHATE, of very High
?.
for the various attractive and instructive
PH AT IS CO., Charleston, 8. G.
ANODYNE