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^^^^^ _ I _ . -r ii i I i ?? ?? i i, i II I I - I i - i n i . I - r I ii-ii ? - * _ ? " ?-Ctw ? ^ ?_ ?Vol. II. ?RANGEBURG, 8. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1880. 3S&>;'40. Agricultural Sooiety* The County Agricultural Society bold its fourth quarterly meeting in fc?heiidan's School room on lu8l Sat urday, the 27th instant with Dr. \V. F. Barton in tho chair and Mr. Kirk Robinson as secretary. After the usual preliminary business, p commit tee of three consisting of Messrs. J. J. Salley, W. A. Mackay and - was appointed to draw up resolutions commemoratiug the death of Mr. J. J. Salley, Sr. The Treasurer's report wt<s ap proved by the committee appointed to examine Iiis hook. The matter of arrears being brought up by the President, Capt. N. N. Hayden moved that the Secretary be instructed to notify each delinquent by postal card that if hia dues wore not paid up his name would be drop ped from the roll. After considera ble discussion by Messrs. YV. T. M?l ler, J. L. Moorer, Iladlcy and W. A. Mackay the resuolutions were adapt ed. Mr. Mackay then moved that each delinquent he allowed until the next meeting to pay up, which was adapted. Notice had been given at a previous meeting that the society would determine whether a new place of meeting was desirable. On motion it was determined that the society continue to meet at the same place. The President announced that the proper time to elect new olllccrs had arrived and desired to know how the society should proceed. Mr. K.J. Felder moved that the same olllccrs be elected except the Executive Com mittee. Dr. W. F. Barton, the President, in a very earnest address to the mem bers said that he had served the so ciety in his present position for eleven 3ears; that he had now nearly reach ed the uge allotted to the life of man, ?Vbvce^scotw ye&vft &\d^eu^ltavu&4Bt& 1? at much of the vim of his riper years and did not n.iw possess the qualifications neeeisary to conduct the society to the advancement und prosperity its aims deserved and that he asked to be relieved and be allowed to retire with only the cures of his personal matters aud family on bis mind. Messrs. J. L. Moorer and YV. YV. Culler spoke in most commendatory terms of the past services of the President and moved that he l)e re tained notwithstanding his aye ami loss of vim. Dr. Barton reluctantly conaented to serve the Society again The motion was unanimously adopted. The following ofllcera were eleoled to serve during the next year: Presi dent, Dr. YV. F. Barton;-First Vice Preaident, Cnpt J. L. Moorer ; Second Vice President, Dr. J. C. Holman, Third \rice President, Mr. J. J. Sal ley ; Executive Committee, Messr?. James Stokes, Robort W. Mackay, E. N. Chisolu3n,J. L. Salley aud J. S. Rowe. Mr. Hadley'a lcsignation as a member of the Society. having been received, was accepted by a vote of tho Society and his name enrolled as an honorary member. Mr. Had ley expressed his thanks to the mem ber j for the honor conferred ami said he only returned to England because he could not get reliable labor with which to opperate bib farm. The President stated that the time had come for tho members to know what manures they intended to use on the next crop, experiments had been made by several gcutlcmcn and he would he glad to hear from any mem-1 her who could give light on the sub ject. Ke entered upon the cultiva tion of his present farm some twelve years ago when it was capable of pro ducing only 200 lbs of cotton per sere. He had, after a system of careful ex periments, adopted a method of enlti ' vution and ascertained the manure, he i thought best;adapted to both corn and cotton ; while cotton sold at 20 cents per pound his expenses per acre ranged from 11 to 12 dollars but nrrw it cost him not more than 84.50 per acre for manures while his crop averuged 02 bales to 07 acres ofland, at a cost of 81,200 for the en tire crop. This success was reached without jumping from pillar to post but by slicking to ono metliod of cul tivation anil to one manure after it had been discovered. For years he has been using the following manure with entire satisfeclion : On one acre of cotton, 100 pounds of acid phosphate, 100 pounds of Flour of Bone and 12 bushels of cotton seed on litter from i the woods; for corn, 100 pounds of Acid Phosphate and 15 bushels of cot ton seed. Farmers have been wasting Ammonia as his experiments prove Twelve or fifteen bushels of cotton seed will do more good than twenty or twenty-live. At this point of the proceedings Mr. A. M. Salley introduced the fol lowing resolution, which was unani mously adopted : Resolved, That Mr. I lad ley, coin ing here as a stranger, has won the esteem of bis nciguors and of the community in which he lives; and thai, as a Society, wo reglet to lose one of our bc^st members and the county a good citizen by his having. Hon. S. Dibble said that the Com missioner of Agricuiluic was of the opinion that the persistent use of acid phosphates would ruin the land. Dr. Barton's experience disproves this, ns Iiis cotton was well fruited ? only two feet high and loaded with fruit. Mr. J. J. Salley read the report of the committee on the death of Mr. D. W. Snell and Mr. Dibble moved its adoption by a standing vote, which was done. A member asked Dr. Barton's expe rience as to the distance in planting cotton. Dr. 1>. said if land is strong let the rows he four feet apart, and the hills one foot on the bed. Tight lands should be prepared by deep ploughing, and sandy hinds by shal low ploughing. If a farmer cannot control his labor he bad better quit. Hg hud thus farbecn^able.U^mj&mtge hie. Jf lands are rented to negroes, labor cannot be secure because the negroes will gather their own crops first. Unless some other system be adopted, we must rent all our lands and become landlords or "we muat employ the labor ourselves. Mr. James Stokes cutcrtuined sim ilar views and said tho farmer should control the entire lime of his laborer from January to January?rainy days and all. Ho hired a man and his family and controlled them all. If u negro can't stay with him all the year he can't Bfcay at all. Unless this is done farmiug cannot ho profitable. Any other plan will create dissuUs factiou among neighbors, because hands will go off and work for others who promise to pay them a higher price. Capt. F. M. Wannimakcr, who had been one of the orignalot? of the so ciety, being present was called on by several members. Ho said the So ciety bad treated him rather badly because it made him pay for his din ner before he got it. Ho, however, had been absorbed in politics and had forgotten his agricultural knowl edge. He thought the selfishness of man was the foundation of all their troubles. True citizenship should make a man consider his own inter est and that of his neighbor alike. Cape. Wannainakcr thought a hasty speech on the subject of labor would be uuj'ist to himself, to the sociuiy and to the subject. It was the most important subject with which the farmer hud to deal and on a future occasion he would be pleased to ad dres9 the society on the subject. Mr. YV. W. Culler moved that Capt. Wannainakcr be invited to ad dress the Society at its next meeting on the subject o! labor. Unanimous ly adopted. Mr. Midler moved that Capt. Wan nainakcr be elected an honorary member of the Society. Adopted. Mr. Mtiller objected to the names of men being retained on the roll who bad run on tiic Radical ticket. The President called Mr. Muller to order, stntiug that politics were excluded I from the Societ}'. I Mr. W. A. Mackay and' Capt. N. N. Hay den moved that the numo of Mr. W. A. Hofftnnn be dropped from the roll. This motion was adopted by a two-thirds vote, and Mr. HofF man's name was dropped from the roll. Mr. Mullcr requested the Presi dent to inform tbc members that the Charleston Fair would be opened on ihe sixth of December. Mr. Kirk Robinson proposed the name of Mr. 1). N. Carson for mem bership. Adopted. There being no further business the Socle'> adjourned to the dinner room where an abundance of the best Orangeburg could afford was found awaiting the members. After a free discussion of this part of the subject j President Barton brought out three 'gallons of the product of the vineyard laud in full bumbcrs olfercd the thanks of the Society to Hon. S. Dibble and Capt. F. M. Wannamaker for the no ble, unselfish and patriotic services rendered the county during the last campaign, whereby the county was delivered completely from Radical misrule. Both gentlemen responded in handsome style and then began the Mow of spit its and the ring of mirth. Curious Election Bets. A loser in a Memphis bet is to stand on his head five minutes, in a public square, with a Garlicld banner suspended from his feet. In Oswego, N. Y.. a groceryman bet his store against a neighboring ? meat market that [Iuncock would be elected. On Wednesday morning he turned over bis store like a man, but the butcher declined to accept it. A combination bet was made by ten Democrats and ten Republicans in Houston, Texas. The losers were!' to harness themselves to a stage' coach and draw the winners through the principal street.' In both parties wterc.somo of llyf^emosA men..Qf.tbji.3 city. Geo. P. Knowls, of Racine, Wis., won from TCdwin Childs, of Dakota, one section of good farm land, G10 acres. The bet was $3,000 against a ecrtaiu described section that New York State would give Garlicld from one to live thousand Republican ma jority. In Ogdensburg, N. Y., Win. Alger bet his mustache against A. A. Bib cock's whiskers that Garlicld would not be elected. On Wednesday he had his mustache cut till' and Kent to M r. Babcock. A wheelbarrow Let in Ballimoro af forded more amusement to the spec tutors than had been expected. The loser was annoyed, while wheeling the winuer over the stipulated route, by the taunt-) of the latter, and fol lowed up the payment of the wager by whipping him soundly. 1 John S. Miller and Henry Klicu diente, of Rochester, N. Y., bet on the election the loser to walk a block atuoon, attired in his wife's night dress. Miller iost, and at noon on I Wedneaday appeared and walked in 'Mrs. Miller's night gown, followed) by a crowd of men and boys, j A liarrisburg man was caught by the tricky oiler of a wager that one city in the United of over a hundred thousand inhabitants would not give ??0 votes for Hancock. The slake was a supper for the Ward Campaign Club of the wjnncr. The city named was Washington, where there is no voting for President at all. The vic tim said nothing, except to name the time ami place for the supper. On that occasion the vians looked all right, anil were just {such as the win ner of the bet called for, but they weie found to be seasoned with snuff and all other unpalatable substances. The Philadelphia Times, in speak ing of Grant, says: Less than one year ago he was the most honored ! private citizen of the world ; lo day he is the distrusted leader of a defeated faction that represents the lowest standard of political integrity, and 111o lesson impressively taught in the refusal of the people to respond lo an appeal for an annuity lo Ihccx.Pres? j ident. Shameless Shams. Thirty years ago the sharp pen of Charles Dickens pricked the bubble of American titles and made our militia "Generals," comer-grocery ?fudges" and town council "Honora l^lee" us ridiculous as our spittoons aid our dollar-aristocrncy. But be rote .i?0 title nuisance could ho quite , l uighed out of existence, the war Uausforn ed all our people int^o soldi ers. We know from the official re cords that a million of high privates clilisted on both sides during the war ; but tho slaughter Avas terrible, und hot a single private soldier escaped alive. All the survivors tire officers, an dalthough, perhaps, few of them could elftfiv their commissions, they take every possible opportunity of air ing/ the r rank. In aristocratic counties the titles are hereditary; but in this country arc infectious. Abroad' the son of a lord becomse his lordship when his father dies ; but in this free republic one title generates another as fast as dies in the sun. When the head of family becomes a Judge or a General all tho boys are dubbed Colonels or Majors or Commodores, so as to keep up with the old gentleman, whose brothers and brothers-in-law straight Way confer upon themselves titles of honor or distinction in Order that the origiual Juilge or General may not ellipse them by the brilliancy of his prefix. Thus it happeus that this democratic republic is now inhabited almost exclusively by men of title. '/Generals," 'Colouels" aud "Majors" me as plentiful as cranberries, and everybody out of jail?and a ma jority iustdi?is considered an 4 Ilon.,? d The proposition that only those v no have earned their titles sliouid jraor them is self evident"; but while ^TTna^ oiscotcT t eal suwiora coiiUHt* led to be plain "Mr." now that they arc mustered out of service, we see thousands of men, who are citizens in war and soldiers in peace, strutting about with military handles to their names. These soda water "Colouels,'' all fizz and cork manage our theatres, direct our operas and run our circus es. England sends us a militia "Colonel" to give us Kilian operas, and we reciprocate with an American "Colonel" of negro minstrels. Mili tary olllccrs arc the luudlords of our hotels; a "Major" mixes our drinks behind the bar and a ''squire*'attends to the boot blacking department. All the editors who are not "Colo-! nels>" arc "lions." To some Ameri cans you may be bold enough to deny a preliminary title, but to address anybody a letter without the affix of "Esq." would, regarded as a personal insult?the smaller the social position of the poison addressed the grealci the insult of course. Thus titles which, honestly won und honestly ?.vorn, would do equal honor to those! who bear and those who respect them, are cheapened by bogus imitations! und become ludicrous instead of (Iis-1 tinguisbcil. As tegular officers arc! most anxious to get out of uniform and into mufti as aoou as they are oil duty, so those who have a right to ti tles are beginning to discard them, while the bogus bearers flourish more and more obtrusively, like the raw mititia captain on his first training day. Wc observe, also, anjorgani/.ed sys tem of self promotion among these sham aristocrats. One personage, whose card bore the proud but modest title of Major live years ago, has just returned from Europe, a full Colonel, although he has never seen service since Bull Bun. With steady devo tion to duly and a new cat d stamp, this typo of his class will become a General by the lime the next New port season opens. There arc no "Corporals," at d outside of the police no "Sergeants'" among our civilian military heroes, all tho non-com mis sioned olllccrs having shared the sad la'.c of the privates during the war ; and, although wc sail count our "Gen erals," "Colonel*'' and "Majors" by the hundred! wc do not remember a single "Lieutenant" among our ac quaintance, outside of the regular army and navy. "Why do these min or titles remain unattached? "We cannot all bo tailors," the English no bleman remarked to Mr. Poole, who complained of "the mixed company," and Americans ought to have sense enough to know that wo cannot^all be superior officers. Tho vi ait of General Grant lo New York affords each render a capital occasion to reflect upon this bogus title nuisance, ard to resolve that, henceforward, in his own case and among his acquain tances, he will steadfastly discourage it. It is un republican, un American and unmanly ; it renders us absurd at homo and a la'ughing-stock abroad ; it encourages petty vanity and snobbish affectation,and it should'bcas severe ly panished by society, if not by law as an}* other form of obtaining unde served credit under false pretenses.? S2>irit of the Times. Weak Woman's^Weapon. Here is an illustration of what can be done by a defenceless, weak and unprotected woman when left alone to deal with the tyrrfnny of hcaitless man. Jt;wns in Booth's Theatre one Saturday afternoon. A woman enter ed with seven companions and took possession of eight orchestra chairs. Presently eight o'her claimants of the same scats came along. There was a comparison of tickets, aud it was found that the party in posses sion held tickets for the mattinee of the preceding Wednesda}*. Explana tion lollowcd by expostulation, and this in turri by denunciation. All in vuin.j The manager was sent for. "Mattyin," said he, "you must relin quishjthese seats. Your tickets arc valueless." "That ?s no fault of mine. I paid for them and mean to keep them." "Madam, I insist." The enemy said nothing, but sat still. The manager argued, appealed, im plored, offered other seats, offered a box, ollerccl a stage box, offered com promise on any terms, while the rightful owners of the scats looked and thought unspeakable things. Said the garrison : "Tell you what I'll do; give me two season tickets for Bernhardt in a good part of the house, and I will surrender." The manager gasped, uttered a blessing beneath his breath, bowed and de clined to continue the conversation. Then he retired in exceedingly bad order, lie did not get the seats, hut did issue another set of free ad mission tickets to pacify the oiiginnl proprietors. Funny. Petty, of the Carolina Spartan, can't wait till Christmas lo let oil squibs. Hear him : "The Executive Committee of the State Press Associ ation failed to have a quorum at their meeting in Columbia. Messrs. Crews, of the Herald, and Todd, ot the Journal, were appointed a committee to work up transportation for the next; annual meeting at Beaufort, and to i provide for a trip to Florida. That would be, funny trip. We would like to see Holmes, of the People, attack ing a sour orange tree, and Grcneker tootling a petalligater round with a [ twine slr'ng, and Colonel Pope, of tho Register, covering up the old pen insula with tabular statements, aud the News and Courier llouuderiug about in some of those bottomless lakes hunting up that new parly found ed on the old one. Oh, it will be a jolly time. We can hardly wait for the fun lo begin." A valuable heifer, the property of a North Carolina farmer, recently broke her leg, which had to bo atnpu latcd. Jt has since been lit ted with a wooden leg, which seems to do about as well as the lost one. The Ailing iton Advance thinks this proves the folly of ordering the destruction of {valuable animals that meet with such accidents. j People do not like to acknowledge j that they are poor except to book I agents. Ivli8plaood Confidofi?o. Mr. Ragdag fouud himself seated in a theatre next old Deacon Fan and that's why a terrible row resulted not long ago. Young Heels is a great man to bet and is also a stranger to the Deacon. During, au entre act* Raghag tuet Hc-Ci? and sahJ to him: "Heels, dou'tyou wantj^'make $5?" Heels replied that notbingj would af ford him greater plca&jre^. 14Well," said Ragbag, "I' ve ^oi jx]seat next to a man who has got a( wpojlcji leg. On. tho other side of ? me sits r^bp greatest man to bet in the .country.^ . You take this brad-awl and go andt take my seat and offer to bet the m^n on your left that the man on your left is so absorbed in the play that you oan stick this brad awl way into his leg and he won't notice iL. Tho man will take your bet., \V,atch your chance and when the man on your right isn't looking, job the awl into his leg. As it is a wooden leg, he won't notice it and you're (l!he money in." Heels accepted the proposition, took the- brad awl and went to the seat. He ^proposed the bet to the man on tho left and he eagerly ac cepted it. Heels'was shaking with laughter to,think bow(surprised the fellow would be to see him stick that awl into the other man's leg and see that the other man did not notice it. It seemed awfully funny. He watch ed his chance.. The Deacon was lead ing forward to sec if one of the ballet girls was going to kick the chande lier down when Heels let diive. The awl must have gone two inches into the Deacon's leg. It wasn't a wooden leg, cither, nud the way the old man jumped was ahead of anything he ex pected of tho perfqrmer?j The yell he gave was distinctly heard put in the street and drew the notice of the#aud? iecce. "You murderous villian 1" he roared, "whatdid you do that for?" "I?I?thought it was wooden," re plied the horrified Heels. "Thought it was wooden? Thought be hanged J" cried the Deacon, as he pounded Heels over the head with a cane. A policeman came in aud arrested Heels aud took him to the station, whero later he was called upon by the man who wanted 85 in payment of the bet. The Deacon was conveyed borne aud Ragbag wont to his room where he rolled for two hours on the lloor in an agony of mirth. Heels says Ragbag won't laugh' so much when be gets at him. A Surprising Revolution. In the Summer of 1808. (Governor Joseph K. Brown was a candidate be fore the Georgia Legislature, for U. S Senator and after a., prolonged and bitter contest was defeated, tho Dem ocrats and Conservatives, opposing hin*. The result was ice.ca.ived with cheers, aud at night m?ny ,?tores and I residences Weys illuminate* tu honor of the occasion. Impromptu meetings were held, aud eloquent- speakers harangued tho crowds..,- Twelve years have elapsed, and tho lucky ex Governor, then baffled, defeated, and disoppointed, is again n candidate before a Democratic Legislature for a high position and is chosen over a gallant soldier, a brilliant orator, lawyer and statesman, f-uch are tho surprising revolutions and, vacillat ing changes in public, .sentiment. Notwithstanding the famous Gar Qeld-Morcy letter, the Chinese on tho Pacific coast seem at last to appreci ate the fact that they must "go," as upwards of 800 of tho Celestials took their departure for the Flowery King dom Thursday. It is evident that they don't believe that the letter is authentic. Wm. F. Martin, a handsome scamp was in jail at Lebanon, Mo., awaiting the result of an appeal to the Supremo Court from a conviction for murder. The seventeen year-old noicc of tho jailer obtained the keys and released Mai tin ami went oil with him, the two taking S75, a lino Si>oncer title and oilier articles llip.t came handy. Pay yoi r subscript ion. i