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Agricultural Society. The County Agricultural Society beld its fourth quarterly meeting in Sheridan's School room on last Sat urday, the 27th instant with Dr. W. F. Barton iu the chair and Mr. Kirk Robinson as secretary. After the usual preliminary business,:1 commit tee oi* three consisting of Messrs. J. J. Sallcy, W. A. Maekay and - was appointed to draw up resolutions! commemorating the death of Mr. J. J. Salley, Sr. The Treasurer's report wt?s ap proved by the committee appointed to examine his book. 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 Ins dues were not paid up his name would be drop ped from the roll. Alter considera ble discussion by Messrs. W. T. Mul? ler, J. L. Moorer, II ad Icy and W. A. Mackay the rcsuolulions were adapt- j cd. 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 I would determine whether a new [dace' of meeting was desirable. On motion it was determined that the society continue to meet at the same place. I The President announced that the] proper lime to elect new olliccrs hail arrived and desired to know how the. society should proceed. Mr. K.J. Felder moved that the same olliccrs be elected except the Executive Com-: iniltec. Dr. \V. 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 3cars; that he had now nearly leach-j ed the age allotted to the lifo of man, I UiT^scoYvvycvv;a^vdAcu>rttvviV Uu-Us/J. \ h st much of the vim of bis riper ; years and did not n >w possess lh?; qualilieations neeeisary to conduct the society to the advancement und prosperity its aims deserved;, and that he asked lobe relieved anil be allowed to retire with only the cares j of his personal matters and family on | bis mind. Messrs. J. L. Moorerand W.W. I Culler spoke in most commendatory terms of the past services of the President and moved that he lie re tained notwithstanding bin aye and loss of vim. Dr. Barton reluctantly I consented to serve the ' ociety again The motion was unanimously adopted.: The following odlcets were elected bi| serve during the next year: L*resi dent, Dr. W. F. Barton ;?First Vice President, Capt J. L. iloorcr ; Second Vice President, Dr. J. C. Holman, Third Vice President, Mr. J. J. Sal ley; Executive Committee, Messrs. James Stokes, Robort W. Mackay, E. N. Chisolmn, J. L. Salley und J. S.Howe. Mr. Had ley's tcsignatiun , c.I as a member oi the 0001013-, having been received, was accepted by a vote of tlu Society and his name enrolled j as an honorary member. Mr. Had ley expressed his thanks to the mem bers for the honor conferred and said \ he only returned to England because he could not get reliable labor with which to opperute his farm. ThcPresideul stated that the time had come for the members to know 1 what manures they intended t,> u.>o on the next crop, experiments- had been made by several gcullcmcn und he would be glad to hear from any mem ber who could give light on the sub ject. He entered upon the cultiva tion of his prevent farm some twelve years ago when it was capable of pro ducing only 200 His of cotton per acre. He had, after a system of careful ex periments, adopted a method of culti vation and ascertained the manure, he thought best,adap.cd to both corn and cotton ; while cotton sol 1 20 cents per popmI his expenses \ or acre ranged from II to 12 dollars but now i:. cost him not more than Sl.?u per acre for manu ich while his crop averaged 02 hales to 07 acres of land, at a cost of $1,20U for the en tire crop. This success was reached without jumping from pillar to post but by sticking to ono method of cul tivation ami to one manure after it had been discovered. For years he ha* been using the following manure with entire satisfcclion : On one acre of cotton, 100 pounds of acid phosphate, 100 pounds of Flour ?f Hone and 12 bushels of cotton seed on litter from 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 Twcivc or lifiucu bushels of cotton seed will do mure "ood than twenty 1 or t wentv-live. At this point of the proceedings Mr. A. M. Salley introduced the fol lowing resolution, which was unani mously adopted : Jfesolvai, That Mr. Iladley, com ing lime as a stranger, has won tho esteem of his ncignors and of the community in which lie lives; and that, as a Society, w?j reglet lo lose one ol our best members and the count y a ?rood citizen In his leaving. Hon. S. Dibble satd that the Com-{ inissioticr of Agriculluic was of the opinion that the persistent use ol aeid phosphates would ruin the land. Dr. Barton's experience disproves this, as his eotton was well fruited? j only two feet big!; and loaded with; fruit. ! Mr. .1. .1. Salley lead tin- report of the committee on the death of Mr. D. YV. Snell ami Mr. Dibble moved I its adoption by u standing vote, which ? w;h done. A member risked Dr. Barton's ixpe rience as to the distance in planting cotton. Dr. B. said i! land is strong let the lows be 'our (eel apart, and; the bills one foot on the la d. Tight lauds should be prepared by deep ploughing, and sandy land'; by .'hal low ploughing. It a farmer eanuol conti ol his labor he had belter quit. He-bad thus far been able h^^mauage bis. If lands are rented to negroes, labor cai.il t be secure because the negroes will gather cir own crops first. Unless some other system be adopted, we must rent all our lands and become landlords or we must employ the labor ourselves. Mr. James S'.okcs entertained sim ilar views and said llu farmer should, control the entire lime of his laborer from January to January?rainy days ami all. He hired a man and his family and controlled them all. if a negio can't ?-tay with Iii in all the year he can't stray at all. Unless this it done farmiug cannot lie pr> (itable. Any other plan will en-ale di?tiatis facliou among neighbors, because hand* will go elf and work for others who promise to pay thuui a higher price. Capt. F. M. Wannamaker, who had been one of the otignaloia of the so ciety, being present w.-a called on iiy Hcveral members. He said the So ciety bad treated him rather bad!) because it made him pay for hi? din ner before begot it. He, however, had been absorbed in politics and j had forgotten his agricultural knowl edge. He thought the selfishness ol 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. Capt. Wannainakcr thought a hasty speech on the subject of labor would \ be uuj lo himself, to the society and to the subject. It was the most important subject with which the fanner had lo deal and mi a future occasion he would hi; pleased l > ad dress the society on flic ul jc- l. Mr. W. W. Culler moved that (.'apt. Wannainakcr la: invited lo ad dress the Society at its next meeting on tlic subject o! labor. Unanimous ly adopted. Mr. Muller moved that Ca* t. Wan nainakcr be elected an honorary member ol the Society. Adopted. Mr. Muller objected lo the nanu i of men being retained on 'he roll who had inn on ihc Budical ticket. The Presi Icnl called Air. Muller lo ordi r, slating that politics were excluded from the Socict)'. Mr. W. A. Mackay and Capt. N. X. llaydcn moved that the name of Mr. W. A. Hoffman be dropped from the roll. This motion was adopted by a two-thirds vote, and Mr. Holl* man's name was dropped from the roll. Mr. M?ller requested the Presi dent to inform the members that the Charleston Fair would be open d on the sixth of Dcoomber. Mr. KirU Robinson proposed the name of Mr. I). N. Carson for mem bership. Adoptetl ? There being no further business the Socle'> adjourned lo the dinner : room where nu abundance of the best Orungoburg could afford was found (awaiting the members. Altern free I discussion of this part of the subject j President Burton brought out three j gallons of the product of the vineyard laud in full bombers offered the thanks of the Society lo Hon. S. Dibble and ; Capt. F. M. Wannamaker for the no ble, nnseili.di and patriotic services! rendered the county dining the lasl campaign, whereby the county was delivered completely from lladical misrule. Both "ciitlciucn responded in handsome style ami then began Ihe ll iv: of spiiits and the ring of mirth. : Curious Election Bels. A loser in a Memphis bet is to stand on his le-nd live minutes, in aj public square, with a Garlieid banner! suspended from bis feet. In Oswego, X. Y.? a groecryman I but his store against a neighboring [ meat market that Hancock would be elected. On Wednesday morning he I turned r?v< r his store like a man, but' lb" butcher declined t?< aceepl it. A mbination bet was made by ten Democrats and ten Ucpublicuns j in Houston, Texas. The losers were I Id harness themselves to a stage1 coach and draw the winner:-, through the pi inoipal street. In both parties were some of the foyetuust ni.bl.pf.Ulfi., city." Geo. i'. Knowls, of Undue, Wis., won hum <?dwiu Childs, of Dakota, one section of good farm land, Gl? acres. The bet was $3,000 against a cm lain described section that New York Slate WOUtd give tint held fVoilt (?!ic lo live thousand Republican ma jority. In Ogdensbtirg, N. Y., Wm. Alger bei his mustache against A. A. Bub cock's whiskers that Garlieid would not be elce'ed. On Wednesday he had his mustache cut oil' and sent to [ M r. B ibcock. A wheelbarrow l et in Baltimore af-I forded ruotc amusement U? Ihe sp c-j tutors than hail been expected. The! loser wan annoyed, -.viele wheeling] the vvinuer over the stipulated route, by thu taiinti of the latter, and fol lowed up the payment ol the wager by whipping him soundly. J?j|in K. Miller and Henry Klien dienls, of UochcsLcr, N. V., but on the election the loser to wall; a h!o>-k atuoon, attired in his wife's night I dress. Miller h>st, and at noun on Wcdticadny appeared and walked in .Mrs. Miller's night gown, followed by a crowd of nun ami boys. A Harrisburg man was caught by thu tricky oiler of a wager that one city in the United of over a hundred I thousand inhabitants would not give I?UO votes lor Hancock. i'be slake j was a supper for the Waul Campaign Club of the wjnm r. The city named was Washington, where there is no j voting for President a! all. The vic tim sa d nothing, except to name the lime and place for the supper. On that occasion the vians looked all J right, and were just jsuch as the win ner of the bet called for, but they weie found to lie seasoned with sntilf and all other unpalatable substances. The Philadelphia Timrs, in .-peak ing of Grant, says: Less than one year :'iro he was the mosl honored privat? uitizen of the world ; today he is the distrusted leader of a defeated faction that represents the lowest standard cd" political integrity, and Up! Ii ison impressively taught in the re hum I o! lue people to respond m an appeal for an annuity to Ihe ex.Pres j ident. Shameless Shams. Thirty years ngo the sharp pen of Charles Dickens pricked the bubble of American lilies and made our militia "Generals," comer-grocery '?"Judges" and town council "IIoDOra blca" as ridiculous as our spittoons j and. our dollar-aristocracy. But be I lore the title nuisance could be quite "j I l uiglted out of existence, the war I transforn ed all our people injp soldi I ers. We know Iroin the ofllcinl re . cords that a million of high privates , enlisted on both sides during the war ; but the slaughter was terrible, and liot a single private soldier escaped alive. All tlie survivors are officers, an dallhough, perhaps, few of them could sho'w their commissions, they take every possible opportunity of air ing the r rank. In aristocratic counties the titles are hereditary; hut in this country arc infectious. Abroad- the son of n lord hecouisc his lordship when his lather dies; but in this free republic nne title geuciat.es another as fast as llics in the sun. When the head of family becomes a Judge or a General all the boys arc dubbed Colonels or .Majors or Commodores, so as to keep up wilh the old gentle man, whose brothers and brothers-in-law straight way confer upon themselves titles of honor or distinction in order that the original Judge or General may not eclipse them by the brilliancy of his [?Vclix. Thus it happens that this ircmocralic republic is now inhabited almost exclusively by men of title. ??Generals," ?Colonels" and "Majors" :*ve as plentiful as cranberries, and i everybody out of jail?and u ma- i j'?rity insidv?is considered an -Hon.*' The proposition that only those 1 Hho have earned their titles should ! jj^car them is self evident"; but while j trCTrnij disco" teT leal soldi or a couleii5 j led to be plain "Mr." now that they | arc mustered out of service, wc see' thousands of men, who arc citizens in war and soldiers in peace, strutting j about with military handles to their j names. These soda water "Colonels,'' all fizz and cork manage our theatres, iliicc'. our operas and run our Oticus- , es. Kiiglaud sends us a militia "Colonel" to give us Itiliau operas, and we reciprocate with an American "Colonel" ol negro minstrels. Mili tary officers are the landlords of our hotels; u "Major" mixes our drinks' I la!.in i ihe bai and ? ?'squire ' attends i to ihe boot blacking depailineitl. i neU" arc ??Hons." To some Ameri cans you may '.e >>:?;.I enough to den) a preliminary t;;!r, but to address , titiybody a letter without the affix of J "Ksq." wouhl, regarded as a personal; insult?the smaller the social position I of the person addressed the greulci i jibe insult of course. Thus titles! [which, honestly won and honestly [worn, wouhl do equal honoi to those I who bear and 1 hose uho iexpect lliem, I are cheapened by boy'is imitations' I if* land become ludicrous instead ol dis tinguished. As legular cllicets arc I most anxious to get out ol iinilorm i and into multi as iioon as they are oil duty, so those a U > Im \ .? :i i ight to li lles are beginning to discard Ibem, while the bogus beareis llouiish more and more obtiusivcly, like the raw liniiilia captain on his lirst training day. I NN e ubsci vc, also, an,organized s\'S tern ol sell promotion among these sham aristocrats. Due pcisonage, I whose card bort; the proud but modest ? title ol Major live years ago, has just returned from l-niropo a full Colonel, although he has nevei mid set vice since H?ll Bun. Wilh it cad)' devo tion to duly and a new Caul Stamp, this type of his class w ill become a General by the time the next New I pent season opens. There arc no "Corporals," ai d outside ol the police no "Sergeants" among our civilian I military heroes, al! the r-.oiwomtuis siotied officers having shared the sad lu'.e ol the privates dining ihe wni ; and, although we 2an couni our "t Jen erals,"??Colone!?" und "Major?" by line hundred, wc do not remember a j single "Lieutenant" among our ac quaintance, outside of the regular army and navy'. Why do these min or titles remain unattached? "We cannot oil bo tailors," the English no i bicman remarked to Mr. Poole, who complained of "the mixed company/' and Americans ought to have sense ? enough to know that we cannot,nil be superior ofllcers. The vint of General Giant to New York affords each reader a capital occasion to reflect upon this bogus title nuisance, ai*d to resolve that, henceforward, in his own case and among his acquain tances, he will steadfastly discourage it. Jt is untepnblS-un, un American and unmanly ; it renders us absurd at home and a hiuglling-stock abroad ; it encourages petty vanity and snobbish affectation, and it shonliVhcas severe ly punished by society, if not by luw as any other form of obtaining unde served credit under false pretenses.? Spirit of tile Times. Weak WomanXWeapon. Here is an illustration of what can be don'- by a defenceless, weak and unprotected woman when left alone to deal with the lyrduiiy of hcattlcss man. It wixh 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, and it was found that the party in posses sion held tickets for the niattinee of the preceding Wednesday. Explana tion toilowcd by expostulation, and this in turn by denunciation. All in vain. The manager was sent for. '?Madam," said he, "you must relin quish these 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, dieted other seals, offered a box, ollered a .-.tage box, oller d com-' promise (.n any terms, while the rightful owners of tin: scats looked ami 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 stillender." The manager gasped, utic*cd a blessing beneath bis breath, bowed and de clined to continue the conversation. Then be retired in exceedingly bail1 order. ll<: did not net the scuts,' but did issue another set ol free ad mission tickets lo pacify iheoiigiual propriclot s. P..rmy. \ Petty, of the Carolina fyartan, can't wait till Christmas lo let oil squibs. Hear him: "The Kxccutive Committee of the State Press Associ ation failed lo have a quorum at their meeting in Columbia. Messrs. Crews, of the II- ro/(/, and Todd, ol the ./mi .??/<?:., Weie appointed a com mit^ee to work up transportation for the next annual meeting at Benufort, and lo provide for a trip to Florida. That would la1, funny trip. \\ e would like to see Holmes, of the /VoyuY, attack ing a sour orange In c, and l.lronekor I casting a put alligator round with a twine Strug, and Colonel I'ope, of the Jlajistet'i covering up the old pen insnla with tabular statements, and the Xries and (Jour in lloiinderiug about in some ol those hollo in less lakes hunting up (hat new parly found ed on the old one. Oh, it will he a jolly time. We can hardly wail for Ihe fun lo begin." [ A valuable heifer, the property ol a Noith Caiolinn fanner, recently broke her leg, which had to he nmpii [laled. It has since been fitted with a wooden leg, which seems to do about as well as the lost one. The Ailing ton Advance thinks ibis proves tin folly of ordering the destruction ol j valuable animals that mccl with such in eitlenl People do nol like lo acknowledge that the) tire pi or except to book I agents. Misplaood Confldenoo. Mr. Ragdag found himself soated 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 an entre net, Ragbag met Heels and said to him: ?'Heels, don't you want to make $5?" I Heels replied that nothing ,would af ford him greater pleasure. ''Well," said Ragbag, "I've got a scat next to a man who has got a wooden leg. On the other side of me sits the greatest man to bet in the country. You take this brad-awl and go and take my seat and offer to bet the man 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 it. The man will take your bet. Watch your chance and when the man ou your right isn't looking, job the awl into his leg. As it is a wooden leg, ho won't notice it and you're the money in." Heels accepted the proposition, took the blfd awl and went to the seat. He proposed the bet to the man on the left and be 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 leai ing forwnrd 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, and the way the old man jumped was ahead of anything he ex pected of the performer^, The yell he gave was distinctly heard out in the street and drew the notice of the.aud? iecce. "You murderous villiau 1" he roared, "what did you do that for?" "I?I?thought it was wooden," re plied the horrified Heels. "Thought it was wooden? Thought be banged 1" cried the Deacon, as be pounded Heels over the head with a cane. A policeman came in and arrested Heels and took him to the station, whero later be was called upon by the man who wanted 85 in payment of the but. The Deacon was conveyed home and Ragbag went 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 ?aben he gets at him. A Surprising Revolution. In the Summer of 18G8 Governor Joseph K. P-rown was a candidate be fore the Georgia Legislature for U. S Senator and after a prolonged and bitter contest was defeated, the Dem ocrats and Conservatives opposiug birr. The result was received with cheers, and at night many .stores and residences were illuminated in honor I of the occasion. Impromptu meetings were held, and eloquent speakers 'harangued the crowds. Twelve years have elapsed, and the lucky ex Governor, then bullied, defeated, and I disoppointcd, is again a candidate ; before a Democratic Legislature for a high position and is chosen over a gallant soldier, a brilliant orator, lawyer and statesman. uch are tho surprising revolutions and vacillat ing changes in public sentiment. j Notwithstanding the famous Gar lield-Morey letter, the Chinese on tho | Pacific coast seem at last to appreeL late the fact that they must "go," as upw ards of 800 of the Celestials took jtheii departure for the Flowery King dom Thursday. It is evident that they don't believe that the letter is j authentic. W.m. F. Martin, a handsome scamp , was in jail at Lebanon, Mo., awaiting , the result of an appeal to the Supremo Coir, i from a conviction for murder, i he sevi nli en yea:-old neice of the jailor obtained (he keys and released Mai tin and went off with him, the two taking ?75, n line Spencer rille and other articles Ihr.I came hand}*. ~~ I Pay yoi r subscription.