The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-10-27

Will Do III alLeuOatCe NuoSe uuIS IL Wa
be to take the best of care of every
thing.
IN Abbeville County hundreds OF
thousands Of dellars have been paid tor
commercial fertilizers. We will give
one years. subscription to the Press ana
Banner for information establishing the
fact that one acre Of ground has been
made rich by this large expenditure.
Home made fertilizers can alone do any
permanent good. Fertilizers may stim-
ulate some lands for little while, but
they leave the land poorer than before
their application. We can't afford to
have our land permanently ruined to
make one or two crops.
REV. J. G SHIDEN, the learned and
acceptable pastor of the Baptist church
at Greenwich has announced that he
has s'entered upon the duties Of editor
of the Sunday department of the Green
Ipile NeUs." His ready pen will doubt
less be an acquisition to the editorial
staff of that enterprising journal, and
we welcome Mr.. Hidden as. shining
light into the ranks of the editorial
brotherhood, but if the old gentleman
who keeps the birthstone mill don't call
for him in less than six months for edit
ing such paper as the GreenriUe Ne1Us,
we shall deem it special wonder.
Gov. CHAMBERLAIN was present at
the Greenville Fair, and delivered an
address to large audience OH Thursday
which was highly commended by all
who listened to it. He was the guest OF
the city, and received much attention at
the hands of all classes of the people.
He seems to have been highly pleased
with his reception, and speaks in glow
ing terms of the future of the Mountain
City.
No good farmer will neglect to pre-
pare his lands to SOW enough wheat for
his own consumption. We trust no
planter in Abbeville County will come
TO any of the different depots to buy
flour next Summer. Such q course is
suicidal, and we trust that the wives
and children of Abbeville County will
make their husbands and fathers pro-
vide -four for their own use. It's a
shame for farmer to buy flour.
WE have always believed that we had
the best Agricultural County in the
world, but since the fine exhibition of
wheat, corn, cats, &C., at the Fair we
know it, and we pronounce it shame
for our people to be compelled to buy
-four and corn. It seems to us that q
good farmer would be ashamed to be
seen hauling such products from the
depot.
WE hone those who send fine speei-
mems of grain or other products will
allow the Committee to turn over few
ears or small quantity Of grain to Col.
Aiken to exhibit at the Louisville
Grange Repository and at the Philadel-
phia Centennial. The name of the
sender shall be attached.
ABBEvILLE AT THE STATE FAIR. -
Abbeville is expected to be we'll repre-
sented at the State Fair. Among the
many who will have goods on exhibi-
ton, we would mention Mrs H w Law
son, Mrs John w Sign, Mr. James Nc
Caslan, Mr. A NJ Aiken. Mrs A B c
Lindsay, Mr. f Westfield, Mr. Robert
Pratt, Maj R A Griffin, Col . w Aiken,
and host Of others.
If we had control of all the idle mules
and horses that are daily hitched to the
racks of the towns in Abbeville County,
we could sow wheat and oats enough to
feed man and eastperpetually. 1t ruffies
our feelings to see horses and mules thus
idle, when the wheat and oats are not
sowed.
MUCH has been said about raising
hogs. We are in favor of the invest
ment, especially ss long as the law
allows them to forage on our poor neigh
boris crops-unless he puts a high fence
around Ills corn. He hasn't got the tim
ber, and we know our hogs can get his
corn.
THE Columbia Fair will not allow
speed tests this Fall. This we regard as
, unfortunate, as the races draw large
crowds, and 60 far towards making the
enterprise SUCCESS. Without the races
, we fear that the Fair will be tame af
fair.
THE GreeaviUe Enterprise and Noun,
taineer is neatly printed. Their new
! press works beautifully. We learn thai
Greenyille has eight presses. Four II
, the Mountai,aeer office aud four in th'
Neus Office.
q THE largest cucumber that we hav'
ever seen was on exhibition at our Fair
It was six inches in diameter and nine
. teen inches long, and was exhibited BY
, Mrs. f. Calhoun, of Monterey.
Y If man 80 far forgets himself wher
= he comes to town, as to get drunk, ant
make an ass of himself, we thinka hi
friends should keep him at home Unit
! he learns to behave like gentleman.
If the law made man responsible 70
= the damages his hogs may do to hi
neighbors' crops, Jack Gordon woult
get pay for his potatoes which were
rooted up last week.
s TozER, the steam engine man of Go
t lumbia, had an engine and gin on ex
l.. hihtion at the Fair grounds last week
: His machinery was much admired.
THE JUNIOR is proving his faith b.
! his works. He is sowing largely Of oats
q He expects to make small fortune mex
Spring.
s THE wife that has not had flour t
e cook this Summer should make the "ol
S man" go to his merchant and get see
wheat to SOW. ~:
THE boy that carries corn bread t
school while his neighbor has "cake,
should now put in a plea for the sowinI
=, of wheat.
81 THERE are in Abbeville village abou
+ twenty-five hogs and about lor.y cows