The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-02

REMARKABLE CoTToN CROrS.-The
newspapers are calling attention to the
wonderful success Of Mr.. j. j. Crump,
whose farm is near Aberdeen, Miss.
He has adopted q new process III cot
ton planting, and the remarkable re-
suits which have followed Ills expert
mcnts are attracting the notice of
planters. In 1877 Mr.. Crump pro-
duccd 1910 pounds of ginncd cotton
to the acre, 1000 pounds in 1873; and
the prospects this season point to the
heaviest yield he has ever obtained.
The Aberdeen (M1iss.) E:c0mincr gives
the process. Mr.. Crump prepares his
land in December by digging holes
three feet from each other, eighteen
inches square and eighteen inches
deep; these holes he fills with manure
to within four inches of the top, and
the remainder Of the way with the top
soil. At the usual season he plants
with view to having three stalks to a
hill, and piles the clay from the bottom
Of the pits as deep over their tops as
the supply will admit of, with a view
to keeping down the grass, and then
cultivatcs with hand and hoe, never
allowing plough to be used. The
preparation is made in December, in
order to subduc the fiery qualities of
the fertilizer, and the holes when pre-
pared will make at least three crops
without changing their contcnts-the
second crop generally being the best,
and the first and third about the same.
This plan has gone beyond the sphere Of
experiment, and there is no longer
necessity for man to scrapc over a
dozen acres when he can obtain more
cotton and better cotton by cultivating
two OF three by Mr.. Crump's process.
TIE GREAT WALKING MATCH.-The
long distance walking match begun in
New York at one O'Clock on Monday
morning, ended at eleven on Saturday
night. The score stood as follows:
1towell, Englishman, $50 miles; Mer-
ritt, American, letter carrier, SIS
miles; I1azael, Englishman, 500 miles !;
Hart, colored, Hayticn, 1872 miles !;
Guyon, American, Al miles: Weston,
American, 453 miles; Ennis, Irishman,
$50 miles; Khronc, Prussian, cx-sol-
dior, $50 miles; Taylor, champion pic
eater Of New England, 250 miles.
Itowell won the belt and $4,000 dol
lars in Now York lust spring, Ennis
being second and making $4,000.
W cston subsequently won the belt in
England (Rowell being unable from
al accident to compete) by tho un-
precedcntcd score Of $50 miles. Ho
barely saved his distance Oh this occa-
sion. About $4,000 was taken in,
Of which about 100000 will be given
the walkers, Rowell receiving half,
and the rest being divided among the
others who made 450 miles, in proper
ton to the distance respectively travel
cd. Taylor gets nothing for hispains.
:ltowell is not over five and q half feet
high, bu thas most powerful legs. His
thighs were compared by reporter to
watcrmelons, so round wore they.
Between a quarter and q half million
dollars were bet on tho race, the odds
being heavily in favor of, Rowell
against tho fold.
A correspondent writing to tho
Glasgow Herald on "the wayin which
work from women Is paid by some
firms In Glasgow" says: ttA shirt
contains about sixty yards Of machine
stitching and thirty yards of basting,
and for this work lad. is paid. Alady
in. this city worked for 3d., working
OH an average Of FIVE houra day. :