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us thar u sell many lots. We. want
real 'Izzers,' not "Hasoeens. Some
of four best corners have been reserv-
ed for a hotel, banking ofiict, drng
store and office building. a good
experienced hotel man, with some
means, can get the best lois in toxin
for that purpose, on time to suit, and
perhaps little assistance ii he needs
it. We prefer to determine for orr
selves whether we will take our coI-
fee hot or cold,--all "real coAee-or
part peas or all peas.
For Augusta people going to Wash
ington or the East by the "Air Line,
or when making us visit on bosl'
ness, for pleasure or recreanon' VIII
like our hotel so will the through
passengers for Chicago via the An-
gusta and Knoxville, and 50 will the
conductors who bring trains Of cheap
bacon, flour, corn and coal IRON the
West to our enterprislng merchants.
You will hear from us again.
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tne DuSneS CoWaIusalJ -17',s-y =
knife in his teeth and he is coming to
assassinate you !"
If the creek did not say so, and II
the picket did not understand, why
did he give that sudden start and
change his position Why does he
kneel to get a clearer look around
him? Why does he keep his eyes ias-
tened upon that stump until the very
intensity Of his gaze brings out every
knot and splinter If fifty men were
asleep in that space and one other
were awake he would feel the loneli-
ness and danger. By daylight a
school girl might weave romance
from the pabble Of the waters. Hark !!
is there any romance in this?
Beware beware That man with
tangled hair, fierce eye and savage
face is still advancing! Be on your
guard, watch, listen
Coward Count the scars on his
body, look up his record No, not a
coward; and yet bis pale face comes
to you from the darkness almost like
candles light. If it was cowardice
he would hide, or desert his post,
No, it is not fear, and yet he thinks
it feeling unworthy of him, and he
braces against it. He turns dea
ear to the whispers Of the creek. He
refuses the warning bushes. Yor
can almost gee him as he shuts hi
teeth hard together and tries to force
his thoughts into another channel.
Look out look out :" whispers
the creek, but he refuses TO hear.
Something is moving over th'
ground behind him. You can sec i
from where you sit. 1t is somethip!
darker than the dark ground beneath
Now it moves-now it halts-now it
fierce eyes almost light up the dark
ness, as it makes out the mutie'
form Of the. picket leaning asains
the tree.
"Murder murder murder !" gul
, giles the creek:
. You hear it, but The picket
} thinking of home. A thousand mile
E away in quiet farm house. If th
D sams night wind blows there it kisa'
:. the apple blossoms and lulls the WI
i and children to deeper slumbers.
e You see the darker somethir
g coming nearer. It'll creeping up b
3 hind him. A tiger would rustic Il
v leaves or snap twig, and his victi
% would have time to call Gods nan
8 before the spring. This is hum'
k tiger. God put mercy in his hes
d but it was driven out by hate.
"Save him Save him., cried t
creek.
ss You start at the call, but he dc
ol not move. He is thinking Of the W
~ whose tears wet his cheek-of
-. curly heads who clung to his arm
T. of the miles and the dangers betwt
him and them.
re. The terrible knife is transient
to from mouth to hand.
er Murder {! Murder Mur-
on it was done. Not a cry-not eve
Dr., groan. The head sank down v
only a sigh, The picture of wife
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1.-The State. A large city is needed
71gztAere, and we propose to build
it. We are nothing yet bat location,
enterprise and facilities.
RESULTS MUST FOLLOW.
Mr. NcCormick-a Virginian by birth
and education, "a cosmopolitan in en-
terprise, the greatest of the builders
and rebuilders of Chicago, the most
'snccessfulinventor and manufacturer
even this country has yet produced,
prominent director in the first Pa
ciic Railroad, 'wiien itrsQuired men
of strong hearts to occupy the posi-
ton and back it by their means,
pron,i asnt'. .in9the politics Of his coun-
try; Haany years sane mee g. the
National Democratic Gommittee, and
at the st. Louis Convention the ia
yorite candidate of the Southern del.
egates for the Vice-Presidency, a
promoter of learning api Christian
literature, a liber:.i s,.stainer OF char.
liable institutions, as the orphans OF
this county have long been able TO
testify; gentleman now past seven,
ty, but still in the ha.ness and as
full of purposes as in middle life;
who is probably better known through
the world than any living American
citizen, and who has done more than
any mar, living or dead, to tighten
the labors and increase the1prosperl-
ty of the agriculturist-talses an in
terest in US, and we doubt not vii!
assist us by his means and by his
counsels. We gave it his name be-
cause he, at the time Of its greatest
need, gave substantial aid to this
railroad which so greatly delights US
now, and is to bring prosperity to SO
large portion of South Carolina.
On Tuesday last a few lots were sold
to persons who were anxious to erect
business houses at once, bnt orr sale
was adjourned to the 7th OF Februa-
ry, on account OF the rainy weather
and the non, completion Of the rail,
road to this point. Then we expect
our Augusta friends to visit US and
get acquainted, as We intend to do
business with you hereafter.
Come early and take time to look
around. Capt. Nesbit will show You
as fine a true Gssure vein Of rich free
gold quartz as can be seen anywhere
ON the Pacific slope. sDo not forget
to look at our springs and the neauti-
full park surrounding them. II you
desire to see minerals, walk over to
manganese hill and follow the vein.
for mile. We are making q greater
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who presented 4 vie, who
was young and PA elegantly
attired. He himsMf % longer

who presented Eifs, who
was young and pS elegantly
attired. He himNf ~ > longer
the unattractive parsonage his guest
had seen in the morning, while the
manners and conversation Of fifteen
ortwenty visitors who were assembled
in the drawing room led to the infer.
ence that this house was one of the
most refined in the city. The viands
were excellent, the wines exquisite,
the table covered with an abundance
Of massive silver plate; in short, the
young traveller was obliged mentally
to admit that he had never partaken
of more delicate fare or seen a great.
er display OF magni6cence; and he
| was more than ever confounded upon
ascertaining from one of the persons
near him that the banker gave a sim.
liar entertainment twice a week.
While coffee was serving he rumina.
tel on all that ne had witnessed. The
banker, observing his fit of abstrac.
ton, soon succeeded by drawing him
into conversation, in finding out the
cause of his perple1ity, and observed,
emphatically, you are too young to
understand how masses are formed.
the true and only power; whether
composed Of money, water or men.
it is all alike. A mass is an ilamense
centre of motion; but it must be be-
gun-it must be kept up. Young
man, the little bits Of paper which
excited your aeripion this morning
are one among the many means / EN-.
ploy for attaining it. Put especially
does TINS principle come into play IN
the accumulation Of earnings, and
!, therefore you should mass your saw
ings and deposit in the Augusta sav.
, ings Institution; and when once
!. . begun, you will find that it is eaeily
kept up.
10 BEAN.
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MEMORIAL TABLET.
Inscribed by the Confederate Survivors
on the ObeIisk Chimney.

A visit 10 The. Obelisk Chimney OF
the site of the old Confederate Pow
der Mills, now the site OF the Sibley
Mills, will show that the memorial
tablet ordered by the Confederate
Survivors is being placed in positions
and that scafolding is surrounding
the base OF tie obeilek, and only
waiting for open weather to assist in
cementing the whole OF the PARALLEL
ogramic base of the chimney or the
tower from which the obelisk rises.
This cement will be colored and pen
ciled off, and appear as if the tower
was OF granite. In the upper part of
the face looking out upon the canal
is dead window beneath the battle
ments about seven feet by four and
a half in easurement, and in this
window is placed the memorial tablet
Of pure Carrara marble, cut to fit the
window, and three inches thick. The
letters on the tablet are raised, and
are about two inches long by one half
an inch high, and are clearly visible
to those who pass along the road way
or on the canal.
The inscription upon the tablet is
consist and fitting, and its phrase
and sentiment point unerringly to
the worthy President of the Survi-
yor's Association for its inspired au-
.thorship. AS the means Of the As.
sociation permit, the other three faces
will be appropriately inscribed, but
the tablet now in position bears the
following inscription:
THIS OBELIsK .CHIMNEY-Sole sYem-
nant Of the extensive Powder
Works here erected under the aus
pices of the Confederate Govern.
4nent, is, by the Confederate Sur
vivors' Association, OF Augusta,
with the consent of the City Coun:A
Gil, conserved in honor of a fallen
Nation, and iasesihss l;.sa Z .laaaazzzz.,azl.
-5Ty 9. 1Iosc VINO died in the South. !
ern Armies during the war between
the States.
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For the Advertiser.
BafaWeH GUu9ty Responds.

MEssRs. EpIroRs.-In your issue
of January 18th instant, | notice an
article Of L. A. R., Of Columbia, 5.
c., contributed to Chronicle and Con-
stitutionalist, teeming with statistics
about the stock law.
His figures may all be correct, and
yet worthless as arguments in favor
Of the law, as ] shall try to show to
The satisfaction of all impartial think,
ing men.
The stock law. originated with a
certain class, is defended by a certain
class, and is opposed by another
class, because it opresees them. That
large landholders may be enabled to
plant with little or no fencing, small
landholders must build from SO to
IS per cent more, or else be deprived
Of pasturing their grain and pea fields.
Anderson aud my own County,
Barnweli, compared; -one-has line
improved COWS that must eat I'M
proved feed, the other has scrubs,
chat rough it as best they can. An
derson makes the most butter, but
who makes 1.-THE small farmers en-
so 70 100 acres? Perhaps SO, if they
let cotton alone. In my coWA
cursed county, such a farmer cow
ing cotton and keeping huge COWS
and hogs, when he can scarce grow
enough forage for his plow horse, is
a myth; and l very much suspect he
will turn out to be mythical man
everywhere.
But there are thousands Of pounds.
OF butter and cheese produced i'll An
dsrson County What Of that, if on
ly q certain class produces them, and
another has to purchase or do with
ont; any price is dear one when
paid, ior what should be raised at
home. 1t is not fair to contrast
high, broken, clay soil adapted to
GRAINS and grasses, with the fiat san
dy sell Of Barnwell, bount hand end
foot to the tyrant cotton, where the
natural grass OF the pine barrens and
the cane Of the branches and swamps
is the best and cheapest grazing.
II am not greatly mistaken, !
shall produce a little earthquake
amongst L. A. R'sigures andpounds
when / ask him to prove by his sta
tistios that the small farmers of the
stock law counties get as much hog
meat, beef and butter to eat, OF but
termiilk to,drink, as of yore.
If he W pour over his statistics
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Jersey Cattle.

known by the generic name Of Alder
ney cattle. Alderney is three and q
half miles long and one mile broad,
containing 1862 acres. Guernsey is
nine miles by seven, and has a popu-
lation OF thirty thousand; Jersey is
eleven miles by five and half, hav-
ing 10000 acres and $1,000 inhabi-
tants. Small and unimportant as
these islands are, they are working
great improvement in cattle breed.
ing in this country. The origin Of
the Jerseys have been by most wri-
tars traced back to France, and to
that part called Brittany. The orig
iual colors were black and mulberry.
For two centuries these cattle have
bsen famous, and great care has been
taken to keep the breed pure. The
island Of Jersey passed stringent laws
more than hundred years ago to
prevent the importation of cattle
from France, and more recently from
the island of Guernsey, England and
elaewhere. The Royal Jersey Agri-
cultural and horticultural Society
was organized in 1883, and in 1854
a scale Of points was established,
which has since been altered some
what. In 1888 it was required that
the pedigree on both sides should be
stated, and this led to the formation
| of the Herd book. In lS4-i the Chan.
nel Island cattle became popular in
England and were called "Crumple
Horns by many. The earliest re
corded importation to America was
iu 1915. In 1858 a new impulse wa
given to the importation and rearing
Of Jerseys, and in 1859 the American
Jersey Cattle Club was originated
: and the first volume Of the Here
Register was published in 1871, Will
a record of $50 bulls, and ,427 cows
, The Register now increased to min
volumes. In the Island OF Jersey tn
!, cows are milked three times a da..
g in summer and twice in winter. A
extra cow will give 90 quarts or iiv
. gallons, but the general daily yiel
;. is 10 to II quarts. The farms ar
q very small and there are no lare
|. herds OF Jerseys on the Island, te
o or twelve being the usual numbe
q In Jersey there are about $4,000 an
n in Guernsey G,0Oo. They keep the
d numbers about the same by sellir
:. off, America takes the best and pa,
n the highest prices. The Guerns'
sr cattle are supposed by some to
1. equal, if not superior, to the Jersey
ii She is larger and the yield of mi
re is greater. Her butter is self color
even in winter.
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by the cry "IFAu, MAJ God, s1, arc

by the CRY " lFhu, my God, sar, arc
yoa goingf dirde The Democratic
pa,ty9"
The trefment practice npon some
localities being SO successful. the
whole Stafshas been treated to a
taste of li;lpeople by the thousands
are heavin. and splitting at its nau-
seousnesR, int like sick child, the
mother, sl5ts and grannies, tell the
lf1e :. one e Il darling it will cure
you" SSSSEow, Messrs. Editors, cor
respondent on the staff ard off the
staff, are ils 'loils & wounded and
maltrea u lie with "Placebo's,"
"Jaz'ibes. ., 1T drops" and 'sooth-
ing syraE beeging them ito please
.swallow &AFne It's a little bitter, but
it will beVveet wien it gets into
your lnterl,.ls;; twill make you fat,
rich, put e!er5body In good hu-
NOR and bpng about The millennium
in a few years" Collound such
quack- -doeths
L. A: says That when the stock
law has b tried he doubts if five
per cent epposition can be found.
Well, if lSd been the secret means
of the deaf: Of a: thousand men, |
might sa!struthfnlly not FIVE per
cent of mgneighbora hated me, as a
murderer. -tnd-sght here the tyr;
amy md Qe audaeity Of the stock
law comes II. Snap it upon the pee
pie in lulc order, force its execution
before anoiler election, tear down
the fences 6eYsrse the enclosures, de-
stroy the. s. y. and then the people
will submit mink ye of this,
fresborn % ~ sSesd men tell no
tales spg1Fs3 from this kind of logic.
Disarm a fan and he can't resist
you. If d3s are fighting over a
bone destrdthe bone and the con-
.ention vii cease. So our Legiisla-
tors hays ssonea-httle Go they
know of ht q nature.
Never w there a bigger bubble
5sTslled up ySsnsth the assertion otter
Gaele hiaei = a 4, e White peo-
pie are in the stock law
It's ali aseeI end 1 will prick the
j, r;1ht here Why |
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hold in the aggregate more acres oil
the States area, than theplanters So
called, and hat.they pay in the ag-
gregate more taxes into the State
Treasury, than do the large land
holders. 1t is a truth he and all OBJ
servant men mnst admit, that small
farmers grow most to eat at home,
live upon it, and pay ont less OF their
cotton money for provisions than the
planters.
These men grow mcst 10 eat at home,
-.''e.trt t!,rre!ora shoutd hc lei s.icm2.
Turn again, Mr.. L. A. r., TO your
dgures and pounds, and tell us why
the grain crop Of the State has de-
creased steadily since the war, while
the cotton crop has increased. The
stimulus Of phosphates in the Pied
mont region cannot explain all this;
it is the curse OF cotton. Well, tear
down all the fencing, and dplant every
fence line, will that increase the
graia crop My guess is that it will
increase the yield o cotton, as some
OF the stock law counties have proved
already. But l.. A. r. hid these
figures under bushel. If grain is
planted in the cotton belt, it IS TO
feed The hands and the mules to
make cotton. 1t will he cotton, cot"
ton, everywhere, on the highways,
byways and mill paths-grown too
with scarcely any profit, and the last
dollar paid ont for something to eat,
wear OF ride. And here, let me ask,
who Of tie planters has grown llch
making cotton, since the-we1-55-et- has
made any money. My observation is
where lwo..llave done so, eight NaVe
become bankrurts. Was this cauS
BY ;he tax OF fencing their crops
!al o. their hirelings OF tenants shoOl Il
have done, and will 10 now, ii ep
forced in the bargain, with no COP
save the wear OF the implements
! No, such planting it was,
Which gave them blues anlncryous chill;
And many wakctul mental thrills,
The wolf ahead they plainly saw
Anal refuge took hind homestead law,
or else 10 feel 1t petted life
They ;iXed their cha.teis on the wife
Before The gambling crops they grew
That bound them to The Shylock Jew.
Now i believe the position is a
impregnable one-that small farmer
are saving more money than larg
oues, and enrlching the State faste
in fixed property. The stock la
: will cramp and bear hardest on the
and therefore will result in a gener
a diminution OF taxable wealth.
G Tie popularity OF the stock Law
where it has been tried is heard CO.
y tinually, anu like most OF NADIA
3 Rumors arrant lies, spreads faster
IS a distance than near at home. Wi
those townships and counties wi
V openly and fairly voted the law up'
Y themselves, have no quarrel. B
come up Mr.. Il. A. R. with your t
4 bles again and tell us where al
:. where not free and open poll W
had ? Tell us where it was that pc
tions were used, @s an excuse for t
Legislature to snap the stock Ii
r suddenly upon an unprerared POI
III lation, and then stille all Srumbhl
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tlcn OF baff fwell.N y Sambo has as nigh
an apprecl71 1tion of big cows and hogs
and low reTf fts as the white man.
lit Will 9evive the Republican par
ty, or pave the way Tor Mahoneism."
Now l frn4 " believe that if this is.
sue Is kept out oil politics, there is
very great danger OF these things,
but II true and tried white Democrats
will lead Of the stock law Issue only,
negroes and some white mel, finding
there Is a emedy within the Demo-
cratic laa' ey,will have no induce
ment to loil low and worship false and
wicked Gohs. "An ounce of preven-
tive Is bet1 er than pound of cure
should be remembered here.
Finallyl there is a view 10 be talk
en- oil the stock law from two stand
polntS-lh e upper and the lower
country, o b the pine belt, to be more
particularly No black exodus occurs
from tins belt; it receives quota
from ever overiowing Of the upper
and mlddR Re counties. The truth is'
with the Stock law to help, it dooms
ns to slow bnt sure Africanizatio!;
it drives 4 if our small farmers, not
the negro and
THIS class Of men doth now protest
GalnsI ma liking lands roostIng nest,
For idle tenants will flock whence
Cotton gr9ws without fence
Ana TINS Will starve provision crops
VIII 60 INTO the cross road shops
AND deal ,fut rations by the week
ana ail Ilfe profits cleanly sweep;
White me h can't live 'mongst the black
clan,
They'll Sc sk better favored land
where they, and all they have con dwell
An" leSS1P Pshe negroes in their HUI:
Am g rry my article is so long, but
coulo n9 make it shorter and touch
upon I'll Pleading points in this un'
iortuhath issue. BARNWELL.
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"Lives of great men always re-
mind us that we are all subject to
die" says an exchange but never
cough yourself away as long as you
can raise % cents for bottle OF Dr.
Bulls Cough Syrup.
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children was hardly hidden between

children was hardly hidden between
earth and Heaven.
Zone less !" hiased the human IT,
ger, as he peered iinto the blancheds
face, and with a gurgle in his .hroat,:
as if he had Tapped at the hot blood
flowing toward the creek, he crept
away to seek another victim.
"This is war;: whispered thecreek
as it shrunk away from the blood,
"and war is murder :
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nearly accomplished that we cannot
longer torbear opening at least intel
lectual communication with the en-
terprising people of the beautiful
city Of Augusta, through the medium
of your valuable paper.
In a very few days more the loco
motive whistle within the limits of
our new town will proclaim the glad
tidings that we are at last connected
by the iron band OF enterprise with
the markets Of the continent. Then
the cotton now here awaiting ship
raent will be sent 10 your factories,
and the inexhaustlble mass of our
rich manganese will begin to go for
ward by way Of your city to the fur
naces, bleaching establishments and
other consumers Of this valuable min
eral. Yonr people will have given
us new hope and new life, for
which We sincerely thank you. You
will send us machinery and supplies,
for which we have so long been in
need, to develop our rich gold depos-
its, and improved implements to cul-
tivate these neglected fields, and fer
tilizers from the coast to enrich them,
and, in return, We will send you yel-
low eagles, and such piles OF cotton
bales as were never seen before III
your ancient and honored market.
How soon enterprise is followed by
industry, economy and prosperity
Man, when aroused by it, appropri-
ates to his purposes the soil, climate
aud advantages Of location. He who
rides over this new road few years
hence will be gra;iGedwith evidences
Of thrift, where now he sees neglect
and desolation. Here, near the great
markets, in the finest climate Of the
world, industry will Gnd her home
AID make the earth blossom like the
rose, and cities to spring up, as it
were, in a night. These cotton States
cannot remain as they are. They
must become as prosperous, wealthy
and influential as any p:rtion Of the
Union.
TIE PEOPLE OF MCCORMICK,
And the large section Of country
tributary to it, intend to do then
part in working this change. Already
Captain Nesbit, who was manager
when Dorm took a.million from the
mine, is preparing to erect new ma
chinery at the shaft on the r.ch velr
which he discovered and opened W
last year; and sayshe will soon brint
another million to the surface. Mr.
Mccormick is making arrangement
to put an adequate force in the man
ganese mines, which have been here
tofore neglected for want of trans
portation. These two enterprises
within half mile of our depot, wit
the mill and reduction works alor
will give us an assurance of .ces
in our efforts to bull II possess
ed by few if any inland towns in thi
State. Then the Savannah Vale
Road, terminating here, Will probt
bly, be completed before Christine
: next and give us fresh impetus. W
fear no competition in this part
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Mr.. E. G. Gartman, the business
manager Of the Evening Dispatch, Of
York, Pa, was cured of neuralgia by
three applications Of st. Jacobs Oil
Boston Mass. Saturday Evening TX
nresa.
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MCCORMICK.

Carolina Ally oniekening
with New Liie-.Raitroad Nearing
the Town--Prospects aud POssibili-
ties of an Enterpr;sing People,
What is Being Done mp the A. and
Il. r, Il.