The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-29

militia service, and was elected Captain,
his Company being assigned to service on
the coast, where he remained to the close
Of the war. Col. McGee was an upright
and just man. He was for many years q
useful member of Good Hope Presbyteri-
an Church, in this County. His remains
were inferred in the Cross Roads ceme-
terry, after appropriate funeral services,
conducted by Rev. w. H. King. Col.
McGee leaves wife and five children,
together with host of relatives and
friends, who mourn his death.
Previous to the operation Of the present
railroad schedules connection by the Co.
lumbia g. Greenville Railroad with the
South bound mails over the Air Lire
Railroad was mado at Seneca City. but
now these mails are delayed there for
twelve hours. Persons going from here
to Atlanta have to lay over at Seneca all
night, rs the trains for Atlanta over the
Air Line pass Seneca at $50 p. IN. and
7.S3 a. m. The trains for Charlotte pass
Seneca at 10 p. m. and 1.20 p. m. 1t
seems to us that the connection at Seneca
with the Air Line trains is the most inn
.portant that could be made by the c. & G.
r. R., as the bulk of the travel over this
end of that Road is. Western bound. 1t
is great Inconvenience to the travelling
public, and the two Roads ought to make
close connection at Seneca. Certainly
neither Road would lose anything finan-
cial.y by the connection. Indeed, we be.
lieve il. would add to their increase, for If
close connection were made the travel
would surely increase. BY acco:nmo-
dating the public the railroads stimulate
travel and increase their business. The
present schedule is, we presume, made
for tho purpose of connecting with the
South Carolina Road, but it seems to US
that it would be better to change the
leaving time lroni Charleston than to. fail
to- make these connection We hope the
railroad authorities will look into these
inconvenience, and, if possible, remedy.
them for the benefit of the travelling
public. .5%
Mr.. ]. c. Keys, who resides two and
half miles West of the city, has the finest
fields Of grain we have ever gazed upon.
His crops consist of: barley, oats and
wheat. His barley crop is now being.
harvested, and be thinks he will gather
one thousand bushels. For it he finds a
ready market and good prices. His yield
of oats and wheat will also run up in the
thousands. Mr.. Keys is very success
.ful,farmer, and tho secret of his. success
is that he diversifies his crops and makes
cotton surplus crop. He plants but few
acres, which be fartiliaes highly, works
we'll, and consequently makes as much as
the majority Of farmers do on twice the
number of acres Of land. We were
shown field Of barley, which had been
sown in the drill. Between the rows he
has planted cotton, and has an excellent
stand. AS soon as the barley is harvest
ed, he will 60 right ahead and cultivate
crop of cotton, which not only gets the
benefit of the fertilizers he has put in
with it, but also gets the benefit of the
fertilizers which have been used under
the grain. Mr.. Keys told US that he had,
in this way, harvested twenty-five. bush,
els of grain to the acre and then made a
bale; OF cotton on the same ground: This
is what we call progressive farming, and
worthy of imitation by every tiller of the
soil. If every farmer in Anderson Coun-
ty would adopt Mr.. Keys plan of farm
ing, we would not haye to keep our corn
cribs in the West. It will repay any far
mer, we think, to visit Mr.. Keys farm,
see his crops and hear his ideas about
farming.