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

n'ltia service, and was elected Canta,p
nis company being assigned to ssryice ON
ne coast, whore he remained TO the close
OF tho war. Col. MCGEE was an unrieb,
anu JUST man. he was for many years a
useful member of Good Hope Presbv,eri-
an 0nurch, in this County. remains
were inferred IN the Cross Roads ceme.
'ery, after appropriate funeral services
conducted b. Rov. w. II. King. Col.
Medee leaves wife and five cbildren
together with a host of relatives and
friends, who mourn his death.
PREVIOUS to the operation of the present
railroad schedules connection by the Co.
lumbia & Greenville Railroad win Tho
South bound mails over tho Air Lire
Na'iroad was made at Seneca City, but
now 'hese mails are delayed there for
t"eive hours. Persons going from here
70 Atlanta have to lay over at Seneca all
h'ght, as the trains for Atlanta over the
AR Line pass Seneca at $50 D, In. and
100 a. IN. The trains for Charlotte pass
oeheea at 10 p. m. and 100 p. m. 1t
seems 70 us that the connection at Seneca
Win the Air Line trains is tho most i'm
Portsnt that could be made by the C. g. G..
Il. H., as the bulk Of the travel over this
emu OF that Road issWestefIi bound. II
Is great Inconvenience to the travelling
public, and tho two Roads ought to make
close connection at Seneca. Certainly
neither Road would lose anything finan.
cially by the connection. Indeed, we be.
iieVe IL would add to their increase, for IL
close connection were made the travel
would surely increase. BY accommo-
dating the public the railroads stimulate
travel and increase their business. The
present schedule is. We presume, made
for tho purpose of connecting with tho
South Carolina Road, but 1t seems to us
that 1t would be better to change the
leaving-tine from Charleston than to fail
to olnake these We homo the
railroad authorities will look into these
inconveniences, and, if possible, remedy Y
them for the benefit of the travelling
public. sfas
Mr.. ]. c. Keys, who resides two and q
half miles West OF the city. has the finest
fields os grain wo Rave ever gezei unon
His crops consist of. barley, oats and
wheat. His barley srop is now boing
harvested, and he thinks lie will gather
one thousand bushels. For 1t he finds
ready market and good prices. His yield
of oats and wheat will also run up in the
thousands. Mr.. Keys Is very success
full farmer, and the secret of his success
is that he diversifies his crops and makes
cotton surplus crop. He plants but few
acres, which he fertiliaes 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
cd, he will go right ahead and cultivate a
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
tho 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 tic
soil. If every farmer in Anderson Coun-
ty would adopt Mr.. Keys plan OF farm
ing. we would not have to keep our corr
cribs in the West. It will repay cry far
mer, we think, to visit Mr.. Keys farm,
see his crops and hear his ideas about
farming.