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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-04-25


hereby certify that ] had the manage.
ment of tho Peterkin Plantation at this
place during the year 1854, which was
planted in tho Peterkin Prolific Cotton
commenced planting on the first of May:
and finished on the 10Th OF the same month.
The crop had the usual culture on the share
system. l have soon all the varieties OF
cotton grown i'll the country, and consider
the Pelerkin Prolific far superior to all OF
them. 1t fruits more rapidly, stands more
hot, dry weather than other cotton, does
not rust. The crop here had no rain after
Sd of July. Continued to grow during the
long druuth, remained green, long after
other crops of the country were burnt up
and marured nearly or quite to the top
fickers claim they can pick one-third
more of the Peterkin than any other cotton
grown. l believe there is more money in
it than i'll any other cotton grown. There
has only been a small portion OF the crop
ginned which has been weighed by Mr.. J.
L. Henegan. who had charge of the gin.
Same averaged IL 45 lO0 lbs lint cotton TO a
hundred pounds seed cotton.
GEO. W. SAWYER.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-04-25

PLANTEEsviLLE, La, December l, 1885,
Capt. G. A. Peterkin:
Dear Si,-From the sack cotton seed You
gave me planted 334 acres land. All who
saw the cotton admit that it had only two
thirds stand. 1 am satisfied there was not
cotton on the whole 3A acres to cover
acres. 1 packed five bales weighing 4s0 net
lint each. The cotton grew finely all sum-
mer. Did not wilt nor suffer from hot, dry
weather, as other cotton did. No rain from
July until picked. Saw no sign of rust.
Two pounds cotton to the stalk was COM
mon occurrence.
1 exhibited one stalk at the Southeast
Arkansas Fair in October, which won first
premium for best stalk cotton raised in the
district. This stalk had one hundred and
sixty weli-open hollis on it. The Petcrkin
improved cotton will yield over 40 per cent
lint per 100 lbs seed. 1t is the most prolific
and in every way the hardest cotton ever
cultivated. Have cultivated Allen, Ozier,
Dickson, Duncan's Prolific and many 9th
ers. Would not sell my cotton seed for So
per bushel ana plant any other.
Yours Truly, X. 5. MUM. -
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-04-25

Rev. Thomas B. Clarkson writes from
Eastoyer, S. c., November 25, 1854:
The cotton seed you gave me proved most
satisfactory The yield OF lint turned out
forty-one per cent, tested in the presence OF
Col. Richard Singleton. at whose gnhouse
it was ginned. am SO much pleased with
it that I intend to plant no other seed; it is
everything it claims to be; it is far superior
to the Ozier, the Duncan or any seed have
ever seen tried.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-04-25
Must Leave.

4 KANSAS Cry, NO., April IA
private telegram received in this city
yesterday says all persons owning
cattle in the Chickasaw Nation have
been ordered out. This applies To-
aliens and not to natives Of the Nation.
burned.
CINcINNATI, April pa fire
yesterday morning destroyed the flour
mills OF Beetles, Gould & Co., corner
Race and Court streets. Loss $50, 900 (;
fully insured. The building belongs
to w. FL. Aims, and is amply
insured.
Sentences COmmuted.
Fort SMITH, Ark, April q. Death
sentences of five of tho eight Indian
Territory murderers to have been
hanged here Friday have been COM
muted to imprisonment f,r life in the
Detroit house Of. correction
Regarded with Apprehcnsion.
GALVESTON, Apail 2l.-A sp ei.,l to
the News from Texarkana says il bias
been discovered that within the pas,
three weeks the Knights of Labor
have organized several colored assem-
blies in the vicinity of Texarkana
10th in Arkansas and Texas. The
movement is regarded with appre'
hension.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-04-25

Mr.. John L. Moorer, writes from Orange
burg County, November %, 1884:
have tried the Peterl>in Seed on small
experimental scale against five other kinds
tho Thomas, the Ozier Silk, the Duncan,
and my own, Mixed Dixon, and am salts
fed 1t yielded one-third more than the best
of the others. I like it because it picks well
and holds it's own against all bad ana OK
trnme seasons.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-04-25

Mr.. d. J. Carroll writes from st. Mat
thews, S. c., December l, 1854:
The Petorkin Seed far exceed my expec-
tations: has made me more seed cotton
per acre than any planted. and yielded me
AZ lbs lint cotton to every l0Otbs seed cotton.
Send mo SO bushels when you ship +. j..
RuyclS's
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-04-25

have made Dr. H. Mccormick my Monroe for the sale
A. PETIGT4ININe
slStrOps l.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-22
d. h Steel Rails.

William Z. Hunt. the proprietor Of tho
South Boston Iron works, whore heavy
Iron cannon are cast, was in tho city
recently. lie has been paying a visit Of
inspection TO the great iron and steel
works III Pennsylvania with a view Of
charging his experience. He remarked
that he regarded the Edgar Thompson
Steel works. near P.t;sburg, as marvel
Gus in their extent and excellence.
Among other things he said:
These works .urn out enormous GUAM
titles OF steel rails. They havo five or
ak blast furnaces where they mako the
pix frog and eight or ten cupola fur
naces for mixing the iron, besides their
conVertsrs and other processes for treat
ing tie metal before it reaches the COM
pletcd state. watched them turning
Rails with my watch in hand. In some
instances they brought out q rail in
twenty ecouds The steady average, l
think, would be about two rails IA min
ute. IL vas n marvel to me how they
could handle all the vast quantity Of
material that was required for this work.
They Use 1000 tons Of iron orc a day.
1000 tons Of Goa and large quantities OF
limestone to turn out / 900 tons OF pig
iron. In oil they handle nearly 1909
tons OF material n day. 1t is successfully
lone through organized and syntem-
Atlzsa division Of labor. but il ia won
ful EsSerthrless. New York Tribune.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-22
A Negro woman Murdered.

oh tuesday %riorning last a number
vi inc colorod people of this place at
senoed a party at the house of Martha
noon. After the party had fairly on
'creu on tho festivities OF the evening,
ana had engaged in dancing ctc.. ono
W." ELLISON, a notorious negro who has
oeen IN two other shooting utlrays
within the past year, entered tho room,
"hich. was very much Gro we'd.
Ellison was greatly under Tho innueuce
OF liquor, and found little oinicultv IN
raising disturbance with Perry Littlc,
VIII happened to attract his attention.
After Il few sharp words, Ellison drew
MS pistol and attempted to shoot Little,
VII" caught his arm. As he did this
III" pist"i fred, striking an a,.cd c]ulurr,i
woman, named Sarah Anu Dunn, who
happened 10 hc in Tia" crowd. The ball
enter q one side and MAS taken from the
other -" a physician. rho Hou.xn lin
rercd until about , o'clock next day,
when she died. Ellison made his escape
after III" shooting, and, has ~ yet, not
'"'n heard OF.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-22
BrcakiHs Into n Horruom.

On f~ucsday morninG his Homo e.
j q, Tia. Justice, opcnch
'onri With two colon dlaJS in .ho dock.
on the anomalous charge SfburGiariou@-
~ "nte:inga hnrro"m in s"arN' town,
aiu stealing, taking aui carrying away,
ho,h "piri'uons aud ItNt liquors, in Gi-
'crS quantities, AT divcra times.
After being dulv tried and convicted
they fully and freely confessed to the
aforesaid crime, and were conducted
.jailwnrd forthwith. They acknowledge
ed to having repeatedly entered this ea-
loo ' in The dark hours OF midnight and
removed spirits of different quality,
which they is Dosed of rs best they
could. Finding more than was sufi-
cicnt for the Christmas festivities they
gave a supply TO friends and u%eighbors
and sold 800 worth to one man, and
many smaller quantities to others.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-22
Meaning Ofthc Flags.

A Signal Service Station has been
located at this place. and daily telc-
graphic weather predictions are received
The flags are displayed every morning
from THE ADVERTISER Building. The
kilograms are received from Washing
ton at 9 A. NJ.
So that you may understand tho flags
it would % we'll to clip tho following
explanations and preserve for reference.
PLEASE CUT THIS OUT.
No. white fiagl refers always to Fair
or Clear Weather.
No. 2 lOrange fagl refers always to
Local Rains.
No.. blue iagl refers to General
Rains.
No.4 Black triangle flag refers always
to Temperature. When placed above
either Nos |, Q, or 8 indicates. Rising
Temperature; when placed below these
numbers q, 2 or - indicates Falling
Temperatures; when absent from the
probationary Temperature is indica-
ted.
No. 8 White flag with black squarel
refers always to Decidedly Colder
Weather, and is generally issued TWEEN
t.y-iour hours in advance ofthe expected
fall OF temperature. Til. signal is not
ordered unless it ~ expected that tho
temperature will fall to A. degrees, Fab
renheit, or below, within tho time sta-
ted in tho order.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-22
Personal.

GEO. +. YouNu and family has moved
to his plantation.
Cadets WATTS AID GARLLSaToN, OF
the Cit dol, are At hOmo on Through.
Mr.. s. ID. DARLINGTON Las returned
fro IN nbusiness visit to MemrhscTn II,
Miss MooRE, of Lancaster, and Miss
LIZZIE DAVENPORT, visited in town last
week.
Rev. A. p. NIcHoLsoN, visited this
place. his former home, las. week. He
is now preaching ut Central, 8. G..
We are sorry to learn that P.of. and
to Alabama. They left on Monday last.
Mr. Geo ID Anderson has moved to
Nowberry He is engaged In the store
OF Minter 81 Jameson at that place.
Dr. JNo. r. SMITH, OF this County, has
peer elected Senior Grand Deacon In
the Grand Lodge Of Masons, which met
In Charleston on the 18th.
Mr.. JNo. II. JAMES, OF Union County,
but more recently the popular mana
ger OF the "City store" at this place, has
| opened out u choice line Of groceries,
CONNECTIONS, etc, in the Hudgens Block,
next door to J. II. Cooper d Co.
DR.. THOMAS WARE, ofLaurens County,
n brother of Mrs. DR.. g. w. Glenn of our
| city left here on the 9ti, instant for Bal-
timore to have i.is eyes operated on by
Dr Chilsolm. He has been suffering
with u very severe and painful case of
sore eyes FOR more than six months,
not hsing ahla 10 ne aiythin. anl lf'pr
trying Ivory rcmcdt thatconld hf sue
prsimi wi,hou; ruljet, ~ yise ~
go t6 Dalt, nnrU md al nr. epur
a, treat thar Mrs Dr. Clean apcoDi-
panied him,-Nep5eyry Herald mad
| NcoR,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-22
Adelaide Proafsr's Duatb

Adelaide Proctor sought, it can with
be said, in tho practical walks Of
life, to be a humble disciple OF One who
went o continually doing good"
Her health. always uncertain, proved
unequal to tho strain which the
unwearisd energies Of the kindly nature
made upon it. and for fifteen months
abe IN her best to cultivate the grace of
patience amid the increasing wsakness
which kept her a prisoner on q bed of
pain. The great passover" rs death
has beer beautifully called, drew near
to Adelaide Procter very softly, and
found that gentle heart, TO which life
had been half a pleasure, half u grief"
still strong ito hope, to bear, TO love-"
At the approach of midnight on Feb. 2,
1884, with weak and trembling hands, sho
turned down The leaf Of a book she was
reading, and gazing into tho watchful
eyes OF her mother. suddenly asked:
do you think l am dying, mamma?'
hrs. Proctor could only say how exceed
ingly ill she thought her; but Adelaide
guessed the rest. She said her feet
were cold. She asked for her sister and
begged to be lifted up. AS her sister en-
tered The room she glanced across ut her
with n radiant and triumphant smile,
and exclaiming, 1T has come at last"
submitted u the conquered conquerer.
Stewart j. Reid in Chicago Times.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-22
A Boys Essay ON Cats.

Cats, unlike the other inSccks, don't
have no stingcrs. The bumblcbce.
has. | ouc't caught a bumblcber,
an give it to cat. Cats don't Ike
bees, cspeShly them that has splin-
ters in their ~tailzc, which this had
The thing stung all the way down
and halfway back again; that cat
run about seventeen miles, an then
dropped down by the shabby side
or Il haystack, and quickly without
Warnin', he hastily died Il sudden
death all at Onc't for want o. breath.
Onc't when Jack am me was
playin' fishin' in our well wish II
tom-cnt tied to a striug, Jack got
hurt. lie had the cat down in the
we'll waitin' fur Il bite, and when
his back was turned it crawlcu up
the brick curb am cluwcd the SAP
outen him. After that Jack didn't
fule with cats.
once knew man who was wick
ed enough to throw a stove lid
through Il big tom-cut ut night, and
the very next night he heard that
his grandmother had broken her
leg i'm New Orleans and ScverSl 9TH
crPlaccs which proves, how wicked
and sinful it is to disturb critters;
ana that's all | know about cats.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-22
MADDEN,
IOTA.

The snow, after a long stay, has at last
Disappeared. We hope its absence will
give us tine to make preparations for
Chriatinas. If onr weather prophet is
not false, we may expect tho scverest
winter fo1 the last century. lie assigns
as his reason. that the electricity accom-
panyinG the late ~cOnvulsio"s of terra
firma passing southwark will bring the
frozen region of the north at Ieast ten
degrees farther south TIL tho equilib-
rium is restored. Our prophet further
predicts next year to be plentiful crops
OF all Lesser iptions if they are planted
~abundantly. We hope the latter part Of
his prophecy may come true. .
Christmas is near at hard, but who
will DO ready forit! Santa Claus ought
to make his round and ill the stocking
with useful articles and not amply toys.
The demijohn ought not to be filled
this Christmas, for ere another Christ
mas every one will need tho money thus
spent to buy necessities.
Mr.. w. II. Boyd has moved to the Sta
ton. We give Dock u hearty welcome.
Mr.. j. w. King has moved to Mr..
Dock Boyd's place. Mr.. w. T.. Cunning
ham anticipates moving to j. A. Mad
dcn's place soon.
Uncle Gsbe Pinson is still improving.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-22
A Gcneino Yankee Ir,ek.

In thee ariy days 81 our
with CANA, after tho treaty wnich AL
lowed American CLIPPERS 10 enter tho
haIhor Il ii ing konX. n Of the largest
Engiisi, tnrrcdeckers VA lying in The
hari'or. ana NJ sunset her yards AMI top.
masts were housed to show the manner
in when .he ship was manned. A Yam.
tee captsin who ~As awaiting u freight
81 new tha, watched tho E%ngilshnan
and decided 10 Try his hand with him.
Two or tnrtN dAys loter. At tho sunset
gun. the American clippers yards and
saIls came Town and ~to!,inasts housed
some minute tefOfe Inc man Of was.
Again III the morning. at the sig nal She
yards wer" sent up nad the Englishman
was again benind. For several days tho
race went on. vita tn satnn result. UNI
til the American slip received hsr
cargo. ana on the day ..pre setting
sail Tine yards came down an we're sont
to the English fri$ate with the compli.
ments % the Yankee captain. They
were bamto" pols~ with painted (furlod)
sails. New London Telegraph.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-22
SIMPSONS MILLS.
NIX.

Married, Thursday, 9th, by tho Rev. j..
A. cooper, at the residence of the BRIDES
father, MIR. w. /. Box to Miss Lille
Downcy. They both have our best
wishes in their new life, and wish for
them u long md happy life. Box, you
only need the ADVERTISER to mako your
home happy.
Mr.. Y. j. Culbortson and family ro-
turned to this section from johnson CO.,
Texas, on Saturday, the 18th, satisfied
with one year from the old Palmetto
State. We heartily welcome them back
II our midst.
MIR. J. Washington, Mr.. l.. cooper and
Mr.. j. Culbertson caught q largo red fox
Monday, 18th, after a chase Of seven
hours. All well boys, who couldn't catch
an old sick fox, and then not brag half
as much about 1t.
We have had Il few days of the coolest
weather that has boon here for some
time, and farmers arc uneasy about the
oat crop. AS the oat crop is later this
fall than common, thoro is no doubt il
he cold continues the oat crop will be in
jurcd, but if the year is II favorable ycar
for farmers we will have better times in
old Laurcus than we have mad for sew
craI " ars back, and 1 long to sec tho
good old DAYS again when the country
Will be full of hog and hominv, home
made molaSscs, and corn cribs full of
something besides rats and cotton seed.
and the woods and old fields full of
gruntcrs, sheep and cattle, corn shuck-
ings and hog killings to o 'cupy the time
OF the rme in the fall and winter in
stead of picking cotton to pay Off liens
and mortgages for Il few bushels Of corn
and n few pounds of bacon obtained
through the summer.
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DIhIS.
r

Tho negro boy, Bill Gililand, spoken of
nIcw week Mo tn rev a rock into
the train on the 18th of November, has
been re -"ipirrvi ny Lewis Gi!.illni I'M
der a new warrant issued by Trial Jus
ticr Q. q. Thompson. We are informed
that hc was carried br.or" said Trial
Justice 'rr a'urrIimin.ry hearing. The
evi,i,G So" b"iug sufficient for conviction
b. Wus committed :" Jail
Mn. James y GwiuSs na~ move into
The residence oiJ calvin OwingS.
We heard one OF our friends SAY tho
other day, that he wished some yuano
agent Mad possession o. 4 little yellow
dog that seemed to be in his way very
frequently. Said he was willing to let
the agent have the dog i'm part payment
for what he had got from him. The
agent was the same that some time
ago said that he did not expect to sell,
ncxt year to Tom, Dick aud Harry. IT
was not Harry who had the little yellow
dog though.
V. A, White while returning from tho
Post once IN the evening OF the LIST inst.
just in front of the residence OF Mr.. j
+. Owiugs his mule became frightened
and throwing him broke his left arm
above the elbow. II lacking only four or
five days of being ne year aimee ne was
riding in a buggy going to G%reenville
and his horse became frightened and
threw him from the buggy, breaking
the same arm just below the elbow. He
seems to be very lucky indeed, /
mean in> getting his bones broken. He
saws thatNif he happens to break his
neck next hSne, that it Will the last.
Drove pork n selling in this part ofthe
County at 81 cents, or ut least that Is
whether there Is ann selling or not.
Very few If any have the money to buy.
We had the pleasure a dag or 40 ago,
to pay a visit to that h~ouriAhing little
village, Fountain Inn, just onShe mid
way grounds Of the G.. q l.. hilroad.
II has four stores. We are infarmed
that II Ia soo to have a second &rug
Store. Several buildings are going2p
and some more to be erected seon. Rev.
Mr.. Blalock has q fine, hourishing schooH
at this place. Fountain Inn IS on an ed
ucational boom, pupils are comingfrom u
distance to attend the school.
Mr.. A. Is. Kellett, of Babbtown, has
built him 4 line carp pond and proposes
to stock it with 100 carp Immediately.
Mr.. g.. ID. Powers, of P~owersville, speaks
Of building one also.
q. T.. Woots says that he Is getting all
right again, as the earthquake missed
it's wo last regular lays for shaking
him M and so ne continues to follow his
old tricks again
W." NnVw . oHn rro"htly 20 20 TO his
~neighlprs Or tcam - hanln h0ic of his
gin shat isr. tHi Il te that 'to waa In
y ISIS ntpns ,, Wv t0 Eet fthtdla I on
gam gitsk uly, I,t taat IV nab & lpr-
lion o. - -; pick out " Tie patc!I alter
he gothomo. lie was sober too, ~
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Soup-bones should be tested with

Soup-bones should be tested with
n ginlet in every instance where
they are exposed in open market,
and should be confiscated without
that formality when found to have
a cork in the end.
Any dude or juryman seen suck
ing the head OF his walking cane
on the sly should be required 70 I'M
screw it on the spot and abide BY
the consequences.
All these points, and g great ma
ny more, will require to be careful
ly guarded, and the proposed bill
leaves them entirely out OF account.
We respectfully invite he at
| tentiOn OF Senator Editor Murray,
and OF Editor Senator Crews, there
fore, to the necessity Of adding O.
nough sections to their pet measure
to cover every cOntingencyssand to
make it truly and thoroughly effec-
tive. Only by 80 do ng can they ac.
complish the end at which they
aim II if they shall concedc or
claim That it is impossible to com
ply with Il suggestions, they will
only couccde what every practical
friend OF the tenn pcrunce cause
alrcedy knows-that such prohibit
ton onon paper is not worth the
paper II Is printed on.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-22

Nothing have ever seen is half 80
wild and foolish ns a frightened steer,
and q bunch OF beef steers on n stampede
are not to be laughed at; they will stop
for nothing, and will run down and over
anything that offers resistance in their
path. The only way it is possible to
stop them is to ride ahead Of the herd
and gradually turn them to running in
q circle, when they Will finally stop, but
will be off again ut the slightest unusual
noise. If II mans horse were TO stumble
in II prairie dogs hole and fall it would
mean certain death to both horse and
rider, as the whole herd would be upon
him i'll an instant; but tho daring and
reckless cowboy takes ali such chances.
w. III. S.. in Courier. Journal.