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AD7WI'«P. Ludicrous» _ _ „ ~~ at the pn-ee- — , ’* r V YwMsy. •’ ■»rt*».®»- u> former f ~ --- ' rn neem VEWIXEE. EnrToaaap Pl blmbb ■lwptiUsr’ A witot ‘ and to- TUBtDAT. yt *i ii U FOB MEPKEHKNTATIVK -I>. €J. Moore. ISmk]. C'OMMIHMIONEK BIT!.EH’* VIEWS UN THE STOCK LAW -HKAI) WHAT UKHAYH. Tbe following address was deliv ered by Commissioner Bntler tofore the late Stale Aycultaral Conven tion: The subject of the stock Jaw is one that interest' almost equally all daa>- m ami every occupation in society ftom the msn of millions to th« hew er of wood and drawer of waler. A» agriculture, to which this law peeuli iry relates, is the eery source of physical life and eomlort, the only foundation of all material prosperity and progress, it naturally divides itself, lor dia< u«*ion, into two grand div into t»: First, its mo al. legal and equitable repict deeerece attention; and. second, as «• measure of economi cal expediency it is entitled to the careful consideration ode wry patriot ic and progressive mind. Under th* first head, thn right of every man to the eoU use of bis own property night b* enlarged upon, carefully refuting tbe proposition that custom j can, nndi r any circumatauces, or however long continued, confer vest ed rights to tbe use of another a property Cueto* can no mow than might make right, of which truth tbe South Ia« bail a most bitter experi ence. Hosidee our condition has cbangrd since the estaldi'hnient of the old and effete avt'em of fencing On the fits' sett I- merit of the o un try, agriculture was the rmall.'r snd comparatively insignificant iutereat, and therefore rightly made to protect itaelt by fencing from the greater and more prominent interest In fact, such prot'cion win render'd neooesnry by the wild animals that roamed tbe forest in oountleM num ber Now tbe whole system is reversed; 1 while agriculture counts its invest m<*nia sad productions by hundreds 1 of millions, hundreds of thousands woubl tell all of th J s ock interests. I It is just, IhercL re an<t unqnestiona- I bly rx|»e lient, in an economical point 1 of view, tbsl tbe now infinitely small- ! er must, in its turn, give way to the 1 larger and all-important interest. i Under the second be id of economi eel expediency, tbe diacnaaion tnigh' be extended ind< finitely with state Merits of an infinite number of tacts, figures and illustrations. Yn 1871 the National Agricultural Department, iu a report upon the coat of fences, estimated their coat in A >rtb Carolina at $91,13(1,886, includ ing ernes and boundary fences. It is • well eat* 1 liabed fact that the cost ot boundary fences is about *4 per acre. Tbe last census shows that there were in South Carolina 8,772,905 aerea of improved land. Katimat ing tbe cost of boundry fences at II per acre it would amount to 115,090- <9O fur ft-noea alone The duration of an ordinary rail fence is estimated at ten years. With this annual depre ciation of 10 per cent, and ink rest at 7 per c«nt. upon the investment, it ia ronoloaive that the boundary fences coat the formers of South Carolina annually $9,665,371. The aboliMoo of fenoee in Sooth Carolina amount to a remission of all St ale and county taxe for twoyeara. I regret toat I had not the alaUa l>ca before me for arriving ala simi lar calculation fur the State of Geor gia, bat 1 feel aafe io easerting that if made, it would prove that the Block law would be equally advantageons to thia State. The no-fenc system th in the inter est ot tbe rich landlord and hi« poor tenant becanaeit is baaed np»n prin • ciplea of equity, right and jttatice. It iaa vast aavtug of labor and mate rials, it brings thousand* of acre* into eultivaltou that would otherwise lie idle for the look of t her for fencing, thereby inoreaein? its value. Lands rapidly improve when stock are no longer allowed to tramp and gras there in and out of eeaaon. No damage io contained on account of fire and wind, on hedge rows to be cleaned annually, no tiaae loot in banting stock, wo quarrel* between emghboro about joining fencing Tbe tabor ta tbe early Spring re qwirod to repair faeces can pe devot ed to man urea and compoat and to the proper preparation of land for grain, which ha* always been neglect ed; it censes totter beef, more milk , snd butter snd fatter work animals, it permits farmer* to sleep without f. ar of findi-g ih> tr crops destroyed in tbe morning; checks the stealing of atock; avoids tbe packing of land*, rendering them tout liable to wash, , more por< u« and more eipable of • retaining mois'nre, causes m< re grain I to be sowed, thereby er.c foraging a divers fied agncnlture. These are not reckless assertions, Lot the expe . risnee of the farmers in the counties i <-f Son h Carolina where the stock law baa been in operation for sever al years. But, aside from al) the advantages spoken of and many more that could lie mentioned, the no-fouec l»w, view ed in a pnr.-ly econ -nncal light, should commend itself to our farmers. I have no doubt but that the annu al c at of building aud r pairing fell oes in this Sts e < q ials, if it does uut exceed, ibe ratio of all the catll owned I'V the farmer* of (b-orgia The last ceuaua shows that seven 'took law counties m ide one half of all the butter produced in the Stale and two thirds of the chee«e, and owned less than one-fenrth of the miloh cow-; they .laughtered neirly one-ibinl of the beef killed in the Stato and own only about one-fifth of •h<- lieef cattle. Andrrson county the first to adopt the law. made two hun dred end sixty thousand pound* of 'butler, while Barnwell, where it wi« not in o|>eratioti, which is tbe largest corn producing county in the Stii', with one thousand m 're milch cow than indeiaon, made only thirty thousand pounds. These tacts prove conclusively that while a siunller nnuilrer ol cstde are kept in the Stock Itw counties, the quality has greiily improved. This is al«.> proven by the fact that at the last Htite Fuir'm-arly every premium for rock was awarded to Stock law comities, which shows also that the law encourage* the breeding ol be ter stock In the dilute npnn the bill to prr-| vidsa General Stock law, in the South Carolina Legislature, several counties a«kcd exemption Loin tbe law upon the ground that a large part of these conntiv* com-istud ol ptue barrens and swamp*, well adapted to grazing | u piece and totally unsuitod for cultivation In one ot these ooun ties the cost of the fences .for one year was 93,(88) and tu anol h r 12- 000, in excess of tbe value of all the - milch cows and their products, milk, butter and cheese. The Secretary of ths North Caro lina Board of Agriculture writes uit that the law is giving perfect satis faction in the counties of the State i wh-re it has been ad p‘ed, and he adda that where ever the law obtains a great di-position to be embraced in the territory affected by ia minifo.l ed, and that cattle, bogs and sheep, while fewer perhaps, in number, are more valued, and receive belter at tention. Tbeee statements are cor roborated by the testimony of the pec pie whvrcver the st- ok law ha been tried. The i arneot co-operation of our sister State of Georgia, and the ad joining S'ates, will not only be mu tually advantageous t > us all, econom ically, but will be the most certain means of quieting and wholly elimi nating this disturbing question from our political issue* The last ceoans reveled the won derful progress of the South since th devastation of her territory by invad ing armies and the oppression of her people by aliens and robbers. The grvst Ini- rnational Codon Kxp< aition, held al the capi:al of Georgia, the Empire State of the South ooutiime-1 ail the cen-Ui bad shown, and we surprised st ringers and onr own people I y the msgnifi c<ut di-play of our varied resources. If wt> w<>ul<l continue to hold out p wit ton in the line of progrt-ea, we ruu t karu to adopt the ba»l method that will Mibservr that purpose. We iuu-t be economical ss well as har.l working a id snerg t c. The adoption of the SV-ek law will be along stride forward in our pi ogress su-l will be but the fore runner of olbt-reqmdly sdvsntagetMM meaanreu for our advsneemeut sod improvement iu U>o scteucs of agn culture.— «► Hie ovvrlv* me rivers in tbs West is causing greet dietie—. A large am -’I”! of property has been de strojel and ih-wnw* d< of pewpk are without lour! and shelter. >ln twaiistfr. ~ Mlrt s tartv to h*v frw*t -to ■i-i««wr m> h'l-r-ysll t»o- ti"*'f -1 stoats tatv* <»usr< h.rwfy,- WHS t»v- rwlr. '.ret ttnr* niy- B*tf anil ta.ully in ir'«w h-wltli. M te-n 1 •"> wHI I alwuys f»vt <•■«! autorwl ” tk« uU>- rr a4*nn «■» ESMI (jW V AI.D SPERMATOkPHO. AW> ■•>>!• XMfo^rrrvry -to J V *V>*rt«ra for V«4> fool Lnudotit 1 Ifo-pcicTkcy by fib* trw war, • tiTXMrvct A pp'icntlcr th« pv. ‘pel isT*J- •••ruw I - - - Mw--• fiAO !«**• net lr.' Jrf. r® Vi-H .. "~vy tsnMBlM Maul It !• aatf foaoa »*fWd.prod,K:tf< an Lntnodietv •o»<Ltß<*x i 4 raafidfo 1 •Uv* foHe-Tt Bpne tb* •nxucl •'*4 fimmrt <***•!*> • fieMcrvcked f/uHB Miland •ac«*»c«, Hsspatnf Um Ara tn fr**m u>* eykcß, rM»Vwt*y «<» rntaJ t* MfiNb<aaao<UM maencry. rvmorlM tbe Dinina— e< •U-’f:'-. M ervtma iM-bLUtr, ©or futon of lAeaa, Av—vtoe to Boe faty. ate, <U 4 and U»r *pr**rs»<« | ®< —Vat* old tnuU; a<c*ajr*AjtA< Ude trotaMo, *a4 FM*orta< nnrftcA f • x uul V— ox. ertoere K b— bwr dfotat f r lean. Thie n Jeo/ireal ■MMifi baa stood tho Ue< la wry ervrrr naaee. ead la •ow a pro— laneod eoerrea. Dru*a aro too coocb pro •evUsod la ttowa aod. u a-ary can boor wW —m 10. vrHb bat MUko U a*y p< rmaoout xvw J la ao H— aee aboat tUB 1 rarUcaJ ob- amrvot. aa**»4eat»« to rurrwoteo Usat ft •U1 •tooa&’iar icUon. L>u~U( tbo elgti ycarx tbal M boo booo lanerwelwa, we bare UsoomsfMl* of i«ml- Blase to lU vadM. aoi It U a**w coo* t-dod by tbo oi I rvAf—etrse to bo tbo roU rr Uooai umnum yet •red of raarbUw aa4 curine tbix vary prev*Me t tnmbi», that te Faevra to be tbe ca—a of aaio*J h Mrtapie aaat boaee, o< I brae el rea. Wo. l.Mooach to loot a—ibj>3| Bx 0. taaCorat to HToct a per afioaeHt ear*, aalca la aovrro ea«<»a,’ •»; Y-t. 1. (laeUn< evrr three mootha, atll M p emaiioos an 1 eeefioro yl<**r ia tba voret aaaoej |7 Mr nt by raal' eea bed. 0a pUln wr»r:*'*-v Full IIP EC XIOSJ oalna wiD aoooanpany EACH DOX. a-r Oenlarf XbrosrWjpffee f*sempb-\ leea fi etressoeey. srfilrA II a of aAryJfovil f Aew be Q t A* etwlteo •/ Wfto. arvaese rue If J HARRIS REWtCOY CQ. W C. tttxn WarUl MS Bin iU. St. Louifc Mo. AUGUSTA HOTEL, ! EL TrT. F’oote .... Prop, EVERY CONVENIENCE NECESSARY FOR THE EASE AND COMFOR 1’ OF OUR PATRONS. FINE BAR AAO BILLARD PARLOR. | FIRST-CLASS FARE TERMS MODERATE FREE BUS TOl; AN.> UtOM DEPOT. |i KLeyr- IVote —of— T’lic? >1 tiNir* II OFTHESOU • H. ■ ■ ■ -Wew- » ms I GW T> fAUICK Q J I RICES. V/ OALES. •—— - ••• - > The B«st sad Most Celebrated PIANOS AND ORGANS In Great Variety and Style. 20 to M Per Cent. Saved l«» Every Purrhater who Visit* or corresponds with £O. ROBINSON AC 0» Augusta Jia IXCELSIBBII 111 MOTTfI ► GREAT MUSICAL SAVING IN STITUTION OFTHE SOUTH! Miuurwl Instrument*. Hh«et MuMc. Music Hoots, 11-wC Italian SUIfK*. ar»l every thing pci tain In* ts a First -Class Music House 20TOSI PERCENT SAVED —AT— T, X. 11. <>. T. M. TUNING AND REPAIRING ByC H TilUik Uw «*dv awtSeriar*! taser M rhe Metae H-—ofis* rvwUAu rust* Ga. 0 0 AO> "Wove treatment xa. T. wujK jDaW.LARDMTnf&MW- FHRA THE OLD R 5 iABLE I OXE OF THE BEST XEWSI’APEBS lii t lie Koutli. Ko Senttstiouallsiu! No ImcuorsUty 1 AUGCXTA CHEtUICLE K raiSTITHIHAUST - I*3 bI'BBCBIBE FOR IT. Th* fhmnl't* A G.mtitiitlonnllst I. th* ih-w»|wi»t tn tie-South, nisi |>*rtmp« Ils- <>l4.-1 in tlw Cnitol SUttes. Unvititf Iwwn ; "st.iuAuu-i tn 170 "till* iliorou'thly I Ih-inoc-mth' in principle. It I* lil>*rHl pro-1 .n<t t*4*-n«iit. th* (Tinuilcle Con- I Uiin* ilk tut*—t ihw» from ult fmrts of th. - •vorkl. aist I' nx-ognl&it as » llrst-ilas* INMirT. A«nn a«!v..rU«tnir m.illum, it covers th<- i'Miiitrv In <»*->< >fiH and boutli Carolion tri utary to Aiuciicta. \V<. *n<! • • vnr to cvclu I* wi-wtlon.vllani \\* piil.lisl, no articii-s of an iiumutal chai - a. tor. TERM*: Hally, on* v<-nr. flu it; t ri-’V.oklv, J 5 no; W»» kt), on* viwr. S 3 no. A idn-sa, W ALSIi Jt W RIGHT. -. Ai’tru.to. <H. PARKER’S GINGERTONIC A* l*vtV«nUes Mtotlda* tot Knw Iwnialn That (Wk. nu» many cahero< the best vegetable mcikmes known, cure* Female ( <raiplaints NerrouaneeS Wake/ui newa, and all dsa.*der»c4 thebowrU, euxnath, kver, iudney s nerve* and urinary organa. 100 DOLLARS' Pawl Cor anything injimous in Ginger Tome, er tor a future to netoor cure. Try it or a*k yvur nick fnend La try it To*>D«y. y< an*! |i saxes at dniggitu. I-arge Baving buying dol'ar eaxe. Send Gs circular Lo Htacoa A Cck, i6j Wiihara Street, N. Y. | I' Sotnbes the moat faetahoue an a perfect Hair Re- I aturcr and Drmamg. SUJ by all deafen m drugt I at me. and | Try rwKtfTO’f mixxiNg .* Mtvwt I yxHwMss wna V—wy<> welly pw-yruw tl **4 Us. I yyyyyx / Xzx>yyy£y' / xwxw/ ■ aS*' au<h>ta EVENING NEWS. JAS L. GOW, ) JNO. M WEIGLEr Proprietors. W H. .MOORE ) HE FIOIEH mills FIFEB OF GEORGIA. link-pendent In all thbur*! U trammelled and Uulindruetad! Not the Onran of any Clique, Ring or Combination. —• Our Capital- Experience aOur Motto -Pro gress. Our Reward -Sucobss. The Aiwnata. <ta. EVENING NEWS bar the Unmat rimitall--n of any dally paper rw U«u.xt In Aiutusla. and as an ailvertia iiur rn-dlum la unsurpassed. AdvorUsinx Catan furnished on applica tion. RITES OF KUBSCRIPHON. Dally. «w> year W on Dallv, ait month. t S> Waadtly. owe yvwr ...j l5O Weekly, six months 75 MONEY MADE If you want to make money, get the right to make and a-II McHride and C<M S<ove Water Filter two of be bast er«»>'»« ever discovered. See them Work and brooms convinc ed Active pu-hieg men can make money handling lea Writ to Me Bride end Co Atlanta Gw . lAM NOW PREPARED T>> off. r tbe LARGEST snd most eimplefs rock of DRY COODS, CLOTHING, SHOES. jtw- H Etc. it h«* eve* been my plewsnr* to r-om-nence f-rvSPRTNG trwd<- with. I hrq>e l.y oontinnsl addition, dnr -%< effr- ing Snrim* »"<i Summer, to make it still more *ttr*<-!ivs. >9* and hope bv f»it; dealing and attention tn basins,*, to . ate* merit sud receive the patronage of tbe o-miunnity rvi - ■■ a - .. ■ ~inrrw«-r"Turns w ~ a Use Lawrence & MartirVs For COUGHS. COLDS B MONIA CONSUMPTION, Diseases of THROAT, CHEST AND LUNCS RAI QAM fit TRI ll ..tlsaw,»n« DALoHm Ur IULU tßWjrfasn-SM’w® tSIMHIIMPTtON In It' Incipient *nrt liitvaneeit and all dto-xv, of tIieTHKOAT t’lirvf and LUNUB. bat It b*.' never been so advantageously compounded m In the TOt.V. K<>CK aad ■ TE. It'soothlnt: Balsamic properties afford a diffusive stimulant and tonic to build up the system after too eourh has been relieved. Quart size bottles. Price 81.0a A | 7 I»onot be deceived hy dealers who try to palm olf Boek and Kr« VA U I IWH I In Plare«f our TOLU. HOUK ANI< kYe. wblrh is the <>N| V MKDK.ATKIi artwle- thegenuine has ■ I*rivate Die Proprietary Stamp on each twin, shich permit* It to be IU»14 *y l>ru«*ia(*. tirwewra wad Dealers BvwrywSwrs, tor WITHOUT SPHOTAX. TAX OK LICKWU. Rm TOLB, ROCK ANO RYE CO., Proprietors, 41 River St., Chka 8 0, IU. TBE WHITE ~ Superlative in Its Attributes It Stand* ACKNOWLEDGEDTIIE KING of r’ *E’VIKQ m trniSKS i<- lour • rii-diction than ihv un- hm> |"it np<>i> ■ h.. msrk.t 'lli> UHlll. jjL-. .st ip.M.-.t .fi i MMNMHr''''' ■ t i- <i- ■t' ■ 1 i»< fiNKs?! N/gPy v..\!;l;<\ IDI 1\- |MH TV QJI YE\i<> I'' ii>. ii <i iwMMKiI warr 1- to ■ >< nAdHHuI imrchnser. We do not p< ddh-th< in. thus we nro enabled to si ll thi m chi up. r tlian I p aJgk first cliiH* old patent ina binrn are sold ■ 0 w : tV All ord«-r>. hy mall -h.ll h>v. ('.,11 an.l .-V HIIIIO' u • 111 bl loro i'" !, or w rite for circulars and f.nura J. JI h T. F SMITH. J. HORACE SMITH, No. 525 BR: IAD S t REET, AUGUSTA, GA iw u— ■ .. - -J ■ FOUNDRY & MACHINE WORKS, NOSJ Clfi, 617 and 619 KOI LOCK STREET, jVllJZTllMtfl. <wft. TO OUR PATRONS: Onr Foundry and Machine Work*, which were destroyed In July by Mm, have t.vn rebuilt. cntarire-l and furnished with u»-w tools. Wa ran fuinl.h IRON AND lIRISSt'ASIINGS AND MACHINE Y"l ell ib-scriptions and at owx-n --ibl--prices ami of the beet quality. Prices will l>e glvmi of anything you may want er lettliut ua know what you need. If you m-cd men Sent to your platxi to repair your Mill or Ermine in ileus. mi 17 I) W. J. POLLARD, NOS. 734 and 736 REYNOLDS STREET, AUGUSTA, GA., Cotton Factor and Coiaaxission Merchant, AND DEALER IN Also Diatnn'e Circular .Sum, Rubber and Izwlher Beltlnir. Htnain Pipe. Water and Strain Gauges. Connections. Oil Cups; Pop, Globe and Cheek Valve*. Governors, Wrvnchrs, etc., together with every article ot staani and wuter Httinga, Hudiiup*, etc. General for Talbott & Sons. Talbotts Agricultnral Engines on wheels, Portable Engines on skids, Q *** tiouary Engines, Tubular and laicom >'ive B-dlera, Turbine Water Wheel*, <k»rn and Wheal Mills, Saw Milla, Shafting, Pulleys, B -xe*, Hangsr* and Patent Spark Arresters. Watertown St p am Engine Company. Waterown agricultural engines on wheel*, p-iruible engines on skid*, dstrv engines for small building*, vertical engine*, stationary engines with and without col off, rcinrn tubular boilers with two flues, locomotive aud ver tical boilers, saw mills, etc. C. & G COOPER & CO. Coopers eelf-prop< Hing (traciion) engine*, farm agricultural engine* on wheel*, portable eugines on skids, Ktationary engines, locomotive aud r *" tnni inbnlar bailers, corn and wheat mill, portable mill with portable bolt attached, smut mschines, dnatl< as wheat separators aud oat and w«ed ex tractor; saw mills, double and single. . JW. CARDWELL and COMPANY. Cardwell wheat thre-hers, separators and cleaners; “bog-gronnd’ thresh ers, hvdranlic cotton presses; horse powers, mourned aud down; power corn shellen and fe< d cutters JODSTH UIHSTD [B. Hi Em TiLCBTT i ti. Keepers and binders, reapers and mowers oombinhd, single binders, reap ers aud mowers, cultivators and grain tower*. FAIRBANKS & CO. Fairbanks' standard scale*, all sinew and patterns Alarm cash drawer* •aF“ Manufacturer of ibe following muchine*: Ndilett A Goodricli Improved IXL COTTON GIN, Reid * patent snto maUe power screw press (steam nr waler power). Smith s improved by power ration end hay pres*, rotlm gm feeder, cotton enndeneer. new ginia feed cutter. MT" Enrine*. Cetton Gin*, eta. repair* 1 in * ‘ maalike manner. JtM agr*<»rdem eolimted asd prompt I v ete*i‘»-• For fnrhsr pertMuiars. circulara, getaral informal lor Me. app'y jell ly W J. POLLABD.