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VOL. IX.?New Series. ' UNION C. H., SOUTII CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 30, 1877. NUMBER. 47.
AUSTIN Ac CO.
? Seed Wheat.
?
A LOT of hue Seed Wheat for'sale bjr
AUSTIN & Co.,
Spartanburg.
Not. 2 43 tf
Provision?.
BACON, Flour, and Lard, for sale, cheap, bj
AUSTIN & Co.,
. Spartanburg.
Not 2 43^ tf_
Rye and^Barhgy.
P fWgSsfc
Not 5 43 tf
Groceries.
OREAT Bargains in Sugar, Coffee and Salt, at
AUSTIN & Co'S.,
Spartanburg.
Not 2 43 tf
Drugs and Medicines.
I T> UY jour Drugs an J Medicines of I
^ JL> AUSTIN & Co.,
Spartanburg.
Not 2 43 tf
Paints and Oils.
ALL kind of Paints and Oils for sale at bottom
prices, at AUSTIN & Co's.,
Spartanburg.
Nor 2 43| tf '
Window Glass.
AF ALL sizes, for sale by
* ksBmmmSmirtin U n ig* ,
Spartanburg.
Not 2 43 tf
Pure Liquors.
PUKE LIQUORS, for Medicinal purposes, for
sale by AUSTIN * Co.,
Spartanburg.
Not 2 43 tf
J. E. Adg*er Ac Oo..
CHARLESTON, S. O.
JOltlSI.llS OF
"FftPVTCN A*rn -nnMrcTTf"
- JLA11 JLM JL/VXI&AJU JL JL\J |
HAHDW AK10.
CUTLERY, GUNS, and SADDLERY.
BAB IRON AND PLOW STEEL.
ejJOUMllEIt PUMPS.
^FAIIUlAMi'S S<;ALE^a^
For the Celebrated
FARMERS' FRIEND I^^Hr
nomfl B
AT REDUCED PRICES
LIBERAL TERMS TO TB^HhBH
A{fi'i(Miltural
AGRICUTURAL STEELS^ A
Hull Toii^nos,
Turn Sliovcls* "
Scooters, |
Swoops,
llool llolts. tie,
STATE AGENTS, TREDEGAR
HORSE AND MULE SHOES.
Orders receive prompt ami Careful Attention.
J. E. ADGER & Co.,
Cliurlostou, So, (a.
Aug 31, 1877 34 3m
B. F. RAWLS & C0. ~
Drugs and Medicines.
A FULL supply til
15. F. RAWI.S & CO'S.
No 1, Ku.it Union.
July 20 28 tf
Patent Medicines.
BKADFl I'.LD'S Female Regulator, Simmon*'
Hepatic Compound, Sarsuparilln and Yellow
Dock, at 15. F. It AWLS Si I O'S.
No. 1, Fast Union.
July 20 18 tf
Pure Medicinal Wines.
AND Liquors, for sale at
15. F. RAWLS & CO S.
Ao. i, r.ast i. nion.
July'20 *28 tf
French Candies.
AFRESH supply of Fancy Candies, at
* IS. F. IIAWLS CO'S.
No. 1, Last Union.
j|Bf '20 '28 tf
A 4-ACRI: LOT i o it s A LE.
1 OFFER for sale the lot on which I formerly
liveti, on the wesiern edge of the Town of
Union, cuutaiuing four Acres, hounded hy lands
of .las. (ira.nt, N. 11. A. Duuhar and Mrs. AI.C.
Willard.
On the lot is a comfortable log cabin, with
two rooms, a garden spot under good fence and
in nuc cumin lun. i iiu wnvio 101 is encioseu Willi
a heart-pine plank fence.
TKHMS OF SAI.E?-Oue-liulf cash, tho remainder
on a credit of twelve months t the purchaser
to give & homl with security and a mortgage
of the premises, until the whole is paid.
P. T. LKMASTEK.
Nov Ifl 46 4t
WE MUST COIJil-X'T.
OUR Notes and Accounts are in the hands of
Messrs. Shand & Munro for Collection.?
We had the misfortune to lose henvily by the
fire of June ?>d, and must have money to commence
business again.
out will come up promptly
and give us a shove up the hill.
g nmns & Co.
Nov 2 48 2m
More Cheap Shoes.
Ill AVE just got in another lot of those cheap
. and servicoahlo Shoes that everybody arc enquiring
for. S. W. POUTER.
in Kant s Nciv Ulock.
Nov 10 l"? tf
HOME-MADE FERTILIZER.
I.OiXG'S
PREPARED CHEMICALS.
rnWC Barrels composted with cotton seed or
_L stable manure will make a Ton of good
Home Mado Fertiliser, at less than half the cost
f ammoninted Phosphates. Call and get a circular
and see certificates of Union County Farmers
who used the Chemicals the past Summer.
The Chemicals are now in store and ready, for
delitery. Payments May 1st, or Not. 1st, 1878.
, ^ v OIllBES & Co., Agents.
Josksvillk, Union Co., S. C., Sept. 23, 1877.
Messrs Gihuks & Co.?Ilaring used "Long's
Chemicals" I can with safety recommend them
ns a spienuui Manure lor Cotton, composted according
to directions. Tbc drj, hot, weather
did not affect Hfc growth of cotton where l used
them as it did where I used other Fertilizers
on the same soil. Yours &c.,
THAU. L. IIAMES.
Notk.?Mr?.llames informs us that the cotton
never shell the squares in the dry spell, and the
Chemicals proved in his hands superior to the
"Carolina Fertilizer" and another very popular
atnndard (iuano. G1BBES & Co.
' Umon 0. 1J., S. C., Sept. 28, 1877.
Mksshs. GiIibks & Co.?Gentlemen Long's
Chemicals have proved a success with me, composted
with scrapings of the vard..v< applied
them to cotton at the rate of 2 ixin*: per acre. '
They are Car superior to any other Fertilizer 1
f<>r?oMxugwop.
Thtv OiWI^raStrf I
the cotton shed the squares, as all other Fertilisers
do, in time of dry soells. I have read Mr. 1
JhacUfc. Haines' statement and fully endorse it. '
J. C. SHETTLKWOHTH. I
""REFERENCES: (
We also take the liberty of referring to the |
following gentlemen in this Couuty who have (
used the Compost.
G. B. llogan, W. J. Tuclfert'and David Eane. '
Nov. 2$ ___' 46 tf_
Tin TT rtATN/>i-r.rt '
JAB. M. ilU-UliUft
HAS just opened the largest and most com- .
plete
STOCK OF GROCERIES, ,
CASNEl) GOODS, !
JEI X> W A SJ&t I
^ " C ITT L E R Y ,
WOODEN WARE
ANI>
T I X M A It E ,
that has been seen in this County for many years. 1
llis Prices
ti e fully as low us they are in any market above (
hurleston, and, if anything, 1
A LEETLE LOWER. i
CO .ME AND LOOK AT MY
I
STOCK OF STOVES!
They arc n>>t only the prettiest and most du- I
ruble, but they are !
CHEAPER Til A X EVER. \
I have Bold to parties who have tried the 1
8partanburgand L'luivlotte markets, because, I
thej4o*ldJ ta^WliveBirve
BETTER AND CHEAPER
tliau any they had seen in either of those places.
DON'T FORGET TO CALL.
J. If. llOlIUElt.
Nov 2 4:; tf
NEW STORE.
NEW GOODS
?AND?
LOW ^R,ICES.
AV. POIiTEll,
II ESI'ECTFULLY announces to the people
V of Union County that, ho lias opened one
of the
MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF
DKY (;001)H,
AND
READY-MADE CLOTHING
ever brought into this County, and is determined
to sell for the
SHORTEST PROFITS
FOR CASH,
lie is not afraid to compare quality and prices
of Goods with Columbia, Augusta or even Spartanburg.
,
call 4x0 see ran yourselves.
S. W. POIMKIt,
Pant's new Building, opposite the Big Oak Tree.
Not 4d tf
Non-brcakable Lamn Cliimnnvs 1
J UST received, a lot of the celebrated Labnslie
Lamp Chimneys, vhiaH, it is said, will
stand the roughest kind of usage, extrerno heat
and cold, without breaking. Von can drive a
nail into tho end of a piece of wood with thein,
without breaking tlieui.
B. F. HAU LS & CO.,
No I, Hast Union.
Nov 1<> J") tf
i A Full Stock of Groceries,
I UST received, and to he sold at the lowest
prices, at S. W. PORTER'S
Cheap Store.
Nov 10 46 * tf
3001bs BLUE STONE.
ITIOR Sale, V BUY CHHAP, at
i I1 15. F. HAU L'S & CO'S..
No. 1. Fast Union.
I Nov lt? l"> tf |
ACCLIMATION OF CATTLE.
In a letter, bearing date 8cpU 2nd, 1877,
from Mr. J. M. Foster, of Shreveport, La.,
he says, "I want to get some breed or breeds
of cattle that are better than our couimou
long-horn, but am bothered to know what
kind is best and will suit our climate. I
bought a 15 months Durham bull from Kentucky
last January, but he lived only about
six weeks, and a like fatality attended'a
large per cent of cattle brought here the
last winter and spring from Kentucky and
Missouri.*' I hayo*a stocjc thai I waiifc to
???*? uii'ft
ficd the Durham is besV for beef, and Jersey
for butter, but how' shall I proceed to
get tlieni acclimated uud got a start ? Do
you think to bring thorn here as weanlings
?say six or eight months old?would insure
much success ? What month do you think
most advisable to bring cattle to this climate?
What do you think of the propriety of
breeding the Jersey on our comuiou stock ?
What course would you pursue during the
first summer?and would you shelter or not
from the hot sun ?"
in answer to this and similar inquiries,
niwl ? -1 ? 11 '
i>iiva iv/ siku iiiuiuab Hfl'Kiy II|C ouruen Ol
much correspondence upon the subject ol'
acclimation, we will ask the use of your
columns for a reply. Any information we
may imparl upon this subject is necessarily
limited and very* unsatisfactory. Most of
[he facts embraced fu this were previously
published in 1871 in the Country Genilcinan,
in a correspondence at that ^tiuie between
A. B. Allen, of New York,.and ourselves.
Our entire loss of Northern purchased
cattle from acclimating fever has j
been near fifty per cent. In opposition to
the generally received opinion, our heaviest
losses have been with the youngest aniuials
?aud have led us to the opinion that the
question of ago does not modify or inilueuce
the disease. Of Jersey purchases made in
1873, of those purchased of Mr. 8. \V.
llobins, of Connecticut, the youngest died.
Df two purchased of Mr. C. S. Sargent, of
Massachusetts, tho younger died. Of six
purchased of Mr. J. M. Mackie, Great Burlington,
Mass., the oldest escaped the fever
jutirely. The RuxL had the fever, but not
>C? -
UV ?IMV? ? UI j OVt CIC (lliu pil'kliltlUU iliUIL'K^,
out untiuiatcly recovered 111 the year 1S7 2 {
[ purchased a Jersey heifer calf of Thus.
S. Kennedy,.of Louisville, Ky., the call
icing only '.2 to 3 mouths of age. Notwithstanding
her age, she eamc very near
lying from acclimation ; a bull two years!
ild and purchased at the same time of Col. '
Waring, of Rhode Island, passed the summer
without any attack whatever of lever,
dthough nearly two years older, and from
i much more northern climate. These
facts in our own cxpcricn?b tend to establish
the fact that the risk is not proportionate
to the age of the animals, npd do not
-ustain the popular idea that the younger
the animal the more easily and "Yead^ly is
it acclimated. The risk of aeclinintiou is
not limited to the tirst summer; the tAilky
often being much greater the second Vimnicr.
Mr. Kennedy, above mentioned, (reports
in his efforts to introduce cattle from
Kentucky to his plantation in Mississippi,
much the greater fatality occurred the second
season. The same was true with our
townsman. Cant. L A I'nrL who in 1S71
purchased eight hca'd of cattle in Kentucky,
which passed safely through the summer of
1872?but much to his surprise seven out
of fight died from acclimation in 1873.?
Not only the original stock purchased, but
all the calves even, dropped after their arrival
here, except one, died from acclimation.
In our own experience, Jennie Douglas
(3313.) purchased in New York in the
spring of 1873, escaped lever the lirst summer,
and was not attacked with it until the
fall of 1ST I. And just here we would
mention a fact even more remarkable?^
Jennie Douglas was bred in Naw York fv
the bull Hero (810) in 1872. On June
7th, 1873, she dropped, several months
after her arrival in this county, the heifer
calf Nellie Curtis (3371) In October,
1871, Jennie Douglas and her A Vie Y ortc
bml, hut Ah'ssisaijtjn' i/iitfijicil call', Nellie
r?_. . i i i .i i\? ?
v urns, im n i i mourns oiu, tent' sunuiranuiiis///
hii.'ii (Illicit ic It It t/16 tuclhniifini/ fever.
Could ;11iv stronger proof than this
in th(* case of Nellie Curtis .be adduced to
establish the fact that the ijuestion of age
does not alVect or modify tho (|ucstion*of
acclimation ' To the above facts might be
added the heavy losses (heretofore published
in your Journal) sustained the present
summer by Mr. (1. (J. IHiHec, of Mobile,
Ala., of '-young things" purchased and
brought South during the past winter.?W.
II. M.,? So. Lice Star I: Journal.
Diaiiriika in Cai.vks.?Calves that
suck are not often troubled with diarrhea/
unless there is something wrong about tho
food or drink of the dams. A handful of
powdered corn bread, which has been
burned or scorched brown, fed to each calf,
will stop the diarrhea for the time, but the
orginating cause must must he sought for
and removed.
One ounce of alcohol, two drachms ol
cayenne, one ounce of kerosene oil, mixed
and left standing a day or two. will cure
the worst case ol' toothache.
I
CLOVER AND (iRASES
Wo give our experience as well as obser- \
i ration in growing red clover, demonstrating <
beyond all controversy that ou land contain- |
ing a large per centage of clay, as well us (
still bottom lands, not subject to overflow, '
or, in other words, number one wheat bands, (
it is more remunerative than the same lands j
planted in any other crop; and to prove i
this, our farmers are increasing the area
annually sown down in clover; in fact, an 1
entcrprisiug farmer of our county remarked J
a few days ago that ho was disgusted with t
|f||- |f-" -- t
of seed for his fall sowing. c
Our experience is, that clover should be t
sown the lirst season in October, on land v
thoroughly prepared, and if not already t
well manured, add, according to fcrtilily, p
10(1 to 200 pounds of fertilizer to the acre, s
or suflicieut to a standard that will yield a
fifteen to twenty bushels wheat or corn to i<
the acre. LMotigbing deep and close, sow <
seed at the rate of ten pounds to the acre, tl
passing a light brush over the ground, or, I;
if a roller is on hand, roll, which covers the ti
seed sufficiently deep for germination.? \>
Avoid covering too deep, in the spring? ii
say lu uarcn?auu iUU pounds of ground J
plaster to the aero while the plaut is damp.
If it is seasonable, a fair crop may be cut ii
in June. Wliou mowed, add 100 pounds w
pli^tet ta tho acte, ami so on .al'tur ?mih ai
cutting, and in tho spring following. Fail- tl
ing to get a stand, mow in the fall. Pre- t<
pare the same land and sow iu February, us- b
ing one quarter bushels oats or rye to the r<
acre; plough under the grain and brush or roll d
under the seed as abovo. ? ?
Clover may be sown with small grain
and a full crop of the latter made, thus t?
making small grain pay the expenses of the ,\
crop; but wheu clover is the main object F
and to be cut the first year, no grain should 11
be sown with it. m
When not over one fourth of the bloom
turns brown, the crop should be mowed,
and if a mower is used, all mowed during S1
the day should be put in eoeks. Two hours'
exposure the day following will ordinarily ,,;
be sufficiently long to eure the hay. In n
. oaso oF_ tipearancc pf.raiu, put iu good I>
| jvery two days fu tho barn, until beyond C!
j danger of mould, is decidedly preferable to n
curing altogether in the sun. If cut with J'
I grass scythes, the same process in curing is ^
necessary, only requiring a longer time, r<
ifcvriug to the heavy swaths and the conse- c'
\juent frequent turuini;. Laud that will w
yield fiftccu bushels wheat to the acre will c
l'uruisll two tons irood <>lnvi>r hnv -?* mil- 0
r J vuv
ting; and as the fertility of the soil is in- P
creased, the yield will be increased, even to
live tons. r'
An inexhaustible supply of hay can be 1
uiade by cleaning up waste bottom lands w
too wet for cultivation, mowing in May and
September until the annuals arc destroyed,
giving place to perennial grasses. s<
Any grass or weeds that stock will cat v
when green, will make forage,* if cut in the
bloom and properly cured?even the rag w
weed, so thoroughly experimented with, and 11
so admirably utilized by the Hon. J. W. ^
Watts, of Laurens county. 61
Yellow clover, now cultivated to a limited a
extent in this State, sown in September, is
ready for pasturage as early as the middle s;
| of January, the first year; afterwards in 11
i December ; ripens and dies about the 1st of "
May; the land planted iu corn or other ''
crop, and in the fall it springs up again.? ^
Lauds thus used are rapidly improved. **
lai* UAADOLD. ^
'*1. Docs lucerne make good pasturage for c
hogs, horses and cattle ? u
2. Docs not lucerne require richer laud t
than red clover ? ,,
3. For what is white clover best adapted? ^
4. What arc the best grazing grasses for v
hogs'( a
5- Does not Bermuda grass require rich j'
land and constant manuring, to make much c
pasturage. Is there no substitute for it in n
the way of summer grazing '{?Orion, Ark , tl
Sept. 20." v
1. Lucerne does not bear the hoof as
well as clovtr or tho grasses, but yields to j
none in productiveness, nutritive power, or
being ifelishfid by stock of all kinds. I
2. T?s 1 _ r,
3. For Li her damp meadows, to be (
grazed? goof for cattle, excellent for sheep. |
4. Clov?4. c
r. Jr.. _:_i. -- - - " ?
i. pw jus ncu :?k most 01 in.e grasses, t
but tnb dehor the land the better it will
I grow., We know nothing that will compare
withiit fbr summer pastures. t
kkrt ill not lucerne sown in the spring, i
ordinarily do better than red clover? Will t
it succed as well when sown iu the i'nll ??
Is it necessary to manure for lucerne as you i
would lor turnips, or will it do equally well <
on a naturally rich soil ? 1
Sown in spring, Lucerne will not grow as
readily as red clover. It has to be carefully i
cultivated, or crab grass will destroy it.? i
j Clover can take care of itself. The fall is <
the pfbpcr 1 iuie to sow lucerne in all locali- I |
ties where the winters are not very severe <
?it then gets well rooted, and makes a i
good start in advance of grass. It would i
doubtless grow on a rich soil, but manure i
never comes amiss with lucerne. Mouth- >
cm Cufiivut> r.
Rye Gu ass for the South.?The annual
or Italian rye grass might prove more
valuable, being u hardier'plant and better
lor hay and pasture. The following letter
>n this subject received last month, iroui
Wei. Saunders, the able superintendent of
he experimental gardens at Washington, is
iust in point, and may prove valuable to
nauy Southern readers :
"1 have for several years been trying to
lave the Italian rye grass fairly tried in the
Southern States as a hay crop. 1 find that?*
his variety grows so fast, that when sowu,
.y+fcV imddio to end of "April. ^Tbit you
bserve, allows the hay crop to grow in winer,
obviatinir the difficulty
^ ivuhu ail WlIU
rarui States, of having the hay crop nrrosed
in its growth by dry, hot suns. It could
>robab)y be rcmovedJti time to plow up the
nd for cotton' or Qpejf^rccrtniuly for coru,
nd would also improve the land. My opin3U
is, that even the poorest of soils will
ive a crop of grass during winter, and if
lie practice was followed of putting all the
md down in this grass as soon as the cotan
crop was removed, a considerable growth
rould be on the ground when spring plowlg
commenced?this 1 mean to turn uucr,
not alluding to saving for liny.
My idea is, that by sowing a rapid growig
grass, as soon as a crop is gathered, it
rould afford a cheap mode of at least par.* ?? ?
iiJiy.iuBu.iiimi, and x QO not know
hat such a mode need he confined entirely
) the Southern States, as#I find that here,
y sowing Italinu ryo grass in October, it
inched u length of 20 inches by the uiidle
of Apjil; such a covering plowed under
ould certainly he useful."
Seed of the Italian ryegrass could be nh
uncd of (lie lending nurserymen in the
tlantie cities. It is distinct from th?
mglish or pcrenial variety.?M. li. Eateam
in Cultivator and Country Gentle\cn.
Slaves ok Debt.?It would be a curious
lcculation to inquire how long the people
f Europe will he likely to enduro the cnorious
load of debt under which they aro
ow groaning. No one believes that the
rincipal of the European debts cau ever
c paid, and the War sVatem goes on vear
>t. If these frequently recurring wars do s
ot soon come to an end it will be impossible
> pay even the iuterest of these debts ?
hen the great powers of the world will bo
. duced to the condition of Turkey aud be
(impelled to repudiate, and, if they -ge to
ar at all, carry it on in a crippled and inIFicient
way. The only use of their iutol- *
ruble debts, that any one can sec, is to cornel
the nations, finally, to keep tho peace.
At present, however, the people of Eu- ^
ape are slaves of debt. All the fruits of
heir toil tjo to pay the interest on the enorlous
national obligations. A condition of
cbt like this is oppressive to all true i'reeoin
and manliness. There, is no form of
hi very more, ojpressivc to nations or iinliidna/s
(hail that of debt.
The American people should take timely
arning from European examples. Th?
atioual debt which now exists here should
e paid ofF as soon as possible. We should
jc to it, also, that 110 form of debt shall
gain be allowed to press upon the people.
'or this purpose let us avoid, as we would
laverv and ruin, the nnrnetimiiim
ioital animosities by the fanatics and maligaiit
politicians, whose evil counsels, if foliwed
up, would involve us again in scconul
and perhaps civil war.?lialtimore.
???.
?_ -
11 KM ED Y FOH COWS Ol VINCI Jll.OODY
I U.K.?The remedy for the troubles which
ause bloody milk will depend, in each case,
pon its severity and the cause of it. If
here be no other trouble than that the
ilk. is discolored; ifJt comes easly, and if
here be no inflammation, the best remedy ?
till be aconite. Give twenty drops twice
day, for four days. If the trouble results
rom an actual injury, as appears to be the
asc with your cow, it will be best to trust to
iaturd for u remedy. The diet should bo
f n laxative character. Give no graiu
rhile the trouble exists.
If there is fever existing, the udder beng
hot and swollen, and the milk not only
loody but otherwise disorganized, it may >
e taken as a case of garget. Draw the
nilk frequently by means of a tube or quill,
jive a pound of Epsom salts in a quart of
liisecd gruel, slightly warmed; and give
inc teaspoonful of saltpetre once a week.?
Vrairic Farmer.
.?
Ashes and Salt.?"1 have engaged th*
ishes of several stores iu town. How will
t do to mix them with salt aud apply them
,5 cotton ?
Will it pay to buy salt at | cents per lb.,
tnd mix with top soil and swamp mud for
jotton ??Wild Bill, llock llill, S. C., Sept.
*0."
Ashes und salt mado into a compost with
swamp mud, muck, &c., would make a good
manure?say 12 bus. of ashes, and 2 bus.
jf salt, per cord. If applied without composting,
borne furrows should be run in tho
drill after they are deposited in it, so as to
mix them thoroughly with the soil. Thus
applied, <> to 8 bushels ashes, and one of
salt, is enough for an acre. Salt is rather
dear at ] cent a pound?at half a cent a
pound it might pay?South* m Cultivator.