The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 03, 1906, Page 2, Image 2
A Bit of Local history
An Interesting Account of
the Old Waxhaw Settlement,
Vsf ritten by a Bright
Winthrop College Student,
Miss Marie Craig,
Daughter of Mr. J. E.
Craig, of this County.
The fall of Limerick broke the
power of the Irish Catholics and
drove the native aristocracy into
exile. The established church
pushed her claimR harder and
harder against her Presbyterian
and Independent allies, until
they could stand it no longer
Tho descendants of the Scotch
settlers of Ulster, the conquerors
of the southern provinces and
the defenders of Londonderry,
ft would not submit to proscriptions
and insults any longer. The best
blood of the Presb> terians went
into exile with the Catholics of
I reland.
Most of the Irish Catholics, ac
companied by a German imrai
gration, came to America and
settled on the western frontier ot
Pennsylvania, where they soon
quarreled with the French and
Indians. After the defeat of
Braddock, July 9. 1755, the set
tiers, being left to the mercy of
their enemies, left Pennsylvania,
ami spread themselves over that
portion of the country from
Staunton, Va., to the Waxhaws,
now in Lancaster County, S. C.
Those who came to tho YVavhuwu
found five or six families there,
who had come over in 1751. And
i!) 17G5, a colony of Scotch Irish
1'resbvterians came by way of
Charleston and settled with their
kinsmen in the NVuxhaws. The
first grant of land was made to
Robert Mcllhenny, in 1751, and
is now known as "the old Blair
place," and joins the old Thorn
well plantation, which was called
tho "Garden of Waxhaw." The
early settlers called their section
"The Waxhaw Settlement," be
cause of a small tributary of the
Oafomko W .. .. I i I
' -in n n uu ivi v ci, ** ft a 11 ft w uree k ?
which had taken its name from a
powerful tribe of Indiana, who
had lived on its banks about a
century before.
Dr. Foote tells us that for two
cent uries and a halt these settlers
nad but one set of moral, religi
ous, and political principles
working out the noblest frame
work of society : obedience to the
just exercise of law, indepen
denoe of spirit, a sense of moral
obligations, strict obedience upon
the worship of (lod, and the
choice of their teachers. These
principles were brought from Ire
land and had the same result in
South Carolina that they had in
Ulster County.
The settlers met three unexpected
troubles in the Waxhaws:
The first, trouble with the Indians,
wore off after a time; the
Revolutionary War removed the
second, which was the failure of
the government to preserve law
on the coast and to provide courts
within the reach of the people :
the third, the recognition of the
established church, was organic
and would probably have been
+ narioo ?v* ti ? h ,1 . r, i . . - I.
Mio uaurn ui lliUlll UintlllUHIICO
had not the Revolutionary War
alao disestablished the church
and left to the people freedom of
worship. The parish was the
basis of all civil and religious
organization and their church
was the common meeting place
of all Christian and legal assem
blies. The liuguenots did not
Continued 011 Page Six.
Agricultural '
How to Manure Irish Pota- >
toes and Cotton. '
J
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I have been a reader ol your .
valuable paper lor some time .
and think your teaching so good,
and as 1 am a young farmer I
. <
want to a*k a few questions.
1. 1 have nleniv of stable
L J
manure, both horse and cow.
Now I want to fertilize one &cr<
ol Irish potatoes. IIow many
two lior?e loads of the stable
manure must I put on the one
acre, and how? Broadcast and
' I
drill, too, 1 suppose.
2. Now about the cotton. IIow
much of the manure per acre
in us t I put and how must. I drill
before planting, or can I put it
on after it comes up; it so, how
long or at what time if the cot
ton is planted about the loth of
April? The land is black land,
with a very little sand; will make ,
about a hall-hale of cotton per
ucre, now. The land 1 want to
I
put in potatoes is a dry, rich,
sandy land; was cultivated in
cotton last y sar; will make about |
one thousand pounds cotton per
acre,
If not asking too much, please .
answer through Cultivator. I
will close as this is my first at |
tempt to write to your valuable |
paper. (
Yours truly,
J. M. (i.
Boswell, Ark., Feb. 23, 1906 ||
Comment by the Editor :
1. If stable manure is put ]
in the drill, all potatoes coming
iu contact with the manure are
liable to be rough aiM scabby; so,
tor the potatoes would use four
or five tons put broadcast. This .
would be five or six good twohorse
loads. .
2. With the cotton you would
get the best results with the ma ^
nure put in the drill, using about
two or three good loads per acre .
Would put in all my stable manure
betore planting, and if you
use any commercial fertilizer
would put it in with your seed,
or after cotton came up, then!*
you can put it on the side at i:
second plowing, which should | j
be some lline during the lust of1]
May or the first, of June. South
em Cultivator.
What Fertilizer to Use on
New Ground.
I wish to ask your advice as '
to best fertilizer for first-year <
new ground. I have recently ]
cleared soveral acres of oak and '
hickory lan<l, which to all ap i
pearances, is very rich in all the
fertilizer elements. As I under- 1
stand it, though, none or very <
little of this is available as plant ,
food, being in an insoluble stale. ]
Now what I want to know is, ]
will land pilaster applied to this
land broadcast at the rate of 200 ]
or 300 pounds por acre be suf. (
ficient.
2. 11 ow is Kafir corn for a 1
forage? elements in a soluble
form, or in a form that will read- .
ily he taken up by the giowing
crop of cotton 1 wish to plant on '
if '( i intend to have land hrok- ^
en thoroughly with acooters ,
several times before bedding for (
planting; plant early anh culti ;
Department.
rate rapidly, so as to make best
lossible showing Ibe first, year.
Please advise ir?e 11 i am wLe in
he selection ol land plastea, or
f 1 should use vome other fertilzer.
1 have thought ol using
100 pounds of 8-2 2 gu no. to I e
lriiled in when planting in ad
lition to land plaster.
1 also wish to ask you if it
would be sale to compost with
ny stable lot manure a preparition
of acid phosphate and
po'ash (10G), which 1 in'er.d to
ISO on certain lot of land; or
would it be be>t to applv in the
Irill.
1 will thank you lor an tarl>
reply.
Very truly,
O L G.
Louisville. Ga , R F 1) 4.
Jonimeut by the Editor:
Your new ground will need
phosphate and potash mainly.
Tue 10-6 g< o is would do well
to use in the drill. The land
plaster will also he a gr at bene
[it to your laud, but do no1
think it would act quick enough
ae sufficient alone for b?st yield,
jo would u->e the 10 G goods in
:he drill as you suggest. We
srcn LlltJlll IUaNtJ f-U U llUjio
iisdna acid alone on new ground,
Ixi) we believe your idea would
he n.iuli belter. Southern Cul
t: vat or.
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Notice
IV? the Overseer* of the Public Highways
of Lancaster County :
I ask you all to warn out your hands on
aeh suction of road and work your road
jooil between now and the lath day ot
March, so you can all make a good report
n th< first Monday in zipril, as the grand
jury requires you to do. The roads must
lie worked, and I hope I will not have to
[rave any trouble with any of the overseers,
lake due notice and work your roads.
M C. OAKDNKlt.
?'ounty Supervisor.
February 17, I'.KJO. lin
Meeting of Assessors.
The Townships and Special Hoards of
Assessors tor the Townships in the County
>t Lancaster will meet at their usual places
if meeting on the first Tuesday iu March
tith inst) ltt.'ti
It is the duty of Township and Special
Hoards of assessors to canvass each and
[ very return of Heal and Personal property
ot their respective townships in order
that individual returns may he equalized
is nearly as possible.
In every instance where a material
shange in the return of any individual
iiuouuting by one hundred dollar* and
river, the assessors will keep a notice of
the changes made and forward same by
mail to the County Auditor so tli it notice
an no hciii to me purlieu 8i> raised in order
that the taxpayer may have the opportunity
to appear before the county
Hoard of Kqiialization, which Raid County
Hoard of Fojuaii/. ition will meet on the
fourth Tneaday in March (27'h inst,) 15)06,
?t the office of the County Auditor, at Lun3??ter
Court Hoane S. C,
1 he Chairmen of Townaliip and Special
lioarda of ABaesaora, are ex officio members
of t ho County Hoard of equalization,
Inn A. Cook,
And, Italic, Co
Feb '27th, 1906.
Cherry (Sb Co.
las me nest line ot CilhiAl'
JLOTHING that was ever offered
on this market, ('all quick
it Mackey's Corner.
rTO THE
TRADING
, PUBLIC!
If you want to SAVE
your money during the
oresent month. 1^.
I Don't Spend
A Nickle
till you get our prices on
Clothing, Shoes, Overcoats,
odd Pants, Ladies'
Jackets and a hundred
other things.
We have odds and ends
in all these that we are
I going to close regardless
the price.
With best wishes to our
patrons generally,
Funderburk Comp'y. ,
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