Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ne* ^ ' ' ' ' ^"'N '' 'I Foster & Wilkins .4 ARK Now opening their Fall Stock of goods, which ia complete in all dcpartumuts, viz* Ladies Dress Goods. Shawls, Cloaks, Fancy Goods, t Iloscry and Gloves. Goods for Men's Wear. Jeans, Cassuneres, Tweeds, &e. Boots and Shoes! in Every ..Variety, and ef such quality as w? ; , nun (lyg^li II 111 pill satialjsqtion for Men, WoREADY MADE OLOTHINQ. The largest and most complete stock that we have ever brought to this market. HATS AND CAPS OF ALL STYLES. HARDWARE, WOODWARE. ROPE, FARMING- IMPLEMENTS <fco. We feel confident that we can please all parties in want of goods, both in quality and prices. Wo keep Good GOOlfS and are willing to'sell them, for Cash, as low aa they can bo bought iu any of the surrounding markets, Oct 5 30 tf NOT ICE! NOTICE!! :o: rAM now fully prepared with a full and well selected Stock of PALL AND WINTER GOODS, ?TO BE? SOLD FOR CASH, ?AT? BOTTOM FIGURES. My eld customers and as many new ones as will faror me with their patronage, will find my prices as low as goods can bo bought for forty miles around. Some who havo spent tims-And isbo'i to go to Spartanburg to buy,4t*lrf supplies, after carefully examinipfur^ty goods and prices, acknowledge they igfala see no difference. >M'AM DETERMINED >^OT TO BE UNDERSOLD, P BY ANT ONE. These indebted to me must make imme|^H payment. I will give them more for vuii mull uioj uiu get iur ib in union, burg, Chester or even Charleston, in pajflaiifrf their accounts. J MONEY, /' As every sensible persons knows, keeps ths wheels of business turning. .' i ; EXAMINE MY ^TOOK and yen will be satisfied that I can and will da what I say. W. A. MOORHEAD, Mt. Tabor. Oct 26 42 4t J. E. Adger Ac Co., CHARLESTON, S. O. JOBBERS OF lum?K DUMESTIC rattnwjftjE. 'UUTLERYj QUNS, and SADDLERY. BAB XBON AND PLOW STEEL. C^XJ CUMBER PUMPS. FAIRBANKS SCALES. Agents Por South Carolina For the Celebrated FARMERS' FRIEND PLOW, ONE, TWO AND THREE HORSES, AT REDUCED PBICE8. LIBERAL TERMS TO THE TRADE. LARGE ASSORTMENTS OF ^ Agrlonlturnl ImplementM. AG&ICUTTJRAL STEELS, A SPECIALTY. Ball Tongues, Turn Shovel*, Scooters, Sweeps, Heel Bolts, Ac, STATE AGENTS, TREDEGAR horse and mule shoes. Order* receive prompt and Careful Attention. J. E. ADGER & Co.. Charleston, ho. Ca. Aug 81, 1877 84 8m bTfT ravlsacoT^ Drugs and Medioines. A FULL aUlinlT nf. J\. """ B. F. RAWL8 k CO'S. No 1, Eul Union. Jalj 20 28 If Patent Medicines. | VMtAeJFMUlBFomfcle Regulntor, Simmon*' f D Ilepetic Compound; SnrmnnrilUnnd Yellow ' Book. ?t B. F. RAWL8 k GO'S. No. l.EMt Union. July 20 18 tf Pure Medicinal Wines. AND Liquor*, for **lo*t B. F. RAWL8 & COS. No. 1, En*t Union. July 20 28 tf French Oandies. AFRBSH *uppiy of Fnney Candies, ?t r B. F. RAWLS k CO S. No. 1, Root Union. X(*f 20 28 tf 'V> v.. Sheriff's Sale. 1 The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF UNION. In the Court of Common Pleas. Richard C. Thomson, as Administrator of Wm. P. Thomson, against John I*. Thomas, as Administrator of L. It. Jeter, deceased, J as. T. Jeter, John C. P. Jeter, R. G. II. Jeter, Harriet C. Jeter, Mary L. C. Jeter, Nancy S. Jeter, Edward W. Jeter, Robert G. A. Jeter, Wm. O. Jeter, Edward C. Jeter, and Traverse B. Jeter. PURSUANT to an order to me directed from the Hon.-T. J. Mackey, Judge presiding at > the Court of Common Pleas for October Term of * the Oourt, 1877, for. Uwior^tJoanty.'^Sotith Caror lina, I will sell before Union Court House door, on the first Monday in December ne?t, within i the legal hours of Sheriff's Sales, the tract Af land, containing about five hundred and forty acres, conveyed by L. 11. Jeter, deceased, to Harriet*C. Jeter, situate in the County of Union, and bounded on tho South by J. T. Jeter's land, on the East by J. T. Jeter's and Mendor's land, and the North by James Thomas' land, and on the West by L. B. Jeter's and J. T. Jeter's land, on the following terms ; Ono-third cash, the balance on a credit of one and two years, with interest from the day of sale; purchaser to give Bond and a Mortgage of the premises, to secure the balance of the purchase money. It is further ordered, that the Derd of Conveyance, made by L. B. Jeter, deceased, to Harriet C. Jeter, described in the complaint, conveying the land above mentioned to said Harriet C. Jet or, be and the same is hereby declared te be void Mid of no effocL, and said deed is hereby ,dimted to be delivered up to the Clerk I yyr.this Court to be Cancelled. . * ifll roTOfier WffWkt that I sell all that tract of land known as the tract, on the first Mpndayin December next, Containing about ; acres, being a part of the lands conveyed by said L. B. Jeter, to Tdary L. C. Jeter as described iu the Complaint; to be sold by the Sheriff of Union County at the time and upon the terms hereinbefore moationed in the Sale abovo mentioned. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SPARTANBURG, In thgJ^QiirJt of Probate. "Martha Sumner. Francis C. Linder, Cornelia Linder, Wm. H. Lancaster, John A. Lancaster, Gordon Lancaster and Wofford, against Samuel Lancaster and Jena Lancaster. PURSUANT to an order from the Hon. George W. Nichols, Judgo of Probate ui opurianuiirg county, soutti Carolina, I will sell before Union Court rn the first Monday in December next, within the I legal hours of Sheriff's sales, all that tract of I land lying in Union County, belonging to the EsHkada of Sumner Sumner, deceased, containing J *t:ty-two acres, moro or less, lying on Uaynes' branch, waters of Sugar Creek, bounded byVunds of 13. A. Gregory, Jasper Gibbs and otters; sold for partition among the heirs at I4w of Sumner Sumner, deceased. .TERMS, CASH. Purchaser to pay for titles. R. MACBETH, 8. U. C. November 8 1877 45 3t Sheriff's Sale. .The State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF UNION, In the Court of Common Pleas. H. L. Goss, W. T. Thomson") T1, , W^muto, . RTiRisai M. StvweMr pT)UR8UANT to an order from the Hon. _L !? C. Northrop, Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of the State of South Carolina, I will sell before Union Court House dqer, on the first Monday in December next, within the legal hours of Sheriff's sales, all that tract of land located in Union County in Cross Keys Township included in Judgment for foreclosure of the Mortgage in the above stated case, containing two hundred and thirty-two sores, more or'less, bounded by lands of John Ray, James M.Johnson, B. T. Bishop, Ross Alexander, and J. Frank Smith, being the place whereon William M. Stewart, the defendant, now reside*, and sold as the property of William M. Stewart, to.foreclose a M 011gage in the above stated* > TERM OF SALE. One-third of the purchase money to be paid in Cash, the balance on a credit of one and two years, with interest from day of sale, the purchaser to give bond and a Mortgage of tho Premises, to secure the purchase money, and pay for titles. R. MACBETH, S. U. C. ? November 101877 46 8t Sheriff's Sale. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF UNION, In the Court of Common Pleas? Benjamin II. Rice, et al, against Daniel Griffin, tt al. FUKSUANT to an order from the Hon. T. J. Mackey, Presiding Judge, at Union Court House, for Union County, at the Court of Common Pleas, at Gotober Term, 1877, 1 will sell befere Union Court House door, on t(ie first Monday in December next, within the legal hours of Sheriff's sales, all the land heretofore set apart te Mr*. Mary Griffin, widow of Anthony Haney, deceased, a* her dower, under order of this Court filed day of ?, on the following terms, to wit: One-half Cash, the balance on a credit of one year, with interest from the day of sale; the purchaser to give bond and mortgage of the Premises to secure the balance of the purohase money, rod phy ft* titles. . Bi 0. tr. c. Nawamka. ft J* a. WE MUST COLLECT. OUR Notes and Accounts are in the hands of Messrs. 8hnnd & Munro for Coliaotion.? We had the misfortnna to lose hearily by tha tire of June 8<1, and must hare money to commence business again. Our friends will coma np promptly and giro us a shore up tha hill. QIBBB8 k Co. Nor 2 48 2m PLOUGHING CROPS UNDER. [ To what extent have the evidenois favored the plowing under of green ?crope, and how do the advantages of manuring in this way, couipur j with barn yard manure ? I would Ijko to hear from the Farm rovrtutl on this point. J. t. S. It is easy to answer that the growing of green crops?clover more geuerallv than any other?has saved many a farm, hot blessed with extra strong soil, from hopelessly ruuuing dowu, ensuring good croM at the same time. Souio otherwise sensible men, go so far as to say that a green orop plpwcdjtiuder renders a soil too qcidj^hiib it cannot be ftdcF to add ufiterrtfl^W IN* productive capacity. These conclusions are j 'jumped at, and should uot hnve weijgh^ because the experience of years, not bringing out mere opinions arrived at by guessing, as men arc to apt to do, has shown conclusively that the plowing under of green crops is one of the means at our comm**- ' for ameliorating a soil which needs artificial aid. The claim that these green crops* turned under, afford only a little woody fibre at bust, and that the gain made must necessarily be very small, is not sustained by past experience, nor docs it agree with cases which may be declared to be analogous. For instance, most men are familiar with the woudcrful effect which the burying of decayed woody fibre has upon the growth of vegetation occupyying a sito over or near where such deposit has been made.. Wo credit the results secured by plantiug aoy crop on the sito of decayed, stumps. A portion of this advantacro?and hv th.? mnv , - # o; 1 ~j "? , j uo inconsiderable portion?comes of the porous condition secured to the soil, by the decay of roots beneath the surface. The turning uudcr of green crops secures this same porosity, and there is scarcely any room to doubt that the advantages to vegetation from turning crops under, comes 1 largely from the friable and mellow condition "in *"ff!ItetlTTl<f' soil Is placed by this agency. It is with a plant as with a horse or an ox, tho food should bo placed within easy reach. Wo aim to do this with the latter, as by this mode we expect to socurc the greatest gain to tho beast, with tho least expeuse of feed. To place obstacles in tho wav^auoh. as are calculated_to auuoyjho, "beast anuTSntRfr tufli*r&dtTWiS, in" "piffle W' eating his rations in the. utmost quiet, or placing the plant in hard impacted soil, will interfere with tho object, no mattdr how good the feed or how rich tho soil. , So in tho case of the plant, as tnkch depends upon tho ease with which the roots cau pormeate tho soil in search of nu'.rimcnt, as upon the mere richness, chemically considered, of the soil itself. As to the comparative merits of green crops and barnyard manure, it is not easy to state, because of the many things to be taken into accouut. These do uot come up, nor are they suggested by your enquiry.? This it is safe to say, that it is better to make your own manure in your barnyard, by keeping all the stock you can consistently carry, than to depend upon growing olover to *irn nidirintf rmi rr'r.. K& itnbly, you can count your manure- a* wear gnin, whereas, you hardly need to be reminded that in growing the clover to turn ud* der, you not only appropriate the growing crop, but tbe uso of the land for the current year also. Your manure counts as I waste, and you make it available without delaying any crop, and further than this, you seiect your own nine, when no other work is in the way, for hauling it out.? Wettem Farm Journalf Fairs Tub Farmers' Schools.?Hundreds of letters come to us yearly, askirg about ,igattcrB and things which nfc very fully exhibited at the Agricultural Fairs every fall. A farmer who observes the live slock, implements, machines, and other interesting objects at these exhibitions, and makes a study of them, will gain much voluablo information. Thoso who attend tho fairs, with tlieir goods and live-stock, arc {leased.to have them seen and* examined, t is their business to sfaiowJftbat tbey have on oxhibitioo, and welicver yet knew one of thorn to give an ihipatient .or churlish reply to any civil inquiry made of them ; but on the contrary, have itlwnys found thorn eager to impart information. Now this information is precisely what every farmer wants. Ho needs to be instructed about tho differencerfo character and value of live-stook, the use* end forking of implements and mnohioery, the value of improved grains and other products, the kinds of artificial fertilizers offered by thfe manufacturers, and scores pf other matters, not only of great interest, but of valuo in his daily business. Thou, farmers need to meet togother aud talk -with ono another about these things, and compare viewe. It, is hardly possible for any two farmers so to* discuss mitten relating to 'their btufness without mutual benefit. The Ceuojr or Sute Fair, is tlitf place d? all' ej&ertjbs. tarmera to meet wBKtanc nnbiheh and also to meet those wlo prcvido them with implements and -fariou smother supplies. By all means let eeary farmer not only attend tho fairs, bnt use all his faculties when there, in tho effort to learn everything that is possible. A fair is a great school for the farmer and bis family.?American Agricultnritt. ' WINTER FA8TUBES. It is desirable to uvoid as far as possible, an ntnual expenditure for labor in tho managements of our lands. We require a certain aciuunt of forago for winter. Pulling fodder is ope of the operations of the farm.? Well cured foddor is the most palatable forago which can be given to horses So is champagne the most agreeable of fluids to man. Put the fodder is too expensive for the farmer's horsj, and the champagne too expensive for the farmer man. Just think of a farmer going into a hundred acre cornfield, with a gaug of hands, and handling eight-acres of grass a day, say sixteen tons, raked up by a horso lake, tedderod by horse power, loaded into tlve- jragon and . thcuco hi to the barn by a hay lifter untouched by hunlan hands in the whole process. Put there is a cheaper process than this. 1 T: is one that ear not be adopted at the North because the climate will not allow of it. This cheaper plan is to provide win'.cr pastures for mules, horses, colts and cattle, thereby enabling them to mow and save ( their own hay without cost to us, either iu 1 the way of negroes, mower, hay stacks or 1 barns. The way to obtain a good winter pasture is simple and not expensive. Take a piece ( of wood land, thin out tho worthless timber, 1 leaving rail trees and most hnnrlmr ? < The exact distance cannot be given, because ' trees differ very much in the amout of shade 1 which they produce. The Kentucky rule i is to thin timber, so that the ground shall get sunlight, at least a portion of the day, 1 otherwise the gro?s will bo sour, and rejected by live stock.' The ground should be well sprouted; grubbing is uot necessary, though it is best. The tree tops and brush 1 should be piled and burned, and the ashes ' scattered. Except for appearance, tho logs need not to be piled and burned. The ground should not be plowed ; grass seed should be sown. The available live stock ' of tho farmer should be turned upon it to trample in tho seeds. Hogs aro excellent ( for this purpose, feeding them shelled com, scattered as widely as possible, and feediug in a different place every day. The sceu *>owu, ah rtxld -.f oi-V.;.. bjutf^hcrd aud mondow oat grass, if tho K(W%ni Ono bust)el of iliis mixture to be sowed te the acre?one-half orchard grass, and the other seeds in equal proportions. Persons wishing an immediate use of this pnsturc, may plow or harrow the surface, and sow rye with grass seeds. In such a ease the logs must bo burned. The rye will not make good grain, but will give cxccllcut winter and spring feed. This operation must be performed in August or September. But most persons will prefer the cheaper plan, and sow in February grass seed alone. As soou as the native grasses and weeds will appear, live stock should be turned in to cat them down. They will not hurt the young grass, but benefit it by consolidating the soil. So long as those weeds and native grasses springs up they must bo fed down. the /all tb?y coaso to grow, , ami-sown grasses shoufl be left ungraded until New Year, when they should again be put upon them. In a year or two the uativc grasses and weeds will disappear by close 'grazing and tramping and a good sward of I artificial grasses will be formed.? Grange. ! Grass, Clover, Turf.?The Great and Vjroou once toJU ttic young uian, feed my sheep, and repeated it the third time. The English statesman, the third time, said to the young student, who wished to develop eloquence, "action, action, notion." Three times, Daniel Webster said, "read the Dictionary," to the young aspirant for legal fame. So, the Mari/laml Farmer urges, and has urged, that the farmer who would make his land fertile, and keep it so, that he should rnako turf, grow clover aud grass ; and when he has got a turf he can make grain, or any other crop; a good sod of clover or grass, or both, plowed under, makes a soil that wi|l grow all others. Undoubtedly, it is Wftor to ??w timothy or other grasses with fine, narrow leaves, in the fall?September or October?as they need time to get sufficient growth to stand tho winter and hot sun; and an application of five to eight bushels of j>kistcr to the ucrc, and 100 to 300 pounds of bone to the ncfe, to be harrowed in tit thopinio or Seeding, will give beuefits much morclhan tho cost: ana iaier in tno tall bvc to tcu bush- s els of. common salt will also pay. i . But wq., believe that it is bolter to sow l clover ftarTy in the spring, followed up with plaster and bone, or other phospbatio fertilisers. i i And in both rases, fall or spring sowing, i inhere is great benefit in sowing piaster im- i mediately after the grain is harvested, and l after the first mowing.?Mart/land Farmer, i i % i inuuci^ily, the fnrpicr is the safest man in the "country.^ T)f rlewebhundred, tod j twelve bankrupts in Massachusetts, only I fourteen were farmers, and yet the farming i Community numbers full half tho populn- i tion. The people must live, and while tho i use of luxuries may be diminished by hard I times, there always will be a call for the pro- i | duco of the furin. Farming has, of course, * felt the general depression in business. 'i REMEDY FOR CEREAL DISEASES With respect to smut, the prevention oP that disease by pickling the seed seemed so well recognised by all that very little evidence was taken as to its nature and cause, all the evidence bciug directed to the best agents to be used Por pickling. ])r. Mcuckc, who has had considerable experience of the disease in agricultural districts, considered that instead of the usual pickle of blucstonc, sulphate of iron should be used, at a strength of four ounces to the bushel dissolved in hot water, the water to flow half a foot over the wheat. Mr. Ky, analytical chpinist, recommended the seed to be steeped in sulpfiiTrle uctd, tben dried in a .<ieve and dusted over with fresh or quicklime. A coating of sulphate of liuie is thus formed over the seed, which will protect it in the soil. From the evidence of the practical witnesses, blucstonc a'ppcared to bo most generally in use as a pickle; but all appeared to be of opinion that it had n tendency to weaken the piaut unless the solution was supplied very weak. Several had tried sulphur and quicklime, with more ar less success; but, on the other hand, all the scientific witnesses were of the opinion that unless dissolved, as in the form of sulphuric acid, sulphur would be almost valueless as a pickle. All the practical men concurred in the opinion that the addition of quicklime to the seed after the application id the pickle was of very great advantage. l)u the question as to the length of timo the seed should remain in the pickIc, it was given iu evidence that it was the practico with many fanners to let it remain in soak ouly a low minutes, iu most instances never exceeding two hours. The chemical witnesses, on .the contray, considered that nothing less than eight or ten hours, according to the shite of the weather, would be sufficient. Dr. Mcuckc said eight, if the weather be wet, and twelve if dry. The various pickles recommended arc : 1. Blucstonc, 4 ozs. to the bushel, soaked eight hours, then dried with quicklime. 2. Sulphuric acid, 4 ozs. by weight to oacli bushel of seed, diluted with as much water as the seed will take up, then dried with slacked lime. 3. Flower of sulphur mixed with twieo its weight of fresh slacked hot lime, ten gallons of water to each pound of sulphur. Tot<*~?oruis a sulphuret of liuie with which the wheat is to bo well moistened and afterwards dried with fresh slacked lime. 4. Sulphate of irou dissolved and applied as above, recommended by Dr. iM o uckc.? Quccnslander. Blunt but Thue.?There is said to be a young man in the Missouri peniteutiary whosc parents at their death, left him a fortuue of $50,000. There is where his ' parents made a fatal mistake. If they had taken the precaution to invest that sum iu a small dog. and shot him, and then had simply left the young man a jack plane or a wood saw, with printed instructions how to use it, the chances are, that instead of being in tho penitentiary, he would to-day have been gradually but surely working his way into a handsome competency aud an hciio. ' ie old i>ut ever oiuce the days oi Adam and l?ve, parents havo mndt> . .... . point to toil and struggle all their lives in arder to realize a sufficient sum of uioucy ... t ? i? .i? 1 iu puiuimac. wiiuu mcy arc (lean anil gone, their sons each a first class through ticket to the devil, and it is not much to he wondered at that so many of their sous, reared in vice and idleness, as too many of them often arc, have no higher ambition than to invest their inheritance in just that sort of transportation. Pleasant for Hard Drinkers?Tho Louisville Courier Journal, which is published in a State where whiskey ought to be good, if anywhere, confirms the statement that probably nine hundred and ninety-nine gallons out of every thousand that are sold as brandy are made from a vile compound of whiskey swill, distilled spirits and chemical abominations, and adds: 'And as it is equally true of whiskey, what in the name of goodness aro we all to do for something to drink ? It looks us if wo iqfeto bo'driven to tho pump in spite of us. [f flie world at forge knew of what villaiu5as stuffs brandy and whiskey and wines ire made of, the present croD ol drunkards - * 1 " ' would bo about the last?or, nt any rate, ill future crops would be small. Nearly all, or quite all, the liquors that uro retailed nowadays are undoubtedly a slow but sure poison, and to drink them habitually is simply a roundabout way of committing tuicido, and unless you guard yourself carefully, the way is not very roundabout either. Cleaning the Hen house.?If th? careful poulterer will look to the under portions of his perches, and as faithfully apply the saturated kerosene brush to this part of the premises as he does to the top and bides and crevices, onco in a while, ho will find it profitable for the removal of vermin. Lice brood and breed and live uudcr tho roosts, in great numbers. In the day time they aro thus partially secreted. In tbo night, when tho fowls settle down to their roosts, theso millions of parasites crawl up, and nestle themselves comfortably among tho bird's sofi feathers?where they subsequently stick to their new warm quarters until they are carbolated or sulphured out again.