Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Coluj^PIA, 8. 0.-r Fan, 12, 1878. tndfcing of the State Democratic Kjmcu'tive fQpnuniUee of South Carillon, hcla ib'ltfAioitj oo the 8th iostaot, the foljawing resolution was adopted : 'RosoNfe, That the State Executive Committee of th* Democratic Pfy-ty of Jbnth^ar^ia recommends an immediate W ^BrgflB^i^of tho same i? vrew of* the cainpajjlof 1878f andatlyt County Conyeotiooa be called as soon as prat^icable in c o u n t y o r g a u i z a t i'o us J ^Vs' follows: ^ . ?AiW?lo 1. TJrcre shall be one or more * Democrat^, clubs ojfentod in cajh dcctidn ^ precinct, ^aCh of wnreh vlubs sfflbl t^re a distinct wkle, '#be Democrat io Cluband shall elect a President, one or jm u;?. r^nntfl n Rnortr^mr* r>nrl ?% I Tjvy iiwiuwuwj ? awvviuiu^ uuu a Corresponding #^5reti#Js ana a TroaSurer, and shall have tho following workio^boui^ aniUess, of tot less than three members oaqh. "viz : A. Committee onJiegistration, an BAcumtc Committee, alra such other committees as to each club max* seem ex> yedicjS W * ' , % Art^S. Tho mee|jpga ot the <4&bs should be?freauent. after the openiog of the canvited speakeT deliver an ^hddress at each meeting, if practicable. ^.rt. 3. The President uhall have power to call au extra meeting of the club, and W naembet^bf th#eldbshall constitute quorum for the pansaotjon of business. Art. 4. The clubs in each county .shall, VJ>o h?ld togethsymd operate under the CO^jp a Coua% Executive (Jomaiifteo, aHtl' consist of one membor jVmp club, to be taominatet by tne respec?W?fc^u'>3 au<^ elected by tho County Uon Ml irjTtraff^aud^uch other member as the convention may add. The Executive Committcejprhen eleefbd, 0 shall appoint Us owfi officers and 611 all vacancies which may arise when the convenliiiirM nnl ,jp|tftni|in Thr tenure of office of thn-Eixtrcowfo OoirTajIFlCe slit 11 be tfnfiT* the next general campaign, unless sooner removed or suspended by the County Convention. The present County Executive Committees shall continue in office until the first meeting of the County Conventions under V this organisation. Art. 6. County Demooratic Conventions rshall be composed of delegates elected by ^he several local clubs?one delegate for every club, and an additional delegate fur every twenty-five enrolled members?with the right of each Couuty Convention to on large or diminish the representation according to circumstances. This convention shall be called together by the Chairman of the Exeoutire Committee, uudcr such rules, as each oounty may adopt, and when assembled, shall be called to order by the Chairman of the Executive Committee; and shall proceed to elect from among its members a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a i Secretary and Treasurer. The convention shall procoed to business, and when the samo is transacted it shall adjourn sine die. Art. 6. The mode and manner of nominating candidates for county offices or for delegates to the State, Judicial and Congressional Conventions, shall be regulated in < eaoh county by the respective County Conventions. In this connection, the State Executivo Committee makes the following recommendations : Uuder Article 1, where local clubs of i the last campaign are in existence, that they be reorganised by the election of officers to serve the eneuing two years, and as many . additional elubs formed as may be deemed r essential to the success of the party. Also, that the committee on Registration forthwith make a complete registratftn of all i voters, classifying them as white and black, Democratic and Republican. Under article 4, that the County Exeeu- 1 tive Committee consist of the County Chairman and the Presidents of the Local Clubs. Under Article 5, that the County Chairman be ex officio Chairman of the County Executive Committee and of all County Conventions. ffnder Article 6, that the system of primary elections by ballot bo adopted as the mode of nominating candidates for oounty officers and members of the General Assembly. While the principle of primary election should be at once announced, it is the decided judgment of the State Executive Committee that the dominations by primary elections should not take place until n later period in the campaign, and in rcgAd to which farther recommendations will bo made hereafter as to the details for conducting the said eleotions. When the Connty Conventions have elected officers, the new County Chairman will at onoe report to the Seoretary of the State \\ Executive Cbmmittee, gaping the names ? and post office address oftho offioers chosen, m together with the names sod post-offices of mowr resident? or tne L?oeal Clubs, and the numbor and membership of the several clubs. JOHN D. KENNEDY, Ch'n. James A. Hoyt, Secretary. k ? 9 Hampton Again for Governor.? Teeming with truth and pregpant with wisdom were the utterances of Governor Hampton during the celebration of Washington's birthday in Charleston on tho 22d ultimo : " The next election will be th& crisis in the history of this State. If you allow the extreme men of this State to take possession of it, just as sure as the sun will rise, it willrise upon your failure." 'ftt brilliant -viotory which we achieved in the last campaign overdtffejgPEh 1 j|*K>ugb yur pctionaWid tne invincible courage of 'our leader. No reflecting mandrill control vert the assertion that alllbeso elements of success are as essential in the coming political coutest as they wcro in our last. Yet how doubly portoutious are the words of Hampton when wo reflect upon the absence nf nr?n ? ana ieca them there with green crops, till the pasture is fit to turn into again. It i?a pocr plan to let cattle run in a pasture so poor and short that they will be forced to work all day for a living. For soiling, the most valuable crop to cultivate is sweet corn, grown especially for feeding through July, August and September. We have raised the largest varieties, but are not certain but a medium Bized corn would be quite as satisfactory.? Oats, spring rye and barley, may be sown for early feeding, before corn becomes sufficiently grown, and they may each be sown in the summer for late feeding, after tho frost has killed the corn. We have sown nearly two tyishels of corn per acre, but Borne successful farmers believe that half the quantity would produce a crop of equal value. It sown too thickly, the lowor purt of the stalks are bare of leaves, and the wholo is quite apt to bo blown down by heavy winds. Winter rve is one of tho most useful soil iog crops, as it comes so early in the spring and grows between the seasons for other orops, thus requiring no charges for land or time, but you cannot hare that this year.? Mass. Ploughman. Lpcr.RNE.?The Southern Cultivator says: "Some persons olaim to have better success by planting lucerne in the spring than in the fall. Rows should be 15 inohos apart?from 10 to 15 lbs seed sown to an no*e?better sow too thick than tod thin.? Cultivate ^rftotfy clean the first year.? May be out ewn a foot high?better to oat, than allow it to go to seed." If you put two persons in the same bed room, and one of them has the toothaohe, while the other is in love,you will find that the person who has . the toothaohe, will go to sleep first. ' / - V. v.^uumumu iu uur rnUKH U1C IISUCSSncss and indifference with which wo view the fact?the feeling of security among the masses and tho greed of office which pervades from mountain to seaboard, existing as an element, temporarily dormant, of discord and distention in the Democratic party. These are elements of party weakness whioh will unfold dire and disastrous results unless we completely eliminate thein. The danger is great. The very existence of the State depends upon tho next campaign. Let us look the ganger squarely in the face and adopt prompt measures to counteract tho evils. The very first step in this direction is tho reorganization of our Democratic clubs, which, as soon as effected, should have frcquej^meetings and hew off, by discussio^tho rough corners of individual antagonism, displaying an active interest in (Rle coming campaign and contemning the aa^foa ojKhose Enemies in our camp?those omco seofers?whose greed immolates the patriots love upon the shrine of personal mi si ? nuiuiuuu. iuo inaepenucut?another political spawn?will doubtless make his appearance and attempt to thrive to the detriment of the party. J?his he m\ist never be alloyed |p do. Iio irost everywhere-be met witb the stern rclAtke of a patriotio people. flemeuiber, that apon the eortinucd suexistence ""and ^FospS^y know that the people have implioit reliance iu the unimpeachable honesty and wisdom of Governor Hampton, and we are assured that his name will be rolled in a wild patriotic acclaim from the mountains^ the sea, as tho Governor again of South Carolina. ?Lexington Despatch. SnALL I Pasture or Soil??If one raises soiling crops, be is much more independent of the seasons, and can feci sure of keeping his stock well all the time, whether there comes a season of drought or not.? Partial soiling will enable one to increase his slock, if, in his judgment, the condition of the marke ts appear favorable to such increase. Soiling helps make a farm grow rioh, while pasturing tends to impoverishment. We would overstock the pasture in the Bpring, and seoure all the foed that should bo spared, and then, when the dry weather of midsummer comes on, as it does nearly evory year, we would tako the cattle to the stables ,1. . PRESERVATION OF FORZAT0. The influences cxoricd pn climate and on rain, by the presenoe or Absence of forests, a are very remarkable. It is not ouly that a belts of forests give shelter from cold cur- I rents of air, and that when they are cut t down the oold is rendered more piercing, as o in New York, si?ce the northern forests ft havo boon so much thinned, but they nctu- a ully increase the heat of the places where s thoy aro found ; for the heat does uot radi- d ate so quickly from the surfuco when it it h protected by Che trees, and the cold sir does a not descend through the obstacle which the si foliage presents. It aots to the earth as th< a; cider down quilt to the bed v In the recesses of tbc ws \ wfcmptfc and q *BtUhiesa are to bo found, e j! bo To rests pn^?ot j995Qh9^, air, attract the rain aod brifgHBH^pP ^ the earth. Id soma places the wnnng of w the forests has diuiiaished the anuual rain- ti fall. Moreover, the leaves of the trees re- ol taiu the moisture which has once fallen, as ft all may know who have passed through a h wood alter a time of rainy weather. Out- lo side the wood the roads and fields may have ol dried up under the influence of sun and ti wind; but under the trees the jiaths are tt still muddy, nnd the ground soft with the. T fallen moisturo. * le Agasn, forests prevent the too rapid pass- tl ing away of water. The earth from which m the tree springs, the dead foliago which is covers it, the mass of mosses and under- in wood, and the notwork of the tree roots, all pi act like a vast sponge, which absorbs the tli water easily and parts with it(hfcr>flj4, Fruqi g( forest-covcred'land, theref^t),'di gradually away. The sprinjp vtfciek foal th the lakes of forest-covered oouutrfcs nro tin- in failing, and tho rivers which take their rise ct in wooded hills, suffer neither from sudden w diminution of- their streams, nor from de- av structive iandations which work woe whor- m ever they pass. Tho forests aot in tho sup- w ply of their water as the governor-balls of at a Dvtum engine iu ute supply ot steam. dc tlf, -however, the forests which guard tho hi giuniugs of these springs are cut down, pr either through ignorance or through greed, or nature revenges herself, aud man, so puny fif hefoR her grout forces, suffers for his folly m and short-sightedness. Tho outiiug down th of forests on the Alps and Apennines has th helped to cause those terrible Jf of the Po which hnvei*pread S _overjmanyp^-. plain'; and baTc niil9Tm*, WT2 cultivation was possible, testify rarti- ^ ges of the wild stream on the slopes 'of tho vfl mountains themselves. be Since the forosts round the s mrceg of tho th Cauvory in Ilindostan, have been thinned by be tho exertions of ooffee plant .'rs, who have wi established themselves oa the slopes-of the if Western Qhauts, that river has been sub- bo jeet to suddon floods aftor the rains brought ga by the south-western monsoons, and it has mi boon a Source of terror to the people dwell- th ing in its lower valley, carrying away brid- ? ges, destroying crops, doing mischief incalculable, instead of acting as a beneficent, fertilising stream. In suoh oases as these, an the water, instead ot being retained by the ?tt forest land, and slowly parted with as need- sh ed, rushes down the river bed at once, and wt betweou the times when rain fulls the river re] sinks to less than its usual size.-^.^ oo It is thus evident that the place held by ex troau in n/iAnnm?r aP nutnwA ? % VW9 iu VMV uwuvuij A/A URVUIO AO U KiiVSt important one; nod that their preservation, ev care and cultivation, aro matters of impor- bo tanco in many ways to tho well-being of hu- mi man creatures. For other than economio ea reasons, also, it is well that tho axe of the m{ woodman should not be lifted upagainst all by goodly trees. The destruction of forest land, all especially in thickly peopled oountrics, is to foi be lamented, not only because of tho phys- th ical changes whioh are thus brought about, go but because, when woodlands are done away tr< with, a great sourco of pleasure aud bouuty ud is removed.?Sunday Magazine, Eng. Ai w ? Green or Rotted Cotton Seed? .. Moon's Influence on Plants and i Meat.?"Is rotted cotton seed belter than ? the green for corn, or does it, as I hav<?' often read, give its strength to the plant' during the process of decomposition?' Does the Moon really have any effect on ftli the growth aud produots of plants, or is it ^ all a myth ? Also, has it any influence nnnn maal nlion ^Virt nnimnl id LiIIa/I ah UJ/VU UIVRVf HHVU vuu UUIU1UI 19 AIIICU UU bUU increase or decrease of the moon ? Do not an some of the latter day soientists disregard . tho moon and tide theory??H. B. M., 10 Liberty, Texas." Answer :?The green seed is better, because as usually rotted, much of the nitro- mi gen of the seed is lost, and that is the substance which gives cotton seod its special value as a manure for corn. Also if applied J?1 early, say boforo or at planting time, green seed would bo better, beoause thoir valuable elements would not be so liable to be leached va and loet, before they are taken up by the Pr corn, as those of rotted seed. 1 As far a& investigations hafwfrow made or > in a oareful and systematio?that is seien- Vfl tific?way, tbey fail to indicate any effect of w the moon on?vegetatioq, or on moat, Ac., ra &c.fc Its effect on the tides are nnmistake* ubl" and so far as we know, fully reoog- . nized by all scientists.?Southern Cuftiva- M tm- . Be 1 ,<KM) subscribers wanted to the Times, rii LOAF IK (j FA&KEKSA loafer is a nuisaooe nt all limes sod io 1 11 places. tie is one who, to all appoarnce, is without any business or aim in life, lis sole object seems to be to while away , ho hours fh a thoughtless, listless manner, j r to talk them away in idle, senseless gos- i ip. Apparently having nothing to do he < cts on tho principle that every other per- j on is situated in the saipe way, honee he * oes not hesitate to inflict hie presence and ] is tiresome nonsense on others at any and ] 11 times sad piaocs. Such is the profes- j ional loafer-?-the one who follows loafing j i a business. JHe generally lives in the < illago or^m a-person of his great social uality?MBN?? adequate field for the ^ talents on a farm or j ho,-tt^our^lgMgh ' snoh a field. Btft I v th?S > rfrfhl excrescence of which ] o wish toftjpeak at present; it is of an en- | rely differeut class of persons from the | bovo, that is the loafing farmer. Somo t trrners have, unfortunatelyi contracted a <bit of spending their leisure time iu j litcring about tho village store or some < her place of common resort. This prse- , ce, it indulged in, soon grows to a hubit t lat is very difficult to control or throw off. i his habit, when ouce formed, is likely to > ud to habits of neglect at home. Many t tings will bo neglected on the farm that t ight be attendod to during the time that j whiled away with idle oompany. A feel- ^ ig of discontent with home life and commy will soon grow up in a man's mind j tat will lead him to seek- for excuses for fc )ing to the place of resort. Wet or stormy c tys are generally spent at suoh places till ] 10 recurrence of suoh days oxcite a long- \ g to be there that is apt to drive away all r i joy in rot in all other pursuits. A man j, ith the care of a farm has no time to loaf t ray at snch places. The time that a far- ^ er will spend iu this way during the year r ill surprise even those who do it, and the I nouot of work or reading that might bo t me in this time would aid much in mak- fc g the individual a more intelligent and ? osperous farmer. Supp&e a man spends h to day of ten hours each wceck, or, say h ty days in a year?and many spend even tl *t?r .* ? ?aa ? ' urv map mis?mui is ouu Hours duriug fa e year. Any ono can see that during h Kistimo a man could do a large amount of * pairing of tools of implements, and thus Q JWiNtot ouly the timo required to take it rake and fork handles, &o., as tl t miny jobs of repairing could tl any dollars might be saved in f is way etrery year ; and this work might u done in a barn or shed when, the weather d is not suitable to work put of doors. Or tl a man were disposed to read agricultural * oks, what a fund of knowledge might be J inod in this fifty days' time, besides the my long eights and other leisuro tjmcs at might bs employed in the samo way*. { Journal of Agricxdture and Farmer* a] Manure for Orchards.?Wood-ashes t< q doubtless excellent for orchards, but in- i( :ad of being wut around the trees they ]{ ould be spread over the whol^and. Bat 0 ?ere are the ashes to come from in this C' gion ? We have little or op wood, and of X urse little or no ashes. In our limited. U perience we have learned one thing in' re- 8j rd to orchards as well as fruit trees of t< ery kind that we have cultivated, and we 8; lievo Ihe principle can bo applied pretty g ich to everything that grows upon the * rth, which is, that the application of g mure benefits thei+all. Ground occupied tj fruitetrees should be manured .as liber- t< y as are other portions of the land used . r the raising of wheat and ooflfe. It is s neglect to db so, in connection with the c I 1! !.L Lf-L. L. 1- - norm negligence wuu wuicn oronarasare j, isted in many sections, that makes them {, profitable and to be#rorn-out prematurely. a nd as to the kind of manure with which ti ehards ought to b? treated : While any o ad, almost without exception, will prove [ advantage, there is none in the world to ? compared to stable or barnyard manure. f( liberal application of this only every h ird year, with careful pruning, scraping ti d washing of the trunks of the trees, a U make a prodigious change in an or- t] ard. This top-dressing can be applied at y time when the ground is net frosen, ^ d, if not bestowed in too hoavy lumps ao to injure the (orehard) grass, will yield, addition to the fruit, a ooupfe of tons of a od hay. Wo have known three full crope n grass to be cut from one orchard.? Ger- a mtovm Telegraph. d ?. Barn-yard manure must remain, for my years at least, the' baokbooe of prog- t iblo farming, hence it should be guard* with special eare. Manures should inriably be under cover, and tn abseence of oper shelter, they should l>e protested by thick coat of dry earth, roaa scrapings, sods and moid. Q| not permit your most luable aid to inoraKe profits to biow off >th evory wind, or wash away with every Rio* Muffin^.?To one quart of.sour ilk, add three well-beaten eggs, a little it, teaspoonful of soda and enough of Hen . >ur to tbickott to a Stiff batter. Bske in BgS. A ' J# pBXVALKNC* O* WcHiW III Tho most Considerable fetaHty among twins * * \ in this section comes, 1 am satisfied, wfom< W worms. Of these there are several^mfferent varieties that infest hogs, thamoet'if ik^aI) pf them, having a counterpart in th^Tjuman. There are perhaps two notable exceptions-?one, the worm that infests ?bo leaf lard aroaa'l the kidno^s; the other, 4 Worm that iohabits the small intestines, is frequently found in the stomach, and, may be identical with tha Atcarit vermicularit, ilthough the specimens we have examined From the hog are fully thrco tides the sisd jf those from the human. s. I have not tho inclination, uor would pour apaoe permit me to go luto extended descriptions of the different :-! Joed* rt it noccSSefy,"as symptoms add V * ' iroatuicot may be classed under two heads. Prom those that are founifin thf^owels we lave loss of appetite, a feverish condition,. -ho hair becoming loose in consequence, ind often vomiting and purging. The blood becomes afflicted from the itm perfect digestion j sometimes a pustular iruption appears upon the skin; the hog uns down aBd dies in from six to twonty lays, seemingly from pure inanition. Ther? s a belief current that some of these worms >erforate the stomach and bowls under cerain conditions. I have not as yet satisfied nyself upon this point If they do, death rould probably result more quiokly than vhen caused from pure force of numbers. These worms arc often foOnd fh astonishng numbers, and were we compelled to ;ccp hogs until four or five years old before . aarketing, we doubt* if one in five would ive unless the worms were removed. Can t bo done? Yes! easily. Salt the hogs egulurly, but dou't give it with ashes, as s the oustom. All alkalies tend to weaken he ooats of the stomaoh, and should only be >o given as a medicine and for a specific purpose. Don't give (aw^pA ferri) for worms. t is inert and makes the teeth' sore. Sift he ashes and give tho charcoal freely, or eep stooo ooal by them. Each month give tablespoonful of Capo aloes to eaoh grown og every tnormug for three 01 four morn* ngw, or give one of the patent vermifuges hat you may know to bo effeouve in tho uuian; they will operate as well in the og, or the bruised end of Jerusalem oak,, rhich grows in "many parts of the West. lay be given with effect. ' The kidney wortn^as it is called, he kidney*, the water-becomes high colored i he bog gets weak in the loins Sod very ofon breaks down entirely. Terpentine is sually effective, given in tablespooefnl oees eaoh day for two or three days, and hen at intervals of ft week rub the loins rich the saine.?Dr. CbTask in Kjptrisaf ?armer. *. . ? . : v1 *1 \ % - u. * How to Test Seed.?Mr. Jfowiok, the Inglish author Urges that where there is the * lightest reason for doubting tho germinatig powers of seed grain, it should lb tesid before sowing mueh more generally thah< i often done. His directions, though too ite for our fall crops and much in advance f spring seeding* u>ny jfoN be p0t pn res * ord for future use. TJufy are as %llows? * >raw one hundred grains promis^Bdsly, iv them in two ajppes of thick flannel weU it urn ted witlTruih water; plaee fo in a warm # smperature, always Wet, and in fifty or i*ty hours you will find it sprouted. The enoral adoption of suoh a handy tnethod 'onld give a certainty tp whstfe former was rowing. Thus, if he found the gorminave percentage fow, ho must add more seed > make up the deficiency. lSayed vrom thb GaiXowb by a Mxroscope.?Chemical analysis shoi^l not a the only test applied iaraSe of Prison- *. )g. The microscope and. Speotrosoope ro mos#useful and.important, and some itucs indispensable aids. W was the mira^ope th^ saved Eckel front the gallows. ib ana oeen saspecieaor naviog murdered )r. 8urd?U, in Bond street. Blood' #aa )uod on the paper which covered some of is hooks. A curefu! microscopic exauiioa>on proved that the' blood was ?ot'diatubf' man, and it was afterwirds ascertained hat the paper had lain near Some fresh cef hides in Eckel's establishment down ?wn. - * "How to drive away rate" is thua told by California paper: "Dr. T. 0 Smith has>. jade an important discovery?how to rid building of rata. First, he caught a roicnt alive. Next, be ponred carbolic acid ver him, and then sent him adrift, flia elatioos and aoqAiqtanoas diA't admire he fragrant odor, and oonelnded to leave be premises foMfere favorable quartern.? IrtLft Vbi ev^v>w?an4a saam AKA?4 *WA lace. ' Try it on.' We believe coal oik rould fc#v? (be same effect. ? The remedy i cbea?0ad simple." ' aeMKlpnlverixed soger, a qua? kjf ef ground eapeftam, enough to barely lavor Hi doe#, u much aa a three cent pieee * unsold every two honrs; rub the ohesb nd spino with butter end salt. The home patbie rtuediee ere Arsenicum end capsiinra ; avoid seueea, eheeee. cakee, pteejva- *