Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Snooted to gorttquMuri;, pomjiiq q-conom^ ^oli)ic?i ;ti?l thr" ofY/^ ^ ^ = "' wpwhukj ik.ks.1*1 " ' ' ,'1' :r" unton'c. i?l'sou-!?^^^ " ,iiii;,';"nr?,r"' ? - '*?.> 'm ?' 18,8' NUMBER 40 The Great Bargain Store! iio WSIKKK YOU f ix BUY THE MOST ?FOR THE?LEAST MQNEY,j -AN"TIIEY ARE OFFERING j EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS. Bargains in Prints. Bargains in Dress Goods from 15c. up. Bargains in Blenched Shirting from '?c up. Bargains in Itrovvn Shirting ' 5c " Bargains in Jeans from 15c up Bargains in Ticking " 10c " Bargains in Flannels " -Oc ' Bargains in Linseys " 15c " BARGAINS IN CLOTHINGT Bargains in Mats from 40c up Bargains in Shawls " 75c " BARGAINS IN NOTIONS! Bargains in our celebrated 2 BUTTON KID j Gloves. Bargains in our Ladies' Linen Handkerchiefs at :1c Bargains in llosery at "? nnd 10c. per pair. Bargains in Neck Ties. Bargains in Coals, and (.'lark's Cotton at *>c a : po 1. I { La - lins in Shoes*?Women's Togged at $.1 ] niiii ol 'g>">. i i Bargains in Ladies' and Gent's 1 land-Sewed c (shoes?every pair warranted. BARGAINS IN CROpfcRY, ^ It iS^lispered a Lout, ^ii4' go nor^^wlio red, A1 i^ an exaininatiou of onr ,#W.*i5^Japt. B.C. JOHNSON and J. A. FA NT will extend a heartv welcome. ] svi:\ns *.v coi;ro.\. 'Oct 1 40 tf SPECIAL i TRADE Inducements! ] ' Jfl raHim' TTTK have on hnnd nnd to arrive the most VY complete Stock of general Merchandise wo have ever offered to the trade. Consisting of D.ntlfslloa, I^IVSS (lOOlIs, NlinwlH, CiiMHlmcreH, Bliuikcltt and Flannels, Kid Gloves, ^ Hosiery, I White Goods^ Hnudkerehielk. HEW FALL UNDERWEAR. , GROCERIES AND II AT* T> W A R E, BOOTS AND SHOES. SPECIALTIES c Lade's and Gent's custom Mado Shoes P' Cleat's lland-JVndc SIioch. THE CELEBRATED 8TAR SHIRTS AND COLLARS Also our No. b() Shirt, 2100 Linen Bosom and Cutis, at $12 00 per dozen. y Come and see us before purchasing elsewhere J as we are determined not to be undersold. T Highest market prices paid 1 | for Cotton In Settlement of At"? counts. Gi;i; A IIlNPIIKlp. Pot 11 41 * if Se^dOats! Seed Wheat! J H'tl'ILY Improved, for salo. Apply a Foster & Wilkins' store, to tt C. It. ltOBINSON. Oct. 4 40 If | . " . * .V ? New I Desirable! Fall and Winter. Stock JUST RECEIVED JiV. J.T. HILL & CO.j TK respectfully inform our patrons and the : V V public generally that our large anil well selected Stock of is in Store, and was purchased at a time en good barguius wcr?j to be had, and with the view of pleasing the poWplc of the County, both in QUALITY AND PRICKS. OUR STOCK CONSISTS IN PART OF i^llY OOOI>?, > Ladies' Cloaks, *> Fancy Articles, Notions, BOOTS 1 SHOES J WE WOULD CALL PARTICULAR AT- j TENTI ON TO 01 $2,000 STOCK ?OF? MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING,; * ' ' i Vliioh wc were iii'luceil to buy hecouso <'f the . ixtrcniely low prices such goo<ls wet oselling at, ' :ul we propose to give our customers the beneit of our bargains. I ^ ^ ^\LSO TO ^ ^ , t 1A/T* T> W Alt 10. ' TINWARE, CROCKERY, &C. l' Wc simply ask an examination of our GOODS j ml PRICES to convince the public of the fact ; liilt 111o on it cnt'ft n?A??? K? ? * * 1 J u..?v m?v*v uivuv-jr ujr |?u I UI1U91II ? rom us. j J. T. HILL & CO. 1; Oct 18 42 tf j ' S. W. Porter's ; SEW STOCK!1: LOW PRICED, , l AXD QUICK SAIEN. e FOR CASH ONLY. t THE CHEAPEST 1 DRY GOODS, j< TV >rI"T?^fcTV<Sii i1 ? ? ^ f.J, I GENT'S HATS, 1 tEADY-MADE ftLOygjNO,. J BOOTS AND SHOES, [JT A 1M)WAT? K < c ?AND? i GROCERRIES, | Can bo had at S. W. Porter's Cheap Store,?for ( ASII ONLY. l'lease don't ask for credit, as it in very un* j 1 leasaut to refuse it; but 1 sell too cheap to al- ( tv a day's crcilit to my best friends. N. W. l'OHT?K. iS Sept '27 30 tf i GREAT INDUCEMENTS < !DY FDMHDEEJ! ;iTK offer our entire stock of furniture at ' ' VV grntely reduced prices. Several i FINK PARLOR ANI> CHAMBER SETS BEI.OW COST,' r All in need of Furnituro would do well to t iketedvantngo of our low prices. 4v W. It- WEST A ( O. i I Oct. 11 41 4t 11 ?. . ? I sr ? ^ MUNRO URAS3. \ Kniroit S<>i i hern Cultivator.?Th<V grass I discovered in 18<5,thobotanical name j of which is Pauicutn Agrostnidts, commonly called Munro grass, has boon experimented with more than ever before; and from every State I receive favorable .reports from it. (J. W. Drown, Mincola, Texas, writes, September 1st., that it is sevtn feet, high/ still growing luxuriantly, and asks main questions about it; and says tint it had nc* began seeding at that date. Vf-^- H >we^. Ijadi, Miss., writes, ScptcaibejwflB; tlialrnlJ the seed 1 sent him germ UnatAdVlUcl fiholv t, n t 11,loSt; "Hbr\foufd not he 'able to they had just began to nii^k,o tttuS^penranee. His grass \Vji,Svgix jfcfct bight mirself and neighbors Were wo 11 ploasel with it; and if he failed to savg..tscod?.tjAtcd ^ -V ? Dr. J. rf. Watkius; "P&etl % ^writes I that it is four vfoet ^Tglu^srtd /ilegau sce<ta>? September l'i, |itiAtoodm five j^?isdronght*WflftAii wiltiff, while crab grass and corn was badly psiched u/>, and wants to know if it can't /e pi^ag yed without setting out the planj. ena^Lptl) r all the information 1 cau gift seotl as far North as QtlitcorH.. \ a., and am iuformcd that dronglt stunt d its growth, as it was planted lat<ynd the test. | in eouscijucuco of drought aiK Into planting, not a lair 011c. In order that the public carJjfVC nil the beu.-fit of uiy experience wilhfclis yrass, 1 have concluded to tell what 1 \oL\v about it through your columns. I havcjlhis \ ear, set one and one-half acres in the ants on land that is hadly worn and hiii cleared about seventy-five years ; but it iM'bucii, si portion of it, used as a cowpcn. air. planted in potatoes, sugar cane, wheat, p its, and last year, in cotton, prjduoing at tjo rate of one-half bale per acre. This yeay it was brokou deep, and inauure<4?with oopipost of 20ttoo and stable manure, two jknds each jiOfMie of- Merrymau's AinmoniiWdJGuaiio, *K*h*rtfa of lOOUlbs. per.acre. jVffr in ImFu^FoBaded on with a b?ir~ na/row sou tir plough, run very deep, rows nearly three cot a^ftrt. Tho plants wero s t Ihout ei^h,ocn inches apartv about tho first of April; received two ploughings and two hoiugs; ivas cut 18th July. One row thoroughly Iried and weurhed several olVmy neighbors and"tied measured, yielj^certaincd iu that way. 15842tbs. per aero, 'ilil-'""1 I row was n^ler an average, if anything.? Although there had been no rain since June the grass Ljguu putting out, and in four ivoeks it was, about four feet 1 i^h," aud ihould have bcei^ cut again in five weeks, jut I let it stand oly' t ; and although I nade good bay I had uiuch trouble with it. is the weather was c! >udy and os>o?rioiially i light shower. Had I cut it sootier, the yield of hay vould have been greater, and the quality >cttcr, but still it is good hay. t>> you will lee by a sauipli}"f it rt the Statt Fair.? Tiold ti.? Ijptf cmVing 75)28ibs., using two ows instead (Tr^oue as test rows. One was ho to.i used ouvin^. It had sev iral pounds less than the other, and the ithcr was far inferior to some?both upon lie whole about an average. Total yield >cr acre, 23,870lbs. I should have broaJlastcd the manure, insteid of putting it in ho drill. 1 should have had the rows 2 bet instead of 3. and the plants 12 instead if 18 inches. It should have been cut at cast 10 days or two weeks earlier the first ime, and 3 weeks earlier the second. 1 voulJ in liictsauic space of tiuic that I got two tut tings have gotten three, and fourth full if seed 1st of November, the yield of hay vould have beer greater, the quality better, md the length of time required in curing vssened. 1 will u>e the laud set in grass his year next year as grazing lot, by givng it a deep close breaking, and heavy topbossing of compost. For grazing purports, for cows, calves and work oxen, I do lot think it has an equal at the season of ho year it is on hand. Cattle are more onii ot it than any other grass?so arc togs. Horses and mules prefer crab grass, >ut will oat the other when they can't ret the crab. A patch can be .jy^'.iuucd ndcfinitcly, by taking stock off in ^inie for t to ripen its seeds. : ... I think setting out tho plants can he obviated by ploughing up a Spaeo tho width >f a row and thinning the remainder with he hoo. and hand. I was under tho iin)rcsstoti at first that the seed would not gcrmilito by plnnting. Prom repeated expert% i K incuts, I till J 1 am mistaken. Tlioy should be planted in our latitude in January, and it" set out, it should bo doue as soon as the plants pet 3 or J inches high, which was this year 3 or 1 weeks earlier,than last.? After the first plants pet to growing, and arc about 2 feet high, it there arc 3 feet \kips, the re plant will ho so set back, that I k will hardlv live and prow until the rest cut. 1 do not think anything can excel this grass as an exterminator of nut grass. t To sum up. the grrss is an annual?begins to seed in September. Caub.v' out^ and Jed green or'cured forV^.'^tocfJ' are as T5?fid of <Utt^ayfii-dioy arc^f1 eofe rodder.*] It can be used for grazing, soiling, or any other way that any other grass ran. It be lu cujue up in, taciturn; it bout 1st of March, or a fe# ^ilvytf-'oarlier if weather is moderate. Makes flue feed for cattle and horses, stands drought well, and has made with a ef Vceks drought in May and 5 weeks drought in July and August, nearly 12 tous of well-cured hay. Seed arc difficult to save, but tee grass will seed the land wherever it grows, as crab-grass does. Hoping I have answered all the questions that can be thought of, except thb; it requires very rich laud nud abhors the shade, I remain yours, respectfully. UKO. W. C. Ml'MlO. S.\hmx>.s.?The sardine fisheries have sup| or ted many families for generations. The chief supply originally cauio from off Sardinia, whence they take tlicir name, but for a long time they were mainly caught on the coast of l.riitany Sardines arc uousuaiiv abundant in the Kivneh waters this season, ai.l thc^itch will be larger than in any previous year. A sardute fleet consists of vessels from ei^Tit to ten tons each, with a few of frica siy 5twelve persons, and goes six to n'mfc ?id. The bait, eo -isi.ipg ol'eggs and fish, cut up, is'scattored on t^ta watcik Thc'S-irdiuos are taken with giil nets. few tffe salted on board, lt.ll * l... Iwillr -ir. ' k 'Plwi I > ...Ol traMF n'iiii. - Sf;. i viug, they in frames, it/ almost JdHiicndicular rows, and iuiuicisc<i again and again1 in the best bulling olive oil. Wheu^^i-J ciently cured they are packed in tho small tin boxes. by wo'Ki'u and children, after which men till tho boxes up with fresh oil and snider them tight. The work is not c?_nlcte, however, for before fit lor tlitta^ ble tho fishheijU'nUCiiin'ir^?4lo tblsend they placdd ro a covered kettle and boiled for half an hour to an hour, according to their size. After drying, labeling, and placing in wooden cases they are ready for shipment. The American sardine, or menhaden, is taken iu large quantities, on tho coast of New Jersey, and put up iu oil. Duty op rnr. DEMOC;tACY.--Although the success of the National Democracy has nut been as great as was anticipated in the recent election, we arc not sure but it will, ir the near future, prove a great blessing to the pavty, and the country. A small majority iu both Houses in the m xt C. ngres, will make the Democratic parly more cautious in its legislati ?:i, and moe earnest in its efforts to secure the welfare of the whole country. Chastened by its recent reverses in the Custom and middle States, it wil aim at a higher statesmanship, and strive more zealously to bring back the government to those solid principles of the Constitution, and to those pure and simple works of administration, which, for throe(jiiarters of a century, gave it such a strong hold upon the hearts of the people. We have seen it since the advent of tjie Republicans to power, the hiuicutaide results of an unchecked and unrestrained party supremacy. Wrong, corruption and oppression are its bitter, but legitimate fruits. If the Democracy will adhere to its ancient laiiiiitiiUK.s, ii u win lightly aj>prociiito the great necessity uf a higher and broader statesmanship lhau that which is dictated by a mere desire for party triumph, i. it wili go heartily to work to lift polities out of the slum and cesspools into which the corrupt machine politicians have drapped the 11 ; if it will denounce the author of the cipher dispatches with the muiic bitterness it denounces those who committed the frauds and perjuries by which Mr. II iyos was made President, its success in ISHtl will be assured. Pur the first time since 18G(I the Democrats of tlio 4(?th Congress will have an opportunity of showing their fitness to govern tlio country, and the success of the party in the no:;t Presidential campaign, will largely depend upon tlio use they make of this opportunity.? Slight* Daily, i THE LABOlt SYSTEM OF THE SOUTH. At the close ol' the tfar, 1805, everything at the South was thrown into utter confusion by the new state of things. The Southern people had no experience or plans for using free labor and knew nothing prac- * tically about it. The former slaves of tho South were as ignorant and inexperienced as their former masters, and having their freedom suddenly thrust upon them were as much uuprepared for it as the whites.? It is not therefore straugc that there should l^eJjcci^iffiUy mistakes on both sides.? TOo' and*- experience has \ytoiierht ?>??r "changes in the views of both parties, but still no dubuito and settled plan of using .his labor has boeu fully established, and both races arc still in doubt as to tho best and safest and most practical yUa of conic acta bctwocn the parties. There arc some things, however, of which wo bare become fully satisfied. One is that the planter ought to have and must have (to be successful) the labor of his employees the cutire year, and we have no doubt that the best plan is to hire them for standing wages. We believe that this is not only the best plan for the owner of the plantation. hut is the best also for the laborers thereon. We know of one planter who hires his laborers for standing wages for five days in each week, allowiug them every Saturday to work for themselves; he aiso allows thcui a certain amount of land to cultivate for themselves and in their own way. These lands are cultivated mainly by the w.ouieu and children who are uot in the contract as regular laborers on tho farm, but it is stipulated in the contract that whenever the owuer of the. farm them they ere to work for him as day laborers. lie furnishes his regular bauds with weekly rations, and at the end of each month pays them half the wages due them *; ^ for the month, the other half is not paid until the end of the year, and if the labor- - ? or violates hurCoi)|rafct lie can be discharged J, yud forfeit* all that is due him. -41? kro<(uired uot'to nbsout himself from his business at any time without the consent of the | employer or bis superintendent. When ha lloses time from any cause so much per d-y Bbv'iarged up against him, to be deducted I from the mouth's wages. This is right, be- ^sp cause ho has his rations, house, lanthef^^* 1 for 'lie whole time|i|?dlll^^,t!ftpoycris often l.,rn ? jay laborer to put in his place, who also has to be fed and paid. From what we have seen and heard of this plan we think it is about the best plau of any we have seen put in practice. This gentleman has in the maiu tho same hands from year to year. While the wages are not large, tliey are as large as the employer can nfford, both partus are making a living and those laborers that arc economical arc saving something every year, and seeui to bo contented. The laborers arc required while in the Gold lo abstain iroui quarrelling aud fighting or using profane aud vulgar language, and any violation of the rules are reported by the foreman, aud the party offending subjected to a fine to be deducted from liis month's wages. Tu this way discipline is enforced on a large farm, and there aro but few violations of the rules. If two or more of the laborers disugreo about any of their business affairs, they arc not allowed to run off to a Justice of the Peace aud have u law suit at great expense and loss of tinie^ but mi/ aru requirea to select some of their fellow-laborers as arbitrators, who settle*the matter between them, and when thus settled they arc required to abide by the de* cision or leave the place. The system on this place works well, and wo couiuieud it to lavgc planters everywhere. There is another thing that farmers ought to attend to more generally than they do, that is, (bat employment of some kind be furnished to all persons on the farm who are able to work. If the women and children do not work on tho farm, they ought mi.;..,. "I"-. - o ... ..^u.v.i.iup ciou i*? uu. ii uumiug better can be found for them let h?vo tli .r cmitis, spinning wheels and looms ?nd make cioth to clothe themselves and lami* lit.-, as hey did before the war. it is an old adage that "an idle brain is thdevil's workshop," and it is true. 1 l ose !. ' are idle wid be constantly stirring up mis iiiof and in .king trouble for those tha are at work Snu/li'i'ii I'tantation. Soliloquy by a tiplc-r?The pub ic - ways notice when you have been drinking out never when you arc thirsty. % 0