Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IT!:..i . I M ' k \ I.IJ\ . : i I* A V 11V The Limestone Printing and Publishing Co. Incorporated. |.|y i> i!)(• rv '.ini' of fruits | tmd vt** r ( tables. Hi'.ep railroad fa cilities will soon brine her to tlic front, and stimulate enter|irises to which she is now a strnni'cr. WORK THAN WAS EXPECTED. $1.00 per Year. R. O. SAMS, - Editor. ED. H. DeCAMP, Manager and Local Editor. fUK Liax.i i: is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri- outo regular news li tters must fur- Aish their mm.e, not for publication, but for identification. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. II. DeCamn. Manager. GOOD ROADS. Some of the evils resulting from had roads were experienced by us last winter. To a great extent this is the result of carelessness and in difference- Many places in most of our roads were almost impassable for several months. We are not surprised at this, under 1 FRIDAY, MAY 10. 189.'). ♦ l 1C MARION COUNTY. To reach Marion from Horry, rail, is tedious and expensive, account of the recent rains, streams are swollen and much submerged. Marion is a beautiful town, centre of [a good county agricultural ly. Here are evidences of refinement and wealth. Rut Marion has lost some of her influence of position by a railroad short cut that has nearly sidetracked her. A demand for more rapid transit, north and south called for fewer miles to travel. And as one side of a triangle is less than the other two, this shorter way is now traveled to the disadvantage of Ma rion. Here we met our former friend— Rev. .1. It. Wilson, so well and favor ably known in (iaflney. Ho is as genial as ever, and the passing years have not diminished his zeal and ids aggressiveness. A ride with him to Bcnnettsville, not onlv drew out the the system that has prevailed. Hood roads centering in a town help wonderfully to develop the town ; AN hen wv remember that a team can- not pull ovei a mad more than it can draw through the worst place on it, ! how important that these places be i mended as fast as they occur. .Bet ter still let the roads he so thorough- ly worked t hat holes are never seen in them. In many sections more attention is being paid to the roads than we have ever before observed. Straight lines are drawn,ditches are cut. water sheds formed by Sloping from the centre, weak places strong! hened and steep slopes graded. Were this sys tem generally kept up under a prac ticed eye and skillful hand, a change would soon come “o’er the spirit of our dreams. ” HIGH PRICES AND PROSPERITY. Only a few weeks ago and prices commenced to take an upward turn— Scarcity was the cry, so more money was called for and more money is forthcoming. But where lies the help? As corn and meat and flour advance so also do shoes, and clothing and the many pantry products that we Clcmson Cadctr, May Emcamp at p Grenville.—The College in Luck. i p |< orn .pomlont of Tin; Lkdoku.] <'!.i;\Im>v (’o|,u;<;i; t S. May. «i.— i ursuani to the order of Col. R. W. Simpson, president of the hoard of trust( i s, the hoard held a meeting in the presidents olliee, the following numbers being absent: Messrs Stack- house. Mauldin and Redfeurn. A committee was sent to examine the dykes and to report to the exocu- t i\e commit tee. (’ol. Donaldson lias been directed to assist Brof. Thoinp- kins in resurveying and remodelling the dyke. I he privilege tax has been found to amount to .'ji.'i.iMHI more than ex pected as the appropriation of the Stale which was found by an error in the engrossing of the bill to he $'10,- 000 instead of $^5,(MX), as was first ex pected. An appropriation was made to erect two dwelling houses for the professors. Particular attention is to Ik* paid to dairying and cheese making, and students shall receive snecial special instruction in these depart- ments. Also to further the develop ment of the horticultural and me- i chanical departments, and to furnish the fitting school, which is under the supervision of our efficient professor, W. S. Morrison. On the account of the present stress in money matter tile board abolished the dross uniform coat and have sub stituted the present fatigue coat with some alterations which will make the uniform cost about $12..’»0. The corps presented a petition to The Poultry Business. ■■ *•■> no joke not h_v a large ma jority. Iiti>iiicss is no joke—far from or is the chicken business a joki . I look on the “poultry busi ness in serious earnest. Any r* s- peclahie oecupat ion by which a p< r- son's daily bread can b*> earned is a dignified occupation—or can he made i so. The poultry interest is too big a ^ thing for idle joking. It is a legiti-| mate business, it is bread and meat | from the word go and should be so ! regarded by everyone who has a yard ! for there is nothing prettier than to see a flock of fowls in a yard or even I on a lawn. Passing by all the other phases of the question, the poultry business is an opportunity for women i an opportunity for them to earn money. There is money to be made in eggs and poultry for market. NV hen you speak to the average farmer about his poultry, he will re fer you to his wife in a way that shows that he thinks raising poultry is far below Ids standard, and yet there are many women that make more off their poultry t ban their hus bands do otf his farm. I Ids shows that there is money in poultry, but the poultry business is it has to have Highest of all in Leavening Power.- -1 iu. I V -i A /l* AB&OLUTEK.V PU Wcathci Crop Bulletin No. 5. | portion'- ti: I in* reports received indi* nie that ! Iat« r Ilian um nl. weeks man. but the forty miles passed over ' buy hut do not have to sell. revealed one of the finest agricultu ral sections of the state. The road passed through where his early man- If the farmer would raise at home all the supplies that an honest indus try and wise fore sight calls for, he hood was spent. As we neared the | would enjoy the prosperity he so earnestly covets. His surplus pro ducts at a good price would insure enoiiuh to supply such articles as he could not produce. High prices do not always mean prosperity, hut well directed and long continued industry does. Not one farmer in three works more than two birds of his time. Were the time f ittered away on farm or more than wasted on the road “to town, ’employed in improving land or beautifying homes or securing eon venicnees, or building better houses, larger and better barns, and caring for stock, prosperity would Mow in upon us and we would soon be an in dependent people. I In* fact is, we arc too easily satis fied with our condition, and do not care to improve our surroundings. A righteous discontent should stimulate to greater activity. county seat of Marlboro, country res idences dotted 1 he landscape and well tilled fields pointed to a thrifty community. The entrance into Ban- nettsvillc was anything but disap pointing. HEBRON. Never have we been permitted to see a settlement that comes nearer up to our ideal than does that of He bron, six miles south east from Ben- nettsville. Here is a well built church in a beautiful grove of five acres. Near by is the c ictery, mostly en closed and kept .scrupulously clean. Here too is the school house, commo dious and convenient. The member ship of four hundred is embraced within the radius of three miles from the church as a centre. The land is level, free of stumps, well tilled, and productive. Within sight of the church perhaps a dozen comfortable, cozy residences could be counted. The farms will not average one hun dred acres each, yet, to such a high point lias its _ ness been raised, that abundance reigns. One thing, however, is lacking. There is no parsonage in sight. Let this he present, and the scene, as it presented itself to our eye today, with its throng of happy, earnest faces, is perfect. And it ought to be there. Four hundred communicants, so comforta bly circumstanced, are abundantly able to take eure of a pastor that he might give his entire time to their spiritual welfare. Small farms, highly cultivated around church and school and par sonage would soon change the aspect of any community. HORRY COUNTY. A tedious trip it is from Gaffney to Horry county—the most eastern in the state. Cut. off from the rest bj! a river of no mean size, and wash ed on the east by the noisy Atlantic, she enjoys a seclusion all her own and almost undisturbed. Conway, the county seat, situated on the Waccamow, near the head of tide water, is an old town. This is shown in the style of her older resi dences, which contrast so comically with her newer and more pretentious ones. Her court house and jail are of an tebellum design, and show that time has not been idle with walls and roof. However they do not appear to be much needed. Court meets hut once a year and the sheriff has not board ers enough to inako that business protitable- It is cheering to meet the people in their hospitable homes, and witness unmistakable evidences of their cor diality. Naval stores have been their prin cipal product, but attention has late- ') T 1 ‘ know David has been a great sufferer and are glad to see him ly been turned to the cultivation of the soil which is sandy and udiuira- Sticey Shoals Statements. [Correspondence of Tin; Lkdgkk. | Sticky Si oaks. N. C., May 7.— Misses Laurie and Alice Randall vis ited Joe Rudyans and family at Earls on last Saturday and Sunday. Misses Cancies and Carrie Putman, of Boiling Springs, visited E. A. NVeaver and family last Saturday and Sunday. Hello, why Dick champion, of Boil ing Springs, was in our midst last Sunday. Look out girls, he is com ing again. Misses Minnie and Addie Wylie were visiting near Earls not long sinee. John W. Champion and wife, of this section, visited friends and rela tives near Boiling Springs last Satur day night. Jim Morehead, of Dellinger, was in this community last Sunday, G. C. Surratt has the finest wheat we ve seen this season. It is in full head. Who .can beat that? Miss Jennie Eliott closed her school at EarVsSaturd yn ; gh. , May •• >, with a de'igh ul a id successful entertainment. A large audience enjoyed the varied and charming ex ercises, which consisted of recitations songs, dialogues, etc. The farmers of this section are all through planting and are making ready to light crab grass a while. Rev. Crowell Blanton and sister, of Boiling Springs, visited .1. K. Blan ton and family on last Sabbath. Miss Nora Byars, of Cowpens, S. C., who lias been teaching school near Earles for the past few months, re turned home lust Monday. You ought to have seen some of the boys, faces. They looked as if they never would get them in shape anymore. Hustler. • . A Remarkable Cure for Rheumatism. y 'roui the Groton Connetiait Rroinu. David Lewis, who has been afflicted all winter by rheumatism, is out again and all due to one of the medi- icines advertised in our column#. Af ter trying everything possible, he used Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, which has relieved him of all pain, from which ho was a constant sufferer and promises to make him fit for duty We know’ around again. For DuPrc, Druggist. sale by NV. B. the trustees asking that they he given an encampment on Sullivan's Island. They decided not to let us go, but to give the president the authority to decide upon the feasibility of an en campment during the summer. At a recent interview with the president beseemed to he very much in favor of Greenville for the sojourn. They also decided to enlarge the cirriculum by introducing a course* in electrical engineering which is to he taught by Professor Thompkins. The resignation of Prof. Moncruff, of the English department of the fitting school, was accepted to take ellcel September 1st. Professor Mon- ctutl' has made his presence felt among the students as well as t.he faculty. He goes to take charge of a school in Anderson. , Th 0 board adopted a series of ordi nances for the preservation of order on and around the college ground in accordance with act of the legisla ture in incorporating the college. The board adjourned at a. in. and left for home at 9 a. m. i lie Clemson College hotel lias been ope ml by Mr. Hester, of Cal houn. Hu* Hotel which is beauti fully situated on the brow of a hill 8<>0 feet above t he sea level, overlooks the college campus. It is lighted throughout by electricity, fully equip ped with water works and all modern improvmcnts; just to the rear of Hie hotel a well has been sunk, from which better water can be obtained than for miles around. The rooms an- large and commodious, well fur nished, and areas comfortable as any hotel in the upper country. Broad walks encircle the building from which may be obtained excellent views of the Blue Ridge mountains and the surrounding country. I he cadet band discourses sweet music and all things work towards the comfort of the guest, who show their appreciation of the sublime and beautiful by a sojourn in this seque stered resort. The sad fate has come at last. One of our number has taken his depart ure. Cadet Thorn, from Chester County, died last Sunday morning at J5 a. m. He only lay sick a week. Mr. Thorn just came here this year hut he had made a great many friends. Four of the cadets were suspended on the account of some misconduct, last week. Good luck to The Ledger and Mr. Flaw Picker. Cadet R. S. -•••- •— Clarence Chronicles. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Clarence, S. C. May 4—It rail ed iiere last Thursday a week ago. And there lias been but very little plowing done since, which is throw ing our farmers very badly behind with their planting us they have now- lost seven days plowing. There was a very heavy rain at Noah, S. 0., last NVednesday evening which did considerable damage to their crops. M. M. Bruce, said that lie had never seen such a rainfall before in the same length of time. Ervin Howell’s baby is right sick this week. R. L. Johnson, of Wellford, spent several days visiting friends and rela tives in our section this week. N\ e are glad to note that Air Floyd’s baby is much better this week. It is now convalescent. t. s. the weal h«*r during the pas', week was not generally favorable for farm ing operations, although the latter was extremelv porlinii ol ' he week so. TIh* heavy rains of the w* •.!. pre vious and of tin first gart of tin* past ground too wet for or for planting, >il like any other husin*. attention. N ou often ask why do so many people make a failure of the poultry business. One answer is because they go into it pell-mell without knowing the difference between a hen and a cooking stove—since both fur nished something to eat. It is a well-known fact that eve T y man thinks he can run a newspaper better than the editor and when it comes to the poultry business no man’s opinion of himself is so poor but that he thinks he will make a glorious success of the business, re gardless of what he does or does not know about the habits, care and management of fowls. People who look down on the poul try business and are in their hearts ashamed of it, or who go into it mere ly to • kill time" will hardly make a successof it. It is something that should be taken up earnestly and looked after just as any other busi ness must be. My advice to persons thinking of going into the business, is to feel their way step by step, carefully watching tin ir opportuni ties, the markets etc. and success is sun* to come t heir way. I know there is money in poultry and the market is right at home. For tin* demand for such are far in ex cess to the supply. There is impor ted into tin Fiiited .States every year millions of dollars worth of eggs and poultry. Chicken Crank. week made t he j preparing the - especially bottom lands, so that tlicr** ! yet remains a considerable a Tenge of land to plant in cotton and corn in tin* western counties, and some in | other portions of the Stat *. I The conditio!.- were very favorable j for transplanting tobacco, swei I tatocs and cabbages, which progre.-- < ! rapidly. Early in Hit week the nights were rat her 100 eo I foreott.m which is un and which in place.- detonated slight ly; hut, gem rally, growing crops are doing well; however, they stand in need of more sunshine. Cut worms did some damage to melons and corn in places, hut reports indicate less damage by them than on former years. Tim temperature during the first of the week ranged .-Tightly below, and during the hitter yart of the week above the normal; thejlcpartures in both instances beingsmall; the great est depart un* was about five degrees on the ith, (Saturday.) which was the warmest day of the week. The highest temperature reported was 9o degrees on the ith at Central, ami the lowest was ol degre s on April JUth, also at Central. The | mean tempiTature i*i the* week for! the State, was about bS.o, and the normal temperature for the same period is approximately DS. On April both (Tuesday) there were scattered showers over the en tire Suite, quite heavy in place, es- Fruit reports Th ■ pros- at eo* . ex< 1 jd i' uialiy h > pics , oi -0 proor Grasses f . • : making rapi conditions I mu ivor »e wished fur Hi p : q /Olumbia, S. C., May Corimh’o (. - [ < 'oriv- : , Ill'll , (1 Cot xii'. i . M. , re I) eng wo-l .* ■ t hi.’ ■ ■' j work rs ai work j filling up ;; ; Spake is tin ' : nm: how it ought t 1 j i d do anything bin ■ ;f. ()ceasionally su*. Picker, Flaw ('1 1 > come down and • ;t ti 1 he needs to oat t e Don’t you think > Di, .or. - -*•*- - Two Lives Saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City. 111., was told by her doctors she had Consumption and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery completely curid her and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thos Eggers, IJ9 Florida St. San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, then bought one bottle of Dr. King’s Ne.vJDiseovey and in two weeks was cured. Ho is natur ally thankful. It is such results, of of wh’ch those arc samples, that prove the wonderful efficacy of this medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles at NV. B. DuPro’s Drug Store. Regular size 50c. and $1.00. Home Training—-Sunday School. I heard the question asked once in a Sunday-school convention, “which is the most important, home training or Sunday-school?” After several very learned and able men had spoken in favor of Sunday-school an old man in the audience arose and said, “NVhile I have a great love for Sun day-schools and believe it to be a good tiling, yet I would he very sorry to have to go back to my childhood and he deprived of my home training, for if 1 am worth anything to my fam ily, my church, my community, I owe it all to home training.” As this gentleman sat down an other arose and said, “You all know me, you all knew my father and mother, you all know that 1 had no religious train ing, an I know our brother there to have had, but none of you know what a struggle 1 have to try to live right. My old habits will come up, though I go to Sunday-school, though I go to preaching, yet there seems always to be something in the way which I will say is home training.” 0 what a great responsible duty rests upon parents in training their own chil dren, and this duty falls very heavily upon the mother. It is greatly to be feared that there is an increasing ton dency even among Christians to turn over their children almost entirely to the Sunday-school. Tin* Sunday school is good hut not sj divine as the family. And the idea that any thing else can be as important is a delusion, even a snare. Some people seem to think that if they feed and clothe their children they have done all that is required of them; but my dear friends our children arc given us to care for their souls as well as their bodies, and who should t ake more interest in it than father and mother Christian parents ought to hear in mind that children are naturally in clined to evil, and that satan will always take every advantage, but by watchfulness and careful training his influence is counteracted. Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Mrs. R. Ann NVatkrs. — • State of Ohio, City ok Toledo, / Limns County. ( Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HFNDRED DOL LARS for each and every ease of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this Oth day of De cember, A. D. 1880. A. NV. GLEASON, | seal I Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh ('lire is taken inter nally and acts directly on the blood and mucous services of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY A’CO.,T *ledo, O. UFSold by Druggists, 7oc. *1 - roada and th<| it loti . J. P. !. knows' • •don’t t . Flaw i •• iim Sam , ' ii we think 1 1 imaeU. - ionally. And again In- i; .. . -ending his fighting 1 ■ a like him D* send fighting. Why yourself. O.H. H. C ioiied bee st:.;: sent out fi.ursw ;■ The fir. t was on the secdid 1. t he Jrd of v. y peeially on lh- light showers in v; llie Slat' on \Iav immediate coast ; rioiis portions of 1st (Wednesday.) and in a tew souther;’, eountie-s on the 2d ( rhur slay). Friday and Sat urday were without rain over the entire State, but on Hie oth and the Gtli there were numerous showers, some quite heavy, in the interior counties, but the reportsdo not fully cover the last date. Although the number of day.- with rain was greater than u.-u- al, over the greater portion of the* State there was somewhat , a than the usual amount of rain tali, hut iu a iiiDniar -d places there was u • <>.;- siderahie excess. There was fully twenty per tent, less ilian a seasonable amount of sunshine, which was the most seri ous adverse feutur. weather. Cot Urn planting made progress, and I'rum one-fourth loon — half yet remains unplumcd in the nortli *’e:it ral ami western .ounti' . wli •Ilil. 1 his i ;> Clary saw ever gum. 1111 s s . for bees, esptc thin, stand had has e st and . I.. swarms in Coi that? but eumnmni;;. Lawivnee Jan. stei bo vs was i see ids girl Is S. H, !>l 1 • • e entf near 1 •m '! I ’s just do his • n come lash- of thel ■ daysJ A pri!/ ilrd of on Hil for Mil till . >d yea I for Hit y also! if tw< ! >eat ' thid •n <)1M ‘ pur- the week’s but little ile in other portions of the State planting is nearly completed. Th stand of that that is up is generally good, hut in some places it lias dele- j riorat d, some even dying out lower counties. Germination of late planting quick and satisfactory. Cphtnd corn planting virtually fin ished, but much bottom land corn yet to plant. Cut worms have dam aged the stand to some extent in the upper counties; otherwise the stand of corn is generally excellent. Early planting has about all received its first working, and in instances its second. More sunshine would be highly beneficial. Grain.s”continue to grow velb and it is said to he the exception rather than the rule to see poor fields of wheat, oats, or rye. In Fairfield, Greenville, and Pickens counties oa.s are exceptionally promising, in the Pee Dee section less so, and in the Georgia border counties the stand varies greatly in condition, but would average fair. Melons were injured to a limited extent by cut worms, but are growing well. The reports indicate a slightly less acreage than last year. Early rice planting is about Com, pleted in the coast counties, except small areas where it has been too wet to preuare the ground. N\ here up it has attained a fair and satisfactory stand. Germination has been rap’d. In the interior counties planting is progressing favorably with a some what increased acreage probable. Transplanting tobacco was favored by the wet soil and generally cloudy conditions that prevailed. This work is well under way. Sugar cunc planting continues, and that which is up has made a fine growth. Some peas have been planted, but the reports do not indicate that this work has become general as jet. Irish potatoes have a good stand. Potato bugs have become numerous on the coast truck farms, but have as yet not materially injured the crop. Active measures are being taken to prevent their doing so. Complaint is quite general that sweet potato slips are rolling in beds. Transplant ing sets” or “cuttings” has begun, and was favored by the wet cloudy weather. Gardens continue to grow well, and in tin* lower portions of the State vegetables are plentiful for ta ble use. In the interior and western ‘ L ■ t *\ U.- lii ! • •• i 4.. ■ 1 a good UiCf i i 1 ■ i Mi Hj : ter d Rufus j Nance', fa a ;*, . : light and! lay. Mr MM.i \... • •:. gess vi.• i I'•< l .• • : . ! :.;v. j Miss Si i wo chann ••••• . ' -am K Irby's 1 Kobi t Kirbj ,\ s vis-j ite . ij[. B a;,. ... ago. • * - y fiiysj * ■.. . . ... apl point me! 1 ; . ; ' l :tnrdajiJ and rfund.i.. i, ■ ; vdied an Mt. M< , J. E. ifirfi. and ,* 1 i 1 Y j lives . ear Fines .V • t JmJ daj retui 1 •; \ r Oalvi ... red, 1 - urrund toll, - 1 . week! 11 e was a bon: f k > ng liisl 1 crop. i !. i The people . if are about dom pla- ; ' ■>: corn is up is .row rig re .r a;so i something up nil over round | which ; . • • V iv, and 1 we gues.-> t hat s \\ at Cotton is up a .■ i looki’: e \ 1 1 :1 places. NVhere il was planted e; ' ' there is a good stand, ft 1 i'*::•.!• until the musical elai 1 . which sounds so I'l li- V!! k .so that 1 don’t like to he' u i • o', r 1 on all sides. Sugar cane is humph il.-elf t hose j days. Ther ■ wa- a r smart I planted, too and u n ■ . aj-pens i we will all ' av ; . . y K> i old 1 sorgnm *0 <. nl that beats buying . . • * Sa m. Matters From iv • * » vd . [Correspond :• a' 7 Ledger.1 Maud, S. C. May 7.— j' ' ' raining here this moi iiri„. \ ;»;.* for transplanting j’oi plants. This is i busy ■ ;\a’in- ers. Small gr.t o .. put- ting on a hi it- no "ICO N\ e re rot 10 la 1 . ■' a. Black was thrown iiviii i.■ ^ iu;, ^ i woolc and somewhat For :. R. E. Linder has ! i >v l into his new house and T . , 1 ."ly to do business on a _• ra ■ e • • v4 i Mrs. J . i’. IF > 11 and .0 vis- itod Mrs. A. !.. ! 1 urday. Mrs. A. 1 .. TI n les- son in bee hi ring r • biu with- out profit, as tin 1 [ t. There will be nr. •vr .'' eting at the homo of NN'. 7. If. -rton’s next Sunday ovening a .. L*. fc us remember our duty to .omfort one another. T. OU People. (fid people w! or ir. * m dcine to reguhite the bo veis .. 1 y will find the true rein, dy ir ’’h -ic Bit- ters. This medicine ! 1, .-i hnu- h’te and contains > V nor other in toxica it. b a a tonic and ami alter.fiv . 1 mildly on the stomnehe ai ' ly ’.v. 7 adding strength und dvin t * t o,! ho or- guns, therehj’ al ii' ui' ip thf perform nice "f i !)•■ 1 Elec* trie P»’tis c.i 111 O'P tizo’ and aids digestion. 1 l Peeiie fini it just exact .y wl; ; i o v u d i'ric fiftj cents per bsti: B. Du Pro’s Drug .Store.