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AG MIC ULTTJJfeAL. "Agriculture is the General Pursuit of Man,- i> m tho Basis of oil others, and there fore,, the most Useful itnii lfoHor.ablti" MOON'S PHASES* Full. |10hf 40m. LastiQUr. 1 h, -Mm. TStve. |i 1?, -17m First Q'tr. |9?b-, G8ui Mya;. 291 31. H T. 3. 4. DttYS. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, MonAiy, TacBtftwy, Wednesday. Thursday," Sowing Tfinothy and Mowing: Ozab Grass. Editor of the Rural Carolinian: I have been requested by several planters to report my experiment in raising grass the past season. I selected a field of river bottom laud that had been planted in corn the pre vious year, and on which the native grass had gone to seed, after the eorn bnd been laid by. I bioke the land with two horse ploughs in January, lolled it, so as to break thoroughly tho clods, and hnr rowed once. Just as I had finished this work and ???8 ready to sow my grass seeds, the riv er came out, and freshet followed freshet, ttntil the land had been under water two or three weeks. When the water left, I was forced to break the laud again, as it bad been packed by the water. I broke with single horse twisters, and where necessary I determined to plant them, and about the raiddlo of April I sowed rny clover, Timothy, herds Jaud orchard grass the land being in fine order. From the time I planted there commen ed a drought, which lasted three or four weeks. The seed remained in the ground until early in May, when a heavy lall to rain brought it up thickly, but, unfortu nately, the rain which brought the seed up, brought down another overflow of | the river, which lasted until about the middle of May. The planted grasses and the clover were then about one inch above the ground, and did, not appear to be killed by the overflow. I am sure the clover was not injured. When the water receded and the lands dried off, tho na tive grasses put out, and in a short time overrun all I had planted. About the middle of July, I began to recover from my disappointment, and by the 1st of August had au immense crop of crab-gras?. In damp s;o'.s a few smart weeds started up, but I had them cut down with grass bjades, anp th?y were followed by crab-gras. It rained nearly all through August. About the 25th started my mower, and cut about eight acres aday, with two mules of medium size. The grass was from four to five feet high, and so dense that it stood erect after being cut, and I was compelled to keep one prime hand behind the mower to open the track for tho mules on their next round. I had fifty acres in grass. I cut and saved at least 2500.000 lbs., or 5,000 lbs. to the acre, and I am sure left one-third of the corp ungathcred. If the season had been favorable, should have finished cutting the crop by the 10th of August, and would have had a second crop to cut by the last of Sep tember. I am now baling the hay. put-about 400 lbs, in a bale, and use three bands of wire to bind it. The wire cost about ten cents to each bale, which is cheaper than hoops of wood, an they are put on very rapidly. I hire the baling and pay 25 uenjs for 400 lbs. Five hands and one mule, twenty bales each day iu my cotton screw. I have been offered one dollar per hundred for th( hay-expect to get $1.50 in April or May, 1 have no doubt that our bottom lands will produce good crops of clover or grow any of the cultivated grasses. These crops are growing north of us and south of ub, as low down as middle Georgia Planters desiring to plant grasses should procure the pamphlet you have for sale, entitled "Grasses of the South," by C. W. Howard, of Kiugston, Ga. The work all the information any one could desire. In making crab-grass it is only neces sary to plough, and roll, and harrow the lands in April, May, or June. Get teams to haul it and houses to bold it. There is no limit to the quantity that can be made, and the buy is good if well saved. Cash's Depot, S. C. E. B. C. CASH. Hairing CabbageSek?.?It is claim ed that onions, planted in a bed upon which cabbage seed is sown, will protect the plants from the depredations of the beetle known as the black cabbage fly. The population of France decreased 1 per cent. Just year. AJSTHSTTJAJL. STATEMENT OF THE SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO., MEMPHIS, TENN., January 1,1874. ASSETS January 1st, 1873?deducting premiums not reported. lstcome for the year 1873. Premium Receipts and Interest. dishursements for the year 1873. Death Loss and Dividends. Purchased Policies, Taxes, Commissions, Advertising, Salaries, and ?11 other expenses Assets January 1st, 1874. LIABILITIES. Net Value on Policies in force aud on losses reported to the Company.i. Surplus to Policy Holders. $1,133,843 85 1,643,249 70 285,393 85 243,672 56 $2,777,05*2.76 529,06641 $2,248,026 35 $1,843,38576 $ 304,040 69 ? ATLANTA DEPARTMENT Southern Life Insurance Company, J. It. GORDON, President. J. A. MORRIS, Secrttary. ATLANTA, Gr:v, March 1,1874 A. II. COLQUITT, Vice President In order that our patrons may be kept fully informed relative to the security and progress of the Company, on which thousands are greatly relying for the future welfare of the families, we ' take pleasure in submitting the foregoing statement, which we trust maybe as satisfactory to them as it is gratifying to u.?. During tho year 1873, the income of the Company was $1,643,249,70. whilst the total outgo of the Company for the same period was $529,006,41, leaving the net income for the year $1,114-, 183,29, augmenting the assets of the Company to $2,248,026,35, January 1st, 1874. f he entire liabilities of the Company, at same date, embracing the reserve on policies in force nntl losses reported and maturing, amounts to $1,76,943,385. which, deducted from assets, leaves a surplus, as to policy-holders, of $304,046,69. In view of the monetary panic during the four hut months of the past year, at a time, too, when our receipts should be the largest, it is a source of satisfaction to the management and a gratifying evidence of confidence of our patrons, that tbs Company is among the few that shows increase of business and assets. Commencing the pa-^t success of the Company as an earnest of I continued prosperity, we earnestly solicit the cooperation of our patrons in extending our business I and usefulness A. H. COLQUITT, Vice President. HAGOOD & TREUTUN, Genl. Agts. Columbia. An. 2.-2m x THE OLD DllUG HOUSE REVIVED, WITH an ENTIRE NEW STOCK of FRESH and CHOICE GOODS, HARR A L & PELZ ER, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. 167 MEETING SREET, - CHARLESTON, S. C. Successors to the Old Estaldshcd Uousos of HAVILAND, IIA RR A L & CO., Charleston. HAY IL AND, RISLEY & CO., Augusta, Out HARRAL, RISLEY ?0 KITCHEN, New York Mar. 5 1874 ;t,u 71 H O r s k LIFE INSURANCE AGENCY ! Insure your life in the PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON LIFE INSURANCE 00. Capital, $2,500,000. This is the largest and most prosperous of the Southern companies. JAS. H. FOWLES Agent, at Citizen's Savings Bt ink IP YOU WAST GOOD FLOUR Go To ALBERGOTT.Is RAKER Y IF YOU WANT GOOD BREAD Go To ALBERGOTTl'S BAKERY IF want anything it the Bakery Lino such ns PIES, CAKES ROLLS &c., GO to T. W. ALBERGOTTl'S Apr. 16 1874 tf J S A LBERGOTTI, -CORNER RUSS ELL -STREET AND RAIL ROAD A VENU E HAS a full Stock of everything in the GROCERY lino *"Ul Receiving daily additions to his nlready Full Stock-l-'air Dealing and low prices w the motto of this Dome. Just Received a. lot of Prepared Ham and Dried Beef BACON, SIDES, ^HOLDERS, HAMS, STRIPS, SUGAR, COFFEE, FLOU $S Molasses, Syrup, &c, at reduced prices. Call aud be convinced. BORDERS Promptly lulled and Delivered Free of Charge.-?? FOE SALE Feb. 19 X Platform SCALE, in good Order, Capacity 1000 pounds. 1874 tf The. undersigned having (brined a co-partnership under the name of FOWLES cfc GLOVER, offer their services to tho community, as Agent.?; for theSale or purchase of Real Estate, and for collection of Rents, <fec. JAS. II. FOWLES, JULIUS GLOVER, At Citizens' Savings Bank. At Law Oflicc of Glover iV. Glover. We oiler for sale: A new and beautiful residence In Or angeburg, on East sido of Railroad, with fine outbuildings, garden, &c. ALSO ONE Plantation of Five Hundred Acres, on Santeo River. ALSO, A plantation near Fort Mot te, 500 acres, with dwelling ami outhouses in good coii vation?water power on tin4 p'neo ALSO, a*, a Bargain, 340 acres (l,r)0 cleared) within \ mile of Rowc's Bridge 14 miles from Rowc's Pump Depot. ALSO ONE Building Lot in the tovu of Or angeburg. ai.ho Lot belonging to Presbyterian Church ! on Amelia, (New) Street?a desirable nuildiiig site. ALSO The Dwelling House, and grounds adjoining, of Mr. Geo. S. Shirer, on Rail Road .Avenue. Twenty acres of land attached. VINEGAR BITTERS A Dr. .T. Walker's California Yin Cgar Hitters nro a purely Vegetable preparation, made chiefly from tbo na tivo herbs found on tho lower ranges of tbo Sierra Novnda mountains of Califor nia, tbo medicinal properties of which aro extracted therefrom without tho uso of Alcohol. Tho question is almost daily asked; "What is tho cause of tbo unparalleled success of Vinegar Bit tens f" Our answer is, that they reuiovo tbo causo of disease, and tbo patient re covers his health. They aro tho great blood purifier and a life-giving principle, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of tho system. Never boforo in tbo history of tho world has a medicine boon compounded possessing tbo reninrkablo qualities of YTskoar Bitthrs in healing tho sick of every disease man is heir to. Thoy are a gcutlo Purgativo as well as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of tho Liver and Visceral Organs in Bilious Diseases The properties of Dr. Walker's Tinhcar Bittrus aro Aperient, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Couutcr-Irritant Sudorific, Altera tive, and Anti-Bilious. Grateful Thonsands proclaim Vin egar Bittens the most wonderful In vigorant that ever sustained th" sinking system. No Person can take these Bitters according to directions, and remain long uuwcll, provided their bones aro not de stroyed by mineral poison or other means, aud vital organs wasted beyond repair. I til ions, iccniiiient and Inter mittent levers, which arc so preva lent in the valleys of our great rivers throughout tho United States, especially those of the Mississippi* Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan sas, Keel, Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ro 'anoke, James, and many others, with their vast tributaries, throughout our Entire country during tho Summer aud Autumn, and remarkably so during sea sons of unusual heat and dryness, aro invariably accompanied by extensivo de rangements of tbo stomach and livor, and other abdominal viscera. In their treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow erful inlluence upon these various or gans, is essentially necessary. There is no cathartic for tho purpose equal to l>n. J. Walk lilt's Vinkgak Bitteus, as they will speedily remove the dark colored viscid n pit tor with which tho bowels aro loaded, at the sanio titno stimulating the secretions of tho liver, and generally restoring tho healthy 'functions of the digestive organs. Fortify the body against disease by purifying all its fluids with Vinegar Bitte Its. No epidemic can take bold of a system thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Head ache, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of tbo Stomach, Had Taste in the Mouth. Bilious Attacks, Palpita tation of the Heart, Inflammation of tho Lungs, Pain in the region of the Kid neys, and a hundred other painful symp toms, are tho offsprings of Dyspepsia. One bottle will prove :t better guarantee of its merits than a lengthy advertise ment. Scrofula, or King's Evil, White Swelling-?, Ubers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations, Indolent Inflammations, Mercurial A flections, Old Sores, Eruptions of tho Skin, Sore liyos, etc. In those, as in all other constitutional Dis eases, WAI.ICIitt'H VlNKOAIt BlTTRRS have shown their great curative powers iu tho most obstinate aud intractable cases. For Inflammatory and Chronic lthCUinatistn, Gout, Bilious, Remit tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of' tho Dlood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, those Bitters have no equal. Such Diseases aro caused Ivy Vitiated Blood. Mechanical Diseases.?Persons en gaged in Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold-beaters, and Miners, as they advance in life, aro subject to paralysis of tho Bowels. To guard against this, take a dose of WALKKIt's Vin egar BlTTKRS occasionally. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tet ter, Salt-ltllOUin, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, King-worms, Scald head, Soro Byes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of tho Skin, Damon and Diseases of tho Skin of whatever liatno or nature, aro literally dug up and carried out of the system iu a short titno by tho uso of those Bitters. Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lurking in tho system of so many thousands, aro effectually destroyed and removed. No system of medicine, no vermifuges, no an tnolminitics will free tho system from worms like theso Bitters. For Female Complaints, in young or old, married or single, at tho dawn of wo manhood, or the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display fo decided an influence that improvement is soon perceptible. Cleanse the Vitiated lilood when ever yon find its impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Kmntiens, or Sores; cleanse it when .von lind it obstructed and sluggish iu the. veins; cleanse it when it is foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep tho blood pure, and tho health of tho system will follow. It. II. MfI)0\AI.D & CO., Druggists nud (ion. Agls., Sau Francisco. C.'iliftauift, and cor. of Washington ami (Mmrlton Kto., X. T. Sold I>y nil Oriigglat? anil Di-nlcr?. It. II. McDONAI/D & CO., Druggist* nnil Gen. Act-?., s^in Francisco, California, und cor. of Washington und Charltnn Sts.. n. y. Sold by all torugglata anil Denier?. Un. J. P. FnttR.?B?lnu sworn, says. I era<lti?t*l at the University of Ponn'a In \iOX on* after Myaara' experiment, p-rfeotcl I>r. Kltler'B Vc|;<Ptftl>le Hlicumnflc Syrup ami I'll Is, which I guarantee an infallible cure) f >r Paini tn Head. Luaga, nick. Unart, I.imli. Nerven*, Kid b y. III'-! aud all Ilhcumaiiodis'-hm?. 8nt rn to, tins 2>th Aanl, lr:7l. F. A. OsllOUaN, Notary Pvblm, 1'hila. W3 Clet?7XenrdroCarcdt7it. and willsalisfyanyi.no w rlt inRm inir.atl?? Murphy.D 1) l'mnkfunt Vhila Rev.C II. I winR. Media, Va It- * J 8 Duel.linn,Clireu.n li.w.vRoT, \. Q Smith. PitutorJ. N. Y. Rev Jos. lirg/i. lilt*Church, I'ulv.Ac Afflictedjhould write Or Jitlfr Yhi.'s 1 ? ??., ' v Ait.it v P.imphiri ant^unfanteij gratis f VHtrword for an In visible caal No1 me u j Chi: Jt U 1y Si : J i -. ?! r u t- g i ? -.^ ENTERPRISE CLUB ROOMS, DEMARS & WOLFE, PROPEIETOE8. s?i HAVE JUST RECEIVED A FRESH LOT OF LIQUORS AND SEGARS, AND IT ltf Receiving every day the 3Pa.trona.go of tlio IpLiblic, * \VHQ come in thrro to pass a pleasant hour, hy playing a social game of Billiards oh tlieir nejrJy ly fitted tablet).. If you want anything In the Liquor Line 00 to the Enterprise Club Rooms, for you will find in it everything'. SEGrAIiS of the following popular brands ?. * i* IMPERIAL REGALIA, LONG TOM, GOLDEN EAGLE, LA RQSE> RERCY SE.MPLE, . LA NOMEA, SWRET HOAfl-L *IEMR-V (&A^G Jr.R. 1 1874. , , ' j tf - ' . . . ?_?'- ?' ??llmmitmm ,/ Xl X HORSES AND MULES. The Best and Cheapest Stock "E ver Offered on this Marke fc. FOR SALE BY" BAMBERG fit SLAT^K. X50TT-I SAJDI^Lli] AND HAEWES8. Cull and Examine this STOCK for yourselves. Now is the time to buy Cheap* Stablcsiu- rear of Vose & Izlar's store. iJ X DR. A. a DUKES, Orangeburgi c> I I-, So. Ca DKAJ.Ki; in Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals and Paints. t .. >. & &. FINE. Toilet SOAPS. Fancy MA IK and TOTH Brushes, Perfumery uiulToilbv Articles, TRUSSES and Shoulder BRACES; 6RASS AND GARBHN SSI[?fs I> IT RE Wines and Liiriuons fo?lcdictiiIP?rrioscs, PAINTS, OII^ .TAd'eSX^rrS ? and DYE.STUFFS LETTER-PAPER,.Pens,, l'nfc,. Envelope*. OR*?. Putty, C^rbw.OU^Eamtt.* Chimneys. ALS'.?. A FINE LOT OF CTG A KS, TOBACCO ami CA NDITK. ?JfiguPbwsic:ian.-.' I'rc.Hcriptionsaceuhitciy < 'ompnunde I. 'XS? FIRE IXSITUARCH AUE^Ct,? Insure yomvDxyollinjr, Store or Stock of Clouds in the LivEurcnL, lojN\1)con ami niMWK i>;su;CO Capital, $20,500,0001 iii U.ihL This company paid over three (?) millions at Chicago live, and'over: million at recent fire in Boston. .JAS. IL LOW LF.S, Agent.. TRIUMPHANT THE CAB, OLIjYA FEE TIJJZ ER Will be Sold as Follows: Cash "Price-$50 per Ton of 2,000 lbs. Time I?i ice?$55 per Ton of 2,000 lbs. Paynb'.c November 1,1874, Free of Interest. Frieght andIDiaygao to J* added. " Its Success is UNPARALLELED, and its standard is A WO 1 ACID PHOSPHATE will bo Sold as Follows: Cash Price-$33 per Ton of* ?,000 lbs. Time Price-$88' per Ton. of 2,000 lbs. PAYABLE November 1, 1874, Fiee of Interest. Freight and Drayagcto bo added* Fou Salk By BULL, SCOVIUL & PIKE, ^ ' ORANGEBURG? S. C, GEO. W. WILLIAMS & GO, General Agents, at Charlcsto?, S. C?? Jan. 1574