Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'! I'M (JHAKCKHL'IUi 'i J V. KS. ISSUKI) i Vi ItY I 1:11?A V MOItMXU MKIiLU'llAMl' i\ KPWAUItS, I'l-ojnirtors. STILUS Ml-i Id. It'll AMI' Either. Term.-: <>!" SuljstM'ij>t.ioTL (.'?/i C'?)?y one ) .?.-1 do " "' Sir Month*. 75 Kates of Advertising. Oiic. fSi[iiart. Ist In? et im?.?1 00 ICdch Subsequent " . 50 yrntices inserted in Local Volumn nfSOe.jMT ./???<*. .1// Subscriptions arid Transient Advertise went* In be naiit for in Adcttnec* Je,.' Wo air in m> \v:iy responsible for tlsC views or opinions (.four Correspond hus. 1 Ul DAY, AlCl'ST 'JO. I87y. Riuf in California. Ki v. .1. S. Knila< h, die work in \ lm n's caiulttluto for Mayor >l ^ui l'iam i-ico, lias Uu n liol Uv Charles .DcYoung, editoi of the "Chronicle" oi that city, 'j he tragedy grow out of the fact tlai 1 hsYouiijj wrote a scathing c li torial showing up Kullnch's blsiek re I <ord. Kallach nexl called au im mciisu meeting of working men at which he reiul a letter terri lily ha Hucaringthc character oi DuY.ni ig's (tmiily. The ne.\t morning DuYouiig | called (ait Kallach and shot liimiu the hrentt and hack from which;ii is supposed he will die. The populace tluu uathcrcd and clamored for the blood of DcYoung, und (Jen. Mut J nub sent to the War Dej ai lment lor ">.}, 000 (art i idgi s in order to <di >cl% a ler rilie row which seemed inn incut at i. \ cry momeiit. ?. ' '? For tin 0r:ui?5 ebui'tg TtMi ?trav/, Lcavic ficrupings, &c. Mr. Editor: l\i w to ii ul c fa rining | rofitnhle in our('utility, is to know how loan ply fertilizer* judiciously. Commcr cinl fertilizers will mi: improve our soil, unaided by domestic in run- is. J'ow to in ) rove our soil is an im portant question, and t'ljiriu has found tlie uay '??> do it. Now, Mr. J.d.i-r, I may startle > < u mid j < nr readers win n I tell you the j rincipal means I employ tn restore our empoverished soil, i straw, leaves, and rotten wood, the subject of this letter. .My pre ul growing crop, viz : Corn, pa, col iui.mu hum und sugarcane, fuuishes proof, that there is virtue in straw:. I 1jtit;before J commence 1 .\i!l Ldiuhie Hi to the objections nr.. 1 by lii.tny of our farmers ?*j in t t lio u e of-strawy mid try to successfully Co in hit? them. 'i!.e analysis hi isiraw is cliii lly ! i Heute ot lime, or sand, ami farmers say they have too much sand already, ! and again that the product of ehafl must be ehafl'y. Another one will say that it is in uri us to:young plants Causing it to (urn yelloWj sickly and j die cut. We admit this, and ta'>o it I ifs proof that straw is good. In order to .-how the true value of .si aw to i otir lain.er.-, we will cite them to the i r.iialy&ia of cur |joor taiidy soil, which varies very little front our rich I und ft rtile toils. The difference is this, the poor soil lias enough plans food in store for generations nub irii, hut in an insoluble condition, unlit for iho pre cut uscol plant-. J'he rieb soil contains plan; foud in an t'.vt'.iluhle form. This i.- a consoling iVi iii n \ mind, as 1 have this class of lasnls (.poor sandy) to ernten I wi?l;. The important question is v.i ;.'. Ii a'JS .,|- (ig-, fcb ii| wu u- j to 11lii'ti this j bird food available '.' 1 niisv.cij >\' iw tiljil scrapings of our loi-.'. la.'ii o- mode of iaiproving ai.d !<.?;< i iI g t tir ? ni n -nil. We liih: it liial tlii i-'ti 1- yt ? \ little if ?hy? J !: :t I hi d >n i:i(l itveSi but wt! kr.i w it :ii'-i-.?in .? - !he tibriorhini; ttiid relaiuiiig povy d' oToiir -aadv ll'il v. hi. h i : v ; v t ?-.> :'ial, and fui 11i.?lies cai hoiiie aci I. u it an-- great f t*!Vf iii 4 1-?? tit;;'.- n:c:i [?rep.iiru and (?> II y*tiig*iilpbiii;c iieid or u s dvent. ISatbie icattcis ciii'lioiiic m i l pro it: Lly nt yoiir dddri All ybii luive t.) i'o i.- to i olb cl i: and lipply it in your soil. Jt will pay yon well. 1 fceo 1 (an not do lull justice to this biihjcct in oiicJctlor, I will finish in an ( tb( r. 1 promised to eorre I aM errors published in your agricultural column. I must be as god as my word. You, in coniinenling on friend Duke*-' model crop of cotton and cor n eta ted thai you w< rest ruck at not I'm 1 ing peas growing. luxuriantly among the corn, 'I ho reason assigned, was thai the continual application of cot Ion seed to (i in would I.ill out tlx I (as, an egregious error. Cotton seed contains very little it'any potash and lime, which is the dominant plant food oi peas. Tell friend John to add raw slunv to his cotton seed and wc will insuio In in a good crop of peas. Wl will explain this fully when WC write, of i ens us ii Hold crop. C trrio. ?ct.t'.i Carolina? Greenville Co. Gi:ki:nvim.h, Aug. 'J?ih, 'ST'.). I'aHIoi' ( /'?' in,' InnI'll 'linns: Know yc and all men, that I,.lake Nuttou, tun at this place, which, as we all I; now, who do know, is si tu a ted in the County and State afore said, over and above, und on all sides of the l iver known sis'VRocdy llivor," which river is of hirgo <?' proportions, and like all other rivers, incicascs.s in volume when much rain fulls, of u'ni h hitter article our friends uj) horo have had their f ill share lately. We, that is I. .lake Nutton, an I a few others, left. Oranguburg on last Wednesday morning lor a short stay in the "hind of the sky," (J should say land ol the clouds), takingadvan - logo (and who is ii that will m>i t.iko advantages, especially of a Rairoad, ami tutii e ] ai ikulnrly of the S. ('. It. II.) ol ill uiprceedentcdly low rates otfered h\ the Ii. II. la.-t aforemen tioned, to the mountains. Of course, these low rate.- were 1 ol cause for con i h ii t, ai.d never will be lb your corn.* i i ndent, at least, whose pocket book is SO ihoHHHjhh/ />>< iiL nipt (hat a j /<<< 'n i- would starve uf>nn its usual*, much lc .- be satisfied with a commis rsion uj on i ts r< ccipls. The ride from Orangeburg to Columbia is very pleasant, but fr in Columbia to Greenville is long an 1 fatiuuin^, there bein? no end to I slopping places, such as "Frog Lev- j cl,""Silver Sir, et," (this is a wagon road aero-- the Hi U..) Ac. We arrived til Urcenvillo two hoi::.- und a half behind lime, which threw ii- late in the night. The ad mirable arrangements formed at the tiepol by the < ity Kail way in taking charge of pas-engers and baggage, compensated a little, however, and we were soon lauded at .Mr.-. I). IV's boarding bouse, where we. were led and put !u I od,. Giiiuvil c is a pleasant place, pro vided, always, it docs not ram, an vour correspondent, more familiarlv - I known as .lake Mutton, has seen in the last few days; in fuel, he I. ts seen "mitten" like it for many y ttrs of his past i xisti nee. Think, oh ! think of a pln-j j whore you can get pure, tin i lull i. a ??. 1, n >ti cohj ii'.i rated butti r milk til 10 cts. per gallon, hud tho same quality of ! sweet milk at '?5 cts. per gallon, 'fit in think again, ye users of quinine, of paying at the rateof SO.00 |?cr ounce lor this j i' cious I ark, and that, too, after G tigress has voted "no dut\." And, again, 1 ask you to t link of si city claiming eight to leu thousand inhabitants, a yarn factoty, paper and rl.ie factory, carriage, buggy and wagon faclnryj . in "our town" called shop.- . unable to supply this man of ' "lettuce," ( who is the same as .Iaht- Nutton,) with ten, just ten postal cards. "Did you ever '.'' Nev er! What ! never? Well, hardly ever." Greenville i.-, nevcrihelessj des lincd, sonic day, to bo a largo place. For pluck and energy, and that thin g so essential, commonly I with me, that is, .Jake Nu iton, unciiiumonly) culled greenbacks, are not lacking. .Men li-k to make, which is true enter prise. Accommodation for \ i si tors i- abun dant. 1 often -it in my room and think my dinner hell ringing, when, in fact, it i-at sonic (ither boarding house, cither abo'c, below, in rear of, oi in f,onl ol mine. Private boarding houses, with as "?-I d hue, and much more reasona ble rat? , are doing much of the business here, to the detriment of the hotels, of which (here tire many. 'lie [sited cars arc doing a great service for the city in abolishing, to a great extent, the u.so at depots, of hacks, Ac. which, view id through Juke Nut ton's glasses, are nuisance). The Tally Ifo ! will i tike a passen ger and baggngo any where on th ? line for toil cents each, (while tho hacks charge from 25 to 50 cents. The big name 1 med above, is that of a certain peculiarly constructed car, where passengers sit with their 'hacks together from which position of seals its derives its name. This line of road runs through sev eral streets, its termini being at the depots of the (i. am! I!. and Air LillC Kail roads, ami I am informed, docs quite all of the dray age business. The road is now leased for a term of years, and is: thought to bo paying the stockholders, if not tho operators. The mercantile business of Grem vilK; is not at extensive as might b supposed, though its industries and ' enterprises eotnbined, rnnko it, a place of some importance, und the mistress of the (S. (',) mountain cities, which poutiou it run hohl, although from lack of foresight, Sparlauhurg may be allowed to take her place for which "she is making desperate strides. The schools hero, as wc know from reputation, are of b;gh grade in every particular, and help not a little to increase her prosperity and tone her soeii t y. There is a peculiarity about Ihc people <d' tlii- place, really ever no ticeable elsewhere, and that is the men seem to vie with the 1'itr sex in the art of line dressing, and often, if nol a little offener excel .' h mi; which, however, is n >t a 'hing 11 bo denl trod hut praised, a- the good souse, (au I I don't mean to say the tu ui have not ,| good sense,) and the more economical judgment displayed by the ladies tend to raise them in the estimation jj, ul' other-; I'm- this thing you .call fashionable dresdnghas kill ; I in.my guod women, and earned the suicide of many a man. '1 In re arc many other things I had hoped to touch lipon, hut in conse quence of lad weather, have been unable to make uhn rvatiuus. Yours, in a had stau?, .1 A K K N UTTON. 1*. ?S?Crops from Columbia to (Jrceuvillc extremely poor. I.\ MKM<?UlAll. At a meeting of Washington Grange No. 124, Patrons of Hus bandry, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopt ed: I;.:' WllKKKAS, it has pleased our hcavculy Father in His wisdom, to i all from ihe activities and trials of life, to the rest and rewards of Il-.-av in. our worthy ami highly esteemed sister, Mis. I'd /.a Stroiuan, who de partid this hie Juno loth 1879, ag''d 7? ycirs, ;~< nu nibs and 9 days; ]!? tj/tiit, 'I hat in the death ofsis ti r Mi< n :.n, lids Grange has lost a f ind adviser, a faithful member, and a Ix autilul model of cbiistian virtue. Hemtfeed, That w hile we mourn her departure, and our loss, we bow to the divine wiil; ail will strive to imitate her spotless example, ;r.i I .*a pure chi'istiau life. ]{'.'7c<', 1 i ;.t our Secretary have this humble tribute lo her .memory published in our County papers and copv he sent lo the family of the deceased. IP .-.'.????/, That a blank pageinour minute books he inset ibid to her memory. ICxtr act from niiniil ?-. d. Ii. ( >'N KAM. 1 Im l.oY. AY, Scc'ty Washing ton Grange .No. 24. At a meeting of the IS listu Hill.'.?, held '1 in .-day evening, August IOi.li 1879, the following resolutions were adopted by said Company : llcsolcttl, That the thanks of the Company arc due and are hereby tendered to Mr. Henry Kohn and to the hitlies, gentlemen and children, who sang and played at our Coucert on the 15th of August. '1 o the ladies who took charge of the re'reshmcnts, also to those who contributed to the refreshment stand. To the Wardens ot the I'resby terian Church, and to Orangoburg Division No. 24, S. of T., for the use bf their Hall for practising. To the Tnn.s ami Democrat for udvt rtising favors. To the ( h rk of the Court and. the Hoard of County Commissioners for use oi Court House. To Mis. Samuel Dibble an 1 Shib boleth Lodge lor use of organs, ami tu .Mr. 11. ( i. Sheridan for use of piano. A' - <7 (/, That the above resolu tions be published in the Orangoburg TlMKs an t the De.m icrat. T. O. S. DlltltLK, Secretary. ' A luare Chance for I 'A RM l?1 US. The undersigned respectfully informs the i'iti/rii- of Orangeburg <'ounty, that lie will arrive at W . M Snin's Stables, at Orange burg, ?'? ".. on the first of October next, with lo lii .il of Fancy Horses from the finest to ihee ininone.si, which will be sold rii tliii i v anil vi n ly davs time, nt the most reasonable i?> iecs. I?. (' CUJtTIS. ting -'?? if NOTI CK TO TEACH KKS. 'flic last examination of Public School Teachers will be licit! at Sheridan's School Knoiii, Amelia Street, on Saturday,Sep tember 27th, 1ST'.', commencing at 10 o'clock, A. M. No further opportunity will In- nHorded until ihc Siuuihct' of 1880, and to tbis ride no exceptions will be made; niid all ri ilifuales granted prior to Angus 2*2(1, IST'.?, will In-?evoked in the first day of (ietobcr next. I'.v Order of the Hoard of School Kx (mi ners, I), 14. CONNOR, School ('(tinniissioncr. Orangcbnrg, S. C, August 29lh, 1870. tlllg 20 jf Seasonable Specialties. The New TAYLOR CIX Pnlrnt Front, Tight Running, First ( l?fs, warranted, und ul iho lowest piice in tho market. SUGAR CANE AI 11,1,S Ami 1'itiiM ordered tit Foundry Price*.. The Celebrated Two Morse T K N N E S s K I<: AV A G <> N Style :ind finish unsurpassed, delivered at $ti~> for the Light und S?7.50foi Regular. Ttic hent Portable ST.KA M i:x< i I N I: I or Farm or Mill use, from I t>> "."> Home I'll wer. INSURE VO LTII GINS A gainst I langer of I ire, IllSMIl'O your Dwellings against dan gerof l ire m the 0KANGE13UKG FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY, Unten rigot, ('urnpanics Undoubted. JOHN A. I I AM I I/F( >N". ?Ccxt k> Henry Kuhn. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, OllA.NOKBUUO Cut!NTY. iiy c. a. oi.ovnn, ns?tciui:, crobatp: juook. Whereas, Ceorge Holivcr, <'. 0. P., hath made suit tn me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Kslute and eHeels of David Smoak, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all ami singular the kindred ami (avditors of the said David Smoak. late of Oratige burg County, deceased, that they be and appear, he fore hie, in the Court of I'rebate, to be held at Orangebiirg, C. II., ? ?ii (ist October next, after publication hereof, at. II o'clock in the forenoon, to show eauFe, if any they have, why the said Administration ?liouhl not he granted. liiven under my Hand, this. 2lhh day of August, Anno Domini IS7U. 11. s. ] C. It. 0 LOY KU Judge of Probate, Orangebiirg County. img L'? Ct i;lk(tk)\ notice An Kleetinn fur Ma vor and four Alder men for the Town of Orangebiirg, So.Ca., will In- held at the Kngine House on Tucs dnv, the '.".!?- dav of September, ! -s70. The I'oIIh will bu opened at I! o'clock A M., and closed at Ii ??'< lock I'. M. '1 he following Hoard of Managers will hold the Kleetinn : '1*. Ibergulli, <'. II. Jones and Henry I'. Dieksoii. Al l.ar-ltooiuH will be closed al <? oclock I'. M., on tin-Mill uf September, and remain rioted until <'? A. M., on the 1 Olli ofSep ti tuber 1S7U. HKCIISTICATIO.V. All persons qualified to vote at the above Kleetion, will be required to Kegistcr pre vious io the Kledion. Hooks for Registra tion w ill be opened ni the Kngine House, on Kriday, Saturday und Monday, previous io the Kleetion; being the 6ih, tub and .Sib days of September 187!). Hook- to he opened eaeli dav from 7 o'clock A. M., to (5 o'eha k 1'. M. The above named Managers will conduct the Hegistralion. i'iv Order of Town Council. T. R. MA LONE, Clerk of Council. aug 22 t2t NOTICE. The exereises of Mrs NEUEFFUl'S SCHOOL will be resumed on .Monday Sept. l>t, 1870. an- 15 *Jt W. F. Robinson, WATCH I?AKER And Jeweler, KUSSLL ST-. or:tii|;rl)iiri;, S, i' A fresh supply of Land roth's Seeds just r< ceived tor winter sowing, which "l will w\\ to suit the times. Call ami save money before buying else where. nov Ii LS78 ly IXL 6 REST AU RANT BY A. M. 1ZLAR. AGT. At Brigerriiann's Old Stand Call ami get your Jlot Mea>8, Fancy Drinks and Fiue Cigars. Como early ami order your Oyster Stew, Oyster Fry, C hicken and Rice, Ham aad Rice, Beefsteak and Rice, Saussage and Rice, Hams and Eggs, Coffee, &e., Ac. Having obtained a riifl Class b'esfaurant Cook, I pi epnre cvrything in Nice St) le. Call and satisfy your appetite. Everything put down at Bottom Prices. aug 20,1879 rANTKtt BY A STEAD VRKU ublc anil industruilH iniing man any posit Ion where he call make nimsi-lf general ly msufuL "as ha<l 4 years experience in I Jt.iok-Keeping, and *> years in Country Store. MchI City and Country reference can he furnished. Salary, no great object. Address. "ChKKK," Cliarfcxtoii, S. ('. any 2J it Wheat Mill. The undersigned takes pleasure in in forming the public that hin Wheat Mill 7 Miles North of Orangeburg, and'2 Miles from Jamisons, is io good order, having one of the best aumt machines, and plenty of water, and will grind any day, or night, if desired. Satisfaction guaranteed It P ANTLEY Out SALE OF ohn DEY GOODS BAZAAR, NEXT DOOR TO CORN EICON'S. OFFICE? Ol? G D KORTJOHN, Auction and Commission Merchant, IIUSSECL STREET, ORAN?EBUKG, July 2 4ih, 1870*. Wc will offer for tbc next 15 DA.YS Unprecedented Bargains ] n order to prepare for the FALL TRADE 50 bids FLOUR, nil grades 10 sacks COFFEK, 25 hi Is SU GAR, do 20 bbls PEARL GRISTS. 10 bbls SYRUP 5 bbls do MEAL. 1>. f?. Sides, Snio. Sides, Hams, Strips. Lard, Dry Goods, Notious, flats, Roots, Shoes, Crockery, Tin ware, <kc. \ U(JT1 O-LSfS0,1 fSA1UKDAY aud saled ay m hor#* C. ?. KORTJOHN, SIGN OP THE TIED FLAG.