The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-11-03
}: !, The dFiver must nof be punished

IL. It; is distinctly uHtest6od that
whenever esovcrsecr becomes tiissatis.
fled he can quit his employers service by
givinghim ~. notice in writing,
and thatthe employer may discharge him
at any time by paying for his service up
to that period, at the rates agreed upon for
sthe year.
Sl9.s The negroes must be allowed: a
part of every Saturday afternoon to clean
out their houses and yards and got wood,
sand arc not to be allowed 10 work. on Sun
days. They mllst plant and tend q crop
in the week. Their allowance must be
gived 70 them on Monday Morning.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN PLAN
TER AND OVERSEER.
\ South CAROLINA, Sumter District
Articles Of agreement between JOHN
CoRNsTALK, planter, and JAMES CorToN-
STALK, ,ovcrsecr. The said !. .CoRNTTALK,
agrees to employ said J. CorToNsTALK, as
anoycrsccrfor the term of one ycur from
tho day of A.sD. 1913, and
10 pay nm ut ther0to OF Dollars
for his services for the. sail ycar,if they
continue together SO long; also to find the
SAID j. .CoTToNsTALK u house TO- live in,
and have wood occasionally hauled for
!. him; also to furnish him with the follow
ing articles to wit (herc cnumeratc the
articles The said J. CoTToNsTALK,
agrees to serve the said ]. CoRNsrAtK, for
the said terms rs above mentioned. and 10
do and perform nll the duties of nm over
seer Tor him, and TO obey all written and
verbal orders, and to observe the rules and
regulations of his plantation, and to be of
good moral conduct, sober and indus,ri-
Gus, and to treat the snid J. CoRNsrALK
respectfully. And it is also agreed by the
said parties, that should either of them
become dissatisfied, with the other, that
the one dssatisfied,,zon giving n months
written notice may quit, and the saidaJ.
CoRNsrhLK is only to- pay,u up to the time of
separation.
In witness whereof VIC have hcrounto
Sssct our hands, this day of
A..D. lSl7-snd also to'a duplicate here
OF JNO. CORNSTALK,
JAS. COTTONSTALK.
Ilitncss, JACOB PEAS.
CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL FOR
FRUIT TREES.
The Importance Of good transplanting
has already been noticed; yet very few
practice it us it should be done.
There Is another department in tic care
of fruit trees, still more important; per
haps not SO much so in itself rs from its
almost universal neglect, md the consc-
q'cnt disastrous results. This is thorough
cultivation of the soil. For, ofmanv hun.
drcds oftrccs which the writer hns seen
transpantcd by various cultiyators, more
haze bccnlost from NEGLECTED AFTER-cU1.-
TURF, that from other causes PIT together.
Persons who purchase young trees treat
them variously rs follows:M
l. Some kill them Mt once by dryinr
them in the sun or wind, or freezing
them in the cold.
.. Others kill them by crowding the
roofs into small holes in hard ground,
where they can never flourish, and rarely
live. 49,
3. Others set them out well, but that is
all. This done, they consider the whole
work rs finished. The trees arc suffered
to become chokcd with grass, weeds, or
crops OF grain-somc live and lingcr, 9TH
crs die under the hardship, or else are
broken of by cattle, or broken down by
the team which cnltivatcs the grouni
An intelligent friend purchased fifty
very fine peach trees, handsomely rooted,
and OF vigorous growth; they were well
set out in field containing a fine crop OF
heavy clover and timothy. The follow
ing summer was very dry; n luxuriant
growth OF meadow grass nearly obscuretl
them from sight. What was the consc.
qucncc? Most Of them necessarily per-
shcd.
Another person bought sixty, of worse
quality in growth; he set them out well,
and kept them well cultivated with pota.
toes. lie lost but one tree; and continu-
ing to cultivate them with low hoed crops,
they now promise to afford loads of rich
peaches, before the dead stubs OF his neigh.
bor, just, mentioned, have disappeared
from his grounds.
Another ncighbor year ngo bought
fifty good trees. Passing his house late
in summer, he said to me, 81 thought n
crop of wheat one of the best for Young
peach trecs?" Just the reverse; it is one
OF the worst-all sown crops are injurious,
all low hocd ones beneficial. ."-'Well," !"
answered he, 81 have found it sony fif.
ty trees all lived it is true, but have lost
one year of their growth by my want of
knowledge" His trees were examined;
they were in an excellent soil, and had
been we'll Sct ont All tho rowe h,t ON,
had stood in n field Of wheat; that one was