The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-28
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SCARCITY OF CORN In TIE UP-ooUNrRY.
The Keowee Courier. Of the 9th instant,
SAYS: "Corn is now selling IN Walhalla ty re-
tail at 81 76 per buahel. and hard to est IS that
price. The county seems to be more nearly
eaaiausted fprovisions than ever before. This
faot has fxed the.price Of -four 30 - perhun.
dred notwithstsndln9 We had . good wheat
crop. Hard times another year 10 apparent to
every one. The oofn crop In this county has
been seriously injured sbs the long drought.
In some sections there has not been q season
In eleven weeks, and tho upland csrn u almost
An ,antire failure. We believe the yield will be
less the present year than for any year since
1s45."
PAYING TAXES.
The same paper gays: "Walhalla has pre-
santed lively appearance for the past month,
caused BY the mpouripg Of the citizens to pay
their taxss. Our people have strained every
neryeto save their property th1s yesrS IN hopes
ef the pastyear and the high price OF corn and
cotton has enabled them ID great measure to
nav no, but smother year with such taxes
would sell out half the county, as We are satis-
fed the present crop will barely support the
county-the entire tax Of the county amodntc
ed to something over thirty.three thousand
dollsrs. lOfthis amount three thousand and
thirty-four dollars have been taken of by in
diyydral seppiications 10 the State Auditor.
Upto the morning 81 the Oath instant, twenty.
one thousand six hundred and eighty seven
dollars had been paid in. leaving balance OF
eight thousand five hundred dollars YET to be
,treasurer. that Q farther extenEonio the time,
.Nithont the penalty, has been granted, aud
that his books will be kept open until eatur-
day. the 4tii OF Sep embef! Ne, hope by that
timeaIl on: :citizeSis will bs sble TO make such
arfangements h Will save their properly nom
tekecaSonY ssls,a 81, - sasEnr asy,x,r tn Gao ~
The EntafDriDee or the .25th instant says:
~Gr. FEEDER Gpesete hss.sen 20 our Smfe' the
frat openSroEfHn infhfsI Yectttun VA hkyet hesrd
Gf of ss6n.. It Wss raised on his patcb, two or
three, miles romo tovHs which ne has used
nnah care IN cultvatin8I just aa the lorego-
ing Waa written, we received another open
boil Of cotton from Dr.. Buist, gathered nom
bis "e1ceisior patch. near this placs. We also
learn from Mr.. Frank Blasingan1e, on che An
dareon side OF the Saluda. thxt his cotton is
opelsipe 80 fast that it will soon., do to PICK.
Robert Ward, colored, has likewise furnished
ms with specimens Of Mell.opened bols."
fsTssj ~ BANK WANTED m YORK.
=, The YorkvilIe Epquirer Of the 28th instant,
mentions that ''there 70 little DOUBT but that .
wall conducted savings bank is one D; sue
grestest wants Of York District. At present
there is no opportunity offered for deposihng
to those who have surplus money on hand.
There are quite numDer OF persons W,tn Wooe-
rate sums Of money in their possession, who
either have not enough to invest, o. are un-
willing to risk Investment IN these uncertain
times. Their money is therefore lying idle.
whereas If there was q responsible savings
bank IN reach, it would soon accumulate and
form nucleus for future Investment"
sqras FARMING IN NPIcKeNs.
The Keowee Courier. OF the 27th inst, re-
ports the following: "Dr. G. L. Glazener, of
Pickens County, informs us that in 1867 he en-
.ciosed one and one-fourth acres ot.old worm
ont land, and planted it in sweet potatoes,
manuring in the drill In 1853 he added to the
manure, and planted the same in sweet and
Irish potatoes, housing from it in November,
ono hundred bushels Of sweet and nifty bushels
Of Irish potatoes. On the 2Sd OF December
last. later manurinR and breaking vel, y he
soWed upoa it one and half bushels Of wheat,
from which he reaped fifty. y.seven dozen, on
the 18th Of June last, which yielded thirty
bushels Of clean wheat. The doctor thinks
i've bushels were destroyed by gang OF pigs
before and after cutting. This proves now
aasily and even rapidly our waste lands may be
restored and made to yield fair profit for the
iatQr expended. The manure used was from
tbs STABLE"