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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-17
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
PICKENS COUNTY
sMERIEE',s SALES.

1lY.yirtue of an order from I. IL. philnot,
Nd ProbGte Judge, / will sell, at public out
cry, beforethe Court House door, on the Ist
fM ~ msmS iasoo'0ber noxt' the following trsots
The Real Estateo of Micajah Alexander. Ss,,a,
ceased, viz: one Tract Of Land, situate IN
Piokens County, on waters of Little Eastatoo
Greek, adjoining Lands off. j. PARROT. Mrs.
Winchester and others. containing three hun.
dred acres moro or less.
ALSO,
One Tract of Land. tho Real Estate Of Tbos.
Montgomery, deceased, situate in Piokeps
County, on waters of Brushy Crock, adioining
Lands Of j 20. A. Couch, Auna Couch and
others, containing two hundred aoros more or
less. tsxs#s mk
ALSO, tastsl8H
Ono Tract Of Land, tho Real Estate oftLaton
Mauldin, deceased, situote in Piokens and Az.
dcrson Counties, On watere of Brusby. Creek
adjoining Lands Of VIM. Phillips, Elizabeth
Williams and othors, containing ninety acres
moro or less.
ALSO,
One Tract oflLnnd, the Real Estate Of Daniel
Looper, dooeasod, situate In Pjckens County.
on Oarpentor's Crock, adjoining Lands Of 3.
Hooper, Jr.. Solomon Loopor, Jr., and others.
containing fifty aorOs moro or loss.
ALSO,
One Tract of Land, tho Rcul Estate o fJoshua
Chapman. dcccascd, situate in Pickons County.
on Shoal Creek, adjoining Lands Of Samuel
Chapman, Bloomer Merck and others, contain.
ing eight hundred acres moro or less. Hf
All sold for partition among the heira.
TERMS-On q credit of twclvo months. with
interest, except tho costs which must DO pnid
IN cash. Purchasers to give bond to Probate
Judge. 10, and pay extra for titlos and stamps.
JOAB MAULDIN. s.r.c.
Sept 6, 1860 40 I'd
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Public BuiId,nrs.

The Public buildings in Walhalla are being
pushed rapidly forward. The jail can be
completed Pin two weoksafte the necessary
lumber is Obtained. The lower story is now
finished aid ready for occupation, but the
oak plank for flooring and coilipg the prison
rooms has not yet been prepared. This is to
-beSppt up rough and will take but a short
time, and then our County can save the OK.
pense Of transporting prisoners to Jail in on.
other county. The building of the Courthouse
was commenced on Thursday last. The
outer and partition walls. have been raised to
the top Of the sleopcrs OH the first aoor. The
foundation is three brick thick, and the wall
above two brick. The passage walls 10 the
lower story are ono and q half brick, and the
partition walls ono brick thick. The lower
story will contain seven rooms. The Court
room will DO a large and commodious one,
sixty by forty feot, arranged with elevated
seats in the back end, under which two jury
rooms will be out off. Tho interior arrange.
mcnts are after the. style Of the old Court.
house, which, we believe, every Judge pro.
nounoed the most convenient and best arrang.
Cd Courthouse in the State. The contractors
expect, with ordinary weather., to complete
the walls In four weeks, and ontartaia no
fears out the building will be SO far toward
completion blythe second Monday in Noyem.
Der as to be used by tho Court.
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University Of South Carolina.

Wo have received a copy of the tri.annual
catalogue of the University Of South Carroll.
ma, showing tho condition Of tho institution;
during the years 1867 7'08-'60, the period 81
its existonce as asUniversity< One hundred
and eight students matriculated$i In 1867, ono
hundred and thirteen in 1868, and sixty.Gvc
in 1869. We regret to SEQ an astcrisk tor.
posite tho names of Professors John aud
Joseph LeConte, indicating places to be filled.
These gentlemen filled the chairs of the Phys
ioal Sciences in the College for q number of
years, and since its organization. as o Uuivor-
sity have also given instruction iu the muodiosl
department. Their places will hardly DO
filled by mon of equal ability. We also see
that latoly Professor Alexander has resigned.
We hope these vacancies may be supplied at
an early day and that the institution may
prosper. The catalogue is gotten up in good
style and neatly printed by j. w. Denny, Of
Columbia. Y f3f. yg'
A VALUABLE WoRk.-Tbe September
number Of the "Oaroliua Farmer" is received.
IT fully s~ustains its reputation as ono Of the
best agricultural Journals Of the country
The next (Ootobsr) humber will close tho
monthly ssries and on the lot Of November
1t viii appear as an oight.pago Agricultural
aud Family Weekly. In its new form it
will give twico as much agricultural matter
as at present, besides great variety Of mis-.
cei!aneous and general reading. Tho prioc
VII! remain at $500 per year, in advance.
Address, VIM. II. Bernard, Wilmington,
n. o. :
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Q Om m IA ications 8.
FOR THE KEowEE couRiEag
Railroad Meeting.
WAtHAILA, Sent.ll 1860

- H.gfLs2FN.s NN4N.L8N{
Under the call of q Committee seyiously
appointed, q portion of the citizens Of Oconee
County assembled $in Ansell's Hall, for the
purpose Of taking into consideration the looa.
ton of the Air line Railroad.
On motion of bfr, 9 ]. BaysoN, Col. =,
0YEnrok LEWIS was requested to act as
Chairman Of the moetipgs Mr. Lexis 10.
specially declined this honor, stating That he
was seyenty,seyen years Of age, and sor the
last forty years an active supporter Of railroads
and othor improvements. He also. favored
tho meeting with interesting "reminiscences of
railroad mon. and their enterprises;
Mr- ]. r. SnELoR was then called to tho
Chair, aud RoB'T. A. THOMPSON requested
to act as Secretary,
Maj, WuIrNER beiog called on, explained
the objects of tae meeting.
Dol. L. N. ROBINS, of Piokens, in answer
to an inquiry, said the people Of his county
sore alive to their interests in this enterprise.
10 thought the county would take S2O0, 900
atook in the road, il favorAblyy located.
On bsouon'of Mr.. ]. N. BaYsox, . Oom.
.nittee Of FIVE was appointed to prepare hasi.
ness for the consideration Of the meeting.-
The Chair appointed Mcssrs. +. II. Whitner,
II. j. Gilliland, Wm.J J. Noyillo, o. NJ. Doyle,
and ]. d. Werner.
Col. Lewis, by invitation, occupied the
time of tho meeting, With interesting remarks,
during the absence Of tue Committee.
The Committee having returned, Mai.
Whitner reported. the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Chair appoint Com.
mittee of five to correspond with Col. Duford,
tue Presidont,snd other persons connected with
the Air Line Railroad, aud to ascertain upon
what terms tho location Of thor Road can be
secured through our County, and report the
result to a meeting of our citizens to be held
at Walhalla, on Saleday in October next.
Col. Norton moved to amend, by adding
thereto tho following resolution:
Resolvea, That tho Committee be Instruct.
cd to request tho President Of. the Air Lipo
Railroad to have q survey made BY Walhalla.
Both resolutions were adopted.
Rob't. \. Thompson offered the following
resolution, which, after discussion, was unan.
'mously adopted
Resolued, That, in the Judgment Of this
meeting, the County of Oconoo should sub
sroibc the sum Of Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars, if the Air Line Railroad shalt be
built and a Depot located within or near the
Court House town of said County; and, if
elsewhere in the County, then a reasonable
amount in proportion to the benefit to DO dc.
rived from it by the county.
The Chair appointed the following Com.
mittee under the Erstresolution: Messrs. j.
H. Whitnor, Rob't. A. Thompson, O. NJ.
Doylo, VIM. J. Neville, D. Biemapn.
On motion, tho proceedings Of the meeting
were ordered to BIO published i.iths m"Couriel'
and the Atlanta papers.
The moeting shon adjourned 'o1Ases Sale
day in October next.
j.. r. SHELOR, Chm'n.
RoB'r. A. THOMPSON, Sco'y
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LIN Bankruptcy.
Az Me9DistWet Court of tao znao>, e,..
Jar Me Dtstictc Of South Carolina,

~ eoUistrdet Court Of TAO Upte9 SIM,
JarMe District Of South Carolina,
| Er Farso, '' %'H ~ III
y Y. e. g, K 'd 7 A'& Q, ]. Norton, Bs'ors, Petition !,
=; Mitchell Mitch l Bankrupt, LEX iiaaaAl'sh
OJ ayat N!ay, ,e ahgyO Petition, and on motion Of
R isssl ss1a ,a neatioa DO referred 70 ". ! I, ( o SIsasesa
II is further ordered, That Tho As.,on.
e%oaf Ges9 6 8 Hsiieo fs ss, iErss ~ vs9ks, IL 'l1s R 4 ! spe.
the Bankrupt, to ostabIish5 tbo,s MI. ~ Cred!!ors Of
S. olass1 on Resis,es,t within thirty days oS SrSm ", ".
baneats, o ssl,e gbs sarsa ion er b barred from ' sl
IN. this case. tISf' ''YYu4siiYVHH " DO m9de
.bs = K sg afaiI.S Sf & ss;s .rlstat the expiration !,
port Y this 9earte list Of Tie Liens ts Ssts shs, re.
G ss9s , rsseaniss before hig ID this.' case. 'S witS
s'SSH'0 elp9aa's rs pln,riioritis
Am tsosi86a 3psf SO !. yaagS Dial ffS!fus
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-17
The Daily Republican,

published in Charleston is devoted to the
advocacy Of tho interests Of the Republican
party. i is . sheet Of twen.y-four columns,
neatly printed aud ably edited. If the world
agreed on every material question thoro would
20 little employment left for editors, and
though VIC dissent from the political creed Of
the Republican, yet We find in its columns
much to interest aud instruct it's readers
Published at 5000 per year.
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ron THE KEoWEE COURIER.
The Air Line Railroad.

The. action of tho people shows conclusiyel
that they do not intend to let the Air Lin
Road be built without showing their ~interes,
by TosittUe acts, in its success. And thi
same spirit will be followed by Pickens, Green
vile, and Spartanburg, with like results.
After that Is done officially, tho Railroa'
Company will know how to act, and it viii
depend upon their simple acceptance, alto
the location Of the road, to rooeiye tho sub
soriptions to the same.
To this point we should now act. ",
aa666 6aa not let the matter rest puJ}iit TO -aet II.
Iyoutfon through tho commercial center. q,
our Counties.
In order that We may understand I'M,
HhaS IS to be done, [ will here ro,fcr to the
NSs giving tho Counties authority to subscribe
fstdeRAta the Road:
.!hat from and after the passage Of sbis
/ act lt shall b lawful for any dounty. Tosn
or Oity, in this State, intsrestod +: Is. 80
s,fuction OF tho Air Line Railroad IN sonth
carolina, or any branch thereof, to aubscr;ha
70 INC capital stock. of said COMPANY. or ~
any Company with which it NAV consolidoto
or unite, such sum and to be payable in ana,
manner as the people or the proper authorlt;na
Or sucb County, Town, or City, shall deom
lDest, determine or authorize" ~
By Scction 36 of an ACT TO define tho :,
risdlctlon and duties of County Commission.
onrs, it is::proyided
Zach County shall DO a body polite and
corporate for tho following n,ifnn.ns. IT.
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Administrators Sale.

~ .HLttgI..t' Z .,yI
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
'7r IN RQuITY--ANDERsoN. ~, 1 ,agt;
40. Norris. Admir-. with n Ia.
Will annexed, Bil Gnr rno.r,..
vS. ft;,.. Io.,..r o I~Sh
Francis b. Norris, '0 n' relief at DC.
John II. Zimmerman, et.al
+ I virtue of an order in this case. &c, ma al.
~ roeted. l will expose to sale, on saieday ia
WALIIALLA G. H. sqe,1
10 Ooonee County, q certain Tract Of Land has
longing to the Estate Of Robert B. Norris. doGSn
containing Six Hundred and Six i606I Acnssss
mo,o Or less, sitaased in oconoo County andg
S o. o,n: OF South Carolina, and adjoining lana 81,
william Steclc and othors, known az fhc DOM.
70 Cnb,n Tract. This place lies six miles ram
mailalla on the public road leading to ,Jorratps
Drage, and is we'll timbcrod. 1870
70 be sold on q credit of twelve month"; viii,
interest from day Of sale (or for cnsI,' at t6n
SSP.i9n OF the purohaser). The purchaser to diva
ponu, with two good %sureties, for. tho n,rcisnse
.i,hoy' end to receive possession on ,oomnivinr
with terms Of salo. The purchaser viii bs5 70 rs
iailoa 20 pay tor stamps and tho toxos on The (
dossa ~. mo yeM 1850, with oasA.onongh to
:. ao,ray INC expenses Of sale. Exponaos az sais
70 DO deducted from tho amount ofanIa - Ds"'Tfc
A. O.. NORRIS. ea
6am's. with Willannexed. d,
Mani v Qt0 .. F oHaL L-AffN.LE W.
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Democrats, to Work!

H'uN the purpose Of re organizing tho Democratic
: Clubs tlrous hoat tho County Of pickcns, the
old Clubs will disband, and rs early as possible
organize one Club IN ench Township.
Where it Is practicable. the Clubs should meet
at The place Of the Town Meeting. a meeting Of
Delegates Consisting of fvo) from oach Club thus
organizcd, will be hold at the Court House on the
LIST Monday in November next, to organize a Cen.
F. N. GARVIN,
President OF old Central Club.
Sept. 10, 1860 AZ 20
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-17
The People Mov,ng.

A meeting Of the citizens of Union Count,
was held at Union Courthouse Oh Monday
September 6. Major Benz. Kennedy wal
called to the chair, and r. A. Mcknight
Esq, was appointed secretary. Major B. II
Rice offered the following preamble and res
o!Isena, with few APPROPRIATE remarks F; :.
Whereas, Tho enormous taxation imposed
by the present State government, and thei,
w%asteful expenditure and rcckles. issuing Of
bonds, excite alarm in tho minds of those
whose capital and labor stand pledged, with.
Sat their voice or consent, to tho redemption
OF the same; and whereas, it is deemed just
to ourselves, as aIoo an act Of good faith, to
give to the world notice of our intention to
use every means to avoid the payment 0,
these obligations; therefore, be it
Rssel asea,; That b re- seodaSasaffdf5a our indisno.
o;t;on and ;nob;,;tu. .o@5 stlo monstr6gus
d6ot raised and being raised IN thu
name Of South Carolina, and our solemn cayeot
against the purchase Of, or advance Of none,
on, such bonds fo5r any oopsidoratfon are,fss
since 1906, as .itYs the, upalterabIc nur,o.s
IT. . capital and NNass CHS State never Sas .
!. Reso1ved, That we are willing to paw NJ
the legitimate expenses Of civil covernment
and all the obligations Of tho State, princi,ai
ana interest, created by her Representatives; IN
good faith, previous to the war.
:Rcsolge0, That the natives and bona 6a.
Of whatever nativity or color, have
With lAss a .common interest and the same no
ea ,ity for the speedy restoration of honest
'ilyil aulc, and the preservation of life. lii.
'rtyy and property" in an afflicted common.
wealth. ,r XXX
8 tResolved That in Wow Of these grievances
'tated, we hereby. place on record our %opposi.
thereto, and invite our fellow.suferera Of
very county In the State to meet with ua Nv
misrepresentation in Columbia, on Wednes.
ay~,lthe2lOth day Of November ~xt,.ictoke
onnael togesher andito adopt such mouaures
8 may be proper for security and folios -
After discussion, they'wore unsaimouslv
On motion; It Mas
h.heseasolped, That the ssEhafleston Na,ys ,
Columbia Phonix,'r and The papers of tbo
lats generally es 10 requested to publish / /
'py sof Tho resolutions, /
The 1;Ch meeting dijjoourrnedi, 10 meet aaain Il /
I! '' asss M s So ossebss. 3, I
Rls Elliott, W. J, Whippes, q. I
right Az Ransier aud RIO, III, .,aa |.
and David Barrow, (whito,1 ers {
pkedl q in radical oifsles de candidates ~
inagress at the nexs election, |.
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September 10, 1869.

WASHINGTON, September THE funeral
Of Secretary Rawlids will take place Thursday.
AL departments, except for the transaction
OF necessary business, will be closed until Fri
nay, Gov. Walker and other prominent Vir.
ginians, will be present. Troops will DO
called from all adjacent ports to assist in tho
funeral o~bsoquies.
Private correspondence between revenue
officials and member Of Congress, it is said,
foreshadows an increase of the whiskey tax.
AS a mark Of respect to the memory of the
Hon. John A. Rawlins, deceased, late Score.
tary of War, the custom house will be closed
tho public works under tho control of the
Treasury Department suspended, and. flags
Kept at half-msst during Thursday, tho 9th
in%stant-the day on which tho obscquics of
tho deceased will be solcmnizcd.
Tho health Of Peabody is not much i'm.
proved.
Fractional currency will hereafter be issued
at the rate of s125, 900 daily, until all pcrso.
nal wants are supplied.
R1cnMoND, September 0.-Gcneral CANDY
issued proclamation Of election this morning.
Gilbert O. Walker is to be installed rs
Provisional Governor on tho 21st instant, and
John F. LOWS Provisional Lieutenant, Gov
ernor On the 9Th Of October.
The Legislature is called together October
9th. Tho adoption Of the exnnr~a.~a n
ST. LOUIS, September 0.-The main shat
OF tho Warrington coal mino was buroed 70
Gay. Fifteen mon escaped, moro or less hur,
---ono fatally.
Jackson, Miss, Sept. s.-The National
Union Republican convention assembled *
day A. noon. II was the largest mootinr 81
soe kind ever held in the State. Threo hn.
dfsd delegates were prossnt-seventv.av o DOL.
ofed. Nearly all tho counties woro ropreaen
Judge spocd, Of Vicksburg, was pro.
sldent. Tho following resolutions were ma.
nimously adopted:
LIST. We reanlrm the principles onunoiotca
10 inc constitution Of the 23rd Of june.
"a. That in addition thereto We announce
ourselves in favor of a liberal system of FREQ
schools, and of such equitible distribution 81,
IN VII
ne public school fund as may secure tho lar.
se's degree of good feeling among all classes
It our citizens.
o., That NO cordially invite tho immiera.
Ion Of capitalists and manufacturers ;nto nn.
state, and pledge ourselves to such legislation
shall most eaeotually foster all the indus.
RAJ pursuits Of our State and thoroughly do,
all is resources,
Judge Louis Dent was unanimously nomi.
aopsly nominated for Governor, Judge d. + /
Chords for Lieutenant G%ovenor, J. L. Wood.
org for Congress ia first district, Judge Wil, I
ans ans Kollloggg IN third district aud Iudgo |
osaeph ". field. in the fourth '4.f F
Convention then edlioutqea to Q O'clock d I
s9f aIY s3a4, :
les sopTH GARon1NAi UNIvEasrpY 49, (
te,aeasng that Rev. Dt. Garnet, of Nav +
OIL, has boon tehdered 4 protossorsbib Is
is9 instisution.. sDf. a, @. .MaSkay. ~ Y U
sted Will. be elected professor 81 bsjIo III R. I.
Come, of YoYksWiII AK. Ii /,
e@'t'slS'a be ~ elected 'ataI professor a lang uags 'sS
ta.,t;s, az. HxSAoIGaa.a Gt
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Ray- Attention is called to the %communica.
tion DISH IT," on tho Air Line Railroad.
Col. TcMpKINs is now in Walhalla, and takes
an active interest in the prosperity of the
Town and County. Tie is a large property
holder insthis, and Piokens Counties, and to
TINT extent identified with us in interest. He
is q: man Of great activity end, enterprise, pos.
sessing a great deal Of experience and infor.
NATION in Railroad matters, aud his views, as
such, are worthy of attentive consideration.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-17
Medical Notice.

TIE undersigned having permanently established,
4 himself at Wnlh'lla, offers his Professional
scry;o,s TO the citizens and Community NJ l,rvo
Tor the practice of Medicine in all OF its branches
ie Will 90 found during tho day at his Office on
Court House Square, and at night at Mrs. Law
r,enoe's, ready and willing to give prompt ntten-
ton 10 all calls. .
JAMES NJ. SLOAN, VI. ID.
WALuALLA. 3. c., Sept. Ia, 1869. A0-tf
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ED- j.. Henry OsTENDoRSg, Of Our town,
has sent us o specimen Of Sea Ialsnd Cotton,
grown on his farm near Walhalla. we are
no Judged the article, butthere is pIainly q
superiority in the quality and length Of the
fibre a'Helis experimenting with it, and in.
forms us he will gather this season about ono
bsg of that kind. W.
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Personal.

Mr.. A. Y. LEE, Architect and Engineer,
brother of Major Lee, Engineer on tho Blue
Ridge Railroad, is now on a visit to our town
and vicinity to regain his health. Mr. Lee
\ 9sTeSpsa a very favorable account Of b scjv-
ity, and enterprise Of Columbia. The city il
/. rapidly building up, and the style of the
buildings is an improvement on the former
structures. The work of fitting up the new
State House for the next sitting. Of the len,
AEaalAA Assembly is being rapidly pushed Nee,
ward. Several new stores Yaro in process q
s,s,F kgs,y ssE 8 ) RSs'ses grocer, who i
erected a very connections and handsome
building, upon the lot Of ground formerly
Occupied by Kinsler's Hall, from designs fur
al'ned from Lees A a. ss { 0fba8sAe afi EDITION n j /
his,new'nap Of Columbia, lithograpbbsesal5asss III Ii
sss'A'y0fR. Il Is a perfect map. One pecu.
liar and valuable feature OF It is that it reprA.i
sentst tho name Of the property holders On
each lot. Mr.. Lee requests Us TO inform,
persons attending the Agricultural Fair In
sNosonber, that shey will BIO welcome to visit
hisdArchitectural establishment and examine
thes plans and drawings Of tho numerous
Architectural works going on under his su.
pervision, together with a large collection Of
s ghu paintings and, engrayings.
sii1 saiiR st Assessors. 4a.I
The assessors for Oconee County. for tho
present year have been appointed and have
entered on the discharge of their duties.-
2Ihelr duty. as Q understand tits to value
all'ths personal property Of the county, new
de-, nnd such real estate. AZ baa
not beer heretofore returned or assessed
Bright and early this morning, and before !
the Ink shnG barely dried on our tax ~recc,ntI
fors LIST year. we Wero called Oh Sto give; n o;,r
httle odds and ebds for anotherj year. Tbe I,
following afo tho asssssois Of tfo difsraat {
Townships q;a paae iil'I /,
Qenter Township4-.Warren n. Dov,sI e@4d
s 3 ownship--J John w. Cannonlate 10
~ nngalos uopW M James "A. Johns, IA
y egeteg ownahip~ d. Cox, b !
Msowea Iowpship-sT 70. Steele.
si aanIassl IIpwnship-TStephen N Pooloa :
Ghatuga Township w. M. Tayf1fl 9
eaWhitewstef Township John9 PiSkotp
~ Chronicle 4 ssa.inaI .sys \
Ths NNsoeo0chco aMinins 90, found another
aggst NJ gold Z few days agoswhioh wioab. ii
] pyer tw9s pounds and a5halG, wort, nearlSI Il
1Q0 Y apoip; besides thigi tis said that thoir sr
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-17
The Daily Gazette,

Published at Meridian, Miss, at So per
year has become q regular ~yisitant to our Of.
lice. Meridian, we have always understood,
IS o tiourishing place, aud if wo had onter.
tanned any doubts of its rapid growth, tho
appearance of this Journal would havo 70.
moved them. A good insight into tho pros.
perity OF town can always be gathered from
the advertising columns of its daily or weekly
paper, and from the liberal patronage in this
way TO tho "Gazette," We conclude the pres.
ont and future prosperity of Meridian. The
typographical appearance of the "Gazette" is
unexoeptionablo and its original and selected
matter vol prepared and arranged.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-17
Notice to Tax-i> Payers.
AUDITORS OFFiCE,

, AUDITORS OFFICE, )we.
OroNEE CnuNTY,S
September 6, 1860.
4 LII PERSONS who have buncht or sold
IN Lands, Lots or Houses in Oconcc County
during tho year from tho lSt September, 1868.
10 LIST September. 1869, arc rc1Gestel to report
mo incts to this Office on or before Saturday the
18Th inst, so that the taxes on sucl, Lands for
The year 1859 may DO charged to tho proper
against tho same partic* as list year.
l.. Is. JOHNSON, @,a3i
County Auditor.
Sent. G., 1860 .l8 80 ~
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-17

sS- The September number of the
Southern Cultivator' comes to us, filled
with the usual amount of interesting and in.
struotive matter. Farmers who desire to keen
pace with tho improvements in Agriculture,
should become regular and attentive readers
OF the "Cultivator." Published at Athens,
Ga, by VIM. & w. l.. Jones, at SO per year.