The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1875-10-29

management, and the liberal use of good
fertilizers. and not, as it has been stated
by the cultivation of large area to the
hand. RI. GAGE. Sec'v
A BITTER RADIcAL.-The Washington
correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle &
Sentinel writes:
Decidedly the bitterest Radical in Wash.
inton is man of the name of Murtagb. the
pimp of Shepherd and Grant, who runs that
hlthy sheet, the National Republican. His
paper is daily filled with malicious lies
against the good people of the South, and so
frequently has he misrepresented the South
that scarcely decent man can be found who
will read his paper. The Republican thrives
upon this abuse, as it gives Murtagh carte
blanche to the Treasury, where he draws
freely and often to keep his paper alive
He was recently allowed to swindle the
Washingtonians out of $4,000, and now
claims $4,000 more out of the Government
for printing alleged 10 have been done in
1868 and SO. He hates the English worse
than sin, and is in constant warfare with
jenkins, of the New York Times. who halls
from Albion. jenkins gets the better of
him invariably, as Murtagh's armor being
Vulnerable he invites attack. He repairs to
Shepherds mansion nightly, and obtains
points for the next days issue of his paper
The paper is owned mutually by Murtagh,
Shepherd and Grant, and Shepherd virtual
ly runs the concern. Grant is so completely
in the power of the "ring" that his tspals"
never consult him at all, unless they want
some confederate silenced by fat appoint
ment. This man Murtagh holds pews in
six different churches for influence, and oc.
cupies them alternately. What astonishes
me most is that Murtagh aud other bummers
have their pegs Immediately around G5apti,s, f.
Observed of all observers. But this is an
old trick of the Christian statesmen. and I
am informed that even down in South Car
olina the sanity Whittemore is a devout
church goer, and responds as Justify as
though he had never sold cadetship.
ONE WAY TO STop CoTroN STEALING.
We learn from reliable parties who visi-
ted the spot, that on Saturday night last a
band of disguised men went to storchouse
of Mr.. Robert j. Smith, at Cool Springs,
in this county, and awakening Mr.. Willie
Smith, the clerk, ordered him to remove the
books and papers of his employer, and his
own personal effects, as they intended to fire
the house. They then inquired for the
barrel of kerosene, and after assisting him
to remove his trunk and the books of the
store, they saturated the building with oil
and applied the torch, and hehouse and
all it contained was soon pile of ashes
The house was tho property of the late
Willis Allen. Mr.. Smith was constructing
a two-story building across the road from
the one he occupied, which was fired by the
disguised men, and was also consume d.
There was also FIVE bales of cotton outside
the storehouse, which the clerk begged per-
mission to remove, but was sternly refused,
and it shared the fate of the storehouse.-
A scrupulous regard for the property of
persons not connected with the store was OBJ
servable. They carefully removed to a
place Of safety the tool chest Of MIR. o. G..
Mccoy, and cage and bird belonging to
the clerk. The loss is estimated at about
$4,000; no insurance.-huinton (Ga.) }
Southron.
MELLOW Soil ABOUT TBEEs.-Unless
the surface Of the ground is mulched around
young trees over an area of six to ten feet
| III uiu"ctci, tuc SEouuu ououiu Dc kept CIedIi
and mellow. Every farmer knows that a
hill of corn or potatoes will not amount to
much unless cultivated, and yet there are
many who will neglect to give the same
care to tree which is worth a hundred
hills Of the former. In rich soil, trees may
grow rapidly without cultivation, and no
amount of grass or weeds will retard them;
but there are other things to be looked after
IF the weeds and grass are allowed to grow
up around the stems of apple, peach or
ounce trees, the bark will become soft near
their base by being shaded thereby b, in a
suitable condition for the reception of the
eggs which will eventually become peach or
apple borers. Take any dozen young apple
trees in the sections where the apple borer
is abundant, and allow portion to be chok-
ed with weeds and the remainder we'll cul-
tivated, and then watch the result. From
our own experience, we believe that the
chance are nine to one in favor of those
cultivated being exempt from this pest
West Farmer
A good book and good woman are excel.
lent things for those who know just how Ia
appreciate their value. There are men
however, who judge of both from the
L. Al