Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-08-28

Mr.. o. M. McJunkin has commenced the
publication Of tho Palmetto Heoma,,, daily. at
Columbia. Tho subscription prico is Sd
por onnum.
Tho Beacon Is tho name Of an evening
paper published in Charleston, by Messrs. j,
A. Selby & Son. Tho Beacon is woll fillod
and edited with spirit and considerable ability.
Tho price is Sc year.
Light is breaking in. Tho South Caroina
Railroad advertises that round trip tiokets to
Now York will DO sold for $28.OO. These
tickets include transfer III Charleston, state
rooms and moals on steamers, 10th ways.
This looks like busincssl
Our Town Council havo recently purchased
pair of town scales for tho uso Of tho town.
Hereafter corn. wheat, oats, fodder; hay, peas,
shucks, eggs, chickens, ducks, gcose, feathers,
apples. straw. COWS, sheep and hogs, cotton,
&c., &C.. will have to bo weighed and sold
accordingly. Tho scalcs arc now being
placed in position on Main street, in front Of
II. +. Norman & Bros.
We have been requested to call the attention
OF our County Commissioners TO the, condition
of tho public roads leading fror Walhalla to
Seneca City and from Seneca City to Townvillo
These roads aro reported to be in n bad condi-
tion. BY oil means let our County Commits
sioncrs sec to IL thrt our public roads aro pro-
perly worked and put III first class condition.
Now Is tho ttmo to do it. Good roads and
bridges nro essential and necessary to tho safety
OF the travelling public.
Arc you going to SOW oats literally this fall?
Do not sit still and talk about the dry spell and
toll your ncighbors what you would have made
u 1t had raincd in time, but get up and sow o
largo ont crop. so TINT you may not have to buy
corn next year. Ono aero Of good land put in
oats Will make feed enough for one horso or
mule for three or four months. If you make
moro than you wish they arc always rendy salc.
| TO aid farmers arriving at accuracy in asccr-
tanning the amount of land in different fields
under cultivation The following table is given by
an agricultural paper: Five yards wide by 9G8
long, one acre; 10 yards wido by 18i long. ono
| acre; 20 yards wide by 2i2 long, one aorc; 10
yards wide by 12l long, one acre. 1GO yards
| wido by sol long, one acre; go yards by 1OS
feet long ono acre; 10 feet wide by 3oG feet
| long, ono acre; 60 feet wdo by 72G feet long,
one acre.
Somebody's "Lyceum Bureau" of Chicago,
informs us by printed postal that Elizabeth
| Cady Stanton, "the oldest and most famous
lady lecturer in the world" can be secured
| by cntcrprising agents to lecture here or else
whore during the coming wintor. This "Lyco
| um Bureau" seems to have no fear of "shot
guns" but will go anywhere for $G0to $500
| per lecture. For the present, wo commend
Mrs. Stanton to the people of Yazoo, Missis-
sippi.
| Let every farmer 60 to work at once before
toudcr ana cotton como on, repairing the wagon
and plow hnrnoas, also tho plow stocks and old
wagons. You perhaps remember that some
part of your gin machinery was little out of
order when you were closing up last winters
work. Do not let the fall catch il in The same
condition. Remembcr that every dny you save
in the carly harvesting of The crops is worth
two or three days later in the season. Do all
t'""~'' 'hun tnu esaur ves. ...;,, ~
a private letter from Rev. j. r. Rilcy to
| Maj. S. P. Dendy, dated Greenwood, August
2Gth, gives tho gratifying information that he
had that day received ono thousand dollars in
bonds towards the endowment of Adgcr
College. and tho promise of ten students.
Mr.. John r. Tolbcrt proposes to rent tho
building below tho present residence of Mr..
ltiloy and to board tlteso students, including
his own sons, The prospects Of Adger College
are bright and Frightening every day, and
with tho present able faculty wo confidently
expect its patronage and usefulness will in
crease cvesy year.