Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-01-16

GRArTINa THE r PEAoH ON THE P1usI. .,..r
Asgohtiemun III Bryan County has adopted
theplan of grating tho peach s&pon the
rapid growing varieties Of plums with most
sSS ,ss ssS soS' S;iisIP %Ssh es Ss
gathered q tn9 crop oof superior fruit last
He eiaihs forahis plah decided ddvau-
tage in tho coast region, aud bases his
opiuiop upon results. The diffioulty5bith-
erto Experienced, by those who have expert.
nented with, graftipgs tho, peaoh upon the
plum has arisen from tho fact that tho
peach is moro rapid grower than tho plum,}
and hence is liablo to break off at The point
of Junction. This seems to have been
overcome by using the quick growing varic
Ties OF tho plum. 1t is u commoli PRACTICE
to graft tho plum upon tho peach. rs."
i[Souther'r Enterprise.
TERRIBLE PHED1crIoN The fact of SD
many fish are dying off the coast Of Flori-
da oalls to mind tho. awful prediction of
Professor Knapp. From the iuxtapostiou
|
that. one-half, of, the population :of the
world, inol luaibg nan and III kinds of api-
mails, and ovod Vegetable life. will perisl,
before or during the year 1880, In alec,
ture delisetedfseycral years ago, hossaia;
thatJthia desolatioh would commence hs the
fishes of the sea dying, and pes,ileucc
and famine occurring in moro Southern
lattitudes. The famine yiu China and the
yellow cver'scourge in the South, and now
the fearful pestience among the fishes in
Southern waters, are SO many steps in the
fulfillmcnt Of Prof. Kuapp's prophecies. isa
East Worida Banner.
E.sYTg-t - -ys,sEtSf ys
Senator Butler, of South Carolina has
received letters from lawyes, merchants,
judges, clcrgymcn, bankers aud Instructors
of youth in largo numbers, 10 all of the
"accuscd" counties Of South Carolina,
stating that tho late elections there were
fair pcaccfulsan honorableN4in q 'all their
features. AZ bo1itieals reYolqtion. eccured
because the Doni6cras;had given good gov.
crnmcnt, aud tic Republicans in many
places ran no ticket, aud wherever they
did they nominated grossly improper men.
Senator Buffers evidence is representative,
cumulative and conclusive. None of it
is ever likely.to sec the print in Northern
Radical journals. They are more Interested
in making out false case against mon and
woa,en of their own race in Scnth Carolina
than n putting the truth before their read
crs.-AYyustu Erening Ncws. r.
Mrs. Tmpp's CnicKEEs. - Mr. Stephens
has mony stories to toll Of negroes, and one
is Of Il famous cotton and chicken deprcda-
tor, who, since the war, met the ex-Vice
President in the load.
"Well, Thomas" was the kindly saluta-
tation, 81 was sorry to hear that you had
bcep in trouble about Mrs. Trips chick.
ems"
eyes, Nlarsc Alec, hut l done quit
all dat now said the negro, very pcni-
tcntiy.
GLOW many did you take before you
stopped" asked Mr.. Stephens.
81 tuck, al rlic had was tho perfectly
innocent .replyii ! ~ f ~
A subscribcrto southwestern uewspa-
per died recently, leuyiug four years sub
seription unpaid. The editor, who is Of q
practical turn, appeared at tho grave and
| uepoSilcu ~ tilc cQlilp u paim Icai lau, O
linen coat and a thermometer. No reasons
were assigned.
Resumption of specie payments
SO far has been success. In the cities,
business men prefer grecuback to gold
Resumption will increase the volume of
currency, by putting in circulation green
back, god aud silver, hitherto locked in
the vaults of the banks aud the money hol-
dcrs. ..,'H
| Ninety rcrccntum of the colorcd men of
ST. Louis wi!! be disqualified lrom serving
on jurics through decision that under the
general lazy of Missouri jurors must bo able
| to read.
| Nincty-sx murdorc,s 1cro' lung in tho
United States, in 1878. All were men,
!or'y-one whites, fifty Two co!orcj, two In
dians and one Chinamnn.