Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24

FuRMAx USlyEnsrrY.- The Board Of
! Trustees met in this city on Tuesday.
There wero present Rev. j. A. W.
Thomas, Of Marlboro, Rev John Stono, Of
Society I'LL, Rey j. A. Chambliss, of Chars
lesion, Rev W. g. Lindsey. of Columbia,
Wm. Thayer, Esq, of Charleston. Thos Ps
Smith. Esq Of Charleston, q G. Wells, Esq
of Grconville, and j. G. Smith. Esd, Of
Greenville, being q quorum Of tho Snara.
Owing to some barrassments. Gausod by
failure to collect large part Of the Interest
on tho bonds, constituting tho endowment
fund of tho University, it has been for some
time past deemed necessary to mako somo
change in tho organization Of tho institution.
To dscmbnrrass the board as much as possi-
bic, tho professors Of the University tondcrcd
their designations somo time since. This
rendered complete reorganization of tho
institution necessary. aud it is upon this work
that the Bonrd Of Trustees have been engaged
The friends of the University, will DO pleased
to learn that this work has been completed,
and that the institution will open at the COM
mcnccmcnt of the next session, Scptcmbcr
Is, 1879, with II full corps of instructors.
Professors D. G. Furman O.. NJ Judson and
D. y. Smith, of the old faculty, have boon
rc-clcctcd and will have as many assistants
as arc deemed necessary. Tuition in tho
continuing and carrying out tho announces
mcnt madc three years ago Columbia Reg
istcr.
| How BUSINESS Is Now DONE Tho cid
methods of doing business arc fast passing
| away, and whether tho change is for tho
bottcr or not, those who wish to achieve sue.
cess must abandon the old and fall into tho
new. revolution has been wrought in such
matters, and the old methods arc daily bocom-
| ing obsolete One hundred thousand com.
morcial agents or drummcrs arc now om-
| ploycd to travc! he length and breadth Of tho
country in tho interest Of their cr,ploy ers;
| and III this last age no ono, unless ho holds
monopoly Of some good thing. can afford to
wait Tor customers, so great is tho compoi-
tion in every limo or branch OF business.
AS pertinent to this SUBJECT, the Boston Post
| says: "The ways of traffic are not the old
ways; wooden ships arc going out Of date,
and sailing vessels arc giving place to steam;
currency is supcrs sJdel by commercial credits:
the cable and telegraph have brought markets
close together; railroads derive thoir freight
profits from the perfcctncas Of their terminal
facilities; men buy aud sell by sample before
products and manufactured stocks are moved;
prices and rates change oftonor now in q day
than they used to do in q week or a month:
everything tends to economy Of business
friction to bringing things down to tho finost
point ny tho shortest way. to the performance
Of the most work by tho least machinery"
WHEN TO Cur llAY.-Grass should be Gus
before its virtues have passed into tho scod,,
leaving tho forage juicelcss. Wo SEQ good
deal of hay through the country which has
been damaged by being oycrdricd in tho SUI,
and wind and much Of it by exposure to tho
dews and rains. Properly dried and judici
ously cut, it retains tho volatile principles
which gives it q sweet odor Reader, did YOU
ever drink an insipid cup of ton, ono stecpod
until it had no aroma? Now, poorly cured
hny is about as satisfactorily to your farm
animals MS cup Of ten from beaohed oul
leaves would be to you. When you cut and
put up hay let it DO bright and green and
foil Of its nataral juice and sweet perfume,
it will put more lifo into your horse than tho
brown, dry stuff wo often SEQ exposed for
sale. When Tho farmer cuts his hay no
should spread it thinly at first and before tho
dew falls put it into small cocks which can be
opened next day aftor the dow has ovapo-
rated Hay should bc fit for the barn Tho
second day. Hay should look grcon and the
leaves and stems should be flexible and
tender. al