Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-16

morning, tho 10Th instnnt, had given out
1900 tax receipts aud collected $6,2SO.
Thoro is $4,000 yot to bo collected, and
$500 tax receipts to bo written out. just
fraction over one third OF tho taxes havo been
paid. Only fifteen moro days to pay taxes in
before tho penalty attaches.
We learn that thcro will bo an excursion to
Charleston from Walhalla on tho 22d instant
Tho tickets arc good until tho 2Sth. Wo do
not know tho prico Of tickets, but suppose
they will compare with those heretofore in
cheapness. Those who want to visit the City
by the Sea can now have an opportunity.
Tho Greonvillo & Columbia and Buo
Ridge Railroads give excursion rates to those
dcsirous of visiting tho Grcenvillo County
Fair. Round trip tickets from Walhula
$3.50, good to return until Saturday, tho 18th
of October. The fair promises to 10 an
interesting ono. and those who like such
entertainments can hnvc cheap opportunity
Of so doing.
Court at Wallalla will hardly adjourn
before Thursday or Friday next. Tho jurics
wero discharged on Tuesday oycning at 2
o'clock, but there is considerable amount Of
equity business Of Importance. His Honor
Judge PRESLEY has been pationt in all cases,
and is Il man who will havo no unfinished
business on the dockcts, unless tho parties
desire q continuance. While no dispatches
business he does it quietly and seems to be
perfectly content to give every party the
fullest opportunity to be heard.
On Wednesday morning lust wc had pro-
scntcd Mt our Office one OF the largest cabbagcs
VIC have seen. 1t weighs ten pounds, and is of
variety known as "Fcrry's Premium Drum
head" 1t comes from tho garden Of Mr.. j.
w. IIollcman, near Walhalla, and is the result
Of careful management Of his estimablo wife.
1t is not economy to buy from Western North
Carolina, when such experience shows that
such cabbage can be raised Mt home. Homo
industry, such us this, is what our country
needs, and less dependence upon the industry
of other communities and peoples.
We arc glad to learn that an effort is being
made to establish and cndow high school at
Townvilc. The plan is to raise bonds to the
amount of 10000, ut 10 per cont. interest,
payable scmianpually. a meeting Of the
Fork country and MI persons elsewhere
interested in education in tho Townvllc
community arc requested to meet in Town
Vile OH Saturday, the 18th instant, for tho
purpose of considering the plan, &C., to be
adopted, Public speakers have been invited
to address the meeting on that occasion and
it is hoped there will be large turn out OF
tho people then and there.
the llth, in reference to the stock law, was
quito different to that mt the Court House
sometime previous Tho discussion was
pleasant and tho result, rs shown by the
proceedings elsewhere published satisfactory
to those present. There is nothing like
public discussions of this subject by the
farmers and an interchange Of Vows .Iu
q multitude of counsel thcrc is much wisdom, y
and wc hopo that by repeated and frequent
interchange Of opinion on this yory importan'
subject, the right may prevail to tho entire
satisfaction Of all interested therein.
Spring has made its appearance rather
soon. Peach, pear and cherry trees nrc
blooming again md gives the appearance OF
early spring. No such freak Of nature has
Of frost aud the prosen &C Of warm, dry
weather has produced an unusual growth in
vegetation The grass in the fields. where
eaten down by stock, looks ny fresh and
green as tho tender growth Of spring. Now
is tho l5th and if rrosts stay away and this
weather continues, the cotton plant will pro-
ducc beyond tho expectation Of tho farmer.
Quite a number of our oldest citizens
have been about the Court House this week,
somo with business in the Court and others
as witnesses. We noticed among them Mr..
Andrew Il. Lewis, Mr.. Sidney Davis and
Mr.. l.. ii. Werner, some Of our best citizens.
These old gentlemen present the appear
anco of age. Their locks arc whitening.
Time flies. But few years ago they were
tho active energetic business men of their
communities. Now they have the pleasures
OF an old age in the consciousness Of we'll
spent early manhood.
Mr.. Samuel l.. Maxwell has deposited in
our Office variety Of grass superior to any
thing We have yet seen grown in our county
1t has elected much comment from those
curious about such matters, and is really a
fine specimen. The. stalk sprung from the
ground about the 9th of August and is now
eight feet high and has pendant about it a
luxuriapt growth Of blades, which make it
rich provindcr. The variety was thought
to be that known IS tho "NIcans grass"
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Gov Means, to experiment with in tho