Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-11-03
c1easing Cotton Production.

AAo3 o"SAh6 So1IoA 4IouuCIlOus
Tho last issue of Uarper's Nagasiue
contains an interesting puper on cotton and
the rapid increase iu acreage and produo-
ton, from the pen of Henry w. Grady,
from which tho following is an extract: "it
may be we'll to remark at tho outset that
tho production of cotton in the South is
practically without limit. It was 1880
before tho American cotton orop reached
10000 bales, and tho highest point cvor
reached in the days of slavery was triAe
ahovo $500, 900 bales Tho crop of $780,
81 10 about 1000 900 in oxccss Of this, and
there oro those who beicvc that q CROP of
100000 bales is among tho ocrtaintics of
tho neZt few years. The heavy increase oe
tho cotton crop is duo entirely to the in.
| crease Of cotton ucrergc brought about by
tho use of fertilizers. Millions of acres Of
land formerly thought to bo beyond tho
possible limit of the cotton belt have been
made the best cotton lands by being artifi- :
oiaIIy cpriolcd. In North Carolina alone
tho limit Of cotton production has been
moved twenty miles Northward aud twenty
miles Westward, and the half of Gcorgia,
on whioh no cotton was grown twcnty years
ago, now produces fully half tho crop of
ho State, The 'area of low production as
the Atlantic States arc brought to the front
by artificial stimulation, is moving West
ward, and is now central in Alabama and
Florida. But tho increase in acreage, as
large as It's, vii! be but small factor ia
tho iucreaao Of production compared to
| the intensifyins the cultivation of tho land
now in use. Under tho present loose ays-
tom of planting the average yield is bottcr
than one bale to three acres. This could
bo oasily increased to bale on aoro. In
Georgia five bales have been raised on ono
acre, and yield Of three bales to tho acre
is credited to several localities. President
Morchcad, of the Mississippi Valley Cotton
Planters Association, says that tho cntirs
crop OF the present year might hayo beeu
easily raised in fourteen counties along tho
Mississippi River. 1t will be seen, thcre
fore, that the cupaoity of tho South to
produce cotton is practically limitcss; and
when VIC consider the enormous demand
for cotton goods now opening up from now
cllmcs and peoples VIC may conclude that
the near future will sec crops compared to
which tho crop Of tho past year, worth
$500, 900 900, will seem small"
Our GREAT INvENTIoNs-Thc fifteen
great American inventions of worldwide
adoption are:
l. The cotton gin.
z. The planting machine.
3. Tho grass mower and reaper. s
4. The rotary printing press.
g. Navigation by steam.
6. The hot air engine.
7. The sewing machine.
8. The India rubber industry.
g. The machine. manufacture of horse
shoes
10. The sand blast for carving.
IL. The gauge lathe.
IL. The grain elevator.
l3. Artificial loo making on largo
scale.
II. The electric maguct and its practi--
cal application.
Is. The telephone.
He DID Nor ADvERTIsE.-A ncrV oua look.
ing man went into storo tho othcr day and
sat down for half IN hour or So when q
clerk asked fthere was anything sho could do
for him. lilo said no, he didn't want anything.
She went away. aud ho sat thore half an
hour longer, when tho proprietor went to him
and asked if ho wanted to bo shown any
thing "No," said tho nervous man, II
just want to cit around. My physician has
recommended perfect quiet for mo, aud says,
above oil things, I must avoid being in
crowds. Noticing that you did not advertise
in the newspapers, 1 thought that this would
be as quiet place as I could find, SO just
dropped in for few hours Of con, ploto iso-
lation" The merchant picked up bolt of
paper cambrc to brain him, but tho man
went out. lie said all ho wanted was q
quiet life.
ATLANTA, GA, September 17.--Ncar
Powder Springs, Cobb county, there oc-
currod horrible tradegy on Friday morn.
ing. For years there has been an old feud
between tho Mitchell aud Cooper families.
They live. on adjacent farms. On Friday
Cooper discovered Mitchell driving his
ohickcus from his corn field. This renewed
tho bittor fccing, and fight was tho re-
suit. Cooper was armed with shotgun
and instantly killed one of the Mitchells
and mortaly wounded another. Cooper was
badly cut with knives and his life is in
great danger. All the parties arc we'll
known and highly respectable. The affair
has caused tho widest excitement
A Now York letters says tho Southern
element in Now York increases evcry year.
Tho migration thithcr was greatest just
aftor tho war, when evcrythingin the South
was adrift, but has continued stoadily ever