The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-01-27
S0UTHERN NEWS.

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1t is said that castor beans can be
raised to perfection in Western Texas.
William H. Vanderbilt has given S10.-
0oo to the University of North Carolina.
1t is said in Alabama that for seventy
five years good crops have succeeded
= hard winters.
llre places of a thousand or moro ne
groes who have left the prairies of Ala
bama tor Mississippi have been easily
filled. .-r
In Louisiana there are said to be 139
species of tibrous plants which can be
made amenablc to the requirements of
commerce.
During six days Of Christmas, SO, $50
worth Of whisky wassold, the Rev. r. N
Pratt says, in the town of Abbeyille
SC.
An Efforts reported at Prattvilc, Ala.
to prohibit the sale of liquor within the
corporate limits or raise the license TO
$4,000.
y from jacksonville, Fla, the shipments
Oh luhfbcr last year aggregated fl, ,719, ,255
1eet, an increase Of 7,74O,3I7 over the
year previous.
The largest crop of sugar in Louisiana
this season is thought to be that made on
Bellevue plantation in st. Mary parish,
about 100000 pounds.
Public schools in Tennessee in 1880
v numbered 5,522, against 3,942 in 1875.
IN 1880 the teachers employed numbered
1854, against 4,21O in 1875.
In Alabama law has been passed Civ
ing blacssmiths and woodworkers lien
on vehicles repaired by them until the
price is paid.
The black lands of Alabama arc said
to pc degenerating rapidly The ridge
lands/of canbrake have washed awav.
and the bottoms need draining badly.
The city of Galveston has contracted
tor the sinking Of an artesian we'll to tie
depth of $500 feet or till water is reached
satisfactory in quality and quantity.
Olives and oil have been raised in
South Carolina. Fine samples have lust
heen furnished by Mrs. Preston S.
d hrooks, of Edgcfed. The trees were
planted IN 1853.
Build cotton mills. Five million bales
OK unmanufacturcd cotton is worth to
the South $225,O00,000. Spun into warn
THIS cotton is worth to the South $3.50
100000.
Lee county, to be named in honor Of
den. Il. E. Lee, is proposed in North
Carolina to be formed out of parts Of
Johnston, Wake, Franklin and Nash
counties,
lhe liquor traffic is one of the oucs-
tons which the Legislature Of North
o"'oliiia Will have to face. A prohibi-
Tory liquor law association has been
started at Raleigh.
y The South Carolina law nrob;hits oh-
solutely the sale of Intoxicating liquors
including maltliquors and wincs, outside
lages . ''"''' ""'' VII
Inc remains of the father Of Hon
'eierSon Davis are buried in Wilko.
Io"n'y, ga. 1t is alleged that Mr. Davis
HIS written to gentleman of Nvilkos
county, offering a liberal reward for them
- ONo OF the most serious drawbacks to
"olProsperlty of South Florida is said
tho u 'o o,,, 'ne TACT that so large portion of
t Umo supplies is imported from the North
i"e remark might be extended to other
parts of the South.
,uh mennedy' the South Texas cattle King
VINO recently sold out to an English con1 %
p""y' mad one of the largest ranches in
'"V otate' having 10000 acres of land
unoer fence, upon which he fed 50 o0o
"eao or cattle and 10000 head of horses
Negotiations are in progress for the
purchase OF land in Eastern North Caro-
a,na n Nhereupon to settle colony Of
owedes' who are expected to arrive ot
ne" ork early in the SPRING A Ioco-
tion near the Pamlico river in Roo,,fo"t
county. f..,. ..... - -'e'ulorC
IN, Agricultural Department Of souf,,
carolina will probably send an agent to
Germany to induce immigration lo rrLo., ~
IS some talk of managing this oooncu i,
connection with those of North Caroline
and Georgia, thereby securing create.
reuVahtages with less outlay.