Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-08-04

as0us WI eooTc, uuu ~ ia uOSOtst!stH cSSenttGt
to our progress that We shnll make an exhi.
bition creditaolo TO our grent State.
No portion of the United States offers
greater inducements to capitalists than South
Carolina. In our ipox hanstible wnter pow ers,
our mineral wealth, our fertile soil and genial
climate, we have tho means of attracting
capital and labor, but it will require effort
and perseverance to accomplish this rosult.
Tho department desires for exhibition
samples Of the products Of euery couaty-.
wheat. corn. oats. peas. rye, barley, rice,
buck wheat. flax. olives, peanuts. tea, tobacco,
millet, clover and grasses. dried fruit, ohufas,
Dolasses, honey, beeswax, wines. woods,
stone and marble Wo especially desire
specimens of cotton, cotton goods. minerals
and wool. We want several hundred samples
of Upland and Sea Island cotton, on the
the stalk, in the seed and lint; wool. washed
and unwashed. from all the breeds of sheep
raised in tho State and minerals of every
kind from each locality where they exist;
| phoapbates. phosphate rocks and sholl marie,
Indian curiositice and relics.
| After the Atlanta exposition tho speeim ems
Will DO placed on permanent exhibition ut
the department. rooms at Colombia, carefully
marked with the name of county and con-
tributor
n committee of five practical citizens, one
from each Congressional District. has been
| appointed by our board of agriculture to
attend the exposition. They will make o
repnrt of their ohservations on tho improved
| machinery on exhibition, and we trust the
report will be of great benefit to our plan.
| ters.
| Wo earnestly appeal to you to help us in
! this work by sending any article you think
will be valuable or interesting. Any sug.
gestions you will be kind enough to make that
will aesist us in accomplishing our object will
be appreciated
All articles should bo plainly marked with
name of county and contributor and for-
wnrdcd to tho undersigned. The department.
will pay all expenses Of shipping. Very
respectfully,
A. P. BUTLER,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Suggcstions of Capt. G. j. Greene as to
the preparation Of timbers for the Atlanta
exposition.
In regarI to the timber. our forest, espe-
cially tho mountains contain a variety Of
valuable timber which should attract tho
attention Of manufacturers elsewhere.
AS to their preparation for exhibition
would suggest that cross section about three
feet in lengtb Of tho different varieties be pro-
cured with the bark on. These should be the
found. They should include pine, poplar,
white oak, post ouk, spanish oak. black wal.
NUT hickory (white,) sweet gum, beech, liz,
red and black, birch. wild cherry, ash, por-
eimmon, sour wood, dog wood, laurel and
ivy.
Similar pieces. but not so long, should bo
sawed and split directly through the center
and ono Of these halves plnned and varniahed
in order to show the grain and texture Of the
wood.
1t is unnecessary to saw it into plank. The
person looking aftor timber wishes to see tho
size, the bark, the grain aud growth Of tho
wood and it IL shown in this form betor than
any other.
Those samples need not be as long as I
suggest. but they should be tho largest of the
kind and the bark should in all cases be left
on They should be sawed nice and square
and there should be some uniformity n their
preparation and each piece should be properly
labeled. tho kind Of wood and where it is
grown.
The reports rs to the condition Of the Presi-
dent have been very favorable for several days,
and the opinion is low freely expressed That his
recovery is a mere matter of time. On the 3lst
ult. his bed was elevated to an inclined plano
and he lay in this position some time. On that
day he partook of several ounces of solid food.
The same rest and refreshment was repeat ed on
tho lst instant and he expressed himself rs
feeling better than at any tine since bis wound.
On Saturday and again on last Monday expert
mcnts were made with nm electrical apparatus,
called the induction balance. 10 ascertain the
locality Of the ball After a number Of OK
periments the conclusion was reached that the
ball '.lies in the front wall of the abdomen,
about fvo inches below and to the right Of the
naval and just over the groin" The depth of
tho ball from the front cannot be ascerlaincd by
the instrument The surgeons hardly think it
will cause any serious annoyance unless it has
carried pieces of bono with it in which event
an abscess night be formed AT P. NJ. of the
lst instant tho improvement Of tho President
was progressing fayorably and the opinion was
expressed that with like improvement he would
be able TO sit up in two or three weeks Every
indication now seems 10 point to recovery.
despatch from Washington, Aug. Q, 1915
p. M, gays the President is constantly improv.
ing in health and strength
The statement made by the Atlanta correspon.
dent Of the New York Herald of the immense
sum, nggregating hundred million Of dollars,
which hns been subscribed north of the Potomac
and in Europe for the purchase aud building of
railroads at the South and the development Of
her industries, read like n chapter taken from
romance in which syndicates, more wealthy
than tho tabled Monte Cristo of Dumas, parcel
out between them tho whole territory Of the
South 10 cover it with q network Of railroads
open its mines, build factories and mako its
waste places blossom the rosc 1t is vol,
after the devastation wrought by tho war and
tho abolition Of slavery, such material blessings
should follow in their train, even though tho
men who dispense them expect to rsap q profit
from their energy and lavish expenditure Of
capital. They havo done all they could 10 for