The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26
GENERAL NEWS.

There will soon be three cotton.seed
mills in and around Cheraw, Ala
From one acre of long staple cotton in
Rankin county, Mississippi, Mr.. w.
Waddetl realized $3.50.
The Ben. Hill residence in Athens,
Ga, which some time since sold Cor &c.
900, is now held at $4,000.
A young lady near cambridge, Ga,
has about four acres in onions and exc
poets to realize II, 500 on the crop.
The number of bearing orange trees
on Halifax river, Fla, is estimated at
100000, New groves are being planted
all the time.
A bill withdrawing all public lands
in the State from sale or lease for two
years is TO be Introduced into the Texas
Legislature.
The Key West sponge fleet, number
ing 20 vessels and about COO men, is out
on a cruise. A large catch OF sponge
brings about $S00,0C0 into that city.
The entire police force of Birming.
ham, Ala, have demanded higher wages,
and refused to work. They are being
paid $50 per month in city script, dis
counted twenty per cent.
Almost within sight of the Court
house at Monticello, Fla, there are 800
acres of watcrmelons and 90 acres in
potatoes. These croIs are estimated to
bring the producers $4,000.
The Ncrth Carolina State Poa1G o
Agriculture have decided to make q full
displly of State products at the fair of
the New England Mechanics Institute
at Boston, in September next. An am
pie appropriation will be made to secure
an admirable display.
The Charleston News and Courier
states that South Carolina phosphates
are in demand in almost every market,
and South Carolina fertilizers are pro
nounced by progressive farmers to be
the cheapest and at the same time the
M at valuable commercial manures that
can be used in the cultivation of our
various crops. More than So, 900, 900 are
invested i'll the manufacture of fertil-
izers i'll that State, and very large cap
ital is also employed in the mining of
phosphate rock.
The great bulk of the jugware used in
the South is manufactured above Ath
ems, where clay especially adapted to
this purpose is found. 1t is taken from
the banks of streams and all the work
done by hand. Aman can manufacture
about 100 gallons day, but a one-leged
jugmaker in Jackson county easily put
up 200 gallons. The clay is first ground,
every lrmp carefully weighed, when the
vessels Are fotmed around q revolving
wheel turned by the foot. They are
- then baked in furnaces and g azed with
glass, They sell for about four cents a
gallon at the works.
The story is told that some distance
down the Georgia railroad, not far from
Augusta, Il case was before a Justice,
and an Augusta lawyer was one of the
attorneys employed. The lawyer, hay
ing all the facts md the law that he
desired in the case, made little or no
argument before the Justice, but to his
utter astonishment the case was decided
against him. After court was over the
lawyer went to the Justice privately and
asked him how in the name of common
sense he could decide that case AZ he
did. He simply replied: "Well now,
sir, we Justices know a great deal more
about these cases than is ever brought
up before the court.
Montgomery, Ala, has the following
manufactures now in operation: Two
oil mills, one Touring mill, one cotton
mill, two planning mills, four grist mills
two ice manufactures, two candy man
ufactories, two sodawater manufactures,
two carriage manufactures, one furni.
ture manufactory, one broom manufac
tory, one tinware manufactory, on
clothing nanufactory; one wagon ma n
ufactory, one cigar manufactory, one
fertilizer works, one iron works, two
marble works, two railroad machine
shops, one railroad car works, one gin
andmachinc works, one cotton compress,
one oil refinery, two iron foundries
four printing houses. four brick yards
The above makes total of AZ establish.
ments in operation, which is a fair ex-
hibit for city comparatively unknown
as manufacturing point
There is talk in Georgia of purch asinp
Liberty Hall, Alexander Stephens late
residence, by voluntary contributions
and retain in it the famous rolling chair
and other relics, making it peculiar
pilgrim shrine for the people of the
State, especially the young men. 1t il
also suggested thot the State employ
some famous sculptor to make statue