The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-08
NEWS GLBANINGs.

Aho decilne OF Ralelghs trade uuriER
the past twelve months is said to be
caused by freight Determinations.
Bird's.eye maple, which sells for $50
pertl 900 feet in England, is uted for
fire wood in Westetn IN North Carolina.
The sheep men of Texas are losing
heavily. Col: w. II. Martin, from a
flock of fine merino sheep numbering
$500, lost 1900,
About"60 negroes have left North
Carolina through fear of smallpox, and
have gone to work on the turpentine
farms of Georgia.
There is talk of an elevated railway at
New Orleans, to run along the river
front at a heighth of i.teen feet above
the surface Of the ground.
In Texas the State accommodations
for the insane are utterly inadequate
There are more than 1000 subjects fit
for an asylum, who are dependent on
private care.
Information from various sections Of
North Carolina is to the effect that the
cotton crop of that State will be over
eo'ooo bales less than last year, and
that great quantities of cotton left in
Aelds unpieFed has been badly damaged
by snow.
a "Spinster Club" was organized at
Athens, Ga, for the purpose of demon
strating,the social independence of Young
women, and no men were suffered to at.
tend. Then a bachelors club was Or
ganlzed in self-defense, and at last ac-
counts they were holding joint sessions.
In consequence of the recent mileage
system of pay adopted by the Richmond
ana DanVille railroad, all the freight
car conductors save four have thrown
up their jobs. One conductor who tried
the new arrangement was not able to
make more than $19 in the, last two
weeks with all the running he could do.
Salt Lake City has projected five Nor
mon missionaries into Chattanooga, who
will distribute themselves through the
adjacent region. These young men were
originally residents of the Southern
States, having emigrated about five
years ago. 1t is said that sixty-fve
missionaries are already at work in the
South.
A statement just prepared by the
Commissioner ofsAgriculture shows that
. there are twenty-seven cotton mills in
South Carolina now in operation or near
ing completion. These mills have an
aggregate capital of $4,547, 900, run A.
120 looms, and 180,721 spindles. They
give employment to 1862 hands, and
pay out $72S,9 0 in wages annually.
1t is estimated that the cotton crop Of
1882 yielded 3,259,0O0 tons Of seed. The
oil men now pay $l2 tor for seed de-
livered at q railroad station or river
Landing, which would make the seed
crop worth $39, 100000. Dcducting fifty
per cent. of the seed for planting pur-
posea the remainder would bring S19-
100000 in the market. Only ten per
cent. of the entire seed crop is brought
to market and an immense quantity of
seed is wasted, but what is utilized for
commercial purposes is worth from S.
100000 to $10, 100000. AS long ago.
1884 an oil mill was started at Natchez
Miss, by two Georgians and Kentuck
ian, Mr.. Anderson Miller. They lost
money in it and abandoned the business
In 1847 another unsuccessful venture
was made at New Orleans, but in 1865
several mills were successfully operated
in that city, which were closed on ac-
ccount of.the war. Since the war closed
the business has assumed larger propor-
tions, and it is probable that in few
years every pound Of the cotton seed
! will be utilized for oil and oil cake, at a
larJe DrOft