Edgefield Advertiser subscription and rates notice
The Edgefield Advertiser announces new terms by proprietor W. E. Durisoe. Subscriptions are two dollars and fifty cents per year in advance, three dollars if paid within six months, and four dollars if paid after a year. Arrearages must be paid before discontinuation unless the publisher opts otherwise. Five subscribers earned by one promoter grant a year free. Advertising charges: seventy five cents per square for first insertion. three quarters of a dollar for continuances. monthly or quarterly ads one dollar per square. Communications post paid will be promptly attended to.
Edgefield notice to sell lands of George Delaughter deceased
By order of Chancellor Harper the Edgefield Court House sale will occur Thursday the 13th March next during Court Week. The real estate includes Turkey Creek tract with a grist mill fifty acres, Williams tract two hundred fifty acres, Walker tract one hundred fifty acres, and Little River Mill tract fifteen acres. Two tracts on credit one and two years, two on credit one, two, and three years, with interest on the final instalments. Cash for suit costs. Purchasers must bond, secure mortgage, and provide good personal security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Edgefield Court House
George Delaughter
Turkey Creek
John Wash
John Rochell
Robert Cochran
Williams
Big Horse Creek
John Landrum
Bartlett Hatcher
Francis Bettis
Kyne
James Miller
Richard Johnson
Litle River
Little River
Abbeville
Thomas Ferguson
Tompkins, Coe
Notice of road contracts and estate claims in 19th century items
Notice states bids to be let at Liberty Hill on March 7 for rock or cast posts and road work by Upper Battalion Nim regiment South Carolina Militia. Secretary Thos J Hibler announces letting terms. Also creditors of Wilson Whatley late of Dallas County, Alabama deceased are to file claims. Allen S Whatley administrator requests payment. Local politics note announces M Graham, Esq as candidate for Ordinary of Edgefield District.
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Liberty Hill
Nim
South Carolina
Thos. J. Hibler
Board of Commissioners
Wilson Whatley
Dallas County
Alabama
Allen Swhatley
M. Graham, Esq
Edgefield
Allen's
Mt. Willing
N. Norris
Rinehart’s
Perry's
Coleman
Richardson's
Towles
Rogers
Sheppard’s
Dupton's
Saturda
Oregon
N. ¥. Courier
Washington
United States
England
The Sweet Potato Culture in the Southern States
An 1830s Albany Cultivator piece extols sweet potato cultivation in the South. It describes soil and climate needs, bed and ridge planting, and deep ploughing with successive cultivations. It notes varieties such as the Spanish potato and Bermuda, discusses yield ranges from two to five hundred bushels per acre, and offers methods for curing and winter storage aided by a straw-covered root cone buried in a dry bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
England
Spain
Canary Islands
Elvylin
Acre
Charleston
Marion
John K. White
Carolina
John Summer
Bermuda
Col
R. I. W. Allston
Georgetown
State Agricultural Society
Delinquent Subscribers and Cash Subscription Model
The excerpt discusses soil nutrition from potatoes and crop rotation, then reviews the Ohio Cultivator by M.B. Bateham. It quotes the National Intelligencer praising the new publication and argues for a cash payment in advance to avoid delinquent subscribers, advocating a one dollar annual rate.
Jeffersons Opinion on Natives and Naturalization
In his annual message to Congress Jefferson opposes native born doctrines on foreigners and urges revival of naturalization laws. He argues fourteen years residence is too long to deny citizenship and questions hospitality to seekers of refuge. A separate note urges parents to provide newspapers to children to foster literacy and prudent choices, warning against tavern spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Congress
Supreme Court case limits boarding house liability
A recent New York Supreme Court decision holds that a boarding house keeper is not responsible for items belonging to boarders stolen from the house unless the items were specieposits entrusted to the care of the landlord or landlady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of New York
Triumph of Annexation in Texas Statehood Plan
The Charleston Patriot reports the Senate and House passing Walker's joint resolution. It consents to Texas forming a new state named Texas with a republican government, detailing boundary questions, debt handling, lands, and potential future states. The amendment offers alternate admission with two representatives and funds for negotiations. It notes a separate human-interest item about Joseph D. Tisdale, a deaf-mute Indiana youth improving at Rev. Anderson's Kentucky school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Walker
Senate
House of Representatives
House
R. D. Davis
N. Ves
Hale
New Hampshire
United States of America
Congress
Republic of Texas
State of
Texas
United States
Union
MR. Walker
Houses of
Louisville Courier
Joseph D. Tisdale
Indiana
R. T. Anderson
Christian Co
Kentucky
Anderson
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Edgefield Advertiser
W. EF. Durisoe
Elizabeth Deane
Hill Richard J. Burton and
Wise
Y Ton
E. Seale
Cheathimn
Thos.j. Hibbler
Agricultural
Pomaria,s. C
National Intelligencer
Ohio
Eb Oi
Columbus
M.B. Bateham
Commonwealth
Jeremiah Higgins
Newton
Ruth
Kesistt
Jeremiah
Sweet Kesiah
Kesiah
Jenny
Jimmy Hawkins
Jerry
Kesial
Philadelphia Inquirer
France
Arthur Young
Mons. Lomond
Paris
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