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1878.
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Wheat Culture.
Wheat is not a profitable crop in
this climate, nevertheless we would
advise every farmer to grow enough
for home consumption, if nothing else
but “ the glorious privilege of beiDg
independent.” There is a luxury too,
in the enjoyment of a cake which you
know contains neither kaolin, terra
alba or plaster of paris.
Its enemies. —Wheat is subject to
injury from the Hessian fly, smut,
and rust. The Hessian can be check
mated by sowing your wheat after a
killing frost. He disappears after a
freeze, and your wheat stem by spring
will have become too hard for him
to do much damage.
Smut can be prevented by soaking
the wheat in a strong solution of blue
stone, (and be sure that the blue stone
is dissolved). It blue stone is not
convenient, a solution of copperas or a
6trong brine and rolling in lime will
be efficient. Don’t neglect the pre
caution because “ you have never had
smut in your wheat.” It may appear
when you least expect it. The soak
ing pays well' anyhow in getting rid
of faulty grains, white caps, chaff and
cockle.
Bust. There is no remedy or pre
ventive that we know of. It makes
its appearance in all seasons, on all
sorts of soils and in all varieties of
wheat. It is a mystery, and has baffled
all the experimenters. “ Enpassant,”
we suspect that all the rust proof
wheats are humbugs. “ Let the buy
ers beware.”
Selection of Seed. The farmer must
be governed in this by' the experi
ence of his neighbors. Some varie
ties of wheat will succeed better on
some soils than others.
Quantity. About one bushel of soak
ed wheat per acre will be found suffi
cient, if the ground has been well pre
pared. If you sow late you should put
down more, for the plant will not till
er so well. It is needless to say that
the more thoroughly the soil has beon
ploughed, the greater the certainty of
a good return. Plow in close with a
bull tongue, brush or roll carefully,
and then open the water furrows be
tween the lands, in order to carry off
the surplus water, which may collect
in the field.
Never pasture wheat when the
■fF3tra u is“Wetr~^a¥turiTlg.with small
animals when the ground is dry is not
detrimental, and will often protect
you from injury by spring frosts.
Fertilizers. Wo have never found
any fertilizer more convenient or ef
fectual than cotton seed, plowed in
with the wheat at the rate of twenty
five or thirty bushels to the acre.
Some very interesting and instruc
tive experiments upon the farms about
the city have been published. They
have shed a flood ofiight upon a sub
ject imperfectly understood by far
mers. There can be no doubt of the
ameliorating influence of the pea crop
upon soils. If the addition of the
“ Ash element ” is not too costly, and
produces such effect as is claimed for it,
there is no excuse for our dependence
on the far West for our flour.
Oats.
It is not too late to sow the Eed
Oat. It is useless to risk any' other
variety. An experience of several
years has convinced usof this fact. The
oat is an invaluable food for work an
imals, and can be grown more
cheaply than corn. If sown even now
it will be surer to yield a good return
than if sown in spring. Your cotton
is now nearly picked out, sow the
field down in oats, turn under the
pods, leaves and litter, and if you do
not make a big crop of oats, y r ou will
protect your soil from being leached
by the winter rains and have a green
crop to turn under. Our cotton fields
are much more damaged by’ the win
ter leaching than by the production
of a cotton crop.
Barley.
Don’t neglect to have some rich lots
in the neighborhood of your barn and
stables in barley and oats. It will fur
nish a nice bite for your work ani
mals in the spring, and save many an
ear of corn. Sow two bushels of barley
and one of oats per acre. After the
barley has been ted off, the oats will
come out and give an extra good bite.
Grass.
Clover, herds grass or orchard grass
may yet be sown if your ground is
prepared. You can never be too well
supplied with grass lots about the
homestead. They are great promo
ters of health, as well as safety valves
to the corn crib.
Eighteen miles west of Fargo, Minn.,
is a farm of 100,000 acres which is own
ed by a company of Eastern capitalists.
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
dkituarn.
Captain William Bird was born in
Charleston, October 17,1794, was mar
ried to Miss Susan Mood, October 17,
1815, joined the Methodist Church
about the time of his marriage, and
died in his nativecity, AugustflO, IS7B.
He was more than an ordinary man.
Blessed with a stalwart physique, he
was well fitted for the stern activities
of life ; and with a spirit in keeping
with his body, he overcame difficul
ties before which many of his less
resolute cotemporaries gave way. He
was a man of heroic courage, and was
a terror to evil doers, particularly
that class who in the earlier days of
Methodism attended our churches,
seemingly’ with no other object than
to disturb the peace of the worship
pers.
Our bi’other was moreover a phi
lanthropist of the highest ty’pe. The
suffering and the distressed never ap
pealed to him in vain, and as long as
he had means, his hospitality knew
no limit. His doors were alway’s
wide open to his friends, especially to
the embassadors of Christ. The min
isters appointed to the charge to
which he belonged were received by r
him with open arms, and not unfre
quently they wero taken with their
families to his own comfortable home,
and after their fatiguing journeyings
in dead of winter, were there thawed
and rested in the genial atmosphere
of his family’ circle.
Brother Bird was in all relations of
life a reliable man. His engagements
were esteemed sacred, and he made
it a controlling principle of his char
acter never to have another do for
him what he could do for himself.
Hence, duty always found him at his
post. And the same strict integrity
which governed him in his personal in
terests, controlled him in his religious
obligations.
Ho was never absent from the
Lord’s House, when able to be there.
Going up to worship through incle
ment weather, on one occasion, a rela
tive kindly’ protested against the ex
posure. His reply was, “ My’ rule is,
if I could get to my business, I can go
to my church.”
His sterling qualities as a Christian
and as a business man wore so appre
ciated, that he was made chairman of
all the business committees of the
Methodist Church in Charleston. He
was’Chairman of the original Board
of Trustees of our church property in
the city, serving with George Chrietz
berg, Henry Muckenfuss, George Just,
John Mood. Abel McKee, Samuel J.
Wagner and John McKee. For more
than forty years he was chairman of
the Board of Stewards of Bethel
Church, where he held his member
ship to the time of his death. In all
these public, as well as in his private
relations to the church, he made duty
the law of his life.
Asa Methodist, while he was no
bigot, he was decided, devoted and
ardent. It was this type of religion
which gave color to his piety, and im
petus to his spiritual energies.
His force of character, his fervor
and his fidelity’ in the cause of his
Master, conspired to make him, for
more than half a century, a represen
tative Methodist in Charleston.
He was a warm friend of the y’oung
people around him, was ever in sym
pathy with the earnest, impulsive
characters that he chanced to find
among the youth and younger man
hood of the community. He was in
favor of bringing this class —even
children —formally into connection
with the church. As the result of
his pious example and godly admoni
tions, it was the privilege of the
writer, not long before the death of
our venerable friend, to receive into
the church, two of his young grand-chil
dren, sons of the Bev. U. S. Bird, now
a memoer of the Florida Conference.
At the time of Brother Bird's death
he filled the responsible position of
Port Warden, which position he had
held for years, with credit to himself
and satisfaction to the authorities.
As he lay dying, his thoughts at
times, with their native vigor and
grip, seemed busy with the duties of
his office, insomuch that they’ could
only be disengaged by the charm that
haloes the name of Jesus. At the
mention of that name, his features
would throw off the expression of
business care, and a holy, peaceful smile
would light up his wrinkled face.
As the gathering shades of death
were dimming the old man’s vision,
he appeared not to recognize some of
his earthly friends. The writer asked
him, if he knew Jesus? At once the
powers of mind and memory recol
lected themselves, and he replied with
full-toned emphasis, “ O yes, I know
Him 1”
We buried our dear old brother in
the tranquil shades of Bethel Church,
within whose walls he had so long
worshipped, and for whose welfare be
had so long worked, —fit resting place
| for such precious dust. A large con
-1 gregation of brethren, friends and cit
izens were present to show their ap
| preciation of the Christian and the
| man.
Thus, one by one, the living links
which have bound our modern Meth
odism to the great characters and
grand achievements of her long ago,
are dropping from the chain. May
those that are forged without the
glow and heat of the former fires,
prove to be as bright and strong as
they. Wm. C. Power.
Ciiarles M. Gruber was born in
Charleston, S. C., on September 29th,
1798. He was baptized by’ the llev.
E. Faber, of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church of that city, and was also con
firmed in that Church, of which he
continued to be a member until 1820,
In 1822 he was married to Mary Ann
Mealy, who was a member of the
M. E. Church. He then changed his
membership to the church to which
his wife belonged, and continued in
its communion till his death, which
occurred on the 14th August, 1878, at
the residence of his eldest son in States
ville, N. C.
Brother Gruber was an earnest and
zealous Christian. Soon after he con
nected himself with the Methodist
Church, he was appointed a class lead
er, and licensed to exhort. In these
offices he employed his gifts in the
service of the .Master for forty-five
y’cars with fidelity. Forty’ years ago
he organized a prayer-meeting in the
yard of the South Carolina Railroad,
where some of the present preachers
of our Conference made their first el
forts to lead the devotions of a con
gregation.
For some years ho held the office of
captain of the magazine and powder
receiver, giving satisfaction by his
faithful performance of his duties, al
ways endeavoring to maintain a good
conscience both to God and man. In
the domestic relations he was a de
voted husband and father; and his
generous hospitalities were shared by
his brethren and friends.
Possessed of a strong and vigorous
constitution he out-lived most of his
contemporaries, for by reason of
strength he numbered about four
score y’ears. The ruling passion
strong in death, the night before his
departure from this world, he sang a
long hymn and pray’ed a long prayer.
He trusted in his Saviour even to the
end. His aged widow" and surviving
children have comfort in the recollec
tion of his devoted Christian life.
W. S.
The Raleigh Christian Advocate will
please copy.
William T. Patrick was born Au
gust 6th, 1834, and died of heart dis
ease, July 17th, 1878, near Ebericzer
Church, Orangeburg County, S. C.
Brother Patrick joined the Metho
dist Church in the twenty-second year
of his age, a few years afterwards was
converted, and lived a consistent mem
ber till his death. Knowing the na
ture of his disease rendered him liable
to death at any’ moment, he told me
a few days before his death he was
prepared for the change whenever if
might come, nothing giving him
trouble but the leaving of his family
to struggle in the battle of life with
out his counsel and help. He was a
kind husband and father, and the
gentle manner in which he conducted
himself towards his family and any
visitor, made it pleasant indeed to
enjoy the hospitalities of his homo.
He was-a good man—and what more
need be said—and his genial smile
and pious example will be missed by
the community 7 in which he lived. He
left a wife and two children who de
serve the sympathy of friends.
R. W. Barber.
Died, at her residence in Williams
burg County, Septermer 28th, 1878,
of typhoid fever, Mrs. E. A. Pittman,
in the twenty’-seventh year of her age.
Of a quiet and amiaole disposition,
with gentle and engaging manners,
she won the esteem of all who knew
her. She died in the communion of
the Baptish Church, of which she had
been a member for several years.
The writer visited her during her last
illness, and found her troubled with
doubts, but these soon gave way, and
the sunlight of God’s love shone into
her heart imparting sweet comfort in
the prospect of death. Among her
last words to me were these: “ Noth
ing troubles me now, I want to go and
be with Jesus.” She leaves a grief
stricken husband, two little children,
and many’ friends to mourn her early
departure. A. B. L.
John Lanham, infant son of B Levi
and Josephine Allen, was born Sep
tember Ist, 1877, was given to God in
holy baptism, May 4th, 1878, and went
to live with the angels, after a long
and painful illness, 14th October, 1878.
W. W. M.
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State of SouTn Carolina.
Office of State Superintendent of Education,
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Messrs. Walker, Evans A Cogswell:
Genthmen : It gives me pleasure to inform vou
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have been placed upon the list of books adopted
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Very respectfully,
IIUGII S. THOMPSON,
State Sup’t Education.
From School Commissioner, Union County , S. C.
Jonesville, S. C. Sept. 19th, IS7B.
Messrs. Walker, Evans it Cogswell:
Dear Sirs: I am truly rejoiced that we have a
State Board who seem disposed to encourage
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From Henry /'. Archer , Principal Bennett Public
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Charleston, S. C., October Ist, 1878.
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A Cogswell, 1 do not hesitate to say that in point
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Rector Cokesbury Conference School.
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Messrs. Walker, Evans A Cogswell :
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