The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-11-16

otherwise than pleasant and profitable.
MEssRs. SELLERS & MCCLARIN of North
Carolina, have been ON u visit to Camden and
its vicinity in search of Turpcntnc lands,
without meeting with what they desired.
What they want is body cf at least ten
thousand acres, on which they can place
twenty-five or thirty hands for their turpen-
tine operations, and want that in the neigh
borhood Of Rail Road or River facilities.
Who has the wished for location for sac !!
1t is their desire to purchase, not rent, and
bling their families making permanent se:-
tlcment, and carry On a planting interest.
D., They found some who cfcred objections
to the introduction of North Carolina labor
ers, as they n,ig hit commit depredations on
the property of their neighbors,-it is not
probable that Atosr Gallaleans are more adct
cd to the practice than those to the ':marror
born both are bad enough, ..- e.. .
Since the above was i'll type, We are
,lc;lScd to learn that the gentlemen above
referred to. have succeeded in making satis:
flctory arrangements f''r their enterprise,
having rented Of Gen. j. ID. Kennedy, i por-
ton of Betty Neck plantation, on the opp
ste side of the Watercc, and intend to COM
mcn,c operations at All early day. We trust
this. is butthe comWcleeilept. ufother, en-
tcrprses for which our vicinity is applicable.
The PINE LxNDs o. REPRESENTATIONS
fcpo ter interviewed >,ut short time since,
certain gentlemen from the old North State,
who had been down in this County prospect
ing with the view to ESTABLISHING one on morc
turpcntine farms in the vicinity Of Cam
den.
1t is familiar fact to many ofour readers:
that in the olden time, previous to the war,
several large turpentine farms were success
fully and proftably carried on here, and
that it was owing entirely to the general
devastation which this country suffered from
the passage of Sherman's army, in 1863,
that the business ceased to be profitable.
Even now, some of our friends are engaged
in this business and they speak anything but
despondingly Of their SUGGEST The only
thing of which any of them complain is the
lack of capital, with which they could easily
regulate labor and control it, thereby making
the business still more profitable than it now
is.
Since direct communication has been open
ed with Wilmington. N. c. the great market
for naval stores, nearest to us, by means OF
The steamer Isis aud the Wilmington Colunl-
bia Augusta , Rail. Road, via Sumter:
which has already brought down freight
prices, by the competition thus excited, we
regard it safe to say, that never before in
our history as people, could the business
of a turpcntinc farm be conducted with as
great profit, and to see gentlemen from
another State coming to our County and
making investigations with a view ofcstabllsh
ing such farms, is sure indication of the
truth of what we say.
This County abounds in large, yes, Immense
tracts of land, thick, by wooded by the pine
and peculiarly adapted to the cultivation
and production of rosin and turpentine.-
These lands are very near the Wateree river
and can be rented for mere song. Should
a purchase be desired, there are many per.
sons here who would willingly sell their SUI
perabundant wood lands ut very small price
and upon the most reasonable terms Now
would be the time to purchase lands, for our
people are coming to the conclusion
that it is best to economize in their
lands and utilize them as much as possible.
In point of health, we have no hesitation