The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-03-08
LcoMMUNlCATED.l
Mr.. Editor :

President Johnston of the Charlotte
COLUMBIA und Augusta Railroad, and
with certificate Of appointment LJ
General Hagood, of the State Agri
cultural aid Mechanical Society
your humble subscriber with two 9TH
or Carolinians has just returned from
the city of Macon, whittier he haG
gone as delegate to the Convention
that met there on the 22d Instant.
Georgia is IL great State aud Macon i.
indeed inhabited by clever men and
pretty women. It was the good for:
sune of this po3r niggcr-rulel son of
Adam to be brought up before Mayor
Huff, not long after his arrival in the
city, and after being "shown round
Town." and having had sundry cock.
tails put under my liuen, by his Hon.
or, was sent on my way rejoicing
and wondering why it was that pco.
pie were afraid Of being up before
the Mayor" am really in hopes
that the City of Macon may be ruled
over by this seltsame gentleman for
the next 1900 years and IT, It it
may be the good fortune of this reb
to 20 as delegate to at least 1900
more conventions in his city. The
Convention was one Of the finest bod
les of men, mentally and physically,
that l have met, and although many
of them p:ead guilty to the charge OF
having bought too much Commercial
fertilizer, there was yet an air OF
th' ift about several Of them, indica-
tive ot success, aud tone and bear.
Ing i'll all Of them which plainly
said,-n) Savage rules our State.
Fine speeches We're delivered by the
outgoing President, Mr.. Yancey, and
by the new presiding officer, General
Coiquitt.
',eu. G.. made one Of the finest,
plaihest, most practical farmer.like
Speeches that it has ever bten my
god fortune to listen TO, and by bis
peculiar maguifi ;ence Of person and
manner c"ptivates all who Come in con
tact with him = he is, in fact, the Wade
Hampton of Georgia. W,thout at.
tempting a sketch Of all the Il ,c
men who we're present. aud OF the iinc
speeches that were made, for fear Of
being tediouS, 1 must confne myself
to few of the leading ideas tha,
were put forth Us eninating from
The Convention.
1t wos agreed upon by ali that the
practice OF purchasing comm ercial ma
nures had too l'rgely beengonc into.
That sarMots could not make money BY
comiug in contact with manure com :
panies or any o,her companies Who's,
stocks advanced 100 per cent per AT.
mum as has bean quoted as tho al
vance of so ne Of the stocks of our
own companies at Char lesion. 1t
was arsued very truihfully that there
could be no margin for prY6ts for the
planter with cotton at l3 cents, whilst
most OF the companies had priced
their frrtilizcrs when cotton was
about 26 cents. 1t was unanimously Y
the sense of the Convention, that
more c'rn was t. he planted, and less,
much less cotton-whils. there should
be groat eff3rts to raise hogs, cattle,
sheep, mules, &c. And Mr.. Hditor,
although you, corr, spondent claims
to be nothing more than one Of the
good ordinary rebellious clod- -hoppers
OF the country, you must nevertheless
ptrdon the egolistical diglussiu,i
which | here make, of saying that
claim some sag.city for myself as u
planter bccau personal observltion
had placed me two years in Advance
of pubic opinion upon this fertilizer
question, for ycu aad the oitissLs of
Fairfield well know what were M
views in reference to them. That
they are valuable adjnncts to the
compost pile, have never doubted -
but | do believe also, that no greater
curse has attended the Arricnltural
Interests Of the 8 ate, if not Of the
South--(since the Inauguration of
nigger rulo) than has been entailcd
upon it BY the prodigal investments
of our planters in Phpspha tes. Let
ns therefore, curtuil this expenditure
AtJleast until tho prices are made to
harmonis9 With cotton aud by paying
more attention tt the preservation Of
home made manurss do away entirely
with the necessity Of purchasing.
There was another very important
resolution that passed BY large ma.
jofity +,vis q IA resolution reqasst,
ing the Legislature. to modify the
fence law, 50 that farmers would be
required to- fence their ,atook and be
made accountable for damage done
by their cattle upon the farms of 9th.
efs.@ 1c was argued aud demonstrat.
ed,that fencing upon the old plan,
with the labor now in vogue was
worth more than the land usually in.
closed. II was shown that in Vir
ginie' whore tho fonoing and forests