The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-05-04
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ssoi 90 she planter. Therefore where all
tho apsesssry supplies Of the farm have
70 he1 hoaght, and bought, too, ofS
ossSiac Hishs the nnav v9idab!e addition Of
IsEss spercentage on price to cover
inssEssk aud riak, tho result of the years
ersRneisa aIways extremely doubtful,
WAsshsg il viii pay the expenses incur
q sEdaqt This is speculation, pure
- ale and one in which all the
ehaaces are against the plauter. He
assumes MI the risk, furnishes the land,
tApstssmB, and the labor; and long,
afaaoaa and nnremitting labor it is, from
&ssnHsya till December. He takes the
saaeess OF rain and drouth, and storm
ssa aeind, Of rust, smut, blight, mildew,
Bud szorm,. cut worm, boil worm, army
vsssss crows, moles and thieves. What,
eseEai 10 lost BY all these causes is his
toSs, and his only, unless all his assets
are not enough to cover the debts he has
sontraeted.u "a
The money lenders and commission
aaefchant3 hold their lien on his crops Of
eSsn, faader, cotton, peas aud hay aud
tAsif mortgage on all the mules and
oxen and wagons, plows and hoes and
uzesaiiAhd if the crop fails, and all
thesearc inadeapate to pay the advances
thsy,iharay still equal rights with other
essditoss, and may proceed by common
lsiu to ABSORB all the property in lands
stgekssand other pelf, of which the un.
s0stnnafe speculative farmer NAV be
pGasassed. He can take refuge only in
inaolseney and the homestead. This is
tale actual chance assumed by every
pleiter who enters on the years work
ey tiahurring debt for provisions and
fastiliaars eenal to u m oiety Of what his
fssAIiisc capable of producing, with the
asbor and means available; and this
pefhApa is the chance actually assumed
hgohsore than one half the planters in
0edfgia and Carolina to-day.
Isaasdiately upon the close of the
sAAf, ssalleh sur farms were run down to
fhe <stg ipeins Of abandonment and the
eeaasEy was utterly devoid of means of
sscsessaiiOn, borrowing was resorted to
90 . temporary measure, only to get
stars OF food and stock. until crop
shahidh % matured. For such purpose
shd As snch a time it was justifable to
aaticiPate to- small extent. But the
rsseticS has not been dropped; it has
assh continued from year to year, and
.es o..ueioa 10 ever before us-one big
- y. sos'.n ~ . nisi' pr'ce Will set us
60. &o0a crops arc neglected, raising
- -, e"u saving manure ana all TIE
- 1ses0.a''9 ., 'he iafm' small though
- Va 'hem oe' are utterly sighted,
- - @ e.of. rs con'en'ra'eo on cot
q =, Ao oo'y '.ouo'e ABOUT the cotton
, ~ - "''st sec ""a' "o want ior IT
s1a .s,s too o''en IL ID the case that all the