The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-08-18

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some items Ut interest and Information
+ concerning my work. | have not re-
| vi.cu NV hooks thoroughly us yet, and
can therefore give only III approximu-
, ton.
! Total population OF township,."...3, 900
" hltca, Ei;ic, uoO
| lclila!S, .............................. o"o
COlOrGd, male, 3oO
lc!llhic, .......--...................... oou
! IUtal whites, ,-Jo
X" culUreG ...........................l,S7 SO
! 10. of votes, white, e,.................... 27G
cOiOred, ,...................... 3O2
lOlal votes, 300
| CROP statistics show 4 large area and
; WELD of cotton, 10 The dctrimcnt Of pal
aIabie and nutritious esculents and The
more substantial cereals and uccc:S;lrlcS;
of life. Barley and rye receive but little
attention, while peas, beans, and pOla-
toes arc almost entirely ignored. sheep
and hogs have uwi!Qlcl 10 :: mere nand-
iul. Experience OF The past should
! teach Us that such 4 state OF affairs
should not exist. Bread and incat
should be the prime object of the i;lrm-
cr, or he cannot expect TO achieve sue
cess in Il satisfactory degree. There is
one neighborhood in the township that
vcrlies this hcory fully, in the prosper
| iLy and thrift apparent on every hand.
! | will c;;il it the AlcGcc settlement, as
there arc more prosperous families OF
that name in it than of any other, and |
mean Jisparagement to none, when |
mention the names of NJ. B. McGee,
| w. =. McGce, Jessie $. McGee, the
Darmores, Raysors, Benjamin Smith
and others of the same sort, whose sue
cess is - living monument in behalf of
this policy. | know the meat and wool
question has obstacles to contend with,
! and these difficulties are frequently
quoted, but would not the difficulties be
removed by prohibition tax on dogs,
and general culture Of swine? | think
so, for the people would commence
sheep raising again, and if every one
would attempt to raise hogs there would
be 10 necessity for stealing, lorall would
be supplied. Let every one consider
I this matter, and he will see that the
comparative failure thus far has been
owing to the fact that too few were ell
gagged in 1t.
Our old and valued friend, Mr.
| Ezekiel Raysor, although veteran
four score years, RECALLED me for over two
hours in discussing topics of great inter
est. He is as elastic OF mind rs boy Of
! fourteen. His fountain Of Wit and hu-
NOR is not ut all abatcd by the ravagcs
of time, and would be glad TO perpct-
/ ,latr the items of interest lie advocated,
! but circumstances Will not permit me to
do 50, at any length. One item, how
lever, / will mention, which he 'old me
with that gu-to thai is characters Tic OF
| | Il l.,,i l.,r, l,.,fl l.,,,
| in the last four Years eight sets Of twins,
born, all in Cokcsbury township, save
one pair. and that Just over tie line ia
the Donaldsvillc township. The eight
! uair, sixteen in nu!mh"r, III an area OF
! shin i'm al area Of TWO and Il haif mics,
none further from Turkey Creek than
one and Il half miles. | throw the
gauntlet to the world, and challenge
comparison on this point. HrS;.ys there
are some ;ish in the creek, but H. d0r@:I t
Know that they have anything to 90
with it.
! In my travels I have devoted . few
hurried moments in consultation with
The citizens on the important sub hjccL Of
! rcuving-thr 40 fence law" as ii is
termed. This 5 4 subject vital to the
interests Of The agricultural classics,
cIual, if not greater, than amy other.
. All rood citizens should engage in ugila-
. ling it and bringing it TO the notice OF
the public, until success it achieved.
invslimHbic advantages would accrue
: from This change, and would very soon
be apparent in the following particulars,
. viz: forests, beautiful in green, would
snom replace the naked and CALLED old
1 fields, aud hence drought would be less
( lrrIuci.t, rs it is u noted fact that tie
less timber u country affords, the more
drought. there will be in summer. Tie
great prairics of the West are sufficient
evidence Of this fact. Nothing to shield
the earth from the parching influence of
! the sun, hence there is no vapor. Sec
ondly, the health of the country would
! be better in consequence OF the timber,
which would a!;.;.fb all The malaria ari-
sing rruli OK dirty u.lir&ined ma.S!IrS,
aMI iIuncr mHiur!al diseases would all
HisappcaF; ;.nu besides. the Gn'n a"a
money thrown away making rams :nd
fencing could be appropriated to making
manurcs, draining and subsoiling our
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