The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-06-03
GEO. Med. MILLER.
For the anderson Mtel(iQencer.
ToWNYILLE. S. c.. Nav

Mr.. EDITOR: Yesterday we visited Mr..
Thomas Harper's Mills on Martins Greek, one
mile south of Hunnicutt's Crossing on the
B. R. r. R. The mill house is three and a
half story building, and the machinery is all
cast. The miller informed me that he could
grind eight bushels of corn per hour. Mr.. H.
also has well-arranged tan yard with Is vats,
and he conveys the water from his mill race to
his bark mill in race some 20 feet above the
ground. He is carrying on large boot and
shoe shop, black smith shop and store. The
mills were built by M. R. Hunnicutt who, at
that time, owned the place. Everything shows
life and prosperity around the plantation.
We had the pleasure of forming the &C.
quaintance Of Mr.. Paul H. Webb, who is farm
ing on Martins Creek. We were not acquain-
ted with him, but were so struck with his farm,
and the mode and manner in which he cult
Yates it, we were forced to stop and call him
out. He informed us that he had been rner-
chant in Charleston all his life till the last four
years, which he had devoted to farming; what
he knows about farming he has got from books,
agricultural papers, observation and expert
ence; he is an advocate of deep blowing and
high manuring; his cotton really looks poison
ous though he said it was planted rather late.
noticed that his low-land and upland bitches
were wide and had good slope.
We met with DR.. T. L. Lewis, who says he
thinks the crops in the neighborhood of Perry
vile and Fort Hill are some two weeks later
than this time last year, though they are look
ing we'll. On our way back we had the pleas
ure of dining with ous old friend Tilman c..
Magee, who was born near this place in the
year 1900, and who has been farmer all his
life. He informed US that he had never bought
pound of guano, but that about thirty years
ago he adopted the plan of deep plowing and
saving manure; that black smiths would often
laugh at him for having such long plows made,
and tell him that he would ruin his land. His
cotton is the finest we have seen, and he thinks
he will make bale to the acre--that is what
he always plants for. He told us that his corn
was all in bottom-and, and was late. If you
could have seen his table you would have
thought he was O. good gardener as we'll as
farmer. Let our young farmers learn from one
whose eyes were opened thirty years ago.
We spent few minutes in Mr.. w. A. Dick
sons school, who is teaching in Hepsibah
Church, two and half miles east of Townville
Mr.. D. has a aourishing school, and is COM
petent teacher Townviile can also boast of
large and Aourshing school this season, which
is under the charge of D. Petgrue Werner,
Esq.
On Monday last we were visited with fine
rain and little hail, but not enough to do
any damage. We are informed it was much
heavier north and east of this place, and that
in the neighborhood of Col. ]. w. Livingston's
mills, on Coneross, about five miles north of
here, the hail was very heavy, and did some
damage to the cotton crop. Crops about here
are rather small, but since Mondays rain are
looking we'll We hear some complaint of rust
in wheat, but arc of the opinion it is not yet
seriously damaged, Gardens are backward.
The oat crop is not good.
REPRO