Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-04-29
Plant Cotton.

~ always DllISS tllH HioHcG, ohu Will
it you will re enabled to pay for your
guano-ttat valuable and indis-
pcnsable article, without which it
would be very foolish for any man 10
try to make crop. Itis more easily
applied, and SO much better than
stable manure, and so little trouble
to procure \ rid to town or to the
depot, and the simple signing Of your
name to n slip of paper will be the
means of obtaining for you ali you
may desire. Stable manure and cot.
ton seed are too bulky, and require
SO much more labor to apply, that by
many their use is utterly ignored, and
the fashionable, cheap, valuable and
concentrated guano has taken the
place Of the old. fashioned manurcs.
Plant largely Of cotton. 1t sounds
big 10 talk about your crop Of cotton.
It serves 10 make you interested i'll
the money market and the price Of
the staple both i'll this country and
in Europe. It seems t. quicken the
pcrccptivc faculties, and cause you to
calculate how much guano you can
buy Tor SO much cotton, for by many.
this is the purpose for which it is
raised; or, if not, it is the only pur-
pose to which the money received Tor
it can be applied.
Plant largely Of cotton and neglect
your corn crop, because if you nuke
cotton you can purchase corn Con
credit, and meat, too) but if you raise
corn and Il plenty of it, you will have
fat horses, fat cattle, fat hogs, and
money i'll hand, and then you will be
deprived Of the exquisite pleasure Of
asking for credit, and being some
times refused. This luxury vii have
to be dispensed with. And do you
not desire this-of course not, for it
is such delightful feeling to owe
your factors, To be indebted to your
merchants, to know that almost every
man you meet has your note in his
pocket, past due, and to be button
holcd ard dunnc,l dozen times
Cay; it adds SO much to mans
popularity, it is 50 soothing to your
nerves. SO tmnquilizing to your
whole system; gives you such an ex-
cellcnt appetite, and produces such
quiet and refreshing slunibers, that
you cannot afford to dispense with it.
Being in debt is such IL glorious feel.
ing, SO conducive to health aud hap
pincss, that you feel it to b. youc
duty to yourself, to your family, and
TO your friends, to owe, and to do
this plant plenty Of cotton, for il will
be sure to keep you in debt, and if
this will make you contcntcd, you
will be happy indeed. You can, in
your leisure moments, sympathize
with your neiglbor who has a smoke
Louise full Of bacon, Of his own rails.
ing; II corn crib we'll filled with large
ears Of the golden grain, who has
plenty Of money and is troubled
about seeking Il safe and secure in
vestnent for his surplus. Go and see
him; you can relieve him of his
trouble; your plantation lies adjoin-
ing his, and as Il friend, assist him in
investing his money by borrowing it,
and give him mortgage OH your
place. What satisfaction this will
be to yon, to know YOU have done
your ncighbor good, and to know
that i'll few years he will have con
troll of all your premises, and you be
relieved entirely from the cares and
responsibilities Of ownership. What
a joke it will be to tell how you have
succeeded In making your ncighfor
with his corn and his meat pay the
taxes now, formerly paid by you.
But then he deserves to be punished
in this way, because lie never was
much Of planter; he only made
few bales Of cotton, and was hardly
known out Of his district; but you are
big plantcr-you make your humid
red bags, and are known in Savan-