Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-11-07

to him he pierced IL bnrouSh @lid
and through, and j. plungings into the
labyrihth, broSgRt truth froA the
sfemoee recesses where she delights to
dwell, and placed her, in her native
simplicity, before the eyes of men,
1t was in these pre-eminent faculties
that Mr.. Calhoun's mind resembled
the antique, and particularly, the
genuine Greek mind, which recolled
from plausibilities and looked with
.inefable disgust on that mere group
inc Of associated ideas which SO gen,
orally passes for reasoning. Thus
the author of this admirable oratioi
lin language sonorous, yet pie
m ir,rf r1ors srrd lnfia!esaphicsshoPPssht
with The critical accuracy of the
Historian, and the broad sweep o.
the Statesman-traces the career o.
Mr.. Calhoun and analyses the
events identified with it-e7cnts
which cover the history Of the coun,
try for nearly forty years, and Whose
issues lead far down the stream OF
time. Nowhere can the same amount
of information concerning Federal
politics, the great movements and
changes of parties and of men, and
the principles and motives upon
which they rested, be found in the
same brief compass.
With this speech. and with his de-
feat for the United States Senate by
the Hon. Robert Barnwell Rhett a
few weeks later, Mr.. Hammond S
public utterances and connection
with public affairs ceased for many
years.
l will now return to an earlier
period and record his works in an
other field Of labor and Of useful
ness, without which no memoir could
do Justice to the man. Active as his
interest and fruitful as his pen, in
politics and in letters, by far the
greater part Of his thought and en-
ergy had been devoted since 1883
and more especially since 1919, to
agriculture. For many years his
efforts in this direction were confined
to clearing new lands and such e2'
periments and improvements as swouio
occur naturally to the active and In
.telligent planter. In 1871, consld
erabie interest was manifested by
planters about mari as an improvel
of land, and d number Of experiment:
made by Mr.. Hammond in 1912, sat
isfed him of the value Of its appli
cation. There was an immense de
posit Containing an average of about
81 perct. carbonate of lime and
trace of phosphate mingled with SANE
mainly at shell Bluff, twelve miles
below Silver Bluff on the Savannah
River. Satisfactory arrangement
were made with the owners, boat
were built, carts and teams supplied
and hands appropriated especially TO
this work. For four years mari wa
dug and boated and hauled ant
spread, until Mr.. Hammond had ap
piled a half million bushels on hi
plantation. This was only aprelimi
nary step. Mari, or rather lime, it
chief constituent, is not manure il
itself, but only a solvent which, il
the great crucible Of the earth, pre-
pares animal and vegetable fibre 70
plant food. 1t had already done goo'
by its action on the mould which nd
ture had supplied to the land, but
reap it's full and continued benefits
was necessary that manure should b
added. Mr.. Hammond had alread
set to work to supply this need, whic
was, in fact, estimated in his earlieS
plans, with characteristic energy. II
proposed to apply annually so
bu .hels of coarse manure per acre t
one-half his planted land, alternatin
each succeeding year. This involve
the manufacture of about 10000
bushels OF manure per annum. I'll