The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-04-25
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PArRoS1ZE HOME ENTERPRIsEs


our people viii take hold of new fang led notions
quacks aud humbugs, and turn the GOLD shout
der, or give the 60 bye to old and tried friends
and things.
SO often do we hear doctrine inculcated by
the press, upon the stump, and In common
everyday conversation, to make anu produce
all our ncccsSarics at home, $50 for US we
CAM anu encourage and patrOntzc home en-
tcrpriSes, that any one not familiar with our
practices would naturally conclude that we
buy but very little from abroad and that
money is flush among us, all the time. But,
sad 10 relate, such is far from being the case
Instead of practicing that which we teach to
others and getting thoroughly in the way OF
making and producing all, or nearly all, our
neccSsaries for home consumption, auu patrohlz-
ing our home enterprises, we are buying more
Guano from abroad, planting more cotton anu
less grain and still more then ever IN the past,
we are buying nearly all the provisions VIC cat,
nearly all the shoes and clothes that we wear,
nearly all the wheels that We ride Oh, nearly all
The implements and machiacry that we use, and,
in fact, nearly every thing is bought from the
North out Vt the snail proceeds OF or k'"y, Cot
ton. Even the very seeds that we plant and
the trees that we expect 10 cat fruit from are
uuN being bought from the North.
10 .iNc YOU an cNAmulc how our people Will
refuse 10 pairvniIc an enterprise which Is, |
,asn; say nearly right among us, and one
Which has been thoroughly tested and found
perfectly reliable, and now they will take right
hold Of something that Is way oil III The heart OF
the North, entirely WatTitG and Ut%Hoca by us,
let ne relate what happened only few days
ago, right in my Immediate ncighborhooI, and
which came under my personal knowledge:
There came around gentleman ON foot, re
presenting Fruit II iee Nursery in North Caro-
lima, oar sister State, whose brave sons wore the
same gray, bore the same arms, and marched
shoulder to shoulder under the same flag, and
a. ,.,tI
the heroes Of our beloved State OF South Caro-
lima This man, showing by his economical
way of travelling that he was not for making
u fortune in day, was ;old when Inc asked
our people TO subscribe for Fruit Trees,
that, 1--WE can subscribe for Fruit Trees to-day"
And 50 he passed on, plOdd!ng his way, wca-
ricd and worn. lie was representing nursery
which is of long standing, and one that has proven
to be reliable. lie was selling fruit scions at
- ccutS apiece, and, rs usual, replace all that
did not live, free. This PROMISE they Will make
good, for know n man living not two miles
from here. who bought trees from u Grceas-
borough Nursery, and when some OF the trees
died. they replaced them free. Just upon the
heels of the aforesaid gentleman, there comes
along an oily tongucd fellow, i'll fine apparel,
with negro man driving him around behind
two fine horses, representing nurscry i'll Penn
Sylvania, when 10 and behold some Of those
same gcntcmcn,--and they are among our best,
and most Intelligent citizcns,-who had said 10
to the po0r man on too,, now says ycS, to the
Vorthrrn dealer ana slaps their names down 10
= contract r.,liur sum,ihinr after This form:
plcnsc forward to me the following bill Of
,rr.s shruhs nlorts e,c +, Union. s. &.
On tho Jrl,vrrv of This lii of trees etc. NJ
the nhnyc named uluce il shall be considered as
delivered TO me, ut which time and place |
,romi.r ,o nav Ia vou ar your order. the sum
~ I,Iiors ,uI c,n,s for y,lue re-
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