The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-06
II dOYEMENT ON 0UINo.
Ap INT t$asstlns' interview wifA q Georgia
.Se9nypr-'A PHopoSision to Prohibit Its
Mahufacaure and Itsxmportatiou.

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fAp ntSssstlns' 'tntssview wiA'a oeopsia
.So9nypr..A PropoSision to Prohibit Its
mahufacsura and Its' Importation.
tFrom the Atlanta Constitutional
i Yesterday a Constellation feporter,
who had somewhat recovered from the
shock produced by tho Introduction Of
bill In the Senate by Senator Nc.
Whorer, proposing to make tho i'm
p0ft9tlon 0fcommercial fertilizers or
thtlr Inaiihtacttife IN Georgia All offense
punishable hsa ;mistlemeanor--as l,e
started out to say, the reporter met
Senator McWh0rter, and lodKinag Tuip
into that face which Is jolly when
things are loliy,;and earnest when oc.
casion dchlhlids'it. asked:
"Mntor, DO You MEAN business on
your trrtilizcr bill?" =
| "Alost assurcdly | do. We are paw
ing ten million dollars year for some
thing we don't get, and propose that
we stop it, Since the introduction of
commercial fertilizers into this State
the annual increase has been alarm
ing. From very small beginning
few years ago We will for this year
approximate over a million dollars in
commercial fertilizers. TO. my mind
IT is only question of time when
Georgia will he il possible doublv
bankrupt. Not only will dur f,trmcrs
have SO over traded IN rliis single itcin
Of chemlc9tl 'ftrtilizcrs that they cannot
pay, but our la,ids will be 40 severely
taxed bv the ovcrusc of the mamtirGtSs
that they will be rendered compara-
lively worthless. Since we begun the
use ot manufactured chemical fcrtiliz-
ers, our old system of raising manuyes
ana permanently improving our soils
has been almost Abandoned. Itis easy
to. bay on t!rddit-,it. requires labor to
rafSe tr'n your lots homie fertilizers.
Our only hope for Georgia to-day is,
if possible. 70 place these chch,i:al fer
tilzcrs beyond our reach.
"Stop the sale---lGt. 0t,r farmers
InhHrfqcture solid fertilizers, such 'hs
enabled us to triple our wealth from
l840 to 1860. 1t il not my purpose to
iiJurc anybody or any enterprise. |
simply hope to divert our people 10
this question that they may stop it be-
fore 1t Is too late. am supported in
the opinion by some of our best
chemists. that the action Of the chc,ni-
calls used in the manufacture Of com
mcrcial fertilizers must DeCesSarily
DESTROY the grasses Of the soil and rem.
d'r it no pr, du tive within itaelf."
"Won't your bill meet with much
opposition~
eyes, am satisfied that this move
Will meet with formidable Opposition,
the hundreds Of thousands invested in
its manufacture, those who live out Of
its manufacture and sale, aud those
who have to collect the millions in
notes left over on the already ,ovor-
taxed and poor Of our State. Bit ]
feel a conscientious conviction that un-
less we can arrest this extraordinary
drain upon our finances and our land,
the agricultural INTERESTS Of Georgia
will and must be wrecked"
Major, can't you give us some fig
ures on the subjcct?"
81 Will submit to you. and your
readers all the facts on this dhestion
ns soon rs | can have them ARRANGED,
and am sure that you will agree
with me that it is time to stop aud
thnk."
"Tell me how much ghaho is uset,
in this StatrI"
"Bctwccn one hundred and seventy
and one hundred and sevcmty-tive
thousand tors will bp nsetl OH the crop
of 1881"
"Oh, Major, You MEM hundred
and scventy-tive thousand sacksI"
"No, don't; mean hundred and
| sCFclltN N-uNC tnouSonQ tons IL
'.Why, Major, that means hundred
and seyenty,iirc thousand bales Of
cottoh!"
"Ycs. and that means over ten mil
! lion dollars that our farmers are puv-
ing for something they could better do
Without"
When the reporter walked away he
was thinking. and there is something
IN this Interview which should set tho
whole country to thinking:
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DAMAGE TO THE RICE CRor.-Re.
ports received from fortv-sevcn rice
Dlan tatioms Uti the Conibnhce nnd
Ashepoo rivers, Rantowlcs creek,
EdiSto river, nnl the eastern and west
rrn branches OF Cooper river show
that Tic INJURY fion tho storm to both
plantation 3 and crops has been very
serious. or the whole number meli-
toned, twenty four only escaped with
light loss; others have entirely or al:
most entirely been covered with wdtcr
Breaks are reported at over thirty
places. and Young rice planted in Nav
and June is considered Il total loss.
March rice which is nearlr ready for
harvesting has suffered fr8ii forty to
| hity hfr cent. as many Of the fields
are Etlil t'illrr water: No definite fig:
nrcs OF the loss can yet be given:
CoLOHED Ku-KLUX.-On Wcdnes-
day night of laft week, ns we. are re;
hably intnrmcd; party Of disguised
culorcu men entered cabin on the
farm or Santa McCulloch near Rob-
bins for the phrposc ot whipping the
co,lored occupants. They chusIit and
whipped numerically a colored wo-
man and then started to drag her
brother from bed for the purpose Of
intlicting similar punishment. Break.
ing loose iroit them tie attacked man
secured IN axe and succeeded in xiii:
ing one of his assailants. An INQUEST
was held by Trial Justice Dunbar on
Friday, but we have been unable to