The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-09

take them around to the farmers aad
plaut for them, and to learn the tar
u-r how to use them perfectly before
they left them" "Eor,' said he,
-. any good thing is thrown away
al, pronounced a hunhug for the
lack uf some Ole to know how to use
it. Suppose" said he, the Singer
S. VI. Co., had sent its -tnschi'tes to
IT,: ladies without an instructor. aid
other companies the same, the; Sew;
ing Machiue would be prououucfd to.
day grand humbug. We introduced
cur machines on the same plan and
today 9 l0ths of the cotton crop IN
Georgia is planted with machines.
We we're told that there is being used
on Mr.. David Dicksou's place about
p Cotton Planters. Georgia puts 10
her fertilizers with nachiues; she
plauts her cotton with machines; she
uses Dickson Sweeps aud Walking
Cultivators for tending the crop; she
harvests her grain with Reapers; she
ruakes good -four from bad wheat by
the new patent process she makes
her free labor more reliable by intro
dacing machinery in her fields; her
agricultural interests to-day are boom
iug far ahead of any Southern State.
When the farming interest is healthy
it gives vigor and impetus to every
Industry. Fro,u what We have seen
Of .he South We know that South
Carolina has as good or better soil and
climate than any State South, aud if
what she is deficient in labor she
would make up in la5or.saviog ma
chinery her waste places would soon
blossom as the rose," and all other
industries would spring into healthy
action. Brains would control muscle;
politics would Tot interfere with our
happiness cur wives and children
(God bless tbem) would be bright and
cheerful, because there would be fewer
growing husbands aud fathers to
make them otherwise Our, heart and
hand is in the interest Of glorious.
grand old South Carolina; long may
her ahole-souled aud genial sons and
fair daughters live, and may the bright
dazzling future (Which is sure to
come if We will but reach out and
grasp it) obliterate the bitter past.
Our mechanics complain that they
cannot compete with Northern and
Eastern work, and consequently they
are forced TO work for very low prices
Now, if the farmers and necha ics
will form Joint Stock Companies and
90 to work aud make Plows, Cultiva.
tors, Seed Drills, &C., aud let the
Carriage business alone to the North,
ern manufacturer, it would be but a
few years until they will build fol
themselves trade which cannot be
taken away from them, because all OF
nearly all of these agricultural iuple
ments are patented and when you buy
your territory you need not be afraid
Of any one taking your trade away
from you. We know there are ner
who say the old way is. good enough
and persist in carrying the pumpkin
in one end of the bag and the rock il
the other, but it is because they have
not been convirced there is more
money to carry pumpkin 10 each
end. When We look back and see ou
forefathers uaking weeks prepara
tiou to travel 100 u,iles and then tax.
another week to make the trip and ye
another to return, We are forced tt
admit that the new way is the best
when We can take breakfast at home
go the 100 uiles. attend to our busi
uess aud be home to supper. The old
way was to throw the scythe frou
"early morn till dewy eve', and a
"spleudid harvester" was he who
could cut his acres of graiu per day
but the new way hooks up pair o.
horses to McCormick's Grand Reaper
and Is to 20 acres is cut and tieo
with the waste Of scarcely head o.
grain. The old way took half a loao
of wood to get a, meals Victuals, but
our improved cook stoves will cook
the meal with ne-6fth the wood and
one third the labor We say come OF
with your labor and time savers; time
is money and labor costs money and
anything which will save time and
labor is money saved, and that is
mouey made in the true sense of the
yorG. d" PALMETTO.