The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-23

anarks t0makc 10 'outfarrhiiig friends.
THE growing crop OH hand is far from
promising. Indeed, it bids fair to
rival the memorable crop''of 1845. 1t
thus behoovcs MS, or those who arc to
fsubsist" slnake crops in 1882, to
l'hedge ag,rinst want and to%hdsband
t'and save everything tliat' ran possibly
be available for that pG,posc. 20 aid
and hclpto tide over next Season, 1t
would>be WE'LL. TO sow an album
da'ce of tnfnips; to plant in August
}'potatoes "vines--they will yet make.
month--bcst in small cotton-giving
it another plowing, and OH account Of
the sc1rcity Of seed to now turn in the
oat sthbUie Of last sowing in the fi0pc
Of securing "voluntcer crop" 8. Cut
and shock all upland corn-Kentiicky
! fashion. Shock around stakes split ut
the top, "Hf,s! having two cross slips
inserted. Tie writer has cut seven or
eight crops ilf his life, and asserts that
the long forage obtained thcrcfrom is
five times the Volume and vnlus ct f0u-
der stripped from the stalks. 4. Safe
every blade of'graSs and pca~vines on
the farm carefully. s. Later in the
fall sow an abundant grain crop, and
sow in good order. If the corn crop
is cut the lands may be ploughcd
around the shocks in September and
small grain sowcd. 6. Practice rigid
economy and be hopeful. The bad
year Of l845 was followed by rici.
F'Earvests and great prosperity.
We are Hlab0ring Uhdcr some curses
from umwisc legislation, but the OWN
ers and planters Of the soil will govern
the State, anT it will be their tlnlt if
these things arc not corrected. "An
hands .tld thc 'toUt:" have their heads
set on the repeal IT that horrid curse
and nightmnrc--thc lien law-uud it
will be repealed. This done. hard
work, close application and rigid econ,
omy will bring us thrift, abundance,
wealth. But those who expect to gain
even bread by patromiziiIg blr-roUmS
or "pokcr," and by cuIsing the lazy
negro because he won't work, we sim
ply say thcy.ar cn u hopeless track
and running down grade in chase Of
"Wards Nucks'' without brakes to
stop the train. It is the white man
ana the white man alone vie have adj
dressed. They alone can save them.
selves aud the country. God Almighty
never made the niggcr an accountable
aud shortcomings. Like an old im-
pcment Of labor he may be utilized
TOR what he is worth, but can never
be renewed.
During Il residence Of over twenty
years in ost Fairfield, it has been our
good luck to have seen many OF the
wolI rnltivutnI t,r,ns .,r tlo MI H.,
States, to have seen many Of the fertile
plantations of Florida, Georgia, Ala
DANA, Mississippi. Louisiana, Arkar~
ginia and North Carolina; 10 have
seen the rich bottoms Of the Alissis-
sippi, Red, Alabama and other rivers,
and on hnmblc opinion is that old
Fairfield and the licdnlomt slope Of
South Carolina is far ahead OF the
regions named, for many reasons:
|. Good water and good health. 9.
Absolute certainty OF productive
crops, averaging nearly the same with
same cultivation every year, with gen
|'eral freedom from destruction OF crur.
Our old district WAS literally Il "banS
Of issue" in the oldcn times to scnG
out capital to buy new lands and
negro slaves to cultivate them. The
writer can name ten plantations at the
Southwest, stocked in the past with
two thousand slaves from our old dis
trict and its hills. 1t was literally the
mother OF active men and large pluu-
ters in those new regions.
What has been done can be done
again. Cheer up ana make the old
land bloom again. There is yet I'M
told wealth in our exhaustlcss soils.
Choice, not chance, lpratcd us in
Fairfield in early life. While seeing
what is called richer sections we have
never regretted our choice of locatiun
If Young again we would commence
to farm these old hills in preference to
any spot on earth.
Man is not always the creature of
his own will or wishes. a higher
power sometimes !lec,rcs his Fare, and
If gifted with ordinary manhood and
intelligence, lrc bows and submits to
fatc and marches on to fulfill his des-
tiny. With al apology to the printer
and reader, we bid them, YOU and
dear old Fairfield respectful adicu,
rs well as the same to our nom de
plume Of Horace GREELEY.
August 22, 1881.
~ LAKdE lIANO MANDATORY. -
While 1t was we'll known that the
Mcndclssonn Piano was really a relin-
bic and excellent Instrument, ii was
hardly suspected by the other manu-
incturr' that the demand had incrruS-
cd to such an extent as to warrant the
makers in erecting the largest manti-
fnctory in tho world as centennial
memorial Of the success of the instru-
mcnt bpt such was the case. and to-
day the MenuclSsohn Piano hlanuiiic-
tory, eight stories III height, covering
$4,000 sqnair feet Of ground, from its
location ON the corner Of Tenth Ave-
nue. and 9th Street, overlooks the
Hudson River and tho greater part Of
Manhattan lsland.- Chicago Times.
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| TIGHT Boors.-Many Il woman Is
rendered completely miserable by the
| suffering caused in forcing hcr foot