The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-09-22

How THE SOUTH MAY BECOME RICu
AND 1NDEPENDENT.-The are the views
OF the agricultural editor of the New Orleans
Pcoyune:
The South evidently can never bee ,me
prosperous and independent through large
plantations and colored labor. 1t can be
come rich through small farms, mixed farm.
ing and intelli:cn, ltbor, together with its
flctories. its m mes and is forests The
mud sills OF the whole superstructurc of
prosperity in the South are mixed farming
aud Intelligent agricultural labor. This
opens the door to mtnlf.cturing, mining
and the unveiling ani utilizing of all the
valuable resources the South. Southern
prosperity 10 agriculture will draw capital
and enterprise from abroad, as we'll as create
and stimulate them at home.
But how is this intelligent labor to be
brought about? We mean general and al.
most universal industrial Intelligence among
the farmers of the South wo do not qucs-
tlon that all of these States have very many
farmers whose Intelligence aad entcrp rise
will compare favorably with those of anv
other portion ofthe United States.
The South suffers to day, and will con
tinue to suffer, by her neglect to teach South
ern boys, thirty, forty and fifty years ago,
how to work, how to make living at farm.
ing, horticulture, stock raising or some hon
orable trade, caIing or profession that would
make them useful to society as as well as to
themselves. Slavery and African labor for
mcrly stood as great impedimeut to the
proper training of the buys through success
sive generations down TO the close of tn e
late war
Aud how are boys taught farming and
useful trades now, in 1882, in the South ?
Who are their teachers, and what useful
and practical lessons do they study in the
great industries ofthc South How mauy
generations will be left to acquire agricuI.
tural knowledge without teachers, acquiring
habits and erroneous ideas that will plague
them and keep them poor as long as they
live?
Highly intelligent farming will form
and fashion beautiful farms, and greatly
improve the rural architecture of the South,
Staiyassisss6ths d nj sSuSs @o1 F6e Siisfacter
and habits of Southern boys, as being formed
to-day, will in agreat measure be the charac-
ter ofthe South thirty or forty years hen ce,
or sooner. 1fw. had thousands of indus
trial schools in the South at the present
time, most of them agricultural schools, with
efficient teachers, they ,ud 20 the country
an amount of good which could bo repre-
sented in part by hundreds of millions
of money; but tee benefits to coming gen.
erations, morally, politically, socially and
religiously, would bc far greater than that
which may be reckoned in gold"
HOUSEHOLD RIGurs OF WoMEN.-No
one who has not been tried can ina CINE the
discomfort and Inconvenience, that results
from irregularity in regard to meals The
whole business OF tho day is broken up by
the tardiness of part of the members OF the
family, and it is unjust t. practice it =; and
yet many men who would chafe and fret
if their business was delayed never give a
thought to the fact that it is just as inconve-
nicnt;for their wives to wait for them. Order
is the first law Of nature, and it should be
the same in families. A regular day and
hour for especial purposes make house work
easier and far more pleasant, and this order
sh ,uld be recognized by each individual in
the family, and it is the mistress's privilege
to insist upon her rights in this respect
Again. the various contrivauces aud i'm
provemeuts, for making housework less labo
rious, and thereby saving both time and
strength, should be considered as great q
necessity in thu house as upon the farm. A
woman does not grudge the money expended
for machinery in carrying on the business of
the farm, and if she did it would probably
make no difference, and it is just that she,
too, should avail herself IF the helps that
Tighten the labors of her department. Spir
its Of ammonia is useful in expediting the
tiresome business of house. cleaning; and
it does not cost but little, yet how very few
housewives ever think Of availing themselve.
Of its assistance, because, iforsooth, it cost.
so much; aud just the same with other arti
cles of utility, aud wife will make martyr
of herself by scrubbing and working, even
unto death, to save little expense.
The STORM IN SGEoRoIA.-Augusta, Septeinbe
| 1.-THE storm did very little damage he.,
yesterday. but reports from the upper part o