The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-01-19
Trim TO Atlanta-What We Saw and
Heard.


remark that if there be any among them
dsinclined to these peregrinations they
need not read them.
The great international Exposition at
Atlanta has attracted the attention of
the people of all The States in the Union.
and has become to the South an adver.
,isement of her capabilities better than
all other instrumentalities. The South
and the West, the North and the East
We'd with each other in the exhibition OF
their agricultural, mechanical and man.
ufacturing industries. The manufacturer
from the New England States stood
alongside the cotton planter of the South
and took counsel together for the ad-
yancement Of their inter. dependent in
terests, and for the advancement of the
prosperity of our whole country. The
meeting of the Cotton Planters Associa-
ton on the 9th December afforded the
opportunity for panoramic view of all
the industrial pursuits of our whole
country. Steam engines, agricultural
implements almost ad infnitum; cotton
gins, cotton seed hullers, corn and cob
mills, corn and cotton planters, drilling
machines for small grain, reapers and
mowers, manure distributors, well borers,
(by which two hands can dig we'll of
so or GO feet in day from one to three
feet in diameter,) plows of every kind,
harrows, sowing machines for the finest
-,brics as we'll as the stoutest leather,
wagons, carts, &c., &c. Kansas and
South Carolina wed with each other in
the superiority of their agricultural pro-
ductions, with the advantage decidedly
with our Western sister. at least for gran
deur of display and gigantic proportions.
Kansas displayed her grain productions
in pyramids of corn, wheat, oats, barley,
rye, hay, fruits, vegetables, &c. In the
fruit display of Kansas, the apple exhibit
was superior to anything of The kind we
have ever seen. Inside of her pyramidal
display was written above her corn ex-
hibit, Corn is King" And turning to
the left was the Texas exhibit of fine
bale of cotton, and written on the wall
near by, Cotton is King" Both are
kings in their several departments. The
South Carolina exhibit, while not SO ex-
tensve rs some other States in agricul-
tural productions, outstripped them all
in her display Of phosphate rock and
mineral deposits. While we were pre-
pared to accord her superiority in phos-
pilates, we were agreeably surprised to
find her looming up as State OF rich
mineral deposits.
The Value Of Pine Timber.
We had occasion some time since to
call attention to the great value of the
old field pine, and bewailed the reckless
waste of such timber to make room for
more cotton fields. The Atlanta Exposi-
tion affords e striking proof OF our position
IN exhibiting g powerful! s:esni d;;stiiile:y
OF turpentine and oil from the old field
pine. One cord of such wood will dis
til so or 60 gallons of turpentine and oil,
and the residue will make over hundred
bushels of coal. Each cord would yield
money value of $50 or $50, and many
of our old felds would furnish 20 or 80
cords of wood to the acre. So we say
again to the farmer, "Spare that tree"
What an Alabamian Says.
One of the most intelligent farmers
whom we met and conversed with at the
Exposition was an Alabamian, formerly
an old South Carolinian. He said that
the farming interest in Alabama, as
elsewhere, was very much depressed.
Seemed to think that one great cause of
sad depression was the prevalent all
cotton theory, to the neglect Of sto k
and grain and grasses. He lived in / nc
canebrake region of Alabama, equal /.
The best cotton region of the South.
Even there the farmers were abandoning
cotton for the more profitable crop oi
nay. made principally from cultivation
OF the Means grass. On their beat ham
mock lands three and four cuttings OF
this grass could be had each season and
from two to three tons to the acre each
cutting. The hay was equal to the best,
and would bring tho highest market
price Roll on the ball.
What q New Yorker Says.
on our trip we met with many North
ern men on their way to the Exposition,
any one of whom seemed to be impressed
with the bright prospects just ahead OF
the South. Not the least benefit deriv.
ing therefrom was the bringing together
cltizens from distant parts of this great
country to their mutual advantage and
fraternity. Said the New Yorker: What
the South needs more than all else to
ensure ner prosperity and independence,
Is 10 learn by practice the hard lesson
.hst iii must work. No idling in the
ousy Sive. The parents must teach their
children by their own example that labor
Is s, honorable, and labor is profitable
Inc German population understood bet
'er Than other nationalities this great
truth, hence their great value as an i'm.
migrant Importation. Work, work, work
Is their motto. Hence all through the
great West is TO be seen the prosperous
career of the German in carving the
aeStlnics of this thriving region.
Manufacturers wsre there, too, from
the far Fast lont;po, ;ntontiu ,,,,on IN n