The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-09-21
"READ AND THEN DECIDE"
The Abbeville Press and banner O
last week under this caption SAYS:

Inc ADOcVllle ITeS5 ana Tanner OF
last week under this caption says:
| We take pleasure In presenting the
readers of tho Press and Ba,rner with the
reply of tho ImicrSon MteNigenclr to one
of our articles on factories. We have no
| pride or ambition TO be victor We only
want the truth to DO known, and we al
ways hope the right may prevail. Very
| many Of the members OF the press haye
| taken issue with our views on cotton
! mills, but, except in the instance of the
| Infcuiycncer, none have said word per-
tlnent 10 the subject, according 10 the
true intent and meaning Of our articles,
but some Of our brethren havo rcsOrtcd
10 other means Of controversy than q fair
presentation of facts.
We heartily endorse all that our con
temporary says about the need for Iii.
fcrsity OF agriculture and stock raising.
Although South Carolina has the great
est facilities for stock raising since tho
adoption of the stock law yet our people
seem not to have realized tho fact Now
when the crops do not have to DO fenced
the rails which are going t. waste should
DC used In enclosing pastures for stock.
a good pasture is of incstiinablc value to
tho owner. Horses, COWS, sheep, goats
n"d hogs can hc grown and kept in this
way Tor The least expense. Each animal
Is servant or II machine for the gather
ing and conversion of the grasses into
flesh and milk tpr its owner. The low
lands about tho branches which would
othcrWiaC necessarily go to waste can in
this way bo made most profitable.
No farmer should neglect his pasture.
With good pastures for his stock, and
cultivated fields for the family his PROS
perity is assured. Milk cows and goats
are, we believe, Of the first Importance.
The housewife OH the farm will find tho
raising OF turkeys n source of profit.
When water is near the dwelling ducks
viii pay better profit than the samo
amount OF money in anything else.
Where they caii gain free access To water
anu hayna fair opportunity to get food
they Will commence to lay tho latter
part OF January, and each of thein will
furnish an ogE every day for five or six
months. They should be enclosed and
iod III coop every night. Turkeys roam
over the crops but do not inj urc anything
TO pcrceptiblo degree. On tho farm
they can bo raised very cheaply. Goats
eat less than any Othor animal and their
flesh Is highly priced.
The Press and Banner in this article
offers our farmers some excellent sug.
gestious upon the subject of small iu-
dustries connected with the farm. If
our people would only give heed to them.
they would not only live cheaper, but
also better. Plenty of butter, eggs,
chickens, fresh meats and bacon and
lard, are in ""ch of every farmer if he
will properly arrange his crops. In ad-
dition to this every one should raise an
abundance of corn, wheat and other
small grain, letting the cotton crop only
be the surplus. If our planters would
do this, they and their neighbors would
prosper infinitely more than they do
under the present system. The Press
and Banner is doing good work in plac.
ing these suggestions before its readers.
The News and Courier, commenting
on our position in favor of each County
defraying the expenses of its own luna.
tics, says:
This would certainly bring tho cost of
lunacy home to the counties, but local
influences might cause the county officers
to be lax in enforcing payment whcro
| lunatics have friends who can make it.
Tho proposition is worth considering
How would it io to have tho question Of
the inability to pny for u lunutic deter
| mined by the Circuit Judges, on such
| evidence, for and against, as the Court
voritism there.
There are some objections to the
question being devolved upon the Cir
cult Judges. In the first place, the
Judges already have as much work as
they can properly dispose Of In the
next place, it would frequently be diff
cult to reach the Circuit Judge, and
delays which might be very unfortunate
would frequently occur in procuring the
necessary order under such circumstan-
ces. Again, it would devolve OIL some
person to present the evidence Of luna
tics ability to pay or hc supported, and
local influences would be more likely 10
secure laxity of action here than where
the County has it to pay. In the next
place, there would be more painful pub.
licity about the submission to the Cir
cult Judge than the present system i'm
poses, without possessing any advantages
over it.